{"id":512098,"date":"2026-03-09T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512098\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:37:08","slug":"rams-trent-mcduffie-working-toward-extension-that-would-make-him-highest-paid-cornerback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/512098\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams, Trent McDuffie working toward extension that would make him highest-paid cornerback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Chiefs are <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/chiefs-trey-smith-we-trust-gm-brett-veach-front-office-to-find-trent-mcduffie-s-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confident they can fill the hole<\/a> left by the departure of the 2023 All-Pro and two-time Super Bowl champion, the Rams are clearly just as confident McDuffie can be a defensive lynchpin for a push to a Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>McDuffie, a 2022 first-rounder, is set to play 2026 on a fifth-year rookie option for $13.63 million.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, three corners (the Indianapolis Colts&#8217; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/sauce-gardner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sauce Gardner<\/a>, the Cleveland Browns&#8217; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/denzel-ward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denzel Ward<\/a> and the Carolina Panthers&#8217; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/jaycee-horn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaycee Horn<\/a>) have total value deals of $100 million or more. Gardner is the clubhouse leader in average per year at $30.1 million, while Houston Texans&#8217; <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/derek-stingley-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Stingley Jr.<\/a> is second at an even $30 million.<\/p>\n<p>McDuffie&#8217;s seemingly close to reaching that rarefied air, underscoring why the Chiefs felt they couldn&#8217;t afford to keep him and why the Rams believe so strongly he is such a valuable addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Chiefs are confident they can fill the hole left by the departure of the 2023 All-Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6255,1820,3,6257,215714,99,140832],"class_list":["post-512098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news","tag-sports","tag-trent-mcduffie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}