2025 LA Rams free agency tracker: Signings, trades & live updates

Well, here we are. The Los Angeles Rams are about to embark on their annual quest to build a better Rams roster. The thing is, this year may be the year that the front office, led by GM Les Snead, returns to the winner's circle and hoists the Lombardi Trophy one more time. After two seasons of improvement, is this team ready to take the next step and enter the arena of Division winners who compete in the NFC Championship Game?

After a stunning 17-sack performance by the defense in the 2025 NFL Playoffs in just two games, do the Rams need to do much with the defense? Absolutely. The team needs to reinforce a battered run defense, sign or draft a lockdown cornerback, and ensure that depth and talent is abundant.

But the Rams offense needs a bit more attention. For openers, the Rams offensive strategy from 2024 needs an overhaul. When the team lost starting tackles, the plan seemed to abandon helping the backup offensive tackles sent into the game, while calling more and more pass plays. It didn't work, and the early struggles of the team helped contribute to a 1-4 start to the season.

If the Rams are to finish the season better, the team has to do a much better job of adapting to gametime circumstances right out of the gate. The Rams opened 2023 at 3-6 before finishing 10-7. The team opened 2024 at 1-4 before finishing 10-7. If the team could manage to win the lion's share of games in September and October 2025, the team could go a long way in the postseason.

Of course, all 32 NFL teams are undertaking the same mission to improve in 2025. But as we discovered when comparing the Los Angeles Rams (10-7) and the Seattle Seahawks (10-7), the two teams face similar challenges in 2025, but are taking completely different approaches to finding a resolution.

And so, even the Rams front office must find a new solution to the enigma of restocking the roster. The team has a new salary cap, a new ammo box of draft picks to use in the 2025 NFL Draft, and a new amount of available salary cap funds to spend to fill a new set of roster needs.

The first step is to ensure that the Rams roster has at least enough veterans on the roster to ensure that the team has a player capable of starting in 2025. And the first opportunity to ensure that minimal level of talent begins at 9:00 am PT on March 10, 2025.

LA Rams free agency tracker
As of 2:00 pm PT April 10, 2025

More Rams offseason news:

I - Tagged players

The LA Rams chose not to apply either a franchise or transition tag to any NFL player in 2025.

II - On the Trade Block

• WR Cooper Kupp | Released - The Rams would love to trade Kupp, but it looks more and more likely that he will be released before he is due to be paid a $7.5 million roster bonus on March 17, 2025. Stay tuned.
• IOL Jonah Jackson | Traded - The LA Rams traded veteran IOL Jonah Jackson to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a Round 6 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The news means that C Beaux Limmer and LG Steve Avila will almost certainly return to their starting roles on the offensive line for the team in 2025

III - New free agent signings

The LA Rams did not enjoy overwhelming success from free agents signed to open the 2024 NFL Free Agency market, the team is unlikely to balk at jumping into the deep end of the pool this year. The Rams have already traded away two free agents added in 2024: DB Tre'Davious White and IOL Jonah Jackson. The team did seem to find success with DBs Darious Williams and Kamren Curl.

Who will the Rams sign in 2025? Stay tuned . . .

(1) - WR Davante Adams | 2-years, $44 million

While he is 32 years old, three-time All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams was expected to attract a lot of interest from a host of NFL teams in the 2025 NFL Free Agency market. But he is out before tha market opened for business. If you are confused by that, we've already supplied the explanation.

Repots of Adams signing with the Rams is still only hours old, and I've yet to settle in how I ultimately feel about his addition. He is clearly an accomplished and elite NFL wide receiver. And I will leave it at that, as I will pull both pros and cons together in a future article. For now, suffice it to say that Davante Adams is joining the Rams offense:

The introduction of Adams will ensure that the team will not need to reach or overpay to trade up for a talented wide receiver in the 2025 NFL Draft. The consensus right now is that the draft is blessed with approximately five to ten players who are worthy of a Round 1 pick investment. Once they have been selected, many draft analysts believe the talent drops substantially to the next level. Starting-caliber rookies then run from the bottom two-thirds of Round 1 thround the early part of Day 3 of the draft.

