When the LA Rams signed Robert Woods to a five-year, $34 million contract in 2017, they were taking a considerable risk. I mean no disrespect to Woods, who had obviously been underrated during his years with the Bills, but at the time it was a lot of money for a player who had never had 700 yards in a season, had missed games in three of four years and who had only caught one touchdown the campaign prior.
The Rams paid Woods $7 million in 2017 based on a belief that Buffalo had squandered his talents and weren’t getting the best of his abilities and that first year head coach Sean McVay knew something that the rest of the league didn’t.