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wvParticipantHold on though.
That’s just one year.
If they keep Foles, as a young starting qb up for his 2nd contract, he will get more than Bradford got. It’s either that or they let him walk. So starting next year, if they like Foles and keep him, we’re talking about a market that gives starting qbs in their second contract an avg. of around 19 M a year. Bradford averaged around 13 M a year.
Seattle is in the process of going through the same thing with Wilson.
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Agreed. Of course Seattle played it perfectly though
because they got, what?, about three years of ultra-cheap
ultra-good QB play.Fairley and Foles and Britt all have
short contracts. Interesting.
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wvParticipantFairley basically finishes out Langford’s contract on a prove it basis. I can live with that.
I’m surprised he settled for a one-year deal. I would have
thought he could have gotten a multi-year deal somewhere.I’m excited about the DLine. They started So SLOW
last year. It was awful. But now, one would think
they know GW’s system and they oughta be able
to start fast.I know nothing about Fairley.
Is he a run-stopper only or an allround player?
What does he do best?w
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wvParticipantI know. We talked about it before. I agree with you. There’s no reason for Bradford to do anything. He knows his own injury risk, and he’s got $13 million guaranteed, coming his way, no matter what. Sure Brady, Manning, etc., have renegotiated contracts to spread out the cap hit, but Bradford was in his final year, and he hasn’t been involved in a regular season game in a year and a half.
I think money, the cap space, the draft picks, and the fact that the Rams got a starting QB in return, all caused the stars to align just right, and the Rams made the trade.
Smart move, imo.
This is my own Wild-Speculation. No evidence for it whatsoever,
but i wonder if Bradford’s “leadership style” just
didnt quite jive with Fisher. I dunno.w
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wvParticipantWell Jim did get duped. The Snishers have been saying, forever, how much they love Bradford. Then this happens, with not even a hint dropped beforehand. Jim probably feels like he got played a little. I don’t know. He’s a pro, though, and he knows the NFL is full of misinformation, and disinformation. Everybody gets fooled, once in a while.
Regarding the trade, people can say whatever they want, but I still think Bradford would be on this team if he had taken a drastic pay cut, but with an incentive laden contract. Bradford and his agent didn’t want to do that. The Rams played the only hand they had left, trade him. That’s the teams only leverage, so they used it.
IMO, the Rams made a good trade. We’ll see how it plays out.
I always thought the paycut talk was utter nonsense.
For the life of me, i saw no reason in the world
why he would take a pay cut. It just seemed like fan-talk
to me. Now i could see him getting an “extension” with
lots of incentive clauses — but a “pay cut” — no way.
Why would he do that?w
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jankybill76#Rams signed DT Nick Fairley on a 1-year deal worth $5M base, source said. He can make up to $7.5M in incentives. A prove-it deal.
9:16 AM – 13 Mar 2015
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wvParticipantJim Thomas @jthom1 ·
Jim Thomas @jthom1 · 21m 21 minutes ago
Wonder how that plays in locker room in terms of credibility issue? Heard some Rams players not happy with how whole Bradford thing handled.He REALLY just seems unhappy with this whole thing. I think he feels duped and doesn’t appreciate it.
Yeah, he seems to be taking something personally, there.
Bradford himself doesn’t seem to have a problem
with the way it was handled.w
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wvParticipantSo the DLine will be:
Quinn, Fairley, Donald, Long.
(and Brockers, Hayes, Simms)Seems like that would be the best dline
since…?w
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wvParticipantRams sign Fairley
http://www.rotoworld.com/teams/transactions/nfl/all/today/
wvParticipantX, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve never found you to be a jerk.
He’s just alluding to some old board-war stuff.
Things were said. Cows were dropped out of helicopters.
Nuns were decapitated.Water under the bridge.
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wvParticipantHey, -X-
Great to see you (Holy shit, does that mean our board is going to be destroyed again?).
How’s tricks (please let me live…)?
Our board is your board (add it to the ones you already own).
All the best,
MattThere is peace in the valley.
I think its a sign of the apocalypse.
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wvParticipantI wouldn’t have been surprised by the new Foles jersey … but I’m surprised by the new Bradford jersey. I really thought there was a chance the Rams could go after Foles with draft choices. Had no idea that Philly was that hot after Bradford, and that the Rams would really trade Bradford.
Not a Soul
saw it comin except
maybe Jack P Miller.w
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wvParticipantGuys, I’m getting old. But I do watch pre-season games. And I don’t really remember this Keenum guy. If a die hard Ram fan doesn’t remember him at all … does that mean he’s pretty forgettable?
I think he’s an intriguing player, rfl.
Kindof a gunslinger.
wvParticipantAnd it would not surprise me if that kid
ended up starting a few games.w
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wvParticipantDoes the interest in Fairley mean
the Rams are not happy with Brockers?w
vMarch 12, 2015 at 1:37 pm in reply to: DeMarco Murray expects to be an Eagle? … now, Murray IS an Eagle #20223
wvParticipantDo they not know Bradford is not allowed
to have weapons.w
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wvParticipantI expect Fischer to sign him.
I expect it will be for too much money.
I expect that I won’t like his performance.I expect i dont like those last two
expecterations.w
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wvParticipantWhen I watched those highlights, I saw a guy who was slow to throw it. It worked in what we watched because those are highlights. BUT if you look at his completion percentage when he holds the ball, it’s actually bad.
So is that a coachable thing?
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wvParticipantThis will sound odd but you know who he reminds me of?
His stature, clunkiness, slowness, strength, mannerisms, etc === Roman Gabriel.w
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wvParticipantInterior Defensive Linemen
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/2015-nfl-free-agents-141400044–nfl.html
1. Ndamukong Suh (Signed 6-year, $114M deal with MIA)
<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: brown”><span class=”d4pbbc-font-size” style=”font-size: 20px”><strong class=”d4pbbc-bold”>2. Nick Fairley</span></span>
3. Terrance Knighton
4. Dan Williams (Signed undisclosed deal with OAK)
5. Jared Odrick (Signed 5-year, $42.5M deal with JAX)
6. Stephen Paea (Signed four-year, $21M deal with WAS)
7. C.J. Mosley
8. Henry Melton9. Vince Wilfork
10. Darnell Dockett (Signed 2-year, $7.5M deal with SF)
11. Cory Redding (Signed 2-year, $6M deal with ARZ)12. Randy Starks
12. Barry Cofield
13. Letroy Guion
14. Corey Peters (Signed 3-year, $10.5M deal with ARZ)
15. B.J. Raji
16. Kevin Williams
17. Kenrick Ellis
18. Ahtyba Rubin
19. Tom Johnson (Re-signed 3-year, $7M deal with MIN)
20. Jarvis Jenkins
21. Alan Branch
22. Alex Carrington
23. Dwan Edwards (Re-signed 2-year, $4M deal with CAR)
24. Pat Sims
25. Tommy Kelly
26. Mike Patterson27. Ricky Jean-Francois (Signed 3-year, $9M deal with WAS)
28. Kendall Langford (Signed 4-year, $17.2M deal with IND)
29. Chris Canty
30. Leger Douzable
31. Karl Klug
32. Colin Cole (Re-signed 1-year, $1.05M deal with CAR)
33. Kevin Vickerson
34. Tyson Alualu (Re-signed 2-year, $6M deal with JAX)
35. Demarcus Dobbs
36. Vance Walker
37. Andre Fluellen
38. Fili Moala
39. Nick Hayden
40. Stephen BowenCan he play Center?
Does he have big enough hands?w
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wvParticipant@RapSheet:
Nick Fairley is on his way to visit the #Rams after spending yesterday with the #Bengals. Imagine that St. Louis D-Line…I know Fairley was highly regarded coming out of college
but how has he performed in the pros?w
vMarch 12, 2015 at 9:32 am in reply to: audio, 3-11-15 … Balzer, Greg Cosell, JT, Karraker, Miklasz, Martz #20171
wvParticipantThe ironic thing iz the Bradford-haters have to
root for Sam now, cause if he stays
healthy and plays the games
the Rams dont lose a 3rd rd pick.S9 peepulz, which of the two QBs will
have the higher QB-rating ?I say…ummmmm….Bradford.
