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 coming ...

The Detroit Lions have frequently avoided using the NFL's franchise tag on players in free agency, with the last time coming on defensive end Ezekiel Ansah in 2018. The NFL offers the franchise tag ...

How the NFL franchise tag works and why the Cowboys plan to use it on George Pickens. NFL teams use franchise tags to keep key players for one year, fully guaranteed. The Dallas Cowboys intend to ...

The NFL's 32 teams had until 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday to make their decision on whether or not they would use the franchise or transition tag on pending free agents. In the end, the franchise tag was used ...

The window has closed. The tags have been applied. All two of them. Although it seemed on the front end that zero franchise tags could be applied for the first time since 2001, the tagging of Chiefs ...

Guy Cohen is a freelance writer from New Jersey who specializes in writing about video games, movies, televsion, music, and professional wrestling. He graduated from Montclair State University in 2023 ...

First thing's first: Anytime we put together a Mount Rushmore-ish "most" this or "most" that, especially with numerical limitations, we're going to catch some heat. Inherently, someone is going to be ...