(03-07-2022, 11:32 PM)Bullseye Wrote: So if a team trades for a player after a year (Brett Favre), or if a UDFA (Kurt Warner) or waiver wire player somehow becomes your most important player, a team shouldn't be able to franchise him....or that player could not reap the benefits of being a franchise player?

I'm not sure I agree with that, even though as a general rule, the players hate the franchise tag.

I think you answered it there at the end. The players hate it because in virtually every situation said player is unafforded a more lucrative long term deal, not to mention the large risk of losing that long term deal in case of injury or poor performance while playing on the tag.

The NFLPA wants the tag eliminated period. This could be a compromise.

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