NFL Free Agency: Keeping Up With Which Teams Are Using Franchise Tag

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NFL free agency is officially set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 17. With that date just over a week away, teams are beginning to make roster decisions, including who will get the franchise tag.

It can sometimes be difficult to keep up with the various players hit with the tag, so we decided to make a collective list that will make it easier. This list will be updated as we learn of more tagged players, which should increase once the salary cap number is known.

So far, here is the list of players and what their salary cap hit will look like for the 2021 season.




AFC East


Buffalo Bills: 

Miami Dolphins: 

New England Patriots: 

New York Jets: DB Marcus Maye ($10.5 million)







AFC West


Denver Broncos: S Justin Simmons ($13.7 million, 120%)

Kansas City Chiefs: 

Las Vegas Raiders: 

Los Angeles Chargers: 







AFC North


Baltimore Ravens: 

Cincinnati Bengals: 

Cleveland Browns: 

Pittsburgh Steelers: 







AFC South


Houston Texans: 

Indianapolis Colts: 

Jacksonville Jaguars: OT Cam Robinson ($13-14 million)

Tennessee Titans: 







NFC East


Dallas Cowboys: QB Dak Prescott (signed four-year, $160 million deal)

New York Giants: DL Leonard Williams ($19.351 million, 120%)

Philadelphia Eagles: 

Washington Football Team: IOL Brandon Scherff ($18.03 million)







NFC West


Arizona Cardinals:

Los Angeles Rams:

San Francisco 49ers:

Seattle Seahawks:







NFC North


ChicagoBears: WR Allen Robinson ($18 million)

Detroit Lions:

Green Bay Packers:

Minnesota Vikings:







NFC South


Atlanta Falcons: 

Carolina Panthers: OT Taylor Moton ($13-14 million)

New Orleans Saints: S Marcus Williams ($10.5 million)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: WR Chris Godwin ($15.808 million)

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