Flatlyner said:

Interesting that a LOT of these FA's are only signing 1 year deals. Next years free agency is looking better and better for us. You don't suppose they are all taking 1 year deals because they see the $$ we will have and want to join a SuperBowl contender?

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Every drafted NFL player worth a 2nd contract is going to try to maximize their 2nd contract. It’s where the $$ is. So the one year deals are just the maximum contracts being offered. I will say it would be nice to have an option to bring back Gaines if the Rams don’t find a better option.

Riverumbbq said:

Probably, but the Rams should have also acquired a 'pure' OG type somewhere along the line and seen what Edwards might have done as an OT. jmo.

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I guess the Rams play their 5 best guys. Never been a huge fan of cross training but I guess it works for the Rams. Didn't really need him at RT with big rob there but might have saved some money there too so there's that. JMO

Neil039 said:

It’s a copycat league. The reality is there wI’ll be a run on DE through the first round into the early second. You can not expect to beat Mahomes, Allen, Hurts, Burrow and the like without pressure. The experts write their opinions just like some of us on here do… hey @Loyal what are you up to today?

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Right now, I am hooked up to a dialysis machine. I still have about 30 minutes to go

Memphis Ram said:

Gee. The more I hear about this Julius Brents, I wonder if he gets out of the 2nd round.
Strong Senior Bowl & Combine to go along with great measurables.

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He's very talented and one of those I just hope falls to us. Would be huge for the defense.

That one call. Patriots don’t even play the Rams in the 2001 Superbowl if they call it a fumble.

Jimmy Garoppolo Weighs In On Tom Brady 'Tuck Rule' Play​

Jimmy Garoppolo arrived in Las Vegas and immediately rekindled a 20-year debate in the NFL.

On a tour of the Raiders' facility, Garoppolo saw a painting of Tom Brady from the infamous "Tuck Rule Game" in 2002 and said "it was a fumble."

FrantikRam said:

I think it's safe to say what lense most on this site will see it through.

But huge success to me. Edwards, Scott, Gaines and Long were all basically starters on a Super Bowl winning team.

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YEP - comp picks as well.

2020 was BAD for the 2022.

I don’t know how comp picks will go down.I do like The Young Ram Players.2021 draft.
Sprinkle those picks around & it’s amazing the growth of certain players.

—Without A TOP draft pick,the higher picks you have to do better than average.Right Now Tutu & Bruss aren’t looking all that good which could change.
2020 draft really cost The Rams in 2022 though.
Cam Akers AWOL
T. Lewis cut
Van Jefferson was injured.’
T. Burgees cut
Hopkins-only backup TE on roster.
Jordan Fuller hurt
Clay Johnson (father a Ram) -cut
SLOMAN - cut
Anchrum-injured first play 2022.

HELL NO. PUT THE EFFIN CRACK PIPE DOWN RODBOT!!!
~ RoD

Sign Risner cheap and backload it. Then do your mid to late round OL bs because we know it won't be early. At least that way we should have strong competition on the interior.

Standing pat is very risky. Really hope they know better.

I hate all these posters that constantly say oh we can easily rind someone else - these guys are a dime a dozen. I heard this on Powell on this thread, I heard it about Gay, Dixon and one or two others on other threads.

Newsflash this is not so easy to find players as you say. We floundered around with punt/kick returners for several years. So not so easy. Plus every time he was in on the Offense he was contributing and that's saying a lot for our #6 wr. We had time where we looked for a kicker as well. Like I say kickers are about distance and accuracy most kickers that are in the NFL can make most FGs but it is the ones like Gold, Tucker Gay that make those extra deep ones or that one to win the game under intense pressure - not so easy.

Currently we have to fill 12 starters if Rapp/AShawn go elsewhere that is half the team plus a BU QB, and depth at CB now that Long has left. That's crazy and that is not factoring in Robinson possibly getting traded. I have never seen a team get dismantled like this one did in 1 season away from a Superbowl.

kurtfaulk said:

Seriously, who pays attention to anything Snead says in an interview? He says nothing. Just a lot of words.

