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Rams retaining pass game specialist Nate Scheelhaase despite drawing interest from 2 teamsIan Rapoport@RapSheet
The #Rams are retaining pass game specialist Nate Scheelhaase, source says, despite interest from the #Jaguars in him being their new OC.Just one year in LA, Scheelhaase has impressed all across the league. And while there is a lot to like in Jax, he sticks with Sean McVay.
znModeratorStafford commented on the trade for the first time in an interview with CBS Sports HQ, and here’s what he said.
“It’s tough. I’ve been around long enough to know anything is possible, but Cooper’s been a pillar of this organization and this community for a long time, since he got drafted here,” he said. “His ability to impact the guys in our locker room, obviously his play on the field and the people in the community he’s been able to impact, it’s incredible. Super Bowl MVP, the guy’s as good as it gets when it comes to making plays on the grass, but he’s probably even better in our locker room, meeting rooms and obviously as a family man. Lucky to get to spend the time that I got to spend with him. Probably spent more time with Cooper Kupp than any other teammate I’ve ever had as far as in the building and talking football and being about football, so I’ll miss him not being on the same team.”
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znModeratorSpoke with sources around the NFL about how much Cooper Kupp has left in the tank, with Rams seeking to move him in a trade.
"He absolutely has gas in the tank," said former NFL receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh. "Premium gas at that."
My story @NFLonFOX https://t.co/CaX5fr9Jqc
— Eric Williams (@eric_d_williams) February 6, 2025
znModeratorRams retaining pass game specialist Nate Scheelhaase despite drawing interest from 2 teams https://t.co/ftx6JXsXa7 pic.twitter.com/j0nB2LWWa9
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) February 6, 2025
February 5, 2025 at 1:27 pm in reply to: a late start…time for the thread on Trump atrocities, or “Trumpocities” #155044znModeratorThis is not a serious proposal for the US to own Gaza. It’s comical. Egypt and Jordan are not taking in 2.4 million Palestinians. Developers aren’t going to front $50 billion to rebuild Gaza. The US Armed Forces aren’t going to muscle Hamas out of Gaza. https://t.co/PmXkwHzdrX
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) February 5, 2025
znModeratorDrew Wilkins has 15 years of NFL coaching experience,
This isn’t a replacement. It’s a desired add-on. Shula wanted this guy in his coaching armory.
znModeratorDrew Wilkins has 15 years of NFL coaching experience, his most recent role was that of the New England Patriots’ outside linebackers coach in 2024 under HC Jerod Mayo.
Wilkins began his coaching career as an intern with the Baltimore Ravens in 2010 and took on greater responsibility on the Ravens coaching staff over the next 12 years. Ultimately, he rose to become the Ravens’ outside linebackers coach (2018-21) before leaving to fill a similar role with the New York Giants coaching staff for two seasons and with the Patriots in 2024.
Dan Wilkins is more than just an Xs and Os guy, as he had solid reviews from the Baltimore Ravens for his time there. He contributed to the Ravens’ stellar reputation for fielding a consistently stingy defense. And it’s that ability to take the defense to the next level that makes him a key addition to this defense.
znModerator@speed_kills@speedk1lls
the 3rd year in a row to suffer a high ankle sprain, the emergence of Puka as the primary. dude has pride. Kupp is a great players maybe even greater person but his injury history has prevented him from being an all time greatand that is too bad
Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Hopkins on Kupp: “From how he tweeted and how he made it seem, they’re going to work with him on finding him a home– and I think that’s a blessing. A lot of players don’t get the opportunity to choose where they want to go, like myself when I went from Houston to Arizona.February 4, 2025 at 11:59 am in reply to: a late start…time for the thread on Trump atrocities, or “Trumpocities” #155031znModeratorznModeratorznModeratorAdam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Cooper Kupp was the No. 69 pick by the Rams in 2017 — the second draft pick of Sean McVay’s tenure.During his time in LA, Kupp has totaled 634 catches for 7,776 yards and 57 touchdowns, and won Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl MVP in 2021.
He also holds the records for the most yards from scrimmage by a wide receiver in a single season (1,965) and the most receptions in a single postseason (33).
znModeratorCooper Kupp says the Rams told the star receiver they are going to trade him
Jourdan Rodrigue
The Los Angeles Rams have informed Cooper Kupp that they are seeking a trade for the star receiver, he said in a post on X on Monday, after he ended the season uncertain about his future with the team he helped lead to a Super Bowl victory.
“I don’t agree with the decision and always believed it was going to begin and end in LA,” Kupp wrote.
“Still, if there’s one thing that I have learned over the years: there are so many things that are out of your control, but it is how you respond to these things that you will look back on and remember.”
Kupp said one day after the Rams’ divisional-round loss in Philadelphia in January that he planned to play football in 2025, though allowed that the location was uncertain. The Rams had trade conversations about Kupp with other teams ahead of this year’s deadline, of which he was aware.
