Sneed was hit with the franchise tag by the Chiefs ... Meanwhile, using the franchise tag on Darnold makes sense if Minnesota thinks J.J. McCarthy won't be ready in 2025 or if they believe they ...

The franchise tag earnings are based on each position’s top five annual salaries. If a player is tagged multiple times, the ...

The NFL franchise tag can be a handy tool for teams to retain players, but not all are set up to use the designation this ...

Sure, the upcoming NFL Draft is a major focus of that conversation, and with the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine right around the ...

Last year, nine players were tagged, including two who then were traded. The Carolina Panthers sent pass rusher Brian Burns ...

The franchise tag window is open in the NFL. What exactly is the franchise tag, and which players are candidates to be tagged ...

That list of players includes Josh Hines-Allen, Brian Burnes, Tee Higgins, Jaylon Johnson, Nnamdi Madubuike, Michael Pittman, L’Jarius Sneed ... of the future, as J.J. McCarthy was drafted ...

Sneed was also traded ... stepping into the starting lineup when first-round selection J.J. McCarthy went down with a knee injury during preseason. Darnold had the Minnesota Vikings on the ...

even if it precedes a trade that brings back more draft capital to help 2024 first-round QB J.J. McCarthy. But there's also a case to just keep Darnold to see if he can replicate or improve upon ...