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The Los Angeles Rams have taken a non-traditional approach to this year’s NFL free agency period, clearing off their books. Instead of trying to reconfigure and reload the roster for a second Lombardi in three years, the Rams have appeared to pivot and seem content remodeling their roster for a 2024 run. In just one week, Los Angeles released Leonard Floyd ($19 million dead cap), Bobby Wagner ($7.5 million dead cap), and traded Jalen Ramsey ($19.6 million dead cap) to the Miami Dolphins.
BREAKING: Rams trade CB Jalen Ramsey to the Dolphins. Rams get a 2023 third-round pick and TE Hunter Long. (via @rapsheet, @tompelissero) pic.twitter.com/vDNyuevUo1
— NFL (@NFL) March 12, 2023
Altogether, the Rams have $52.7 million in dead cap charges entering the 2023 season. Other players counting against the Rams’ financials are Andrew Whitworth (retirement), Troy Hill (void year), A’Shawn Robinson (void year), Coleman Shelton (void year), Jacob Harris (release), Terrell Lewis (release), and Terrell Burgess (release).
Where is the silver lining in all of this? The Rams will enter the 2024 season with $55.5 million in cap space for 2024 and $0 in dead cap. Initially, the Rams only had a little over $10 million in cap space for the 2024 year. And there may be more savings coming in the future, pending the status of Allen Robinson.
Rams cap space (Over the Cap)
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) March 17, 2023
2023 as of now: $10.1M
Dead money 2023: $52.7M
Cap space 2024 (w/no further player movement): $58.5M
Dead money 2024 (w/no further player movement): $0
The Rams will have the opportunity to spend money next March on elite players rather than trading for them, and next year’s free agent class appears to be loaded…
*Players like Joe Burrow, Justin Hurts, Justin Herbert, Justin Jefferson, Chris Jones, and Nick Bosa are most likely to be retained and are not considered*
2024 FA Options…
Tier 1:
CeeDee Lamb, WR
Tee Higgins, WR
Brian Burns, EDGE
Montez Sweat, EDGE
Chase Young, EDGE
Dexter Lawrence, iDL
Jeffery Simmons, iDL
Tier 2:
Tony Pollard, RB
Michael Pittman Jr, WR
Jerry Jeudy, WR
Tyler Biadasz, C
Alex Highsmith, EDGE
Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE
Josh Allen, EDGE
Poll
If you could select two players, one from each tier, who would you take? (Leave your reason in the comments...)
This poll is closed
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15%
Cee Dee Lamb & Josh Allen
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37%
Brian Burns & Jerry Jeudy
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30%
Chase Young & Tyler Biadasz
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2%
Jeffrey Simmons & Tony Pollard
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6%
Tee Higgins & Alex Highsmith
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6%
Other
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