The 2024 NFL trade deadline came and went with relative obscurity. Several teams across the league made moves, most supplementing their wide receiver or outside linebacker rooms.
The Rams had no need to add to either position group at this point in the season. Byron Young and Jared Verse have the outside linebacker positions on lock and with Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp returning from injury, there’s no room for another pass catcher.
The only superstar moved on Tuesday was Marshon Lattimore, who went from New Orleans to Washington. While Lattimore would’ve been a nice addition to the Rams, his cap hit wouldn’t make sense for the team. Lattimore has an $18 million cap hit in 2025 and an $18.5 million hit in 2026.
The only linebackers moved were Jerome Baker for former Rams linebacker Ernest Jones and since the Rams didn’t have a tradeable linebacker that could match the value of Baker, along with the emergence of Omar Speights, there was no market for the only pressing need of the team.
The trade market in 2024 was limited and the players available were of little value to the team. The Rams have a plethora of players on rookie contracts and a trade at this point in the season would impact the team’s ability to sign quality free agents.
With Alaric Jackson, Bobby Brown III and Demarcus Robinson set to be free agents at the end of the season, cap space is everything and that’s why the Rams were smart not to buy at the deadline.
