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Head coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Snead discuss the Los Angeles Rams entire 2016 NFL Draft.Forrest at 6:50. They picked him before Thomas. I think he plays on special teams and he has the tools to develope into a good starter(replace Ayers). imo
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They talk about that here. Mostly he had a slow 40 time. I think lots of the draft guys on the herd board liked him.alyoshamucci
3) Josh Forrest UK MLB (redshirt one year) 6-4 255, ex WR (going to run a 4.6 flat, should be a first rounder, but it’s a great year at MLcool smiley
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5. Josh Forrest senior bowl 6’2 255 Kentucky smart/leader 7 pd as a senior former WR has a burst along with strength, smarts early starter
6. Brandon Chubb 3rd 6’0 245 Wake Forest honor roll team captain business 3X starter handles guards, runs well, smart with solid instincts..early starter
AgamemnonI consider it a ‘free-roll’. Absolute minimum risk on a first round talent. Snisher gave away all our draft choices. He has to do something. 😉
AgamemnonEx-Patriot Dominique Easley’s Rams contract has no guaranteed money
By Matthew Rewinski
@SomeCallMeGoose on May 20, 2016, 4:59p +
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY SportsAfter being released by the Patriots midway through his rookie deal, Dominique Easley signed a deal with the Los Angeles Rams where he has to earn every dime.
Nobody wanted Dominique Easley enough to claim him on waivers when the Patriots released him, and after the deets of his new deal with the Rams came out, it looks like Los Angeles wants Easley to put up or shut up.
Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reported today that Easley’s new contract is far from the sweet rookie deal he signed in 2014 that had almost $6,000,000 in guaranteed money. As contracts go, his new one almost looks like a slap in the face until you recall that Easley was apparently more irritating than a bachelorette party singing “Single Ladies” at a karaoke bar.
“His contract contains a $600,000 base salary, the minimum amount for a player with two years of NFL experience. The contract does not come with a signing bonus, any other bonuses, or any incentives.”
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You know how a lot of times, you hear about older guys getting a “prove it” deal that’s full of playing time incentives, like the Patriots did with Vince Wilfork’s last contract? This is the opposite of that. Not only is Easley making peanuts, but if he’s not on the game-day roster, he gets paid…wait for it…zero dollars.
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“Since he has fewer than four years of experience and is not a vested veteran, Easley will only be paid for each week he is on the Rams’ 53-man roster during the regular season – $35,924.12 per week. If Easley hits injured reserve with the Rams, his salary will drop to $21,252.94 per week ($363,000 split salary).”
Ok, this is the answer.It almost makes you wonder why a guy who ended his first two seasons – and his last year at Florida – on injured reserve would agree to a deal like that where he may never see a nickel.
Actually, no it doesn’t – that’s market price for a talented, frequently-injured d-lineman with a Terrell Owens-sized ego.
AgamemnonDominique Easley’s Rams contract carries no guarantees
Dominique Easley landed with the Los Angeles Rams this week, but there are few certainties as the former New England Patriots first-round pick looks for a fresh start.
As Ben Volin of The Boston Globe shared, Easley’s one-year pact with Los Angeles carries a base salary of $600,000 and does not include any guarantees, incentives or bonuses.
The 24-year-old defensive tackle, who saw both of his seasons with New England end on injured reserve, has a split salary of $363,000 in the event that he is hurt or returns to injured reserve for the 2016 campaign, according to Volin.
I am not sure what this means.Easley is still due $483,959 from the Patriots for next season if he remains on the Rams’ active roster for all 17 weeks, as noted by PatsCap.com’s Miguel Benzan, due to offset language.
The Patriots are slated to receive a $600,000 salary-cap credit for 2017.
Easley appeared in 22 games with three starts over the course of his stint with the Patriots, acruing 25 tackles, three sacks and one interception. Pick No. 29 overall out of Florida in 2014, Easley was waived on April 13.
AgamemnonPatriots decide it’s better to pay Dominique Easley to go away
By Ben VolinGlobe Staff
April 13, 2016Defensive tackle Dominique Easley will likely be remembered as one of the Patriots’ biggest draft busts of the Bill Belichick era. On Wednesday, the Patriots released Easley, their first-round draft pick in 2014 (29th overall), and he leaves New England with just three career sacks and 25 tackles in two seasons.
