Players have to be willing to restructure their contracts if they want to stay under the cap. I think these high salaries stars were approached and told the Rams to shove it.
The Rams then need to either trade them away or cut them. Wagner is his own agent. He decided to join the defending champs to get a ring. He did his job but we went 5-12. He doesn't have many years left to make big money and win. So a mutual cutting. Floyd wasn't healthy to start last season and tried to play through it. When he got healthy he showed up as a very strong edge. He probably didn't want to restructure. He will be traded or cut. ARob shouldn't have been signed. And we paid him #1 money to be a #2. We know he's not worth that contract that he just signed. He won't restructure it. So he's gone. JR is a little blurry for me. Seems like he played hard every game. He was running all over the place trying to cover up a poor secondary while our D had no rush. He is still in his prime and probably worth his contract, but we can't afford him.
If they really trade him we are in a rebuild. Whether McSnead want to use the words or not.