INDIANAPOLIS -- Barring a long-term contract that does not seem very feasible at this point, Trumaine Johnson will wind up making about $30 million over the course of two years, an exorbitant amount of money that speaks to the desperate state of the Los Angeles Rams' secondary.
The Rams opted to put the nonexclusive franchise tag on Johnson for a second straight year on Wednesday, a decision that was finalized about four hours before the deadline. Johnson made $13.952 million under the tag last year and will get a 20 percent increase for 2017, raising his salary to about $16.