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The Los Angeles Rams extended LB Alec Ogletree earlier tonight keeping him under contract through the 2021 season. By doing so, they tied up a key part of their defense...and what would have been a huge potential free agent heading into the 2018 NFL Free Agency market.
With Ogletree now wrapped up, here’s how the Rams’ 2018 books look to lighten up with those players entering free agency:
2018 LA Rams Free Agents
| Player | POS | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | POS | Type | Outcome |
| Connor Barwin | OLB | UFA | |
| Derek Carrier | TE | UFA | Signed with Raiders: 3yr |
| Cody Davis | S | UFA | Signed with Jaguars: 2yr |
| Lance Dunbar | RB | UFA | Released |
| Dominique Easley | DT | UFA | Re-signed with Rams: 1yr |
| Trumaine Johnson | CB | UFA | Signed with Jets: 3yr |
| Lamarcus Joyner | S | UFA | Tagged |
| Cornelius Lucas | OT | UFA | |
| Jake McQuaide | LS | UFA | Re-signed with Rams: 3yr |
| Nickell Robey-Coleman | CB | UFA | Re-signed with Rams: 3yr |
| John Sullivan | C | UFA | Re-signed with Rams: 2yr |
| Tyrunn Walker | DT | UFA | |
| Sammy Watkins | WR | UFA | Signed with Chiefs: 3yr |
| Matt Longacre | DE | RFA | Tendered |
| Cameron Lynch | OLB | RFA | |
| Darrell Williams | OT | RFA | |
| Malcolm Brown | RB | ERFA | Tendered |
| Sam Ficken | K | ERFA | Tendered |
| Troy Hill | CB | ERFA | Tendered |
| Zach Laskey | FB | ERFA | |
| Garrett Sickels | OLB | ERFA | Re-signed with Rams: TBD |
Broadening that view? Here’s the outlook for the 2019 offseason decision matrix:
2019 LA Rams Free Agents
| Player | POS | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | POS | Type | Outcome |
| Tavon Austin | WR | UFA | Traded |
| Brandin Cooks | WR | UFA | Re-signed, 5-yr, $80m |
| Todd Gurley | RB | UFA (option) | Re-signed, 4-yr, $60m |
| Marcus Peters | CB | UFA (option) | Optioned |
| Kayvon Webster | CB | UFA | Released |
| Jamon Brown | G | UFA | |
| Aaron Donald | DT | UFA | |
| Dominique Easley | DE | UFA | |
| Bryce Hager | ILB | UFA | |
| Rob Havenstein | OL | UFA | |
| Lamarcus Joyner | S | UFA | |
| Matt Longacre | OLB | UFA | |
| Sean Mannion | QB | UFA | |
| Rodger Saffold | OL | UFA | |
| Sam Shields | CB | UFA | |
| Ndamukong Suh | DL | UFA | |
| Ethan Westbrooks | DE | UFA | |
| Ramik Wilson | ILB | UFA | |
| Malcolm Brown | RB | RFA | |
| Blake Countess | CB | RFA | |
| Morgan Fox | DE | RFA | |
| Troy Hill | CB | RFA | |
| Isaiah Johnson | S | RFA | |
| Cory Littleton | ILB | RFA | |
| Carlos Thompson | OLB | RFA | |
| Michael Dunn | RT | ERFA | |
| Sam Ficken | K | ERFA | |
| Aaron Neary | LG | ERFA | |
| Kevin Peterson | CB | ERFA | |
| Garrett Sickels | OLB | ERFA |
So even with Ogletree locked in, the Rams are headed toward a 2018 offseason with required decisions for numerous starters including WR Sammy Watkins, CB Trumaine Johnson and DB Lamarcus Joyner, they’ve also got looming decisions for DL Aaron Donald, OLs Rodger Saffold and Rob Havenstein, and RB Todd Gurley with his fifth-year option looming.
There’s plenty to consider in the immediate aftermath of Ogletree’s re-signing. But with an eye beyond this season into the 2018 and 2019 free agency period, the near entirety of the starting roster is coming into the fore.
Decisions, decisions, decisions.