The franchise tag is a powerful management tool that restricts a team's best free agent in a given year from entering the open market regardle s of whether he is a true marquee player. It can also hinder the ability to gain long term security. Most players prefer a chance to test the open market Victor Oladipo Jersey over receiving a franchise player designation. The tag has been characterized as a high salaried one-year "prove it" deal, where the risk of serious injury and poor performance must be incurred again after completing a contract when a multi-year agreement can't be reached.A new trend has started developing over the last couple of years that's a win-win situation for the franchise player and the designating team. Franchise player trades are on the rise. There hadn't been a franchise player trade in nearly a decade until the dealt wide receiver to the in 2018. Three franchise player trades occurred last year.Below is a chart detailing the more recent franchise player trades and the last ones before these types of transactions started increasing.PlayerPositionYearOld TeamNew TeamCompensationFrank ClarkDE2019SeahawksChiefs2019 1st rd pick (29th) & 2020 2nd rd pick; Swap of 2019 3rd rd picksJadeveon ClowneyDE2019TexansSeahawks2020 3rd rd pick, OLB Jacob Martin & OLB Dee FordDE2019Chiefs49ers2020 2nd rd pickJarvis LandryWR2018DolphinsBrowns2018 4th rd pick & 2019 7th rd pickQB2009PatriotsChiefs2009 2nd rd pick; Chiefs also get LB Mike VrabelDE2008Chiefs2008 1st rd pick (15th) & Two 2008 3rd rd picks; Swap of 2008 6th rd pickCorey WilliamsDT2008PackersBrowns2008 2nd rd pickAll of the players besides signed long term deals with the acquiring team at some point during the offseason of the trade. In fact, most of the transactions were a "tag and trade" where a new contract was negotiated in conjunction with the player acquisition.In every instance, the trade compensation was Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey le s than the two first-round picks required to be relinquished when a franchise player signs an offer sheet that isn't matched. The last franchise player to switch teams for the full compensation was Joey Galloway in 2000 when he went from the to the .A majority of the acquisitions took place at the beginning of league year when the trading period opens. Since there haven't been any franchise player trades so far this year, the timing with such acquisitions may be similar to when was dealt. Clark's trade occurred two days before the 2019 NFL draft began. He received a five-year, $104 million contract with $62.305 million of guarantees ($43.805 million fully guaranteed at signing) in the proce s. This year's draft starts on April 23.The created a blueprint of how not to trade a franchise player with Clowney. Waiting until after the July 15 deadline for franchise players to sign long term pa sed and that limited the Texans' trade compensation. Clowney wasn't traded until the end of last preseason. Other teams were only going to give up so much for Clowney when there was potential for him to be just a one-season rental because he could only sign a one-year deal. The Texans also agreed to pay $7 million of Clowney's $15 million one year salary as a signing bonus to help facilitate the trade.To ensure that he would hit the open market this year, Clowney received a clause prohibiting an acquiring team, the Seahawks, from designating him as a franchise or transition player when his one year contract expired. Before Clowney, a franchise player hadn't received a tag prohibition clause since defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth with the in 2008.In hindsight, Clowney may have been better off if he didn't have the clause considering he remains unsigned. It would have been interesting to see whether Seattle would have used a designation on him. The 2020 defensive end franchise and transition numbers are $17.788 million and $15.184 million respectively.An unsigned franchise player can have influence over his destination. Since a player with an unsigned tender can't be traded until under contract, he e sentially has veto power on where he is being dealt or at all. This gives the player a de facto no-trade clause. Clowney was able to quash a trade to the Dolphins by refusing to sign his tender for a move to Miami.The franchise player most likely to T.J. Warren Jersey be dealt is defensive end . He has made it abundantly clear he has no interest in signing a long term deal to stay in Jacksonville. Ngakoue's relationship with the Jaguars soured during acrimonious negotiations for a contract extension last offseason. Ngakoue had a brief training camp holdout, which primarily came to an end because of the need to earn another accrued season (i.e.; a year of service towards free agency).Under the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement rules in existence at the time, Ngakoue wouldn't have earned a fourth one if he had waited until there were le s than 30 days before the NFL's first 2019 regular season game to report to the Jaguars. Four accrued seasons are nece sary to achieve unrestricted free agent status when a player's contract expires.The Jaguars are driving a hard bargain to deal Ngakoue. The Jaguars reportedly want a first-round pick and other considerations Goga Bitadze Jersey for him. This is understandable considering how Jacksonville was rewarded by being patient in trading disgruntled cornerback last season. The gave the Jaguars a 2020 first-round pick (20th overall), a 2021 first-round pick and a 2021 fourth-round pick for Ramsey.An acquiring team will be hard-pre sed to sign Ngakoue to a multi-year contract that doesn't put him in the $20 million per year pa s rusher club, which currently has five members ( -- $23.5 million per year, -- $22.5 million per year, -- $21 million per year, -- $21 million per year, Frank Clark -- $20.8 million per year). Ngakoue's 37.5 sacks during his four NFL seasons are two more than Clark had at the same point in his career. Lawrence has 38 sacks when combining the four best seasons of his six-year NFL career. Since Ngakoue just turned 25, he'll likely be looking for a deal that would allow him to potentially hit the open market when he is in his late twenties.There is skepticism about the being able to keep defensive tackle long term because most teams don't have two high priced pa s rushers. The Chiefs would be extremely top heavy by making a commitment to Jones since quarterback , the 2018 NFL MVP, could become the league's first $40 million per year player before the regular season begins.The Chiefs reportedly have had contract discu sions with Jones' representatives but haven't made a contract offer yet. The two sides weren't close in negotiations last offseason.The Chiefs making a major investment in a pa s rusher last offseason that had never done anything for the franchise in Clark probably didn't sit too well with Jones after the type of 2018 season he had. Jones set an NFL record by posting a sack in 11 straight games Edmond Sumner Jersey and was third in the league with 15.5 sacks. An encore performance in 2019 wa