That respect goes both ways - I have always enjoyed out interactions.
I see your spin. Here's mine.
The Rams intentionally moved to get their salary cap in order this year, and an unfortunate byproduct of that decision is the purge of some talented payers. And I know they could have kept a lot of those guys and tried to make another run this year. In fact, I wrote a post in January [
ramsrule.com] showing how the Rams could restructure a bunch of guys and generate over $88M in cap space for 2023. The problem that creates, though, is they would be be $24M over the cap in 2024.
Would that have been worth it? Do you think the Rams would have been Super Bowl contenders this year if they did that? If they tried then they'd be in even worse shape next year, therefore would have probably taken even longer to return to relevance, and probably would not have Stafford, Kupp, or Donald around anymore when they were 'good' again. So one more year on this window in exchange for what? An even longer rebuild/retool?
I like when the Rams make the playoffs. Maybe they could have done that again this year, but there would have been a bigger price to pay than what the Rams are paying this year.
The Rams obviously didn't think it was worth it. And I'm on board.
The bottom line for me: "Let's get our cap in order and rebuild the roster, even if it means we lose more games in the short run" is a lot different than "Let's lose as many games as we can so we can draft Caleb Williams". The Rams are doing the first thing, not the second thing. And the second thing is tanking while the first is not.
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