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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 |