But Easley is not a total bust from a football sense, as he was starting to blossom as an interior pass rusher in 2015. Though he only had two sacks in 11 games last season, Easley was the most productive interior pass rusher in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
Easley pressured the quarterback once every six pass rushes in 2015, best among defensive tackles in the NFL, ahead of players such as Aaron Donald and Geno Atkins (although Easley had a much smaller sample size — 210 pass rushes compared with a little more than 500 for each of those players).
Many NFL talent evaluators believe Easley could be a breakout star in 2016. Two teams asked this reporter about Easley within 30 minutes of the news of his release breaking.
“I’m more curious about how many teams claim him than if he gets claimed,” former Eagles and Browns executive Joe Banner said on Wednesday. “This is a gift to someone.”
So the Patriots’ decision to release Easley set off alarms that the move was about more than just football.
Then add in the financial component. Easley’s salary this fall — about $1.08 million — is fully guaranteed. Releasing Easley on Wednesday increased his 2016 salary cap number from $1.991 million to $2.899 million.
The Patriots are essentially paying Easley to go away. They have depth at defensive tackle with Alan Branch, Malcom Brown, and Terrance Knighton, but not so much that they couldn’t use Easley, too.
The question, then, is why did the Patriots cut bait with their former first-round pick?
The move could simply be a reflection of Easley’s health. He tore both of his ACLs in college, and has finished each of his two NFL seasons on injured reserve — for a knee injury in 2014 and a torn quadriceps in 2015. Two league sources said independently on Wednesday that Easley is “a 25-year-old in a 40-year-old’s body.” Easley turned 24 in February.
But after speaking with several league sources with knowledge of the situation, it’s clear that Easley and the Patriots were never a good fit.
It is not known if there was a single incident that led to Easley’s release. But a portrait emerged Wednesday of a player who struggled with maturity and his responsibilities of being a professional athlete.
“Saw that coming,” one of Easley’s former Patriots teammates said upon hearing the news. “Injuries and locker room cancer.”
Easley’s relationship with the Patriots got off on the wrong foot when he arrived to their rookie minicamp shortly after the 2014 draft and couldn’t participate — not because of his knee injury, but because of injuries to his ankles, arms, and wrists sustained when bitten by his pet pitbull two weeks before the draft. The dog, which weighed more than 100 pounds, bit two other people plus an animal care worker and had to be euthanized in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Easley had not told any teams about these injuries prior to the draft, and the Patriots were not happy when they found out, as the injuries set him back in his ACL rehab. Easley was on the field for Week 1 of 2014 but didn’t get significant playing time until Week 3. He really only played in nine games his rookie year, and was placed on IR with three games left in the regular season.
Easley’s love of aggressive dogs has caused him other problems. One of his friends, Wiley Brown, filed a lawsuit against in Easley this past January seeking at least $15,000 after being attacked and bitten while staying at Easley’s house. The suit, filed in Palm Beach County, claims that Brown suffered permanent scarring, among other maladies. Easley is also bracing for the possibility of two other lawsuits being filed against him by other parties.
Easley came to the Patriots with a reputation of having an aloof personality, and he lived up to the billing. He already has fired two agents and three financial advisers in his two years in the NFL, and last week hired popular NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus as his third agent. When reached on Wednesday, Rosenhaus declined comment.
Multiple league sources said Easley was unreliable and immature.
“He’ll make an appointment for a massage and not show up,” one source said. “He’s just very disrespectful and irresponsible.”
“I think he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way,” another source said. “He comes across as an entitled kid. He reneges on everything. He thinks he’s invincible.”
When it came to football, Easley played by his own rules, which didn’t go over well with Belichick and staff. He routinely ignored requests to rehab his injuries with the Patriots’ trainers, and instead did it on his own. Most players rehabbed their recent injuries in the Patriots’ facilities, but when Easley was placed on IR in 2014 and 2015, he immediately left the team and did his own thing. This past offseason he traveled to Germany to seek alternative treatments for his knee.
The Patriots grew so fed up with Easley during his rookie year that they placed him on IR in December and told him to stay away and rehab on his own until the offseason program began in April. When the Patriots were raising the Lombardi Trophy in Arizona, Easley was partying in Las Vegas.
