Aaron Donald’s contract situation

[bubbaramfan]

Front office is going to sign all their draft picks first, before they make an extension deal with AD. Probably even after they make a deal with Cooks, since AD is going to be their biggest hit, and he's already under contract.

In any case, don't expect AD to be in camp. Rams front office and AD have a (wink,wink) understanding, ala Orlando Pace, of him not risking injury in OTA's and TC.

 

[Akrasian]

You don’t let future HOFers leave in their prime.

Sure you do. Occasionally. The GM's job is to build the best overall team, sometimes aiming for one season, sometimes trying to build over multiple years.. There are limited resources. IF the team can get enough for him in trade to make sense, especially once you factor in the costs and where else you can spend the cap room, you consider it. It's hard to get fair value for a star - but in a sport with a 53 man roster, no player is untradeable. And if any player were untradeable, it would be a star QB, not a DT. Just the nature of the sport.

This wouldn't have happened, but for example - if Cleveland had offered to trade all their draft picks the day before free agency began for AD, it would have been in the Rams' interest to accept that trade, make some more trades for a bunch of future picks, and still have a lot of picks to improve depth all over, with a future pipeline of picks with coaches smart enough to draft players that fit the team.

 

[dieterbrock]

I am firmly in the “Pay the man” camp. No two ways about it.
Only thing I’ll say about trading him, (and I’m 100% against doing so) is that his value was likely no higher than it was this off season.
Can’t trade him during the year and while teams will still lineup to trade for him if he’s franchise tagged, they surely would have paid more to have give on his final rookie year deal.
So I don’t believe the gap is that wide that the Rams don’t feel they can make it work.

 

[DaveFan'51]

You don’t let future HOFers leave in their prime.

Off Topic; Welcome to ROD!

 

[RamBall]

that is hoping the top thread on this page is AD signs a new contract, everytime I come to ROD?

 

[TexasRam]

I am leaning towards believing they will not be able to sign long term.

I just think he is that much better than a team would want to allocate to a DT. The sides may just be too far away and unwilling to move any closer to the center.

It’s like when your girlfriend says she needs you to stop watching football and you tell her you need her to stop spending money on clothes.

At some point you realize you will miss her but this just won’t work for either party.

And I hope I am wrong, but don’t think so.

So no I am not looking for a AD signs thread at all. A new holdout thread may be next up.

 

[VeteranRamFan]

No Dave, you are not.

I keep going to that other thread "Aaron Donald" thinking maybe someone posted that important info deep within it's bowels and I'll have to go through 17 or more pages to find it!

 

[ReekofRams]

Great! Just what we needed. Another Aaron Donald thread. Come on man!

 

[RamFan503]

that is hoping the top thread on this page is AD signs a new contract, everytime I come to ROD?

No you’re not.

 

[RamFan503]

Merged with other superfluous AD thread.

 

[Loyal]

Merged with other superfluous AD thread.

*Wants RamFan503 to be gainfully employed...starts new AD thread every 5 minutes...

 

[RamFan503]

*Wants RamFan503 to be gainfully employed...starts new AD thread every 5 minutes...

 

[VeteranRamFan]

OMG! They merged @RamBall Aaron Donald thread into the main AD thread!

I was worried something like this would happen, my fears are coming true...I'm going to have to read multiple pages to get to the part where he signs a new extension!

Thanks @RamFan503 for making my life horrible!

 

[RamFan503]

OMG! They merged @RamBall Aaron Donald thread into the main AD thread!

I was worried something like this would happen, my fears are coming true...I'm going to have to read multiple pages to get to the part where he signs a new extension!

Thanks @RamFan503 for making my life horrible!

I realize you’re just making fun but my guess is that one of us will end up editing this thread if/when we sign AD to an extension.

 

[OldSchool]

I realize you’re just making fun but my guess is that one of us will end up editing this thread if/when we sign AD to an extension.

Or locking this thread and merging the other 8 threads that pop up when that happy day happens. Hmmmmm 8 might be a low guess.

 

[RamFan503]

Or locking this thread and merging the other 8 threads that pop up when that happy day happens. Hmmmmm 8 might be a low guess.

Probably right. I’ll have the merge switch at the ready.

 

[Loyal]

Testing, RamsFan503, testing!:rockon: I wonder if I would get banned for dredging every Aaron Donald thread in RODS history, from the dead.? ha!

 

[Loyal]

Oh boy, here's another!

 

[Mojo Ram]

ALL Aaron Donald threads will be merged. No reason to clutter up the front page with a "new" AD thread every week folks. Scan and search first. Thanks.

 

[jrry32]

ALL Aaron Donald threads will be merged. No reason to clutter up the front page with a "new" AD thread every week folks. Scan and search first. Thanks.

Hey Mojo, how about you merge this:

Spoiler: Click Here - NSFW

It is one of the worst cars available in terms of visibility and blind spots. Good luck merging that onto a highway.