Joe Barksdale signs with Chargers

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jrry32 said:
I think we made a mistake in not bringing him back on a prove it deal. This team can never have enough depth on the OL (we always suffer injuries there) and it would have been nice to have a veteran presence. But oh well, it is what it is.
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Perhaps, Barksdale believed that he'd proven enough to the Rams already and wouldn't accept such a deal from them.

My guess is that he requested something very high, the Rams countered with something lower and then eventually took whatever offer they had off the table at some point.
 
Joe's gonna have it rough! 2 games against each of Miller and Ware for Denver, Houston and Hali for KC and Tuck and Mack in Oakland. Not sure that's where I'd have signed a prove it deal but I wish him the best.
 
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ram007 said:
You mean the guy who never played an NFL snap compared to a 4 year experienced vet who is atleast by all accounts is a capable NFL caliber RT?
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Yes, that guy.
 
I would have preferred to keep him another season since he signed for that cheap. At least a year of insurance in case of injuries or rookies not being ready.
 
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I am glad the Rams moved on from Barksdale. I think Havenstien will be as good as Joe was, and likely even better. Joe made the fatal mistake of listening to his greedy agent who overestimated Joe's value.

It was also a bad draft year for a middling ORT to try to score big money. There were too many options on the draft board.

I really thought that being a contract year Joe would have played his ass off. I wonder why he didn't?
 
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Best of luck, Joe.

You'll have a long NFL career, no doubt.

We move on, now. Havenstein is going to the playoffs as a rookie.
 
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OldSchool said:
Joe's gonna have it rough! 2 games against each of Miller and Ware for Denver, Houston and Hali for KC and Tuck and Mack in Oakland. Not sure that's where I'd have signed a prove it deal but I wish him the best.
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Exactly and he had trouble with all of them when he was on our team
 
Elmgrovegnome said:
I am glad the Rams moved on from Barksdale. I think Havenstien will be as good as Joe was, and likely even better. Joe made the fatal mistake of listening to his greedy agent who overestimated Joe's value.

It was also a bad draft year for a middling ORT to try to score big money. There were too many options on the draft board.

I really thought that being a contract year Joe would have played his ass off. I wonder why he didn't?
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Because he's not that good vs good defensive ends
 
jrry32 said:
I think we made a mistake in not bringing him back on a prove it deal. This team can never have enough depth on the OL (we always suffer injuries there) and it would have been nice to have a veteran presence. But oh well, it is what it is.
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I think they both wanted more and they both got less, and that's no disrespect to our rookies, but you can't argue against having some veteran depth on such a young offensive line.
 
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ram007 said:
Market money is what SD payed him. Anything wrong to given him 20% more and is Barksdale not worth $1.2+ million to a team that is ranked near bottom in their OL capabilities?
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Market for his ranking was $3-4 Mil a season for three seasons, no?
 
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