Impending free-agent WR Allen Robinson appears to be a candidate to receive the franchise tag from the Chicago Bears and get traded after that, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. The franchise tag window opens Feb. 23 and runs through March 9, and it has been reported that Robinson and the Bears have not talked about a long-term deal since September.
‘That would certainly seem to bring the (franchise) tag into play. Whether it is the Bears to try to do an extension, whether it is setting up Robinson to play on the tag, or maybe even a tag-and-trade scenario,’ Pelissero said.
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