The Rams have two franchise tag candidates in wide receiver Sammy Watkins and safety Lamarcus Joyner. One of those players will receive the tag on Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets, but they have yet to decide which one. 
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By tagging one of the players, the Rams will guarantee that they will not lose both players to unrestricted free agency. However, if they cannot come to terms on a deal with either Watkins or Joyner before March 14, they’ll risk losing a key cog to the open market.
Late last month, it was reported that the Rams are leaning towards tagging Joyner over Watkins. Joyner would represent the cheaper tag as the projected cost for safeties is just over $11MM. Tagging Watkins would be more costly at a rate of about $16.23MM.
There’s more to the decision than just the Rams’ evaluation of each player and the cost. For all of Watkins’ drawbacks, including a dicey health history and a down year in 2017, he stands as one of the best potential free agents at his position. If the Rams do not tag him, they’ll be embroiled in a bidding war with other WR-needy teams and his price could quickly become too rich for their blood. Joyner, meanwhile, may profile as the best safety on the market, but there are other quality options near the top including Morgan Burnett, Kenny Vaccaro, Tre Boston, and Eric Reid.
Sammy Watkins for $16mil for the 8 games he’s going to play before getting hurt? That’s nuts.
In 4 years he’s played 16, 13, 8, and 15 games. The real question here is, are you dumb or just terribly mistaken?
2017: ranked #101 in receptions.
2016: ranked #163 in receptions.
he’s not elite and shouldn’t be paid as such.
So he’s missed 14 games in 4 years? Exactly. Not worth that money.
Don’t think he should get paid like that either, simply saying your statement made no sense as you indicated he plays about 8 games per season, but it’s only happened once so…