As top team officials said they would, the Rams are exploring all of their options when it comes to their desire for improvement at the quarterback.
A source said Friday that the Rams have started exploratory talks with multiple teams, both regarding trading Jared Goff and bringing a new quarterback to the Rams.
That means if the Rams find a quarterback worth trading for and are able to make such a trade, they would be willing to eat $ 22.2 million worth of deadcap money, plus the salary. of the new quarterback. They could also trade Goff after June 1 (an extremely rare scenario, although there is some precedent in the competition) 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 non-committal about Goff’s future during exit interviews over the past two weeks, signaling their desire for optionality with quarterback during the off-season. By doing this, they sent …