InvaderRam wrote:

i’m a little worried. just looking for examples of wrs who remained productive beyond age 32. it’s slim. there’s rice. marvin harrison. muhsin muhammad. and not much else.

Remember he’s brought in to be a #2.

The Rams like Wittington, and they will certainly take a WR in the draft.

Never heard of him, but he looks like a good fit.

More on the Rams agreeing to terms with DL Poona Ford, who was a priority target for them to shore up their exciting young defensive line: http://www.nytimes.com/athletic/619…

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social) 2025-03-10T18:41:04.808Z

They’re getting nothing for Kupp. They will end up cutting him. He must be irreparably damaged. Todd Gurley kind of damage.

zn wrote:

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Les Snead gave just enough of a non-answer yesterday when I asked (paraphrasing) whether the clear success of the young DL would preclude them from adding a veteran iDL in FA, to make me think that’s a market they are closely monitoring.

Isn’t Brown gone? Or is he just unsigned?

I love the DL, but seems like they could use a couple of earth-mover types who don’t allow tush pushes, and so on.

zn wrote:

Les Snead said the Rams are looking to find a trade partner for Cooper Kupp and while he didn’t rule out the receiver staying, he said that’s the “least likely” option.

Since one of the options is giving him his unconditional release, this just underscores the fact that Kupp’s career with the Rams is over.

I would put Puka Nacua #1, and I don’t care about the rest of them because all of those guys are just system WRs.

Satire is dead.

In hand-to-hand combat, it was defeated by real life.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

At this point, McVay and Snead’s track record is just too good for me to second guess, so I’ll probably be happy no matter what they do, until proven otherwise.

I have one hesitation with that. Rams have been traditionally better in the 2nd round when McVay gets out of the way. When he tries to bring in a flashy skill player, they’re not as good. When he steps aside and lets the OL coach and D coordinator step up, they’re better.

History.

#1. McVay after offensive flash:

2021 2 Tutu Atwell
2020 2 Cam Akers
2020 2 Van Jefferson
2017 2 Gerald Everett

@2. McVay stepping back & letting the D and the line grunts guys do it:

2024 2 Braden Fiske
2023 2 Steve Avila
2019 2 Taylor Rapp

On #2, a 66.66% hit rate.
On #1, arguably a 0% hit rate, or 25%, depending on how you rate Atwell.

…

That’s a different thing, though. You’re talking about Hit Rates on picks. I’m talking about the player position/type that McVay wants. If he thinks he needs a TE more than a WR, then I trust that he does. Whether he falls in love with the right TE is another story.

zn wrote:

I think they need a receiver, not a TE. Rams big flaw on offense: outside speed.

I’d say the same thing. Conventionally.

But McVay wanted to trade up for Bowers last year, and the Rams lacked outside speed last season,too.

At this point, McVay and Snead’s track record is just too good for me to second guess, so I’ll probably be happy no matter what they do, until proven otherwise. If McVay thinks his offense needs a TE more than outside speed, well, he’s a Super Bowl winning coach, and I’m a high school teacher.

zn wrote:

RamsMaineiac wrote:

Does “restructure” imply no extension, as in still just for 2025 & 2026?

I think so.

I think it also implies no salary increase.

Just a difference in what gets paid when, and how much is guaranteed.

joemad wrote:

Was there any doubt that he would stay in So Cal?

Fuck the Raiders, Tom Brady and New York, ……California is the place you want to be.

But, Aaron Rodgers would’ve been kind of cool to see in a Rams uniform….

BTW, I thought NFL players had clauses not to ski or participate in other hazardous activities??? And is the skiing really that good in Montana?

Rodrigue’s interview that zn posted in the wee hours made it sound like a more open question than I had previously thought it was, but I infer that whatever numbers LV and NY presented to Stafford were within the range that the Rams were thinking, or not so much higher that Stafford would be willing to go to one of those destinations. I would, in Stafford’s position, compromise something (10% or so?) to stay in LA, rather than go to one of those forlorn franchises. A competitor like Stafford isn’t going to want to end his career like that when the money isn’t life-changing, I wouldn’t think. If he gets another SB (and he might with the Rams, but wouldn’t in NY or LV, probably)…he will be a HOF lock.

I don’t know for sure which activities are prohibited, but that may vary by player. And he may not have been skiing. Presumably he was, but I’ve been to ski resorts without hitting the slopes.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Zooey.

zn wrote:

Rams Bros.@RamsBrothers
Legit report: Matthew Stafford went skiing, ran into Tom Brady.

Reporter going for clicks: Tom Brady hosted Matthew Stafford at his Montana home. Brady cooked him a full TB12 dinner, the two watched Step Brothers, compared the sizes of their Super Bowl rings and had a sleepover.

Jordan Schultz@Schultz_Report
If you really think Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford just happened to run into each other at a ski resort in Montana — of all places — at the exact same time, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

They were together over the weekend —it happened. Multiple teams are interested in Stafford, and Brady has been leading the charge to get him to the Raiders if the Rams decide to trade him

It doesn’t make any difference if it was planned, or not, but two wealthy celebrities, each on the same vacation schedule, running into each other at an exclusive resort does not strike me as all that remarkable. Like a well-known actor and director running into each other in an expensive, discreet Los Angeles restaurant. It happens.

Not just “legal status,” but PERMANENT legal status.

So people here legally on a temporary work visa have no legal recourse for any kind of abuse, even if that abuse is illegal.

This is really bad. 📌 Tennessee bill would bar immigrants without legal status from bringing lawsuits.The proposed legislation would apply to a broad range of civil actions and prevent immigrants from accessing state’s crime victims fund tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/t…

— LeftwardSwing 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ (@leftwardswing.bsky.social) 2025-02-25T16:16:04.794Z