The Los Angeles Rams figure to add some cornerback help in the 2025 NFL Draft, but they could reunite with a familiar face as well.
The Miami Dolphins granted Jalen Ramsey permission to seek a trade earlier this month, and Rams general manager Les Snead confirmed the teams have talked about a potential deal. “I’ve had discussions with Miami so we discussed getting through the draft,” Snead began.
“I know there are a lot of nuances to that situation based on all the things that come with a trade, contracts and things like that. I’m not sure where they’re at in the process.
“What’s interesting in this… a lot of teams are right now focused on the draft, but this is when a lot of teams reach out not just [about] Jalen, but by the way things go in the draft. There are other players that could be available so you almost come back to a second free agency, per se, get with your pro scouting staff and kind of figure out if trades are made and it’s player for player, things like that.
“That’s all part of the process. Whether it be Miami and Jalen, I can say there are a lot of teams with other players that I’ll keep in house.”
Ramsey spent parts of four seasons with the Rams and lived up to his reputation as a lockdown corner, earning three Pro Bowl selections while helping the team win Super Bowl LVI.
In 57 games with the Rams, Ramsey recorded 10 interceptions, 47 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, two sacks and 242 tackles.
The Rams traded Ramsey to the Dolphins in 2023 for salary cap reasons, but the 30-year-old returned to SoFi Stadium last season and had nothing but good things to say about his former team.
Ramsey signed a three-year, $72.1 million contract extension with the Dolphins that is set to begin in 2026. The Rams certainly have the draft capital to complete a deal, but might find it difficult to fit him under the salary cap.
Sean McVay open to Rams bringing back Jalen Ramsey
Rams head coach Sean McVay also sounds open to the idea of the team bringing back Jalen Ramsey, but noted there would be a lot of moving parts to make it work.
“He’s a great player. We know him very well. We know him intimately. You would certainly never rule out the possibility of that, but like Les articulated, our focus and concentration are on this week’s upcoming draft,” McVay said.
“There are a lot of layers that would need to be worked out with a player of his magnitude and some of the different things that accompany that, but you would never eliminate the possibility of adding a total stud and a guy that can do a lot of different things, like he’s continued to do. Like he did here, like he did in Jacksonville and like he’s done over the last couple of years in Miami.”
