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Should the Eagles use their franchise tag on Zack Baun, Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, or Mekhi Becton - PhillyVoice
Beginning on Tuesday, February 18, and ending on March 4, teams around the NFL will have the option of applying the franchise tag to one of their pending free agents. The Philadelphia Eagles have four players scheduled to be free agents this offseason who are likely to receive lucrative offers in LB Zack Baun, EDGE Josh Sweat, iDL Milton Williams, and RG Mekhi Becton. I’ve been asked whether the Eagles will use their franchise tag on any of those four players, and the short answer is no, almost certainly not. But let’s examine further.
NFL free agent tags 2025: Values by position, and 9 players who could get them - SB Nation
How do the Super Bowl Champions handle Zack Baun? The Philadelphia Eagles signed Baun to a one-year deal last offseason, and he was a revelation with his switch to an off-ball role. Baun secured All-Pro honors for the first time in his career and was at the heart of Vic Fangio’s defense. Then there is Josh Sweat, who is also set to hit free agency. However, the Eagles have not used the tag since DeSean Jackson back in 2012.
2025 NFL franchise tag window opens today - NFL.com
Last year, eight players were tagged, with seven eventually getting long-term deals. Higgins is the only man who played out the season on the one-year tender. The Bengals might once again squat on his rights. A second tender would boost his pay by 120 percent over last year’s figure — $26.2 million in 2025. Each club can use only one tender in a year. It can be rescinded before the player signs it, but it counts as being used. A player can be tagged up to three times by his team, with a jump in pay for each occurrence — the percentage of the salary cap taken up by the third time generally makes it prohibitive. A tagged player can be traded only after he signs the tender. Players with unsigned tenders are not technically under contract and, therefore, not susceptible to fines for missing voluntary offseason workouts, including training camp. The tag figures have yet to be released, as they are based on the NFL’s yearly salary cap, which has also not been announced for the 2025 season.
2025 NFL franchise tag candidates: Will Sam Darnold get it? - ESPN
The last Eagles player to receive the franchise tag designation was wide receiver DeSean Jackson in 2012. It hasn’t been part of their team-building model, and with six players set to count $12 million or more against the cap in 2025, it’s likely not a practice they’ll adopt now. Philadelphia does have several key defensive players set to become free agents, including linebacker Zack Baun and defensive linemen Josh Sweat and Milton Williams, all of...
