is he trade bait, or will we see him on the field for the Rams this week?
Good Question Rhody
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Here's some of my thoughts......TA is fired from Punt Returns. KR P.Cooper who has done well @ that assignment picks up the TA mantle & does the same @ PR....meanwhile Mike Thomas who had appeared to be a decent KR is out of an assignment due to PC play.
Rams have been free of injuries in the large in numbers WR unit. Woods, Kupp. Watkins, Cooper, Reynolds & Tavon Austin & now Mike Thomas would come into play. The amount of time missed while he served his SUP would have him way behind the bar too.
However there is some elements that are still lingering here....McVay has his short & middle passing game working fine but the deep ball is MIA. Sammy Watson has yet to produce in this area which is his game plus Goff has had issues in hitting his deep balls too. Both Thomas & Reynolds have the talent to work & improve this deep ball game but thus far they are still trying to get Sammy going ....& its not happening.
If Sammy continues down this same path thus far & Goff does not improve Sammy will not be resigned @ the amount he will desire thus he will depart in March 2018 making a serious need for Thomas to be on the roster. Thomas will be one of the lowest priced Ram players in the salary cap about 440K & is signed @ this ultra low priced until he is a RFA in 2020!
On the optimistic side I would expect that both youngsters Thomas & Reynolds could fill in the hole left by Sammy's departure. That's not a heavy task for either of these young 4th & 6th round Ram selections due to the fact Sammy has not done all that much.