“Do I want to play next year? Oh yeah,” he said, laughing. “There’s no doubt in my mind I want to play football. I feel like I’ve got a lot of good football left in me. I definitely will be playing — I will be playing football next year. That much I know.”
A multiyear team captain, Kupp was the NFL’s triple crown winner and Super Bowl MVP in 2021, and had spent his entire career in L.A. after he was drafted in the third round in 2017. The 2021 Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year said he is expecting to have a full and healthy offseason.
Kupp, 31, finished the regular season with 67 catches for 710 yards and six touchdowns in 12 games. His targets dwindled during the back stretch of the regular season and into the playoffs. He had four catches on nine targets over the last three regular-season games, was targeted once for one catch against Minnesota in the wild-card round and caught five passes on seven targets against the Eagles in the divisional-round loss. In his 14 games (including the postseason) this season, Kupp had 10 or more targets just four times and eight or more targets six times.
Injuries have been partially to blame as Kupp has dealt with ailments in each of the last three seasons. He played in just nine regular-season games in 2022, and 12 games apiece in 2023 and 2024 — with a high ankle sprain costing him time this season.
That dip in production did not meet his current salary in the Rams’ eyes. In 2022, Kupp signed a three-year, $80 million contract extension with the Rams. His salary-cap numbers in 2025 and 2026 are $29.7 million and $27.3 million, respectively, with $5 million in guarantees in 2025 and none in 2026, according to Over the Cap. He also is owed roster bonuses of $12.5 million combined over the next two seasons per OTC. The $7.5 million roster bonus owed to Kupp in 2025 triggers on March 19.
A league source said that the Rams did not directly ask Kupp to restructure his existing contract in order to stay in L.A., although to make a trade more appealing to prospective teams an adjusted contract is likely still a possibility.
In separate news conferences in late January, neither coach Sean McVay (who has spent his entire tenure with Kupp) nor general manager Les Snead would commit to Kupp’s future with the Rams.
Instead, Snead seemed to speak carefully about Kupp, almost as if his tenure were in the past tense, though without using language that direct.
“I can say that if you’re speaking about Cooper or Matthew (Stafford), I don’t even know if I could put into words what they’ve meant to this organization. I think I probably have a picture behind me somewhere where it’s Cooper Kupp catching a ball at SoFi on the last weekend of the NFL season,” Snead said. “A ball thrown by Matthew Stafford (changed) the course of this franchise. There is a banner hanging in that stadium that only one team gets a year. What can I say about that? Those moments, a lot of memories, and a lot of pictures, that’s what they mean to us.”
The future of quarterback Matthew Stafford, who does expect to continue playing (as he said in the locker room in Philadelphia), is also a topic in question for the Rams. Stafford adjusted his contract to move most of its remaining guarantees to the 2024 season, effectively rendering it a one-year deal.
The Rams must decide whether to adjust the contract again, or part ways with Stafford. Neither Snead nor McVay expressly committed to the veteran quarterback in their end-of-season news conferences, though allowed that figuring out his situation is a top priority.
znModeratorThey won’t get a goddam thing for him.
If all they could get for Robert Woods was a 6th, and basically nothing for Ernest Jones, with those $ numbers on Kupp’s deal, they’re probably going to have to sweeten the pot.
Kupp and a 3rd round pick for a 2nd round pick.
I hate this planet.
I’ll bet they don’t even get that much, actually.
You 2 need to stop arguing.
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znModeratorOne hasta post things like this. It’s the scuttlebutt surrounding a news story.
…Which teams might consider trading for Cooper Kupp? Here are 10 potential landing spots (blame @KyleAMadson, not me, for No. 10) https://t.co/2OXw3D9gT8
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) February 4, 2025
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"He was the hero of their Super Bowl run. Now all of a sudden he's expendable? Think about how shocking that sounds here."
—@LRiddickESPN on the Rams seeking to trade WR Cooper Kupp pic.twitter.com/NeSU02nimt
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) February 4, 2025
znModeratorI hate this planet.
Yeah I’ve seen better.
znModeratorznModeratorBut why?
I suspect that they’re thinking is, they don’t need 2 slower and roughly similar receivers in Nacua and Kupp, with one being older and prone to injury, plus tied to a big contract.
Look at 2021: Kupp had 145 receptions, 1947 yards, and 16 TDs. He played all 17 games. In 2024, he had 67 receptions, 710 yards, 6 TDs, and played 9 games.
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 pm in reply to: raid’s on…Rams coaches get poached…update, front office too #155009znModeratorThe #Texans are hiring #Rams TEs coach and pass game coordinator Nick Caley as their new OC, as CJ Stroud and the Houston offense get a new play-caller, per me and @TomPelissero.
Caley drew interest from the #Jets and #Patriots. He was selective and lands in Houston. pic.twitter.com/Ol2stMfgDT
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 3, 2025
znModeratorI want a play on 3rd or 4th and 1 where the Eagles pick Hurts up and throw him over the LOS for a 1st down.
znModeratorAlt National Park Service
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We want to remind Americans why Elon Musk’s actions are illegal. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was not established by Congress but was instead granted authority through an executive order by Trump, making its operations illegal. It is not an official department of the federal government. This system could provide Musk with a mechanism to unilaterally restrict the disbursement of funds approved by Congress—a move that has historically faced significant legal challenges.
