The Los Angeles Rams have already begun trimming their roster ahead of training camp, waiving three players on Saturday. They parted ways with safety Jake Gervase, tight end Ethan Wolf, wide receiver Greg Dortch and center Nate Trewyn.
This is in conjunction with the NFL’s roster limits for camp. Every team will need to trim its roster to only 80 players by Aug. 16, though they’re permitted to carry up to 90 players before then.
However, if a team has more than 80 players on its roster before Aug. 16, it will need to split the team into two groups to limit the number of people in the facility.
The Rams now sit at 85 players on the current roster, so they’ll need to cut five more players in the next three weeks or so. None of the players they cut this weekend were particularly surprising, though some believed Dortch might compete with Nsimba Webster for the primary return specialist job.
Gervase spent the most time with the Rams of the four, joining the team as an undrafted free agent last year. He spent most of the season on the practice squad but was promoted in October and appeared in two games.