When Monday’s franchise tag deadline came the Dallas Cowboys made sure to apply theirs to quarterback Dak Prescott. You can’t lose your signal-caller.
Since the NFL and its players agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement there was only one tag available for each team. With the Cowboys applying theirs to Dak it meant that, barring a sudden long-term contract extension, wide receiver Amari Cooper would hit the open market.
While we are only in the legal tampering phase of free agency the reality is that Cooper and his agents can now negotiate with other teams if they wish.