The Patriots “never liked him from the get-go, and part of the problem was he would never listen to the medical advice,” one source said.
And the feeling was mutual, with Easley privately telling people in 2014 that he wanted to be traded. An official request was never made.
On Wednesday, the Patriots did both sides a favor and cut bait with Easley. They originally signed him to a four-year, $7.3 million contract with $5.89 million fully guaranteed (his first three NFL seasons). It is unclear if the Patriots attempted to trade him this offseason, but it is surprising — and perhaps telling — that they did not get even a seventh-round pick for Easley.
Easley is due approximately $1.08 million this fall, and if Easley is claimed off waivers, then the new team assumes Easley’s salary and the Patriots don’t owe him anything.
But Easley’s contract does have offset language, so if Easley clears waivers and then signs for, say, $800,000 with another team, the Patriots only have to pay the difference.
Whether or not Easley is claimed, the Patriots still increased their salary cap hit by almost $1 million just to be rid of him.
It is unclear if there was a single incident that prompted his release. But it has become increasingly clear that the Patriots’ decision to release Easley was about a lot more than just his football abilities.
Agamemnon
NFL sets restricted free agency tenders for 2016
NFL sets restricted free agency tenders for 2016
Posted by Mike Florio on March 8, 2016, 8:49 PM EDTThe 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement makes restricted free agency less important than it used to be, because all rookie contracts now have a base duration of four years. As a result, restricted free agency becomes relevant only when an undrafted player finishes three years of service, or when a drafted player is cut before the completion of three years and has a contract that expires following his third accrued season.
It’s still an important aspect of the process, especially when quality players become legible for restricted free agency.
Restricted free agents can be held in place through the application of one of three tenders. The lowest level provides a right or first refusal. The second-round tender provides a right of first refusal and (duh) a second-round pick as compensation if the original team doesn’t match. The first-round tender carries a right of first refusal and a first-round pick as compensation.
This year, the tender amounts are $1.671 million, $2.553 million, and $3.635 million, respectively.
Arguably the biggest name this year in the RFA class belongs to Broncos running back C.J. Anderson. When the market opens on Wednesday, he’s expected to draw significant interest, given that Denver opted to save roughly $900,000 by not tying a second-round pick to Anderson.
He will be a RFA next year. The Rams can keep him by offering one of the tenders next year.
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Dominique Easley was signed to a four-year deal by the Patriots on June 23, 2014. Deal includes an option for the 2018 season. His salaries for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons are fully guaranteed.
On April 13, 2016 the Patriots waived Easley. No team claimed Easley. The Patriots have a offset on Easley’s 2016 salary so if another team pays Easley any cash in 2016 the Patriots will get a credit on their 2017 cap to a maximum amount of $1,083,959.
AgamemnonIt seems to me, just my general feeling, that NE isn’t that great on hitting on the players they pick. But, they use the idea of comp picks well, they trade down well, they use the idea of trading for future picks well, and they draft for fit sometimes as the main factor. Sometimes they draft for the future more than immediate needs. So, overall, they come out well in being productive in the draft. imo
Their hits and misses aren’t that great, but they do everything else to help their draft.
AgamemnonRams waived LB Keche Palacio to make room for DT Dominique Easley on the roster. That signing now official.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) May 18, 2016
Agamemnonhttp://www.turfshowtimes.com/2016/5/17/11693370/2016-los-angeles-rams-free-agency-dominique-easley
Los Angeles Rams Hosting Workout For Former New England Patriots DL Dominique Easley
@3k_ on May 17, 2016, 3:39p 20
Winslow Townson-USA TODAY SportsCould the Rams replace their two outbound first-round defensive linemen with an inbound former Patriot?
The Los Angeles Rams are hosting DL Dominique Easley, a 2014 NFL Draft first-round pick by the New England Patriots, for a workout today:
The Patriots released Easley after just two seasons citing some underlying injury concerns and a variety of off-field concerns, many of which related to the injury concerns themselves.
Here’s our sibling blog Pats Pulpit on Easley’s release:
Beyond the cap implications, Easley was a good player in 2015, trailing only J.J. Watt in pass rushing productivity per Pro Football Focus, and was the #1 most effective interior rusher. Cutting an elite player before their third season in the NFL is unexpected, to say the least.
