Who wants to pay *anything* for him to leave? It's not like he's a locker room cancer or completely untalented. Can we sign/draft a better ready-to-play talent for less than $3m next year? If the answer is "yes" then cut. If "no" then keep.
Come on man don't make things up we all know he was never a deep threat. He was a threat on jet sweeps and screen passes along with punt returns for a while.
This is not how that works. It doesn't "cost" us anything to cut him. We already payed him $5 million. That money is gone. Sunk. We owe him $3 million more. If we cut him we save that $3 million. If we keep him it'll cost us that $3 million
I wonder if we can keep him through training camp, trade him before the season if need be, and still save the $3m? At the moment at least we may not need the money and, without Watkins and since we apparently have to pay the roster bonus anyway, maybe our coaching staff can actually work with Austin in a full preseason and try to find some use for his speed. We need more weapons on offense now.
If we cut him he costs us $5 million dollars on the salary cap. If we keep him he costs us another $3 million the cap.
The guy has too much heart and passion. Get value in a trade, or keep him. I want to see him year 2 in a Mcvay offense.Report: Rams holding out hope of trading Tavon Austin
Posted by Charean Williams on March 14, 2018, 6:42 PM EDT
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The Rams are holding out hold they can get something — anything? — for receiver Tavon Austin in a trade, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports reports. Interested teams, though, expect the Rams to cut Austin, so Los Angeles isn’t finding anything to its liking.
Austin has four years remaining on the four-year, $42 million extension he signed with the Rams in 2016. The Rams will save only his $3 million base salary with his trade or release.
Austin started only nine games in 2017 and made 13 catches for 47 yards. In his five seasons with the Rams, the former first-round pick has 194 catches for 1,689 yards and 12 touchdowns
