Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Rams are aggressively trying to keep WR Sammy Watkins. However, Watkins is expected to draw interest from several teams including the Bears, Packers, Chiefs and Jaguars.
Mike Garafolo says that there was a rumor over the weekend that Watkins was interested in being back with the Rams, but we’ll have to see how things go for him in the coming days.
Watkins, 24, was taken with the No. 4 overall pick back in 2014 after the Bills traded up to get him. The Bills traded him and a 2018 sixth-round pick to the Rams in return for CB E.J. Gaines and a 2018 second-round pick during the preseason.
Watkins played out the final year of his four-year, $19.935 million rookie contract and is now in position to be an unrestricted free agent in the coming months. The Bills somewhat surprisingly declined to pick up Watkins’ fifth-year option last year.
In 2017, Watkins appeared in 15 games for the Rams and caught 39 passes for 593 yards receiving and eight touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 40 receiver out of 120 qualifying players.
We have him featured in our Top 100 – 2018 NFL Free Agents list.
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