Todd Gurley released

[Dieter the Brock]

It won't ever make sense especially with the June 1 designation. I'll be less angry like I was eventually when she traded away Eric Dickerson. But this move will never make sense. The smart thing to do was use him and abuse him for a year and then cut him or trade him at the deadline to get something and take the cap savings next year. This is stupid and I'll never change my mind about that part of it. I will get less angry but will never be ok with this.

I see this more than ED

 

[RamFanWA]

My daughter, the sea chickens fan says.... Maybe next year we can both wear TG30 shirts...

 

[Merlin]

I'm just disgusted tbh. Even though we knew it was coming TG leaving is like a girlfriend breaking up with you. It fuckin sucks.

And btw I'm pissed not only at the Rams but him too. Just bullshit that it came to this. Hopefully someday the Rams will retire him but for now all I can say is I hope he stays the fuck away from the NFC West.

 

[jrry32]

the players wanted free agency....they got it....this is the consequences for it....

What? Gurley just got handed a $7.55 million check to not play for us this year.

 

[Lunchbox]

Actually, I disagree with that second part. What kills coaches and GMs is staying tied to players that you should not. This is the Rams saying "yep, we made a mistake. Now we fix it."

That's actually a good thing. Now McVay earns his stripes as a leader by finding a way to explain this to the rest of the locker room.

They explored the trade market and found nothing. This gives Gurley a chance to find a new team. IMO, that is a class move by the organization.

 

[jacktheripper85]

I love reading these posts. If Henderson goes for over 100 yds in the first game and the Rams win 95% of the people on this board will be saying “Fuck Todd Gurley!” Lol.

 

[Gandalf]

It won't ever make sense especially with the June 1 designation. I'll be less angry like I was eventually when she traded away Eric Dickerson. But this move will never make sense. The smart thing to do was use him and abuse him for a year and then cut him or trade him at the deadline to get something and take the cap savings next year. This is stupid and I'll never change my mind about that part of it. I will get less angry but will never be ok with this.

Trading Dickerson sucked! Especially since they wasted all of the draft picks.
It only makes any sense for Gurley is if the RUMOR about him becoming a locker room distraction are true. Otherwise, running him til the wheels fell off would make sense. Would the Rams have been in a pickle with his contract if he sustained further injury this year?

 

[MachS]

I'm just disgusted tbh. Even though we knew it was coming TG leaving is like a girlfriend breaking up with you. It fuckin sucks.

And btw I'm pissed not only at the Rams but him too. Just bullshit that it came to this. Hopefully someday the Rams will retire him but for now all I can say is I hope he stays the fuck away from the NFC West.

He'll still have games where he goes off I think, but he cant sustain for an entire season anymore and carry a team. With the money he was making that was the expectation...so we had to move him. But I'm with you, doesn't make it easier. I can still see him catching that screen against Ten and taking it like 80 yards to the house like he was shot out of a fucking rocket. For someone who was so important to our resurgence and by all accounts a great teammate, its just sad that his tenure had to end this way. I'll always respect TG3.

 

[OldSchool]

I see this more than ED
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I don't, ED was traded for financial reasons. Bettis they thought they could do better with somebody else. I get it but think there's a difference.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

Trading Dickerson sucked! Especially since they wasted all of the draft picks.
It only makes any sense for Gurley is if the RUMOR about him becoming a locker room distraction are true. Otherwise, running him til the wheels fell off would make sense. Would the Rams have been in a pickle with his contract if he sustained further injury this year?

What you don’t like Aaron Cox?

 

[rams1fan]

Ultimately we will b paying Todd to play for another team. He will probably sign for 5 mill while we pay him 15

 

[Dieter the Brock]

I love reading these posts. If Henderson goes for over 100 yds in the first game and the Rams win 95% of the people on this board will be saying “Fuck Todd Gurley!” Lol.

And if Henderson runs for 24 yards and fumbles 2x ?

 

[Merlin]

Trading Dickerson sucked! Especially since they wasted all of the draft picks.

The Dickerson trade felt a lot like this move. Very similar, like a fucking knife to the heart.

Bettis pissed me off because the Rams were so goddamn stupid. But we didn't have him long enough for me to have that same connection to the player.

 

[MachS]

I hate this move, but somewhat understand it! This lives up to the old saying, life sucks and then you die.

For any hip-hop fans..its during these tough times we put on Nas' Life's a Bitch.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwSfbE9IXc

 

[Merlin]

Ultimately we will b paying Todd to play for another team. He will probably sign for 5 mill while we pay him 15

Watch him sign with the 9ers at league minimum just to fuck us in the ass twice next season.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

For any hip-hop fans..its during these tough times we put on Nas' Life's a Bitch.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwSfbE9IXc

I am not a hip hop fan but I will definitely listen!

 

[“Turbo set!”]

I never liked the signing. This scenario was not only possible but likely. Here we are.

Not only is there a savings of a small amount cap space we saved $10M cash.

 

[AlphaRam]

Ultimately we will b paying Todd to play for another team. He will probably sign for 5 mill while we pay him 15

Like @OldSchool said, would rather have used and abused him for a bit longer and then cut our losses but it's obvious the Rams FO thought he was either A) a lockerroom issue or B) The knee wasn't worth relying on anymore and taking a roster spot. Otherwise it really doesn't make sense to cut him right now.

 

[jacktheripper85]

Too much talk of what Gurley did in the past. Harsh realities of last year:

-Never had a play for over 25 yds
-lost most of his explosiveness
-sulked on the sidelines half the time
-hard to remember him being a difference maker in a game
-knee is obviously shot

Lets face it.

-Great player for 3 years and awesome to watch
-Terrible timing and structure regarding his contract. Totally blew out the market at the time and wasn’t necessary. Especially for the RB position.
-Knee injury may have been more mental than physical and McVay didn’t feel like dealing with that drama for another year.

Sorry he couldn’t stay healthy and retire as a Ram and go to the Hall of Fame but he’s done. Better to cut bait now and see if Henderson has what it takes.