I keep hearing Rams all in, Superbowl or bust. I don’t get it. I think the Rams will be good in future. They are a young team with their young stars locked up.

TSRF wrote:

Hey, Ag.

Just got home from vacation. I re-read Zelazny’s “Lord of Light” on the beach. What a great novel…

He was always up there in my pantheon, just not as high as Phil Dick; a must read, especially NOW.

He was one of my favorites too, all his work. I liked his Nine Princes in Amber best.
Herbert
Zelazny
Vance
Norton

Source: #84 to the PS

— Downtown Rams (@DowntownRams) September 2, 2018

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zn wrote:

Ian Rapoport@RapSheet
The #Bears and star pass-rusher Khalil Mack have agreed to terms on a massive 6-year, $141M contract extension, source said. Total value: $155M over 7. $90M guaranteed. $60M fully guaranteed at signing. $23.5M new money average. Nicely done.

23.5 M per year. 90 M guaranteed which is 3 more than Donald.

That was quick and painless. I would like to see the breakdown.

https://www.therams.com/news/rams-make-final-round-of-cuts

Los Angeles will be able to carry 54 players, as the club has received a roster exemption for defensive tackle Aaron Donald that expires on Sept 17, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Sunday will mark the team’s first practice with the reduced roster, as the Rams continue preparation for Monday Night Football in Oakland on September 10.

47 Codey McElroy is not listed in the Rams cut downs on their site, but he is not on the initial 53 man roster.

Maybe they cut him when they added that RB for the last preseason game and I missed it.

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zn wrote:

Some speculations.

I don’t think anyone guessed all of this–22.5 M annual avg. 6 years, high 80s guaranteed, huge bonus. And I mean no one, not on any board or in the media. Quite a few guessed the between 22 and 23 annual avg. but the rest was not guessable.

Part of what makes this deal unique is the combination of bonus money and guaranteed money. And that would be because of Kroenke. If I have the details on this right, a team has to have the cash set aside in advance to cover guaranteed money. And of course with the cap, most of the money for players comes through league revenue, but that’s not how signing bonuses work—the cap hit may be spread out over the length of the deal but the player gets the money upfront and for that you need cash flow.

So 2 things need cash flow money at hand—the guaranteed money and the bonus. AD got a huge bonus and a lot of guaranteed money, and then gave the Rams the years (6) and the annual avg. (22.5 is a bit less than the metrics say he should have gotten).

To me that looks like Kroenke’s advantage was cash on hand, and that allowed AD to compromise on years and annual avg.

I agree. No one got it all right. The unique thing is the large guarantee and the large upfront moneys. You need a lot of cash to do that.

The Rams have Brown on a suspension for 2 games. I read the Rams got a 2 game exemption for Donald. This ends when they activate him to play, probably game 1 against the Raiders. So, they only need to cut 11 more players Saturday.

Top #Rams Performers @ New Orleans per PFF:
S Steven Parker 91.5
DB Curtis Mikell 90.4
LB Travin Howard 89.0
TE Johnny Mundt 82.4 pic.twitter.com/Z9ETHlBMSv

— Downtown Rams (@DowntownRams) September 1, 2018

I think this is right, so far. I would say Scales, especially.

You need money for guys on IR, typically ~$5M more or less, ~$1M cause what counts are 53 players now not 51, ~$1M for the practice squad. According to Spotrac the Rams have $7,421,122 left on the Cap. They could add a low cost player if they wanted, but they are on target. Any extra money left at the end of the year, they can rollover to next year. They had $4M from last year that they added to this year.