Two years ago, the Green Bay Packers placed the franchise tag on Davante Adams and though he told the team he wouldn’t play on that deal it still came as a shock when the All-Pro receiver was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders for a first and second round pick. Trading players on the franchise tag is not common, but it does happen and being able to get something back for an elite player is part of the reason that the tag exists at all.
There were eight players given the franchise tag by this week’s deadline and in any normal year that means that some of them will sign extensions and some of them will play out the one-year deal, but 2024 appears to be an offseason that will include at least one trade of a tagged player.