The Los Angeles Rams have a big decision to make on free agent cornerback Trumaine Johnson, who would likely enter the open market with a host of suitors ready to pay him big money.

Maybe too much money.

Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus listed Johnson among his five free agents likely to be overpaid.

From Monson:

The league has a love affair at the moment with big, tall, long cornerbacks—the type of athletes that can at least attempt to go one-on-one with players like Julio Jones athletically and live to tell the tale. Trumaine Johnson, at 6-foot-2 and 208 pounds, has that prototypical size and length, but remains an inconsistent player on the field. At his best, he looks like a player worthy of those measurables, but that guy doesn’t appear on tape every week of the season, and in 2016, he allowed four touchdowns while picking off just one pass and breaking up another six. He has only allowed fewer than 60 percent of the passes thrown his way to be caught once in a season, and his career mark in that statistic is 61.2 percent, which would have ranked 61st in the NFL this season.

Johnson, 27, played last season on the franchise tag, collecting one interception and defending 12 passes over 14 games. The former third-round pick has 16 interceptions over five NFL seasons, including a career-high seven during the 2015 season.

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The Rams could use the franchise tag option on Johnson again this year, with the tag increasing in value by 20 percent over last year’s tender. Given a $13.9 million price last year, reapplying the tag to Johnson would cost Los Angeles $16.7 million for 2017.

If the Rams let him walk, the bidding war will begin.

Johnson has size, youth and past production, and he plays a premium, in-demand position still lacking in quality supply around the league. The economics of the situation almost guarantees he’d be paid more than he’s worth on the open market. It’s not a coincidence that three of Monson’s five choices were cornerbacks.

Johnson is a very good player, and he could be a great fit on the outside for new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips. However, the Rams will have to try to avoid overpaying their top cornerback, especially if the franchise tag is ruled out as an option.