It’s an unusual time in the NFL.
The old CBA is ending, and the new one is looking to go into effect.
The final step for the new CBA to be ratified hinges on the player-voters to decide on its approval.
All eligible players receive a vote and will have a week-long window -- starting on Thursday, March 5 and running until March 12 -- to support or dismiss the collective bargaining agreement that would run for the 2020s.
In a limbo of sorts, the league is in between CBAs.
Teams can use both a transition tag and a franchise tag.
Normally, teams have to pick between one or the other -- if they choose to use one at all.
The capabilities of each tag is slightly different; both offer the chance to keep a free-agent player under contract for a one-year extension, but the transition tag allows a team to match any competing offers from other teams .
Under the Final League guidelines, though, teams can use both types of tags.
This option will stay live until the league knows whether or not the new CBA gets passed.
If the new CBA passes, then teams who choose to use both tags will have to rescind one of them.
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