The deadline for NFL teams to a apply a franchise or transition tag is tomorrow at 4pm ET. As it nears, we’ll likely learn if the Los Angeles Rams have opted not to use it or if they’ll apply it to either WR Sammy Watkins, CB Lamarcus Joyner or a wildcard option that as yet seems unlikely.
It makes for an interesting situation. Watkins’ 2017 season certainly didn’t produce as much quantitatively as Rams fans likely would have liked, but the offense he was a part of cranked all year.