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I'm not sure what my favorite day on the NFL offseason calendar is this year, but Feb. 23 is definitely in the top 10 and that's because today is the day that the franchise tag window opens. For the next two weeks, all 32 teams will have the option to use their franchise tag, which will allow them to lock up one of their key players for at least one more season.My wife once hit me with the franchise tag and then we later agreed to a long-term deal, which I think is the same thing that and Shailene Woodley are doing, so I Rashard Higgins Jersey know these things can work out. Speaking of those two, today's newsletter will have new details on their engagement and, since the franchise tag window is opening, we'll also have a list of the players most likely to get tagged, which means I should stop stalling and get to the rundown.As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the newsletter. All you have to do is. 1. Today's Show: AFC North deep diveWith free agency just around the corner, we'll be spending the next few weeks doing a deep dive on each NFL division and for Tuesday's podcast, that meant jumping head first into the AFC North. To spice things up, we brought in noted homer (Josh Edwards), noted homer (Ryan Wilson) and noted homer (me) to argue about what each team needs to do this offseason to make themselves better. On the Bengals end, we mostly agreed that the most important thing they can do this offseason is beef up the offensive line. If they can't protect , then they're going to be bad forever. They also have plenty of other holes to plug, especially on defense, but getting some protection for Burrow needs to be their top priority.As for the Browns, we spent some time debating whether Cleveland should think about trading . Although all three of us are still high on Odell, we all agree that the move could make sense for the Browns since it would free up roughly $15 million in cap space.In Baltimore, we discu sed all the big decisions the have to make this year. They have several key defensive players set to hit free agency, including , and they will also probably need to find another pa s-catcher for .On Pittsburgh's end, the Steelers might be the team with the most question marks this offseason, which is mildly surprising (that honor usually belongs to the Bengals or Browns). We all gave our prediction on what's going to happen with and then we followed that up by ranking all the quarterbacks in the AFC North. (Spoiler alert: Roethlisberger came in dead last in all of our rankings.)To listen to today's episode -- and if you're a fan of any team in the AFC North, you will definitely want to --.2. Players likely to be hit with the franchise tagWith the franchise tag window opening up today, now seems like a good time to go through the list of players who might end up being hit by the tag. We briefly covered this list last week, but Ozzie Newsome Jersey now that the window is upon us, we're going to take a more in-depth look at who might get tagged.This list was compiled by CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, who came up with 13 players who might be tagged. The players are broken down into four tiers. Teams have until March 9 to use the franchise tag. Here's a look at La Canfora's list.Sure things:These players will either be tagged or work out a long-term contract () () () (Bengals) ()More likely than not to be tagged:Shaq Barrett ()Shaq Griffin () ()Playing a hunch: No guarantee the tag will be used, but La Canfora thinks there's a chance (Steelers) ()Matt Judon (Ravens) No telling which way it will go: La Canfora will be keeping his eye on these situations () (Washington)If you want to keep track of everyone who gets . That's our franchise tag tracker and it will be updated every time a team uses its franchise or transition tag. If you click over, our tracker also has an explainer of how each tag works.3. first-rounder apparently doesn't want to play for the Titans anymoreThe Titans are currently involved in a situation that you don't see too often around the NFL: Tenne see's first-round pick from last year (Isaiah Wilson) doesn't want to play for them anymore and he made that clear in a tweet that he sent out on Monday night. "I'm done with football as a Titan... ," Wilson wrote.Most of the time, when someone complains about their team on Twitter, they do it cryptically so that no one knows what they actually mean. Not Wilson, though. In the since-deleted tweet, he didn't leave much to the imagination. The most surprising part is that he says he's "done with football as a Titan," which might mean he still wants to play, but just not in Tenne see.Wilson's time in Nashville has been nothing short of a disaster. Since being selected with the 29th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the offensive lineman has made way more headlines off the field than on it.Wilson's career in Tenne see got off to a rocky start and that was before Week 1 even kicked off. In the lead up to the season, he was given a trespa sing warning, which is even more notable, because he wasn't supposed to be attending parties due to the pandemic. In September, Wilson was, which only added to his mounting i sues. Wilsonfor "violating team rules." The Titans are so fed up with Wilson that general manager Jon Duke Johnson Jersey Robinson . "We put him on the reserve/non-football injury list in December and," Robinson said. "He's going to have to make a determination on whether he wants to do what it takes to play pro football. That will be on him."The 6-foot-6, 350-pound offensive tackle out of Georgia once looked he might be the future of the Titans' offensive line, but now, it's starting to Denzel Ward Jersey feel like he might not have a future at all in Tenne see. 4. desperate for a quarterbackLast offseason, the Patriots decided it would be a good time move on from and in news that probably didn't surprise most people, the move completely backfired in their face. Not only did the Patriots struggle without Brady, but to add insult to injury, the 43-year-old signed in Tampa Bay and rubbed salt in the Patriots' wound by winning the Super Bowl. With the Brady gone, the Patriots ended up signing , but that didn't work out so well, as they finished with a losing record (7-9) for the first time since 2000. Last year, the Patriots waited until June to sign Newton, but it doesn't appear they'll be waiting that long again to sign a quarterback. As a matter of fact, it sounds like they've been proactive in the QB market. According to The Athletic, the Patriots have been .From : There are plenty of quarterbacks on the trade market -- like , , and -- which means the Patriots have had plenty of conversations. If the Patriots don't trade for a quarterback, they could be staring at another lost season, so it won't be surprising at all if they pull off a trade some time in the next month. 5. Ranking free agent edge rushers With free agency starting next month, now seems like a good time to take a look at players who will be available. Since I don't want to overwhelm you by listing every player who will be a free agent, we're going to do this in an organized manner. I'm going to list off the top-10 players by position and today, we're going to go with edge rushers.This year's free agent cla s of edge rushers is actually pretty loaded, which means any team that struggled to rush the pa ser last season will have a chance to beef up their defense during free agency. The Titans, and Bengals all finished with fewer than 20 sacks last season, which is notable, because it marked the first time since 2008 Jim Brown Jersey that three or more teams finished with under 20 sacks. As La Canfora noted earlier, there's a chance that a few of these guys could get hit with the franchise tag, which means they won't make it to free agency, but as of right now, here's a look at the top-10 free agent edge rushers along with who they played for last year1. Shaq Barrett (Buccaneers)2. Leonard Williams (Giants)3. ()4. (Steelers)5. (Panthers)6. (Ravens)7. ()8. J.J. Watt ()9. Matthew Judon (Ravens)10. ()Jeff Kerr put this top-10 list together and if you read his piece, he goes into more detail about how much money each guy will be able to command in free agency, so you can get an idea of whether your favorite team will be able to afford any of these players. To check out Kerr's story, . 6. Pick Six NFL roundup This newsletter is limited to six main topics each day, but during the meat of the offseason, that just isn't enough, so every so often for the next few months, we'll be doing a roundup where I give you an all-you-can-eat buffet of football news. Since no one is even allowed to go to buffets right now, this is the closest any of us will get to the actual thing for the next few months.Here are a few stories from around the league: Washington's new name coming in