It was completely predictable that the Titans would get everything Jones has, and I expected this. It was predictable everyone would shit on the Rams for it too. And hey maybe you'll be right.
I’m sure about 95% of us are totally fine giving them the benefit of the doubt. But since winning the Super Bowl McVay is 15-21 with one playoff appearance. It’s starting to get into “what have you done for me lately” territory. The NFL is a year to year business. And some of the business decision McSnead have made in the past 36 months have been questionable at best IMO.
This is a McVay & Snead rebuild. Most coach/GM combos that will come with a truckload of losses as they restack the roster. With McVay though it comes with playoffs and actual hope.
I pray that Speights plays this next game and makes us all forget about Ernest Jones. Unfortunately, I truly doubt that'll happen. That's a lot to put on a rookie that apparently couldn't even get on the field over the current shit show known as Reeder and Rozeboom.
Now that's wtf Im talking about. I wouldn't be surprised that the Rams look dumb all year for doing this trade. What could woulda shoulda been
With all the guys on IR, we are down to 3M of cap room for this year. He saved $2.3M.
Just my opinion but I think his agent had EJ do a business decision and have him milk the knee thing through training camp and practice. Rams said they weren't going to do a new contract so EJ decided to sit out a majority of TC/preseason practices. And I think that irked McVay/management. Based on this knee injury that seems to not be an issue now that he's with Titans and McVay talking about how needing players to practice and be available before and after he was traded. Just reading between the lines here.
At some point a player is gonna be what he is. In Jones' case this means a solid backer with limited range with a bum knee. Good teams don't pay that dude. So as painful as this is, I support the move and see little reason to cry about it, as paying him would have been worse. He would probably be on IR right now.
Perfectly said.
Reeder and Rozeboom missed together 6 tackles in the AZ game ALONE .
I never said I thought the LB were good - I said I thought other areas looked worse Sunday.
Understood . I do agree , the D-line ( front 4 ) was even worse.
They'll be the first to admit they they make mistakes. Having faith doesnt mean you have to believe every move makes sense.
This bum knee reasoning makes zero sense to have traded him when he was willing to play under his contract and when he's not showing signs of a bum knee with the Titans. What I know is that Jones is way better than our sorry ass LB corps right now. We could have simply kept him and let him walk after the season. I'm not worried that they didn't sign him long term but find it utterly stupid to have him under a very affordable cap hit and to trade him when our LB depth behind him is garbage. Assuming he would be on IR is just funny. I get that we are beat up beyond imagination but that unfortunately is unknown. The way this year has gone, it wouldn't surprise me if that were the case but once again can't assume. Not going to dispute with you the other parts of the defense definitely need work. All around our defense looks like shit in it's totality. Hopefully the coaching staff can figure out that issue and have the right players on the field to carry out their plan.
No one is perfect so to treat them like they are when they screw the pooch is beyond crazy to me. It's ok to criticize bad moves when they happen but yet still believe the front office usually gets it more right then wrong more often than not. Get the hell outta here with telling fans how to react. How about let people have their opinion, which is their right, and agree to disagree when you don't see eye to eye. Telling people to choose another team is childish. No duh we don't see what happens behind the close doors, that only leaves us with speculating. At the end of the day, the Rams are going to make the moves they make regardless of what anyone here thinks. No one here is like fuck the Rams after questionable moves. We'd all like it to work out all the time honestly.
He had the knee issue in college. He was no ironman with us. And the knee in fact affected his availability in this past camp.
