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January 29, 2009 5:23 PM

Seahawks franchise-tag history

The franchise tag has been by Seattle in each of the previous sevens years. Here are the list of players whom Seattle designated franchise players and what the result of those designations was.

2008	Player	Designation	Price tag
	CB Marcus Trufant	Franchise tag	$9,465,000
Result: Trufant signed a long-term contract during the offseason following his designation.

2007	Player	Designation	Price tag
	K Josh Brown	Franchise tag	$2,078,000
Result: Brown signed one-year tender, became a free agent in 2008 and signed with St. Louis.

2006	Player	Designation	Price tag
	LG Steve Hutchinson	Transition tag	$6,390,000
Result: Rumor has it this didn't work out so well for Seattle, who took it in the shorts courtesy of the poison-pilled offer sheet Hutchinson signed with Minnesota.

2005	Player	Designation	Price tag
	RB Shaun Alexander	Franchise tag	$8,080,000
Result: Seattle promised Alexander it wouldn't apply the franchise tag again, then watched him run to the league's MVP award and a fat new contract.

2004	Player	Designation	Price tag
	LT Walter Jones	Franchise tag	$7,080,000
Result: Jones missed training camp and then played under the one-year tender for the third consecutive season.

2003	Player	Designation	Price tag
	LT Walter Jones	Franchise tag	$5,734,000
Result: Reported after sitting out training camp for the second consecutive season.

2002	Player	Designation	Price tag
	LT Walter Jones	Franchise tag	$4,920,000
Result: Missed training camp and the first two games before reporting and playing the rest of the season.

2000	Player	Designation	Price tag
	WR Joey Galloway	Franchise tag	$4,100,000
Result: Traded to Dallas for two first-round choices after being designated Seattle's franchise player. Galloway sat out eight regular-season games in 1999, holding out for a new contract. He was ruled a free agent for 2000 in an arbitration hearing.

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