Jamon is Gone - Claimed by the Giants

[pmil66]

Maybe the thinking of not trading Brown was not to help a potential team the Rams may see playoff time. Giants are going no where, had a top waiver claim, he will not hurt the Rams at all sitting there the rest of the year.

 

[Ken]

My best guess for Brown being released vs traded is a rare fail by the Rams FO. The Fowler trade happened with only 18 minutes left until the trading deadline and the Rams appear like they didn't have it worked out ahead of time who they would drop from the 53 if they got Fowler. Had they already determined they would drop Brown, they could have been talking trade for Brown conditional on them getting Fowler. Brown is a good enough player I can't see how they would not have found trading partners (at least a conditional 5th - 7th rounder) if they had been working that along with the Fowler trade. It's not that big of a deal, but I think it's a rare Rams FO fail. Maybe a lack of communication between Snead and Demoff/Pastoors ??

 

[Kevin]

This was posted in another thread sorry can't remember who posted it...part of article.

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2018/10/30/nfl-los-angeles-rams-dante-fowler-salaryc-ap-contract/
...................According to Over The Cap, Fowler carried a cap hit of $7.3 million in 2018, but only $1.926 million of that will be paid by the Rams. He’s a free agent in 2019 so there are no future ramifications, making this a very easy financial situation to break down. Los Angeles had just about $1.8 million in cap space before the move was made, which means it had to part ways with someone before adding Fowler to the 53-man roster.

The Rams did exactly that, waiving guard Jamon Brown and saving $1.7 million. When these transactions are reflected on the salary cap, the Rams will be in the green and have about $1.7 million to spend for the rest of the season.

In simple terms, the Rams basically swapped out Brown for Fowler, losing about $200,000 in the process. A very small price to pay for a guy who will be an immediate starter at outside linebacker.

I don't see how that's right. Brown signed a 4 year $3.2 million contract in 2015, so how could the Rams save $1.7 million in the last half of his last year of the contract?

 

[rams1fan]

Maybe the thinking of not trading Brown was not to help a potential team the Rams may see playoff time. Giants are going no where, had a top waiver claim, he will not hurt the Rams at all sitting there the rest of the year.

Nah. By trading him you control where he goes. They could have traded him for a 7th rounder in the year 2028 if they really cared where he went.

 

[Ram65]

I don't see how that's right. Brown signed a 4 year $3.2 million contract in 2015, so how could the Rams save $1.7 million in the last half of his last year of the contract?

https://overthecap.com/player/jamon-brown/3920/

Hadn't looked it up. Looks like they didn't prorate for games played. Still save some money 1 Million or a little more.

 

[TSFH Fan]

Rams East?

Shurmur, John Greco, Tree, Connor Barwin, Janoris, almost Odell, and now Jamon.

Best Wishes to Jamon in his new location.

 

[Noregar]

Rams East?

Shurmur, John Greco, Tree, Connor Barwin, Janoris, almost Odell, and now Jamon.

Best Wishes to Jamon in his new location.

I was getting ready to mention that about a lot of EX Rams on the Giants, Miami has quite few too.
Tree, Brown, & Janoris are all capable players that can contribute but Shurmur was a bad hire.

Actually a lot of Fisher's ex Rams are still scattered around the NFL. Couldn't really say that about the regimes before Fish.

JB was nice depth but his future beyond this year was always in question (Now answered). From what I have read and heard he is really a good guy and not a character problem but the suspension still hurt his stock significantly. Ultimately the emergence of Blythe and the growth of the rookies probably made Brown expendable.

 

[jrry32]

Just curious as to why - injury history, probable cost, age, bigger needs elsewhere?

His level of play this year.

 

[VegasRam]

His level of play this year.

Wow - didn't see that coming. Have to disagree.

I realize it's hard to read, but Gurley's stats on his side would indicate otherwise.
It's not ALL Whitworth.

DIRECTION ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
RIGHT SIDE 48 164 3.4 15 0
LEFT SIDE 60 375 6.3 29 6
MIDDLE 38 133 3.5 11 4
LEFT SIDELINE 12 85 7.1 26 0
RIGHT SIDELINE 11 43 3.9 21 1

 

[Jacobarch]

Brown will only do as well as the pieces surrounding him in NY. He's not a game changer or a top 3 RG in the NFL. Yes, he's above average to even good. But if NYG's Tackles don't get it together he wont make much of a difference.

 

[FarNorth]

I suspect Jamon didn’t quite meet or excel at Kromer’s technical requirements for linemen, and that the Rams are looking in another direction (Saffold?) for who they want to resign.

 

[jrry32]

Wow - didn't see that coming. Have to disagree.

I realize it's hard to read, but Gurley's stats on his side would indicate otherwise.
It's not ALL Whitworth.

DIRECTION ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
RIGHT SIDE 48 164 3.4 15 0
LEFT SIDE 60 375 6.3 29 6
MIDDLE 38 133 3.5 11 4
LEFT SIDELINE 12 85 7.1 26 0
RIGHT SIDELINE 11 43 3.9 21 1

I think you misunderstood my post. I said I am in favor of KEEPING Saffold.

 

[VegasRam]

I think you misunderstood my post. I said I am in favor of KEEPING Saffold.

I was previously in the let Saffold walk camp. I am now changing sides. Count me on Team KeepSaffold.

My bad - I was referring to your saying "prior to Brown being waived", you were OK with letting Saffold walk.

 

[jrry32]

I was previously in the let Saffold walk camp. I am now changing sides. Count me on Team KeepSaffold.

My bad - I was referring to your saying "prior to Brown being waived", you were OK with letting Saffold walk.

Brown being waived has nothing to do with it. Before the season, I was in favor of letting Saffold walk.

 

[VegasRam]

Brown being waived has nothing to do with it. Before the season, I was in favor of letting Saffold walk.

Then back to my original question, why?

 

[Soul Surfer]

Is Jamon practice squad eligible? My gut says no, but I saw some site mention it as a possibility?

He has started way too many games and has been on the 53 for too long as well.

 

[OldSchool]

Crazy thing is Brown might be their second best o lineman in NY now and he was expendable for us. There’s a bit of a talent disparity.

 

[jrry32]

Then back to my original question, why?

I explained my thoughts back then (I expect you could find my posts using the forum search function). Now that I no longer feel that way, I don't see a point in bringing it back up. I'm not looking for an argument.