The NFL’s franchise tag deadline has been moved to Monday, according to NFL.com’s Adam Schefter (on Twitter). It’s a sensible move, designed to project the league against a logistical nightmare as the collective bargaining agreement talks drag. 
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In the final year of the CBA, teams were slated to have a loophole that would enable them to use the franchise and the transition tag. It’s been an oft-discussed scenario for the Cowboys, who could have theoretically used one tag on quarterback Dak Prescott and the other on Amari Cooper. If the CBA is ratified between now and Monday, that option will no longer be there. If the CBA doesn’t pass by Monday and there isn’t an additional extension, the loophole may still be available.
As it stands, the NFLPA’s voting window has until Saturday to put the proposed CBA into place. The new franchise tag deadline has been set for 11:59am ET/10:59am CT. After that, the “legal tampering” period gets underway on Monday at 12pm ET/11am CT. On Wednesday at 4pm ET/3pm CT, free agency officially begins.
That figures Jerry Jones paid someone to extend. Anything to help out The Cowboys
Right, because only the Cowboys have the extension.
They were the example given, so obviously they are the only team that may consider using both…
Seriously though, which other team(s) might have this in mind, and for what player(s)?
Tennessee Titans
Franchise tag Derrick Henry RB
Transition Tag Ryan Tannehill
Did you not read the article? As long as the players don’t ratify the new cba then the owners can use both franchise and transitional tags if the players agree then they can only use one— it’s in the players favor to sign the new cba as it gives them a possibility of one extra premier free agent player per team
Gives cowboys time to cross fingers some other team is dumber than them and gives 2 first rd picks for DAK