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Why the Packers will not Franchise Tag an offensive lineman in 2017

The league’s CBA has made it completely ridiculous to use a tag on a guard.

The Green Bay Packers face a daunting prospect in free agency next offseason - four of the team’s top six offensive linemen will be free agents next March. Josh Sitton, T.J. Lang, David Bakhtiari, and JC Tretter all have expiring contracts, leaving GM Ted Thompson to ponder how to handle the line moving forward.

In Thursday’s Cheese Curds, we discussed this very situation, and reader BmorePackFan suggested that the Packers franchise tag Josh Sitton, an intriguing suggestion. The same question could apply to T.