The Los Angeles Rams are inching their way down to 53 players before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline, making several more cuts this afternoon after waiving 14 players on Monday. The team announced it has parted ways with the following 19 players, including quarterback Brett Rypien, kicker Tanner Brown, edge rushers Daniel Hardy and Keir Thomas, and defensive end Marquise Copeland.
- OT A.J. Arcuri
- K Tanner Brown
- DE T.J. Carter
- OLB Daniel Hardy
- DB Quindell Johnson
- TE Nikola Kalinic
- C Mike McAllister
- DB Cameron McCutcheon
- G Grant Miller
- WR Xavier Smith
- OLB Keir Thomas
- WR Austin Trammell
- QB Dresser Winn
- LB Jaiden Woodbey
- DT Marquise Copeland
- RB Royce Freeman
- QB Brett Rypien
- LB DeAndre Square (waived/injured)
- DB Rashad Torrence (waived/injured)
There aren’t any huge surprises in this round of cuts, but the decisions to move on from Hardy, Thomas and Copeland are somewhat unexpected. Hardy and Thomas were viewed as the primary backups at outside linebacker, but the team must like Nick Hampton, Ochaun Mathis and Zach VanValkenburg better.
With Brown being released, the Rams no longer have a kicker on the roster, so they’ll need to make a move at that position. And now that both Brett Rypien and Dresser Winn have been waived, the only quarterbacks left are Matthew Stafford and Stetson Bennett.
So far, none of the Rams’ 14 drafted rookies have been released, but they still must cut ties with three more players before 4 p.m. ET.
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