McVay wants clarity on Stafford status ASAP

[methomas50]

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I dont blame Sean one bit. Sounds like Sean is commited to returning though.

 

[jrry32]

Well, McVay is right. We need clarity. Our offseason plans will entirely depend on whether we have Stafford next year.

 

[Ellard80]

If you read the entire quote - sounds like there is mutual interest in keeping it going.

 

[Ellard80]

It's not really a mystery - Stafford wants to come back, McVay wants him to come back.

But Stafford doesn't want to play for peanuts - but the Rams have to keep it reasonable for cap situations so they can build the team.

Stafford would make the same basically next year as last year - a contract he agreed to, so seems like the ball his mostly in his court.

 

[Flatlyner]

Stafford is going to be back 95%. Its the other 5% chance McVay is worrying about. He will need to start making calls ASAP if Stafford hangs them up. Only QB under contract would be Bennett.

 

[Loyal]

For me, without Stafford, it's time to remove expectations of any Super Bowl appearances (let alone Super Bowl wins) in the near future. Before Goff and Stafford, we dreamed of having a competent QB, let alone a franchise QB. It's not a simple thing to lose a Stafford and replace him with some reject from another team. Don't bring up stats because that all chicken shyte come the playoffs, if we get back there in the following 5 years after him.

 

[Spider2YB]

It's not really a mystery - Stafford wants to come back, McVay wants him to come back.

But Stafford doesn't want to play for peanuts - but the Rams have to keep it reasonable for cap situations so they can build the team.

Stafford would make the same basically next year as last year - a contract he agreed to, so seems like the ball his mostly in his court.

I admittedly could be 100% wrong. But I think the issue here is Stafford and McVay want to run it back but Snead wants to move on from Stafford.

I think Les Snead wants to be GM of the Rams for as long as possible. And he knows Stafford has 1-2 years left, and he also knows McVay almost walked away 2 years ago. He doesn’t want all his eggs in the McVay/Stafford basket. He knows one day they won’t be here. I don’t think we will ever see a “fuck them picks” attitude with Snead ever again (unless it’s to trade up for an Andrew Luck type prospect). I think he’d rather draft a young QB and spend the Stafford money on other pieces. It might close the window on winning a SB in ‘25, but it could lead to a bigger window in ‘26 and beyond. Whereas Stafford and McVay are like “fuck that let’s go get another ring NOW”.

 

[Spider2YB]

I also don’t think Stafford is going to hold this team over the barrel in terms of $$$. The only reason he’s coming back is to win a Super Bowl. I definitely think he’d take less to make sure the roster is where it needs to be.

 

[JonRam99]

it's that pesky ol' dollar that's holding things up.

....as in, a $49 MILLION dollar cap hit this year....

 

[ottoman89]

Stafford is 99% coming back. The 1% is retirement.

 

[dieterbrock]

Wow. There’s a lot said in that tweet.
“We don’t want to have that go on again” and “I think there’s a lot of love coming from our part”
Really paints a picture of Stafford being the hold up and that last year was a bigger issue than was discussed.
This hopefully is settled asap

 

[Merlin]

Wow. There’s a lot said in that tweet.
“We don’t want to have that go on again” and “I think there’s a lot of love coming from our part”
Really paints a picture of Stafford being the hold up and that last year was a bigger issue than was discussed.
This hopefully is settled asap

Yep and honestly I am not surprised. There were rumors and the Rams are better than most other teams at running a tight ship, so I thought there was more at play than was discussed in the media.

 

[Loyal]

I admittedly could be 100% wrong. But I think the issue here is Stafford and McVay want to run it back but Snead wants to move on from Stafford.

I think Les Snead wants to be GM of the Rams for as long as possible. And he knows Stafford has 1-2 years left, and he also knows McVay almost walked away 2 years ago. He doesn’t want all his eggs in the McVay/Stafford basket. He knows one day they won’t be here. I don’t think we will ever see a “fuck them picks” attitude with Snead ever again (unless it’s to trade up for an Andrew Luck type prospect). I think he’d rather draft a young QB and spend the Stafford money on other pieces. It might close the window on winning a SB in ‘25, but it could lead to a bigger window in ‘26 and beyond. Whereas Stafford and McVay are like “fuck that let’s go get another ring NOW”.

C'mon man... Do you remember the days of Kellen Clemmens? Sean Mannion? Keith Null? Case Keenum? Others who's names I have blocked from memory.... If we lose Stafford, we will suck for years. How will Snead move up to get anyone good in the first round? We don't suck right now so there is no smooth transition to a great new rookie. The only option is to ride Stafford until the end.

 

[dieterbrock]

Yep and honestly I am not surprised. There were rumors and the Rams are better than most other teams at running a tight ship, so I thought there was more at play than was discussed in the media.

My .02 cent observation was that when Stafford signed his extension, he gave a bit of a discount. So when the time came to get some more $$ guaranteed and the Rams balked, it was like “hey I gave you a discount and you won’t throw me a bone of more guaranteed dinero?”

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Screw McVay. I want to know if Stafford is coming back!!!! I need to figure out my offseason armchair GM plan pronto!

 

[Merlin]

My .02 cent observation was that when Stafford signed his extension, he gave a bit of a discount. So when the time came to get some more $$ guaranteed and the Rams balked, it was like “hey I gave you a discount and you won’t throw me a bone of more guaranteed dinero?”

That's how I read it as well. Which is why I felt like how he performed in the playoffs was going to be instrumental. And he performed well. So I'd imagine it will get done but you never know with these things.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

My .02 cent observation was that when Stafford signed his extension, he gave a bit of a discount. So when the time came to get some more $$ guaranteed and the Rams balked, it was like “hey I gave you a discount and you won’t throw me a bone of more guaranteed dinero?”

Agreed. I was surprised they didn’t do more. But they still had AD on the books. They were close to the cap. I figured they gave what they could and said we will talk next February.

 

[Spider2YB]

My .02 cent observation was that when Stafford signed his extension, he gave a bit of a discount. So when the time came to get some more $$ guaranteed and the Rams balked, it was like “hey I gave you a discount and you won’t throw me a bone of more guaranteed dinero?”

I think this is probably true but I also think Stafford isn’t really playing for the money at this point unless the number is so low that it’s disrespectful.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Screw McVay. I want to know if Stafford is coming back!!!! I need to figure out my offseason armchair GM plan pronto!

Count me in!!!

 

[Legatron4]

It's not really a mystery - Stafford wants to come back, McVay wants him to come back.

But Stafford doesn't want to play for peanuts - but the Rams have to keep it reasonable for cap situations so they can build the team.

Stafford would make the same basically next year as last year - a contract he agreed to, so seems like the ball his mostly in his court.

I really hate the “play for peanuts” line. These dudes are making tens of millions of dollars. I wish that was enough for them.