The Rams took things a step further in their trade for Jalen Ramsey, a player who was willing to embellish an injury and go to all lengths possible to get out of Jacksonville in-season. The Rams took him in, giving up a haul of picks in the process, despite having an uphill climb to reach the playoffs, and they missed. Byron Jones started to push the cornerback market back up in free agency and every other defensive back is now waiting to see what Ramsey squeezes out of L.A.
This is a huge-market team about to open a $5 billion new stadium and Ramsey is arguably the second-best player on the team. They are desperately short on picks the next few years, like the Texans, and thus cannot let this player go at any cost. The Rams also have history of drastically overpaying their own players, going back to their days in St. Louis (only the Falcons give them a run for their money in that department), which is not lost on those close to Ramsey, either. [
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