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This offseason, the Los Angeles Rams have had to make decisions on whether to keep several key free agents or not. Players like Todd Gurley, Dante Fowler Jr. and Greg Zuerlein have all signed elsewhere while players such as Andrew Whitworth, A'Shawn Robinson and Leonard Floyd have either re-signed with the team or have been free-agent additions.
However, as important as this offseason is for Los Angeles, next year has a chance to be even more pivotal. Cooper Kupp, John Johnson, Jalen Ramsey, Gerald Everett, Troy Hill and Samson Ebukam will all become free agents next year, assuming they don’t sign extensions throughout next season.
With next year's crop of free agents set to be an important one, the Rams are reportedly set on clearing up cap space in order to re-sign both Kupp and Ramsey.
“[We’re] making sure long-term that the Cooper Kupps, the John Johnsons, the Jalen Ramseys are all part of our future and that we leave room available for that as the salary cap emerges,” Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff said, per The Rams Wire. “A lot of moving parts, and we all know one of the crazy things about the NFL offseason is you finish the first week of free agency and everybody says, ‘Well, what’s the starting lineup look like?’ without the draft, without trades, without everything that’s going to happen for the next six months.”
Both players made significant impacts for the Rams last season, as Kupp recorded his first 1,000-yard season (1,161) while adding 10 touchdowns and Ramsey — after being traded mid-season from the Jacksonville Jaguars — totaled 33 tackles, four passes defended and one interception.
