Ndamukong Suh wasn't the impact player the Los Angeles Rams expected him to be last season. Whether or not they will miss the talented, inconsistent defensive tackle going forward, though, still remains to be seen.

Los Angeles general manager Les Snead all but officially confirmed Suh's departure on Tuesday, calling his potential return to the team “pretty much guaranteed to be off the table” due in large part to salary cap constraints.

“Based on the fact that from our budgetary constraints this year, it probably doesn't fit in his desires,” he said of Suh, per Lindsey Thiry of ESPN.

Suh signed a one-year, $14 million deal with the Rams in free agency last season, a deal broadly understood to be a single-season rental before the nine-year veteran would re-enter the free agency fray this spring. Unfortunately, Suh struggled to live up to the hype of his acquisition in 2018 as he transitioned from playing the three-technique to nose tackle, next to Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald, in defensive coordinator Wade Phillips' 3-4 scheme.

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The Nebraska product had 59 tackles, four tackles for loss, four and-a-half sacks, and 19 quarterback hits last season.

“There was an early-in-the down transition to that position change and I do think as the season went on he did improve,” Snead said of Suh's acclimation to nose tackle. “And you felt more of the Ndamukong that maybe you had gotten to know over the years.”

Suh, 31, seems unlikely to garner a multi-year, big-money deal in free agency given his age and deteriorating play over the last few seasons, despite his reputation as one of the game's most gifted interior defensive linemen.