As long as he stays at Tackle. He was capital B Brutal at Guard.Whipping boy no more!!!
The only concern with him is health. If he can stay healthy he will ve fine, but he seems to get nicked up a bit for a young player.We are fairly poor about giving our own players bad deals. We've given our share of good deals too.
I'm with you in hoping it's a good structured contract but mostly just saying Peter King and other media types can sometimes be full of it. Happy Notebook got paid but he definitely needs to work on his run game push since he's not a known mauler.Well, it's $25M guaranteed over 3 yrs so who knows what the structure & the incentives are or how bonuses are structured. Last yr could be bloated and they could cut ties if he is not worth it, with a minimal cap hit.
I had not heard much from the "Talking Heads" on Noteboom's open-market-value but there was a thread discussion on this Forum, late in the season; and many of us were of the opinion that Noteboom would easily exceed $10M-per. Too many teams have $ to spend, and there are far too few quality young offensive linemen to go-around.All the talking heads were saying Noteboom wouldn’t fetch 10+ mill on the open market and we gave him a contract for roughly 13. I understand only 25 is guaranteed but this seems like a bit of an overpay for a guy who is largely unproven. We’ve seen flashes and I know the market is always thin for LT’s but..man..
Agree that his pass blocking skills are great but still want him to be more of a beast in the run game. The push from the online there is an are I'd love for us to improve. A more dominant run game would make our offense extremely difficult to defend.IMO, great move, Noteboom is an upper echelon LT in pass protection plus has been improving on his run blocking too, durability is the only issue here, but Alaric Jackson is in reserve and ready to be the backup LT moving forward...Glad the kept Boom...Great Job.
I'm not dopey.........maybe a bit smokey, stoney, buzzed, drunk, but dopey? All hell no. I don't get any where near any kinda white powder after seeing Rick James on Chappelle's show lolI had not heard much from the "Talking Heads" on Noteboom's open-market-value but there was a thread discussion on this Forum, late in the season; and many of us were of the opinion that Noteboom would easily exceed $10M-per. Too many teams have $ to spend, and there are far too few quality young offensive linemen to go-around.
Just further proves the opinion of many on this Forum that the "Talking Heads" know less about the Rams than many of the fans on this Forum. It's not that we are smarter. God knows, most of us are kind of dopey. However, we spend literally 100-times-more on following the Rams than most of those "Talking Heads".
I enjoy them but don't take them seriously. Regardless of whether they are positive or negative about the Rams.
I bit more than I expected but good for him. He’s put in the time and has improved from when he entered the league.Well, it's $25M guaranteed over 3 yrs so who knows what the structure & the incentives are or how bonuses are structured. Last yr could be bloated and they could cut ties if he is not worth it, with a minimal cap hit.
My concern is how it will affect the run game. Joe is a definite step down from Whitworth when it comes to run blocking. But I doubt they felt there were many other options.The only concern with him is health. If he can stay healthy he will ve fine, but he seems to get nicked up a bit for a young player.
Still the best option they had to fill that critical position considering age, cost, and upside.
Wow, once in a while those old Navy Guys find their sea legs.It seems like the nature of FA is "overpaying.' To keep and get other FA's, you normally have to increase the historical amounts paid to get what you want. Don't you think Snead/Demoff have a spread sheet with max payouts for each FA that they want, and where to restructure contracts to make room? I don't sweat the money, AT ALL. We pay them to know what they're doing and they have the big picture and we don't.