Do you guys make this trade? Kupp to the Giants for . . .

Agreeing with Zooey about Kupp’s likely production, if he’s healthy. But his window is closing. Again, I think he’s likely far more valuable to the Rams than to other teams. Combination of intangibles, locker room impact, and familiarity with the ecosystem. Woods was similar in that way, IMO. He was a legit #1 with the Rams. Not so sure the rest of the league saw him in that light.

Jourdan mentioned a coupla weeks ago that the time to do a rebuild was actually right after the Super Bowl win. Sounds kinda crazy, unless we consider that was the peak “value” time for core players, especially Stafford before his extension.

Right now, they’re beyond the wave, basically. Last year likely hurt the league-wide valuation of a lot of Rams players — unfair and short-sighted as that may be.

ZN, I think you and I probably differ on the current talent level on the Rams, and whether or not they need major upgrades. But I also have a feeling that the Brass is probably in your corner on that issue, not mine.

Anyway, I’m hoping the Rams make several draft-day trades early to garner more picks (if they have partners), and then trade back up later. It’s a pretty deep draft in the areas the Rams need to address most: corners and pass-rushers. They also need safeties, and competition at center, both guards, both tackles. A mismatch TE would be great too, as would a size/speed wideout, a speedy running back, and a bulldozer RB as well. In my mocks, I try to get a coupla DTs too.

InvaderRam wrote:

i’d do it. i love coop, but the guy can’t stay healthy. he’s had two good seasons out of the six he’s been with the rams? the rest he’s been injured. and he’s gonna be 30 soon. problem is no team in their right mind would offer that for him. maybe a team that thought he’d get them to a superbowl?

Good point about the injuries. Wonder if it’s his running style? He tends to fight hard for extra yards. Doesn’t run out of bounds, typically. And he hits the turf a lot, head first, it seems. I worry about his future health with all of those concussions, known and unknown.

I agree that the proposed offer is too good to be true, which is why I’d definitely consider it. Not likely a team would give up that much draft capital, considering age and, as you remind us, injuries. But stranger things have happened in the NFL. Ironically, it’s usually the Rams on the other side of that, offering far too much (in my view) for this or that player.

I still think the Goff for Stafford trade was absurd on the compensation front. Great for the Rams in results, obviously. Can’t evah take that Super Bowl win away, and that season was one for the books. Excellent, exciting games, throughout, with very smart pickups like OBJ and Michel to boot. Loved pretty much every second of it.

But I just didn’t see that big a difference between Goff and Stafford. The latter has the better arm talent, of course, and McVay obviously had lost confidence in Goff. But two 1sts and a 3rd, plus Goff? At most, I would have thrown in that 3rd rounder, but even that seems high to me. Apparently, Detroit picking up Goff’s contract in full (4 years, 106 million) was a major factor in increasing the required draft capital, from Detroit’s POV. Then again, who forced the Rams to extend Goff early in the first place?

I think a part of being a Rams fan, for as long as I have, is grumbling about stuff, even if it works out great. They seem to bring that out of me. Still love the horns.

;>)