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All reasons and excuses aside, deep down, I suspect you're right.
If history is any indication, we sign guys we want to keep before we get to this point (Brockers, Tavon, Foles, Ogletree, Barron) and we let guys who we don't want, but the fans assume we would want, walk: Trujo, Janoris, McLeod, Watkins. That would suggest Joyner is gone as well. (You'd think we would have done a contract with him by now, wouldn't you?)
Let's hope this isn't the case. But then again, I never thought we'd trade Dickerson or cut Bruce.
The guys we have kept haven't been our elite talent. The guys who have walked have been.
I'm wondering if they're struggling with the costs of keeping elite talent?
Maybe their philosophy on player retention is to keep "good" players that don't require exorbitant amounts and let "elite" players that will, walk. QB being the one exception.
That does follow the NE model. Problem is, they don't have Brady or Belichick.
On Joyner, I stated he was gone the minute they franchised him. And with Donald and Cooks needing extensions, and being the higher priority candidates for the franchise tag, I think there is a very small possibility that he is a Ram after this year.
