So like kicking the can on a fully new deal I guess 

Thank you for the explanation!

Teams are allowed to franchise tag one player per year. They must pay them a guaranteed contract equivalent to 120% of their previous year salary and absorb the entire cap hit in that year. I believe they can do it for two years. 

grayruby

I don’t really know how the franchise tag thing works. But he seems to not be very happy about it. I hope it doesn’t affect his play. But it also must be hard to be WR2 when he’d probably be WR1 on most teams

Stacker_Sports

Bengals Franchise Tag Tee Higgins

I don’t really know how the franchise tag thing works. But he seems to not be very happy about it. I hope it doesn’t affect his play. But it also must be hard to be WR2 when he’d probably be WR1 on most teams 