The Green Bay Packers have only used the franchise tag five times in the team’s history. The NFL introduced the franchise tag in 1993.

The franchise tag is a one-year, fully guaranteed tender that allows a team to keep a player who will be an unrestricted free agent.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has called it a “last resort” and a way to create time necessary for figuring out a long-term contract, although using the tag sometimes ends in an unhappy player being traded away.

The Packers are highly unlikely to use the tag in 2023.

Here’s a complete history of the team’s usage of the franchise tag:

WR Davante Adams, 2022

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Year: 2022
Resolution: Traded to Raiders

The Packers traded Adams to the Raiders for first-round and second-round picks in the 2022 NFL draft.

DL Ryan Pickett, 2010

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Year: 2010
Resolution: Contract extension

Pickett and the Packers eventually agreed to a four-year, $28 million deal ahead of the 2010 season.

DL Corey Williams, 2008

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Year: 2008
Resolution: Traded to Browns

The Packers traded Williams to the Browns for a second-round pick in the 2008 NFL draft.

WR Antonio Freeman, 1999

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Year: 1999
Resolution: Contract extension

Freeman and the Packers eventually agreed to a seven-year, $42 million deal in August of 1999.

RB Dorsey Levens, 1998

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Year: 1998
Resolution: Contract extension

Levens and the Packers eventually agreed to a five-year, $25 million deal in September of 1998.

Story originally appeared on Packers Wire