The Los Angeles Rams are bringing back Derion Kendrick after waiving him last week, according to an announcement by the team:
By the numbers:
The Rams saved roughly $3.4M in salary cap space by waiving Kendrick a few days ago. Reading between the lines, it’s likely they are bringing back the corner at a lower cost to maintain some of the previous savings. The team did not include terms of the new contract in their announcement.
Impact on odds of a Jalen Ramsey trade
Re-signing Kendrick probably doesn’t have much of an impact on whether Los Angeles decides to re-unite with Jalen Ramsey via a trade with the Miami Dolphins. It’s clear by releasing and re-signing Kendrick to a lesser deal that they view him as a depth piece for 2025. Assuming that is true, that does not make this signing and a potential trade mutually exclusive.