Are the Rams Talking/Negotiating with ANY Free Agents?

[Elmgrovegnome]

The Rams need to be focused on the Center position, but that could also entail the draft. As far as her saying something will happen soon which pleases us Rams fan, if it's at the Center position, that flag may have already flown as far as free agency is concerned. If she believes fans will be pleased Blythe returns, then i'd say she's out of step with the fanbase. At this point, for the Rams to please me in free agency, it has to be at another position than Center. As far as Corbett being moved to Center earlier, remember, there wasn't much of a camp this last season due to Covid, and pre-season games were non-existent, Blythe was considered the 'sure thing', and other than flipping Edwards & Corbett from their previous OG positions, the entire OL remained pretty static in 2020. jmo.

Im guessing the move may be at ILB. Morris can’t be happy with what they had there last year.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Brian Allen IIRC started at C before Blythe moved back, and it was a dumpster fire.

I could see Corbett moving to C to get Evans or Notebloom in the lineup.

Plus Snead already mentioned uncertainty on how Allen can play with his injury. I’m wondering if they are being nice to Allen and keeping him around because of his injury.

 

[Merlin]

Thanks for sharing! There plan at C scares me. I'd rather have Blythe 10/10 times over Brian Allen.

Allen is not a good plan I agree. But I will note that Allen's chief problem was his mental grasp of the calls in combination with a young QB. Blythe settled all that down when he slid in there.

Physically Allen does some shit better than Blythe. He pulls well for example in the run game. He can get outside or inside second level and seal guys which Blythe sucks at. Watching Blythe try to block a good ILB like say Wagner even with just an inside seal is a major fucking frustration lol. Seriously man it was really painful just watching it myself so I am certain McVay wanted to choke Blythe and IMO that is why Kromer was fired, that plus the overall up and down nature of the unit perhaps.

I mentioned this before but here it is again. The Rams OC met with him Meinerz twice already. Would they be so transparent or could it be a smokescreen?

I’ve always understood it to be that teams try to hide their intentions in the draft. Snead even mentioned it in his last press conference. But then I recall reading that when the Seahawks drafted Russell Wilson that every team in the league knew they were going to be picking him. That seems odd. I guess no other team felt he’d be any good.

Yeah and you know I think anything is possible Elm, well anything outside of QB moves lol. Snead's a wily MFer. And Sean's behind all the Rams' super tight front office on everything around the team IMO. So ruling them out of anything is something I wouldn't do without some serious inside info.

I keep going back to Stafford and his impact on Center. It changes what they can do. Seems like the Rams are the kind of team to take advantage of that AND the guys in the draft are better options anyway.

And all of this means they'll pay Blythe starter money. Just to piss us off lol.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Plus Snead already mentioned uncertainty on how Allen can play with his injury. I’m wondering if they are being nice to Allen and keeping him around because of his injury.

They could be nicer and just give him an injury settlement.

 

[MachS]

Maybe we’ve got more of Snead’s smoke screening about drafting one early

Yea the not wanting to start a rookie center could be BS. It really doesn't make sense, especially with Stafford at QB. A physical, rookie center would be fine because Stafford will make all the protection calls. And there will be multiple good options at 57 though I fear Meinerz will be gone.

The only problem I see is just like last year where we are telegraphing our plan and everyone in the world knows we need a center. Someone will trade up in front of us to draft a center or we'll get fucked like last year with Cushenberry one pick in front of us. I can't take that 2 years in a row.

 

[OldSchool]

Yea the not wanting to start a rookie center could be BS. It really doesn't make sense, especially with Stafford at QB. A physical, rookie center would be fine because Stafford will make all the protection calls. And there will be multiple good options at 57 though I fear Meinerz will be gone.

The only problem I see is just like last year where we are telegraphing our plan and everyone in the world knows we need a center. Someone will trade up in front of us to draft a center or we'll get fucked like last year with Cushenberry one pick in front of us. I can't take that 2 years in a row.

We also don’t know if that was a Kromer or a McVay thing. While McVay has final say we know he empowers his coaches.

 

[ottoman89]

Perhaps they're quietly working on swapping Woods or Kupp for OBJ or something.

Who knows.

 

[MachS]

Allen is not a good plan I agree. But I will note that Allen's chief problem was his mental grasp of the calls in combination with a young QB. Blythe settled all that down when he slid in there.

This may be true but if he was an NFL level starter he would've flashed something at least through 3 years. He'll be gone after next year too so dont think he's anything more than emergency depth. We're trying to win a super bowl here so I'd imagine we have a plan. Ive been looking at center prospects a lot because I agree the Meinerz visits and zoom meetings seem a little off brand for Snead. He always tries to be sneaky so maybe we're trying to raise his value so our real target falls to 57. There are a lot of good G/C options in the 50-70 range.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Allen is not a good plan I agree. But I will note that Allen's chief problem was his mental grasp of the calls in combination with a young QB. Blythe settled all that down when he slid in there.

Physically Allen does some shit better than Blythe. He pulls well for example in the run game. He can get outside or inside second level and seal guys which Blythe sucks at. Watching Blythe try to block a good ILB like say Wagner even with just an inside seal is a major fucking frustration lol. Seriously man it was really painful just watching it myself so I am certain McVay wanted to choke Blythe and IMO that is why Kromer was fired, that plus the overall up and down nature of the unit perhaps.


Yeah and you know I think anything is possible Elm, well anything outside of QB moves lol. Snead's a wily MFer. And Sean's behind all the Rams' super tight front office on everything around the team IMO. So ruling them out of anything is something I wouldn't do without some serious inside info.

