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Sean McVay names positions Rams are watching closest before final cuts
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Bortles isn't perfect. That's why he was available to the Rams at an affordable price. He is better than the vast majority of backup QBs who aren't recent high draft picks just waiting for their chance. He took a tiny contract (by NFL standards) specifically to see what he could learn from the Rams.
They will need somebody else next season, but he is arguably the best backup the Rams have had in years, and frankly after some more training with the Rams, is likely going to be better than at least some starters in the league. That's why he took the small contract in an expensive place to live - to build up his value to become a starter again.
They will need somebody else next season, but he is arguably the best backup the Rams have had in years, and frankly after some more training with the Rams, is likely going to be better than at least some starters in the league. That's why he took the small contract in an expensive place to live - to build up his value to become a starter again.
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On a rope fellas!!!!!!!!
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Well, ... the first part is irrelevant, but the second part is right on.
When Bortles was released by JAX, he was owed a substantial amount of money from them. While Bortles is only being paid 1.mil by the Rams, the Jags are still paying something like 6 or 7 mil for him in 2019. The Rams pay is being deducted from what JAX owed him, ... theoretically, Bortles could have sat out the entire season and still receive the same pay. He purposely came to the Rams to learn from McVay, and we got the one year deal of a lifetime. At least this is how I remember it going down at the time.