Will Sammy Watkins be more trouble for Los Angeles Rams than he’s worth?

After the Los Angeles Rams made the bold move to trade for Sammy Watkins, the question remains if he can remain for more than a season.

On Friday, the Los Angeles Rams front office made a bold move when it comes to improving their offense. After trading E.J. Gaines and a second-round pick to the Buffalo Bills, the Rams received a sixth-round pick and Sammy Watkins, who can hopefully become a reliable deep threat in the passing game.

However, a second-round pick is valuable and Watkins tenure with the Rams could be short lived, which brings up the point on whether this was the right move for Los Angeles. Between his history of injury along with this season being the final year of his contract, it’s tough not to wonder if Watkins is more trouble than he’s worth.

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I am not implying Watkins is a bad player. To the contrary, once I heard the news about the trade, I started jumping up and down screaming in joy. The Rams haven’t had a No. 1 receiver since Torry Holt. But the part that concerns me is the Bills did us no favors by not picking up his fifth-year option, meaning this season is a contract year, Watkins could easily be out the door in 2018

Los Angeles is short on cap space, and with Aaron Donald fighting for a new deal, they’re about to be even shorter. With Donald looking to be one of the highest paid defenders in the league, the Rams will have some trivial decisions to make.

While Donald’s extension, if it happens, wouldn’t pay until after 2018, the Rams will need as much cap space to carry over to pay him. Paying Donald isn’t the only issue either since there are other players that are on contract years that need to be re-signed, such as Alec Ogletree, Connor Barwin, Nickell Robey-Coleman, Lamarcus Joyner, and possibly Truman Johnson.

Les Snead needs to get the Donald situation sorted out as soon as possible. The longer the situation drags out, the more expensive he will be, which is something Snead simply can’t afford. I would not like to have a scenario that plays out were Snead has to choose between Donald or Watkins. I would prefer both finishing their careers as Rams, as they elevate their own sides of the ball respectively.

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A second-round pick for a one-year player is a bad deal. Los Angeles will be set if Snead works out an extension for Donald and manages to save enough money to retain Watkins and other core players. Until this deal is worked out with Snead’s history of failure to re-sign players, such as the secondary a few years ago, Rams fans should at least be a little worried.

After the Los Angeles Rams made the bold move to trade for Sammy Watkins, the question remains if he can remain for more than a season.

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