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Cam Heyward blasts "stupid" franchise tag

When the NFL and NFL Players Association finalized a landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement in 1993, which resolved the antitrust lawsuit that followed the 1987 strike, the term "franchise tag" entered the pro football lexicon. Thirty-three years later, it remains unpopular. On Wednesday, Steelers defensive lineman and NFLPA executive committee member Cam Heyward summed it up in one word.

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