whoever has the most good players, wins.

Hram wrote:

He showed really strong hands on those slants for TD when the Rams were close to the goal line. If he will sign for 12-15, then Rams will have locked in a very good young wide receiver group for the next4-5 years.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking and some of those low and away passes he caught.

Assuming 178M 2018 salary cap, his 27.5M APY represents 15.4% of the cap.

He almost got it. If you are going to figure APY, then you should the expected average Salary Cap. [178+190+200+200+200= 968 / 5 = 193.6]
Then 27.5 APY = 14.2% of the cap. QBs are historically ~13% of the Cap. It appears that QBs are becoming relatively more valuable.

laram
February 01, 2018 03:58PM Registered: 8 years ago
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Status: HOF Inductee
Sammy Watkins was asked point blank during the season about chasing his next contract.

He said money won’t drive me, I have enough money.

I believe him and feel IF the Rams come to him with a reasonable contract and promise him more involvement in the offense…he will sign.

Money will NOT be the driving factor IMO

Found the article:

[www.usatoday.com]

HOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Sammy Watkins realizes the size of his next NFL contract depends partly on his numbers for the Los Angeles Rams this season.

The receiver insists he’s more interested in the numbers in the Rams’ win column.

“No, I think I’ve got enough money,” Watkins said with a grin Wednesday. “For me, I just want to have fun and ball. I want to be a part of this team. It’s a great team. I know where they’re about to be at with Coach (Sean) McVay and his staff, and I just want to be a part and make plays, just score touchdowns and be a part of it.”

Watkins acknowledges he has been “frustrated” about his relatively small role for Los Angeles (3-2), which gave up a second-round pick to acquire the speedy pass-catcher from Buffalo during the preseason. But Watkins insists he doesn’t feel forgotten by Jared Goff and McVay, who have struggled to get the ball to Watkins early.

Watkins has 14 catches for 211 yards and two TDs in his first five games with the Rams. He failed to make a reception against Seattle last Sunday, going without a catch for just the second time in his four-year, 42-game NFL career.

“I don’t know a wide receiver that’s not frustrated throughout the game if you’re not getting the ball, but that’s the game,” Watkins said. “Each week, it could change. They had certain coverage that took me away, and that’s part of the game.”

But Watkins expressed some of his frustrations on social media after the Rams’ narrow loss by responding to tweets from retired Rams receiver Torry Holt, who questioned why Watkins wasn’t more involved.

“Something gotta be going on,” Watkins tweeted, along with an emoji of a face with the mouth zippered shut.

Watkins’ tweets led to a conversation with McVay, and both parties came out of it publicly happy.

“Sammy is a player that wants to be involved,” McVay said. “I really respect the way Sammy handled our conversation, in terms of taking the accountability to know that it’s about snap-in and snap-out (readiness), and really the tape is what tells the story. Sometimes when you don’t get your number targeted, it can be a little bit misleading, and what I appreciate about Sammy is I think he took it the right way.”

Watkins has just 14 catches, but the number that should concern Watkins more is 20 — the number of times he has been targeted by Goff and McVay’s offense in five games, including just four times on Goff’s 47 passes against Seattle. That’s a tiny number for a playmaking receiver expecting to put up significant stats in the final year of his rookie contract.

After the game, Watkins thought he had been open regularly against Seattle. After watching tape, he revised his opinion.

“They had certain coverage that took me away, and that’s part of the game,” Watkins said. “When you really watch film and look at film critically, certain things (are more obvious). Sometimes it’s on the line, sometimes it’s on wide receivers. There’s not a perfect play out there, so I can’t say I’m open. There’s a lot of other things that’s taking place on the field.”

Best,
Laram

I don’t mind them using the franchise tag on Watkins. Personally I would offer him $12 million/yr. If I couldn’t sign him, I would live with the 3rd round comp pick.

wv wrote:

Should we be concerned that Olsen and La-floor are gone?

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I think Goff is over the hump. He won’t turn into a pumpkin.
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I am off the Ipad. That thing made me hate touch pads.

I thought OT was strong?

zn wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

I am using a tablet thing. I find it extremely hard to use.

How long till you get back home?

I think less than a month.

All they need is enough cap to get them to next year, where they have even more cap. They can do whatever they want as far as signing their players.

That looks professional, Joe.

And now NE has ruined another Superbowl.

The Jags were doing fine at 20 – 10. Then they started playing Fisher Ball. 😉

Jagz 20, Patz 10

Right now Jagz 14, Patz 3