McVay is a student of the offensive side of the ball. Some would call him an offensive genius, noting that the Rams were last in scoring in the NFL in 2016 and then lead the league in scoring in 2017, McVay's first year as HC.
In 2022 they were 27th.
McVay wants to get back to (or at least near) the top of the list again. To do so he had to shift a lot of spending from the defensive side of the ball to the offensive side of the ball.
The Rams took on $46.1M in dead money last year from their three biggest moves on defense: $19.6M from the Ramsey trade, $19M from cutting Wagner, and another $7.5M from cutting Floyd.
That helped kill the Rams cap last year. But before these moves the Rams were already over the cap in 2024 (in addition to being over the cap in 2023). Now, the Rams sit $40M under the cap in 2024. Plus they have freed up over $120M in cash that was tied up in those three contracts, money they can now spend elsewhere. And most (all?) of it will go to players who will help the Rams score more points.
The decision was made last year to fix the offense, but it's not a 1 year job. This past season the Rams were 8th in the league in scoring. I think McVay wants to be even better to that. And another stud WR will go a long way to achieving that objective.
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