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The LA Rams have placed their OTAs, training camp, and now three preseason games behind them. Now comes the ultimate test of the coaching staff: Determining which players stay, which players are best stashed on the practice squad, and which players are gone. That challenge faces 32 NFL teams right now and impacts the careers of 864 players.
So yeah, this is kind of a big deal. More than a third of the NFL player workforce will suddenly be parting ways from their NFL team. For the LA Rams, despite the fact that this was a far more formalized process than a mere year ago, there still didn’t seem to be enough time.