Kaden Elliss has grown in a big way in his last couple NFL seasons.<\/p>\n
In the process, the Atlanta Falcons linebacker has proven to be pretty indispensable.<\/p>\n
That also means the Falcons are facing a key decision. Elliss’ contract is up after this season.<\/p>\n
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That could result in a franchise tag next offseason if a long-term contract isn’t immediately forthcoming.<\/p>\n
According to Pro Football Network<\/a>, the linebacker franchise tag value for 2026 offseason could end up around $28 million. That’d be fair for Elliss while the Falcons figure out if they can keep him longer.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0V<\/a>on Miller gets his Commanders contract figured out<\/a><\/p>\n In 2024, Elliss had a career-high 151 tackles. He added five sacks.<\/p>\n Among high-tackle linebackers, Elliss may be the best blitzer in the league. Atlanta mixes up his usage in a strong way.<\/p>\n If he has another season like the one he just had, Elliss is going to get paid one way or the other.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n MORE NFL NEWS:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaden Elliss has grown in a big way in his last couple NFL seasons. In the process, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,427,8421,224,7,46140,11415,6,7127,2661],"class_list":{"0":"post-222374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlantafalcons","11":"tag-commanders","12":"tag-elliss","13":"tag-falcons","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-indispensable","16":"tag-kaden-elliss","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-pro-football-network","19":"tag-the-falcons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114886454020818227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}