November 30, 2020 04:31AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 6,477
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If the Rams traded Goff after this season they would be on the hook cap-wise for the remainder of his pro-rated signing bonus.
In this clip from overthecap.com [
overthecap.com] you can see that adds up to $22.2M. That would all go against the 2021 cap ... unless they trade him after June 1.
If they trade him after June 1 that $22.2M can be spread over two seasons: $6.8M in 2021 and $15.4M in 2022. (Seriously, though - is a trade after June 1 feasible?)
The cap for 2021 hasn't been announced yet. Pre-covid it was expected to be $215M; post covid it will undoubtedly be less, but the league and the NFLPA still have to decide how much less.
Overthecap.com shows the Rams having less cap space than almost every team in the league, ahead of only the Falcons, Eagles, and Saints. If the cap is set at $210M the Rams will have only $14M in cap space in 2021.
The Rams currently have 45 guys signed for the 2021 season. That $14M is needed to cover the other 8 guys who fill out the 53 man roster plus anyone on IR, PUP, and the practice squad.
How do they fit a $22.2M hit in a $14M window? To me that doesn't seem doable.
The Rams could create more cap space by cutting guys. These are the only guys that would net more than $1M in cap savings, and personally I don't see any of them getting cut:
Whitworth ($5.3M cap savings)
Havenstein ($5.17M)
Higbee ($5.3M)
Brockers ($4.67M)
Hekker ($2.6M)
Corbett ($1.5M)
In theory they could also create more cap space by restructuring contracts. This typically creates space by converting salary to signing bonus. The Rams don't do this much because it just kicks the can down the road ... but they do it on occasion. What makes this hard to do now is that in 2022 the Rams are again bumping up against the cap with less cap space than anyone except the Texans and Vikings - $50M in cap space with 30 players signed ... and that is before the league and NFLPA adjust the 2022 cap down, which they certainly will do.
Note that the tight cap space in 2022 also works against a trade after June 1. Additionally, a post June 1 trade wouldn't yield any draft picks in the 2021 draft.
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