What is next with Alaric Jackson?

[RamDino]

Anybody been thinking about Alaric Jackson? Are the Rams currently trying to sign him long-term? Or at least give him some guaranteed money. If he has a good year he might command 15-20 mil annually or more. Snead might be able to sign him right now for considably less and we know he played well enough to warrant a new deal IF it's reasonable. Or maybe they try to sign him after watching a few mire games. They have to have a decent LT to protect Stafford at all costs and good ones aren't easy to find. A rookie kind of scares me unless he's a top pick and I don't think the Rams will be in a position to move up next year, although you never know with these guys.

 

[TheTackle]

Anybody been thinking about Alaric Jackson? Are the Rams currently trying to sign him long-term? Or at least give him some guaranteed money. If he has a good year he might command 15-20 mil annually or more. Snead might be able to sign him right now for considably less and we know he played well enough to warrant a new deal IF it's reasonable. Or maybe they try to sign him after watching a few mire games. They have to have a decent LT to protect Stafford at all costs and good ones aren't easy to find. A rookie kind of scares me unless he's a top pick and I don't think the Rams will be in a position to move up next year, although you never know with these guys.

This deserves its own thread because Jackson has improved and is clearly more than capable of holding his own against teams like the 49ers, Seahawks and Lions. That would not rule us out from drafting a Tackle in round one either

 

[CGI_Ram]

This deserves its own thread because Jackson has improved and is clearly more than capable of holding his own against teams like the 49ers, Seahawks and Lions. That would not rule us out from drafting a Tackle in round one either

@RamDino and @TheTackle I popped this out into it’s own topic.

It’s the off-season, let’s create as many topics as we can when the news is slow.

 

[dieterbrock]

Pretty sure his 1 year, 5 mill deal is fully guaranteed.
Would the Rams offer him a long term deal? It’s an interesting question, because who knows if any teams offered him a contract before he signed his tender.
That would at least give an indication of his market value.
Of course being it would have costed a team a 2nd rounder as well, it could have prevented him getting any offers.
Rams are in a decent position, if he proves serviceable in the first few games they could surely offer him a decent extension, say a 3 year deal in the 12-15 mill per range. I don’t think he’d sign for less unless he isn’t proving to be.
Definitely poses a multitude of “what if” scenarios

 

[OldSchool]

Pretty sure his 1 year, 5 mill deal is fully guaranteed.
Would the Rams offer him a long term deal? It’s an interesting question, because who knows if any teams offered him a contract before he signed his tender.
That would at least give an indication of his market value.
Of course being it would have costed a team a 2nd rounder as well, it could have prevented him getting any offers.
Rams are in a decent position, if he proves serviceable in the first few games they could surely offer him a decent extension, say a 3 year deal in the 12-15 mill per range. I don’t think he’d sign for less unless he isn’t proving to be.
Definitely poses a multitude of “what if” scenarios

According to spotrac and OTC both he has no guaranteed money on the RFA tender, they can always be wrong but that's what I see.

As for the question it sounds cheesy but we'll see what's next if they sign him to a long term contract. Until they do that he might just be a short term solution and there are a handful of LT candidates in next years draft.

 

[kurtfaulk]

According to spotrac and OTC both he has no guaranteed money on the RFA tender, they can always be wrong but that's what I see.

That's my biggest beef with the nfl.

They allow teams to hold these players and yet allow them to only give them an unguaranteed contract. If they're going to restrict their ability to hit the free agent market at least make sure they give them a fully guaranteed contract.

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[OldSchool]

That's my biggest beef with the nfl.

They allow teams to hold these players and yet allow them to only give them an unguaranteed contract. If they're going to restrict their ability to hit the free agent market at least make sure they give them a fully guaranteed contract.

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I get that 100% but there are so many issues with the CBA I doubt we every see much getting fixed. Each side has its benefits and there are flaws in those benefits.

 

[Corbin]

This has had me intrigued since the end of last season, would we have went full board for a LT in the draft? FA? Ride his contract (tendering) out? Wait and see? Then offer him a decent deal? It seems they obviously don't see him as the long term solution, but more of a long term reliable stop gap. For his sake, I hope he continues to develop and we meet up at a satisfactory life changing contract for both sides.

