For players facing the franchise tag, it almost always makes sense to force the team to use it - ProFootballTalk

Daniel Jones.Lamar Jackson.Josh Jacobs.Evan Engram.Those players and others are staring at the franchise tag, if they don't get long-term deals done by Tuesday's deadline for applying it.At this point, each player should force the application of the tag.There's no reason not to.Unless the team is offering a premium so that it can apply the tag to a different player (such as the Giants and running back Saquon Barkley), the player benefits from having the tag applied.

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