When it comes to kickers in the NFL, the law of the land says if you've got a good one, keep him.
Over the past decade, 13 kickers have been slapped with the franchise tag before becoming unrestricted free agents, effectively binding them to their current team for at least one more season.
Already this off-season, the Baltimore Ravens have applied the franchise tag strong-legged Justin Tucker, assuring that no other team will come in and steal the kicker they signed as an undrafted free agent in 2012.
The deadline for applying franchise or transition tags to impending free agents is 3 p.