The Boston Herald’s Jeff Howe says that the Patriots had concerns with Dominique Easley’s knees and that there is “not a lot of room for improvement” on that front. CSNNE’s Tom Curran says there were “philosophical difference on following injury programs.” CBS’s Jason La Canfora says the Patriots have off the field concerns with Easley that led to the release. NFL Insider Aaron Wilson reports that Easley is facing a lawsuit after his dog allegedly bit someone.
And here on Pats Head Coach Bill Belichick’s responsibility for not nurturing Easley:
If the recently uncovered stories about Easley are true, and he hid injuries prior to the draft, didn’t work with the team on his many recoveries, and missed scheduled appointments, then Easley is at fault for not developing while in the NFL.
But these sorts of decisions root from traits that should have been uncovered during the scouting process. Does Easley respond well to coaching? Is he a team player? Is he passionate about football?
One ESPN report on the Florida Gators found a big flag on Easley.“One coach on the staff said the 2010 class was the most unruly he has ever witnessed,” ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler wrote. “Another player viewed by some as problematic was Dominique Easley, a five-star defensive lineman from New York who threatened to quit the team repeatedly, missing meetings as a result.”
Bill Belichick is close with then-head coach Urban Meyer, who helped the Patriots draft Florida bust after Florida bust, and this sort of behavior should have been well understood prior to taking Easley in the 1st round.
Yahoo! Sports found another issue during the predraft process.Easley was asked if he ever has [watched] an entire NFL game.
“Not start to finish,” Easley said. “I might change it to a cartoon or something.”
(For the record, he’s a big fan of the Rocket Power cartoon for those keeping score at home.)
So wait, you don’t watch, like, the Super Bowl? What’s the most of an NFL game you’ve watch, Dominique?
“About two quarters,” he said.
Let’s be honest. Rams HC Jeff Fisher has no problem taking on players with…concerns like these. And given the off-field issues the Rams are already dealing with this offseason, this isn’t anything they’re not equipped to address anyway.
The bigger question is one of fit. The Rams are already loaded on the defensive line with their three other first-rounders in DE Robert Quinn, DT Michael Brockers and DT Aaron Donald. Throw in recently re-signed ends William Hayes and Eugene Sims, and a move like this would only serve to strengthen a strength. That alone calls into question its value, but there’s also one of overburdening a locker room with too many “personalities”…
Somehow I think that won’t be a concern of Fisher’s.
Easley finished with 15 tackled and three sacks in his two NFL seasons in New England.
Agamemnonhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2016/04/13/patriots-release-dominique-easley/VxfcDYPp0ieEh0mDVBRp5H/story.html
Patriots decide it’s better to pay Dominique Easley to go awayDominique Easley used a goal post to work on his moves before a game last season.
Jim Davis/Globe staff
Dominique Easley used a goal post to work on his moves before a game last season.
By Ben Volin Globe Staff April 13, 2016Defensive tackle Dominique Easley will likely be remembered as one of the Patriots’ biggest draft busts of the Bill Belichick era. On Wednesday, the Patriots released Easley, their first-round draft pick in 2014 (29th overall), and he leaves New England with just three career sacks and 25 tackles in two seasons.
But Easley is not a total bust from a football sense, as he was starting to blossom as an interior pass rusher in 2015. Though he only had two sacks in 11 games last season, Easley was the most productive interior pass rusher in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
Easley pressured the quarterback once every six pass rushes in 2015, best among defensive tackles in the NFL, ahead of players such as Aaron Donald and Geno Atkins (although Easley had a much smaller sample size — 210 pass rushes compared with a little more than 500 for each of those players).
Many NFL talent evaluators believe Easley could be a breakout star in 2016. Two teams asked this reporter about Easley within 30 minutes of the news of his release breaking.
“I’m more curious about how many teams claim him than if he gets claimed,” former Eagles and Browns executive Joe Banner said on Wednesday. “This is a gift to someone.”
The move is a sign the team is satisfied with Blount’s recuperation from the hip ailment that ended his 2015 season.
So the Patriots’ decision to release Easley set off alarms that the move was about more than just football.
Then add in the financial component. Easley’s salary this fall — about $1.08 million — is fully guaranteed. Releasing Easley on Wednesday increased his 2016 salary cap number from $1.991 million to $2.899 million.
