Early on in the offseason, the Los Angeles Rams seemed to hint that Sean Mannion wouldn’t return for a fifth season with the team, which was exactly the case after the team signed Blake Bortles to one-year deal.
With all due respect to Mannion, Bortles was a major upgrade at the backup quarterback position in case Jared Goff were to ever suffer some sort of injury, especially from an experience perspective.
Numerous reasons came into play behind the decision by Los Angeles to move on from their former backup, but with teams expressing interest in Mannion due to working under Sean McVay over the last two seasons, money seems like one of the top factors on the decision by the Rams.