Rams Tag (kicker) Matt Gay with original-round tender

[Florida_Ram]

The Los Angeles Rams aren’t letting their Pro Bowl kicker Matt Gay get away. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Rams are using an original-round tender on Gay, retaining him as a restricted free agent.

The cost of that tender for the Rams is $2.54 million, which is the lowest tender level for a restricted free agent. Because Gay was originally a fifth-round pick, if a team signs him to an offer sheet that the Rams don’t match, that team will give Los Angeles a fifth-round pick in return for Gay.

It’s possible a team will try to sign Gay away from the Rams, but it’s hard to see Los Angeles letting its kicker get away without matching an offer from another team. And it’s not often teams use fifth-round picks on kickers, which is what they would be doing with Gay.

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[FrantikRam]

Wow 2.5 mil is more than I thought. Here's hoping he really was just injured in the playoffs

 

[TexasRam]

It can't be overstated how important a good kicker is.

Especially when nearly every playoff game came down to a FG last year.

 

[dieterbrock]

Wow 2.5 mil is more than I thought. Here's hoping he really was just injured in the playoffs

That only puts him at the 17th highest paid kicker. 14 guys making 4 mill or higher

 

[Neil039]

Well thats not a lot of pay to retain Gay

 

[FarNorth]

Well thats not a lot of pay to retain Gay

Rams may still have to pay more if another team ups the ante and makes Gay a higher offer. Assuming we want to keep an extremely reliable kicker instead of having another dog and pony show in camp.

 

[Steve808]

Matt Gay was money. Only the Bucs playoff game was a bad game but that's only because we blew a huge lead in the 4th quarter.

 

[Ramon Ram]

Matt Gay was money. Only the Bucs playoff game was a bad game but that's only because we blew a huge lead in the 4th quarter.

Lets not sugar coat this one. Gay was money all year but, it was only a close game that we had to win at the end because he came up way short on a 47 yard field goal. If hurt then ok, if not what's up with that?