The Patriots are essentially paying Easley to go away. They have depth at defensive tackle with Alan Branch, Malcom Brown, and Terrance Knighton, but not so much that they couldn’t use Easley, too.
The question, then, is why did the Patriots cut bait with their former first-round pick?
The move could simply be a reflection of Easley’s health. He tore both of his ACLs in college, and has finished each of his two NFL seasons on injured reserve — for a knee injury in 2014 and a torn quadriceps in 2015. Two league sources said independently on Wednesday that Easley is “a 25-year-old in a 40-year-old’s body.” Easley turned 24 in February.
But after speaking with several league sources with knowledge of the situation, it’s clear that Easley and the Patriots were never a good fit.
It is not known if there was a single incident that led to Easley’s release. But a portrait emerged Wednesday of a player who struggled with maturity and his responsibilities of being a professional athlete.
“Saw that coming,” one of Easley’s former Patriots teammates said upon hearing the news. “Injuries and locker room cancer.”
Easley’s relationship with the Patriots got off on the wrong foot when he arrived to their rookie minicamp shortly after the 2014 draft and couldn’t participate — not because of his knee injury, but because of injuries to his ankles, arms, and wrists sustained when bitten by his pet pitbull two weeks before the draft. The dog, which weighed more than 100 pounds, bit two other people plus an animal care worker and had to be euthanized in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Easley had not told any teams about these injuries prior to the draft, and the Patriots were not happy when they found out, as the injuries set him back in his ACL rehab. Easley was on the field for Week 1 of 2014 but didn’t get significant playing time until Week 3. He really only played in nine games his rookie year, and was placed on IR with three games left in the regular season.
Easley’s love of aggressive dogs has caused him other problems. One of his friends, Wiley Brown, filed a lawsuit against in Easley this past January seeking at least $15,000 after being attacked and bitten while staying at Easley’s house. The suit, filed in Palm Beach County, claims that Brown suffered permanent scarring, among other maladies. Easley is also bracing for the possibility of two other lawsuits being filed against him by other parties.
Easley came to the Patriots with a reputation of having an aloof personality, and he lived up to the billing. He already has fired two agents and three financial advisers in his two years in the NFL, and last week hired popular NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus as his third agent. When reached on Wednesday, Rosenhaus declined comment.
Multiple league sources said Easley was unreliable and immature.
“He’ll make an appointment for a massage and not show up,” one source said. “He’s just very disrespectful and irresponsible.”
“I think he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way,” another source said. “He comes across as an entitled kid. He reneges on everything. He thinks he’s invincible.”
When it came to football, Easley played by his own rules, which didn’t go over well with Belichick and staff. He routinely ignored requests to rehab his injuries with the Patriots’ trainers, and instead did it on his own. Most players rehabbed their recent injuries in the Patriots’ facilities, but when Easley was placed on IR in 2014 and 2015, he immediately left the team and did his own thing. This past offseason he traveled to Germany to seek alternative treatments for his knee.
The Patriots grew so fed up with Easley during his rookie year that they placed him on IR in December and told him to stay away and rehab on his own until the offseason program began in April. When the Patriots were raising the Lombardi Trophy in Arizona, Easley was partying in Las Vegas.
The Patriots “never liked him from the get-go, and part of the problem was he would never listen to the medical advice,” one source said.
And the feeling was mutual, with Easley privately telling people in 2014 that he wanted to be traded. An official request was never made.
On Wednesday, the Patriots did both sides a favor and cut bait with Easley. They originally signed him to a four-year, $7.3 million contract with $5.89 million fully guaranteed (his first three NFL seasons). It is unclear if the Patriots attempted to trade him this offseason, but it is surprising — and perhaps telling — that they did not get even a seventh-round pick for Easley.
Easley is due approximately $1.08 million this fall, and if Easley is claimed off waivers, then the new team assumes Easley’s salary and the Patriots don’t owe him anything.
But Easley’s contract does have offset language, so if Easley clears waivers and then signs for, say, $800,000 with another team, the Patriots only have to pay the difference.
Whether or not Easley is claimed, the Patriots still increased their salary cap hit by almost $1 million just to be rid of him.
