TBH any amount of money is too much money. But full disclosure I quick read Jourdan's tweet saw the $3 million and read that as what we gave him.
I hear you and mostly agree.
Hoping the number is close to the vet minimum, with the guarantee being the incentive for him stay.
Say Atlanta offered the veteran minimum plus a $100,000 signing bonus. The Falcons could have waived Rozeboom before the start of the season, and just taken the $100K cap hit, with Rozeboom out on the street.
Rams come in and say, we will give you the exact same amount but will guarantee the entire amount.
That would be an incentive to Rozeboom.
Another point is Special teams. Remember Buddy Howell on the Super Bowl teams. I loved that guy. It can be difficult to tell if there are good ST-players on a bad unit (like the 2023 Rams). If the Rams also view Rozeboom as a quality Special Teams player, that makes it worthwhile to go a little above the vet minimum.
I agree with you and others here. Rozeboom is a try-hard but limited player. Would much prefer him as the 3rd or 4th off-ball-LB and a core ST-player. Hoping they can draft a player in the 5th or 6th round. I really like Trevin Wallace of Kentucky. However, it may be tough to fill the remaining roster needs with clear upgrades.
To fill-out roster needs, the Rams may be down to just be their draft selections ... four in the top-100 picks; and a couple free agent bargains. Hopefully, like Witherspoon and Demarcus Robinson were last year.
The Rams essentially added $25M in Dead-$ with Donald's retirement. if Higbee misses most of the season, that's another $11M. That is $36M against the cap on two guys that ain't on the field. The top sites currently have the Rams with about $27M of cap space but that does not reflect the contracts for Darious Williams, Colby Parkinson, Kamren Curl or Jimmy Garoppolo. The current cap space has to be less than $10M.
