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Los Angeles Rams free agency rumor tracker: News, signings, cuts and more

The 2018 LA Rams season begins now. Follow our tracker along with a list of all the Rams’ 2018 free agents and all the team’s action.

Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead and HC Sean McVay
Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead and HC Sean McVay
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The Los Angeles Rams are headed into free agency. Legal tampering has begun. Time to put everything in one place.

I’ll keep tabs on everything here, so consider this your bookmark-ready tracker for all the moves this offseason.

Rumors

March 12: NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport is reporting the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs are (or could be) “interested” in WR Sammy Watkins

March 14: Rams among teams trying to sign WR Terrelle Pryor

March 14: Rams talking to C John Sullivan, OLB Connor Barwin, WR Tavon Austin, remain open to re-signing Austin at lower rate

March 15: Sullivan is attracting attention from the New York Giants and Washington

March 15: Apparently, the Rams tried to sign Cincinnati Bengals TE Tyler Eifert

March 16: Former Washington WR Ryan Grant reportedly considering Rams as “potential landing spot”

March 18: Rams working on a deal for DE Dominique Easley

March 19: Former Miami Dolphins DL Ndamukong Suh coming to LA for a visit this week with the Rams

March 19: Former Seattle Seahawks RB Mike Davis is coming too

March 23: The Rams have “had discussions” about former Washington EDGE Junior Galette

March 26: The Rams are “the team to beat” in the pursuit of Suh

March 26: The Rams have discussed a potential trade for Giants WR Odell Beckham, Jr.

March 27: Rams Head Coach Sean McVay artfully danced around the Beckham rumors

March 27: The Giants are fielding calls as the Rams make it known the #23 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft is available in a trade

Transactions

March 6: S Lamarcus Joyner tagged

March 9: LS Jake McQuaide re-signs with Rams on 3-year deal

March 9: RB Lance Dunbar released

March 12: RB Malcolm Brown, CB Troy Hill tendered as ERFAs

March 13: Watkins to sign deal with Chiefs: 3-years, $48m, $30m guaranteed.

March 13: CB Nickell Robey-Coleman will re-sign on 3-year, $15.75m deal with $8m guaranteed.

March 13: TE Derek Carrier is headed to the Oakland Raiders on a three-year deal.

March 13: CB Trumaine Johnson’s time with the Rams is over. He’s headed to the New York Jets on a five-year, $72.5m deal with $34m guaranteed.

March 14: EDGE Matt Longacre has received a “right of first refusal” tender.

March 14: Rams apply minimum salary tender to ERFA K Sam Ficken, re-sign OLB Garrett Sickels.

March 14: S Cody Davis headed to the Jacksonville Jaguars

March 15: Austin agrees to contract restructuring

March 16: Sullivan re-signs on 2-year deal

March 19: Easley re-signs on 1-year deal

March 22: Rams to sign former Kansas City Chiefs ILB Ramik Wilson

March 26: Rams officially announce signing of Ndamukong Suh to 1-year deal

April 3: Seemingly out of nowhere, the Rams pull off a trade sending a first-round and sixth-round pick to the New England Patriots for WR Brandin Cooks and a fourth-round pick.

Expiring Contracts

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