Quotejemach I would re-examine. But there are some serious doubters out there still. And they haven't watched him. A lot of this just comes from people seeing ONLY the Atlanta game. I kid you not. People don't watch the Rams. Guys who DO study the Rams (Orlovsky, Waldman, Baldinger) are much more in the camp of seeing him as solid. And no one denies the improvement thing. Hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM The Ram's should and I believe ARE able to compete with any other NFL team.... the 'elites', whomever they be, I no longer see as teams we have to get lucky to beat.. or even need to play our A+ game. The Ram's can beat them straight up. - JamesJM I think the Rams CAN reach that level if they do all of the following: 1. hire a dynamic young head coach the players will respectby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach harsh is a bit overstated. I've supported Goff from day 1 and would like to see improvement. As for doing the items on the list, I'm afraid I completely disagree. Hopefully, he grows this year and is able to do those things. One of the biggest...throwing receivers open. He tends to check down unless the WR is open cleanly. He doesn't place the ball where only the receiveby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteBumRap one depends on factora that have nothing toi do with winning and the other depends more on the guy with the controller in there hand regardless of the player. Neither impact real game performance or outcomes but they may impact fan interest and those participating. I don't evaluate Goff, Gurley, Kupp, Woods or Donald on that basis of FFB or Madden. That's probably why I pay lessby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDavid Deacon The money per year is a smidge higher than I thought. I figured it would be in the 20-22 range. I always thought AD would get a very high guarantee. He 18% higher than Miller which seems reasonable for setting a new standard. DT may not be a premium position as after the Suh, Short and Cox deals prices seem to have come down for DT. QB market has seemed to skyrocket recenby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotezn Quotemax For months, Keyshawn droned on and on that it’s all about the guaranteed money. I never accepted that Donald put a lot of weight on $/yr as a measure of his worth. I think what happened here (and I am speculating as much as you are) is that Donald accepted less in terms of annual avg. and conceded on years but traded all that in for guaranteed money/bonus money. ....by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
On Khalil Mack, Aaron Donald and the Value of a Franchise Defensive Player One gets traded, the other re-signs, and in the end both get paid big. For the Raiders and Rams, the behind-the-scenes machinations revealed contrasting strategies for dealing with their premier defensive players, and only time will tell which approach was the wiser. Albert Breer The words that stuck out most,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
This is just one one way of putting the key issue: Quote. One other factor that keeps owners from doling out guarantees is an arcane CBA rule mandating that any fully guaranteed money be placed into escrow at the time of signing. This means that even if the guarantees are paid to the player over the course of one, two, or even three years, ownership still must place all of that guaranteedby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 I would as well. It is possible. But it would have to be based on Saffold liking LA, McVay, etc and wanting to win vs wanting to cash in a final FA deal. Maybe a two year extension with incentives for games played etc could be done. In 2019 and 2020 they can afford to pay him what veteran guards of his caliber get, which is around 8 M. It's 2021 where you start to get more selectby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRockRam I doubt that dollars relative to what we might call average dollars per year was the major sticking point. As I've read some good articles from current and former agents and GMs the consensus is that both parties knew about where this would go regarding overall money per year, as expressed in percentage of salary cap that the player would eat up (which, btw, is why the Raiders admittby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog He's a rock. Reminds me a bit of Pankey back in the day. Does his job efficiently. Truth is I wish they have extended Saffold and not Hav. You can replace a right OT. Top guards are actually harder to find. And the league is full of top guards who are older than Saffold. He probably has another 2 good years in him. Keep the experienced guy. You can put recycled yoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax For months, Keyshawn droned on and on that it’s all about the guaranteed money. I never accepted that Donald put a lot of weight on $/yr as a measure of his worth. I don't think anyone could know that in advance though...it's speculation. I think what happened here (and I am speculating as much as you are) is that Donald accepted less in terms of annual avg. and conceded on years bby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach Well, then Goff has a year to prove it. We face a tough schedule against some outstanding defenses. I like Goff but he needs serious improvement to consider elite. 1. Needs to operate more freely at the line of scrimmage. (McVay is part of that equation) 2. Needs to see the field better. 3. Needs to throw receivers open. 4. Needs a better deep ball. 5. Needs to run a betterby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
