When the Miami Dolphins released Ndamukong Suh this past offseason, the Los Angeles Rams weren’t immediately viewed as a good fit. They had Aaron Donald still to pay and didn’t seem to have the cap space available to bring in Suh.

Well, they proved a lot of people wrong by signing him to a one-year, $14 million deal, landing the biggest fish in the free agency pond. Given their cap situation, the Rams couldn’t offer Suh as much as other teams, a fact he admitted on Thursday.

Suh said it’s true that he had two offers on the table that were far more lucrative than the $14 million Los Angeles gave him, confirming what Les Snead told reporters.

“I won’t speak of numbers, but he’s accurate in that statement,” Suh said. “And that was the case in both of my free agency opportunities. Could’ve gone to two other teams that would’ve paid me a significant amount more money. But I want to win, want to be around a good group of people and a great organization from top to bottom and I felt L.A. was the right choice.”

Looking back on his free agency tour, Suh received a “pretty big offer” from the Jets, according to the team’s CEO Christopher Johnson. The Jets later pulled that offer, making the finalists the Rams, Titans and Saints.

It’s unclear exactly how much the Saints and Titans offered Suh, but it’s safe to assume at least Tennessee was willing to give him more money than the Rams. Given the success of L.A. this season, it was the right choice for Suh to head west to the Rams, not only winning his first playoff game, but also reaching the Super Bowl.

After this season, he’ll hit free agency again and will have the opportunity to earn another big contract elsewhere, while also potentially returning to L.A.

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