4 Potential Rams CAP Casualties...

[Ram_Rally]

Restructuring Higbee and drafting Sam LaPorta would be my homer move.

I love this tight end class. Keeping my eye on Mayer if he falls, Washington, Kincaid, and Kraft. Still need to check out Laporta but Iowa right?

 

[OldSchool]

Saving almost 7 million by cutting Higbee is enticing. I hadn't thought about it before but he might be the clearest cut on the team.

I like Brian Allen and I think the Rams do to. Can he stay healthy is the question.

Floyd produced very well the second half the year. He had a bad knee injury in camp and that's why he struggled to start. He can't come back at his current cap number but I'd like to keep him.

Higher to me is the safest of the bunch with who else is on t(e roster as a tight end.

 

[Ram_Rally]

Higher to me is the safest of the bunch with who else is on t(e roster as a tight end.

Yeah the depth behind him is definitely too uncertain, but I really wanna see Hopkins some more next year. Wish he didn't get that suspension.

 

[ottoman89]

I love this tight end class. Keeping my eye on Mayer if he falls, Washington, Kincaid, and Kraft. Still need to check out Laporta but Iowa right?

Yes he is!

 

[Ram_Rally]

Yes he is!

Yeah Iowa tight ends never miss lol He's worth a shot on that alone.

 

[ottoman89]

Yeah Iowa tight ends never miss lol He's worth a shot on that alone.

I'm bias. I'd draft every Hawkeye available. Haha. LaPorta is MUCH more of a pass catcher then blocker though.

 

[OldSchool]

Yeah the depth behind him is definitely too uncertain, but I really wanna see Hopkins some more next year. Wish he didn't get that suspension.

I'm kind of over Hopkins. When he gets targets he usually does something good. But with all the 2 TE sets we ran at the end of the season with Baker out there he had 5 catches in the last 5 games. Doesn't exactly get you all warm and fuzzy with possibilities. Week 18 he only had 15 snaps on offense 25% of the plays. IMO get somebody in on a rookie deal and let him and Higs go at it, it's Higs last year unless we extend him too. Time for a rookie with something to prove.

 

[Ram_Rally]

I'm bias. I'd draft every Hawkeye available. Haha. LaPorta is MUCH more of a pass catcher then blocker though.

That's TE University though so I see why he's worth a shot lol

 

[Ram_Rally]

I'm kind of over Hopkins. When he gets targets he usually does something good. But with all the 2 TE sets we ran at the end of the season with Baker out there he had 5 catches in the last 5 games. Doesn't exactly get you all warm and fuzzy with possibilities. Week 18 he only had 15 snaps on offense 25% of the plays. IMO get somebody in on a rookie deal and let him and Higs go at it, it's Higs last year unless we extend him too. Time for a rookie with something to prove.

Yeah I've always had more love for Hopkins than he's proven lol. His Purdue tape is so good. This is a very nice tight end class so hopefully we grab one.

 

[OldSchool]

Yeah I've always had more love for Hopkins than he's proven lol. His Purdue tape is so good. This is a very nice tight end class so hopefully we grab one.

Yeah I've never been one for being too harsh on rookies but he's just finished what year three? I've seen enough, or in this case not seen enough, to move on.

 

[jrry32]

What's your take on Higbee? Is his current production enough to keep around or should the Rams be looking to ease Hopkins and a rookie into that role?

Keep him.

 

[Riverumbbq]

What's your take on Higbee? Is his current production enough to keep around or should the Rams be looking to ease Hopkins and a rookie into that role?

Trade him while he still has some value, ... he'll become a free agent following the 2023 season.

 

[Ram_Rally]

Trade him while he still has some value, ... he'll become a free agent following the 2023 season.

Keep him.

A stand off lol

 

[Ram_Rally]

Yeah I've never been one for being too harsh on rookies but he's just finished what year three? I've seen enough, or in this case not seen enough, to move on.

Yeah I think this was year 3. I'll just stay away from Purdue highlights soni don't fall back in.

 

[BonifayRam]

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[Merlin]

Hopkins is good in the pattern but gets trucked too much on the line. Without Higs this TE group is a shambles.

Now if they think there is a great chance to get a TE they like in the draft maybe that can work. But it would be risky. And we would need to go get a blocking TE in FA. So that cuts into the cap savings.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Let's say the top available center and guard that falls to us are equal in skill and can start week 1. Assuming that Jackson wins the LG job, would you rather draft a center and let the others compete for RG, or draft a guard and let Shelton/Allen compete for center?

I'm thinking center due to Allen and Shelton's contracts, but for immediate improvement in 2023 I'm leaning towards guard since Anchrum and Bruss are unknowns and have not started.

 

[fearsomefour]

I haven't seen Anchrum or Bruss play. Don't know if they'd be an upgrade or not. But I suspect 99% of Ram fans don't know either. That's the funny thing about this. Our OL suffered so many injuries, so quickly that I don't think we can possibly know what we have with any combination of the OL on the roster. Fans can 'say' they do but really, do they know?

Thats my point really and why I would hang on to the veteran "ex starters" that played decently.
Hopefully as depth guys.
At least you know what you have in them.

 

[fearsomefour]

Here a few I just came up with.....

Positive for Brian Allen being elsewhere & not on the Ram roster when the 2023 season begins:

*A roster spot would be opened up for the newly projected drafted center if Allen was released or traded. Do you consider this a positive?

* Rams would not have to fund BA cap hits 2023 of $6.8 mil/ 2024 $7.8 mil / dead $2.4 million. Would you consider this a positive?

*If Snead's scout/ draft department is an NFL-grade functioning department then drafting a talented future starting center on the 2nd day of the draft brings in a healthy youthful interior OL'er to bring improvement in the near future. Would you consider this an upgrade?

*The absence of having to depend on a walking future injury starting center Brian Allen would bring great relief to these coaches. The Rams then could trash their comprehensive contingency plan for when Allen gets injured again, which would then cause a negative open oozing wound reshifting of the OL lineup like we have seen so much in 2022.

Only the second point can be counted as a positive in terms of saving money and cap space.
Outside of that, who knows?
Adding a youthful, healthy center......that all looks good on paper, like all draft picks....will they be a player? Who knows?
How has the Snead scouting department been in developing second day OL talent?

 

[fearsomefour]

Let's say the top available center and guard that falls to us are equal in skill and can start week 1. Assuming that Jackson wins the LG job, would you rather draft a center and let the others compete for RG, or draft a guard and let Shelton/Allen compete for center?

I'm thinking center due to Allen and Shelton's contracts, but for immediate improvement in 2023 I'm leaning towards guard since Anchrum and Bruss are unknowns and have not started.

The two most important OL positions (in my opinion) and therefore the two hardest to fill are LT and C.
I would fill and upgrade that C spot first.