The Rams did not lose any key free agents in 2024
Nobody has expected the Los Angeles Rams to receive any 2025 comp picks and the final projection at OvertheCap.com is no different. The Rams are not projected to have any comp picks in the 2025 NFL Draft based on free agent losses, however L.A. will have an additional third round pick due to the Falcons hiring Raheem Morris as head coach in 2024.
The Rams drafted Kamren Kinchens with the third round comp pick they received for Morris in 2024.
Here is OTC’s final 2025 compensatory picks projection:https://t.co/yZ8kNsqdVU pic.twitter.com/IxIr9dusVU
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Per OTC’s projections based on free agent losses, the Rams had three players who might have qualified:
Jordan Fuller, who signed for $3.25 million per year with the Panthers.
Carson Wentz, who signed for $3.33 million per year with the Chiefs.
Tremayne Anchrum, who signed for $1.16 million with the Seahawks but did not make the team.
Fuller and Wentz nearly qualified for seventh round comp picks, however the Rams signing Jonah Jackson and Colby Parkinson negated any potential compensation they might have received.
Comp picks are received for qualifying vested veterans who have their contract expire and do not apply to players who are cut. Therefore, let’s say that the Rams lose A.J. Jackson and he signs a $10 million per year contract in free agency.
The Rams should receive some sort of compensatory pick in 2026 for losing Jackson — say a 6th round pick — unless they sign a player who offsets that loss. If the Rams signed an outside free agent for $10 million who was also a veteran with an expiring contract, then that would offset losing Jackson.
But if the Rams cut Cooper Kupp, he would not qualify in the formula.
The biggest free agents in L.A. are Jackson, Demarcus Robinson, Ahkello Witherspoon, Jimmy Garoppolo, Michael Hoecht, Troy Reeder, Tutu Atwell, Christian Rozeboom, Bobby Brown, and Neville Gallimore.
