Rams sound ready to move on from Jared Goff
The Los Angeles Rams advanced to the NFC Divisional round this season. However they sound to have soured on quarterback Jared Goff.
When the general manager won’t commit to you being around, it’s never good news. Especially if you’re a high-profile quarterback with a big cap hit.
This week, Rams general manager Les Snead did his season-ending press conference with the media and was quite coy about the future holds for quarterback Jared Goff, calling the future a beautiful mystery. It was bizarre behavior for someone who locked in his quarterback to a massive four-year, $134 million extension — with a whopping $110 million guaranteed. Oh, and that extension, it starts in 2021.
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Looking at the contract, Goff counts $34.6 million and $32.3 million in each of the next two years, respectively. His dead cap hit if a trade presented itself would be $22.2 million, so Los Angeles would save some money, but also be eating a significant amount of cash.
At 26, Goff has reached the Super Bowl, going two years ago with the Rams after earning some MVP consideration. However, he’s fallen off since, struggling to throw the deep ball while watching his sporting cast fall apart around him. Running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Brandin Cooks were both sent away last offseason to save money after each became more expensive than their production warranted.
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Now, it appears Snead would love to do the same with Goff, but the numbers don’t add up. Additionally, the Rams are without their first-round pick for a second straight year after sending them to the Jacksonville Jaguars last October in a trade for All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
Lastly, the Rams are projected to be $30 million over the cap going into the offseason. Moving on from him would save Los Angeles $12 million in cap, but then there’s the notion of adding a replacement, unless the Rams are thrilled with the idea of John Wolford starting.
If there’s any ire to be had for Rams fans, it should be towards Snead. He paid Gurley far too early and ended up eating a healthy portion of that deal. Now, a year later, he’s once again having buyer’s remorse and putting Los Angeles in another bad spot.
The Rams are a good team, and were almost a championship one with Goff a few years ago. Now they want to move on, but the options aren’t good, Goff included.
