That time of year has come along once again. The franchise tag period of the 2021 offseason commenced on Feb. 23, but not many organizations utilized the tool at the start of the timeframe. However, Tuesday, March 9 marks the deadline to tag players — a number of teams will make this type of move on that very day to prevent guys from hitting the open market.
It’s currently unclear what the set prices of franchise tags will be considering the cap hasn’t been set, so we only have projected tag prices, courtesy of OverTheCap. However, if 120% of the player’s salary from the year before is higher than their position-based price, then that’s the salary they’ll make on the tag.