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Landing spots for the NFL's most likely tag-and-trade candidates

The last four hours leading up to the franchise tag deadline were nothing short of amusing, that’s for sure. All in all, we saw 15 tags issued across the league — some were expected, but a handful certainly will not.

Now, not every player is going to play the 2020 season on the fully guaranteed one-year deal. Some will agree to a longer-term contract, and a handful will be traded by the team that tagged them to recoup some assets. This year’s tag-and-trade class — Anthony Harris, Chris Jones, Joe Thuney, Yannick Ngakoue and Matthew Judon — mainly resides in the trenches, and these are their likeliest landing spots:

[Editor's Note: Check out PFF's analysis of every franchise tag used this 2020 NFL offseason.