(FREE AGENT DEFINITIONS)
OFFER SHEET: A contract offer from another team signed by a (RFA), Transition Player, of Franchise Player. The player's original team has seven days to match the offer and retain the player.
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QUALIFYING OFFER: An initial contract offer made to (RFAs). This offer determines what type of compensation the player's original team receives if the RFA signs with another team. The original team is awarded draft choices from the signing team. The highest compensation is a package of 1st and 3rd round picks. Players tendered minimum offers carry compensation equivalent to the round in which they were originally drafted.
For instance, a (RFA) was originally a 6th round pick, and is given a minimum tender "Qualifying Offer." If he signs an "Offer Sheet" with another team and the original team declines to match the offer, the original team will receive the signing team's 6th round pick. Players who were originally rookie free agents carry no compensation if a minimum qualifying offer is tendered.
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COMPENSATORY DRAFT PICKS: Compensation awarded by the league to teams who lost more (UFAs) than they signed. Compensation is in the form of extra draft picks added to the end of rounds three through seven. The quantity of picks is equivalent to the difference of (UFAs) signed to (UFAs) lost. For example, if a team loses 4 UFAs and signs 1 UFA, they will receive three Compensatory Selections.
The value of the picks is determined by the difference of the contracts signed by the players lost and those acquired. The highest possible compensatory pick is the 31st of the third round (91st overall). If a team has signed an equal number or more (UFAs) than it lost, no "Compensatory Picks" are awarded.
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TRANSITION PLAYER: Each team may name two Transition Players and that label must remain with them until their contracts expire or until they are released. They will be paid at least the average of the top ten highest paid players at his position. A Transition Player may sign an "Offer Sheet" with any other team, but his original team has seven days to match any offer he receives. If the original team declines to match the offer, no compensation will be awarded.
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FRANCHISE PLAYER: Each team may name one Franchise Player and that label must remain with him until his contract expires or until he is released. He will be paid at least the average of the top five highest paid players at his position. He may sign an "Offer Sheet" with any other team, but his original team has seven days to match any offer he receives. If the original team declines to match the offer, compensation in the form of two first round draft picks in consecutive years will be awarded from the signing team.
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TEAM OPTION: FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS: Teams have the option to exercise a fifth-year option for all first-round picks. The fifth year is guaranteed for injury when employed. The fifth-year salary varies depending on how high the player was drafted. The top 10 selections receive a salary equal to the average of the 10 highest salaries at their position.
For the remainder of the first round, the wage is the average of the third through 25th highest salaries at the position. These will soon be very important decisions for the RAMS
when players like Aaron DONALD & Greg ROBINSON's Team Options come up in 2018.... GURLEY in 2019.... Goff in 2020 etc...
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RESTRICTED FREE AGENT (RFA): A player whose contract has expired and has fewer than four tenured years in the league. He may sign an "Offer Sheet" with any other team, but his original team has seven days to match any offer he receives. If the original team does not match the offer, compensation will be awarded in the form of draft picks from the signing team.
The round and quantity of picks are determined by the "Qualifying Offer" made by the player's original team. If a (RFA) is tendered a minimum qualifying offer the compensation is the equivalent of the round in which that player was originally selected. If that player was originally a rookie free agent, no compensation is awarded.
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EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENT (ERFA): Which isn't really very "free" at all. Such a player has no more than two accrued seasons in the NFL and may only sign with his prior team, provided, of course, that the team extends a minimum qualifying offer to the player.. No compensation is awarded for losing EFAs.
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UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT (UFA): A player whose contract has expired and has four or more tenured years in the league. He may sign with any other team with no restrictions. If a team loses more UFAs than it signs, they will be awarded "Compensatory Draft Picks" from the league.
The value of the pick is determined by the difference of the contracts signed by the players lost and those acquired.
If a team has signed an equal number or more (UFAs) than it has lost, no "Compensatory Picks" will be awarded.
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How is the Salary Cap calculated during the offseason, when team rosters can total up to a maximum of 90 players?
Only the TOP 51 Player Salaries for a team Count against the salary cap in the offseason. (Outstanding tenders apply.) During the regular season, all player salaries count toward the salary cap.