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Yeah, he tends to ramble on, incoherently at times, usually to say nothing much at all.

Allen2McVay said:

I just don't agree with that statement. I mean, really .... Really ... REALLY ... Don't Agree.


Same as couple weeks ago when you posted:
"I think at this point people should know the cap doesn't really mean anything."

Same as the other day when you posted:
"JAG isn't necessarily a negative term tho. 98% of the players are in that category. "

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I mean i gave examples to each those.

Tell me how the majority of team x's filler is better then team y's?

And yeah the CAP...i never lose sleep or worry over it. Guarantee if they had Cooper Kupp up for a new deal today they'd make it work. They've always have.

And yeah JAG isn't necessarily bad. Players come. Players go.

Neil039 said:

This is a long article about Sanders effect on the University Of Colorado in just his first few months as head coach. It is definitely worth the read if you like, College Football, Sanders, or a fan of CU Football. As a Colorado Native, Fan, and Attendee of the school I am excited for the change and energy he’s bringing.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...how-deion-sanders-changing-direction-colorado

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Yea , been kinda following the story

mostly because the Pac 12's status is kinda up in the air right now , and there has been alot of rumors , whatever , about Colorado joining the Big 12 with the other 4 corner schools

so I've been following along at home about all the college realinement talk

Washington , Oregon to the Big Ten ???

it changes every day , but it's been fun to follow along at home.................lol

Addressing players on the roster, before and after they sign elsewhere:
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[A] Compensatory Free Agent (“CFA”) shall be defined as an Unrestricted Free Agent (“UFA”) who: (i) signed with a new Club during the prior free gency signing period […] prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Monday following the NFL Draft for that League Year1

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I am no expert, but I thought players count against the comp pick formula until the date quoted above. Which is why we sometimes wait until after the draft to sign players, so that it doesn't count against the formula. In my view OBJ wouldn't count towards any comp pick formula since he's been a free agent for over a year.

Reminds me of this:

Loyal said:

"Me too. I like them deep fat fried!" ~ @RamFan503

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Nope. Marinated and cooked in a wok. Neanderthal.

Yeah, I still love the draft, obviously the free agent signing and resigning aren't valid anymore, but damn, I'd personally love this draft for the Rams going forward. I'm all aboard the Jaren Hall lottery pick.

As for Schmidtz, most mocks I've seen have him falling to or below us including the 2 sites I relied on for estimating draft slots. Centers are rarely taken high.

Acquiring a Brian Burns or Sweat for bit less to me is not putting the remodelling or rebuilding on hold. There is no guarantee you get a player of that caliber in the 1st round no matter where you pick and the rams have proven they go for the proven commodity as opposed to the "what ifs".
Also extending them is no different than signing them as a FA if the interest was there. You add a Burns and most of our grandmother's could play corner with he and AD rushing. Point is that speed up the rebuilding and he is young enough to sign long term. It's almost like Ramsey trade.

That said if your eggs are going into the offense and you have have young corners that's a difference maker for those corners. I'd still target Burns for sure and to me he also receives the torch from AD and who knows maybe AD sticks around if they fit effortlessly. Add JJ and the defense just needs to be adequate if the offense is the focus. Seems like the Andy Reid KC style. Coach has shown many times over he is not afraid to borrow from others. That's why this draft is huge.

Elmgrovegnome said:

Eagles fans think they’ve got Hurts for the next 12+ years .

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Good luck with that

Another running QB that will get hurt and not be the same after 4 or 5 years of hits

Riverumbbq said:

If they don't somehow blow-it, this Arizona draft could be top notch. Trading down that 1'st (#3 overall) should bring an abundance of additional high picks.

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I get the sentiment about trading down but with Anderson 8n their sites why risk it unless they trade down to a max of 5th - 7th which won't net them that much more versus losing an opportunity to get the best DE or DT.

Didn't they auction off the Big Ram's head ? So this seems legit , almost.

Please sign! Wrong Aubrey! Sorry

VegasRam said:

Good Christ you're old!

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we might be a few years away (3)? after all....back to the drawing board. glad we won a Superbowl and the 9ers? not.... lol