http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/08/27/rams-extend-tavon-austins-contract-by-four-years/
The Rams don’t have many offensive weapons. One of the few they have will be sticking around for a while.
PFT has confirmed that receiver
Tavon Austin, the eighth overall pick in the 2013 draft, has agreed to terms on a four-year extension.
It’s a four-year extension, worth $42 million. Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, Austin’s true guarantee if he’s on the roster next March will be $25 million.
He was due to make $2.14 million this year and $12.2 million next year, under the fifth-year first-round option. In all, it’s a six-year deal worth more than $56 million.
The deal also includes an incentive package that will pay Austin significantly more, if/when he generates the kind of numbers over the course of a full season that he has generated in flashes through his first three seasons.
Can he generate big numbers over the course of a full season? If running back
Todd Gurley continues to improve and quarterback
Jared Goff is the real deal, it will be easier for the Rams to get more out of Austin. At times last year, the offense consisted primarily of pushing the ball forward with Gurley and finding ways to get the ball in Austin’s hands in space with a collection of average-at-best quarterbacks.