Earlier this week, the Rams traded cornerback Aqib Talib and a 2020 fifth-round draft choice to the Dolphins in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round selection (via Rams Wire). It was a salary cap move for L.A.
The Rams basically agreed to give up a fifth-round pick in exchange for $4.2 million worth of salary cap space in 2019. If L.A. doesn’t use that extra cap space this season, it will roll over and be added to the team’s 2020 total.
Talib is currently on injured reserve and won’t be eligible to play until Week 16 at the earliest. There’s a chance that he won’t even play for Miami — the Dolphins may have just wanted an extra draft pick and were able to afford his salary.
Broncos cornerback Chris Harris, who played with Talib from 2014-2017, wouldn’t be surprised if Talib is released from injured reserve once healthy and signs with a contender at the end of the season.
“I think they probably cut him or he gets released and he probably gets to choose where he wants to go,” Harris said Wednesday. “I wouldn’t doubt it if I didn’t see him on the Cowboys or something like that.”
In five career games against Dallas, Talib has broken up seven passes and totaled two interceptions, including a pick-6. The five-time Pro Bowler helped Denver win Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season and he ranks first in Broncos history with six interceptions returned for touchdowns.
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