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[SJ76]

What's crazy is that Goff went #1 overall and Deshaun Watson may not go in the top 5 this year. I think he will but a lot of gurus don't think DW will



NFL Combine + kool aid

 

[27mtrcougar]

What's crazy is that Goff went #1 overall and Deshaun Watson may not go in the top 5 this year. I think he will but a lot of gurus don't think DW will



NFL Combine + kool aid

Some are saying he won't go in the 1st rd which is crazy.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Thats Bill and Tom. Not Josh. Best coach and best QB ever. Lets be real.

So the Offensive Coordinator does nothing, huh? Get real!!!

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Goff was a reach at #1 overall and giving up the farm was just plain desperation and stupidity.

He could be that guy you say but he's got a lot of work to do and so does this FO.

While I wasn't a big fan of the trade, but it does make sense if you think you found the future of the franchise. With this kids badass drive to improve even during the offseason, it's looking better and better....

 

[27mtrcougar]

So the Offensive Coordinator does nothing, huh? Get real!!!

They had 9 points after 3 quarters. Eventually Bill and Tom figured it out.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

They had 9 points after 3 quarters. Eventually Bill and Tom figured it out.

LOL, yeah ok, the OC had NOTHING to do with it...And that's why so many teams wanted to interview McDaniels, because he had NOTHING to do with it

 

[SJ76]

While I wasn't a big fan of the trade, but it does make sense if you think you found the future of the franchise. With this kids badass drive to improve even during the offseason, it's looking better and better....

Definitely good he's putting in OT. But it was a desperation move by Snisher to save a job. If Goff doesn't show like a #1 pick in season 2 then Snead is gone. If he doesn't in year 3, he might be out the door.

Goff has a better coach for his development for sure. I'm just not sold on Goff. He's done absolutely nothing in college and in 1 year of the NFL. Tools? That's great. Let's see you win games.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Definitely good he's putting in OT. But it was a desperation move by Snisher to save a job. If Goff doesn't show like a #1 pick in season 2 then Snead is gone. If he doesn't in year 3, he might be out the door.

Goff has a better coach for his development for sure. I'm just not sold on Goff. He's done absolutely nothing in college and in 1 year of the NFL. Tools? That's great. Let's see you win games.

Hard to win games when your QB can't stay in the pocket for more than one second because of crappy lineplay...

 

[SJ76]

Hard to win games when your QB can't stay in the pocket for more than one second because of crappy lineplay...

At Cal or in LA?

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

At Cal or in LA?

In LA, our o-line is trash....

 

[SJ76]

In LA, our o-line is trash....

Oh I know. It's like the Bradford pick all over again only this time we gave up 2 years of draft picks.


You don't draft a QB when you have no Oline

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Oh I know. It's like the Bradford pick all over again only this time we gave up 2 years of draft picks.


You don't draft a QB when you have no Oline

Well, I TRUELY believe that Fisher THOUGHT we had the makings of an o-line. He probably thought they'd improve over the year before, but instead they went backwards(literally and figuratively)...

 

[Vitamike]

They had 9 points after 3 quarters. Eventually Bill and Tom figured it out.

Yep, them turnovers were all the OC's fault.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

Bottom line(at least for me)...Goff REALLY seems to want to be a GREAT player. You don't hear that very often about ANY player... He wanted to work on off days last season(though he was rebuffed by teammates)...He's working at that camp with Tom House and other expert coaches this offseason(which other successful pros have done)... He's not sitting on his millions and basking in the glory, the kid WANTS to WORK!!!

 

[Battlelyon]

Extension talks with Rams DT Aaron Donald 'definitely coming'

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Los Angeles Rams will have Aaron Donald under control for two more seasons at a very reasonable rate, but it may be time to start thinking about extending that even further.

The Rams aren't going to let the game's best interior pass rusher go anywhere.

"It’s definitely coming," Rams general manager Les Snead, speaking from the scouting combine on Thursday, said about beginning extension talks with Donald and his representatives. "The guy deserves a raise, there’s no doubt. Whether he gets a raise or not, he’s going to show up, do the things he does. But that’s coming."
Donald is set to make a base salary of $1,802,250 in 2017. His fifth-year option for 2018 would pay him the average of the third- to 25th-highest-paid players at his position, since Donald was a first-round pick who wasn't taken within the top 10. That figure is expected to be slightly more than $6 million. The Rams must exercise Donald's fifth-year option by May 3.

It's the definition of a formality, but negotiating Donald's extension isn't necessarily the priority just yet.

