As the team’s top officials said, the Rams are exploring all their options when it comes to their desire to improve for the defender.
A source said on Friday that the Rams have started exploratory talks with several teams, both regarding the trading of Jared Goff and about bringing a new quarterback to the Rams.
This means that if the Rams believe a quarterback is worth trading and is able to execute such a transaction, they would be willing to eat $ 22.2 million in cash, plus the new quarterback’s salary. It could also change Goff after June 1 (an extremely rare scenario, although there is a league precedent) for a relatively small total of $ 6.8 million in dead money in 2021 (plus $ 15.4 million in 2022). ).
Head coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead were both adamant about Goff’s future during outing interviews in the past two weeks, signaling his desire for optionality to the off-season defender. In doing so, they sent …