Cooper Kupp ‘definitely' will play in 2025, but WR uncertain about future with Rams

Cooper Kupp is uncertain whether his remarkable eight-year career with the Los Angeles Rams came to an end last weekend in Philadelphia.

Although the former All-Pro receiver is under contract for the next two seasons, the massive size of his deal could compel the Rams to part ways with their Super Bowl 56 MVP — and Kupp realizes it.

"Who knows what's going to happen?" Kupp said Monday as the Rams cleaned out their lockers at their training complex. "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."

The "stuff" to which Kupp referred is the trade discussion that likely reminded him everything is temporary in the NFL.

When the Rams began the season 1-4, the Rams took calls gauging their willingness to trade the then-injured Kupp, in part to move that three-year, $80.1 million contract extension. He got the deal after his landmark 2021-22 season, when he won the Triple Crown of receiving and the Super Bowl MVP award in Los Angeles' win over Cincinnati.

The math on Kupp's contract for 2025 is daunting. He is due to take up nearly $30 million in cap space, but the Rams could save about two-thirds of that by releasing Kupp, who will be 32 next season.

The Rams also could try to work with Kupp on a restructuring, but Kupp knows this 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.

One thing is certain, however. Kupp is not