Last year, nine players were tagged, including two who then were traded. The Carolina Panthers sent pass rusher Brian Burns to the New York Giants just a week after tagging him, and the Kansas City ...

The NFL's franchise tag window opens Tuesday ... but it must be within a one-year time frame. 1. Non-exclusive franchise tag: The most commonly used tag. When most discuss the "franchise tag ...

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 ...

The tag was first introduced by owners in 1993 as a compromise in the NFL's fourth-ever CBA as the NFLPA sought to create ...

What is the franchise tag in the NFL? The franchise tag is a useful tool for NFL general managers who are trying to keep a roster together by retaining an important pending free agent. In the ...

On February 18, the NFL's two-week franchise tag window opened. During that period, NFL teams were able to apply the franchise tag to players with expiring contracts. On March 4 at 4 p.m. ET ...

The veteran market is just around the corner, but Chris Trapasso has his eyes further down the road, dropping his latest 2025 ...

The two-week NFL franchise tag window opens Tuesday and runs until 4 p.m. ET on March 4. During that time frame, each team is allowed to tag one player who is scheduled to become an unrestricted ...

One way to do that is with the franchise tag. Check out everything you need to know about the NFL's franchise tag for the 2025 season. The NFL franchise tag is a way for a team to keep a player ...

NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of ...