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Ram_Ruler
I believe the Rams currently have 50 million in cap space in 2024 without restructures and all of their picks. If Donald, Stafford, and Kupp come back and we add to them with 50 million or more in cap, why we would be bad ?

spotrac has the rams at 39m of cap space in '24, once you back out bobby wagner who is still on their list.

here's the problems with that '24 cap space :
1. that does not include anything for the 2024 draft class ~ take out maybe, what, 8, 9, 10m ? back down to 30m.
2. the big problem ~ that 30M covers 25 active player plus 7 draft picks, or a roster of 32. we need 19 more towards the top 51 or an average of about 1.5M per roster spot to fill
3. of the 19 open spots against the top 51 against the cap, snead-mcvay could get 1 FA at a '24 cap hit of 13M or 2 FAs at a cap hit of 7M each IF, big if, all the other open spots are filled at vet minimum. Not really getting a lot of fire power at those amounts.
4. on the '24 roster under contract, once you get past stafford, donald, kupp, haverstien, robinson, allen and maybe earnest jones, there's not a lot of proven talent on that roster. and i know some here will argue with my list of proven talent on the roster, and maybe rightly so. this years draft picks are a swing item though.....
5. everything above excludes this years draft class impact in '24. cuts both ways ~ reduces the 19 open roster spots in '24 but also reduces the available cap space in '24.

as coy bacon posted, i'm ok with a crappy 2023. 2022 was an anomaly cap stoned by the rams setting the nfl record for the most o line injuries in a season. i enjoyed 5 years of my rams being a significant contender culminating in another ring. what else is there in the nfl.

i would prefer improvement in 2024 but i'm ok i it's not much. 2025 needs to be a step function improvement for me though. even though it will surely need to be without stafford and our mount rushmore aaron donald. maybe even kupp. who knows.

am i concerned/upset/pissed off that we would have to endure a freak '22 when we had a legit chance on paper to get back to the big dance, followed by a a couple of years of gathering?

hell no.

i'll take the ring

please and thank you.