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Sorry if this was posted already. Saw this last night. Not sure why the entire article wont paste in, best to clink the link.
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I remember talking to Joe McAtee before and during the 2015 draft, really just as the “running backs don’t matter” takes were bubbling up, and agreeing that using a top-10 selection on a running back was potentially a huge mistake. Few doubted Todd Gurley’s abilities, many doubted his positional value.
Gurley answered by being the team’s best player in 2015 save Aaron Donald, then rebounding from 2016 to finish as a first team All-Pro in back-to-back seasons. But despite being the NFL’s most accomplished back for those two years, scoring a league-leading 40 touchdowns in that time even though he missed three games, doubts soared again about any potential contract extension simply because overcoming the positional devaluation of running back is damn-near improbable. Theoretically.
And once again, the Rams acted contrary to any doubts about Gurley and running backs, giving him a four-year, $57.5 million deal in 2019. That contract has not even kicked in yet, but Gurley is thought to be a viable trade rumor based on a number of factors worth considering.
The most important, I think, is that the Rams need some cap relief. Current projections have them at around $21 million in space for 2020, which itself is already a pretty low amount of space at this point of the year, but that doesn’t yet take into account how LA will secure key starters like Andrew Whitworth, Dante Fowler, Jr., Cory Littleton, Michael Brockers, Greg Zuerlein, Austin Blythe, or their potential replacements should they leave in free agency. The Rams will no doubt lose important players based on their cap restrictions, but should Gurley be the sacrifice over someone like Littleton or Fowler?
Though the Rams save nothing by releasing Gurley, they get about $4.65 million in relief if traded because another team will take on his base salary. The first year cap hit for Fowler moving Gurley: it could let you keep Fowler.
Were Los Angeles not in their cap situation — which was of course in part caused by the Gurley deal — then I probably wouldn’t suggest trading him. Probably just best to use the $5 million on Gurley if keeping him didn’t cost you another player of that caliber. So that’s why the money angle is the only reason the trade suggestions make sense.
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Best RB in the league right now @KingHenry_2 Go Krazy today bro‼️
RIP Bucky - 7/25/1943 - 1/19/2013
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2020 05:56AM by ferragamo79.
[www.turfshowtimes.com]
I remember talking to Joe McAtee before and during the 2015 draft, really just as the “running backs don’t matter” takes were bubbling up, and agreeing that using a top-10 selection on a running back was potentially a huge mistake. Few doubted Todd Gurley’s abilities, many doubted his positional value.
Gurley answered by being the team’s best player in 2015 save Aaron Donald, then rebounding from 2016 to finish as a first team All-Pro in back-to-back seasons. But despite being the NFL’s most accomplished back for those two years, scoring a league-leading 40 touchdowns in that time even though he missed three games, doubts soared again about any potential contract extension simply because overcoming the positional devaluation of running back is damn-near improbable. Theoretically.
And once again, the Rams acted contrary to any doubts about Gurley and running backs, giving him a four-year, $57.5 million deal in 2019. That contract has not even kicked in yet, but Gurley is thought to be a viable trade rumor based on a number of factors worth considering.
The most important, I think, is that the Rams need some cap relief. Current projections have them at around $21 million in space for 2020, which itself is already a pretty low amount of space at this point of the year, but that doesn’t yet take into account how LA will secure key starters like Andrew Whitworth, Dante Fowler, Jr., Cory Littleton, Michael Brockers, Greg Zuerlein, Austin Blythe, or their potential replacements should they leave in free agency. The Rams will no doubt lose important players based on their cap restrictions, but should Gurley be the sacrifice over someone like Littleton or Fowler?
Though the Rams save nothing by releasing Gurley, they get about $4.65 million in relief if traded because another team will take on his base salary. The first year cap hit for Fowler moving Gurley: it could let you keep Fowler.
Were Los Angeles not in their cap situation — which was of course in part caused by the Gurley deal — then I probably wouldn’t suggest trading him. Probably just best to use the $5 million on Gurley if keeping him didn’t cost you another player of that caliber. So that’s why the money angle is the only reason the trade suggestions make sense.
Todd Gurley II
✔
@TG3II
Best RB in the league right now @KingHenry_2 Go Krazy today bro‼️
RIP Bucky - 7/25/1943 - 1/19/2013
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2020 05:56AM by ferragamo79.
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