[maademperor]

what he said^ but madden only has the exclusive franchise tag.

also in real life, if a team franchises someone and then signs them to a long term deal, you effectively remove the tag and are allowed to apply it to anonther player but this is something else you cannot do in madden. once you franchise a player you cannot franchise anyone else until the next offseason

In madden franchising is a good way to either user a player as trade collateral and not have a cap penalty for trading him or if the player does not want to re-sign with you, you can franchise him and then successfully sign him to a long term deal after the resigning period is over