Woods being more proven in this offense is a ridiculous point. It means nothing. If anything it speaks to how great OBJ has done coming in mid season. He's put up Woods full season TD numbers in 7 games with zero chemistry with his QB and learning on the fly. Can you imagine what OBJ will do with a full off-season and reps with Stafford. He will go nuts.
He's got the higher upside, and is a bit younger. The leadership thing is real though because Woods is a tremendous leader. But dont forget McVay wanted to trade for OBJ after 2016, and OBJ came out publicly and said he wanted to be in LA. There is mutual interest and has been for a while.
I wouldn't be surprised if we sign OBJ and keep Woods. But to me that seems like a waste with Van, Tutu, Skro, and Harris that all need to develop.
They are both 29. OBJ was born Nov 05 1992. Woods was born April 10 1992. So they are 8 months apart.
It’s difficult to compare two receivers from different systems with different QBs and OCs. Plus they played different roles. So let’s take look at common stats
Catch %
Woods career 63.5%
OBJ career 60.5
Health
OBJ has played 90 games in 7 years averaging 11.7 games per year
Woods has played 116 games in 8 years averaging 14.5 per year
Rushing
I’m not going to compare rushing totals because it is too lopsided in Woods favor. Woods has been a very good running threat on jet sweeps and is an excellent blocker.
Aside from one year in Cle OBJ hasn’t been used that way and thus far we haven’t seen him run once for the Rams.
Yards
OBJ 7349 total 77.4 per game
Woods 7077 total 56.6 per game
Woods has been higher lately while OBJs was higher earlier in his career.
So are these guys all that different? Woods has been healthier, has a slightly higher catch % and has proven to be a good runner in this offense.
Thanks to restructures Woods has a 15 million dollar cap number in 2022. It could make him very difficult to trade especially coming off an ACL. Kupp’s cap number will be 18 million. I don’t think they possibly could fit Beckham too. Someone has to go.
You said OBJ is happy in LA. I don’t know how that figures into things. Woods is happy in LA also.
How much chemistry did Woods have with Stafford? A training camp. Judging by the first game very little. In the first few games he was rarely targeted.
In the end they will do what they deem best. Maybe with what they feel is still a Super Bowl roster they will try to move Woods since he’s coming off a major injury and Beckham is currently not. They may want to roll with the player they think will give them a full season. With Woods’ cap hit and injury I don’t think they can get a 2nd round pick for him. They may have to practically give him away. They’d likely get a third round comp pick for OBJ.
Overall it would be shitty, since they asked both Kupp and Woods permission to add OBJ in the first place.