It is unclear if there was a single incident that prompted his release. But it has become increasingly clear that the Patriots’ decision to release Easley was about a lot more than just his football abilities.
Agamemnon
Includes, Paul McRoberts, Mike Thomas, and Nelson Spruce.
Includes, Duke Williams.
Includes, Pharoh Cooper. AgamemnonThey all seem to be able to catch the ball. The only player that has the physical and athletic traits to be a #1 WR is North. imo Britt can probably get 700+ yards and 50 receptions. That is fine for the other WR. We can project that we have two thirds of a triplet, Gurley, Goff, and Gnobody. 😉
AgamemnonHow best to help the QB? The Rams don’t have a slot WR. Cooper fits that. The don’t have a pass catching TE. They drafted two. Then they got value at a position of need, Forest. The same with Thomas. Then they used the pile method. Bring in a bunch of players at a position/s of need, WR, LB, DB, and hope you find a player.
AgamemnonYeah AD was great, but AD + RQ = WC (wildcard).
Thats algebra, people.
AD is the reason Seattle drafted a big fat G.
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vSF traded back into the first round to draft a guard.
AgamemnonIt is a simple udfa contract. It is the minimum for a player with no experience in the nfl. It is the same contract as all the other udfas.
It is the same as these guys, except for a small amount of bonus money.
They are all udfas. Some are signed. Some are not signed. The Rams can even give them a small bonus. The Rams have ~88K this year to spread among all their udfas.
AgamemnonBut then if I was always right I could get paid for posting.
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You can always have free pie. 😉
AgamemnonSo far, I haven’t read or seen anything that changes my mind.
I never was on the Goff bandwagon.
I would rather have kept the draft picks and drafted Lynch at 15.
I would rather have Wentz than Goff.
Having said all that. I do think Goff has a good chance to be a good player on this team. He should out perform Keenum this year and he will probably satisfy most fans desires at QB for the Rams. I just can’t get excited about him.
AgamemnonWednesday was the official end of the free-agent period with WR Wes Welker as the only unsigned former Ram remaining on the market.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) May 11, 2016
If Whitner is waiting to sign, tomorrow could be the day. May 12, free agents no longer count in the comp pick calculations.
AgamemnonAssessing the QB battles: Which rookies will start in 2016?
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May 6, 2016John ClaytonESPN Senior Writer
The best 2016 quarterback battle is in Los Angeles.
Case Keenum is the projected starter. Nick Foles, who received a $6 million roster bonus earlier this year, is still on the roster, but the Rams might not keep him around much longer. No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff is the future and could be the present. Goff versus Keenum should be the most interesting battle to follow this spring and summer.
I can’t remember a year in which there were so many strange battles. You have starting jobs assigned to quarterbacks who might not even want to be on their teams. In a league that loves to rush QBs into starting jobs before they are ready, Goff might be the only rookie starter in Week 1.
The NFL is feeling the effects of the rise of spread and Air Raid offenses in colleges. Quarterbacks from those offenses enter the NFL needing to learn how to run a huddle, take snaps from center, read defenses and get play calls from a listening device in their helmets. Because of this, more teams are advised to sit these quarterbacks until they are ready.
Over the next two drafts, there might be as few as two or three highly rated quarterbacks coming from schools that run pro-set offenses. This QB-driven league is moving into a challenging era.
Here’s a look at the best quarterback battles headed into the 2016 season:
Los Angeles RamsJared Goff’s transition from an Air Raid offense into a pro-style, run-first offense with the Rams should be fun to watch. Case Keenum, who is on a one-year deal, is theoretically the bridge quarterback until Goff is ready. Los Angeles is shopping Foles in trade talks. The team that trades for Foles would get him with only a $1.75 million salary, a pretty good bargain. But if Foles stays and has a good training camp, the Rams’ battle will be even more fascinating to watch.
Coach Jeff Fisher isn’t one to rush a rookie quarterback. He has one of the best young running backs in football, Todd Gurley, to take the pressure off. The Rams plan to run. It’s up to Goff to catch up quickly, learn the offense and see whether he can win the job. What adds to the entertainment is the Rams being on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” during the preseason. This battle will play out on the field and on television screens.
Advantage: Keenum gets the first chance but Goff is likely in charge no later than October.
Agamemnon
