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AlbaNY_Ram
"I also strongly advocate for the players. I want the money to go to them, not the owners ... ". The reality of this issue is the amount of money Kroenke gets from NFL revenues is fixed (as is the amount the players get, e.g. the salary cap). Kroenke gets the exact same amount whether AD signs for $10M a year or $30M a year. However, as Ram43 has pointed out, the more AD gets the less money there is for his teammates.
You know, that whole roster issue, it boils down to 2 opposed beliefs.
1, which I don;t share, amounts to this---that you need 2 players each getting about half what Donald is worth, instead of Donald. This is based on the pure and unsubstantiated raw belief that they are better off with the 2 non-Donald players...and it's unsubstantiated because there' s no way on earth to actually know that.
2, which I do share, is that you are better off with Donald instead of 2 other players half his price. So it's 1 for 2. (Meaning, overall, they would lose 1 player). I base that argument on the fact that Donald is a rare generational player who is also one of the most highly self-motivated Rams I have ever seen in my decades watching them. This too is a belief, because there is no existing body of evidence yet that would show people that yes Donald is worth losing one other guy.
Anyone who states it as fact that signing Donald cripples the roster is just telling you what it is they BELIEVE. That's it.
I have seen people list the kinds of players they might lose if they sign Donald. It was not persuasive.
So because I believe #2, I argue that Donald, Goff, and probably about 6-7 other guys all combined can take up 60% of the cap and the Rams would have a winning team.
One reason I believe that is the oft-stated fact that came from an analysis of Donald---although he faced multiple blockers more than any other player in the league, he also led the league in qb pressures (and that's in just 14 games). That is just mindblowing. No one else gives you what Donald does.
