The official Aaron Donald holdout thread - #Questfor100

[UKram]

with articles like that above ... if Im the rams and i had made those highest paid defender in the NFL offers ... im leaking it to the media terms years guarantees the lot .. i dont see why the rams when under a new coach who has brought nothing but positivity to the rams fandom and team and heading into a new season should get the flak for the holdout of Mr Donald.

id call pittsburgh and ask them if they want him for two firsts a second and Watt

 

[iamme33]

What's a "good" offer? What is Donald asking? What are the Rams offering? The Rams leaking to Schefter that they have made "good offers" to turn the fans against Donald is just a negotiating tactic.

true no one really knows what rams have offered or what Donald wants but something no one is considering is maybe Donald just doesn't want to be a ram.

 

[Prime Time]

@CGI_Ram I'm curious what is the most popular thread in ROD history?

Gotta think it was that relocation thread.

I'd guess this one :

http://www.ramsondemand.com/threads/your-song-of-the-day.23246/

Replies:
7,354
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156,745

There's no way to go back that far and check but @bluecoconuts is probably right. Third would be the "Introduce Yourself" thread which has 2,749 replies and 124,921 views.

 

[Loyal]

There's no way to go back that far and check but @bluecoconuts is probably right. Third would be the "Introduce Yourself" thread which has 2,749 replies and 124,921 views.

1000 > 1003 impact-wise...just sayin...:rockon:

 

[TSFH Fan]

I believe @bluecoconuts is correct and that the columns are sortable if you click

New: Latest on Kroenke, Rams and NFL in STL
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391,413

 

[RamsSince1969]

I hope he holds out all season just so this thread gets to 20,000 replies, which it will! It's like the new Dow Jones Industrial Average on a monster clip upwards. Can someone post a chart?

 

[LACHAMP46]

BTW, what makes you think that the Rams aren't offering what he deserves? Even before the leaks, I would have been surprised if they weren't trying to make him the highest paid defensive player - all the more amazing since they control him for years to come.

If we go on recent history...Jenoris Jenkins stated how the Rams offer wasn't close to fair market value...In fact Jenkins felt "disrespected" and even fired his agent, who I believe Fisher helped find for him.
http://www.espn.com/blog/st-louis-r...ns-expresses-contract-frustrations-on-twitter

View: https://twitter.com/JjenkzLockdown/status/704119015917133832

How do YOU know they havent made such offers? How do you know the Rams have not made offers in excess of that? Why are you assuming the Rams are trying to turn the fans against Donald?

That's the only reason to leak facts about contracts. Rams have tried to make Donald the highest paid defensive player....yada yada....that's Rams FO saying that...Not Donald's people. Donald KNOW the market should continue to rise.

The Rams have showed us in recent years nothing but good faith in dealing with players and salaries.

View: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2620448-insider-buzz-janoris-jenkins-fires-agent-complicates-rams-free-agency-plans


Again...Look at Jenkins....Not Tavon...which is worse. He's not half the player of Donald, yet is paid like a top WR...

Why are you assuming, with the evidence of recent deals, that the Rams are somehow trying to NOT give AD a fantastic deal?

Because every good player didn't get a fair deal. Lesser players did. Hell, we didn't wanna pay Sam Bradford.

Suh didnt make Detroit a winner

Oh yeah he did. He's helping Miami turn into a winner too.

I could be wrong but based on recent years and recent transactions as evidence, I don't think the Rams are balking at reasonable terms. THE RAMS flew to Atlanta to meet with the players representation. The RAMS have brought the manilla folder across country to work out a solution. I don't see the PLAYER or his agent in LA attempting to resolve anything at all. It's as if they have dug their foxhole.

Yet some still see this as a player being shafted somehow by the team?

If I just go on the player...Donald strikes me as a fair man. If I had to choose whom to believe, based on past experiences of Jenoris Jenkins...Sam Bradford....I'd side with Donald.

BPOT

Pay the man

 

[OldSchool]

So a little quick math I was just thinking about. Colts open up 3.5 point favorites. Colts declare Luck out spread moves 7 points so the Rams are 3.5 point favorites. Does anybody here honestly think when the Rams announce Donald won't play the spread moves back 7 points?

 

[Loyal]

So a little quick math I was just thinking about. Colts open up 3.5 point favorites. Colts declare Luck out spread moves 7 points so the Rams are 3.5 point favorites. Does anybody here honestly think when the Rams announce Donald won't play the spread moves back 7 points?

I seriously think we beat their @sses regardless (notice the lack of blue font)

 

[…..]

a bunch of stuff a bunch of stuff...Pay the man

You are using Sam Bradford as a player the Rams didn't want to pay? You don't remember that he was often injured and did not perform to his contract? Your Jenkins example was much better, but even in that case the Rams had another option and could not afford them both.