Rather than hope the Rams can find wide receiver talent in the draft, the team enters the 2025 NFL Free Agency market with a formidable offensive lineup (yes, Adam Schefter misspelled Puka Nacua. It happens):

With this as the base offense, the Rams have nearly limitless to aim at whatever free agent or rookie prospect who appears to be a solid bargain for the price of investment. And the team still has TE Colby Parkinson, WR Jordan Whittington, and RB Blake Corum to add to the offensive mix to alter the formations and personnel packages.

The Rams are off to a solid start.

(2) - DT Poona Ford | 3-year deal for $27.6 million

(3) - Former C Coleman Shelton | 2 years worth up to $12 million

(4) - ILB Nate Landman | Terms of the deal undisclosed

IV - Re-signed free agents

One of the areas that the teams seems to struggle with early in each of the past two seasons is continuity. That has been particularly true on the defensive side of the football. But the cure to that ailment is continuity. The easiest way to ensure continuity is to extend players. So, who is coming back? You might be surprised.

(4a) - ERFA

C Dylan McMahon | 1-year Qualifying Tender Offer worth $960,000

The trade of veteran IOL Jonah Jackson necessitated the team retaining second-year center Dylan McMahon. McMahon was outstanding in preseason work for the Philadelphia Eagles. When he was released (with the intent to sign him to the practice squad), the Rams pounced and added him to the injury-depleted roster.

While some may view McMahon as a camp body, his presence is far more valuable to the team than that. WIth McMahon, Justin Dedich, AJ Arcuri, Warren McClendon Jr., and KT Leveston, the team enters the 2025 NFL Free agency market with a starting and backup offensive line units. McMahon is young, but he has flashed very promising potential for the future.

(4b) - RFA

The Rams have not tendered qualifying offers to either RB Ronnie Rivers or ILB Jake Hummel yet.

(4c) - UFA

The Rams have a number of unrestricted free agents who make sense to re-sign. While the budget does not allow for the team to bring everyone back, the team has some key contributors who still add value to the team if they return for 2025. Still, there is a balancing act needed. The team needs continuity and veteran leadership. But the team must avoid stagnation, rigidity, and an inability to add new talent with new capabilities.

So far, the Rams have been rather active at pursuing their own players. They have reached agreement with:

(1) - Rams renegotiate Matthew Stafford contract

The team and veteran QB Matthew Stafford ended the 2024 NFL season with a bit of distance separating the two sides over compensation for 2025 and 2026. But after some trying times, the two sides reached an agreement to stay together for 2025. With Stafford returning to the flock, the rest of the QB-needy teams had to scramble on other solutions. There does not seem to be much confidence among NFL teams as to the quality and quantity of NFL-ready quarterbacks in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.

(2) - Rams extend OT Alaric Jackson | 3-years $56.3 million

I view the Rams extension of starting left tackle Alaric Jackson as the only 'must do,' in the 2025 offseason. Not only did the Rams bring back Jackson, but the team did so with an incredible team-friendly contract that showcases how far the Rams have come in terms of crafting contracts.

(3) - Rams extend WR Tutu Atwell | 1-year $10 million

When the Rams extended Tutu Atwell, I was fine with the move. I was quite pleased. With the terms of the extension set for one-year and $10 million, the Rams seemed to be making a clear statement that the coaching staff planned to make far more use of Atwell in this offense.

Then, the Rams signed WR Davante Adams to a two-year contract worth $46 million, and it seems like Deja Vu all over again. If the team has the option to send WRs Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, Jordan Whittington, and TE Tyler Higbee onto the football field, I can see Atwell getting lost in the shuffle one more time.

(4) - Rams extend QB Jimmy Garoppolo | 1-year worth $4.5 million, incentived up to $11 million

(5) - DT Larrell Murchison | 1-year deal terms undisclosed.

