Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

Hey, now. The Saints just signed Travis Etienne, and the Chiefs already got Kenneth Walker.

Who the hell is going to draft Jeremiyah Love?

Titans or Commanders it looks like.

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But I don’t like those teams. I hate both of them, actually.

I just asked Chat GPT, and THEY said the Patriots would take him at #7.

And I don’t like that any better.

I used “THEY” because I am not sure how ChatGPT identifies, and I was trying to play it safe.

Hey, now. The Saints just signed Travis Etienne, and the Chiefs already got Kenneth Walker.

Who the hell is going to draft Jeremiyah Love?

This reminds me of taking Verse and Fiske. Adding two quality players who already have a working familiarity with one another. I don’t know how much difference that makes in the secondary, but it sure doesn’t hurt.

zn wrote:

Ramsoholic@ShayTweetedThat

RB-LA,SF, Sea/Ari tie

I don’t know about that. McCaffrey is better than Williams. Corum may be better than Robinson.

canadaram wrote:

That’s a couple of CB’s who can play man.

And tackle running backs.

I guess we will just absorb the Chiefs’ secondary then.

Rams agree to sign former Chiefs CB Jaylen Watson: Sources

By Jesse Newell and Dianna Russini
March 9, 2026Updated 9:48 am PDT

Former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Jaylen Watson has agreed to a free-agent deal with the Los Angeles Rams, according to league sources.

Watson, who turns 28 in September, was 31st on The Athletic’s ranking of the top 150 free agents and the No. 3 cornerback.

The 6-foot-2 corner was a success story for the Chiefs after they selected him in the seventh round of the 2022 draft. Watson started 21 regular-season games the last two years while only missing the others because of injuries.

Also notable: After suffering a fractured ankle that cost him most of 2024, Watson rushed back ahead of his projected injury timeline, returning for the team’s playoff run that culminated with a Super Bowl 59 appearance.

Watson has given the Chiefs consistent outside cornerback play while also serving as a willing tackler in the run game. He is also versatile, showing a specific ability to thrive in man coverage thanks to his physicality.

Per Pro Football Focus, Watson was one of just two 2025 cornerbacks who played half their team’s coverage snaps and did not allow a touchdown. The other was Pittsburgh’s Joey Porter Jr.

In addition, Watson’s 69.0 quarterback passer rating allowed when targeted ranked eighth best among those 69 qualified corners in 2025.

Watson has an intriguing backstory. During college, when he was between schools and working on an academic issue, he briefly worked for his mom at a Wendy’s in Augusta, Ga., while earning $7.25 an hour. He later signed with Washington State and was drafted by the Chiefs after playing three seasons there.

InvaderRam wrote:

zn wrote:

Here’s what I hope they don’t do. Trade for Max Crosby. It would cost too much considering it would mean bringing a 4/3 end to a 3/4 team, which would require all sorts of changes to work out. Not denying Crosby is a great player, but, his greatness does not outweight having to re-wire an entire defensive system just to fit him in.

i’d prefer they didn’t either.

but I do wonder if they should address the front seven with that first rounder. i remember you saying that mcduffie might be even better with a top notch front seven.

rams have a good front seven but could they make it even better? i don’t think reese or bailey will be available. i don’t know about bain. but if snead likes him, i’ll trust their judgement on this.

two guys i like are styles and faulk. both are young and full of potential. different positions of course. but both could fortify this defense.

There’s merit to that idea because they aren’t going to be able to keep that DL together much longer.

But if Sadiq gives the Rams another ridiculous weapon on offense, the Rams can just overwhelm everybody. With a beefed up secondary, Sadiq would be the “All In” move.

This year is a “first” for me. I don’t remember EVER thinking that the Rams were entering the season without needing significant “patching” somewhere. I like their chances to play for another ring in SoFi next February, and we haven’t even had the draft yet, or even started FA. I can’t imagine being unhappy with the offseason. I’m already happy with it. I’m just going to sit back and enjoy whatever they do, I think.

zn wrote:

zn wrote:

Here’s what I hope they don’t do. Trade for Max Crosby.

And they didn’t. Or, can’t even if they wanted to. Crosby to Ravens. So, we are saved.

And he’s staying in the AFC. Not going to CHI, as whatshisface was wishing for.

Good deal.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

Since they got McDuffie, it seems like the Rams have already addressed their single biggest need. They need more CBs, but it’s a deep draft there, and the Rams don’t have to aim for a blue chip now.

Or they could trade down. The draft is deep, deep, deep at both WR and CB.

I don’t know which I prefer. Rock star at 13? Another top CB at 13? Trade down and get good players at both CB and WR and/or TE?

I told the Rams, it’s all good–they can’t go wrong, so they should do what they want. No directives from me this year.

Trading down is also acceptable. I’m good with anything, too.

