Los Angeles -Wide Recipe Bur Cooper Cup has notified Los Angeles Slams that the team asks for transactions immediately.
“I didn’t agree with this decision, I always believed it would start with LA,” Kupp stated in a statement posted on social media.
The recipient said that in cooperation with him and his family to “find the best place to compete for championships,” he is preparing for the next season. There is and is healthy. “
During the Rams’s final open locker room session after the team lost to Philadelpia Eagles in the playoffs round, Cup said that he wanted to play in 2025, “no doubt.” He cannot control what will happen in this off -season because he is in Los Angeles.
I was informed that the team was immediately seeking transactions, and that I would work with me and my family to find the best place to compete for championships. I didn’t agree with this decision, and I always believed that it started with LA and ended.
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-Cooperkupp (@coPerkupp) February 4, 2025
After the recorded season in 2021, when he led NFL at the reception, received yards, and received touchdown, Kupp signed an extension of a three -year contract equivalent to $ 80.1 million. He has just completed the first season of the contract, with a 29.8 million dollar next season and a 273 million dollar cap in 2026.
The guarantee salary for Kupp for next season is only $ 5 million, and there is no funds guaranteed in the last year of the 2026 contract. Trading Kupp with a transaction specified after June 1 can save $ 20 million in the 2025 salary limit. 。
If Rams cuts the cup in this season, they will save $ 15 million and $ 7.52 million for their salary limit. If Rams released him without a specification after June 1, they died of $ 2.2.2 million for the $ 5 million of the remaining part of his signing bonus and his list bonuses. Absorbs money.
KUPP spent a 24 -year -old newcomer in 2017 with a career of the entire eight seasons at RAMS. He was the third pick from Eastern Washington, who received 62 receptions during his debut season.
After the team acquired the Matthew Stafford from Lions from Lions in exchange for Jared Goff before the regular season of 2021, Cup had one of the best reception season in NFL history. He won the Bengals twice in the victory of the Rams Super Bowl with 8 catches with 92 yards, ended the season, and won the game MVP award.
The 2021 regular season was one of the two seasons he played in all games. Since then, he has played 33 games in three seasons and has been the highest 812 receiving yard in the season.
In the past two seasons, Rams was more likely to return to the team with the current contract, as Rams is increasingly dependent on the passing game, Pcanakua, a wide receiver. NACUA has missed six games this season, but has received an average of 88.4 yards per game in the first two years of his career.