Rams apparently consent to trade WR Allen Robinson to Steelers

The Rams are reportedly settling an arrangement to trade pass receiver Allen Robinson to the Pittsburgh Steelers, pending a physical.

ESPN's Adam Schefter, who broke the news of the possible trade, reported Tuesday that the Rams will pay Robinson $10.25 million of his wage for the 2023 season and Pittsburgh will pay the remaining $5 million. The groups will swap seventh-round picks, the Rams receiving the 234th total choice for their 251st pick.

The move comes 13 months after the Rams signed Robinson to a three-year, $46.5 million deal that was anticipated to bolster their passing attack.

Instead, the Rams and Robinson never seemed to mesh. Robinson had 33 catches for 339 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games. He suffered a tension fracture in his foot late in the season and missed out on the final 6 games after undergoing surgery.

With the trade, leading the Rams' wide receivers room would be Cooper Kupp and Van Jefferson after injury-plagued 2022 seasons.

Kupp followed his magnificent 2021 project, in which he led the league in receptions, receiving lawns, and receiving goals, by suffering a season-ending high ankle sprain in Week 10. He completed with 75 receptions for 812 backyards and 6 TDs. Jefferson missed out on the first seven games of the 2022 season with a knee injury and tape-recorded 24 catches for 369 lawns and 3 TDs.

After that, the Rams have Ben Skowronek (39 catches for 376 backyards), TuTu Atwell (18 catches for 298 yards and 1 TD) and sparsely used Austin Trammell and Lance McCutcheon.

The Rams, coming off a 5-12 season, could target pass receivers in the draft, which begins April 27. While they do have 11 picks in the draft, they are without a first-rounder-- their eventual No. 6 general pick belonged to the bundle to get Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in January 2021.

The Rams' first choice is arranged to come in the 2nd round (36th total), followed by two in the third round-- their own pick at 69th general and the 77th total pick acquired last month when they sent star protective back Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins.