The Raiders, as usual, find themselves in need of more help at linebacker, and today it was reported that a very talented one will be searching for riches on the free agent market.
A representative for C.J. Mosley said he has been told that Baltimore will not use its franchise tag on the Ravens' linebacker, per a league source. Mosley expected to be an unrestricted free agent, without a tag.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2019
Baltimore finds itself at the mercy of the franchise tag rules here, because even though Mosley is an elite middle linebacker, he’d be getting the $15 million tag level that an edge-rushing linebacker would get, because as far as the rules go they are the same positional group.