The franchise tag used to be reserved for players that teams really wanted to commit to, said ESPN business analyst Andrew Brandt on ESPN Radio Friday. "It used to be for true franchise players. Now it's every team looking at who's their best free agent that year, and that's why we're going to see so many tags."A great player is going to get those things and hit some of those," Lewis said. "That's how you get to that status. If not, you're never going to be looked at as that.

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