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The way the deal is constructed he is a Ram through 2023 for sure. For 2024 both sides can decide if he keeps going. I think there is no way he plays beyond 2024 though.
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He was already a Ram through 2024 before this ‘raise’. His existing contract assured that. Oh, the irony.
Again, Cooper Kupp is already under contract for two more seasons. Yet the Rams are looking to give him a "raise" too after he outperformed his contract last season. Should the Rams cease negotiations with him? Why give him a raise if it will hurt the Rams' salary cap?
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But the cap situation makes everything much more complicated and I’m not crazy about the trade offs. Team should come before any individual player, even an AD.
Please identify these trade-offs that you're not crazy about. It's clear that AD's new deal with the Rams will constrain their salary cap flexibility moreso than it would had he not signed it. Though you might not wish to acknowledge it, the same holds true for Stafford's extension and Kupp's presumed "raise" - both who were already under contract for this season (and Kupp after that).
Regardless, what are these trade-offs that you're talking about? What player(s) are the Rams going to be missing out on were it not for AD's raise? Is it the infamous "player to be named later?"
