Tag Age Contract For Free

If the tender is removed, the player can sign a long-term contract only with another team. This seals off any path for a potentially creative outcome for Saquon Barkley and the Giants or Josh Jacobs and the Raiders.

The jury remains out on the franchise tag. There are obvious advantages for both sides: the teams and players. Teams get to retain a key player, one that likely might appear to be headed out, with relatively minimal negotiating while the players get a nice check to pad their pockets.

Giants tag Saquon Barkley (no long-term deal) The Giants were able to reach a long-term deal with Daniel Jones, allowing them to place the franchise tag on Barkley for the 2023 season.

Tagging isn't a one-and-done thing, however, consecutive tags come at a hefty price tag. If a team applies the franchise tag to a player in back-to-back years, they're agreeing to pay the athlete 120% of their salary the year before.

2023 NFL Free Agency: Immediate analysis for all franchise-tag decisions PositionFranchise TagTransition TagQB$32,416,000$29,504,000LB$20,926,000$17,478,000WR$19,743,000$17,991,000DE$19,727,000$17,452,0007 more rows ?

Exclusive: Teams must offer the selected player a one-year contract no less than either the average of the top-five salaries at that player's position based on April of the current year or 120% of the player's previous year's salary, whichever is greater.

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 retain a player on a guaranteed deal with a non-negotiated salary. It can only be used on players set to become unrestricted free agents.