I'm not sure how you could get a sign him at any cost position since I specifically used the phrase "market rate."
Nah...all reports indicate that they work as a team and come to a consensus on big decisions. McVay is a large voice in the equation but just one voice.
I'm not sure what they met for. Feels like a waste to meet up only for "talks not progressing much." But maybe they just met up as friends and didn't discuss it much.
That's why I said, I could be wrong lol. I have zero qualms paying him but saying we'll be fine salary cap wise isn't entirely true. How that contract is structured is going to play a big role in how it effects the rest of the roster building. Will we take a big cap hit, will there be void years, will Stafford retire prior to the contract he's given, etc. Jourdan, who is our closest thing to peeping inside the building as a Rams reporter essentially echoes this. How important that really is will ultimately be determined by what the Rams decide to do. I'm personally ok with whatever route the Rams take. They've earned my trust as this team is not the LA Staffords, it's the LA Rams and as long as McVay is here, we'll be alright.
I'm certainly just comparing it to contract negotiations I've been a part of. I doubt much was said other than general parameters at most even if that.
Yeah I've never had to negotiate to that extent. So it could be a casual Convo. Nothing to note until after the combine I'm sure.
Because people just think this is a wave of a pen and just change money to guaranteed. They don't realize he wants more money than the $58 million and that comes out of the available cap. Or they want it in void years to kick the can down the road.
nm i see it now.. new today.
Jourdan Rodrigue in the athletic this morning.
I think because he's set to bring home an average annual salary over the next two years that begins with the number 2.
Someone has to have the final say on the roster. That is McVay. Of course Snead is a class act and great GM in his own right. But once again this thought process that Snead lays down the smack on what the roster will be is inaccurate. The fact that McVay relies on him and they work so well together are great things. But push comes to shove only one of them has final say on that roster. That is how it has to be in this game.
While I'm optimistic they'll "somehow" get it done, I'd have to admit I don't understand the cap implications of MS' contract very well. Count me among those who thought that " a wave of the pen" could change some of that money to "guaranteed" money.
They would have to add several void years where his bonus cap hits are extended out 3 or 4 years. That would suck and remove any advantage in the future of having a young QB on a rookie contract or make it tough to add a more expensive QB that they might acquire in the future via trade or FA.
I highly doubt McVay has final say. Everything has to work out in the collaboration of both these guys. McVay certainly carries a certain weight, but just like he lets his coaches coach, I'm sure he lets his GM do his job as well.
Exactly, and the Rams have the most leverage here.
Agreed. I've seen no reports stating that McVay has final say.
