The number of franchise tags for NFL players this offseason is way down from last season as it hit a 21-year low.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins and Kansas City Chiefs guard Trey Smith were the only two NFL players to receive the franchise tag before Tuesday's deadline. ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted that Evan Kaplan reported that the total number of two players was the fewest tagged since 1994.

While the NFL isn’t even a month removed from crowning the Philadelphia Eagles as Super Bowl LIX champions, free agency is already upon us. On Tuesday, the window to use franchise and transition tags closed,

Just Bengals receiver Tee Higgins and Chiefs guard Trey Smith were tagged in 2025. Cincinnati and Kansas City have both indicated that the respective clubs are interested in retaining Higgins and Smith on a long-term deal. The franchises have until July 15 ...

The franchise tagging deadline has passed and there are officially only two players who won't hit the open market.

Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl guard Trey Smith — was set to hit free agency this offseason...until he wasn’t. According to Fox Sports reporter Jordan Schultz, the Chiefs are using the franchise tag on Smith.

Here's the latest news and everything you need to know about the first major wave of NFL player movement this spring.

ET deadline came and went Tuesday with only two NFL players receiving the franchise tag: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and Kansas City Chiefs right guard Trey Smith. The most notable candidate not to be tagged: Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold,

The Green Bay Packers has rules, the famous Packer Way. Eventually they can go beyond that a little bit, but that happens only in extreme circumstances. Yes, the Cincinnati Bengals gave edge defender Trey Hendrickson the permission to seek a trade.

Hendrickson is coming off a career year in 2024, as the four-time Pro Bowler led the league in sacks with 17.5 and also tallied 83 quarterback pressures. The former Florida Atlantic standout was one of the lone bright spots on an awful Bengals' defense and was also a first-team All-Pro selection.