EARTH CITY, Mo. -- As of Tuesday morning, the NFL's 32 teams can begin using the franchise and transition tags in their efforts to keep some of their top players from reaching free agency.
On Monday, ESPN NFL Nation columnist Kevin Seifert offered a thorough rundown of how the tag system works. It's a good read and can answer all of your questions about what the respective tags mean and how teams go about deciding to use them.
From a Los Angeles Rams perspective, the tag hasn't been a common tool for keeping their own.