Jaguars Offseason: 2024 Franchise/Transition Tag Window Opens

And we are off.

The first important date of the 2024 NFL offseason calendar is officially here, and the franchise/transition tag windows have now opened. All 32 teams are now eligible to place a tag on an impending free agent.

The window runs through 4 p.m. on March 5, giving teams two weeks to decide if they want to exercise the tag.

If a player is tagged, they have until 4 p.m. on July 17 to sign a new deal. If they do not, they will play on the one-year tag.

The Jaguars have used the franchise tag in each of the last four offseasons, using the tag on Yannick Ngakoue in 2020, on Cam Robinson in 2021 and 2022, and on Evan Engram in 2023.

The Jaguars, who have used the tag 10 times in franchise history, are widely expected to tag star pass-rusher Josh Allen.

In 17 games this year, Allen recorded 17.5 sacks, a career-high 33 quarterback hits, a career-high 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, and an interception. Allen also finished No. 5 among all EDGE players in pressures and No. 7 in win-rate.

"Haven’t started. Those negotiations will start," Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said last month.

"I know Josh wants to be here, I know we want him here. Can we come to a number that works for everybody? That’s the key. I respect that. Like I said last year with Evan’s (Engram) situation, you got to respect these guys that put themselves in this position. They work hard, they deserve to make good money. What that good means to them could be different than what it means to us. We just got to come together, sit down at the table and work things out.”

The last two years, the Jaguars have used the franchise tag as a mechanism to continue negotiations. It happened with Engram last year before he signed a new deal ahead of training camp, and it happened with Robinson in 2022 before he signed a new deal around the draft.

“I’m not going to commit to anything right now relative to the franchise tag. But at the same token, Josh Allen is going to be a Jaguar next year," Baalke said.