Brockers traded to Detroit.

[Jacobarch]

Can we get a kick in the nuts to go with that bag of potato chips?

 

[OldSchool]

Can we get a kick in the nuts to go with that bag of potato chips?

Nah draft is still a month away, that's what we'll spend pick #57 on.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Wow. I feel like a seventh round pick two years from now is simply disrespectful towards Brock. I understand the business side, but players care about what their trade value was. He deserved better than this. He was my favorite Ram for years now. Maybe I'm just salty.

it seems he cared about keeping every cent of his contract intact. this was the best way to make that happen. if they cut him would he get the same deal in the current market?

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[Mojo Ram]

Getting a future 7th is an undervalue IMO. It could be this thing disintegrated quickly(the restructure) and with the Rams on the clock in terms of cap, they just speed dialed Holmes and basically gave him away.

 

[Mojo Ram]

View: https://twitter.com/tompelissero/status/1372200135615250436?s=21

This is good. We gave him away for free but this cap relief is big.

 

[…..]

Im just pissed that Detroit has hit the lottery dealing with Les.

Gawddammit Les, grow a pair and stop giving away the farm.

 

[SuperMan28]

Been a good player for a lot of years. Another STL drafted player gone. Time flies boys.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

There seems to beabitof spite to banishing players to Detroit. I mean they have little to no chance of competing any time soon.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Goff: “We levelled up”

 

[dieterbrock]

By trading and not releasing, we preserve a potential extra comp pick for next year.

How so?

 

[dieterbrock]

There seems to beabitof spite to banishing players to Detroit. I mean they have little to no chance of competing any time soon.

Detroit is apparently the new Cleveland

 

[Allen2McVay]

My wife gave me an Ogun jobi last night.

I am happy for you ... I think.

Unfortunately, the Ogunjobi I was hoping for just signed with the Bengals.

 

[oldnotdead]

I've always assumed that Brockers was not going to make this year's roster. Trading him even for a 7th rounder makes a whole lot of sense. Losing Fox is a bigger loss than Brockers. But even then Fox has only one year of real production during his time with the Rams. With Jonah Williams and Hoecht the Rams have options. IMO Williams might end up an upgrade to Brockers.

If Lewis can stay healthy they will be set on the starting D-line with Floyd, AD, Robinson and Lewis/Williams. These are IMO expected roster loses, and not necessarily significant losses. Floyd and Darious Williams have always been the key players to extend and both would seem to be locked up. They have restructured Whitworth so the only question will be Havenstein. IMO Rob will be a post June 1 release if not traded. They can then play Noteboom at RT for 2 years before moving him to LT when Whitworth finally retires.

So far I see nothing that raises any concern.

 

[Neil039]

It seems fair to say we shouldn’t be shocked more players are leaving than coming in via Free Agency. It’s mirroring the coaching carrousel this off season.

 

[dolphinlover123]

What we got in return reminds me of Will Hayes comment after he got traded. Something like coffee mug and a stapler.

 

[Loyal]

Detroit is apparently the new Cleveland

Naw, the rebuilding since 1957 Detroit Lions have never taken a back seat to Cleveland in the suckage department...

 

[Ramrocket]

So...by trading him we received about $1.5M more cap space, plus a future 7th, over and above the savings that would have been realized if we simply released him.

that $1.5M extra cap space is also about 1/3 of the tender for Williams so the tare did provide some value in the short term.

 

[LOURam85]

Yep, but you cant look to add a 3rd WR making 16-20 mill and complain about not making improvements elsewhere

I think they should trade kupp or woods there to much the same there very good receivers but neither scares defenses and neither is matchup nightmare bout time we get that true # especiallly now that we have a an that’s going to throw it more than 5 yards

 

[Allen2McVay]

I think they should trade kupp or woods ...

Woods restructured, and it’s been reported that Kupp did also.

That means 2021 salary was reclassified to bonus that could be spread out for cap allocation and 2021 cap relief. So any trade would result in limited cap relief, and huge dead-$.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I think they should trade kupp or woods there to much the same there very good receivers but neither scares defenses and neither is matchup nightmare bout time we get that true # especiallly now that we have a an that’s going to throw it more than 5 yards

Part of why McVay’s offense works is because he has two very good and similar receivers that can do the same things. There is no tipping who is running where based on specific roles. Jefferson is the same way. If they draft either of the two receivers they’ve contacted then it will be more of the same. A true number one is not necessary in an offense that relies on confusion and deception.

Kupp and Woods are in the height/ weight area of the most successful NFL receiver types. There was an article pointing to data that said as much.