 

[PhillyRam]

This has had me intrigued since the end of last season, would we have went full board for a LT in the draft? FA? Ride his contract (tendering) out? Wait and see? Then offer him a decent deal? It seems they obviously don't see him as the long term solution, but more of a long term reliable stop gap. For his sake, I hope he continues to develop and we meet up at a satisfactory life changing contract for both sides.

If they didn't believe in him, their trade up target would have been a top LT. So yes, they believe in him to some extent, but as you pointed out do they believe he can be a long term 6 or 7 yr starter at LT?

They may not have given him a long-term deal right now because they simply didn't have to...just like Snead stated with Earnest Jones. They are trying to maximize this year's resources for this year's team. We won't know their real opinion of AJ until next offseason.

 

[RamFan503]

They value him. Thus the 2nd round tender. I think they are still just a bit unsure of his long term value though. This is no doubt a prove it situation for AJ. With limited resources, the Rams are probably smart to play it this way. They'd probably also love for AJ to prove out. Having to pay a LT that has shown he can be reliable and a long term starter would be a good problem to have. If he fails to prove out, we move on without investing too much. I personally hope he kills it and we have to sign him long term. Draftees and even FAs can be a crap shoot. I'd rather we pay someone we know works in OUR system.

 

[TheTackle]

Big Whit spoke highly of him before he ended up starting. He’s very solid and so far durable which are great qualities even if you need to help him out a little against the best pass rushers. How many better LTs are there in the NFC? He could be a brilliant relatively low cost signing

 

[Corbin]

If they didn't believe in him, their trade up target would have been a top LT. So yes, they believe in him to some extent, but as you pointed out do they believe he can be a long term 6 or 7 yr starter at LT?

They may not have given him a long-term deal right now because they simply didn't have to...just like Snead stated with Earnest Jones. They are trying to maximize this year's resources for this year's team. We won't know their real opinion of AJ until next offseason.

I’m confused. Point out where I typed “ they don’t believe in him”?

You made a post of a false pre conceived notion.

The fact is if they had all the confidence in him he’d have an extension by now.

They are wanting to see how he plays out and how he progresses but something tells me if he does play out good till the off season they aren’t giving him top tier LT money.

 

[dieterbrock]

Also have to consider how AJ values himself. For all we know he may have been offered long term deals but chose the 1 year tender so he could gamble on himself as a UFA next off season
This one does cut both ways

 

[snackdaddy]

What I want to know is, what is his true weight? Everywhere I look has him at 285. Which is very light for a tackle. Some have suggested he's actually 330 pounds.

 

[RamDino]

More often than not, the Rams seem to let the market decide a player's worth. So AJ is not worth more than 4.9 mil (the 2nd round tender offer). If he plays like he did last year, he will probably get more offers but the Rams won't even get a comp pick because he was an undrafted free agent? Is that right?

 

[OnceARam]

I think we should pay him $20 million so between him and the other guy we have one well paid guy standing there at any time.

 

[Memento]

More often than not, the Rams seem to let the market decide a player's worth. So AJ is not worth more than 4.9 mil (the 2nd round tender offer). If he plays like he did last year, he will probably get more offers but the Rams won't even get a comp pick because he was an undrafted free agent? Is that right?

No. The time for getting a second-round pick from a team who wants to sign him has passed. After this year, he's an unrestricted free agent, free to sign with any team.

 

[hotanez]

No. The time for getting a second-round pick from a team who wants to sign him has passed. After this year, he's an unrestricted free agent, free to sign with any team.

I think he was referring to a comp pick. The comp pick would depend on the contract he signs and how many free agents we sign. Him being undrafted has no bearing the way I understand it

 

[Memento]

I think he was referring to a comp pick. The comp pick would depend on the contract he signs and how many free agents we sign. Him being undrafted has no bearing the way I understand it

Right. I thought he meant the tender, but yeah, a compensatory pick would only happen in 2026's draft, depending on whom we sign.

 

[blackbart]

They most likely have already let him and his agent know the long term plan. We know LT is a premium position, he has improved each year and is looking like he could be an answer for years to come. They have other guys to deal with this year and then they can see how he can fit in the cap next off season. They probably already have a figure in mind and what that means for other guys.

What I really like is that they have figured out making investments into the OL and seem committed there with the draft and $$$