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znModeratorjust saw the rams signed tre’davious white? boom or bust signing.
from https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2024/3/26/24113151/rams-tredavious-white-a-risk
The Rams signed former All-Pro cornerback Tre’Davious White for $8.5 million. Was this a good move? We will find out in time but here’s what we know. White has been an elite corner in his past, isn’t 30 years old yet but has suffered two of the most catastrophic injuries you can have as an athlete. White tore his ACL in 2021 and last year tore his achilles tendon. It’s safe to say that the risk is fairly evident in this signing.
znModeratorListen to Lynne Roberts talk about the "racial hate crimes" her Utah women's basketball team was exposed to at the NCAA Tournament, that forced them to switch hotels in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. pic.twitter.com/ZMtJLa35yf
— Dana Greene (@dana_greene) March 26, 2024
znModeratorHoward Balzer@HBalzer721Important rule change not talked about a lot is that a practice-squad QB can now be elevated for games as the emergency QB along with the two standard elevations. There is no limit on the number of times the QB can be elevated.znModeratorShocking footage reveals the start of the incident in Baltimore Harbor where 20 people are now missing. Our hearts are with Baltimore, Maryland. #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/vgyyou1HZB
— Ace (@ThatUchihaGuy) March 26, 2024
🚨BREAKING: Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland COLLAPSES after being struck by a Singaporean Cargo Ship
The incident happened at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, where 2 people were rescued, and 7 still remain missing.
pic.twitter.com/xB7Pdvms0N— Salt Flash (@SaltFlash) March 26, 2024
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Ace@ThatUchihaGuyUPDATE: Initial reports of 20 missing revised to 7 after cargo ship collision in Baltimore. The Singapore flagged container ship, Dali, lost power and struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Two people rescued; one uninjured, one in “very serious condition” in hospital.znModeratorRodrigue, from: https://theathletic.com/5370135/2024/03/26/sean-mcvay-aaron-donald-retirement/
A common phrase around the Rams’ buildings right now: There is no replacing Donald. But the team is now in a position where they’ll have to at least build a new world for a defensive line that features two up-and-coming second-year players who started in 2023 — Turner, and outside linebacker Byron Young — and a lot of unknowns.
As things currently stand — and pending the draft at the end of April — Turner will move full-time to the three-technique. That means more pass-rushing opportunities. Turner finished 2023 with nine sacks and was a candidate for Defensive Rookie of the Year. Young had nine sacks.
The Rams also tendered Michael Hoecht, who started the entirety of 2023 — he signed the tender on Tuesday, according to VP of football administration Tony Pastoors — but there is a strong indication from the team that they are far from done with adding to the position room. All last season, a lack of consistent complementary pressure was evident.
“From a stability standpoint, we have two players who have played a lot of snaps for us at OLB, but we’ve always said we want to add partners for them to have a more disruptive arsenal compared to last year,” Snead said on Monday.
How aggressive will McVay and Snead be at finding more players who can improve their pass-rush?
“That is such an important part — you get better on the second and third levels of your defense by being able to affect and influence the pass game with the guys that are rushing,” said McVay.
“There’s different ways to apply pressure. It might be through (a) four-man rush. It might be through simulated pressure. Bringing five (rushers). Those are the things that we are in the midst of really figuring out. I think I’ll have better clarity once we get through the draft. You don’t want to just say, ‘OK, we lost Aaron Donald. So now, we’ve got to go address this position.’ You want to be able to still continue to find the right kinds of people that can influence and affect positive change for us in the rush, whether that’s from the edge, from the interior. … There’s a bunch of quality players in this draft. Exactly who we come away with and how many we come away with that can do that is something we’re still working through.”
znModeratorfrom: https://www.therams.com/news/top-takeaways-sean-mcvay-press-conference-nfl-annual-meeting-tyler-higbee-update-free-agency-offensive-line-jonah-jackson-steve-avila
What’s next for pass rush following Aaron Donald’s retirement
There’s no question that, between the way teams slid protections his direction and the double- and triple-teams he commanded, Aaron Donald was a focal point of the Rams’ pass rush.Now that he’s retired, where does L.A. go from here when it comes to building that plan?
McVay said they would have a better idea after the draft.
