Idk people are acting like he dominated in Chicago for 4 years before coming to LA. People remember he was considered a bust right? Until coming to LA, playing for Staley and lining up next to maybe the best defensive player ever. A guy who commands double and triple teams on every play. And Floyd still only had 10.5 sacks. Sorry but $16M for this guy means the Rams have not learned their lesson with bad contracts given out. Put him on any other team without AD and watch his performance fall off a cliff. There were games he was completely invisible while getting non stop 1-on-1s.
Les Snead explains why Rams prioritized Leonard Floyd
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I am not surprised. If you look how the D is set up, both in base and nickel, there are few players more important than Floyd. If you think otherwise than you were not paying attention. I expect one or two players agreed to take a pay cut to make this happen. If so, then it speaks volumes of what the team think
Without knowing the guarantees and per-year breakout, Floyd’s deal (4 years / $64M) slots between Shaq Barrett (4 / $72) and Matthew Judon (4 / $56).
Barrett - $18M per
Floyd - $16M per
Judon - $14M per
I did that without a calculator.
Barrett - $18M per
Floyd - $16M per
Judon - $14M per
I did that without a calculator.
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Thank you for the insight Nostradamus
Nobody knows what is going to happen this offseason. Did you think this would happen? Him resigning is far from a certain thing but I sure hope he does but for now he's not signed with the Rams.
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You Reckon cheatin Bill is gettin tired of all the Brady talk? lmao
Thank you for the insight Nostradamus
Nobody knows what is going to happen this offseason. Did you think this would happen? Him resigning is far from a certain thing but I sure hope he does but for now he's not signed with the Rams.
View: https://twitter.com/sharpfootball/status/1371541116974198784?s=12
Speaking of Nostradamus... he must have been a great football guru. Maybe he can get us Desean Jackson and a real center next?
For those of you complaining about the contract. Wasn't Floyd rated one the best at his position last year vs run and pass? Lol
Well, they haven't been signing great players, so I'm pretty baffled by it all.
There's still time for that. Many here believe the Rams are too quick to give out the big money too soon. They may be right. The Rams' cap and flexibility will look better a year from now. Also, Floyd has earned his big payday IMO.
I'd be surprised if a year from now we're talking about letting DWill walk after another good season.
Wow.
Contract does look a little steep ... hope he can up his game to match. But I won't lie, I'm glad he's going to be there next year. He was a more complete edge than anyone we've had in the McVay era, good against the run and pass. If he can repeat last year's performance ... well, it will be worth most of this average yearly haul. He's certainly better than anyone else we have on our roster in that position, and in fact, is higher than the ceiling of any of them.
Caveat: I hope this didn't cost us a chance to get a center.
Contract does look a little steep ... hope he can up his game to match. But I won't lie, I'm glad he's going to be there next year. He was a more complete edge than anyone we've had in the McVay era, good against the run and pass. If he can repeat last year's performance ... well, it will be worth most of this average yearly haul. He's certainly better than anyone else we have on our roster in that position, and in fact, is higher than the ceiling of any of them.
Caveat: I hope this didn't cost us a chance to get a center.
He had 7 of his 10.5 sacks in 3 games which means he didn't record a sack in nine games. Floyd was nice but @GB when AD wasn't himself Floyd was invisible. I'm glad we got him back but at face value this is a lot of money.
We need to fill the deep threat gap in the offense. Do we have a better option without much to spend? If so, I'd be equally in favor of whoever that guy is.
Holy fuck a Donnie dinged-up Avery reference.
Understood, but he also definitely improved the run defense dramatically. And I would guess most 10 sack type guys end up getting half their sacks in a few games where they had mismatch.
Curious how he compares when it comes to pressures with top OLBs
Bingo. Lets not forget he played next to Kahlil Mack in Chicago too and still didn't perform. Massive overpay given the other FA options out there IMO.
The defense is better with him yes. But is our team better with him vs say a $10-12M edge option, a 3rd round comp pick next year, and spending that leftover $ elsewhere like OL?
This also buys us time with Lewis. Next yr, worse case, they can get by with Hollins and Obo holding down the other side, but hopefully Lewis takes it over.
Also doesn't force edge with the 2nd round pick.... so provides us draft flexibility.
Also doesn't force edge with the 2nd round pick.... so provides us draft flexibility.
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After this signing I am thinking maybe corner as our first pick in the draft. We wont be able to afford d. Williams a year from now if he plays like last year.
And what if AD gets hurt? What did Floyd do vs GB? Completely invisible.
Players talent and value should be evaluated in a vacuum. If AD goes down you think we can rely on Floyd to carry our pass rush? Absolutely not.