LA Rams upcoming NFL Free Agency strategy is a nail-biter

Off-season roster work

NFL Teams are limited to a 53-man permanent roster for the 2020 NFL season.  That number of returning players is currently less than 40 as the team currently has 10 unrestricted free agents, three restricted free agents, three exclusive restricted free agents, and two team option players, heading into 2020.  For the 90-man initial Roster, the Rams have 55 players currently under contract for 2020.

Of the 2020 free agents, the LA Rams arguably are at risk of losing five significant free agents: OLB Dante Fowler Jr., DT Michael Brockers, ILB Cory Littleton, LT Andrew Whitworth, and G Austin Blythe.

Some reports are already hard at work projecting the Rams free agents will be signing onto new NFL teams in 2020.  If that is truly the case, the Rams may struggle to win enough games in 2020 to make the playoffs.  But even if the Rams re-sign no projected 2020 NFL free agents this year, the team has enough talent on the roster to make a run at the playoffs.

To break it down, lets split the Rams free agent group into the offense and defense. Curiously, the outgoing free agents are split evenly.