Unlike most other NFL teams, the Los Angeles Rams don’t sign their rookies individually, a process that can span weeks and even months. Instead, the Rams prefer to sign all of their first-year players at once, something that’s rather out of the ordinary in today’s very structured negotiating process.

The purpose? To teach young men about managing their money, putting it in the right places and how to handle that first large check that gets dropped into their bank accounts. It’s something that dates back to the Jeff Fisher era and has continued into Sean McVay’s reign.

The Rams finally inked all 11 of their draft picks to contracts right after OTAs ended, allowing the rookies to focus strictly on football and not their first big purchase as an NFL player.

Fifth-round pick Micah Kiser is already benefiting from the financial education program, taking care of the money he’s received thus far.

“I already opened up another line of credit,” Kiser told The MMQB. “I’m already active on creditkarma.com, checking my money, what I’m spending my money on, actively paying my bills—that was the biggest takeaway for me. How can I take the little chunk of change I have now, and ultimately help that grow and make it something greater, not only in the long run, but also in the short term?”

In addition to teaching their players about managing their finances in the NFL, the Rams also treat the rookies to a month of activities – from a Dodgers game to bowling to helping Habitat for Humanity.

All of it goes toward a larger goal of helping young men become better and smarter adults as they embark on this new part of their careers.

“One thing we do, we care about the man,” Rams director of player engagement Jacques McClendon said. “And if you care about the man, and you make him a more complete man, he’s a less distracted football player and he’s going to perform optimally. I feel like that’s what we do here. We truly care about these guys, and that makes my job easier, because that comes from the top, not just from me.”