With the franchise tag, Eagles tight L.J. Smith would get a guaranteed minimum of $4.522 million for the 2008 season.
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The franchise tag is a no-longer-necessary evil left over from the NFL's transition from its feudal past to its free-agent present, and it burned the Eagles the last two times they used it.
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