QuoteRockRam But the idea that teams in high tax states should have the cap adjusted and be able to pay more? No way. What's next? Adjustment for Cost of Living? No doubt this is exactly what those states are counting on; that employers pay their employees more so that the state can confiscate more. Teams located in high tax states can move if they think it's a problem. Don't think for a seconby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin Agreed. He's been around the block long enough to know what matters. I doubt the Clippers were ever in consideration. He sent out the same proposal to both teams...those were his two choices. So they were considered The article talked about how it would cost Brady an extra 13% to play in LA about $4M a year in taxes compared to zero. I don't think someone like Brady neeby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRam_Ruler Otherwise it seems fruitless to me We save a whopping $4.6M towards the cap in 2020 by trading him. They must really want him off the team if they are willing to take a $12.5M dead money cap hit just to get rid of him If the Rams trade Gurley, they’ll take on $12.6 million in dead money in 2020, saving only $4.65 million in cap space. It’s not a significant amount, of courseby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
In this article is another piece of evidence how the salary cap system is unfair to teams in high tax states. Either adjust the cap for teams that have higher taxes, or try to come up with a way where every player pays the same tax rate in no matter where they play.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield Well if you were more specific about the "dramatic" numbers compared to the "real" numbers I could likely address that. But I've gone as far on this as I choose at this point. So if you want to believe that this is not as serious as the experts say it is-go ahead, that's fine. I clearly stated that this is serious and the precautions are needed, as of now itby Rampage2K- - Bucky's Pub
Quoteferragamo79 thought NB and Allen could just step in and they were awful let's hope McVay's ego doesn't ruin him like Martz Not worried about that....I don't think McVay and Martz could be further apart in the ego category I think the loss of Saffold and all the injuries were the biggest issues on the line last year..... some of the young guys showed some promise towards the end oby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteHouston Ram Littleton was arguably our 3rd best player on defense and if someone said he was "2b" to Jalen Ramsey being "2a", I would probably agree with you. His PFF rating was 8th IN THE LEAGUE at ILB for a reason. That was NOT an interchangeable piece by any stretch of the imagination. We have no one on the roster to replace him with. If we did, they would have beeby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield "But watch the news and you would think the world is ending." When you watch the news your seeing what the experts are saying. The so called "media" is not making this stuff up. How one takes the news is not the "media's" fault. Just the news in general, they eat this stuff up and are having their best ratings in 50 years with this stuff.... Firsby Rampage2K- - Bucky's Pub
Quoteferragamo79 I would have drafted Woody ....big fan He's referring to 2017by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
I was mad at first too....then I remembered how badly the defense let us down last year and realized maybe it is time for a reset. YARDS -13th Points- 17th Rush yards- 19th Middle of the pack is not good enough We will see how it all plays out, but we still have some very solid pieces to build aroundby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
So far there is 0.00018% of the population infected in LA County....even if the cases went up 100x's (190 to 19,000) it would still be far less than 1% of the population Btw, 1 death out of the 190 cases so far....about a 0.05% death rate Yet all the media wants to show us is how bad Italy is getting hit and try to make it out like this thing is getting everyone Not trying to downplaby Rampage2K- - Bucky's Pub
Quotewaterfield People keep blaming the "media". Truth is the media is simply reporting what the various experts are reporting. Experts such as the CDC, Johns Hopins Med Center, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Health Center, UCLA, Dr. Anthony Fauci, etc. etc. "...far from the monster..." (?) All the experts and now even the President is calling this either a "monster"by Rampage2K- - Bucky's Pub
So far 190 cases in LA county....sounds like a lot and sounds scary, but in reality that is 0.000018% of the population in LA county. Even if that number grew by 100x's it would still be far less than 1% of the population Not saying we shouldn't be taking the precautions that we have already begun to take, it is the right thing to do in slowing the spread, but let's also take a step back aby Rampage2K- - Bucky's Pub
QuoteRAMpant Defense He kept us out of the dark on a lot of issues. Hammond needs to step it up. Yep.... Rams don't have another Vinny right now.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRAMpant Defense I love TG for the great things he's done to help the Rams win, but it seems like a divorce is necessary now. He's become a malcontent and has disenfranchised himself from the team. Me too, but you kinda have to understand why he isn't too happy here lately..... Love him, but it would be great if we can find a trade partner...hearing it is getting and passing a physical rby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotecurt7 Clearly, this team is in rebuilding mode. I guess they're going to blame everything on Wade and hope to make the playoffs in 2022 or after. I wouldn't say a rebuild, more like a reset. Yes we've lost some defensive players and at first I was pretty upset about it, but then I remembered that this defense wasn't very good last year so maybe it was time for a reset. We better hopby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSince69 The cap hit for cutting him is $20M this year. No flipping way. Cutting Gurley is a huge waste....can't trade him they might as well run him until the wheels fall offby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe Stan gotta tip from some very higher ups in the government that the 2020 season will be scrapped and he doesn't want to pay anybody for nothing and clear a bunch of cap space for 2021??? Only thing I can think of at this point:helpby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Lost three starters, gained zero......man 2020 sucks:banghead Hope they have a plan, so far I'm not liking it.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteGroundPounder Freeing up $$$ for Fowler??? Now it's NRC and Littleton to keep Fowler??? He was a pretty inexpensive player to keep.... was a really good slot corner. Just don't see what we are doing ...hope they have a plan, I'm sure they do.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Do not agree with this one at all!!! Wtf are we doing?by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRAMpant Defense Sure they care who wins, but one week it's the Chargers, the next it's the Pats and then it's the Falcons because their new uniforms look great. There are very few fans like that and most of those types don't buy tickets, let alone PSL's.... most fans even the casual fans have a favorite team. The reason to sign Brady would be to try and sway the disgruntled Charger fanby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams It seems to me that it's more of a case of didn't want to pay $12M. Yeah, considering how low that contract is for the next three years, it seems the Rams wanted to go in another direction..... Staley probably didn't see him as a fit and must have eyes on someone else...we will seeby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
But I still think Spanos will cheap out and lose out on the Brady sweepstakes..... They desperately need to sell tickets and this is about the only thing that will help them in that regard at this point, but don't think it will exactly fill the palace out with Charger fans, but it will sell tickets....by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram its 12 million per year and the 7th highest contract on a yearly average basis in 2020 thus far. Considering the franchise tag would have been $15.5M yes it seems like a low offer for what many considered one of the best ILB's on the market.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yeah, Rams would have had to offer $41M over 3 years to match. Like I said earlier, this is exactly why the NFL need to fix the salary cap to level the playing field for teams with high tax rate.... it's not exactly a fair fightby Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Jim Everett pointed out on Twitter that keeping the dollars equal Rams would have to offer 12.3% more- so more like $41M. This is why they need to adjust salary cap to level the playing field between high tax states and places like Florida and now Vegas.by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram why exactly were the rams surprised? weve been talking about this for months. Huh? Don't know if Rams were surprised but I think some of us are at the low offer he accepted....seems like Rams could have come close to that to keep him. Maybe they just wanted to let him walk?by Rampage2K- - RamsFootballFans.com