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Top 2024 NFL franchise tag candidates: Barkley, Jacobs, Burns

The two-week NFL franchise tag window opens Tuesday and runs until 4 p.m. ET on March 5. During that time frame, each team is allowed to tag one player who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. Doing so would keep the player with the franchise for the 2024 season.

Franchise tag figures are based on the top five annual salaries at each position, and the price goes up each time a player gets tagged. Teams must determine whether it's in their best interest to pay the franchise tag price, extend the player or possibly tag him and continue negotiating a long-term deal.