Slowly but surely the NFL offseason will come like a freight train starting with the ability for teams to place the franchise tag on players. That process starts on Tuesday and runs through March 8th giving teams a chance to control players and negotiate long-term deals with less worry another team will snatch them up when the league year opens.
The Cleveland Browns do not seem likely to place a tag on one of their players but it is possible.
The team has rarely used either of the tagging mechanisms set up through the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Either they’ve been able to re-sign their top players or didn’t have anyone worthy of getting tagged. Almost a decade ago, center Alex Mack was given the transition tag, signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars but had Cleveland match that offer.
Editors from all the Wire Sites came together to offer up their guesses at all the players that could get tagged starting today. Here is a look at a couple of players that could draw the Browns tagging interest: