Rams will benefit from Covid-19 loophole for the FA contracts of Brockers/Floyd

[Stl2La]

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[CGI_Ram]

 

[Stl2La]

The Robinson deal would also be up for the Rams to decide on.

 

[TexasRam]

 

[Mister Sin]

Wtf...

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

So we're not keeping all of them?

 

[kurtfaulk]

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I would not be happy if the rams screw a player this way. But consider the source of the article.

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[Elmgrovegnome]

I prefer Robinson over Brockers. Brockers getting a 3 year 31 million contract is bonkers imo.

 

[XXXIVwin]

So let’s go on a spending spree and sign a dozen more free agents and keep them all in limbo...

 

[jrry32]

I prefer Robinson over Brockers. Brockers getting a 3 year 31 million contract is bonkers imo.

It's 3 years $24 million with very little guaranteed money. The $31 million counts escalators (max value if he hits all his marks). I think I'd pick Brockers over Robinson. We'd get a comp pick back if we did that, and Brock is respected in the locker room. But I imagine we'll move money around to keep them all. It would be a bad look (and hurt us with future FAs) to dump somebody after agreeing to terms.

 

[yrba1]

A lot of potential backloading for future contracts in later years; it's a huge concern if some of these do not pan out, especially Goff, but it'll make room for re-signing some key players such as Kupp and Ramsey.

Doing well in the draft will be vital as it can synergize with good FA acquisitions or mitigate bad ones.

 

[PhillyRam]

It's 3 years $24 million with very little guaranteed money. The $31 million counts escalators (max value if he hits all his marks). I think I'd pick Brockers over Robinson. We'd get a comp pick back if we did that, and Brock is respected in the locker room. But I imagine we'll move money around to keep them all. It would be a bad look (and hurt us with future FAs) to dump somebody after agreeing to terms.

OTC now has Robinson canceling out Zuerline so we get the Littleton pick back.

 

[ramfan46]

Bumping this because it has gone awfully quiet about Leonard Floyd. I wonder if they nix Floyd's deal with Brockers signed and take the comp pick and a little cap space.

 

[dang]

I suppose anything is possible but not carrying through with Floyd seems shady. I think we may be good at OLB but need could benefit from flexibility Floyd could bring at ILB/OLB.

 

[Corbin]

I hope they Nix Floyd’s deal. That was a horrible pick up and terrible value. I could think of 5 edge players on the draft that are likely to be our pick than have Floyd.

 

[Ram65]

I hope they Nix Floyd’s deal. That was a horrible pick up and terrible value. I could think of 5 edge players on the draft that are likely to be our pick than have Floyd.

I'm not sure if they keep Floyd at the edge all the time. From what I understand Staley likes to send any of the Lbers (defensive players) on the pass rush. I think Staley has big plans for Floyd. He has coached him as recently as 2018. Floyd is considered an all-around player. He could play inside or outside in coverage as well as pass rush from inside or outside. I'm excited to see what Staley will do with Floyd who ran a 4.6 forty.

 

[Corbin]

I'm not sure if they keep Floyd at the edge all the time. From what I understand Staley likes to send any of the Lbers (defensive players) on the pass rush. I think Staley has big plans for Floyd. He has coached him as recently as 2018. Floyd is considered an all-around player. He could play inside or outside in coverage as well as pass rush from inside or outside. I'm excited to see what Staley will do with Floyd who ran a 4.6 forty.

Leonard Floyd never blossomed into the pass-rusher we all thought he’d turn out to be as a top-10 prospect just a few seasons ago. Since he entered the league in 2016, Floyd ranks 67th of 76 qualifying edge defenders in PFF pass-rush grade and owns the fifth-highest percentage of pressures that were either a cleanup or unblocked. As said, the offensive line needs a lot of work, and that money could have gone there as opposed to risking it in Floyd, hoping he just needs a change of scenery.

This feels more like a Spags/Fisher move of bringing average players they used to coach to our roster.

The guy statistically has been average and the ONLY reason he’s still in the league is he’s pretty good against the run. Well, that doesn’t help when they pass 50%+ in a game does it? We just gave 10 million guaranteed to a guy that statistically only plays half his game worth a damn.

That’s a bad move.

P.s. he did the same thing at Georgia to.

 

[BonifayRam]

I am always going to place higher priority on linemen over LB'ers.

If I had to pick 2 out of the 3 new defensive contracts then let it be DL'ers Robinson & Brockers.

OLB/ILB'ers just do not carry the same weight in my NFL world especially if they are lacking in the pass rush game like Floyd.

 

[Ram65]

Leonard Floyd never blossomed into the pass-rusher we all thought he’d turn out to be as a top-10 prospect just a few seasons ago. Since he entered the league in 2016, Floyd ranks 67th of 76 qualifying edge defenders in PFF pass-rush grade and owns the fifth-highest percentage of pressures that were either a cleanup or unblocked. As said, the offensive line needs a lot of work, and that money could have gone there as opposed to risking it in Floyd, hoping he just needs a change of scenery.

This feels more like a Spags/Fisher move of bringing average players they used to coach to our roster.

The guy statistically has been average and the ONLY reason he’s still in the league is he’s pretty good against the run. Well, that doesn’t help when they pass 50%+ in a game does it? We just gave 10 million guaranteed to a guy that statistically only plays half his game worth a damn.

That’s a bad move.

P.s. he did the same thing at Georgia to.

There are a lot of reasons why signing Floyd is good for the Rams. He can set the edge which has been a problem for the Rams defense for too long. He is a good tackler as well which the Rams have been very weak at. He has had a high percentage of dropbacks in coverage for an OLBer and is very good at it. His versatility can't be underrated in the Fangio/Staley defense which he already knows.

Staley will be using the Fangio defensive system, with some tweaks, that requires OLBs to be able to drop back in coverages. This allows him to disguise different pass-rush packages. Offenses have a hard time picking up the pass rush when they aren't sure who is rushing. The Bears used this system to stymie the Rams offense as we all painfully remember.

If you're just looking at sacks then remember Fowler had 2.5 fewer sacks in his first four years than Floyd had. Floyd could get the sack stat up near double digits. The Rams lost three starting LBers in Fowler, Littleton and Matthews with only Ebu having extensive experience remaining on the defense. In Floyd, the Rams have added an experienced versatile every down LBer that they simply didn't have and need.

 

[shovelpass]

So how do they fit Floyd onto the roster? Neither his or Brockers details are public or accounted for yet but according to this they might have to move stuff around to fit Brockers. I'm wondering what they would have to do to make it work. Trade, restructure, extension, etc.