I still have bad memories of him. He didn’t seem healthy last year. Maybe health will remain an issue going forward.

Some WR trade compensation from the past year:

Samuel for a 5th round pick
Amari Cooper for a 3rd, 7th and 6th round picks
Davante Adams for a 3rd round pick
Stefon Diggs for a 2nd round pick
DeAndre Hopkins 5th round pick that may have turned into a 4th rounder

Given his contract and recent injuries, I don’t think Kupp fits in with this group. Maybe it’s a similar scenario to Samuel (very different players I know, but health wise both seem to have issues). I don’t know enough about how Kupp and Samuel’s contracts compare though. Anyway, I’m still betting that there isn’t a big market for Kupp with what he is due to earn this year, and that he gets cut rather than traded. He will be a good pick up for some team with a young qb though. Maybe the Rams squeeze a conditional 6th or 7th rounder out of someone, but I doubt it.

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I just read about the re-signing of Alaric Jackson. That one led me to let out a yelp of positivity. That was a top of the list signing for me.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/sean-mcvay-the-rams-want-matthew-stafford-to-continue-as-their-quarterback

Sean McVay: The Rams want Matthew Stafford to continue as their quarterback

The Rams still want Matthew Stafford to be the team’s quarterback. But it’s more complicated than a binary up or down, yes or no proposition.

Stafford has received permission to talk to other teams. Recent comments from coach Sean McVay to the Fitz & Whit podcast make it clear that the two sides began exploring other options once it became clear that they didn’t agree on his contract value for 2025.

Stafford is currently due to make $27 million this year. That’s less than half the current market rate of $60 million.

“And so at the end of the day, we had something in mind, he had something in mind, and nobody was right or wrong,” McVay said. “And then, ultimately, you’re saying there’s a ton of interest, because this guy’s an incredible player.”

Still, McVay made it clear that the Rams want to keep Stafford.

There’s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback,” McVay said. “The interesting and the challenging dilemma and dynamics within this are, ‘Hey, how do you continuously as a head coach look at the short term and the long term and be able to figure out what does that really look like?’ There is no dispute — and let’s not get it twisted in regarding to anybody wanting him to be our quarterback. Now, there’s layers to it. You have to be able to say, ‘Hey, how do we continuously build? How do we support him? How do we make sure that he’s getting what is his worth relative to those things?’”

So, basically, they want him, but they don’t want to pay him what he wants. And so they gave him the opportunity to see what other teams will, or won’t, pay. The apparent hope is to get him to realize that the Rams’ offer falls within the broader framework of the market.

If, along the way, there’s a team that will both pay Stafford more and give the Rams a sufficient package of trade compensation, a trade could happen.

For now, it’s not imminent. But the door is open. The toothpaste, out of the tube. The question is whether both sides will be able to put it back in.

I would rather that he not end up in the NFC West.

I would love to see the Rams bring Bobby Slowik in to replace him.

Great, being a west coast team the Rams don’t travel enough already. Sometimes I hate the NFL.

Really encouraged by this young Shula defense. Weird to say after giving up long TD’s on the ground today, but that is how I feel.

The offense was really a limiting factor this year. Today they just didn’t play clean football, yet the defense allowed them to hang around. Kyren’s fumbles really were costly this season.

Karty finished the year well. Hopefully there’s a few years of stability at the kicker position now.

I look forward to seeing how the front office addresses the offense this offseason. Hopefully Stafford is good for one more year. If not that changes my outlook entirely.

https://bsky.app/profile/normcharlatan.bsky.social/post/3lfofn5qoy223

If you are in line to sack Sam Darnold, stay in line. If you are in line before the end of the game, they have to let you sack him.

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It seems like McVay and Snead clicked as soon as McVay arrived in 2017. Had they worked together prior to McVay being hired? I don’t recall reading anything about that.

I enjoyed reading that. I always tried my best to be present in the moment when watching Donald play. I wanted to truly appreciate his greatness and be sure to acknowledge what a unique era his career was for Rams fans. Still, I don’t think I appreciated his dominance enough.

I gave the rolliest of eye rolls ever rolled after reading Lake’s tweet that day.

A remarkable regular season.

Let’s go, Jimmy G! Beat Seattle!

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So, as of today, the rams would play the Packers?

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Stafford will have to use a silent count at home if that ends up coming to fruition.

Consecutive bad weather road wins is impressive regardless of the level of competition. The Rams are looking like gutsy team.

I was not impressed with the pass rush. Even Curl‘s strip sack was a long developing play. I thought that the defense was a mixed bag today. Only giving up 9 points looks great on paper though.

Happy to see Karty bounce back after yet another missed extra point.

Kyren Williams is everything right now. Nice to see McVay leaning on the running game consistently over the past few weeks. I like this style of football

Nice recovery by Whittington on the muffed punt.