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When listing the players who could be traded before Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, it’s tempting to include Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery. And he could indeed be moved, his contractual status adds a layer or two of complexity.

For starters, Jeffery has a franchise-tag salary of $14.599 million. That’s more than $858,000 per week, and more than $7.7 million in cash and cap space for the rest of the year.

Beyond 2016, Jeffery will be eligible for free agency. The only way to keep him off the market will be to tag him again, at a 20-percent raise over his 2016 salary. That becomes more than $17.5 million for 2017.

So a new team could sign Jeffery to a new deal, right? Sure, but they can’t do it until after the regular season ends. By then, the player may decide to keep pushing toward the market, at a minimum to let the market set his value.

As a result, any team that trades for Jeffery needs to be prepared to let him walk after the season, to invest more than $17.5 million for another season with him, or to successfully compete with the open market in an effort to get him back.