tweets 3/18 thru 3/21

Gary Klein@LATimesklein
The departures of Brockers and Littleton go beyond their performance on the field. Both were highly respected by teammates. Younger players repeatedly pointed to their leadership and example.

Brockers, Littleton and Weddle also were consummate pros with media. Always available, even when it was not comfortable, and provided honest and often blunt insight.

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The Rams lost two key contributors from coach McVays first super bowl run. I want to thank Cory Littleton & Nickell Robey Coleman! These men exceeded their expectations! Two undrafted players who have reached a level among the best at their respected positions! Best of luck! pic.twitter.com/Tit7EnaUji

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) March 18, 2020

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
They realize the situation they’re in. Top-heavy cap, need to sign Ramsey, can’t keep adding pricey FAs.

Need to draft well and get contributions from their young guys

Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Even if you have $50 million in cap room, it’s not smart to throw it around just because you can. The player has to fit AND provide the proper value. These are the tough decisions, and yes, the Rams’ margin for error is tighter because they have less cap space than most.

these things don’t happen in a vacuum. Teams make choices based on value. They’ve let Trumaine Johnson, Jenkins, Joyner, Watkins, Suh, etc., walk. How many of those do you rue now? (Yes, there’s Saffold.) Point being, every player has a value attached to him.

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Hey Siri, show me highlights where Aaron Donald created lanes for Dante Fowler to run free to the QB. https://t.co/raUf5oGZhC

— SeattleRams (@seattlerams_nfl) March 18, 2020

Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
I’m not exactly sure what people thought the Rams were going to accomplish this week. We’ve spent weeks talking about limited cap room. They re-signed Whitworth and signed a Fowler replacement. To me, that essentially was the most-likely scenario.

Actually, I should be honest/transparent and say I thought the most-likely scenario was them signing Whitworth and a Littleton replacement, but nonetheless.

as things stand now, the Rams are going to have to structure a contract or make another move (trade/cut) just to fit in these two salaries they have added.

This has been quite the offseason for the Rams when it comes to departures.

Gone:
DC Wade Phillips
ST John Fassel
RBC Skip Peete

RB Todd Gurley

DL Michael Brockers
OLB Dante Fowler
OLB Clay Matthews
LB Cory Littleton
CB Nickell Robey-Coleman
S Eric Weddle

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) March 20, 2020

Looking forward to more of these by our man @jalenramsey this upcoming season 😤🏈#LARams pic.twitter.com/xJhVlBpSHX

— Rams Nation (@RamsNationLAX) March 20, 2020

Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
they tried to half-measure it last year and it just didn’t work. I understand the public side of it. You can’t say, “We have a diminished Todd Gurley,” because you’ve got 13 opponents listening. So everyone came up with their own theory.

wv wrote:

Does the media have some sort of deal with the NFL NOT to talk about injuries or to downplay injuries?

All IMO

I suspect the real reason the Rams said nothin is cause TG wanted it that way. He is clearly sensitive about it. He actually blocked reporters on twitter who discussed it. (Though actually the Rams never denied he had an arthritic knee. They just would not answer it when asked directly.)

In terms of the media people who said nothing, well, most of them can’t follow all 32 teams with the same depth we give the Rams. So with the Rams blanking things a lot of media guys just weren’t clued in. They saw only the superficial confusion over his usage and had no deeper sense of the issue.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The Rams lost another one with Marqui Christian joining the Jets. They could use some safety depth right about now