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Something’s not adding up Womens Greg Gaines Jersey , and it’s not the math." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - ams communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpSectionsLibraryMastheadCommunity GuidelinesNFL OddsStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub ✕Filed under:2019 Los Angeles Rams OffseasonWhy are the Los Angeles Rams against extending QB Jared Goff this offseason?New,59commentsSomething’s not adding up, and it’s not the math.CDTShareTweetShareShareWhy are the Los Angeles Rams against extending QB Jared Goff this offseason?Los Angeles Rams COO/VP Kevin Demoff speaks at a press conference announcing the hire of HC Sean McVay, Jan. 13, 2017.Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty ImagesSomething doesn’t make sense.Yesterday, Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay made his most emphatic comments regarding a potential contract extension for QB Jared Goff by suggesting an extension “will get done” and that there is a “zero percent chance” that he wouldn’t get an extension that Goff is “worthy of.”While McVay isn’t principally involved in contract negotiations nor is General Manager Les Snead, he’s certain to be well-briefed on ongoing negotiations from Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Football Operations Kevin Demoff and his Special Assistant Tony Pastoors who conduct those negotiations. This is especially to be the case when McVay knows of media engagements and has an opportunity to get the latest from Demoff. I say that only to reinforce that McVay isn’t likely to be speculating here but instead offering his take on Demoff’s most recent update to him.That raises a very simple question.If the Rams are 100% committed to extending Goff, why not do it this offseason?Not doing so likely sees a potential deal increases in magnitude year-by-year. In just the last two years, we’ve seen the max deals for quarterbacks increase from something around $25m per year to potentially $35m. Waiting to commit to a deal this offseason, as multiple reporters have suggested the Rams are going to do, might push Goff’s deal beyond $35m.Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and Authentic Greg Gaines Jersey , most relevantly, Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz all signed extensions this offseason north of $30m per year. Next year’s free agent class includes New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees, Los Angeles Chargers QB Philip Rivers, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady and Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott who could all push the bar further. And there’s the chance the Kansas City Chiefs jump early onto a megadeal for QB Patrick Mahomes to reduce their costs by doing so a couple of seasons out in front.So I asked that simple question on Twitter yesterday. If the Rams are 100% committed to extending Goff, why not do a deal now?The overwhelming majority of responses broke down into two camps one of which undercuts McVay’s messaging and the other just being a misunderstanding of how deals like this work.The first camp essentially suggested that the Rams in fact aren’t 100%. Whether it was learning from the extension for RB Todd Gurley that doing a deal that early before you need to can backfire if a player’s health deteriorates or that Goff needs to elevate his individual level of play, many simply suggested the Rams aren’t committed to that level as of yet.The other group made some kind of suggestion that the salary cap in 2019 or 2020 inhibited a deal from getting done. That’s just not the case.There’s nothing preventing the Rams from signing Goff to an extension that doesn’t modify his 2019 or 2020 cap hits. That’s exactly what happened with the Wentz extension; the Eagles extended Wentz through 2024 but his 2019 and 2020 salaries didn’t increase at all. In fact, Wentz now will make less in 2020 than he would have under the fifth-year option by about $3,5m.The same criteria held for Gurley when the Rams extended him. While they did up his pay in 2018 at the time of signing, Gurley will make about $0.5m less this year than he was scheduled to prior to his extension.So put bluntly, any restrictions the overall salary cap might impose have nothing to do with extending Goff. The Rams are free to extend him just as they did with Gurley, just as the Eagles did with Wentz. That they’re choosing not to is of their own volition.Which leaves up nothing but uncomfortable answers as to that simple question.Why aren’t the Rams extending Jared Goff this offseason? The Latest on moves at the NFL trade deadline (all times Eastern):4:35 p.m.The Washington Redskins have acquired safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix from the Green Bay Packers for a fourth-round draft pick.Clinton-Dix, who can become a free agent after this season Todd Gurley Jersey , joins D.J. Swearinger to give the NFC East-leading Redskins (5-2) a pair of veteran safeties.Second-year player Montae Nicholson has been starting alongside Swearinger.Clinton-Dix was drafted out of Alabama in the first round in 2014 by the Packers and has appeared in all 71 games since, starting 65.He has 14 interceptions, including three this season for Green Bay (3-3-1).鈥?Howard Fendrich reporting from Washington.4:20 p.m.The slumping Jacksonville Jaguars have traded Dante Fowler to the undefeated Los Angeles Rams just before the NFL trading deadline.The move gives the Rams an even more formidable front that already features Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh and Michael Brockers.The Jaguars swapped the 2015 first-round pick for a third-round draft pick in 2019 and a fifth-rounder in 2020, decent compensation for a backup who would have become a free agent at the end of the season.Fowler was the third overall selection in 2015. He has two sacks in seven games while playing limited snaps. He was suspended for the regular-season opener because of an arrest in 2017 and was suspended by the team for a week during training camp over a post-practice fight.鈥?Mark Long reporting from Jacksonville, Florida.4:16 p.m.The Green Bay Packers have traded running back and kick returner Ty Montgomery to the Baltimore Ravens for a seventh-round draft choice.Montgomery is moving on two days after fumbling a kickoff return with about two minutes left in a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams after being told by coaches to take a touchback if the kick went into the end zone. The turnover cost the Packers a chance to drive for a potential game-winning score.The Ravens released linebacker Albert McClellan to make room.鈥?Genaro C. Armas reporting from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.2:20 p.m.John Elway says the trade of Demaryius Thomas to the Houston Texans is good for the Denver Broncos and for Thomas.The move not only clears a $15 million salary cap hit from Denver's books next year, but it clears the way for young receivers to get more playing time, especially rookie Courtland Sutton but also rookie DaeSean Hamilton and second-year pro Tim Patrick.Plus, Elway says, Thomas is going to a contender. The Texans lead the AFC South after following their 0-3 start with five consecutive victories.The Broncos are 3-5 after getting swept by the AFC West-leading Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.鈥?Arnie Stapleton reporting from Englewood, Colorado.1:17 p.m.The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired wide receiver Golden Tate from the Detroit Lions for a third-round draft pick next year.Tate has 44 catches for 517 yards and three touchdowns this season. He joins Alshon Jeffery Aaron Donald Jersey , Nelson Agholor and Jordan Matthews, giving Carson Wentz another target.Tate wrote on Twitter: "It's been real DETROIT! I'll love ya forever. Philly Philly let's get it!!"The 30-year-old Tate averaged 93 catches, 1,056 yards receiving and five TDs the past four seasons in Detroit. He went to the Pro Bowl after the 2014 season. Tate spent his first four seasons with Seattle.The defending Super Bowl champions Eagles are 4-4 and have a bye this week.1:08 p.m.The Denver Broncos traded nine-year veteran Demaryius Thomas to the Houston Texans.Thomas won't have to wait long to play his old team 鈥?the Texans (5-3) visit the Broncos (3-5) this weekend.The Broncos will also send a 2019 seventh-rounder to Houston and will receive fourth and seventh-round picks in the 2019 draft.The Texans found themselves thin at wide receiver when they lost Will Fuller for the season to a torn knee ligament and have had trouble keeping rookie Keke Coutee on the field.In a conference call with Denver media on Tuesday, Texans coach Bill O'Brien said he knew nothing of the trade talks for Thomas, saying, "I've been in meetings all day game planning." Besides, he added, that's general manager Brian Gaine's department, not his.