Snead: Rams concentrate salary cap on 8 to 10 stars, skipping mid-tier
Les Snead · Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion · Aug 23, 2022 · at 24:04
Los Angeles Rams General Manager Les Snead breaks down his team's roster construction philosophy and salary distribution model to Shane Parrish.
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“So we have this core of players, and it's maybe eight to 10, that are highly paid at their position if you compare them around the league. What in turn where we're probably similar to New England is, we don't necessarily have a lot of, let's call it middle class players, and that is players that are veterans, players maybe in their fifth, sixth, seventh year, but not highly, highly paid, but make a good living. We've had to in turn really rely on Less experienced players to contribute to start to play important roles who are on their rookie contracts.”
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