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From an cold analytical aspect Rivers is an easy cut because he will not be claimed if he is cut and he can be put on the PS and even brought back later to the 53 after all the dust settles with IR designations. He can even be kept on the PS early and get activated for game day ST before being fully elevated to the active roster at some point for teams. However when you drill down to the relational aspect of team building he may not get cut. He is a vet now and the relationships within the clubhouse with the staff and players can also affect roster dynamics. From a more personal standpoint it is harder to cut key glue guys and and ping pong them back and forth on the roster. Even though players say NFL stands for Not For Long relationships still matter and the Rams seems to value that a lot in their culture.

As a fan with no personal attachments I say cut him and put him on the PS but it may not be that simple.
For some reason I was thinking Rivers made the initial 53 man roster last year but he was actually initially cut, added to the practice squad, and elevated midseason. I could see the same thing this year, nobody's going to touch him if he's cut and he'll be available whenever we need him.

Bailey on the other hand has a solid chance of being Lampkin'd by another team if he gets cut.
 
For some reason I was thinking Rivers made the initial 53 man roster last year but he was actually initially cut, added to the practice squad, and elevated midseason. I could see the same thing this year, nobody's going to touch him if he's cut and he'll be available whenever we need him.

Bailey on the other hand has a solid chance of being Lampkin'd by another team if he gets cut.
SHHH, do you wish to get thread-banned?! We do not speak of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!
 
Also to the Ronnie Rivers point, I'm not sure if not playing in the preseason actually means the player is completely safe or if the coaches just don't need to see anything from them. Can anyone recall if a player under McVay who didn't dress in preseason still ended up being cut?
 
For some reason I was thinking Rivers made the initial 53 man roster last year but he was actually initially cut, added to the practice squad, and elevated midseason. I could see the same thing this year, nobody's going to touch him if he's cut and he'll be available whenever we need him.

Bailey on the other hand has a solid chance of being Lampkin'd by another team if he gets cut.
IMO, that's exactly what is going to happen. He's going to get cut and added back later again.
 
Do you have any thoughts on the issue of having 5 TE's filling up 53 player MR?

My guess you would not trade Parkinson for future draft selection but just cut long time veteran TE Tyler Higbee instead? By the way I think CP is the best TE last season nut he is gone in 6 months.

Higbee is now 2 1/2 yrs away from that nasty very low hit to the knee from Lions S Kerby Joseph. Knee ACL/MCL Tear event NFC 2024 Wild Card game. Add in the 2025 Pedal Ankle Sprain in November last season that caused him to miss 6 gms. However Higbee played in 10 regular season gms in 2025 with over 32% of the offenses snaps returning from that injury. Higbee's 2026 & 2027 contract is very friendly to Rams where CP's is not.

I am sure his knee's are not in undamaged condition but his knowledge of this offense is unmatched. That knee injury was the only grade 3 injury in his NFL career.
And now we have come full circle. I don’t want to trade any of the big 4. There’s a title to be won and all 4 are proven commodities.
So that means Klare gets “stashed” on the 53 with little or no hope of seeing the field unless one of the big 4 can’t go.

I would not go so far as to call his roster spot “wasted”, but this is a tough lineup to crack.
 
Do you have any thoughts on the issue of having 5 TE's filling up 53 player MR?

My guess you would not trade Parkinson for future draft selection but just cut long time veteran TE Tyler Higbee instead? By the way I think CP is the best TE last season nut he is gone in 6 months.

Higbee is now 2 1/2 yrs away from that nasty very low hit to the knee from Lions S Kerby Joseph. Knee ACL/MCL Tear event NFC 2024 Wild Card game. Add in the 2025 Pedal Ankle Sprain in November last season that caused him to miss 6 gms. However Higbee played in 10 regular season gms in 2025 with over 32% of the offenses snaps returning from that injury. Higbee's 2026 & 2027 contract is very friendly to Rams where CP's is not.

I am sure his knee's are not in undamaged condition but his knowledge of this offense is unmatched. That knee injury was the only grade 3 injury in his NFL career.

Why would they need to get rid of either TE? We knew from the moment they drafted Klare early that they would likely carry 5 TEs.

I do not understand the eagerness to weaken a strong position in a year when we're the SB favorites.
 
Also to the Ronnie Rivers point, I'm not sure if not playing in the preseason actually means the player is completely safe or if the coaches just don't need to see anything from them. Can anyone recall if a player under McVay who didn't dress in preseason still ended up being cut?

I've posted this numerous times. As far as I know, there has never been a player who didn't dress in preseason that has been cut. Last year, Rivers played in the 1st preseason game indicating that he wasn't safe.

I call this stat the Preseason Predictor Index and so far, its undefeated. I'm aure at some point that will change, but a general rule seems to be that McVay protects the players that are safe.
 
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And now we have come full circle. I don’t want to trade any of the big 4. There’s a title to be won and all 4 are proven commodities.
So that means Klare gets “stashed” on the 53 with little or no hope of seeing the field unless one of the big 4 can’t go.

I would not go so far as to call his roster spot “wasted”, but this is a tough lineup to crack.
Hes Stashed on the 53 for next year. Then unleashed in 2027.
 
I'm not so sure Klare doesn't get some playing time this year. He did get some reps with the 1st team in camp with Allen out.

With as much as we're expecting McVay to use 13 personnel, I think the expectation is that he'll have some contribution this year.
 
Bailey on the other hand has a solid chance of being Lampkin'd by another team if he gets cut.
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With as much as we're expecting McVay to use 13 personnel, I think the expectation is that he'll have some contribution this year.

On special teams.If Allen is healthy
& the rest of the TE’s,I’ll just say GOOD LUCK
 
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Didn’t that happen last season. They kept hunter and sent rivers to the ps. Rivers’s played more.
That's exactly what happened.

I think the 3rd RB ... who I believe was Hunter ... not playing was mostly a reflection of the top-two-RBs (Williams and Corum) being healthy all season ... both played all 17 games ... that's rare.

Rivers was the better Special Teams player, so he was active for 11 games, compared to Hunter's 5 games.

I have no idea what the Rams will do at RB in the coming days.
 
Also to the Ronnie Rivers point, I'm not sure if not playing in the preseason actually means the player is completely safe or if the coaches just don't need to see anything from them. Can anyone recall if a player under McVay who didn't dress in preseason still ended up being cut?
Yeah they do that almost every year. Rivers specifically has been cut I think almost every year and added to PS. I fully expect Rivers to be cut again and added to PS this year. Feel like they used to do that with past RBs like Malcolm Brown and maybe even Daryll Henderson one season towards the end.
 
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