(6) - RB Ronnie Rivers | 1-year deal with undisclosed terms

(7) - CB Ahkello Witherspoon | 1-year deal with undisclosed terms

(8) - ILB Troy Reeder | 1-year deal undisclosed terms

V - Rams free agents who signed with new teams

The projected Rams free agents will not have an opportunity to sign elsewhere until 9:00 am PT on March 10, 2025. Even then, players can only agree to terms with new teams. The signing only become official after the 2025 NFL season officially begins.

Don't look for a rapid rate of Rams free agents to sign with other teams. The Rams projected free agents are likely to sign in the second or third waves of free agent signings.

(1) NT Bobby Brown III to sign with Carolina Panthers | Details unavailable

(2) TE Hunter Long | 2-year contract for $5 million with Jacksonville Jaguars

(3) DT/OLB Michael Hoecht | 3-year deal worth up to $24 million with Buffalo Bills

Per NFL Insider Ian Rapoport, free agent DT/OLB Michael Hoecht as agreed to terms with the Buffalo Bills on a three-year contract worth up to $24 million.

(4) WR Demarcus Robinson | 2- year deal with San Francisco 49ers worth up to $9.5 million

(5) ILB Christian Rozeboom | 1- year deal with Carolina Panthers

(6) - ILB/ST Jake Hummel | 1-year deal with Baltimore Ravens

(7) NT Neville Gallimore | 1-year deal with Indianapolis Colts

(8) - Released WR Cooper Kupp | 3-year $45 million deal with Seattle Seahawks

(9) - Released CB Tre Tomlinson | San Francisco 49ers claimed his 2-year deal worth $4 million

(10) WR Tyler Johnson | New York Jets - terms of deal undisclosed

VI - Unsigned Free Agents

The Rams currently project more than a dozen players (16 at the time this article was initially published) to hit the 2025 NFL Free Agency market.

(6a) - RFA

While the Rams did not lock in either restricted free agent with a qualifying tender offer, that is not unusual for this team. The Rams shy away from overpaying, and neither Jake Hummel nor Ronnie Rivers was expected to have much interest from other NFL teams. For that matter, I don't know that the Rams will have much interest either.

The Rams lost Jake Hummel to the Baltimore Ravens, but curiously re-signed RB Ronnie Rivers to a one-year contract. Rivers re-signing is curious, as the 2025 NFL Draft is projected to have a huge group of NFL-worthy players.. With Rivers return, the Rams running back room swells to four players, indicating that the team is unlike to draft a running back.

(6b) - UFA

• S John Johnson III
• T Joe Noteboom
• T Conor McDermott

From the list above, the Rams are getting hit hard at a limited number of positions. Those positions include the defensive line, inside linebacker, offensive tackle, and wide receiver. Right now, the team is not desperate at any position. The team would like to secure a young quarterback to learn from veteran Matthew Stafford, to land a talented tight end, and to ensure that the team's run defense is bolstered.

Those interests could be met by trade, free agency, or the draft.

VII - What we're hearing so far

Rams may not get OLB Michael Hoecht back for cheap. At least, not if the current NFL rumors being reported about the Jets' interest in the young and versatile defender are true:

Michael Hoecht signing with Buffalo Bills

Hoecht is a talented player who is underappreciated. He is a plug-and-play defender all across the Rams defensive front.

Another NFL rumor that is getting more buzz is the link of Rams WR Cooper Kupp to the Jacksonvill Jaguars. With new HC Liam Coen at the helm, he would love to lock down his locker room with a veteran Cooper Kupp to aid in coaching the wide receivers in a Rams-inspired offensive play book.

The Rams have a lot of action in the days ahead. And we will do our best to keep you up to date with everything as it happens. Ultimately, there will be periods of time when we fall behind. Please be patient. We will eventually catch up. And we will not only tell you what has happened, but offer up a number or perspectives as to why the Rams roster moves are important and what it means for the team in terms of other roster moves.

And as always, thanks for reading:

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