Peters, Joyner, Shields, RNC....how quickly what should have been a strength turned into a total weakness.
Hopefully Talib will return to 2018 wk #3 form if not we are in big trouble. The other two DB starting positions @ FS & #2 corner are in "Fail Mode". JJ III, NRC & Talib no matter how good they are can not cover all that territory in the Rams backfield.
JJ III could easily end up being the leader of the post 2018 season Ram DB unit along with Nickel-Back
Nickell Robey-Coleman.
I do not see high deep safety
Lamarcus Joyner being retained @ any cap price.. His costly $11.3 million 2018 performance has been a large problem for Wade. You should try to avoid problems & not bring them back.
Snead gambled & lost on the CB
Marcus Peters trade. I bet he wished he had that 2nd & 4th round selections back to utilize in this upcoming draft to secure a good future starting CB for the Rams. MP's cap cost will demand over $9 million
alm:to have his inconsistent feast or famine performances'. This season MP's play has been mostly extreme scarcity of positive plays. No GM in his right mind would pay that cap hit for the current MP. 2019 UFA's youthful CB
Bradley Roby or Ronald Darby might be worth the price of a large cap hit but MP it not. Best the Rams go draft to find a couple of new corners low cost wise.
Snead also took a gamble on the aging all pro
Aqib Talib this season with that trade & assumed his massive
$11 million cap cost this season. This gamble was not close to being as bad as the Peters trade. However the Rams were without his full service for 8 games. AT's first 3 games were very good but since the injury & surgery his play has also been inconsistent. The soon to be 33 yr old AT will demand $8 mil next season & if he can up his game :lifting:in the playoffs with success I am sure he will return to this very thin in talent Ram DB unit. I like AT & like the ideal of having around in 2019.
Snead has only two other DB's:eek: Darious Williams & Marqui Christian under contract for the 2019 season. :notsure:So
JJ III stands a very good chance to be our best starting star DB in 2019.