We're going to take a deep dive into the franchise tag and explain what it means, and some of the nuances surrounding it. How does the Franchise Tag work? The franchise tag in the ...

The franchise tag deadline has come and gone with only two players getting tagged in 2025. This is a significantly lower amount than last season, as nine players earned the franchise and ...

With Super Bowl LIX in the books, it's time for the NFL offseason. On February 18, the NFL's two-week franchise tag window opened. During that period, NFL teams were able to apply the franchise ...

Smith is currently on the Chiefs roster under the team's franchise tag, which he signed shortly before free agency began in ...

Such is negotiation life up against the franchise tag. A franchise tag is a one-year contract that every NFL team is allowed to issue once per offseason. It allows a franchise to strategically ...

Deadline day for the NFL's franchise tag has come and gone without much incident. In the spirit of procrastination, most teams took their decision down to the wire. While the Kansas City Chiefs ...

Only two NFL players were franchise-tagged before Tuesday's deadline. Here's who won or lost the day with free agency looming.

Most organizations likely still have key contract extensions to dole out ahead of the 2025 season and could resort to placing the franchise tag on players to kick the can down the road ...

The NFL franchise tag deadline passed Tuesday with just two teams using the official tag designation, but the deadline spurred a series of team business dealings nonetheless. Here are five winners ...

As the offseason calendar move toward free agency, NFL franchises are mulling whether or not to use the franchise tag on pending free agents. Teams now know just how much those tags will cost as ...

The Lions have not used the franchise tag since they designated DE Ziggy Ansah their franchise player in 2018.