Robert Quinn signs extension

AP

The Rams have signed Robert Quinn to a four-year extension that will keep him on the team through 2019. The deal is for $66.5 million, with $41.2 million guaranteed. It sounds like it's really a 6-year contract that replaces his current contract. It is the biggest contract in team history paid to a veteran player or to a defensive player. (Sam Bradford's $78 million rookie contract takes the cake for largest contract in team history.)

Excellent work by the Rams front office to get this done now, and congratulations to Robert.

I know nothing about the cap implications of Quinn's deal and will have to update here when details come out. They had so little room under this year's cap they had to re-structure Chris Long and Austin Pettis just to be able to fill the roster, so I can't believe there's any hit this year. If the cap hit starts next year, Bradford might as well not expect his summer plans to involve Rams Park.

Update: the Rams would gain $8 million in cap room next year by cutting Jake Long, $6 million by cutting Kendall Langford, $5 million by cutting Jared Cook, all three of which could easily happen. They also get Cortland Finnegan's $6 million of cap space back. Bradford's cap hit next year is over $16 million. They'll hit 2015 with a lot of cap flexibility and a lot of options.

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