‘Jared Goff is an Aries right now’

Jared Goff has just completed his fifth NFL season with the Rams and is still on contract for another four years, earning $ 33.5 million a year. Los Angeles gave him $ 134 million less than two years ago, but given how things are going, he may not even be on the list in September.

A week after Sean McVay chose not to engage with Goff as a team starter, general manager Les Snead sings the same tune. In a press conference with reporters on Tuesday, Snead said Goff was an Aries “right now” – which is another way of saying “now”, as McVay did when asked. if Goff was the team’s quarterback.

Snead borrowed a cue from Aaron Rodgers, calling the future a “beautiful mystery” and said it was too early to say if Goff will be on the squad next season.

Technically, Goff hasn’t even played a snapshot on his new contract. He lasts another four years, and when signed he came with an NFL record of $ 110 million.

Cutting Goff is nearly impossible financially, given that it would cost the team $ 65.5 million in dead money, but a trade cannot be ruled out. And after seeing how the Rams dumped Todd Gurley and Brandin Cooks last year while eating dead money from their transactions, the front office clearly isn’t afraid to take a financial blow to make a change. on the depth graph.

Snead was asked to rate Goff’s 2020 season and he expressed it in terms that echoed what most fans have said. He started off strong but midway through the season turnovers became a problem. Then he ended the year on a high note with strong performances against the Seahawks and Packers while playing with a broken thumb.

If the Rams leave Goff, there’s not the slightest bit of clarity on who could replace him. Would McVay want to give John Wolford a longer look? Could they go after Matthew Stafford or, dare I say it, Deshaun Watson?

Everything is on the table when it comes to Snead and his penchant for successful trades, but first they need to find a way to move Goff without wiping out their salary cap situation – which Snead has told him – even is possible.

It will be a long offseason in Los Angeles until the team definitely commits to a quarterback.