As Star Lotulelei and Andrew Norwell are set to enter free agency and figure to generate a lot of interest around the league, do you get the sense that the Panthers are seriously interested in applying the franchise tag to or offering competitive contracts to either?
— Rob Davenport (@RobDavenport86) January 25, 2018I can’t imagine they’d tag either.
The problem with tagging guards is they don’t have a separate delineation. All offensive linemen are combined into one group, so higher-paid tackles raise this number significantly. In 2017, the cost to tag an offensive lineman was $14.