What's a franchise tag?

[likethis]

NFL termonology or something? I'm clueless.

[MusicIsDead]

A team picks a player (usually a very good or expensive one) and tags him. When he is tagged, he is "it". When a team tags a player, that player will have to play a 3 minute round of tag at the combine. I'm not sure if it is the owner or the nfl that picks who the opposing player is, but if the tagged player is 'it' after the 3 minutes, they may not reneogiate the contract, and he must shut up and take his money. If the opposing person(last year was an olympic athlete) is it, than that player gets the contract he demanded. It's pretty fun to see, I cant wait to see all the linemen go!

[likethis]

That could have been a good joke. It had the potential, but apparently you are the Mike Davis of jokes, and are squandering this young jokes future.

[MusicIsDead]

That could have been a good joke. It had the potential, but apparently you are the Mike Davis of jokes, and are squandering this young jokes future.
I'm not kidding? Look it up dumbass?

[TheDawgPound72]

You put it on an unrestricted free agent so that he can't sign with any other team without compensation, if he agrees to a tender, his contract is worth the average of the 5 highest payed players at his position. If another team signs a player who's been tagged, they have to give up draft picks, depending on the player. That rarely ever happens though.

[wils0646]

You put it on an unrestricted free agent so that he can't sign with any other team without compensation, if he agrees to a tender, his contract is worth the average of the 5 highest payed players at his position. If another team signs a player who's been tagged, they have to give up draft picks, depending on the player. That rarely ever happens though.

You're right. I believe you have to give up 2 first round draft picks if you want to sign the franchised player from another team. For restricted FA, it is different with the compensations.