The window to franchise tag players opened yesterday, and it will extend all the way to March 9th. The franchise tag of course, takes the average salary at the top five positions a player plays at, pays the player this rate for the upcoming season, and prevents him from leaving through free agency. Yes, it limits player mobility, yes it sucks, yes I hate it.
One of the questions the Texans faced this offseason was whether or not they would take Will Fuller. If you forgot, Fuller finally had the first entirely healthy season of his career, was one of the most efficient wide receivers in the NFL, only to lose it all because of a failed PED test.