Rams are a couple pieces away from building the perfect beast. A healthy Stafford (or young buck) at QB, a stud LOT and an alpha dog CB1. I’m looking at 2026 for that to happen but it could happen in 2025 with a little luck.
I gotta disagree on this part. If we're talking health then I'm with you, but if you're talking about performance, then I disagree that he's not a stud, long term LT.
In his contract season.
My position is that you grossly overestimate the contract season thing.
That would be a silly implication. Mine is that maybe this has been something he's dealt with, on the downlow after that initial window the Rams knew about, because he knew he needed to earn that contract. Then once the contract is done, hey look it's back.
I'll have you know I do not make funny faces at the computer..
Merlin sitting in front of the computer.
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Agreed.....I think a lot of these can still have a future in the league for sure and I hope many of them make it to the PS.
Well, he did give the Rams a bit of a discount in terms of left tackle money. Maybe the blood clots were a part of the reason.
The deception on this implication would be troubling but it does have a silver lining.
If he knew it was a problem before signing would he hold off treatment until he gets paid? Pretty risky if so.
Might be in the minority on this one, but a backup TE with close to a $10 million cap number (Parkinson) seems like recipe for a roster cut, pay cut, or trade. All they need is for Allen or Ferguson to show some blocking chops.
I was thinking that earlier in the offseason and it made sense. But McVay seems to be giving him the "made the roster" treatment. Could have missed him but don't recall seeing him on the field in that first game.
Allen did some great blocking in the Cowboys game...
I thought about this as well, but, given Higs injury history I think the Rams keep four, at least at the beginning of the season.
Maybe but remember, the cap relief when a player is cut does not usually equal the cap hit.
Aside from Higbee's injury history and Ferg being a rookie which I think makes any of those unlikely, what does cap savings do for us now? We have hopes of being a strong contender for the SB. Does moving on from Parkinson help with that goal?
Well, the savings can be carried over to next year's cap when they will need $$ to extend guys. Or extend a guy like Lake right now. So it helps next year.
