Jalen Ramsey Signs 5yr Extension

[ScotsRam]

According to Schefter.

5yrs $105m

 

[pmil66]

View: https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1303697546691440645


The LA Rams are making Jalen Ramsey the highest paid defensive back in NFL history and by a wide margin. The extension is for $105M over 5 years ($21M per year) & has $71.2M in guarantees at signing. This brings the DB market into a new stratosphere.

 

[Boston Ram]

Do we know how much is guaranteed?

 

[ScotsRam]

71.2 mill guaranteed.

Sorry chaps I'm having trouble embedding the tweets.

 

[Big Game]

This Jalen Ramsey's agent right now hahahhaha

 

[OldSchool]

View: https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1303697546691440645

 

[pmil66]

Season off to a great start. A must do signing that happened.

 

[Angry Ram]

In before the "overpaid" posts.

Never had any doubt he would resign. Some of y'all were worried for no reason.

 

[Boston Ram]

ugh, never a big fan of market setting contracts. Outside of a Aaron Donald or franchise QB big contracts are never a good thing. Biggest fear is we are getting very top heavy with our roster, ultimately this will effect our depth.

 

[ScotsRam]

I am not a cap guru but perhaps someone who is can explain - we were by some accounts $500k over the cap as of yesterday - how did we manage to fit a deal of this magnitude in?

 

[HX76]

Please tell me this doesn’t mean we lose Kupp down the road?

 

[Snaz]

I am not a cap guru but perhaps someone who is can explain - we were by some accounts $500k over the cap as of yesterday - how did we manage to fit a deal of this magnitude in?

Extension so not this year starts after current contract ends

 

[ScotsRam]

Please tell me this doesn’t mean we lose Kupp down the road?

I think it means no JJ for sure.

 

[OldSchool]

I am not a cap guru but perhaps someone who is can explain - we were by some accounts $500k over the cap as of yesterday - how did we manage to fit a deal of this magnitude in?

There are things that can be done. For instance this is an extension so they rework this year into the deal moving the 2020 cap hit from $13.7 million to say $3.7 million and move the other $10 million into a bonus thus freeing up room this year. This is just an example not saying they did this. But the issue with this is that other $10 million has to be accounted for in future years. So you give yourself cap space this year but hurt cap space the next few years.

Dallas just did the same with an OLinemans contract. Freed up $8 million this year but they'll spread that out over future years. I'd wager KD is his usually sly self and Ramsey's big cap hit year is 2022. Ramsey will get his but because of accounting tricks the bulk of his money shows up on the books in a year we have a lot of cap. Kupp when he's signed will be the same thing but in say 2023. It's all math and accounting games.

 

[OldSchool]

Extension so not this year starts after current contract ends

No it's added onto the current deal and you can modify this years number with it.

 

[Memento]

YES, YES, YES! YES! MORE YES! EVEN MORE YES! STILL MORE YES! YET MORE YES! ALL MY FUCKING YES!!!!!!!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT NEWS MAKES ME HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dolphinlover123]

Congrats to Ramsey

 

[Boston Ram]

Please tell me this doesn’t mean we lose Kupp down the road?

Its a legit possibility. At some point there will be no room for 2nd year contracts for really good players. Big contracts will effect your middle and upper middle class players and veteran depth.

 

[tempests]

A lot of $ for a DB.

Hope he plays up to it.

 

[MadGoat]

ugh, never a big fan of market setting contracts. Outside of a Aaron Donald or franchise QB big contracts are never a good thing. Biggest fear is we are getting very top heavy with our roster, ultimately this will effect our depth.

Yeah. Having too much money tied up in a few players does seem to cap a team's potential. As long as the players are stars and they stay healthy, it at least gives you a nice floor to build from. I' still feel it's a nice predicament compared to what we all went through for over a decade.