Right now they have 38M invested in LBs for 2018. Without Barwin (who is a FA). Quinn, Ogletree and Barron are scheduled to count 34M. Massive financial investment in one position group.
For that type of investment, you must get difference making performance for teams to stay at the top. Rams are just not getting that from those guys.
Yeah no matter how you slice it this is a business. Snead isn't going to come out and tell anyone what he's thinking before they sit down as a team and prioritize each position. And that conversation where they prioritize each position will be considering what players are making vs their production vs the cap hit if cut.
Something's gonna give at LB. Quinn is likely gone or restructured. Barron is likely gone. Those two are the low hanging fruit in this equation. Barwin probably leaves too, unless he's willing to come back at an affordable rate which is possible.
I think they draft the LB position overall. There are a lot of options for ILB to replace Barron in FA, but the price vs whether they'll be an upgrade isn't a good ratio. Really looks like a LB heavy draft for us, they're just not going to get all crazy bringing everyone back to a unit that failed in stopping the run.
