A month after meeting with the New York Giants, A’Shawn Robinson finally agreed to a deal with Big Blue. He’s signing a one-year deal worth up to $8 million, a nice payday for the veteran defensive lineman.
Unfortunately, the words “up to” are important to note because that’s not the base value of the contract. Rather, it’s worth about $4 million with incentives that can drive the value up to $8 million.
As a result, Robinson’s departure isn’t expected to improve the Rams’ compensatory pick situation in 2024. According to Nick Korte of Over The Cap, his contract is on the fringe of a sixth- and seventh-round value for the Rams.
$4M would be right on the cusp of the 6th/7th round compensatory pick cutoff.https://t.co/uHNDeF5SwT
— Nick Korte (@nickkorte) April 24, 2023
Over The Cap has updated the Rams’ projected comp picks and they’re giving L.A. a seventh-rounder for Robinson leaving. They’re also projected to get two sixth-rounders and two other seventh-rounders, but the maximum is four per team.
So if Robinson nets the Rams a seventh like Nick Scott and Greg Gaines, it won’t matter or improve their projected comp picks next year. Robinson will need to be worth at least a sixth-rounder in order to upgrade one of the Rams’ picks.
