Rams Give Robinson Permission to Seek Trade

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March 6, 2023 at 10:29 am #143112

Zooey
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https://theathletic.com/4279844/2023/03/06/allen-robinson-trade-rams/

The Rams have given veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson permission to seek a trade, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. Here’s what you need to know:

Robinson is in the middle of a three-year, $46.5 million contract (signed last spring) that comes with $15.2 million guaranteed in 2023.
The Rams will likely need to eat some of Robinson’s 2023 salary to make a trade viable, an option they have discussed in recent weeks.
Robinson, 29, had 33 receptions for 339 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games before undergoing season-ending foot surgery in 2022.

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Los Angeles will incur $11.2 million in dead cap money if they trade Robinson before June 1. The Rams have worked “sliding scale” trades in previous moves, in which the amount of salary the team absorbs is determined by the number/level of picks. This would be the case with Robinson.

The Rams signed him in March 2022 after he recorded 38 receptions, 410 yards and one touchdown in 2021 with a Chicago Bears that went 6-11. However, Robinson and the Rams’ plan to get his career back on track didn’t work out as hoped. Robinson suffered a stress fracture in his foot ahead of Week 12 and he missed the rest of the season. He underwent minor foot surgery and is expected to be clear for phase two of OTAs.

Robinson’s disappointing time in L.A.

Permission to seek a trade is a long way away from the vision sold to Robinson by the Rams last spring, when they outlined a workload to him indicative of a true No. 2 receiver in their last-second rush to sign him after losing out on Von Miller in free agency.

Robinson just hasn’t panned out for a number of reasons, inclusive to his designed role, no real throwing time with quarterback Matthew Stafford (who nursed an elbow injury into training camp) and a skill set that didn’t actually fit with what the Rams had hoped. Stafford’s previous timing/relationship with Cooper Kupp also factored in as Kupp ultimately occupied almost 40 percent of the offensive target share. — Rodrigue

March 6, 2023 at 1:05 pm #143115

InvaderRam
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snead seems a tad impulsive…

sometimes it works. and sometimes it goes bad.

March 6, 2023 at 2:34 pm #143117

wv
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I would think Stafford had to ok this kind of thing.

Didnt seem like the two ever formed any kind of on-field-bond.

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March 6, 2023 at 8:07 pm #143119
canadaram
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I can’t imagine that the Rams get more than 6th or a conditional 7th for him, if they are even able to trade him. More likely that he gets cut.
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March 6, 2023 at 9:11 pm #143122

Zooey
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I have to say…

the Rams are quite good at identifying talent, and trading appropriate value to obtain it

and quite terrible at extracting value for trading away talent they have.

March 7, 2023 at 10:38 am #143125

Billy_T
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Zooey wrote:

I have to say… the Rams are quite good at identifying talent, and trading appropriate value to obtain it and quite terrible at extracting value for trading away talent they have.

Perhaps we’ve been looking at this sport all wrong for generations. Perhaps it’s not about building the best possible team, to win the most possible games, including the final test, the Super Bowl. Speaking for myself, at least, that’s been my take on things for a long, long time.

But, recently, I’ve had an epiphany of sorts. It struck me the other day when I was doing my usual tour through the countryside in my horse-drawn carriage. As usual, once I left my estates, the masses were massed three or four rows deep, some running alongside the carriage, shouting my name, hoping to get a glimpse of my Shakespearean troupe and me . . . and so I thought: “What do the people really want in life? They don’t want victories. They just want to know that every NFL player winds up with the team of their dreams, and it’s the duty of every Front Office to make that happen, no matter how difficult or costly this may be.”

And as if they had read my thoughts, several among the adoring masses had signs that said “I desire we may be better strangers!”

Mark my words: McVay/Snead will one day be recognized as true revolutionaries, right up there with Spartacus, Kropotkin, Mrs. Maisel, and Rick Astley.
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