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Bobby Wagner joined the Los Angeles Rams following a ten-year career with the Seattle Seahawks. His time with the Rams ended up being much shorter. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Wagner and the Rams amicably agreed to split ways Thursday, one season into the five-year, $50 million contract he inked to join the team.
A club and a player splitting up after a single season generally indicates it was a forgettable season, but the Rams received exactly what they wanted from Wagner, despite completing the season with a poor 5-12 record.
Wagner, 32, has 140 total tackles (141 if you include his run-in with a protester), 10 tackles for loss, six sacks, five passes defended, and two interceptions while appearing in all 17 games and earning second-team All-Pro accolades. It was his seventh consecutive year on the All-Pro team. Meanwhile, Pro Football Focus rated him as the NFL's top linebacker for the season. The issue wasn't so much Wagner's play as it was how his contract fit into the Rams' bigger picture.
Where Bobby Wagner's exit leaves the Rams
The Rams reportedly cut Wagner for some much-needed cap space, which isn't a surprise, given how they've been spending the past few years. Per Over The Cap, the Rams entered Thursday $14.9 million over the salary cap for the 2023 season.
Wagner's contract was set to pay him a base salary of $7.5 million in 2023, with $4 million in bonuses and $1 million from his prorated signing bonus, adding up to a cap number of $12.5 million. Releasing him leaves $7.5 million in dead money on the books, so the Rams will gain $5 million in cap space with the move.
That alone won't get the Rams under the line, though, so more moves should be coming. Given that the team struggled heavily last season and is now cutting at least one All-Pro, it's understandable Wagner would want to look elsewhere if his priority is winning another ring.
The addition of Wagner figures to shake up a free-agent linebacker class previously headed by Lavonte David, Tremaine Edmunds, T.J. Edwards and Tremaine Edmunds.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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