OntarioRam
Hall of Fame
It's all rumors so who knows.
I can buy the elevator story for sure. Heat of the moment. Wanting to take a jab at a rival team. Wanting to "win" the divorce vs. a former player. Who knows. But I can see it.
I am not buying the Rams telling other teams that Kupp was washed and should retire. Maybe they told Kupp that during negotiations (though apparently, there were no negotiations...). And/or maybe they had those discussions in-house and it leaked. But why would they go telling that to other teams' faces? Not only do the Rams gain absolutely nothing from that, it actually huts their own interests. Players won't want to go to a team like that (though by all accounts, the Rams are a top tier destination in the NFL). And if your competitors are contemplating signing someone, don't you want them to spend as much as possible, and deplete their cap dollars? I would have been telling teams that Kupp was every bit as good as his triple Crown season, the Rams only let him go because they just wanted to pass the torch from Kupp to Nacua, and so they should sign Kupp to a fully guaranteed 100M contract. I would have loved that for Seattle!
I can buy the elevator story for sure. Heat of the moment. Wanting to take a jab at a rival team. Wanting to "win" the divorce vs. a former player. Who knows. But I can see it.
I am not buying the Rams telling other teams that Kupp was washed and should retire. Maybe they told Kupp that during negotiations (though apparently, there were no negotiations...). And/or maybe they had those discussions in-house and it leaked. But why would they go telling that to other teams' faces? Not only do the Rams gain absolutely nothing from that, it actually huts their own interests. Players won't want to go to a team like that (though by all accounts, the Rams are a top tier destination in the NFL). And if your competitors are contemplating signing someone, don't you want them to spend as much as possible, and deplete their cap dollars? I would have been telling teams that Kupp was every bit as good as his triple Crown season, the Rams only let him go because they just wanted to pass the torch from Kupp to Nacua, and so they should sign Kupp to a fully guaranteed 100M contract. I would have loved that for Seattle!