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Agreed. If the Rams are going to trade for a veteran player it shouldn't be to make a really good position group a little bit better (and would it, anyway?). It should be to make a deficient area good.
Get through 2022 when they'll be in a somewhat better cap situation AND have 11 draft picks and then they can start thinking about some bold(ish) moves again for 2023....
In an ideal world, yes, the Rams should trade for vet players to make a deficient area good. But in the Rams model, the type of players they target are not just vet players; they are looking for impact players - difference makers. And the team can't control when a difference maker or the position they play comes available.
So it seems they're approach is to take advantage of whatever opportunities arise even if the elite player is not at a position of need. Time will tell if that approach is unwise.
But in the era of free agency and the cap--you only get so many of those. Look at rosters at over.the.cap.com and see how many teams have 4 top contract types. On top of it the Rams are paying for 2 20 M qbs in 2021 so they are already pushing when it comes to being top heavy.
At a certain point a GM is "married," so to speak, and can't afford to be actively pursuing others.
Part of what I say here is motivated by the fact that Jones would want an extension as part of any trade:
"the notion that the Jones contract is attractive because an elite player can be gotten for $12.775 million per year over three years overlooks the reality that, sooner than later, Jones will want his contract to be adjusted — especially if he has a huge first year at his next destination" (from [
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com] ).
