While they have made a number of big-name additions in recent years, a key core of players and personnel have been present throughout the recent success the Rams have enjoyed. Included among those is general manager Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay, along with All-Pros Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp. According to Jourdan Rodrigue of the Athletic, each member of that quartet is in line for new or re-worked contracts. 
As chief operating officer Kevin Demoff recently confirmed, both Snead and McVay “will receive contract extensions prior to the official start of the 2022 season”. It had been known for some time that McVay would be getting a new deal after he confirmed his intention to continue coaching. Likewise, Snead been extended parallel to McVay in recent years, including their joint re-signing in 2019.
“They want to be aligned”, Demoff said. “They speak the same language and they see football the same way. They’re motivated to build teams together the same way. When you find that partnership, you want to keep it.”
As for Donald, Rodrigue reports that “the team is working out a new contract for [him] and expects it to be done soon”. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year has three years remaining on his current deal, which he signed in 2018 following a holdout one year earlier. There is optimism a repeat of that will be avoided, as negotiations have “been nothing but positive” for an extension which is thought to represent a large raise on his current $22.5MM-per-year pact.
For Kupp, meanwhile, an extension – or at least a restructure of his current deal – will become the priority after Donald. He has two years remaining on a contract which is set to pay him just over $14.5MM per season. While the 29-year-old isn’t “looking to top the [WR] pay charts”, as far as the front office is aware, a raise spread out over a longer term is their goal. Doing so could open up some needed financial flexibility, given the addition of Allen Robinson and the teams’ ongoing efforts to re-sign Odell Beckham Jr.
While change is inevitable for any team – even Super Bowl winners – it appears much of the Rams’ nucleus will be remaining in Los Angeles for the foreseeable future.
Am I the only one who just doesn’t think that Les Snead is a good general manager and got bailed out by McVay and Donald? Just curious.
Depends. It may be the other way around. It seems to me he’s given McVay everything he could possibly ask for and he’s baling McVay out..?
the rams consistently seem to have impact players step up from their impressive depth, especially in the secondary. he has created a formula to win a super bowl that teams are at least to some extent trying to emulate this year in getting established stars out of highly(and potentially over-)valued draft picks, and his organization and head coach offer him nothing but support. your opinion is your opinion, but i see snead as at least an above average gm
Curious. In my view, I don’t see him as doing anything really unique that any other GM couldn’t-trading picks for players and signing them to huge contracts really doesn’t take much skill. But I suppose that opinion is in the minority, especially in light of their Super Bowl win.
Maybe this would make a good poll here.
Just saw this tweet on BR. Hard to argue w/ Rams success over the past few years.
Total wins, including the playoffs, since 2017:
1. Chiefs: 68
2. Rams: 62
3. Saints: 61
4. Pats: 58
5. Packers: 54
I’m not going to assign grades to GMs/coaches, as I think there are way too many variables to consider, but I will say that Arty!s list shows me that these teams 1) are smart in their front offices in knowing when/who to sign, sign long term, and evaluate talent, and 2) construct their offense/defense philosophy to those players and using their specific talents to continually play at high levels
Rams definitely mortgaged the draft for a period of several years, but they won the super bowl. Very risky move that often doesn’t get the desired result, but, this time it did.