The Rams have immediate needs they must address -- at receiver, along their offensive line and throughout their defense. And they're currently on track to have as many as nine unrestricted free agents next offseason, most notably linebacker Alec Ogletree and left tackle Greg Robinson, who seems unlikely to have his fifth-year option exercised for 2018. They can always keep Donald through the franchise tag, which they utilized each of the last two offseasons for cornerback Trumaine Johnson.

Seemingly the only way the Rams can sign Donald long term would be by making him the game's highest-paid defensive player, which would require projecting ahead to what that would even look like by the time he is a free agent.

The game's highest-paid defensive player is Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller, who signed a six-year, $114.5 million contract, with $70 million guaranteed, last July. After Miller are a couple of defensive tackles: Ndamukong Suh of the Dolphins (six-year, $114.375 million with nearly $60 million guaranteed) and Fletcher Cox of the Eagles (six-year, $102.6 million contract with nearly $63.3 million guaranteed).

Donald, a three-time Pro Bowler who graded out as the NFL's second-best player in 2017 by Pro Football Focus, is significantly better than both.

The Rams have done a nice job of locking up other key members of their front seven in recent years. They signed defensive end Robert Quinn to a six-year extension early in his fourth season. Linebacker Mark Barron then received a five-year extension before his fifth season, and defensive tackle Michael Brockers got a three-year extension early in his fifth season. But locking Donald up will prove to be a lot tougher.

Said Snead: "We know that's on the horizon."

 

[27mtrcougar]

Hard to win games when your QB can't stay in the pocket for more than one second because of crappy lineplay...

 

[27mtrcougar]

Extension talks with Rams DT Aaron Donald 'definitely coming'

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Los Angeles Rams will have Aaron Donald under control for two more seasons at a very reasonable rate, but it may be time to start thinking about extending that even further.

The Rams aren't going to let the game's best interior pass rusher go anywhere.

"It’s definitely coming," Rams general manager Les Snead, speaking from the scouting combine on Thursday, said about beginning extension talks with Donald and his representatives. "The guy deserves a raise, there’s no doubt. Whether he gets a raise or not, he’s going to show up, do the things he does. But that’s coming."
Donald is set to make a base salary of $1,802,250 in 2017. His fifth-year option for 2018 would pay him the average of the third- to 25th-highest-paid players at his position, since Donald was a first-round pick who wasn't taken within the top 10. That figure is expected to be slightly more than $6 million. The Rams must exercise Donald's fifth-year option by May 3.

It's the definition of a formality, but negotiating Donald's extension isn't necessarily the priority just yet.

The Rams have immediate needs they must address -- at receiver, along their offensive line and throughout their defense. And they're currently on track to have as many as nine unrestricted free agents next offseason, most notably linebacker Alec Ogletree and left tackle Greg Robinson, who seems unlikely to have his fifth-year option exercised for 2018. They can always keep Donald through the franchise tag, which they utilized each of the last two offseasons for cornerback Trumaine Johnson.

Seemingly the only way the Rams can sign Donald long term would be by making him the game's highest-paid defensive player, which would require projecting ahead to what that would even look like by the time he is a free agent.

The game's highest-paid defensive player is Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller, who signed a six-year, $114.5 million contract, with $70 million guaranteed, last July. After Miller are a couple of defensive tackles: Ndamukong Suh of the Dolphins (six-year, $114.375 million with nearly $60 million guaranteed) and Fletcher Cox of the Eagles (six-year, $102.6 million contract with nearly $63.3 million guaranteed).

Donald, a three-time Pro Bowler who graded out as the NFL's second-best player in 2017 by Pro Football Focus, is significantly better than both.

The Rams have done a nice job of locking up other key members of their front seven in recent years. They signed defensive end Robert Quinn to a six-year extension early in his fourth season. Linebacker Mark Barron then received a five-year extension before his fifth season, and defensive tackle Michael Brockers got a three-year extension early in his fifth season. But locking Donald up will prove to be a lot tougher.

Said Snead: "We know that's on the horizon."

It will take at least $130m. They will have to give him most of that up front to keep the Cap number down. It's going to be interesting because the cap is a mess right now. I bet they end up franchising him for a couple years. That would lock him up thru 2020.

 

[Vitamike]

I bet they end up franchising him for a couple years. That would lock him up thru 2020.

I'd take that bet in a heart beat!

No way do they end up tagging him unless he has zero plans to stay with the Rams, and wont sign another deal with them.

 

[Rambunctious]

Donald knows there are advantages to being in LA. Not to mention brand new digs in a few years! He will stay a Ram.