Worst NFL offseason move for each of the 32 teams

Los Angeles Rams: Giving Leonard Floyd an extension and allowing John Johnson III to walk

It’s hard to figure out how the Los Angeles Rams make things work. This team absolutely despises first-round picks and would rather trade them all for veteran players — which they do. They don’t have a first-round pick for the next couple of seasons after trading a bunch of them (and Jared Goff) for Matthew Stafford.

Of course, not every trade they make involves sending a day one pick to the other team, but they do end up having to pay more for the players they land than they would for the younger options. They already had Goff under a huge contract and had to eat some of that while taking on Stafford’s big deal.

Then, there’s the pay for Robert Woods, Aaron Donald, and Jalen Ramsey. All those players are worth the money (excluding Goff which is why he’s gone) but then they have to make some tough decisions such as letting John Johnson III walk.

However, they could have kept Johnson who was developing into one of the best safeties in the NFL had they elected not to overpay for Leonard Floyd. A former first-round pick of the Chicago Bears, Floyd was released before the season and landed with the Rams.

He never lived up to his draft status with Chicago but in Los Angeles, he had 55 tackles and 10.5 sacks which led to a four-year, $64 million extension. The problem is, Floyd has not proven he can be a consistent edge rusher and likely owes a major thanks to the attention given to Aaron Donald which aided his success.

That’s just an awful lot of money to give to a player who isn’t the primary pass rusher and hasn’t been consistent in his career.