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 ...

Every NFL offseason, star players from around the league have their names thrown around in contract conversations they can’t necessarily control. Such is negotiation life up against the franchise tag.

The window for NFL teams to apply a franchise or transition tag to one of their pending free agents opened Feb. 17 and won’t close until 4 p.m. ET on March 3. Moving forward, many of the league’s top ...

NFL teams can retain the rights to one of their impending free agents in 2025 with the use of a non-exclusive tag, an exclusive franchise tag or a transition tag during a 15-day period from Feb. 18 to ...

SEATTLE – This week’s news that the Seattle Seahawks are “unlikely’’ to use the franchise tag on running back Kenneth Walker III might sound ominous for the team’s chances of keeping the reigning ...

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 ...