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2016 Los Angeles Rams Current Salary Cap: Top 51 players counted put the Rams at approximately $5,717,720 under the Salary Cap
PLAYERS/CONTRACTS & Salary Cap Hit (2016 LOS ANGELES RAMS)
(UFA= UNRESTRICTED Free Agent), (RFA= RESTRICTED Free Agent), (ERFA= EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS Free Agent) (Team Option= 1st Round Draft Picks)
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RAMS OFFENSE
(Age) ...... (Player) ......... (Salary Cap Hit) . (Year Contract Expires/Term)
(22) QB Jared GOFF .......... $5,079,577 ....... 2020 (Team Option)
(28) QB Case KEENUM ...... $3,635,000 ........ 2017 (UFA)
(24) QB Sean MANNION ...... $738,734 ........ 2019 (UFA)
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(22) RB Todd GURLEY ....... $3,141,632 ....... 2019 (Team Option)
(26) RB B.CUNNINGHAM ... $1,671,000 ....... 2017 (UFA)
(23) RB Malcolm BROWN ..... $450,000 ....... 2018 (RFA)
(28) RB Chase REYNOLDS .... $862,500 ...... 2017 (UFA)
(23) RB Aaron GREEN ............ $450,000 ....... 2019 (RFA)
(24) FB Zach LASKEY ............. $450,000 ....... 2018 (ERFA) (InjRes)
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(25) WR Tavon AUSTIN ....... $4,057,137 ..... 2022 (UFA)
(27) WR Kenny BRITT ........ $4,850,000 ....... 2017 (UFA)
(27) WR Brian QUICK ............$1,703,125 ....... 2017 (UFA)
(21) WR Pharoh COOPER ...... $588,666 ....... 2020 (UFA)
(23) WR Bradley MARQUEZ ... $527,166 ........ 2018 (UFA)
(22) WR Mike THOMAS ........... $479,017 ....... 2020 (UFA)
(23) WR Nelson SPRUCE ....... $450,000 ....... 2019 (RFA)
(23) WR Paul MCROBERTS ..... $450,000 ....... 2019 (RFA)
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(28) TE Lance KENDRICKS .. $3,250,000 ....... 2019 (UFA)
(26) TE Cory HARKEY ............ $1,500,000 ........ 2019 (UFA)
(23) TE Tyler HIGBEE ................ $595,215 ........ 2020 (UFA)
(22) TE T. HEMMINGWAY ....... $450,000 ........ 2020 (UFA)
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(28) OC Tim BARNES ........... $1,250,000 ....... 2018 (UFA)
(24) OC D. RHANEY ................... $611,474 ........ 2018 (UFA)
(28) OG Rodger SAFFOLD .... $5,656,250 ...... 2019 (UFA)
(23) OG Jamon BROWN ............. $764,279 ...... 2019 (UFA)
(24) OG Cody WICHMANN ........ $547,621 ...... 2019 (UFA)
(24) OL Andrew DONNAL ......... $649,233 ...... 2019 (UFA)
(23) OT Greg ROBINSON ...... $5,804,754 ...... 2018 (Team Option)
(24) OT Rob HAVENSTEIN ........ $902,277 ....... 2019 (UFA)
(22) OT Pace MURPHY .............. $450,000 ........ 2019 (RFA)
(22) OT Darrell WILLIAMS......... $527,500 ... 2018 (RFA) (InjRes)
(23) OT Isaiah BATTLE ............ $525,000 ....... 2018 (RFA) (InjRes)
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(26) PP Johnny HEKKER ...... $2,595,995 ....... 2021 (UFA)
(28) KK Greg ZUERLEIN ........ $1,250,000 ....... 2017 (UFA)
(28) LS Jake MCQUAIDE ......... $875,000 ....... 2018 (UFA)
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SUMMARY: Rams OFFENSE in 2017 (UFA's) (RFA's) (ERFA's)
(28) KK Greg ZUERLEIN .... 2017 (UFA)
(27) WR Kenny BRITT ........ 2017 (UFA)
(27) WR Brian QUICK ......... 2017 (UFA)
(26) RB B.CUNNINGHAM ... 2017 (UFA)
(28) RB C.REYNOLDS .......... 2017 (UFA)
(28) QB Case KEENUM ....... 2017 (UFA)
SUMMARY: Rams OFFENSE in 2018 (UFA's) (RFA's) (ERFA's)
(23) OT Greg ROBINSON ...
