Rams exercise Aaron Donald’s 2018 option…but not Robinson's

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  • April 12, 2017 at 10:30 am #67318
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    Rams exercise Aaron Donald’s 2018 option

    Josh Alper

    Rams exercise Aaron Donald’s 2018 option

    During the Scouting Combine, Rams General Manager Les Snead said that a contract extension for defensive tackle Aaron Donald is “definitely coming” but nothing’s been agreed to at this point.

    Given their desire to get a long-term deal done, there’s no reason for the Rams to run even the slightest risk of losing Donald to another team after the 2017 season. That makes it little surprise to see multiple reports that the team has exercised their 2018 option on Donald’s rookie deal.

    Donald would stand to make around $6.9 million next season if he plays out the year under the terms of the option. Exercising it buys the Rams plenty of time to work out a longer and much more lucrative extension of Donald’s time with the team that drafted him with the 13th overall pick of the 2014 draft.

    The big question for the two sides to figure out will be just how lucrative that deal will wind up being while others around the league will be watching to see if Donald supplants Von Miller as the league’s best-paid defensive player.

    April 12, 2017 at 2:02 pm #67328
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    Klein of course got the pick wrong. Unless he has a special mental disability that causes him to add 2 to every number he writes or speaks. So for example “my hand is fine and healthy and I have all 7 fingers intact.”

    More on Robinson:

    http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/9313/greg-robinson

    The Los Angeles Times’ Gary Klein reports the Rams will decline 2014 first-rounder Greg Robinson’s fifth-year team option for 2018.

    Duh. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Robinson has been a colossal bust. He’s arguably been the worst left tackle in the sport since entering the league and is now being flipped to right tackle by the Sean McVay coaching staff. We doubt he proves much better there. The Rams haven’t been able to find a capable left tackle since Hall of Famer Orlando Pace moved on, and they smartly plugged the hole with veteran Andrew Whitworth as a priority free agent.

    April 13, 2017 at 11:06 pm #67384
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    Based on “so far” that’s the obvious choice you make at this point in each case.

    We’ll see if GR can settle down.

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