Rams tackle Andrew Whitworth told the LA Times this week that he plans to return to play a 16th season in the NFL, and his fifth with Los Angeles. Whitworth is uncertain, however, if the Rams can afford to pay his $11 million cap hit and knows that it is out of his control.
“The plan is to prepare myself to play and to plan to be back,” Whitworth, 39, said after speaking at a news conference to open the Los Angeles Unified School District’s COVID-19 vaccination site. “But obviously, I have no idea what’s going to happen with our salary-cap situation.