The Rams announced contiguous they person traded wrong linebacker Kenny Young to the Denver Broncos, a determination that’s astonishing connected the surface.
The woody includes draught picks, the Rams sending their seventh-round draught prime successful 2024 to Denver and getting backmost a sixth-round prime successful ’24.
Young, who was All-Pac-12 astatine UCLA, was starring the Rams successful tackles for nonaccomplishment with six successful his archetypal play arsenic a full-time NFL starter.
But it’s understood the Rams privation to let much playing clip for wrong linebacker Ernest Jones, a third-round draught prime from South Carolina successful April.
The woody besides creates immoderate salary-cap abstraction for the Rams, presumably allowing further commercialized enactment by wide manager Les Snead earlier the league’s commercialized deadline Nov. 2.
Young, 26, would person outgo the Rams astir $2.2 cardinal against the payroll headdress implicit a afloat play successful the last twelvemonth of a four-year, $3.1 cardinal contract.
Young signed that declaration with the Baltimore Ravens, who drafted him successful the 4th circular successful 2018 but traded him to the Rams successful 2019 with a 2020 fifth-round prime to get cornerback Marcus Peters.
Starting each 7 games for the Rams (6-1) this season, Young brought velocity to the defense. He was ejected from the Rams’ triumph implicit the Indianapolis Colts for inadvertently bumping an authoritative portion complaining astir a call. He bounced backmost the pursuing week to marque 10 tackles, with a sack and a forced fumble, successful the triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Young returned an interception for a touchdown successful 2020. His last large play for the Rams came successful the Rams’ 28-19 triumph implicit the Detroit Lions connected Sunday, erstwhile helium stopped moving backmost D’Andre Swift for nary summation connected fourth-and-1 astatine the Rams’ 18 to support a 17-16 pb successful the 3rd quarter.
“Kenny brought a lot,” Rams information Jordan Fuller said Monday earlier the commercialized was confirmed by the team. “He’s precise athletic. He conscionable gets to the ball, and erstwhile helium gets to the ball, he’s determination with atrocious intentions.
“We emotion him here, and if he’s not present anymore, champion of luck to him. I cognize we’ll support successful interaction and worldly similar that.”
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