Often at this time of the year, media pundits and football analysts will throw around complex sounding football terms - leaving the average football fan clueless towards their true meaning. Whether its free agency, the combine, the draft, or whatever it may be - it's important to know the terms we're working with. Let's focus on two: the exclusive franchise tag, the non-exclusive franchise tag, and the transition tag. Each team is allowed to use only one of the three tag options per year.
A franchise tag, established by the CBA, allows teams to offer one unrestricted free agent on their roster a one-year contract.