Kenny Golladay, Detroit Lions (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
Starting Tuesday, the Detroit Lions can designate one of their various franchise tag options to retain a pending free agent. The Lions have until Tuesday, March 9 to do so.
There appear to be two leading candidates to get the tag this offseason. Those pending free agents being wide receiver Kenny Golladay and defensive end Romeo Okwara. Both could avoid getting the tag if they agree to sign contract extensions. Or the team could simply decide to move on.
Complicating matters is the fact the Lions just hired an entirely new regime in Detroit.