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Originally Posted by celts32
Haloti Ngata will almost certainly be franchised...if he were somehow free then he is a much better target then Nmamdi.
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You bring up an excellent point.....the Franchise Tag.
The current CBA expires on March 5th. And almost unanimously, the players HATE the franchise tag. I will wager that the franchise tag and Restricted Free Agent definitions are 2 items the NFLPA will bring to the table as things the want to change (RFA) and things they want to go away (Franchise Tag).
These will be bargaining chips when talks start around the 18-game season, roster expansion, rookie wage scale etc etc etc.
I have a strong feeling that we have seen the last of the franchise tag, and franchising players like Ngata will no longer be an option.