Rams sign Austin to 4yr extension worth $42 million

[Mr. Laz]

By Around The NFL staff NFL.com
Published: Aug. 27, 2016 at 06:14 p.m.
The Los Angeles Rams have locked up wide receiver to a four-year contract extension, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

Per Rapoport, the deal is worth $42 million with $30 million in guarantees. Austin is now under contract for six years.

Around The NFL will have more on this shortly.

[BossChief]

Crazy money for him.

[DaneMcCloud]

$10 million per for a guy who's best season was 53 catches for 473 yards and 5 TD's?

The guy has 9 TD's total in three years.

No wonder the Rams have sucked for more than a decade.

[jspchief]

What? Holy shit that's a bad move.

[notorious]

Dumb.

[WhiteWhale]

That's funny.

[Buehler445]

Jeebus. Who is his agent? Hopefully no chiefs have that agent. That is straight up RAPE.

[Buckweath]

42M for 4 or 6 years? This might be the question.

[CupidStunt]

Oof. Brutal. 473 yards receiving at NINE-POINT-ONE yards per catch last year.

You don't pay someone this kind of money for the 400 yards of gadget rushing he also gave. Brutal.

[carcosa]

But he's terrible???

[-King-]

New age Dexter Mccluster
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[the Talking Can]

no thanks

[The Franchise]

ROFL at the Rams.

[Red Dawg]

Pick in the top 10 and has amounted to nothing so far. Way to much money.

[milkman]

The Rams have won 7 games in 3 of the last 4 seasons, with 6 wins 2 years ago.
You just can't match that kind of consistency.

Gotta reward the players who have contributed to that consistency.

They've already extended the coach.

[Rain Man]

He's still in the league? I had no idea.

[mcaj22]

puts him in top 12 highest paid WRs

currently more than: Hurns, Cobb, Nelson, Marshall, Antonio Brown (lol), etc

[ThaVirus]

$10 million per for a guy who's best season was 53 catches for 473 yards and 5 TD's?

The guy has 9 TD's total in three years.

No wonder the Rams have sucked for more than a decade.

This isn't accurate.

He had his best season in 2015 with 473 yards and 5 TDs receiving but also added another 450 yards and 4 TDs rushing.

He's also got 19 career TDs.

[Chiefshrink]

Crazy money for him.

Yep and hopefully they integrate him more in the offense because that is a lot of $$ for a guy who is very talented all the way around who was definitely not used enough but then Jeff Fisher is a RB first kind of guy and maybe this is a sign they will use Austin more. I would think so.

[Chiefshrink]

The Rams have won 7 games in 3 of the last 4 seasons, with 6 wins 2 years ago.
You just can't match that kind of consistency.

Gotta reward the players who have contributed to that consistency.

They've already extended the coach.

Yes you wonder how Fisher has kept his job all these years.

[DaneMcCloud]

This isn't accurate.

He had his best season in 2015 with 473 yards and 5 TDs receiving but also added another 450 yards and 4 TDs rushing.

He's also got 19 career TDs.

Okay, so 900 yards of total offense = $10 million per?

That's ludicrous.

[RobBlake]

it's sad. This kid has a tremendous amount of talent, he'd be great in KC, NE, or NO. KC should have traded him.. he was more explosive than Hill in college and I believe more than DAT as well.

[ThaVirus]

Okay, so 900 yards of total offense = $10 million per?

That's ludicrous.


Never said that.

I don't think he's earned that contract but the guy did contribute 900 yards and 9 TDs on just over 100 offensive touches. He was pretty efficient last season.

I guess they feel last season was a sign of things to come.

[TigeRRUppeRRcut]

25 mil guaranteed?! WTH??

[DaneMcCloud]

Never said that.

I wasn't implying that you did, I was just "speaking out loud".

[KChiefs1]

That's just stupid.


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[BlackHelicopters]

This is a joke, right?

[Bowser]

"That's some 7 and 9 shit right there."

/Jeff Fisher

[PutQuinnIn]

Jeebus. Who is his agent? Hopefully no chiefs have that agent. That is straight up RAPE.

Joel Segal, he also represents

-surprise-

Justin Houston.

[ThaVirus]

Pump the breaks. Houston got a market value contract.