Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
This time next month we’ll be able to say training camp starts next month AND that a year and a month from now the new stadium in Inglewood will be complete.#timeflies

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Mike Garafolo@MikeGarafolo
Here’s an interesting one. The #Raiders are working out free agent G Richie Incognito today, sources say. Incognito didn’t play last season after he retired, un-retired and then was cut by the #Bills. But word is he’s in shape and feeling well in all aspects. Wants to play again.

Pro Football Rumors@pfrumors
Richie Incognito has left the #Raiders without a deal, though he still could sign with the club later on. He is by all accounts in great shape, so other teams may be interested as well

Tom Pelissero@TomPelissero

Incognito pled guilty last month to misdemeanor disorderly conduct, stemming from an August incident at a funeral home after his father’s death. He has been out of the NFL for over a year, so may take a bit for league to gather info and hand down a decision.

Richie Incognito remains in Oakland after today’s workout and my understanding is there’s mutual interest in a deal with the #Raiders. He’s in great shape. Main holdup seems to be figuring out what discipline, if any, he’s facing from the NFL.

Pro Football Rumors@pfrumors
It sounds as though the #Raiders and Richie Incognito could be nearing a deal

from 2019 NFL All-Rookie Team: Kyler Murray, Devin Bush to show out

Chad Reuter

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001029901/article/2019-allrookie-team-kyler-murray-devin-bush-will-show-out

Defensive tackle: Greg Gaines, Los Angeles Rams (Round 4, No. 134). Assuming free agent Ndamukong Suh does not return to the Rams, Gaines is in a perfect position to make an impact for the reigning NFC champions as a rookie. His motor and strength at the point of attack are well-known, but he can also be a factor in pushing the pocket.

Cornerback: David Long, Los Angeles Rams (Round 3, No. 79). Pro Bowlers Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib are the scheduled starters, but Talib only played in eight games last year (due to injury) and hasn’t ever played a full 16-game season. It won’t be a surprise if Rams coaches get Long on the field early. He’ll be tested, too, which gives him a shot at racking up interceptions and/or pass breakups, statistics that help young players receive postseason accolades.

No team had a higher pressure rate in the NFC West and in the NFL than the Los Angeles Rams did a season ago. pic.twitter.com/edMNfVHbhO

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 6, 2019

The Professor

2020 draft picks.

Ramik Wilson signed with Jacksonville. It is not a 7th round comp pick, though. Wilson signed for 800,000 so it does not even count because if a contract is for less than 1.6 million a year, it will be below the 32nd comp pick. Only 32 picks are awarded each year. Also, the rams sent their 2020 5th round pick to Jacksonville for Fowler (19 3rd and a 20 5th). So currently they have eight picks (1, 2, 3, 4, comp 4, comp 4, 6, 7).

Todd Gurley lined up in the slot on 19.4% of his passing snaps last season – the second-highest figure in the league pic.twitter.com/FHXfXjU7JZ

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 5, 2019

Billy_T wrote:

zn wrote:

“Pete Carroll marveling after first day with WR D.K. Metcalf about his quick feet and speed with his size. “He’s maybe more unique than we even thought.”

Personally, and I’m probably on another one of those islands on this . . . I would have preferred a pick of Metcalf over Rapp. And I’m guessing the Rams considered it. But knowing they’re loaded at wideout, and safety not so much . . . I think that nixed that.

He’s a 4.3 guy, with excellent athleticism overall, and nearly 6’4″. He’s gonna be able to do what Cooks can’t, as far as win contested catches.

I think I’d rather have Metcalf than Cooks, though I the latter is a very good receiver, and tough, especially considering his size. He plays hard, and we don’t know if Metcalf will in the Pros. The Rams will get some answers twice a year or more. They’ll also face an even bigger receiver, Hakeem Butler, who if someone could draw up the perfect wideout from a physical standpoint, he’d be it.

It was the wrong year for a receiver like that to fall into their laps. The Rams have bigger needs elsewhere. But Metcalf was likely the BPA over Rapp, if that’s the criterion and not “need.”

