{"id":757349,"date":"2026-02-17T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757349\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:12:15","slug":"rams-offseason-how-la-can-learn-from-kupp-adams-contracts-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757349\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams offseason: How LA can learn from Kupp, Adams contracts in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The relationship between the Los Angeles Rams and aging receivers is a troubling one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Allen, Woods, and Kupp were 28 at the time of their signing. Adams was 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Has LA learned its lesson with older receivers? We could find out this offseason. The market will be filled with players on the downhill slide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fans generally clamor for older players because they are household names. Smart money chases ascending players coming off their rookie contracts. You almost never want to be the team to give a receiver their third large NFL deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">These younger options fills the need for Rams but could come at a premium cost:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There will also be plenty of options for Los Angeles if they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turfshowtimes.com\/los-angeles-rams-draft\/134977\/rams-receiver-need-draft-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elect to fill the position through the first or second round of the draft<\/a>. Pick #13 could bring the opportunity to select a player the Rams would otherwise have a minimal chance of acquiring normally, such as Jordyn Tyson or Carnell Tate. LA has a roster built for the future. They can use their draft capital to future proof the core and keep the salary cap sustainable long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Will the Rams once again fall into the trap of signing receivers on the wrong side of age 28 and past their prime? If they haven\u2019t learned their lesson by now, they may never.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The relationship between the Los Angeles Rams and aging receivers is a troubling one. Allen, Woods, and Kupp&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4800,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-757349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-free-agency","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116083788731762685","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757349","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=757349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}