C'mon man. Stafford and the Rams have been rumored to be discussing this shit since last offseason. Of course both sides know where the rough target ranges are for the other. And they don't agree. Thus this situation.
It only moves the needle for me because you don't see it much. I can't think of many examples where teams felt the need to do this. Brandon Aiyuk, but he was very close to being traded. I hear you though. They clearly want to get an extension done.
Change that round 2 to this year and round 3 to 2026 with an escalator to round 2 if they make it to the AFC championship. That would be a decent start lol
The Rams care. They are not going to move a player of his caliber somewhere he isn't good with. Also doing that opens up him saying fuck you I'm retiring. And they can call his bluff, but that eats into his value in trade. So bottom line is when this situation happens you put it out there that you expect a top pick, which the Rams reportedly have. Then you let the QB find a spot he likes where the pay is there too. Then you work the deal.
No team will trade anything of value for a guy that just might decide to retire instead of playing without a new contract. So he has a lot of say.
Give it up I already argued with them about this point and they think that stafford will just get traded anywhere and go willingly.
Because if he threatens to retire that will back off suitor teams and shit on his value in trade. The best path forward for the Rams is allowing him to find a spot where he's happy, and that team then works the deal with the Rams.
That's stupid business then. Sorry but trading Stafford is investing in kick starting a roster overhaul to jives better with our young roster. Why would they refuse the best offer for the franchise overall for just one individual? In the NFL, paying a premium for a top notch QB is a must. If teams want him that bad, offer a great trade or fuck off. Rams need to play hardball with interested teams.
Not sure how you figure that. The Rams were just barely shy of going to the SB. They are not in rebuilding mode. They are in win now AND in the future mode. And that is where I believe they are planning to be for the foreseeable future.
He's not retiring, he's literally said that. This I'm taking my ball home crowd is delusional as hell. The man wants to play ball. Guess we aren't believing in what players actually said now?
Miami would take a dead cap hit of 58 mill if they traded Tua.
Lets go with your thought here. How many teams can and will pay him 3 years $210 million? And now off that list how many of those are going to give him a better chance to win games let alone a Lombardi? He may have say in it but he himself is limiting his options if money is what's most important to him he'll go where we trade him. Again this all comes down to that pay request and if it isn't this idiotic $70 million a year he'll stay a Ram.
Don't you love when people think a competitive group like Snead and McVay assume they are just gonna mail it in? Every team has to have contingency plans for building a roster that can compete for a championship. Didn't a lot of us, me included, make that mistake when they went young on the defense?
In that they are both NFL teams in the NFC, other than that not even close
It sounds like you'd be shocked how little they've actually talked numbers and how much closer the discussions have been to what we've done on here.
I don't see any contigency plan that would move us forward and not backward.
