Bobby Wagner showed last year that he was still one of the best contributors in the NFL. It will be available for hire again this spring.
The Los Angeles Rams and the eight-time Pro Bowler have mutually agreed to part ways, according to multiple reports.
Wagner’s impending release comes less than 12 months after the future Hall of Famer signed a five-year deal with the then-Super Bowl champions. The deal won’t become official until the start of the new league year (March 15), so Wagner has time to figure out his next move.
For the Rams, it’s a cost-cutting decision after they went all-in on a repeat title bid and plummeted to a 5-12 mark. For Wagner, 32, it’s a chance to contribute to another potential candidate. He earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2022 after starting all 17 games and recording a career-high 140 tackles, two interceptions and six sacks. Wagner, in fact, was Pro Football Focus’ highest-rated linebacker.
He now joins a free agent linebacker class that already includes Lavonte David, David Long, Tremaine Edmunds, TJ Edwards, Germaine Pratt and Leighton Vander Esch, among others.
Wagner’s recent work will surely generate market. He demonstrated virtually no decline in his historical history with the Seattle Seahawkswith whom he earned six first-team All-Pro selections over 10 seasons and made the 2010s team of the decade while serving as the linchpin of one of the greatest defenses in league history, affectionately known as like the “Legion of Boom”.
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