Let\u2019s pick our head up for a moment and see what all is on the horizon for the Rams:<\/p>\n
February 23rd to March 2nd<\/p>\n
While Rams brass won\u2019t be putting prospects through the paces, they will still gather valuable intel into medical issues that could remove players from their draft board entirely. The combine is also an important time to gather intel on pending free agents, trade targets, and their potential price tags.<\/p>\n
LA doesn\u2019t have a likely candidate for the franchise tag this year. Who other teams decide to tag could shape the overall free agent class and alter the Rams\u2019 plans.<\/p>\n
Free Agency – legal tampering<\/p>\n
Starting at noon eastern time, unrestricted free agents can enter contract negotiations with new teams. The Rams may use this period to gauge price tags for their own players on expiring contracts and decide whether they can or want to retain them.<\/p>\n
The new league year begins on March 11th and reported signings from the tampering period can then become official. Trades also can be reported but not official until March 11th at noon.<\/p>\n
This is the date for teams with returning head coaches. Franchises with new coaching staffs start earlier on April 6th. Signed free agents will first join the team at this point.<\/p>\n
The Rams will enjoy two first round picks on the opening night on Thursday. They\u2019ll be active on the final two days as well. The event is held in Pittsburgh, PA this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s pick our head up for a moment and see what all is on the horizon for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-770199","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-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116117534582068489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770199","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=770199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}