{"id":12635,"date":"2025-04-30T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/12635\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:02:09","slug":"rams-salary-cap-update-after-matthew-staffords-contract-revision-and-the-2025-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/12635\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams salary cap update after Matthew Stafford’s contract revision and the 2025 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u2019 top priority this offseason was ensuring Matthew Stafford would be back with the team in 2025. His contract wasn\u2019t expiring but he was looking for a well-deserved raise, and the Rams rewarded him with one in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The contract wasn\u2019t finalized for months so it was unclear how his revised deal would impact the salary cap. Now that it\u2019s finally done<\/a>, we have a better idea of where the Rams stand financially heading into the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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According to Over The Cap<\/a>, Stafford\u2019s 2025 cap charge is actually lower on his new deal than it was on his previous one. His cap number dropped from $49.67 million to $40.97 million, giving the Rams $8.7 million more in cap space to work with this year.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Rams are estimated to have $26.36 million in cap room. That\u2019s before accounting for their 2025 draft class, though.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Los Angeles doesn\u2019t need much cap space to sign its rookie class. The Rams\u2019 draft class will only take up $1.69 million<\/a> in cap room, which is the lowest of any team this year.<\/p>\n

With the rookie class included, the Rams have about $24.67 million left to spend in 2025. They don\u2019t have to use that money, of course, but they have the financial flexibility to make a big move if they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

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Jalen Ramsey<\/a>, perhaps?<\/p>\n

The Rams managed to lower Stafford\u2019s cap hit by adding void years onto the end of his deal, spreading out his bonus rather than putting it all on the next two years of his contract. It\u2019s a smart and savvy method used by most teams, including the Super Bowl champion Eagles.<\/p>\n

All things considered, the Rams are in good shape salary cap-wise \u2013 especially considering the tricky situation they were facing with Stafford.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: How much cap space do Rams have after Matthew Stafford deal and draft?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams\u2019 top priority this offseason was ensuring Matthew Stafford would be back with the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7325,7,1815,1014,58,2444,2611,32,6,424,7238,3416],"class_list":{"0":"post-12635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-cap-room","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jalen-ramsey","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-matthew-stafford","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-rams","18":"tag-salary-cap","19":"tag-the-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114427287798859707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}