“I think I’ll have a better clarity once we get through the draft, because you don’t want to just say, okay, we lost Aaron Donald, so now we’ve got to go address this position,” McVay said. “You want to be able to still continue to find the right kinds of people that it can influence and affect positive change for us. And the rush, whether that’s from the edge, from the interior parts, there’s a bunch of different ways to influence and affect the quarterback. There’s a bunch of quality players in this draft, and exactly who we come away with and how many we come away with that can do that, is something that we’re still working through.”
znModeratorIdentifying Jonah Jackson and sliding Steve Avila to center
McVay on Monday confirmed Steve Avila will move from left guard to center after the team signed Jonah Jackson.
According to McVay, each of those moving pieces were late developments in the team’s approach to free agency.
Moving Avila to center “was never really part of the plan, until you realize, ‘wow, Coleman Shelton voided his contract,'” McVay said, referring to Shelton voiding the final year of his deal and becoming a free agent. They wanted to bring Shelton back, but by nature of evaluating the guard market, getting Kevin Dotson‘s deal done ahead of the negotiating period, and realizing there was a possibility they could get Jackson, those plans began to fall into place.
“Hey, Kevin’s at right guard, Jonah played left guard, and oh by the way, this stud rookie left guard that you had, he was an excellent center at TCU,” McVay said. “And when you want to try to be able to improve and push the envelope with the interior parts of the offensive line, it really wasn’t part of the plan until you realize, wow, we might be able to get Jonah Jackson, and if we did that, even went back and started watching – and this all came together last minute – TCU, and you say, you know what, he did a great job at center, there’s a lot of work.”
znModeratorThis is not a hip drop tackle.. pic.twitter.com/oiaCMUBdJ2
— Sheriff Joe Bags (@SheriffJoeBags) March 26, 2024
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Màxkhuwe@MackeyserNo, not a hip drop. That’s a classic wrap up tackle. A hip drop would involve his hip falling on the receiver’s legs/ankles. He was trailing too far to even try a hip dropznModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueOne point of news from Sean McVay this morning, with more updates to come@TheAthletic – Tyler Higbee is expected to go on PUP, long recovery for an injury that late in the year.March 26, 2024 at 5:45 pm in reply to: “the draft” thread … ie. not “the Rams draft” thread … #150104znModeratorIs this the greatest run of picks in the history of the NFL Draft?
12 Pro Bowlers in a 13 pick span, including 9 straight. Probably 4 eventual Hall of Famers. pic.twitter.com/57V27LHcEK
— Blaine Grisak 💭 (@bgrisakTST) March 26, 2024
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueA couple notes from Tony Pastoors with more coming @TheAthletic. Aaron Donald’s option was not exercised (this is different from restructure to bonus). A “fake year” in 2026 was prorated back into 2024. Donald’s cap number will be for approximately $24M, $9M in 2025..Jimmy G’s cap number is appx. $2.85/$2.9M. It has a lot of play time, starts, snaps, wins and playoffs incentives. Not restructuring big contracts now gives Rams levers to pull if space is needed ahead of the trade deadline. Michael Hoecht signed his tender.znModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Rams GM Les Snead said the plan is for Ernest Jones to play the 2024 season on the final year of his rookie deal instead of signing him to a contract extension. “We prioritized spending our resources on additions rather than re-signing from within,” Snead said.
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Gary Klein@LATimeskleinIn re to Ernest Jones, Snead said it was probable Rams would have him play fourth season before possible extension.znModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTSTWith the Kam Curl contract, the Rams have about $13.5M in effective cap space. Again, that effective cap space number accounts for the rookie class. Just need Jimmy G’s official contract numbers. Should put Rams around $10M which is where they like to be.znModeratori don’t know. at first glance i don’t like this rule. i don’t want players to get hurt, but what are defenses supposed to do now?
It seems to me that the hip-swivel tackle is something that you deliberately do and don’t have to do, and subtracting it doesn’t change the game at all.
znModeratorMike Garafolo@MikeGarafolo
NFL’s Jeff Miller says they saw 230 instances of the swivel hip-drop tackle last season. So roughly once per game. Of those tackles, 15 players missed time due to injury because of the tackle.
Rich McKay: “Do we have a problem? The answer was yes.”
