{"id":801491,"date":"2026-03-09T03:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801491\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:14:23","slug":"trent-mcduffie-rams-ok-record-breaking-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801491\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent McDuffie, Rams OK record-breaking contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rams agreed to a record-breaking contract extension with cornerback Trent McDuffie<\/a>, per a source\u00a0with knowledge.<\/p>\n

After trading for the Pro Bowl cornerback<\/a> this week, the club awarded him a new contract extension that will make him the highest-paid cornerback in NFL history.<\/p>\n

\"RamsCornerback Trent McDuffie (22) was traded by the Chiefs to the Rams and has agreed to a record contract extension with his new team. (Photo by Brooke Sutton\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

The four-year deal is worth $124 million and includes $100 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n

McDuffie\u2019s $100 million in guarantees tops\u00a0Derek Stingley Jr.\u2019s $89.026 million and\u00a0Sauce Gardner\u2019s $85.653 million.<\/p>\n

McDuffie\u2019s annual salary of $31 million per season exceeds Gardner\u2019s $30.1 million and Stingley Jr.\u2019s $30 million.<\/p>\n

The Rams<\/a> acquired McDuffie by trading their 2026 first-round pick (No. 29), their fifth- and sixth-round picks this year, and their 2027 third-round pick. In doing so, they addressed one of their biggest offseason needs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a steep price to pay, from draft assets to money, but from the Rams\u2019 perspective, they are assets worth acquiring a player who not only fulfills a massive need but\u00a0also the type of impact cornerback not likely to be available on the open market or in the NFL draft.<\/p>\n

Cornerback became a liability for the Rams as last season progressed. With Cobie Durant and Ahkello Witherspoon both pending free agents, an opening existed to make an upgrade.<\/p>\n

The move aligns with the Rams\u2019 win-now mindset as they try to maximize quarterback Matthew Stafford\u2019s final years and their long-standing willingness to use premium draft capital to acquire impact veteran players.<\/p>\n

McDuffie has been a top NFL cornerback throughout his career, excelling in the slot and on the perimeter while also showing pass-rush skills.<\/p>\n

A first-round pick in 2022, McDuffie is a native of Westminster and a former prep star at Servite and St. John Bosco high schools.<\/p>\n

McDuffie has 246 career tackles, 5.5 sacks, three interceptions and 34 pass breakups throughout his four-year career.<\/p>\n

Chargers add fullback:\u00a0The Chargers are signing fullback Alec Ingold to a two-year contract worth over $7 million.<\/p>\n

Ingold reunites with his former Dolphins coach, Mike McDaniel, now the Chargers\u2019 offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

Ingold was released last week by the Dolphins in a cost-cutting move.<\/p>\n

Raiders trade for CB:\u00a0Needing help in their secondary, the Raiders are trading for longtime Bills cornerback Taron Johnson, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.<\/p>\n

The Bills were prepared to release Johnson in a cost-cutting move but will now send him to Las Vegas for the Raiders\u2019 2026 sixth-round pick.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bills are also sending the Raiders their 2026 seventh-round pick.<\/p>\n

In eight seasons in Buffalo, Johnson had 572 tackles, including 23 behind the line of scrimmage, 42 pass breakups, six interceptions and eight forced fumbles.<\/p>\n

Johnson has been one of the NFL\u2019s top slot cornerbacks during his career and fills that need for the Raiders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Raiders will assume Johnson\u2019s $8.1 million contract for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams agreed to a record-breaking contract extension with cornerback Trent McDuffie, per a source\u00a0with knowledge. After trading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[1443,7,393,1014,262,58,2444,2611,6,424,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-801491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangelesrams","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-rams","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116197043819001299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801491","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=801491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}