The Los Angeles Rams are moving on from one of their 2021 Super Bowl season standouts.
reported that the Rams have agreed to trade wide receiver Van Jefferson and a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons. In return, the Falcons will reportedly send a 2025 sixth-round pick to Los Angeles.
Jefferson and the Rams have been together ever since 2020 when the team drafted him in the second round out of Florida. He didn't see a ton of playing time in 2020, but that changed in 2021 with the arrival of QB Matt Stafford and an injury to Robert Woods. Jefferson started all 17 games, making 50 catches for 802 yards with six touchdowns.
A knee injury spoiled the first half of the 2022 season for Jefferson, and by the time he got back from injured reserve in Week 8, Stafford was struggling with an elbow injury to his throwing arm. Jefferson and Stafford played together for just a short time in Week 10 before Stafford's elbow cost him the rest of the season.
The rest of Jefferson's 2022 was a disaster, but there was a chance he could have earned himself some time this season, especially with Stafford healthy and Cooper Kupp missing the first four games with an ankle issue. But 2023 fifth-round draft pick Puka Nacua broke out instead, seamlessly replacing Kupp and leaving Jefferson on the sidelines. Over five games, he's caught eight of 15 passes for 108 yards.
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