A'Shawn Robinson departure not projected to improve Rams' compensatory picks in 2024
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Cameron DaSilva
agreed to a deal with Big Blue. He’s signing a one-year deal worth up to $8 million, a nice payday for the veteran defensive lineman.
Unfortunately, the words “up to” are important to note because that’s not the base value of the contract. Rather, it’s worth about $4 million with incentives that can drive the value up to $8 million.
As a result, Robinson’s departure isn’t expected to improve the Rams’ compensatory pick situation in 2024. According to Nick Korte of Over The Cap, his contract is on the fringe of a sixth- and seventh-round value for the Rams.
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Depending on how much of the "up to" is in the amount counted for compensatory formula purposes, the Rams could upgrade a 2024 comp pick.
They have the max of four picks on the board right now: two 6ths and two 7ths.
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The #Giants have agreed to terms with #Rams FA DT A’Shawn Robinson, continuing to beef up their defensive front right before the Draft, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo. He gets a 1-year deal worth up to $8M max value with the opportunity to find a home with NYG.
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$4M would be right on the cusp of the 6th/7th round compensatory pick cutoff.
Ralph Vacchiano
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The Giants have signed free agent DT A’Shawn Robinson to a one-year deal worth about $4M, with incentives that could push it to $8M total.
12:32 PM · Apr 24, 2023
Over The Cap has updated the Rams’ projected comp picks and they’re giving L.A. a seventh-rounder for Robinson leaving. They’re also projected to get two sixth-rounders and two other seventh-rounders, but the maximum is four per team.
So if Robinson nets the Rams a seventh like Nick Scott and Greg Gaines, it won’t matter or improve their projected comp picks next year. Robinson will need to be worth at least a sixth-rounder in order to upgrade one of the Rams’ picks.