The NFL's 2025 franchise tag deadline falls at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 4, marking the cutoff for any team to apply a tag to an impending unrestricted free agent during the offseason. Some clubs, like the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs,

The Kansas City Chiefs have signed playmaking linebacker Nick Bolton to a three-year, $45 million contract. The deal includes $30 million in guarantees. The Chiefs re-sign another one of their draft choices.

NFL free agency "legal tampering'' opens March 10. The Cowboys search should be on. And Tyler Lockett, 32, who once played in Seattle for new Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer, should be part of that search.

The legal negotiation period for free agents begins Monday at noon, and teams can officially start signing free agents on March 12. Rodgers played 421 snaps for the Eagles in 2024, and his 76.0 grade from PFF was 20th in the NFL.

The Kansas City Chiefs have two key defenders hitting free agency this offseason. They could lose one to the Dallas Cowboys this offseason.

To fix the issue swiftly, the franchise should look to free agency to make up for the loss of Martin. One candidate the Cowboys should target is former Philadelphia Eagles guard Mekhi Becton. Becton is coming off of a Super Bowl victory with the Eagles, starting 15 games for the team this past season.

The Cowboys will target some of their own, but can also find value down the list of The Athletic's top 150 free agents.

One NFL writer believes the Cowboys should (and will) focus their free agency pursuits on a younger, faster replacement for Kendricks. On Friday, ESPN's Aaron Schatz projected that the Cowboys would land four-year Kansas City Chiefs star Nick Bolton to take over in the middle.