Sometimes, these things can get messy.
Sometimes, using the franchise tag — seemingly the easiest way to ensure at least one more year of control for a star — ends up being anything but easy.
Just ask the Giants. Just ask Saquon Barkley.
Barkley showed up to a Jersey City football camp in June 2023 and, after most of the kids had left the complex, didn’t rule out a holdout and admitted Big Blue held all the leverage. If there were ominous days that served as turning points in that relationship souring, June 11 of that offseason certainly became one of them.
