Potential new NFL CBA could give first-rounders a path to fifth-year franchise tag

There apparently could be a CBA vote coming on Thursday, and we now know of an interesting new provision. The proposed CBA would change the way fifth-year options for first-round picks work, letting some top players cash in before they can get to free agency, sources told Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com. “If a first-round pick makes it to the Pro Bowl twice in his first three seasons, the amount of the fifth-year option would spike to the franchise tag for his position,” Florio writes. The current system is a bit complicated, with players drafted in the top 10 getting the transition tag price for their position in their fifth years. Players not drafted in the top 10 would get even less. Obviously this would apply to only a narrow slice of players, but it would represent a big pay bump for some of the league’s elite players before hitting the open market. As Florio points out, Jalen Ramsey, the fourth overall pick in 2016, is set to make $13.7 million in 2020, which is the transition tag price for cornerba

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