“This will be a hard one to call on the field, you have to see every element of it. We want to make it a rule so we can deal on the discipline during the week.” https://t.co/84Ny0FEq8s
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 25, 2024
znModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshopLes Snead said the Rams were “fans of Carson” Wentz, but at the end of the day, Jimmy Garoppolo’s familiarity with the Rams’ offense and style of play made him a good fit to be the backup quarterback in Los Angeles.znModeratorRams Brothers@RamsBrothers
The QB room now (if Bennett is able to stay on the roster) is so much better than it has been to start the season.2024: Stafford, Garoppolo, Bennett
2023: Stafford, Bennett, Rypien, Wentz*
2022: Stafford, Wolford, Perkins, Mayfield*
2021: Stafford, Wolford*added mid-year
znModeratorcleophas@cleophasnyasimiThe defensive player lifting himself off the ground and using his weight to fall on the offensive player is what they’re working to eliminate..Mike Garafolo@MikeGarafoloNFL’s Jeff Miller says they saw 230 instances of the swivel hip-drop tackle last season. So roughly once per game. Of those tackles, 15 players missed time due to injury because of the tackle.znModeratorRich McKay making it clear multiple times there’s a difference between a hip-drop tackle and the swivel hip-drop tackle. The defensive player lifting himself off the ground and using his weight to fall on the offensive player is what they’re working to eliminate. https://t.co/gnSmMDwaGn
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 25, 2024
znModeratorThe fact the Chiefs could only muster a 2025 3rd-round pick for Sneed shows importance of economics in trades.
Titans now pay top-of-market contract, Chiefs never had to with him, that factors into the trade compensation.
Were he on a rookie contract, a much higher draft pick.— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) March 23, 2024
znModeratorfrom Most player-friendly, team-friendly contracts of 2024 NFL free agency: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-most-player-friendly-team-friendly-contracts-2024-nfl-free-agency
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G JONAH JACKSON, LOS ANGELES RAMS
Contract: Three years, $51 million ($17 million per year), $25.5 million fully guaranteed, $34 million total guaranteed
Jackson is the example we alluded to at the top where we talked about our failure to adequately account for position market growth. What an offseason it’s been for guards. We still think this deal is very friendly for the player. With the rise of the interior defender market, both last offseason and with Chris Jones and Christian Wilkins pushing it even higher, it was only natural for the guys who are charged with blocking them to see their contracts rise commensurate with the interior defender market. Nonetheless, Jackson, who is a beast of a run blocker and a gifted young athlete with upside potential, has not been the greatest pass protector through his first four seasons, which is what gets a player paid at the highest level.
From a contractual standpoint, Jackson was able to leverage Los Angeles Rams right guard Kevin Dotson’s three-year extension into a three-year extension of his own. We’ve seen in recent years that players and their agents have pushed for shorter and shorter deals, with the wide receiver market last offseason being the best example, but this trend occurs on different timelines across different positions.
The guard market had remained one of the stickier ones with respect to shortening the contract term below four or even five years, so the guards who were able to maintain strong average annual values and also a faster path back to a rapidly growing market did really well for themselves.
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S KAMREN CURL, LOS ANGELES RAMS
*Contract: Two years, up to $13 million*
*We have not seen the actual contract details here, but we’re more than comfortable saying this is a phenomenal value for the Los Angeles Rams.
Curl probably got dinged in the market not only because the safety market is always a gauntlet unless you’re a clear top player at the position but also because of a lack of ball production over the past three seasons, with zero interceptions since his rookie campaign. That said, Curl is extremely reliable at all three levels of the defense and is good at everything, even if he’s arguably not stellar at anything particular.
Over the past four seasons, Curl’s 85 defensive stops are the third most among all safeties. He is willing to get downhill and make plays at or near the line of scrimmage in addition to his coverage responsibilities, and the Los Angeles Rams got a very well-rounded young player on a great value deal.
