Franchise Tag

Andrew Brill cover the Giants for 98.7 ESPN Radio and we grabbed a few minutes with him today to go over why the Giants didn't use the Franchise tag and what to expect from Jerry Reese and the Giants in the draft.
Well you can look at their teams and they have needs everywhere...

Today marks the starting point that NFL teams can start to use the franchise tag in order to secure their free agents. The Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, and New York Giants all have valuable players on their team that they could franchise, so who are they...

While Dez Bryant is threatening the Cowboys that he will sit out the regular season if a longterm deal is not done by Wednesday's deadline, he has some definite support on that decision in New York.

Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is currently under the franchise tag tender and wants a longterm deal. ESPN's Adam Schefter believes that Bryant's threat of not playing in the regular season is real.

The New York Giants have officially used the non-exclusive franchise tag on defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul.  Pierre-Paul will be paid $14.813M this upcoming season while he and the team try to negotiate a long term extension.

Never before has Saints' Jimmy Graham had a problem with being labeled as a tight end.
Not while being listed on the All-Pro Team. Not when attending the Pro Bowl. No issue with it when compared to the best tight ends the game has ever seen...

Written by Brian Krosky
NFL teams maintaining kickers may be the most consistently inconsistent thing that can be found in the League.
Billy Cundiff spent time with eight professional teams before being a Pro Bowl kicker for the Baltimore Ravens and setting the season record in touchbacks...