DOGE teams have begun demanding access to data and systems at other federal agencies. However, none of these agencies control the flow of money in the way the Treasury Department does. Access to the federal payment system has always been tightly restricted due to its inclusion of sensitive personal information about millions of Americans who rely on Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other government payments.
In fiscal year 2023, the Treasury Department disbursed over $5 trillion through this system in a process typically overseen by civil servants. The stakes are incredibly high, and it is vital for Americans to understand the gravity of these actions. Please continue to spread the word and raise awareness.znModeratorfrom Vincent Bonsignore on the Senior Bowl, edited [ie. chopped up] for a Rams perspective https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/3-observations-from-raiders-perspective-at-senior-bowl-3273434/
Deep class along defensive line
…The Senior Bowl offered plenty of worthy candidates on the interior and edge.
The best at the positions — Penn State’s Abdul Carter, Michigan’s Mason Graham and Georgia’s Mykel Williams and Jalon Walker — didn’t attend this week. But the slew of impressive prospects who did proved this is a deep draft on the defensive front.
Toledo defensive tackle Darius Alexander solidified himself as a second-round pick with incredible strength and quickness. Virginia Tech’s Aeneas Peebles, Ole Miss’ Walter Nolen, South Carolina’s T.J. Sanders, Florida State’s Joshua Farmer and Kentucky’s Deone Walker round out a deep group of interior linemen.
On the edge, Marshall’s Mike Green, Boston College’s Donovan Ezeiruaku, Minnesota’s Jah Joyner, Texas A&M’s Shemar Stewart, UCLA’s Olu Oladejo, Ole Miss’ Princely Umanmielen and Nebraska’s Ty Robinson had impressive weeks.
Plenty of receivers available
…Arizona star wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan profiles as an instant impact player, but the Raiders would have to take him at No. 6. They might decide to address other needs at that point.
If so, there are many wide receiver prospects beyond the first round.
Iowa State’s Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, two distinctly different players and body types, were unguardable this week.
Higgins is a 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pounder who projects as more of a perimeter weapon. Noel measured at 5-9 and is expected to play in the slot. He flashed tremendous speed, quickness and explosiveness.
Washington State’s Kyle Williams, TCU’s Jack Bech, Oregon’s Tez Johnson, Utah State’s Jalen Royals, Georgia’s Arian Smith and Miami’s Xavier Restrepo had productive weeks.
znModeratorBREAKING 🚨
The NFL is set to host a game in Melbourne, Australia in 2026 between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams, per @theheraldsun
This game will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a 100,000-seated stadium during October.
The NFL plans to host 3 games… pic.twitter.com/wqtUo0NHE0
— Ozzy (@OzzyNFL) February 1, 2025
znModeratorWatch: Rams LG Steve Avila surprises his mom with brand new car https://t.co/cootRxHwDW pic.twitter.com/WTamuOCOLL
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) February 1, 2025
znModeratorPro Football Focus doesn’t think the Rams should let [Alaric] Jackson reach free agency, calling him the one player they can’t afford to lose this offseason.
Jackson broke out as a legitimate force at left tackle for the Rams this season. His 78.4 PFF overall grade was the second-best mark on the team and a top-20 mark among all tackles. It’s tough to envision the Rams letting go of a player at a premium position who showed legitimate improvement at just 26 years old.
Jackson has gone from undrafted rookie to one of the best left tackles in the game, coming off his most impressive season yet in 2024.
znModeratorWhen you look up dog in the dictionary… Jared Verse’s photo comes up 😤 @JaredVerse1 pic.twitter.com/O0Rd6jlDMz
— RamsNation (@LARamsey46) February 1, 2025
znModeratorEagles LB Nolan Smith says Matthew Stafford is a Special Quarterback
Via 🎥(@GOATfarmmedia) pic.twitter.com/opCWqZc4iJ
— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) January 28, 2025
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 am in reply to: Rams off season decisions … update: Stafford will play #154991znModeratorMatthew Stafford did not wait long to determine his NFL future. The #Rams quarterback, who is under contract through 2026, will play a 17th season https://t.co/0QX57DSSSJ
— Pro Football Rumors (@pfrumors) January 30, 2025
znModeratorOLB Jared Verse
Verse had an immediate impact on the Rams as a rookie this season, starting from Day 1 and becoming their best edge rusher throughout the year. His 89 total pressures in the regular season and playoffs were the most of any player in the NFL, consistently winning against some of the league’s best left tackles.
He improved against the run as the season went on, too. He finished with an 85.5 pass-rush grade and 81.0 run defense grade, leading all Rams players (min. 100 snaps) with an overall grade of 89.3. The next-closest player was Kobie Turner with a grade of 75.1.
Verse exceeded even the highest expectations in Year 1 as a pro.
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