Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He primarily focuses on Seahawks news, opinion, game day coverage, and statistical analysis. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.
The NFL franchise tag deadline has come and gone, and the number of tags applied couldn’t have been much lower.
In 2024, eight players received franchise tags (plus Kyle Dugger got the seldom used transition tag) either on or before deadline day. This was definitely not the case for 2025.