Cooper Kupp afterwards…cap stuff, commemorations, etc.

So I am trying to reconcile this:

“Kupp is set to earn $20MM in 2025, made up of $12.5MM in base salary and a $7.5MM 90-man roster bonus due on March 17, per OverTheCap. $5MM of that roster bonus became fully guaranteed in 2024.”
https://www.profootballrumors.com/2025/02/rams-willing-to-eat-money-in-kupp-trade

and

“Kupp’s contract calls for him to receive a $7.5 million roster bonus on the 5th day of the league year. $5 million of that roster bonus is guaranteed and is subject to offsets. Kupp would certainly sign a contract that pays more than $5 million in 2025 and the Rams would get their full amount back.”

The Costs of Trading Cooper Kupp

As I read this, if Kupp signs a contract exceeding $5MM, the Rams get that money back?

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Also, how different these Rams are going to look in 2027. These are the players that the Rams have today, who will still be under contract in 2027, with their 2027 cap number. We are certainly looking at a two year window, do or die with this team.

• Rob Havenstein ($0)
• Alaric Jackson ($24,425,000)
• Poona Ford ($11,083,334)
• Jared Verse ($4,815,474)
• Braden Fiske ($2,994,130)
• Blake Corum ($1,833,924)
• Kamren Kinchens ($1,780,645)
• Brennan Jackson ($1,272,342)
• Tyler Davis ($1,235,638)
• Joshua Karty ($1,224,597)
• Jordan Whittington ($1,224,597)
• Beaux Limmer ($1,224,597)
• K.T. Leveston ($1,210,184)

RamsMaineiac wrote:

And beyond the cap, and the financial side of this, so disappointed it had to end this way for Kupp and the Rams. Set expectations too high after that super crazy year.

Every Rams fan will remember Cooper Kupp fondly. And what a brief tandem he was with Nacua.

I think back on the GSOT, and the way Bruce and Holt were just lasers who would just get open, make the catch, and dive to avoid contact. And fans of other teams mocked them for that, and I didn’t care. Why take a lick just to make it 16 yards instead of 15 when they were going to get 15 on the next play, too?

But watching Kupp for years, and then Nacua, turn that extra yard into 7 extra yards again and again…well…I liked that, too. And Kupp was unstoppable, and he got open, made tough catches, broke away, got those extra yards. He was the man. I will always wonder if the Rams beat the Pats in the Super Bowl if he wasn’t out. What would the Rams’ and Goff’s storyline have looked like if that happened?

You gotta wonder if all that physical play took a toll on him. 8 years isn’t a long career for a WR. And Kupp was one of the best. And I just gotta believe that he’s basically done. I dunno. Maybe it’s just that his skills duplicate Nacua’s, and Nacua is a lot cheaper and younger. Maybe McVay just doesn’t need two guys like that, and he thinks he can light up the league with a different assortment of WRs, and that’s that. I hope Kupp goes to the Steelers and Broncos or somebody I don’t care about, so that I can wish him well.