The AFC North had some key decisions to make this offseason pertaining to some veteran pass rushers—or at least the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens did. The Steelers chose to place the franchise tag on Bud Dupree. The Ravens made the same decision with Matt Judon, who was their best edge rusher after watching Terrell Suggs and Za’Darius Smith leave in free agency.
Neither signed right away—it’s rare to see that happen—but Dupree signed his just before the start of the 2020 NFL Draft. Judon signed his deal last week, and that was following negotiations. Franchise tag negotiations, you say?