The Rams “absolutely” want to sign cornerback Marcus Peters to an extension, head coach Sean McVay says (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Lindsey Thiry). McVay highlighted Peters’ strong play in the second half of the 2018 season as reason for the club wanting to lock him up. 
Peters, 26, is entering the fifth year of his rookie contract. After that, the Rams have the option of keeping him off of the free market with the franchise tag, but that would be an expensive proposition. This offseason, the one-year tender for cornerbacks was set at $16.022MM. Next year, that number is expected to climb north of $17MM.
Last year, Peters started in all 16 of the Rams’ regular season games plus the club’s three postseason contests. Peters finished with 43 tackles and three interceptions, including a pick six in Week 1 against the Raiders. Two of his INTs came in the second half of the season and he impressed in the Super Bowl while many of the club’s other stars sagged.
For what it’s worth, the advanced metrics at Pro Football Focus were not super impressed with Peters on the whole. He graded out as just the 78th best cornerback in the NFL out of 112 qualified players, a far cry from his top 20 placement in 2017.
Can’t wait for next article stating Rams aren’t interested in extending Peters.
The guy is a straight up punk. The Chiefs knew it. Give him a big contract and you may as well throw your money out the window
Could care less about the “antics” that drove him out of KC. Guy is a very solid zone corner. Sure sometimes he tries to be a hero but you just have to take it.
Probably be “ Locked Up” but he LA PD before the Rams can get him done.
You should be “locked up” for your grammar. Always the illiterate ones that claim people are criminals.