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[El Chapo Jr]

Love your posts Chapo, but I think you are worrying needlessly on this one. IMO Snead said nothing more than any other GM would say. Snead is basically saying, "any of our players could be traded. Any of our draft picks could be traded." Every team in the NFL knows that every player and every pick has a price.

IMO Snead has fleeced tons of teams over the years. Giving up RG3 for three 1sts and a 2nd. Trading up for Goff and turning around the franchise. Getting Stafford. Getting Ramsey and then Miller for the Lombardi. A whole bunch of minor trades in 2023 and 2024 that led to tons of monster picks (Puka, Turner, Avila, Young, Corum, Verse, the list goes on and on). Then last year, Fleecing the Falcons so they could waste it on a felon while we get an extra first rounder.

Snead has done a ton of trades to make the Rams hugely successful over the last decade. His vague comment about "being willing to part with a it's rounder for the right player" doesn't give any team any team any insider info or any negotiating leverage, IMO. Nothing more than a general statement saying he's open for business.

Yeah maybe, but I just don't like the telegraphing of what he's actually willing to trade. Why not just say, open for business to improve the team without mentioning which actual picks? I don't agree that teams won't be able to use that to try to take advantage of what they can try to get from Snead. Does it mean they'll actually get it? Definitely not. Guess I just don't see any benefit whatsoever to mentioning the 1st pick. Maybe I'm wrong but just stating my feelings about it honestly. In the end, I'll probably just be my usual Rams self and be happy that we're improving the team. Not like Snead gonna listen to me anyways hahahaha. Besides he's been great for us so I'm just discussing what I see here. I'm one that thinks Snead could have done better in the trade department. I'm not gonna agree that he fleeced tons of teams, he's done just fine though (Falcons I do agree lol). He's definitely drafted well though, that's undeniable. There's trades that sucked ass like Ernest Jones and Jalen Ramsey where he should have gotten more. I feel like Snead goes just a bit heavy handed to get what the team wants but I suppose that's to ensure that transaction. Glad the trade didn't go down for Brian Burns too. In the end, I wouldn't want to have any other GM so I'm basically nit-picking and giving my view. I just want a good ass player without giving up too much, I think we can all agree that'll be ideal.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Blah Blah Blah - Les Snead is going to try to do what’s Best 4 The Rams Period ! You can be a HATER if you like.

IMO - he’s done an excellent job over The Years & he works well with his Head Coaches.He has evolved as a GM & with Sean Mcvay more importantly.He seems to continue to CRUSH The Draft! Mcvay wanted D” Adams & to get rid of Kupp.
What happens to players isn’t always on him.Mcvay & Demoff both work in between him.
-respect

Calm down So Ram and take your meds bro. I don't hate Snead at all. You got more sensitive cheeks than an over spanked kid hahaha. Love Snead, just talking about a comment he made. You mean to tell me the people you like in your life have never said one thing you didn't agree with?
Put the sword and shield down!

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Just once, Id like to hear McVay say about anyone, "That guy? Oh, he's a real piece of shit."

I think he said that about Goff when he heard he was willing to pork his wife. Not that I disagree with the thought but you probably don't share that info when you're on his actual team haha

 

[Memphis Ram]

Here's something that the Rams have been hinting at for a month but I haven't seen much discussion on.

Les suggests that some of "reshaping the secondary" could be schematic changes. McVay implied something similar last month.

Don't kill me for this, but I got the sense that priority one will be scheme tweaks. After that, they want to add a CB1. Beyond that, we may see the same caliber of CB that they had last year.

I caught that, too.

Perhaps, more man coverage than usual. That's what the Lions wanted do when they moved on from Pleasant, too.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

I think that's a bit much ado about nothing. If there is one thing teams know about Snead it's that practically nothing is off the table. Before he said it, did you think any draft pick was off the table? I sure didn't. If anything, it probably makes other GMs more apt to pick up the phone in a hurry if Les is calling.

There seems to be this narrative among Rams fans that Snead constantly gets fleeced in negotiations. I don't buy it. I think he goes in knowing what he is willing to give for what he wants in return. Sometimes that means giving more than fans think he should. I'm sure ATL fans thought just the opposite last year.

There is a reason Les is considered by virtually everyone as one of the top GMs in the league.

It could be, just as I stated in another post, just don't see the benefit if it either. But hey what else we gonna talk about other than what people post? Talking about this most definitely doesn't change my opinion about Snead being an awesome GM for us. Just like I'd like McVay to do a bit better every now and then calling a game doesn't mean all of a sudden I think this guy isn't top notch. We are blessed with who the Rams currently have running the front office and I wouldn't have it any other way. With that said, let's not act like he's infallible, he's human after all. Re-signing Atwell, trade compensation for Ramsey and Jones, Noteboom, etc wasn't great at all. I'm not hating on the guy by stating this by the way because its unfair and not realistic to expect any GM to make the right move all the time. Just saying all this so its not twisted up like I don't love me some Snead, he's done way way more good than harm. I'm not a glutton for punishment like Loyal

 

[El Chapo Jr]

I caught that, too.

