The Los Angeles Rams effectively wrapped up their efforts in free agency 2019 when they extended DL Aaron Donald in August 2018. In doing so, they effectively choked off most of their available salary cap in 2019 save for the number of role players they had to assess and their 2019 NFL Draft class.
The Rams decided to let ILB Mark Barron and C John Sullivan head off which gave the Rams a bit of room to get, effectively, a discounted franchise tag on EDGE Dante Fowler, Jr.