Indeed, my mock signing a CB might be a reality. I'm really interested in Tre Harris, Alic Ayomanor and Marcus Golden with our 1st pick. All 3 are good at the X with good speed and well rounded WR's they can excel at the X and can and have played in the slot too.
Yeah people have an idea of what he is but don't really know how injury prone he's been until this past year.
Unfortunately no. Guessing Stanley gets a nice pay-day in free agency.
I think you are right about that. FA market for LT is definitely scarce. We need WRs and maybe a tackle or 2..... fuckin A
And an off-ball-LB ... and a Cornerback ... and, if Brown and Galimore are lost, at least one interior DL ...
Yeah man, we got some work to do. This off season is definitely full of uncertainty. Dammit
You're right on tagging him gives some leverage to the Rams.
That might be true on paper but there isn't a coaching staff/front office in the NFL I'd trust to keep us competitive more than the one we have right now.
Of course. Mine too.
He has all the leverage. It's not even debatable. He is a UFA that can sign with whoever he wants. What changes that is if the Rams DNA rifle block by putting the tag on him. Desperation? That's silly and just fan talk. Personally I think the biggest roadblock is figuring out what they are doing with #9 and the sad reality may be that they cant afford Ajax if they extend Stafford.
Not sure how that works looking at what UFA OG's got last year. If a guard gets 18 mill surely a LT gets 20
Yes but as you said - his agent may want to test the free agent market no matter what. I doubt we will be able to sign him before FA.
I would trade down if at all possible to get an late first/early second and late second if we can.
I might also ... unless a prospect slips to #26 that the Rams' decision-makers really like.
Leverage is always debatable. If Ajax is pricing himself out and the Rams aren't willing to go there, how is that leverage at all against the Rams? It just means the Rams would be ok with letting him walk or test the market. I think it would be a mistake personally, but we don't know what Ajax and his agent are aiming for. Shit, we are debating Stafford asking for too much right now on this very board lol. What if the Rams are eyeing a LT in FA or maybe even in the draft? The Rams went young on defense, could be looking to do it on offense too. Not predicting they are, just basically saying there are always options whether good or bad in our eyes. Now as far as Stafford, that is definitely and obviously the hold up on anything else going down contract wise with any other player. How they structure the contract, if he resigns, will be the determining factor on who they can sign. Saying they can't sign anyone if he is, is quite silly at this point. Don't the Rams have more cap in 2026? If so, Ajax or anyone else's cap hit doesn't have to be large for this year, but could get quite bigger past that. Also, what if we can trade Kupp for better compensation without paying a bigger chunk of his contract because the WR market just became more diluted with Higgins and Godwin being out of FA? There are way too many things that can happen before trying to predict future contracts at this point.
Yeah I was thinking about 20-22 mill/yr avg. myself tbh.
