After an encouraging first two seasons, receiver Van Jefferson's time with the Los Angeles Rams took a sharp downturn - and is now in the past as he's been traded to the Atlanta Falcons.
Jefferson, 27, is in the last year of his rookie contract and was the Rams' second-leading receiver in 2021 with 802 yards and six touchdowns on 50 receptions but hasn't returned to that form since.The answer to the first part is more complicated and really stems back to the night of Feb. 13, 2022, when Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl.
Entering 2023 hoping to bounce back, Jefferson was in line to be Los Angeles' No. 1 receiver once star wideoutInstead, rookie fifth-round pickstole the show, and Jefferson posted just eight receptions on 15 targets for 108 yards and a touchdown during Kupp's four-week absence. In what proved to be Jefferson's final game as a Ram, he played only two offensive snaps as Kupp and Nacua dominated the target share, which wasn't exactly how Los Angeles expected things to play out.
News broke Tuesday morning that Los Angeles was shopping Jefferson around the league, and a few hours later, he officially became a Falcon, sending the Brentwood, Tenn. native back to the south.
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