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Jalen Ramsey, introduced as a Ram before an NFC championship game against the 49ers in 2022, has left his mark in Los Angeles with players and fans. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Jalen Ramsey is a season and a half removed from playing for the Rams.
But the Miami Dolphins star cornerback’s influence still runs through a Rams defense that adopted many of the three-time All-Pro’s traits.
Four Rams defensive backs were Ramsey’s teammates in 2021, when the Rams won Super Bowl LVI. And rookie starters in the secondary and defensive line said they have studied Ramsey since he played at Florida State.
Rams coach Sean McVay, quarterback Matthew Stafford and Rams receivers will get a close-up look at Ramsey on Monday night when the Rams play the Dolphins at SoFi Stadium.
“You see a lot of the same things that made him such a fun guy to watch do his thing here,” McVay said. “Hopefully, that won’t be the case on Monday night.”
Ramsey, 30, is the NFL’s top-paid cornerback, a status he first achieved with the Rams.
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At the 2019 trade deadline, the Rams sent two first-round draft picks and a fourth-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Ramsey, the fifth player chosen in the 2016 draft.
Before the 2020 season, the Rams gave Ramsey a five-year, $120-million extension, and he helped them reach the NFC divisional round. The next season, they won the Super Bowl.
But in March 2023, after suffering the worst Super Bowl hangover in NFL history, the Rams began a financial pullback necessitated by their spending to build the championship roster. Ramsey was traded to the Dolphins for a third-round pick and tight end Hunter Long.
“There were a lot of tough decisions that were on the horizon for us as a football team, and it didn’t have anything to do with us not wanting him here,” McVay said. “There were a lot of things that we had to do as a result of some previous years and…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2024-11-11 11:00:14
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