I agree with all that. We know the value Cooks has. But we also know that if you force the offense to rely heavily on him (eg. if Kupp is out and the defense doubles Woods), then he can’t become the well-rounded dominating receiver that he’s not. As a dedicated deep threat receiver he certainly has more to his game than either Avery or Givens did, but, he has something of a ceiling to him too I think.

from 2019 NFL Draft class rankings

Gennaro Filice and Dan Parr, NFL.com

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001029943/article/2019-nfl-draft-class-rankings-cardinals-redskins-titans-thrive

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For the third straight draft, the Rams didn’t make a first-round selection. L.A. actually came into Thursday night with the penultimate pick of the first round, but the Rams traded out, kicking off a dizzying game of musical draft slots in which the organization didn’t make a single pick in one of its original spots until late in the fifth round. But it’s hard to argue with the draft class produced by Les Snead’s pick-swapping extravaganza. NFL scouts-turned-NFL.com draftniks Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks waxed poetic about Rapp throughout the entire pre-draft process, 40 time be damned! Jeremiah had Rapp as his No. 39 overall player, while Brooks ranked the Washington product as the second-best safety in the class. Snead got him near the end of Round 2. That’s a bona fide value pick for the secondary, and it wasn’t the only one! Long produced some eye-popping numbers, both as a player at Michigan and as a physical specimen at the combine. According to Pro Football Focus, the corner logged 595 coverage snaps during his three-year college career, giving up a grand total of 18 catches (on 60 targets) for 130 yards. Then in Indy, Long recorded the top marks in the three-cone drill (6.45) and the 20-yard shuttle (3.97), displaying the kind of next-level agility that comes in quite handy at the cornerback position. Snead got him midway through the third round, after eight other corners had already been picked. In Round 4, the Rams hopped on Gaines, a 312-pound, high-motor plugger who enthusiastically takes on blocks and blows up running lanes. Sounds like a fine running mate for Aaron Donald. On offense, Snead added quality depth in the backfield (Henderson’s the most explosive running back in this entire class) and the offensive line (Evans and Edwards were both three-year starters on stellar college O-lines). Prudent planning, considering Todd Gurley’s health and the offensive line’s offseason attrition (as well as Andrew Whitworth’s age). A center might’ve been nice, though.

from 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking all 40 trades

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-nfl-draft-ranking-all-40-trades-from-cardinals-poor-return-for-josh-rosen-to-the-first-round-deal-at-no-1/

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39. Rams add Gurley insurance
Rams get No. 70 (RB Henderson)
Buccaneers get No. 94, 99
I’m not surprised the Rams would want to bring in a plan B at the running back position after Todd Gurley dealt with injuries at the end of last year. I’m just surprised how big a price they paid to do it. They lost the value of the No. 167 pick to make the move, and I’m not sure about overpaying that much to go get running backs in this era of the NFL. I like Darrell Henderson as a prospect, but after bringing back Malcolm Brown, I think the Rams would have been smarter just keeping their pair of late third-round picks and going a different route at running back.

38. Rams, Patriots make another deal
Rams get No. 97 (OT Evans), 162
Patriots get No. 101, 133
The Rams initially got No. 101 by moving down in the second round in a deal with the Patriots, then got impatient once the end of Round 3 drew near and traded it back to the Patriots to move up a few spots for tackle Bobby Evans. The problem isn’t just the four-pick jump wasn’t worth falling back 29 picks in the rest of the deal, but that the Patriots at No. 101 took a tackle that could very well be better than Evans in Yodny Cajuste.

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17. Rams jump for D-line help
Rams get No. 134 (DT Gaines), 243
Patriots get No. 162, 167
Good value here for the Rams thanks to getting that extra pick back in the deal, and Greg Gaines is a solid prospect who can help offset the loss of Ndamukong Suh to free agency. After they missed out on the top D-line talent in Round 1 and decided to trade back, Gaines was a solid fall-back option who didn’t come at a prohibitive price.