Would you trade Saffold to Vikes

[A55VA6]

No. We need Saffold.

 

[thirteen28]

I was ready to get rid of him in the past because of all his injuries, but if his shoulders are good and injury problems are in the past, then no freakin' way.

However, I would swap him from LG to RG ... when they first put him there in 2013, he was a freakin' beast at that spot. I don't think he ever played better for us than he did in that stretch.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

The Rams line isn't good enough to trade away it's most experienced player, despite his injury past.

 

[jrry32]

If we still had Reynolds, I'd take a 3rd in a heartbeat.

 

[LACHAMP46]

Hell no....best lineman on the damn team....

I kick Donnall or Rhaney over there for a 3rd...They're desperate, yes?!? Bust their balls a little...How about Murphy? Or Battle for 3rd...ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahh!

 

[DaveFan'51]

Not for a 3rd, he's more valuable than that for the Rams and significantly more for the Vikings

Maybe for a 2nd Rounder w/ a 1st option if he plays X games for them in 2016!!

 

[DaveFan'51]

Me too..I really liked him and thought he was a big reason why we won the number of games that we did...AND, he was given his uncle's Rams helmet from the 70's! (Hacksaw's):rockon:

I didn't know he was "Hacksaw's Nephew!!" Great Bloodlines!! One of the Best MLB's we have ever had!!:yay::yess:

 

[Corbin]

I didn't know he was "Hacksaw's Nephew!!" Great Bloodlines!! One of the Best MLB's we have ever had!!:yay::yess:View attachment 16557 View attachment 16559 View attachment 16560

Okay without google helping me I'd like to hear directly from some Rams fans WTF is Hacksaw Reynolds exactly? I've never seen him with accolades or anything else. Why does every old time Ram fan talk about him? I need a little Ram history edumacation

 

[DaveFan'51]

Okay without google helping me I'd like to hear directly from some Rams fans WTF is Hacksaw Reynolds exactly? I've never seen him with accolades or anything else. Why does every old time Ram fan talk about him? I need a little Ram history edumacation

WITH OUT GOOGLING!! He was one of the Best MLB the Rams ever had! He was with the Team All through the 1970 and in SB XIV against the Steelers!
The Biggest mistake Georgia Rosenbloom/and Shaw ever made was letting him go to the 49ers!!
Ronnie Lott has admitted on numerous occasion that, when he was a Rookie, Hacksaw taught him every about how to study Film!!
There are only a couple of Rams LB's that can compare to him and they are all in the Hall of Fame!!
"This is just my short story, on Jack! I could give you more, But IF you want some stats you could go to Pro-Football-Reference.com.

 

[Corbin]

WITH OUT GOOGLING!! He was one of the Best MLB the Rams ever had! He was with the Team All through the 1970 and in SB XIV against the Steelers!
The Biggest mistake Georgia Rosenbloom/and Shaw ever made was letting him go to the 49ers!!
Ronnie Lott has admitted on numerous occasion that, when he was a Rookie, Hacksaw taught him every about how to study Film!!
There are only a couple of Rams LB's that can compare to him and they are all in the Hall of Fame!!
"This is just my short story, on Jack! I could give you more, But IF you want some stats you could go to Pro-Football-Reference.com.

Interesting thank you! I'll use that to go along with some research I pulled up on him!

 

[FRO]

No. You are in playoff contention. Try having a winning season for once in 15 years.

 

[…..]

Right now we're tied for first......NO WAY I make Minnesota stronger...mwe might face them in the playoffs!

 

[Warner4Prez]

Can't believe we didn't cut him in the spring!

 

[So Ram]

Lets say just for sake of a full consideration of this thought..... Saffold is starting on the left side @ OG post. RS is left handed & has played the majority of his college & NFL career on the left side. Currently we have two reserve OL'ers & a starting OL'er who can play this OLG post not including RS. They would be 2nd yr Jamon Brown (who is also left handed & has started the majority of his NFL & College career on the left side), 2nd yr Andrew Donnal & current starter @ ORG Cody Wichmann.

The only other reserve is Demetrius Rhaney who did play OLG post in 3 of the 4 pre season games. In addition Garrett Reynolds who started 12 games for us in 2105 most @ OLG & finished 3 others could be available once his full health returns to his lower leg. Finally there is Practice Squad OL'er David Arkin who saw a ton of action @ both OG's post. That's 3 OLG's available at the moment who have started in the NFL at this post already who could start @ the RS post & 3 other later possibilities. So based on that if a solid high draft selection was offered this team would not suffer too much of an issue @ OLG.

RS has been a previous starter @ ORG post & might be again but as with the OLG post....this ORG post is back up by the same OL'ers mention in the OLG post so the absence of RS would not affect the ORG post.

Saffold has also been the top reserve to the ORT post this TC & pre season. Reserve Andrew Donnal is a solid back up @ ORT. Garrett Reynolds is also a back up ORT. Practice Squad ORT is Isaiah Battle who played a ton of ORT in TC & pre season when he was not out due to nagging injuries is a third option @ ORT. So once again this team would not suffer from a loss of RS in the ORT post.

Since Fisher's arrival here with this team RS has either been the starting OLT or the main reserve OLT. RS remains in this same position today. RS is our reserve OLT to GRob. Rams do have a 3rd OLT on the 53 player roster in UDFA rookie Pace Murphy. Pace has not been active as of yet. PS member Isaiah Battle has played OLT in college but has been inserted into only one post this season & has yet to show he can play ORT post at the NFL level so I would not place him in this position.

So it would boil on down to this situation @ the reserve OLT position. Would you place this current 2016 Rams team into a bad position if GRob was not available to start because Pace Murphy is as green as you can get & Battle is even a worse prospect. On the other end of the scale might be an offer for 2017 high second round Viking selection. But in truth they sure could use this a 2nd day pick because they are absent a 2017 #1 & a #3 due to the Goff trade.

You make some good points. I think if you make the trade it works great for the future.
Roger Saffold is going to start getting that much better as the season goes on though.If Jamon Brown was still starting I would say yes.
Andrew Donnal needs another year. Battle will get better as well. I like the future depth The Rams have on the Oline moving forward.
Like mentioned above about saving salary cap $$$$ as well. Don't think Vikings can afford it,even though they seem to be all in.

 

[BonifayRam]

I did leave off earlier in my post the fact that this Ram OL has been injury plagued since 2012. No other unit has suffered some many injuries period. Guess most Ram fans would add no other OL'er has been injured more often the last five season than Rodger Saffold too & add to the fact the Rams paid Saffold 8.25 million in 2015 & he only finished four of the 16 games. Saffold cost is close to 6.3 million a season from this yr on. If the Rams really think that they have a chance at a playoff birth you do not trade him.