APRIL 12: White’s Rams pact will check in considerably south of that $8.5MM mark if the former All-Pro cannot become a defensive regular. This contract features a base value of $4.25MM, per OverTheCap, and carries a $3.25MM guarantee. White must play 60% of the Rams’ defensive snaps to bump the value to that $8.5MM place.
MARCH 26: The Rams continue to build a new look secondary, stacking serious talent at cornerback. After reuniting with Darious Williams two weeks ago, Los Angeles will set him up with an All-Pro on the other side of the field. Former Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White has announced his intentions to sign with the Rams. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, White will join the team on a one-year, $8.5MM deal with a maximum value of $10MM. 
White was designated as a post-June 1 release, becoming a cap casualty shortly before the start of free agency. Buffalo will recover $10.2MM of cap space come June 2. Once it’s official, White will become a Ram, playing for a team other than the Bills for the first time in his NFL career.
A 2017 first-round pick out of LSU, White has enjoyed a seven-year career in Buffalo since getting drafted. In his first four years, White was the picture of elite cornerback play. Through four seasons, White tallied 54 passes defensed and 15 interceptions, as well as four forced fumbles and fumble recoveries apiece. For his efforts, White finished second in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting, made two Pro Bowls, and was voted to both first- and second-team All-Pro honors.
In 2021, he suffered a torn ACL after 11 games, cutting his season short. A three-sport athlete since middle school, White’s mental health suffered as a result of his forced inactivity during recovery. Slow-playing his recovery meant spending the first seven weeks of 2022 on injured reserve and missing three more games before finally making his return. Things went from bad to worse four games into 2023, when White suffered a torn Achilles tendon, another season-ending ailment.
Before signing, White made the rounds in his first bout with free agency. White spent time visiting the Rams, Raiders, Giants, and Titans. As much as these visits were for White to determine where he wanted to go, they also served as an opportunity for team doctors to feel out how White’s recovery was progressing. A big plus for both White and Los Angeles is that the Rams currently employ Dr. Neal ElAttrache as their team doctor. ElAttrache is the surgeon who repaired White’s Achilles tendon, and he and White have spent time together since with rehab, according to Schefter.
In Los Angeles, White should be allowed to return at his own pace. Derion Kendrick returns after starting 12 games last season, as does Cobie Durant who started nine games while manning the nickelback role in 2023. Although top cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon‘s contract expired, the addition of Williams more than makes up for his absence.
As White works to return to the field with the doctor that fixed his injury, the Rams should be able to field Williams, Kendrick, and Durant in the secondary. The value of White’s new contract, though, seems to imply that Los Angeles doesn’t anticipate being without White for long.
I thought with that injury history and 2024 being a comeback opportunity, he would surely find his way to Detroit.
And former 1st round pick.
But yeah, maybe we’ll end up w/ Adoree Jackson or Gilmore in the end.
Tre White went for $8.5 but the Steelers chose to Trade a valuable WR for a CB who’s worse and makes nearly as much. Such a big L.
Tre had a Torn ACL and then just tore his Achilles…He may not hold up.
Or he could be just fine
As bad as it leaves us at WR Diontae had to go. Nobody on the Panthers defense was going to look good last year with their offense and if he’s that bad he’s gone after this year. Either way he’s less of a headache than Diontae and that’s what this team needs
Rams fans are going to love this guy.
I doubt he will be a number 1 CB again, but heres to hoping he gets a starting job and can contribute.
He was my second favorite Bill.
Bad break with two significant injuries in three years. Hopefully, he’ll be able to recoup most of his speed and can still make the cuts.
Good for him he got this contract. Rams made him a heck of an offer all things considered. And yet they could be looking at this next year as a steal… nice gamble. Too bad it’s in my division!
the good lord finally hit OJ with a BFT that’s got everybody sayin…..
L A KNIGHT YEAH!
Bills are losing everybody. Even OJ, I remember him cutting threw a defense like a waiter and his wife.
The Bills lost a lot of high-dollar players who were injured or on the decline. Slashing cap spend and getting younger, but still have a formidable core on offense and defense. They do need to find a new WR1 and possibly a WR2, but have some good depth in that position, including Shakir and two solid TEs (each with a different skill set).