So the Rams were going to take Dart with their first pick last year because the Rams met with him? I'm sure many teams met with him to only get a feel for him as a possible future opponent or possible later acquisition. And this was before the Rams knew anything about Stafford's back. Do you think Stafford would have been pissed last year if that happened? How about folks here on ROD? The howling would have been LOUD.
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Why do you find it so unbelievable? It's funny how the Rams traded their pick right after the giants jumped them to get dart. Also that they wanted to keep their interest in Simpson private.
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Wait a second. You think they were going to use their first round pick on Dart last year?!?
Yeah, I think the main thing here is it was a tough draft to trade back in. The Rams didn’t pick again until #61. Teams like Zona and the steelers weren’t gonna pass again. This just seemed like a simple case of “if we want him, we have to pick him now because he won’t be there when we pick again.”
And this nonsense floated out there by some blogger that the Rams could flip the pick in a deal to get burrows…
People , wake up. It’s clickbait.
I just want to add to all of this back and forth about mystery, intrigue, and playing it close to the vest stuff.
Regarding Simpson, he was mocked to the Rams very early in the process. Whether that came from the Rams (leak) or it was just something that made sense to somebody, it was out there.
Who actually NEVER considered it a possibility? Regardless of your preferences, you knew it was out there.
If anything this might have hurt the Rams’ chances of trading back. Another team might have felt, “why give them something extra to pick their guy? Make them burn #13.” Sure, that’s a purely speculative statement, but it has about as much merit as thinking the Rams fooled the entire league because nobody saw this coming.
Regarding Simpson, he was mocked to the Rams very early in the process. Whether that came from the Rams (leak) or it was just something that made sense to somebody, it was out there.
Who actually NEVER considered it a possibility? Regardless of your preferences, you knew it was out there.
If anything this might have hurt the Rams’ chances of trading back. Another team might have felt, “why give them something extra to pick their guy? Make them burn #13.” Sure, that’s a purely speculative statement, but it has about as much merit as thinking the Rams fooled the entire league because nobody saw this coming.
He did express discontent in December though. And they DID trade their former 1st overall pick FQ Carson Palmer once.
Mike Brown is as Old School as any NFL owner but if the Bengals fail to make the playoffs again in 2025, that would be four straight years of no post-season appearances with a top-tier, highly-paid-QB; and, that QB will be thirty years old.
I could absolutely envision Joe Burrow wanting a trade; and, eventually, the Bengals moving-on.
Losing gets tiring for players, fans and ownership ... even the Cincinnati Bengals.
If they miss, A-GAIN, I'd say Burrow is definitely a "want-out" candidate. And I'd say the Rams are firmly in the mix. Depends on Stafford though.