This is the lowest amount of players given the franchise tag in an offseason since 2006 when just one player, Buffalo Bills cornerback Nate Clements, was tagged, per Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer.

The tags have been applied. All two of them. Although it seemed on the front end that zero franchise tags could be applied for the first time since 2001, the tagging of Chiefs guard Trey Smith and ...

He eventually returned to the Bills after three years there. After playing on the $5.9M franchise tag in 2006, Nate Clements departed the following offseason. He signed an eight-year deal with the ...