Tuesday marks a important day for all NFL groups — together with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Starting on February 18 at 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time, the franchise-tag window opens, which means golf equipment across the league can formally designate franchise or transition gamers. It stays open for 2 weeks, closing on Tuesday, March 4, at 3 p.m. Arrowhead Time.
What’s the franchise tag once more?
As a reminder, the “franchise tag” is a device that enables NFL groups to retain a key participant who is because of grow to be an unrestricted free agent. There are a number of sorts of tags, together with the non-exclusive franchise tag, the unique franchise tag and the transition tag.
The commonest model is the non-exclusive tag, which allows tagged gamers to barter with different groups, with the unique group reserving the precise to match the provide. If the unique group chooses to not match, the brand new group surrenders two first-round picks to the unique group.
Tags can be utilized to purchase time to facilitate a commerce (as Kansas Metropolis did with cornerback L’Jarius Sneed final offseason) or work out a long-term deal (like Kansas Metropolis did with defensive sort out Chris Jones in 2020).
Kansas Metropolis’s franchise tag candidates
Kansas Metropolis’s probably franchise-tag candidate is correct guard Trey Smith, adopted by linebacker Nick Bolton after which security Justin Reid. Based on knowledge from Over the Cap, the 2025 numbers are roughly $25.2 million for offensive linemen, $27 million for linebackers and $19.6 million for safeties.
It stays unlikely that Kansas Metropolis makes use of the tag on any of those gamers.
To accommodate the tag quantity, the given group will need to have the free wage cap area out there. Although in fact there might be maneuvers to be made that might unlock area for the Chiefs, proper now we estimate the present area to be $4.3 million, far lower than it will take to make use of the tag.
Up forward: the NFL Scouting Mix
The NFL’s Scouting Mix runs from February 24 to March 3, bringing collectively coaches, common managers and participant brokers in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Together with on and off-the-field analysis of draft prospects, the week additionally presents common mangers and brokers time to debate and negotiate long-term contracts.
Head coach Andy Reid and common supervisor Brett Veach usually tackle the media early within the week. Veach will doubtless verify ongoing talks with the representatives for Smith and Bolton.