I keep going back to Stafford and his impact on Center. It changes what they can do. Seems like the Rams are the kind of team to take advantage of that AND the guys in the draft are better options anyway.

And all of this means they'll pay Blythe starter money. Just to piss us off lol.

You are likely right.

Maybe the last thing they are going to do in free agency is another edge or ilb. This draft doesn’t have a lot of options there. I’d like if it was someone better at stopping the run. I often go back to the Niners to think about the Rams address their defense. The Niners gashed the Rams when running to their left side. That’s an area that definitely needs to be fixed.

 

[Merlin]

This may be true but if he was an NFL level starter he would've flashed something at least through 3 years. He'll be gone after next year too so dont think he's anything more than emergency depth. We're trying to win a super bowl here so I'd imagine we have a plan. Ive been looking at center prospects a lot because I agree the Meinerz visits and zoom meetings seem a little off brand for Snead. He always tries to be sneaky so maybe we're trying to raise his value so our real target falls to 57. There are a lot of good G/C options in the 50-70 range.

You may be right on Meinerz. Rams being interested in him probably does increase his chance of being off the board lol.

I feel like he's gonna go late first to early second. Somewhere in that range. Because that strength and physicality he brings is hard to find in centers. In fact the OGs who can physically dominate tend to go early. So in spite of the small school thing I think he's cemented in enough minds to where he's gone. Strength is a big deal nowadays with linemen IMO because it allows them to play while they're learning all the technique college teams didn't have time to teach them.

 

[Merlin]

Maybe the last thing they are going to do in free agency is another edge or ilb. This draft doesn’t have a lot of options there. I’d like if it was someone better at stopping the run. I often go back to the Niners to think about the Rams address their defense. The Niners gashed the Rams when running to their left side. That’s an area that definitely needs to be fixed.

Yeah beating the 9ers has to be a primary concern in house I agree. Have to think that factors in very much to their plans.

Good thing are the areas where we want them to address align with that. Improving the OL, TE, 5T, Edge, and ILB are all areas that would help us beat those fuckers.

 

[MachS]

You may be right on Meinerz. Rams being interested in him probably does increase his chance of being off the board lol.

I feel like he's gonna go late first to early second. Somewhere in that range. Because that strength and physicality he brings is hard to find in centers. In fact the OGs who can physically dominate tend to go early. So in spite of the small school thing I think he's cemented in enough minds to where he's gone. Strength is a big deal nowadays with linemen IMO because it allows them to play while they're learning all the technique college teams didn't have time to teach them.

Yea his strength is incredible but he's also an explosive athlete for his size. His vertical jump of 32" would've ranked 2nd for all OL in last year's draft. And #1 was an OT with 34". So he's a great athlete for the interior, and yea once I heard some teams have him as their #1 center he'll likely go in the 1st round. But there are another 3-4 very solid starting level centers that should be there around 57. If Meinerz is gone that means Humphrey, Dickerson, or Myers should be there. Maybe Drake Jackson in the 3rd.

 

[dang]

Just read where he wants 18.5. Wont be getting that from us unfortuantely

Won’t be getting that from anybody unless it’s a one year heavy incentive based contract. In which case he would want to be on a crappy team with a decent QB. Like..........Detroit.

 

[ottoman89]

My question is, where the fuck out these players that reached out to play with STAFFORD?

 

[Merlin]

My question is, where the fuck out these players that reached out to play with STAFFORD?

You realize the Rams have to be interested too right.

 

[kurtfaulk]

You realize the Rams have to be interested too right.

and that these players were actually real or just a fluff piece of the buzz around the trade.

.

 

[ottoman89]

You realize the Rams have to be interested too right.

Well they should be!

I kid, I know what you mean!

 

[Allen2McVay]

My question is, where the fuck out these players that reached out to play with STAFFORD?

Not trying to push you over the ledge but the Rams are one of only two teams (Packers the other) that have yet to sign another team’s free agent.

 

[MistahTroupe]

Not sure if this was posted yet..

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Rams have shown interest in CB Adoree' Jackson

Cameron DaSilva

March 19, 2021 5:08 pm
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It’s been a week of departures for the Los Angeles Rams, seeing players such as John Johnson, Troy Hill, Gerald Everett and Morgan Fox all leave in free agency. The Rams still haven’t signed a single outside free agent, but they appear to have their eye on one of the top cornerbacks available.
According to Mike Jones of USA TODAY Sports, the Rams are among the teams showing interest in free-agent cornerback Adoree’ Jackson. The Chiefs, Raiders and Cardinals are all interested, as well. Jackson is currently taking visits with the Giants and Eagles, so nothing is imminent with the Rams.

Rams, Chiefs, Raiders and Cardinals also have expressed interest. https://t.co/cE72TAhQLU
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) March 19, 2021

Jackson was released by the Titans this week, a surprising move by Tennessee. It was a cap-saving transaction, but Jackson is only entering his fifth season and is just 25 years old. As a former first-round pick, the draft pedigree is there, too.

Jackson grew up in Los Angeles and attended USC, so if he were to sign with the Rams, it would be a homecoming. He said in 2017 that he always grew up wanting to play for the Rams, an interesting wrinkle to his free-agent decision.
Jackson has only played 14 games in the last two seasons as injuries have caused him to miss time. But when healthy, he was playing at a high level in 2017 and 2018.
In addition to playing cornerback, Jackson also contributes as a return specialist – an area where the Rams certainly need help.
The Rams have limited cap space, so they can’t offer top dollar for Jackson, but this is a match that would make a lot of sense.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

They could be nicer and just give him an injury settlement.

Aren’t they one year deals? He’s going on year two .5 since the injury. It seems odd that he’s there since Snead basically said we don’t even know if he’s able to play anymore