Nah

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I don;t know why some people act like the 25 M is fixed in stone. I just see it as the opposite position in a tough negotiation. I don't see any evidence that they are sticking to 25 M no matter what. So that particular mantra is a little puzzling to me...I don't think there's any real basis for claiming it.

That's why I said 25ish.

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IF it got to a worst case trade scenario, remember, a tagged player counts against the cap so the Rams would be in a buyers market with their cap being held hostage. Under those conditions, it's hard to predict what a trade would look like, since historically trades have been all over the map (compare the Dickerson trade to the Bettis and Faulk trades).

Remember, unspent cap money rolls over to the next year. The risk for the Rams cap-wise is minimal since they would be able to use that money the next year. On the other hand, AD loses money he'll never get back.

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Plus it's more precarious for the Rams because Donald can actually veto any trade. As mentioned before Tru already did that in 2017.

You've got the process backwards. AD would have to negotiate a deal with the trading partner first. No team is going to agree to a trade until they know they can sign him. So only after a contract is agreed upon would the two teams begin to negotiate a trade. It would be the Rams who can veto a deal worked out between AD and another team by refusing to come up with a trade they see as fair. And as you've pointed out, AD is so incredibly valuable that the Rams won't settle for a lowball trade offer when they can see this history of players holding out due to being tagged eventually coming to a deal.

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I can't predict what a trade would be. Plus I am on the side of never having to find out.

Well, we certainly agree on this point