In terms of just annual average, there are right now 8 qbs above Mack and 9 above Donald. If you look at guaranteed money it's different though. (I got this from Polian's crew and their analysis of the Donald contract on their show, which is linkable if anyone is interested). I thought both Donald and Mack would be higher in terms of annual avg. but it turns out the real action was guaranby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Those are two other X factors. I think Barron will be gone after this year. And I still believe it is 50-50 at best Whitworth returns in 2019. So cap (savings) implications there too. Though also creating possible holes. But in the case of Barron I think Kiser grows into that job. And ideally Noteboom is the LT of the future which would be a huge help cap wise. Just to add on. Asby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach Goff isn't getting a lot of respect in the fantasy drafts.. . because he is viewed as a mid tier QB. Of course he is. And they're wrong. Can you see that? As a physical talent Goff isn't Rodgers, as you point out. But then neither is Wentz, Rivers, Roethlisberger, Stafford, of Wilson. Among others. But Goff's better than the mid-tier stuff you only hear if you're surrby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman I was going to suggest a guy like Ferguson as a solid but not spectacular QB who the Rams would have won more with during the '70's, not knowing that he was actually available for them to draft. Fouts wouldn't have been Fouts with the Rams and maybe Jaworski suffered from the '70's equivalent of Jeff Fisher ball considering how poorly he was supported and hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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QuoteramBRO 1) I always thought it was a dubious argument to suggest that an NFL team wouldn't/couldn't sign clearly talented players to big money deals due to them being "cash poor." I mean...it's an NFL team, right? But I suspect that this is the very reason why the Raiders ultimately traded Mack. Oakland essentially offered Mack a "take it or leave it" extension back inby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteWaldman Jared Goff, L.A. Rams - If I can't get Mahomes, Goff is the alternative — and likely a safer one at that. People continue to underestimate Goff's skills but it's because they undervalue the support a quarterback earns from a good offensive line, a balanced attack, and wide receivers that have as much or more to offer as route runners than athletes. Goff has all of these factby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotegeorge_allen I based my guess of an average 26.4M on Derek Carr's contract hyped up. I thought it was the closest actual contract to what we've seen so far of Goff, and I think i was generous given Goff's sample size: a half a year of poor performance - excusable given a rookie year with a poor team, 2nd year almost as good as Carr's 2nd year but was it because he was under a quarterback whby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM And you could say "Yay"... BUT.. if you did it smuggly, like "We've got this", and the game hadn't yet ended with a "W"... I'd put a jinx on your nether regions. :laughing Okay.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM It's football season. And please, please, please don't read into this that I'm 'dissing' you cap experts... NOT IN THE LEAST... your knowledge is invaluable... it helps determine who, how, etc. LOVE reading them. If I was still young, (or wasn't lazy), I'd be right there with you. :laughing I enter 'another world' when that first kickoff occurs. Every player in Horns is my faby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach If he performs in Minnesota, he could be the first in 2021. He won't be the only one. Free agent QBs 2020 3rd+ contract Russell Wilson Ben Roethlisberger Eli Manning Philip Rivers Tom Brady Case Keenum 2nd contracts Jared Goff Carson Wentz Jameis Winston Marcus Mariota Dak Prescott Free agent qbs 2021 3rd+ contracts Drew Brees Kirk Cousinsby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteClassicalwit Quotezn QuoteClassicalwit Quotezn For no fault of his own (because he tried, he just couldn't cut it) this 6th round pick entered the collective Rams fan mind as THE 2018 summer whipping boy . Lots and lots of 6th rounders don't make it. Very few 6th round picks DO make it. But Hemingway became the magnet for frustrated disappointment in a player. For some reason.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Good analysis and good read. Off the top of my head I do have one small quibble. QuoteIf Brockers goes down, who replaces him? Westbrooks had a great camp and pre-season, and they drafted Franklin-Myers IMO precisely for that role because they saw what happened when Brockers went out in the Atlanta game. F-M got universal praise in camp and in the pre-season games. So that's one arby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotechunkmeister Not every team has the luxury of the elite QB to take advantage of all the new rules (roughing, spearing, helmet-to-helmet). My guess is that if you looked at the stats of Brady, Rodgers, Ryan (who are in most peoples' "elite QB conversation") their % of passes to WR/TE is higher than the rest of the league....and probably much higher than the QB's that play for the bby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDavid Deacon Quotezn QuoteRamBill ANALYSIS: Rams Initial 53-Man Roster On draft picks making the team. It's not unusual for the majority of picks to make a team in year 1. In 2012, out of 10 picks, 2 didn't make the team that year. Now 4 are still in the league, which is 40%...and that's pretty good drafting. In 2014, out of 11, 3 didn;t make the team that year. Now 4 are stilby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach Ok...I may be drawing kind of a fine line analysis here but I think it's worth comment. Teams are wanting to run the ball more and use the RB in the passing game. In fact, I would say and prove the trend is moving towards the RB, not away...using the RB in more than pure running plays. Here is how I see it. 1) Passing play % will always eclipse running play % with a sizabby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quotezn QuoteRams43 McVay, a TE guru, saw potential in Hemingway and said so publicly. For whatever reason(s), it didn’t work out. Hemingway got his snaps, so no one can fault McVay for that. Hemingway didn’t deserve a roster spot, so he got cut by McVay. Don’t see where anybody’s to blame here. The End And it was a mistake. He was wrong. The hubris of the young coachby zn - RamsFootballFans.com