The NFL introduced the franchise and transition tags back in 1993 when their collective bargaining agreement went into effect, and since then, teams have been able to keep players on one-year deals who were expected to become unrestricted free agents at the start of the league year.
A team could decide to have the player play on their tag, sign them to an extension, or trade them.
The Miami Dolphins have a couple of candidates that they could use either the franchise tag or transition tag this year, but what does history tell us they’re going to do?
These are the eight players the Dolphins have used one of the tags on since 1993.