Eagles should avoid tagging Jeremy Maclin

PHILADELPHIA -- We'll know in a few hours if the Philadelphia Eagles decide to place the franchise tag on wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. The deadline for tagging players is 4 p.m. It says here that tagging Maclin would be a mistake inspired by previous mistakes -- hardly a good way to go about the business of running an NFL team. The Eagles have used the franchise tag a few times in the recent past. It has ended disastrously (Jeremiah Trotter, Corey Simon) or been a step toward working out a long-term contract (Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson -- neither of whom were around for the end of those contracts).



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