LOS ANGELES - Trumaine Johnson's irresolute situation received an interesting twist on Tuesday, the first day teams can negotiate with outside free agents, when a source confirmed to ESPN's Josina Anderson the Los Angeles Rams are actively shopping their primary cornerback.
NFL Network first reported the news.
The Rams recently slapped Johnson with the nonexclusive franchise tag for a second straight year, which he signed on Monday. It pays him $16.7424 million in 2017, more than any other NFL cornerback. Johnson became the first cornerback since Charles Woodson in 2004 to '05 to be franchised in back-to-back years because the Rams basically felt they couldn't afford to let him slip away.