Todd Gurley released by Rams; here’s why it’s not a shock

He cut, he faked, he exploded to the top of the NFL running back class.
But then Todd Gurley slipped.
Thursday, Gurley fell all the way out of the Rams’ future, cut by the team in a move that was jarring, though hardly shocking.
The 25-year-old who was the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 and carried the Rams to the Super Bowl in 2018 simply wasn’t pulling his financial weight anymore. The four-year, $57.5 million contract extension he signed before the 2018 season ma