Tuesday is the first day NFL teams are allowed to apply the franchise or transition tag to impending free agents. Since 2019, when Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider made off with a wheelbarrow full of bounty in trade from the Kansas City Chiefs for defensive end Frank Clark, fans are quick to propose a tag and trade. In particular, this season fans have clamored for the team to apply the tag and then trade cornerback Shaquill Griffin.
This is a great idea in theory, however, its execution is where issues arrive and the decreased cap this season could scuttle any such attempts to do so.