Nick Foles released(July 27, 2016)
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Los Angeles Rams Release QB Nick Foles Following Extended Mismanagement
By 3k @3k_ on Jul 27, 2016, 3:16p 6
The Rams extended Nick Foles. The Rams paid a huge bonus to Nick Foles. The Rams had offers for Nick Foles. The Rams release Nick Foles. Not good, Rams. Not good.
Nick Foles has asked for and has been granted his release from the Los Angeles Rams ending what should serve as Exhibit 1A for how poorly the Rams have managed personnel at the position.
The issue is two-fold here.
One, the Rams opted for Nick Foles in lieu of Sam Bradford a year ago and even went so far as signing him on a contract extension before taking a single regular season snap. He then went on to a have a dismal season being replaced by Case Keenum who the Rams had cut the previous year. Rookie Sean Mannion, the Rams’ third-round selection from the 2015 NFL Draft, played all of seven snaps.
Clearly, the Rams have a problem identifying and developing talent at QB. That bodes very poorly for rookie franchise QB Jared Goff.
Two, the Rams played their hand poorly from a personnel management perspective. They extended Foles. They paid him a $6m roster bonus in March. They lost the leverage to trade him by selecting a QB with the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. And if ESPN’s Bill Barnwell is to be believed, the Rams had “offers” with an “s”.
That the Rams could have had any additional capital to work with after paying Foles what they did instead of the nothingburger they’re left holding doesn’t inspire much confidence in dealing with similar situations moving forward.
As it stands, the Rams have trimmed the QB depth chart down to Goff, Keenum and Mannion in inglorious fashion.
http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2016/7/27/12301698/los-angeles-rams-release-qb-nick-foles
By 3k @3k_ on Jul 27, 2016, 3:16p 6
The Rams extended Nick Foles. The Rams paid a huge bonus to Nick Foles. The Rams had offers for Nick Foles. The Rams release Nick Foles. Not good, Rams. Not good.
Nick Foles has asked for and has been granted his release from the Los Angeles Rams ending what should serve as Exhibit 1A for how poorly the Rams have managed personnel at the position.
The issue is two-fold here.
One, the Rams opted for Nick Foles in lieu of Sam Bradford a year ago and even went so far as signing him on a contract extension before taking a single regular season snap. He then went on to a have a dismal season being replaced by Case Keenum who the Rams had cut the previous year. Rookie Sean Mannion, the Rams’ third-round selection from the 2015 NFL Draft, played all of seven snaps.
Clearly, the Rams have a problem identifying and developing talent at QB. That bodes very poorly for rookie franchise QB Jared Goff.
Two, the Rams played their hand poorly from a personnel management perspective. They extended Foles. They paid him a $6m roster bonus in March. They lost the leverage to trade him by selecting a QB with the #1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. And if ESPN’s Bill Barnwell is to be believed, the Rams had “offers” with an “s”.
That the Rams could have had any additional capital to work with after paying Foles what they did instead of the nothingburger they’re left holding doesn’t inspire much confidence in dealing with similar situations moving forward.
As it stands, the Rams have trimmed the QB depth chart down to Goff, Keenum and Mannion in inglorious fashion.
http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2016/7/27/12301698/los-angeles-rams-release-qb-nick-foles
I thought he could be the answer at QB. And I'm grateful that he was able to get us out from under the Sam Bradford rock. Then he played poorly but thankfully he played bad enough to make the Rams throw all the chips in to the center of the table and get Goff
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Well, don't rule out KC -- Andy Reid drafted him, and Chase Daniel followed Doug Pederson to Philadelphia.
Of course you know what that means -- he'll sign with the Falcons.
Never was a huge fan of Foles' skills and didnt expect him to be a long term answer, but in the end not upset with how it all played out. The 2nd they got in that deal seems like it was needed to get the Goff trade done so that alone makes it worth trading for Foles. Then theres the cap space they saved last year. Not sure if that helped at all long term but if it did that just an added bonus
Don't know that I buy that the Rams had offers for him.....seems like they would have taken one of them rather than a nothing burger.
Carls Jr. almost offered him a cheeseburger, but Gurley and his agent took them all.
KC let Daniel walk because they like Tyler Bray, have Aaron Murray and drafted Kevin Hogan. And of course Alex Smith has only missed 2 games in the last 3 years...
Only place I could see him go is Dallas, otherwise he waits for somebody to get injured
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Foles is / was a good guy who tried his best. It just didn't work out. I'm still in shock he failed so miserably. Good that the Rams are moving on and I wish Foles success in the future. Call me crazy, but I still think he could be an NFL QB in the right situation / system.
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If we got cap space back (do we get cap space back on money refunded on guarantees?), that's honestly a pretty decent deal then. Wonder how much?
We don't get much cap savings this year, but we save about $10 million next season!
I guess they figured, why waste valuable Reps in camp on someone who will never see the Field again as a Ram!
In related news, the Rams sign Uncle Rico, presumably as a camp arm.
Just to clarify, is this author really saying the Rams shouldn't have selected Goff so they'd have more leverage to trade Foles? Has he been sipping on JaMarcus Russell's purple drank?
