Franchise Tag Window is Officially OPEN! Will Lamar Jackson, Daniel Jones or Saquon Barkley be Tagged?

The Franchise Tag Window opened today and we could see some guys getting hit with the Franchise Tag that are hoping to land a long term deal.

The window for teams to use franchise or transition tags is now open. Teams can apply the tags at any point between now and 4 p.m. ET on March 8 and any player who receives a tag will be able to continue negotiating a long-term deal with their teams through July 15.

The NFL increased the Salary Cap by 16.6 million dollars to an All-Time high of 224.8 million dollars. This was a huge increase, after the salary cap fluctuated back in 2021 due to COVID. The NFL set the franchise tag and transition tag numbers as well, and they too continue to rise. Here are the amounts that could be paid out!

Franchise Tag Prices below:

• Quarterback: $32,416,000.
• Running back: $10,091,000.
• Receiver: $19,743,000.
• Tight end: $11,345,000.
• Offensive line: $18,244,000.
• Defensive end: $19,727,000.
• Defensive tackle: $18,937,000.
• Linebacker: $20,926,000.
• Cornerback: $18,140,000.
• Safety: $14,460,000.
• Kicker/punter: $5,393,000.

The transition tag provides only a right to match, with no compensation. The transition tags are as follows:

• Quarterback: $29,504,000.
• Running back: $8,429,000.
• Receiver: $17,991,000.
• Tight end: $9,716,000.
• Offensive line: $16,660,000.
• Defensive end: $17,452,000.
• Defensive tackle: $16,068,000.
• Linebacker: $17,478,000.
• Cornerback: $15,791,000.
• Safety: $11,867,000.
• Kicker/punter: $4,869,000.

Some of the names that could be slapped with the Franchise Tag are Geno Smith, Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley, Orlando Brown, Tony Pollard, Josh Jacobs and the big one Lamar Jackson.

Yesterday, reports came out that Daniel Jones is looking to be paid, and hired a new agent to help him with the process. Jones reportedly is looking for 45 million a year. If that is the case, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes deals are looking phenomenal.

A report came out yesterday as well saying that the Giants and Saquon Barkley are far off when it comes to numbers as well. I am not sure what the Ravens will do at quarterback but I would not be shocked if several players are tagged this year and then dealt. One being Lamar Jackson. Someone will give up some nice picks to land him as their franchise Quarterback.