Confirmed WR Cooper Kupp rumors make Rams team to watch at NFL Trade Deadline

Kansas City Chiefs found an alternate option

One of the Rams' most interested trade partners, the Kansas City Chiefs, vetted a potential trade scenario with the LA Rams but decided otherwise. The Chiefs had other options and ultimately elected to run with a trade with the Tennessee Titans.

The matter finally reached fruition when the Chiefs agreed to send a default Round 5 draft pick that can be upgraded to a Round 4 draft pick under preset conditions to the Titans, and in return emerge with a venerable veteran wide receiver named DeAndre Hopkins, who can instantly be integrated into the Chiefs offense in time to aid them in another trek to the Super Bowl:

So what happened with the Rams and Chiefs trade talks? Ah, therein lies the rub. The Chiefs were both motivated and interested, but they were unwilling to meet the Rams asking price of a Round 2 pick, even if that pick lands as the last pick of Round 2 in the 2025 NFL Draft:

As such, as is often the way, the LA Rams lost a motivated customer for the services of veteran WR Cooper Kupp. And that trade resolution between the Titans and Chiefs will surely drive down the demand and the price that the team can demand for Kupp in the near term. As a result, Rams fans may have ended up in a reprieve, if only temporarily, from the Rams rumors that a Kupp trade is imminent.