The Los Angeles Rams is likely to be reducing ties with certainly one of their high stars forward of the commerce deadline.
Vast receiver Cooper Kupp has been on the heart of commerce talks because the Rams have referred to as groups to gauge their curiosity within the 31-year-old standout, The Athletic reported Tuesday. Los Angeles is reportedly searching for a second-round decide in a deal involving Kupp and is prepared to eat a few of his 2024 wage so as to get its desired return.
Kupp, 31, has a $29.7 million cap hit for the 2024 season as a part of his present three-year, $80.1 million deal. Nonetheless, $9.1 million of his remaining wage for the 2024 season is assured, per Spotrac. Kupp’s wage for 2025 is about at $20 million, however solely $5 million of it’s assured, permitting for a possible out following the 2024 season.
A commerce involving Kupp would appear to additional sign the top of an period in Los Angeles. Kupp, the Tremendous Bowl LVI MVP, is among the few remaining key contributors from the Rams’ 2021 championship-winning crew who’s nonetheless on the roster.
Nonetheless, the Rams are monitoring towards lacking the playoffs for the second time within the final three seasons. They’re 2-4 as they’ve handled a handful of key accidents to open up the season.
Kupp is amongst that group of notable gamers who’ve missed a substantial period of time for the Rams to this point in 2024. He is been out since Week 2 on account of a sprained ankle, however will probably make his return to the sector when the Rams host the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night time.
Accidents have been a priority for Kupp over the previous few seasons, lacking 17 video games for the reason that begin of the 2022 season on account of a pair of ankle accidents and a hamstring situation. However he is nonetheless been productive when wholesome, recording 152 receptions for 1,696 yards and 12 touchdowns within the 23 video games he is performed over the past three years. He had 14 receptions for 110 yards and a landing within the one full recreation he performed on this season.
Vast receiver Puka Nacua turned one of many NFL’s most stunning breakout tales final season each instead of and alongside Kupp, who began 2023 on injured reserve. Nacua himself has been on injured reserve after aggravating a knee damage within the Rams’ Week 1 loss to the Detroit Lions, however the Rams opened his 21-day apply window on Tuesday, signaling that Nacua ought to return to the sector within the coming weeks. His presence might make the commerce of Kupp extra palatable to quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has developed a detailed dynamic with each cross catchers.
Earlier than being riddled with accidents over the past three seasons, Kupp was firmly within the debate as the most effective extensive receivers within the NFL. He recorded the receiving triple crown in 2021, hauling in a league-best 145 receptions that season for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. He continued that dominance within the postseason as effectively, setting the file for many receptions in a postseason (33) and successful the aforementioned Tremendous Bowl MVP for his 92-yard, two-touchdown efficiency in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.
A pair of veteran receivers with the same pedigree to Kupp have already been traded this season. Each Davante Adams and Amari Cooper have been traded for third-round picks in offers earlier in October. Nonetheless, the third-round decide the Las Vegas Raiders received for Adams can turn out to be a second-round choice whereas the Cleveland Browns additionally gave up a sixth-round decide after they traded Cooper to the Buffalo Payments.
The NFL’s commerce deadline is Nov. 5, which is 2 weeks from Tuesday.
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