Before NFL free agency begins, teams are allowed to apply franchise tags to players from Feb. 18 through March 4 to give them a sense of what they need to do before the league year starts March 12.

In the NFL, not a second is wasted and teams have begun the hiring period to put together a competitive lineup for the 2025 season. The first step is to establish who will carry the Franchise ...

The Chiefs informed guard Trey Smith this week that they'll be using their franchise tag on him and we learned on Friday what salary that tag will carry. The NFL informed teams of the franchise ...