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Is that what Seattle does? What's their breakdown? I want to know how smart teams do it.
Okay. The cap this year is 167 M. 50-55% of that is roughly 83-92 M.
Seattle has 8 guys who get over 7 M in 2017, and they total out to about 89.5 M.
So it;s in the parameters.
Those 8 are Wilson, Sherman, Bennett, Thomas, Graham, Richardson, Wagner, and Joeckel.
That's what you would expect, with one exception. The exception is Joeckel. It's clear that they crammed Joeckel's salary in there just to get OL help.
Interesting. All those guys are pro bowl quality players except for Joeckel.
So that the problem. The Rams are paying all that money to lesser players. That tells me the Rams aren't good at knowing the value of their players.
I don't think it;'s the problem you present it to be. I think there;s a couple of mistakes people make analyzing the last few years and naming the reasons they didn't do well. One mistake is claim they have an overall lack of talent. They don't. The problem over the last few years is very direct and simple: a combination of either injuries or massive inexperience at qb (leading to #2 caliber starters) PLUS a combination of injuries or inexperience on the OL. To me people who neglect those things just are not getting at a very real picture.
In terms of the cap.
FIRST, the guys who are occupying the top of the cap NOW won't all be there by (say) the 2020 off-season.
Second, I don't see anyone bad or a mistake in their top 8 contracts currently. Johnson, Austin, Barron, Brockers, Quinn, Whitworth, Ogletree, Woods. That will change when they extend Watkins and Donald.
A few of those will be gone in (say) the 2020 off-season. In fact of those 8 or 9 (counting Watkins) only 3 are under contract for 2020.
IF ANYTHING, if you compare Seattle and the Rams, the Rams currently have a lot more INEXPENSIVE talent. Though this list will change too. Talking about Saffold, Webster, Gurley, Barwin, Donald, Joyner, and Watkins.
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