totally forgot about the jackson mcvay connection.

zn wrote:

NFL media deals worth $10 billion a year, per @AP.
That is over $300M per team, just from media.

The player Salary Cap is now $182M, may not reach $300M for many years. What a business..

i don’t get it. why is the salary cap so low now?

zn wrote:

Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers
Before you completely disregard the idea of Woods being traded, consider this:

You’d be saving at least $11.9M this season. That’s… a lot. Think they have plenty of faith in VJ12 (who is costing you $1.28M this year) and want to bring in a field stretcher. It could happen. …

he’s probably gone. love bob. but you already have kupp and van jefferson. you have higbee. you have hopkins. where else can you save money?

Zooey wrote:

Something is wrong.

That’s all I got.

yeah. i’m not feeling good about this off-season. not sure what’s going on.

hope mcvay doesn’t have a vermeil-like meltdown.

don’t know if he’s feeling the pressure of trying to win a superbowl…

Herzog wrote:

Ok…. I’m officially worried. That dude was good

yeah. i’m not feeling too optimistic about next season.

zn wrote:

Morris’s Ds through the years

Tampa, defensive backs (coordinator was Monte Kiffin_

2007, ranked 2nd (3rd in points)
2008, ranked 9th (10th in points)

Tampa, as head coach

2009, ranked 27th (27th in points)
2010, ranked 17th (9th in points)
2011, ranked 30th (29th in points)

Washington, as secondary coach (coordinator was Jim Haslett)

2012, ranked 28th, (22nd in points)
2013, ranked 18th, (30th in points)
2014, ranked 20th (29th in points)

Atlanta, as Asst. HC/Def. Pass Gm. Coord. (coordinator was Richard Smith)

2015, ranked 16th (14th in points)’

Atlanta, defensive coordinator

2020, ranked 29th (19th in points)

not super-impressive.

JackPMiller wrote:

Stafford just turned 33. It is rare that QBs go into their 40s. At best, Stafford will retire in 4 years. That is a guess.

i think he needs at least five highly productive years with the rams before i can say it was a good trade.

wv wrote:

I dont always agree with Lavar Arrington,
but i always enjoy listening to his smooth, articulate perspective.

that was a very good listen.

made me think. the one thing that could appeal to jj watt. and if i was the rams’ front office this is how i would sell it if they really want to sign him. is the opportunity to play alongside aaron donald. two guys. two peers. very few players have ascended to the heights that these two players have reached. and the opportunity to not only play with one another. but to practice with one another day in and day out. to learn from each other. to push each other. well. that would be very special…

or you can go play with your brother in pittsburgh.

Billy_T wrote:

Thoughts on Watt?

i like the idea of signing him.

i’m not sure about whether the rams could afford him or if he would even want to come here.

one thing. jake keeps calling him marvin hall. at one point he says marvin jones but then erroneously corrects himself and says marvin hall.

that’s not marvin hall… that’s marvin jones… or am i wrong?

i wonder if stafford can recruit a center too. and some linebackers. and maybe even a defensive end…

Report: Marvin Jones, others interested in joining Matthew Stafford with Rams

Report: Marvin Jones, others interested in joining Matthew Stafford with Rams

Cameron DaSilva
February 7, 2021 12:54 pm
The Los Angeles Rams’ pending trade for Matthew Stafford could have a ripple effect in Southern California throughout the offseason. With the veteran quarterback set to join Sean McVay in Los Angeles, players could be interested in following him there, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Schefter reported on Sunday that Stafford began to getting texts from players who were interested in joining him with the Rams.

Shortly after the Rams and Detroit Lions agreed to a trade that would send Matthew Stafford out west, the quarterback began receiving texts from players that wanted to come join him in Los Angeles, per sources.

One of the players who is expected to be interested in joining Stafford in Los Angeles is Marvin Jones Jr. He played the last five years of his career in Detroit with Stafford and is set to be a free agent in March.

The Rams aren’t flush with cap space, but they have methods of freeing up money so that they can go after players when the market opens on March 17. Jones is a dynamic receiver with deep speed to threaten safeties and corners, which is exactly what the Rams need.

Last season with the Lions, Jones caught 76 passes for 978 yards and nine touchdowns, matching his touchdown total from the 2019 campaign. In fact, in five seasons with Detroit, he caught 36 touchdown passes and had 4,296 yards.

zn wrote:

Report: Lions initially asked Rams for Aaron Donald in Matthew Stafford trade

for some reason it pisses me off that they would even have the balls to ask for aaron.

i know holmes comes from the rams and so maybe it was tongue in cheek. but still.

i’m seething right now.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by InvaderRam.

he got robbed. but i guess playing on an all-time great offense has hurt him a little bit. playing alongside faulk, warner, pace, and bruce maybe people just don’t notice you as much. plus he kind of tailed off at the end due to injuries.

i think he’ll eventually get in. he has to.