Cooper Kupp says he doesn’t know if he will stay with the Los Angeles Rams next season but will definitely not be retiring.
The 31-year-old was named MVP of the Rams’ Super Bowl win three years ago and has two years left on a bumper contract – but admits he could leave the franchise.
He is due to take up nearly $30 million in cap space next year, but the Rams could save about two-thirds of that by releasing Kupp.
The Rams also could try to work with Kupp on a restructuring, but Kupp knows the front office is not a sentimental place: General manager Les Snead released or traded Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and Robert Woods before their own contract extensions had even begun.
“Who knows what’s going to happen?” Kupp said.
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“A lot of stuff is out of my control. We’ll see what it’s going to be. There’s obviously stuff that was going on early on in the season, and we’ll see.
“I don’t have any clarity on what that’s going to look like or anything like that. So yeah, obviously would love to be in LA, but I don’t know what that’s going to look like.”
One thing is certain, however. Kupp is not retiring.
“I feel like I’ve got a lot of good football left in me,” Kupp said. “So I definitely will be playing football next year, that much I know.”
Kupp had 67 catches for 710 yards and six TDs this season – but just 12 catches for 162 yards in the final five games of the regular season, the least productive stretch of his career.
After catching just one pass in the Rams’ wild-card round win over Minnesota, Kupp had five receptions for 61 yards in defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles.