(Team Option 2018)
(28) OC Tim BARNES ........... 2018 (UFA)
(24) OC D. RHANEY .............. 2018 (UFA)
(22) OT D. WILLIAMS .......... 2018 (RFA)
(23) OT Isaiah BATTLE ....... 2018 (RFA) (IR)
(23) WR B. MARQUEZ .......... 2018 (UFA)
(23) RB Malcolm BROWN .. 2018 (RFA)
(28) LS Jake MCQUAIDE ..... 2018 (UFA)
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RAMS DEFENSE
(Age) ....... (Player) ........... (Salary Cap Hit) .. (Year Contract Expires/Term)
(26) DE Robert QUINN ........ $11,157,374 ....... 2020 (UFA)
(31) DE William HAYES .......... $7,000,000 ........ 2019 (UFA)
(30) DL Eugene SIMS ............. $3,000,000 ........ 2019 (UFA)
(25) DL E. WESTBROOKS ........... $606,668 ........ 2017 (RFA)
(24) DE Matt LONGACRE .......... $525,000 ........ 2017 (ERFA)
(21) DE Fox MORGAN ................ $450,000 ........ 2019 (RFA)
(25) DT Michael BROCKERS .. $6,146,000 ...... 2020 (UFA)
(25) DT Aaron DONALD ........... $2,764,500 ...... 2018
(Team Option)
(24) DT Dominique EASLEY ...... $600,000 ...... 2017 (UFA)
(29) DT Cam THOMAS ................. $600,000 ...... 2017 (UFA)
(62) DT
Trinca-Pasat........................$348,000.......2017 (ERFA) (InjRes)
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(26) LB Mark BARRON ........... $6,000,000 ....... 2021 (UFA)
(24) LB Alec OGLETREE .......... $2,236,829 ........ 2018 (UFA)
(24) LB Bryce HAGER ................... $543,035 ........ 2018 (RFA)
(24) LB Josh FORREST..................$483,000 ......2020 (UFA) (InjRes)
(24) LB Nic GRIGSBY ................... $450,000 ........ 2019 (RFA)
(23) LB Cory LITTLETON ............ $450,000 ........ 2019 (RFA)
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(26) CB Trumaine JOHNSON .. $13,952,000 ...... 2017 (UFA)
(25) CB Lamarcus JOYNER ........ $1,371,867 ....... 2018 (UFA)
(24) CB EJ GAINES ........................... $626,918 ....... 2018 (UFA)
(35) CB Mike JORDAN.......................$158,820 ........2018 (ERFA)
(24) CB Troy HILL ......................... $525,000 ...... 2018 (RFA)
(25) CB Steve WILLIAMS
(22) CB Marqui CRISTIAN
(23) CB Blake COUNTLESS
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(25) SS T.J. MCDONALD ............ $1,833,000 ....... 2017 (UFA)
(27) FS Cody DAVIS ...................... $1,305,555 ....... 2018 (UFA)
(25) SS Maurice ALEXANDER ....... $716,065 ....... 2018 (UFA)
(23) FS Brian RANDOLPH ............. $450,000 ...... 2019 (RFA) (InjRes)
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SUMMARY: Rams DEFENSE in 2017 (UFA's) (RFA's) (ERFA's)
(26) CB Trumaine JOHNSON....... 2017 (UFA)
(25) SS T.J. MCDONALD ............... 2017 (UFA)
(24) DT D. EASLEY ....................... 2017 (UFA)
(25) DL E. WESTBROOKS ........... 2017 (RFA)
(24) DE Matt LONGACRE ............. 2017 (ERFA)
(29) DT Cam THOMAS ................ 2017 (UFA)
SUMMARY: Rams DEFENSE in 2018 (UFA's) (RFA's) (ERFA's)
(25) DT Aaron DONALD
(Team Option 2018)
(24) LB A. OGLETREE .................. 2018 (UFA)
(24) CB EJ GAINES ....................... 2018 (UFA)
(25) CB L. JOYNER ....................... 2018 (UFA)
(35) CB Mike JORDAN....................2018 (ERFA)
(24) CB Troy HILL ........................ 2018 (RFA)
(25) SS M. ALEXANDER ............. 2018 (UFA)
(27) FS Cody DAVIS .................... 2018 (UFA)
(24) LB Bryce HAGER .................. 2018 (RFA)
(28) LS Jake MCQUAIDE ............ 2018 (UFA)