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Were the Ram's aware of that when they let him go..... that he would get a huge contract?
That Colt's offer was mind blowing but I don't think anyone expected that much of an offer. Not the Rams or Gay's agent. So I would imagine Gay would've taken less since he had no idea what that the Colts would offer the biggest contract ever for a kicker.
As I said, I don't recall us even making an offer to Gay, do you? It's like we just said "Oh well, we can't afford him" or "nah, we don't need him".
As for the cap hit, there are ways around that by structuring the deal low in the first year and getting larger as the contract goes on so I am not buying the "we couldn't afford him" argument. If they really wanted him, they would have found a way to make it happen IMO.
We didn't even try to sign Gay.
that is not how it went down at all... he was a free agent and his agent isn't dumb. They took the highest bid as they should. I'm sure he would have loved to stay in LA, but the Rams were never going to come close to that offer with our cap situation last offseason.
They couldn't even afford to tag him but they did want to keep him long term, but nobody saw the crazy money the Colts threw at him.
here is Jourdan on the situation last offseason
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