Rams trade for Chiefs CB McDuffie

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Full trade, per source:

Rams receive:
🏈CB Trent McDuffie

Chiefs receive:
🏈1st-round pick, No. 29
🏈5th
🏈6th
🏈2027- 3rd

Peter Schrager@PSchrags
Trent McDuffie played for Rams defensive coach Jimmy Lake at Washington, fits the team’s biggest defensive need, and is from Los Angeles. LA still holds on to the 13 pick, without being forced to draft a corner. From LA side, a whole lot to like about this deal.

Spotrac@spotrac
CB Trent McDuffie
2026: $13.623M (gtd)

DraftKings Network@DKNetwork
Trent McDuffie in his first four seasons:

34 pass deflections
12 TFLs
8 forced fumbles
3 INTs
2023 1st-team All-Pro
2024 2nd-team All-Pro

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Trent McDuffie gives Rams a really solid presence on the outside. They love to load up in nickel and dime but with safeties these days; having a top CB who can hold down the perimeter allows them to keep the math on their side (although he could kick inside in a pinch).

They shouldn’t be done at this position yet either, whether FA or draft, particularly for the perimeter spots.

Mina Kimes@minakimes
Rams address their most glaring need and hold onto pick 13–McDuffie lets them play more man, has elite tackling ability, and bring inside-out versatility….guessing he plays mostly outside for them but kicks in situationally.

James Palmer@JamesPalmerTV
Trent McDuffie can play inside and outside. Is great against the run. There really isn’t anything he can’t do.

wv wrote:

Now what do they do at 13?

W
V

That apparently is being reserved for either (1) any rock star who happens to be there at 13, O or D, or (2) trading down.

That means this is the 1st draft in YEARS where we as fans will be talking about all the top picks and who could be there at 13. This draft has strengths at CB, LB, TE, and WR, plus there’s another Todd Gurley type in Notre Dame’s Jerimiyah Love.

CB is deep enough this year that they could take another in round 2. Which I hope the do. Or they could get a top one at 13 and do the thing where the Rams like to turn a weakness into an actual strength (as opposed to just fixing the weakness).

James Palmer@JamesPalmerTV
McDuffie’s teammates will all tell you this: Smart as hell. Fundamentals are through the roof. Great hands in coverage. Chess piece. Willing to do anything in the game plan to win. So strong and explosive. (He actually would win squat competitions). Favorite teammate

NFL Researcher@NFL_Researcher
Trent McDuffie leads all CB with 34 QB pressures since entering the NFL in 2022, per
@NextGenStats
.

He also leads all CB with 8 forced fumbles, and his 45 run stops are T-8th at the position.

James Palmer@JamesPalmerTV
I asked Pat Surtain during training camp, “You’re the best CB in the NFL. Who’s film do you watch?”

He told me: Derek Stingley. Trent McDuffie.

InvaderRam wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I don’t love it.

i don’t know what to make of it. if he’s a first team all pro this season, then i’ll be happy.

i read that he is signing a long term contract if he is traded. at first i thought it was a one and done. with a long term deal i might feel differently.

No this is not a one and done rental…negotiating a longterm deal was part of the trade.

LAFB Network@LAFBNetwork
Jimmy Lake recruited and coached Trent McDuffie at Washington…

Now they’re reunited with the Los Angeles Rams.
Oh — and Puka Nacua was his college teammate too.