The Rams are in a very good spot. This is a championship roster as of today. Whatever they do is only going to improve them.

zn wrote:

I uncreated a thread so had to move this here.

Cowherd’s mock draft:

Mansoor Delane, CB, to Washington at 7
Love, RB, to Saints at 8
Fano, OT, to Chiefs at 9
STyles, LB to Bengals at 10
Bain, DE, to Dolphins at 11
Faulk, DE to Cowboys at 12
Macai Lemon, WR to Rams at 13
Kenyon Sadik, TE, to Ravens at 14

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Since they got McDuffie, it seems like the Rams have already addressed their single biggest need. They need more CBs, but it’s a deep draft there, and the Rams don’t have to aim for a blue chip now. I think WR is the next biggest need, but that bit about Lemon interviewing badly makes me wary of him. Sadiq is intriguing. He also seems to comp closely with Brock Bowers whom we know McVay wanted.

I am glad they resigned Curl. I was hoping they would. I would also like to keep Durant. I’d let Witherspoon and especially Williams go at this point, and invest in some draft picks/UDFAs back there.

A common point that emerges in all of these blabbering videos is that the Chiefs got quite a “haul” in draft picks which just makes me wonder about Snead’s negotiating ability. There have been a number of trades over the years where I have questioned how much the Rams gave up, or how little they received in player/picks swaps. Someone in one of those videos mentioned that they had a conversation where people had speculated that the Chiefs would trade McDuffie and a pick in exchange for a 1st. They ended up sending McDuffie and nothing in exchange for a 1st and then some.

And I think it was Chris Sims who said that the Chiefs are $8 million OVER the cap RIGHT NOW. There is no way in the world they were going to keep McDuffie after this coming season, and so they HAD to trade him. Now.

Of course, not all 1st round picks are the same. The Rams gave the 29th pick to the Chiefs. That’s not the same as the 13th pick. But I gotta think that nobody inside the Top 20 would part with that pick for a guy in his contract year when there are a lot of good CBs in this draft. So who else is going to make this trade?

I don’t know. I don’t think the Rams overpaid, particularly. Especially since I am not familiar with McDuffie. Not sure I even heard of him, let alone formed an opinion based on watching him play. A 5th and a 6th are not great picks (although the Rams get important contributions there pretty often), and next year’s 3rd is going to be an inch or two from being a 4th anyway. So I’m not arguing that the Rams overpaid. And if McDuffie neutralizes the opposition’s #1 WR more often than not over the next 5 years, then the trade could go on the Top Shelf of Rams trades.

I just wonder if the Chiefs would have taken less.

zn wrote:

Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
Quentin Lake and Trent McDuffie were high school teammates in Southern California

The same high school that produced Amon-Ra St. Brown, Matt Barkley, Matt Leinart, Todd Marinovich, and Bryce Young.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I don’t qualify. I have only 29 quarters, so I’d need to work 3 years outside of education to qualify

???

You paid into SS, how is it you don’t qualify?

It’s only been for 1 year that teachers qualify AT ALL. It used to be that if one drew a teacher’s pension, that made one ineligible for SS regardless of how much money/time one put into the system. That just changed, but the minimum qualification for SS is 40 quarters of contributions. If you don’t have 40 quarters, you don’t qualify, and your money goes to someone else. I don’t make the rules.

EDIT: Oh. Maybe the CA teachers pension works differently. I have only 29 quarters of work prior to becoming a teacher. While teaching, I am exempt from paying into SS. Instead, I pay a comparable (slightly more, actually… 8 or 9%) amount into the CA teachers’ pension.

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zn wrote:

wv wrote:

Enjoying old-age, memory-loss, caretaking,
propagandized savage-populations, and
capitalism’s complete destruction of all life on the planet.

How old are you guys.

I just turned 72.

I ain’t nowhere near retiring though.

I’m 65.

I retire at the end of May. Lotta reasons. I’m tired. I burnt myself out by running a theatre while teaching English half time. I gave up theatre after Covid levelled my program, and teaching English full time is less work than what I was doing, but I damaged myself by over-working for 18 years.

I’m also fed up with AI and with these young whippersnappers’ shorter attention spans and higher apathy levels. I don’t feel like I’m teaching much any more.

Finally, because of my age and years of experience, my monthly pension will increase insignificantly even with another 5 years of work (which I am not up for anyway). And as it stands, I would only make about 10 grand a year more by working full time than I will by retiring. The pension isn’t great because the salary isn’t great (I work in a “poorer” district), but living on the cheap overseas for a few years is part of my financial plan. There are a lot of places I can live under budget and actually save money by adventure travelling while I still am physically able.

I may go back to teaching part time in college depending on the pay, but I don’t know yet. My only firm plan is to exercise and get back in shape, and start taking weekly day hikes around the area. I live on the American River canyon, and there are miles of trails I’ve never hiked. And Lake Tahoe is only an hour away.