znModeratorAaron Donald on when he thought he was special:
"My first game against the Vikings. That was when they had Adrian Peterson. I see a light stance. Knew the guard was pulling. I shoot it. BOOM. Met AP 6-7 yards in the backfield. It was confidence right away." pic.twitter.com/qL0otoYF0n
— Blaine Grisak 💭 (@bgrisakTST) March 23, 2024
znModeratorAdam Grosbard@AdamGrosbardSean McVay says that new Rams DL coach Giff Smith recruited him to Tulane back in the day, and his parents were excited about his addition to the Rams because they were such big fans of Smith. Also said he owes Smith a steak dinner after Smith recommended Eric Henderson in 2019znModeratorDov Kleiman@NFL_DovKleiman
Most expensive #NFL defenses in 2024:1) #Steelers – $149.4M
2) #Packers – $137.6M
3) #49ers – $128.6M
4) #Jaguars – $108.7M
5) #Patriots – $107.7M
6) #Falcons – $106.8M
7) #Jets – $103.7M
8) #Bears – $103.6M
9) #Buccaneers – $102.7M
10) #Ravens – $100.7M
11) #Commanders – $99.9M
12) #Chargers – $99.5M
13) #Bills – $98.9M
14) #Eagles – $92.3M
15) #Colts – $91.3M
16) #Saints – $89.6M
17) #Cardinals – $89.3M
18) #Titans – $88.4M
19) #Bengals – $88M
20) #Dolphins – $86.2M
21) #Chiefs – $85.4M
22) #Lions – $84.8M
23) #Browns – $84.4M
24) #Raiders – $82.3M
25) #Cowboys – $79.9M
26) #Texans – $79.5M
27) #Seahawks – $78.1M
28) #Vikings – $71.6M
29) #Giants – $70.7M
30) #Broncos – $63.1M
31) #Panthers – $60M
32) #Rams – $55M– Based on the current cap space allotted, per
znModeratorNFL Stats@NFL_Stats
Highest-paid QBs by annual average:Joe Burrow – $55M
Justin Herbert – $52.5M
Lamar Jackson – $52M
Jalen Hurts – $50M
Kyler Murray – $46.1M
Deshaun Watson – $46M
Patrick Mahomes – $45M
Kirk Cousins – $45M
Josh Allen – $43M
Daniel Jones – $40M
Dak Prescott – $40MznModeratorBlaine Grisak @bgrisakTSTAaron Donald on retiring: “Felt like I was able to help a lot of the young guys. Just to watch the organization grow from what it was. From a team that won 4 games to a team that’s respected in this league. I felt like I’m leaving at peace, on my own terms, on top.”.“I knew I was going to retire, but after that Detroit game, I walked off the field with a smile on my face. I remember giving Sean a big hug and said ‘that’s it’ and I was at peace with it.”.“Felt like I was able to help a lot of the young guys. Just to watch the organization grow from what it was. From a team that won 4 games to a team that’s respected in this league. I felt like I’m leaving at peace, on my own terms, on top.”.“We had a bunch of young guys and I didn’t know what to expect. I had a FUN year, got to enjoy every moment and watch the young guys grow. My goal this year was just to go back to how it was as a kid. Just enjoy playing football again.”znModeratorNick Scott and Jordan Fuller back together in Carolina https://t.co/YNJAzjrxDE
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) March 22, 2024
znModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTSTAaron Donald says in 2018 he played at 255/265-pounds. Says he hasn’t been 285 pounds since his first year in the league. …just insane. 258-pounds taking on OL at 300+ pounds and dominating at defensive tackle.znModeratorAaron Donald was on the verge of leaving the Rams until Sean McVay came Into the picture 😧 pic.twitter.com/88MDw9zNjC
— Rams Tapes 🥶 (@RamsTapes) March 22, 2024
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In December 1984, a group of 3,000 beluga whales were trapped by ice in the Chukchi Sea, near Russia. The whales were confined to small open water ponds surrounded by thick, impassable ice up to 10 feet thick in some areas..Without access to larger areas of the ocean, the whales had difficulty breathing and were at risk of dying. To help rescue them, an icebreaker named Admiral Makarov was brought in, equipped with a specially reinforced ice-breaking hull. The ship attempted to take the whales to safety by breaking the ice, but the belugas initially refused to follow..When the crew began playing classical music like Tchaikovsky over the ship’s speakers, the whales finally began to follow the Makarov through the narrow open-water channel. This allowed 2,000 whales to reach the unfrozen ocean after a journey of almost 100 miles..The successful rescue effort lasted several days and was later dubbed “Operation Beluga.” It was a massive undertaking that involved several countries, including the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada, and Japan. -
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