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And right now it is 238.

But over like maybe an hour hour 20 minutes ago we got the

news that bears cornerback jalen johnson has the non-exclusive tag applied to him by the

chicago bears he won't be going anywhere real quick Alex can you break down for us what the non-exclusive

tag is compared to the exclusive tag sure yeah so the non-exclusive tag is compared to the exclusive tag. Sure, yeah.

So the non-exclusive tag that uses the average of salaries over the past five years rather than the average this year.

And it also allows Jalen Johnson to negotiate with other teams to sign some sort of

long-term contract extension.

If he does agree to a deal with another team, the bears have the opportunity to match

that deal and keep him.

Or if he walks, they let him walk.

They get two first-round draft picks.

So the reason the non-exclusive tag is so popular.

And when people talk about the franchise tag, they're almost always talking about the

non-exclusive tag is because the two first-round draft picks are a pretty big deterrent for other teams negotiating.

And it is cheaper because it is the average of past five years instead of the current year.

So since it's cheaper and you get the ones, it's almost always the not-exclusive tag.

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