Perhaps, more man coverage than usual. That's what the Lions wanted do when they moved on from Pleasant, too.

I would welcome that more. If we can be a bit more sticky in coverage, gives our D line more time to beat up the QB.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Love your posts Chapo, but I think you are worrying needlessly on this one. IMO Snead said nothing more than any other GM would say. Snead is basically saying, "any of our players could be traded. Any of our draft picks could be traded." Every team in the NFL knows that every player and every pick has a price.

IMO Snead has fleeced tons of teams over the years. Giving up RG3 for three 1sts and a 2nd. Trading up for Goff and turning around the franchise. Getting Stafford. Getting Ramsey and then Miller for the Lombardi. A whole bunch of minor trades in 2023 and 2024 that led to tons of monster picks (Puka, Turner, Avila, Young, Corum, Verse, the list goes on and on). Then last year, Fleecing the Falcons so they could waste it on a felon while we get an extra first rounder.

Snead has done a ton of trades to make the Rams hugely successful over the last decade. His vague comment about "being willing to part with a it's rounder for the right player" doesn't give any team any team any insider info or any negotiating leverage, IMO. Nothing more than a general statement saying he's open for business.

By the way, thanks for the love. Love reading your posts as well. This forum has been awesome so I'll take this time to thank you and everyone else, although some of you can be some weird and questionable bastids lol, for sharing your insights about our beloved Rams. Don't worry, I know I'm included in the weird and questionable part too

 

[DzRams]

I caught that, too.

Perhaps, more man coverage than usual. That's what the Lions wanted do when they moved on from Pleasant, too.

Yeah, forgot to tie in the Pleasant connection, but I think you're right.

If this is the case, we probably don't bring back any of our guys because they don't play man.

 

[So Ram]

Calm down So Ram and take your meds bro. I don't hate Snead at all. You got more sensitive cheeks than an over spanked kid hahaha. Love Snead, just talking about a comment he made. You mean to tell me the people you like in your life have never said one thing you didn't agree with?
Put the sword and shield down!

I guess I’ll say my bad bro.

Yeah I get fired up easy.

I guess if I was you I be much cooler & chill.If we were hanging together I’d have to smoke more weed Maybe you could spank more of my crap out of me.

Sneads track record speaks for itself.The Rams have all kinds of options,I’m sure as The Players start getting dealt he’ll play his hand well.

FISKE trade in 2024 IMO gave up to much.
In 2025 The Trade & still getting Ferguson really helped The Rams get to where they are now puts The(Snead) Rams at an advantage.

They’ve been willing to move up to get a certain player the past few years.Now they have ammo to sort of control things.It’s like Texas Hold’em.NFL teams only can see the cards that have FLOPED.He’s holding to Cards other teams might WISH they had in there hand.

Invite me over,call my bluff.We might have fun watching a Rams Game sometime.I can bring food,drink, and maybe toys.If nothing else rams gear that will deck me out as a Rams Fan in character.

 

[Ramstien]

The only one who I really would like to see back is Durant and if they move on from him, I will trust Snead on that decision.

 

[Ram Ts]

Sure seems highly likely 29 gets traded for a top vet

That was fast.
Are you still “not so sure” ‘So Ram’?

 

[So Ram]

It could be, just as I stated in another post, just don't see the benefit if it either. But hey what else we gonna talk about other than what people post? Talking about this most definitely doesn't change my opinion about Snead being an awesome GM for us. Just like I'd like McVay to do a bit better every now and then calling a game doesn't mean all of a sudden I think this guy isn't top notch. We are blessed with who the Rams currently have running the front office and I wouldn't have it any other way. With that said, let's not act like he's infallible, he's human after all. Re-signing Atwell, trade compensation for Ramsey and Jones, Noteboom, etc wasn't great at all. I'm not hating on the guy by stating this by the way because its unfair and not realistic to expect any GM to make the right move all the time. Just saying all this so its not twisted up like I don't love me some Snead, he's done way way more good than harm. I'm not a glutton for punishment like Loyal

Mcvay plays a HUGE part of what Les Snead does.Snead has talked him off The Ledge a couple of times over the years during drafts.

 

[Merlin]

Don't kill me for this, but I got the sense that priority one will be scheme tweaks.

You can cook up any scheme you want as a coach. But if you don't have the players who can execute it you're gonna look like a dumbass.

 

[DzRams]

You can cook up any scheme you want as a coach. But if you don't have the players who can execute it you're gonna look like a dumbass.

Oh, absolutely!

My sense was that, after their internal review, they felt that the scheme needed updating and wasn't putting the players in the best position. You can have league-average CBs who look like the league's worst CBs if the coaching and scheme sucks.

Improvements to both areas are necessary.

 

[Merlin]

Yeah. Our corners were so shit last season I think it tied everyone's hands. Affected the entire team.

And what I love about McVay is when something bites him in the ass he goes hard to fix it. He's not perfect, like with corners ideally they would have added one piece last year around this time. But at least you know when something's a real problem that it's gonna get fixed, hell or high water. It's gonna happen.