As the Super Bowl continues to fade further and further out of sight in the rear-view mirror, the NFL's business season draws inexorably closer. And this upcoming Monday provides an unofficial beginning to the proceedings, as it's the first day that NFL teams can apply the franchise (or transition) tag to one of their prospective free agents, with the deadline coming on March 2.
The franchise tag is a one-year pact that keeps said player off the market and pays him an average of the five highest-paid players at that position. It was only used four times last offseason, but the expectation is that there will be more in this iteration.
In some cases, the franchise tag is used because team and player cannot reach agreement on a long-term pact. In others, the team uses it in order to create financial relief. And in others, it simply buys time so corresponding moves can be made in order to secure a potential long-term contract.
Regardless of the reason, though, the tag should be used quite a bit in the coming months.
As always, there are burning questions swirling around myriad situations in the league concerning the tag. In this column, we'll make an effort to answer eight of the most pressing queries and determine if the teams in question will indeed apply the franchise tag to keep a star player on the roster for (at least) one more campaign.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/175k2AN
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