LA Rams offseason status summary – April 4, 2021

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The LA Rams never had a chance of re-signing more than one or two key players for the 2021 NFL Season. So it falls to reason that some players who meant a great deal to the team’s success in 2020 would find themselves playing for new teams in 2021. But I don’t believe that anyone could have anticipated the speed at which Rams players were signed away from the 2021 NFL Free Agency market.

Even more surprising, the biggest buyers of Rams players were not the teams that had added Rams executives or coaches to their organizations. The biggest purchaser of Rams talent was the Cleveland Browns, who signed both safety John Johnson III and defensive back…