Clearly the Rams can't pay everyone. No team can. Let's not debate that, or debate who they did or who the should have paid.

You and Jerry are saying "why else would the Rams leak the Info"....AS IF THE RAMS LEAKED THE INFO. If that's how its gonna work with you two, I'm going to start giving credit to Jerry Jones, AS IF JERRY LEAKED THE INFO.

 

[LACHAMP46]

You are using Sam Bradford as a player the Rams didn't want to pay? You don't remember that he was often injured and did not perform to his contract? Your Jenkins example was much better, but even in that case the Rams had another option and could not afford them both.

I thought we did want Bradford, but had injury concerns. He was our best option at QB....Foles was a huge mistake.

You and Jerry are saying "why else would the Rams leak the Info".

Who else would link info that is saying, "Rams make FAIR offer"? Not Donald or his people...That's the Rams...to try and swing public opinion...Sorta like they did with Sam Bradford and Jenoris Jenkins...similar strategy...win public opinion. It's working...

We can't pay everyone...hmmmm...but don't you think we SHOULD PAY OUR BEST?!?

 

[OldSchool]

I thought we did want Bradford, but had injury concerns. He was our best option at QB....Foles was a huge mistake.

Who else would link info that is saying, "Rams make FAIR offer"? Not Donald or his people...That's the Rams...to try and swing public opinion...Sorta like they did with Sam Bradford and Jenoris Jenkins...similar strategy...win public opinion. It's working...

We can't pay everyone...hmmmm...but don't you think we SHOULD PAY OUR BEST?!?

And what makes you think they don't want to pay him? I mean they flew to Atlanta to talk to his agents. Clearly they aren't trying to sign him. It comical people talk with envy about winning the Patriots way yet also want us to pay Donald to a salary they wouldn't pay him.

Every week we here more from Snead that talks are ongoing but they must not want to pay him. There comes a point that he has to want to play for the Rams and be the highest paid defender. But hey they don't want to pay him. Let's just put blinders on and ignore the fact it takes two parties to consummate a contract. Donald has done less to show he wants to sign and play for the Rams that our FO has shown they want him.

But hey we don't want to pay him yeah right.

 

[…..]

Who else would link info that is saying, "Rams make FAIR offer"? Not Donald or his people...That's the Rams...to try and swing public opinion...

Let me save you some time...

Organized by Jerry Jones, the Rams met in a clandistine location deep inside area 51 and passed a sealed envelope to Florio. At that point, a PFT mailroom clerk then flew to Nepal, where from the top of Mount Everest, a little known Sherpa used a secret flashlight code known only to himself and a local Catholic Church Camp Counselor, sent the message to Shefter, who then pretended to get a text during a live taping of Good Morning Football.

Of course, they did all this TO MAKE AD LOOK BAD IN THE PUBLICS EYE, AND THUS TURN THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE VERY PERSON THEY WERE TRYING TO SIGN TO THE FOREVER CONTRACT. YUP, THATS WHAT WE DID.

 

[thirteen28]

I thought we did want Bradford, but had injury concerns. He was our best option at QB....Foles was a huge mistake.

Who else would link info that is saying, "Rams make FAIR offer"? Not Donald or his people...That's the Rams...to try and swing public opinion...Sorta like they did with Sam Bradford and Jenoris Jenkins...similar strategy...win public opinion. It's working...

We can't pay everyone...hmmmm...but don't you think we SHOULD PAY OUR BEST?!?

They wanted Bradford to take a pay cut after he had torn his ACL in two consecutive seasons and was a huge injury risk, not to mention hadn't lived up to his billing as the first pick of the draft. The Rams were hardly unreasonable at that time, because his cap hit was huge and his play and injury status did nothing to make it justified.

 

[thirteen28]

It comical people talk with envy about winning the Patriots way yet also want us to pay Donald to a salary they wouldn't pay him.

That's such a great point. Does anyone think that Belichek would put up with this sh!t?

 

[nighttrain]

Give him a signing bonus ($5 million to $10 million). It prorates for 5 years. Then schedule a big roster bonus for next year right at the start of the league (March). That would be a way of making it work.

Has to be some guaranteed money right?
train

 

[Soul Surfer]

I haven't read a post on this thread nor do I intend to.

There is no one person in this world that's going to prevent me from enjoying the season one hundred percent.
Including Aaron Donald.

I am bored with the subject.

 

[SteezyEndo]

51 pages of him still not signing....FML.

 

[Angry Ram]

51 pages of him still not signing....FML.

Let's get this bitch to 100!

 

[Prime Time]

I haven't read a post on this thread nor do I intend to.

Let's get this bitch to 100!

I'm doing my part.