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wvParticipantSaw this at the Herd. I think ramjam posted it but i forget:
Per Jim Thomas: Rams have reached out to Detroit DT Nick Fairly. No visit scheduled as of yet.
wvParticipanti think the chances of taking mariota are increasing by the day.
Does he have big enough hands?
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wvParticipant“I’m pleased to meet you, my name’s Nick”
“Nick? What does that name mean?”
“Oh, nothing. My Dad thought of it while he was shaving.”Too bad the Eagles and Rams
dont play this year.
That woulda been fun.Who do ya wanna draft, Maddy?
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vMarch 11, 2015 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Chip Kelly ( Was offered 1st rounder for Bradford this morning) #20077
wvParticipanti’m totally bummed about this trade………
Really? Well, I have no F’ing idea
what i think. I…think…maybe i think its ok.
I just need to see the kid play, i guess.
See him in horns. See him take a big hit
and get up and laugh about it.If they can play defense, and run the ball and protect him,
he may elevate them 🙂w
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wvParticipantOne man’s view.
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As we sit today, the Rams are no better than they were last season, actually they’re in worst shape.
They have Robinson and Saffold on the o-line, and a qb who is a statue in the pocket. You can’t be comfortable with that!
They rid themselves of Sam and his contract, but you can thank the Eagles for coming hard for Sam!
Its not like the Rams engineered the trade NJ, and looking at the final details of the deal, the Rams are gonna be giving draft picks back IMO.
IF Sam doesn’t play, or plays less than 50% of the snaps, they got two picks coming back.
Sam will never withstand a Philly fan base. Toughest place to play in all of sports in many opinions.
The Rams have cap now, but I posted a convo I had with a FA awhile ago about the potential of playing for the Rams.
Its real, you know I don’t post BS.
Look past the fact they traded Sam, got rid of his salary, which I know you wanted, and tell me what you see?
On another note I got a text back from a longtime friend of mine, Tim McManus who is the beat writer for the Eagles.
He thinks the Eagles might keep Sam because Chip feels that their health science regime is so superior to the rest of the NFL, that they can get him healthy.
That seems odd to me considering the fact he’s had several players injured and two qb’s put on IR.
But that’s what he said.
——————-Laram — Foles has proven one thing
that he could have one good season in an offense that is qb friendly.
He’s proven absolutely nothing in a drop back offense.
In 2013 Foles played behind the best o-line in football.
Once the Nfl got a look at Chips system and they had some injuries on the o-line, Foles was an injury prone turnover machine.
Foles should be happy to be out of Philly, his boss never wanted him, never believed in him.
Anybody would want out of that situation.
I wish Foles was a part of a bigger plan, but unfortunately he’s not!
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wvParticipantI’m disappointed they didn’t make a run at the first tier offensive lineman. How many O-lineman do we have under contracts? Something ridiculous like 5.
Yeah, its all about the Oline
now.Let us hope we will always remember this year as:
The Year the OLine Got Fixed.
TYT-OLGFOtherwise, it will be Same Ole Sorry Ass OLine: SOSAOL
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wvParticipantI’m drinking the Foles Koolaid. I like him.
I’m seriously about to order his jersey.He is…the One.
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wvParticipantI think Bradford is a better qb than Foles. Like, by a lot.
But then the Eagles paid for him in trade in a way that acknowledges that.
If Foles can be a decent play-action qb then he’s all they need.
It just means scaling the expectations back for the offense, IMO.
It also means not having to worry about the 2 ACLs.I think i agree with all that.
But its hard to say much when
i havent seen him play.w
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