The Los Angeles Rams are trying to make some big moves before their first season in Los Angeles. While they haven’t signed or traded for a big name, yet, they are trying to lock in some key members of their defense.
After allowing Janoris Jenkins, Richard McLeod, James Laurinitis and Chris Long all to hit free agency, they had to keep some sort of presence on the defense to help Aaron Donald.
The first order of business for Los Angeles will be to keep Safety Mark Barron and defensive end Williams Hayes.
Following from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
The #Rams gave LB Mark Barron $45M over 5 years, source said.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2016
For #Rams DE William Hayes, it's 3 years with a max value of $21M, source said
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2016
Barron and Hayes staying with the Rams provides stability the team needs going forward into a new city and stadium. Losing some major players on the defensive end doesn’t help but when a team had as good of a defense as the Rams did last year, some player poaching was expected to occur.
