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if ricky gervais was hosting the oscars.
"I'm proud to announce that this is the most diverse and progressive Oscars ever. Looking out I see people from all walks of life. Every demographic under the sun. Except poor people, obviously. Fuck them."
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) March 27, 2022
I hasten to add that I have no knowledge of Clowney or Wagner outside of their reputations. I’ve seen Wagner play a few times, and Clowney once or twice, maybe, but I don’t know anything about them, not really. But I saw what another quality Edge rusher did for the Rams, so that’s what I’m hoping for.
yeah. the only reason i want bobby wagner is cuz he’s bobby wagner. just the name. i don’t know that much about his actual game.
not exactly sure how he’d fit in… i do suspect without any concrete evidence that he’d have a similar effect to weddle. or on the offensive side woods. but the added effect of being just a better caliber player. but i think he adds those leadership qualities and intelligence that we would read about weddle. the main difference being that wagner is younger and not coming out of retirement and trying to shake the rust off in the middle of a playoff run.
but yeah. von miller leaving just created a domino effect. it’s gonna be hard to replace him. that pass rush looked totally different with him in it.
i disagree, billy.
it’s not just brady. dozens of quarterbacks are playing well into their late 30s. philip rivers had one of his highest passer ratings at age 37 playing all 16 games. didn’t miss a single game from age 30-39. brees played until he was 41 and was productive. rodgers was in his age 38 season last year. has led the league in passer rating the past 2 years.
stafford will be 38 that last year of the contract. and he could probably play 2-3 years past that if he wanted to barring any serious injury.
quarterback are just so protected right now. unlike 20 years ago. tom brady is 45 and going into his 23rd year. now i don’t think stafford will play quite that long. but if he did. he’d still be playing in 2033. and if it was all with the rams, he’d have played more years in la than he did in detroit… again. i doubt that would happen.
but if he can play 8 years in la, i’d be happy. and it’d be doable. and he could very well be highly productive for all those years. at 8 years, he’d be playing in his age 40 season – 2028. and he will have played more years in an era where qbs are protected by the league. and if sean mcvay is his head coach all those years, he’ll have advantages that most qbs will not have.
shoot. big whit played until he was 40, and i imagine stafford’s body didn’t take half the punishment whit’s body did.
lastly, the cap hits in 2024-26 will be big. it’ll be rodgers big. but 2 things. the cap number will go up every year. and stafford can always renegotiate i would think. i’m no cap expert. but i’m sure they have it figured it out already.
and also. that means that 2022 and 2023 will be small cap numbers. when the rams’ window will be biggest… ie when aaron donald is still playing.
Well as was said in the thread, it’s a 6th rounder because the Rams let Woods choose the team he went to, and he chose the Titans…and that’s all they were offering.
Okay, but sending Woods where he wants to go could be a consideration, but surely if another team offered something better – a 4th, say – business is business. They might give him the courtesy of 10-12 slots difference, but…a SIXTH?
well… i was watching this youtube vid, and for amari cooper the cowboys got a fifth rounder and switched sixth rounders…
so i’m not sure the rams would have gotten much better than a sixth… regardless of the intangibles he brought to the table. especially considering he’s older than cooper and coming off an acl. wide receivers just aren’t as valued i suppose.
rodrigue makes some good points about a scheme change. and i also think von miller signing with the bills threw them for a loop. although woods might have been traded anyway.
it’s sad. but as soon as they signed robinson i kept thinking how in the hell do you justify paying three wide receivers 15 million each?
https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2022-03-19/rams-trade-robert-woods-tennessee-titans
The Rams are receiving a 2023 sixth-round draft pick in exchange for Woods.
Woods, who turns 30 in April, signed with the Rams in 2017 and has been a pillar for teams that made four playoff appearances and played in two Super Bowls in the last five seasons. He joins left tackle Andrew Whitworth, who retired, and punter Johnny Hekker, who was released, as core pieces no longer part of the team.
Woods is recovering from a season-ending knee injury he suffered in November but is expected to be ready for training camp. Woods was injured the day after the Rams signed receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who suffered a knee injury during the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
In 2020, the Rams gave Woods a four-year extension that included $32 million in guarantees. He was due to carry a salary-cap number of $15.7 million this season, according to overthecap.com. He was due to receive a $3.5-million roster bonus on Sunday, according to Spotrac.com.
With receiver Cooper Kupp carrying an $18.7-million cap number, Woods was regarded as a potential trade piece even before the Rams last week signed free-agent receiver Allen Robinson to a three-year contract that includes $31 million in guarantees.
The Rams receiver corps includes Kupp, Robinson, Van Jefferson, Ben Skowronek, Tutu Atwell and Brandon Powell, the Rams’ kick returner who agreed to terms on Saturday. Beckham is a free agent, but the Rams have said they would like to re-sign him.
Trading Woods ends a successful stint in Los Angeles for the Carson native, who attended Gardena Serra High and was an All-American at USC.
Woods played his first four NFL seasons with the Buffalo Bills, who selected him in the second round of the 2013 draft. He signed with the Rams in March 2017, two months after the team made then 30-year-old Sean McVay the youngest coach in modern NFL history.
Woods and Kupp were integral parts of receiving corps that included Sammy Watkins in 2017 and Brandin Cooks in 2018 and 2019.
Woods eclipsed 1,100 yards receiving in 2018 and 2019. He caught 18 touchdown passes in four seasons, but his value went beyond his statistics. Woods and Kupp were leaders and enthusiastic and effective blockers for former Rams running back Todd Gurley and other Rams ballcarriers.
This is a developing story. The Times will have more soon on Woods.
