Quote
zn
Quote
CROMWELL21
Bill Barnwell of ESPN put into words what was my worry before after and during all of this trading.
The Rams have superstars they can't afford to keep.
Article:
For all the arguments about building a team around Jared Goff while their star quarterback is still cheap, the Rams are built around players who are about to get massive contracts instead of veterans on relatively reasonable deals, which is the case in Philadelphia. Cooks can realistically look for $17 million per year. Donald is about to own Arsenal. Todd Gurley and Marcus Peters are next. Teams who operate this way, even with a potentially dominant core, seem to come up short more often than not. The Tony Romo-era Cowboys are an example of how difficult it is to get a team built around seven to eight superstars and have them be healthy and productive at the same time.
What if what they intend to do is load up again every year.
That is maybe they are not "team building" with these trades. Certainly not with all of them. Maybe 1 or 2.
What they may be doing instead is doing annual renovations.
So next year they add more, different guys. Not even necessarily at the same positions.
So for example if they draft someone at NT this year then Suh walking next year is par for the course. Meanwhile next year they sign or trade for someone at a different spot, just following the opportunities as they appear.
....
