In each of the past two offseasons, the Washington Redskins have elected not to use their franchise tag. But this offseason, they will be using it to keep around a key member of their offensive line.
That player will be Brandon Scherff, as the team officially confirmed on Twitter. The former top-five pick out of Iowa was slated to become a free agent after playing 2020 on his fifth-year option. Keeping Scherff was the expected result of this offseason. The only question was about how.
Washington had reportedly been talking about a long-term deal with Scherff, but evidently, it didn’t get done.