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Jourdan Rodrigue
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The Rams entered the year knowing they would be aggressively exploring their options at pass-rusher post-Miller departure. And they did that - including with a couple of big-swing trade package suggestions - nobody bit. There was also a sense that perhaps a trade market (thread)
2:19 PM · Nov 1, 2022
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that once was fairly inefficient (meaning: teams less likely to part with their own picks in picks-for-players trades) has become a lot more efficient which also means way bigger offers competing with way bigger offers than in the past. At the same time, multiple needs emerged
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for a team that last year was 1 or 2 players away. The Rams looked into options at WR, RB, iOL even as pass-rusher remained high on priority list, multiple sources said, but nothing popped. They also were unable to trade Cam Akers (who either comes back or gets cut).
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Could part of all of this also be that more teams are still "in it" in a weird year and less likely to part with players? Absolutely. Part of it what happened over the weekend/their poor start to this season? Yep, and still think they'll be active on waivers etc down the stretch.
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There's also a certain irony in the results of an efficient market that the Rams helped to move via picks-for-player trades on their journey to a Super Bowl, that are now hurting their trade chances if they can be out-bid. The McCaffrey scenario highlighted this in full view.
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I can understand big swings for very good pass-rushers and that's probably what I'd do in this situation (not that anybody asked lol). The Rams believe this is one of four high-investment positions (QB, WR, CB, pass rush). When they traded for Ramsey in 2019, it was two 1s and
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a 4, with a long-term plan that re-shaped his extension and their defensive scheme. If you're in on a young pass-rusher, you're probably looking at similar terms because you know you can build around him in a post-Donald world at some point in the future.