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Yeah Rams wouldn't do that. But it would be an insane bookend duo. Tackles would be shitting their pants every week facing those two.
 
Psycho_X said:
We need an elite CB not a 34 year old OLBer. Unless he wants to chase a ring, sign for peanuts, and be a rotation piece behind Young that would be a hard no.
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Give me DJ Reed, Tee Higgins, and Alaric Jackson and I am done with FA, outside of your 2nd & 3rd wave type cheap deals to plug holes.

With about $55M in cap, and some other possible savings from some roster/ contract restructures, we should have plenty to do that.

Hopefully they can do this without franchise tagging Jackson so he has a lower cap number for next year.
 
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PhillyRam said:
Give me DJ Reed, Tee Higgins, and Alaric Jackson and I am done with FA, outside of your 2nd & 3rd wave type cheap deals to plug holes.

With about $55M in cap, and some other possible savings from some roster/ contract restructures, we should have plenty to do that.

Hopefully they can do this without franchise tagging Jackson so he has a lower cap number for next year.
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This is my exact dream free agency plan. It worked out on Overthecap's salary cap calculator too.
 
DzRams said:
This is my exact dream free agency plan. It worked out on Overthecap's salary cap calculator too.
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I initially wasn't big on Higgins, but I didn't realize he was only 25 yrs old. I think I was confusing him with another former Clemson guy, Mike Williams.

So despite his injury history, that isn't great, at 25 yrs old, he would be worth the gamble.
 
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PhillyRam said:
I initially wasn't big on Higgins, but I didn't realize he was only 25 yrs old. I think I was confusing him with another former Clemson guy, Mike Williams.

So despite his injury history, that isn't great, at 25 yrs old, he would be worth the gamble.
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His injury history isn't great but the Rams haven't had success with drafting the X WR position. And if they roll with Stafford next year they will be trying to win it all, so taking some risk is justified.

I'd still sign either DRob or Tutu on a cheap contract, if possible, and draft a WR or two. Even if they sign Higgins they'll need depth behind him and Kupp's replacement likely in 2026.
 
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His injury history isn't great but the Rams haven't had success with drafting the X WR position. And if they roll with Stafford next year they will be trying to win it all, so taking some risk is justified.

I'd still sign either DRob or Tutu on a cheap contract, if possible, and draft a WR or two. Even if they sign Higgins they'll need depth behind him and Kupp's replacement likely in 2026.
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Yep, 2025 is an all in year.
 
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PhillyRam said:
Give me DJ Reed, Tee Higgins, and Alaric Jackson and I am done with FA, outside of your 2nd & 3rd wave type cheap deals to plug holes.

With about $55M in cap, and some other possible savings from some roster/ contract restructures, we should have plenty to do that.

Hopefully they can do this without franchise tagging Jackson so he has a lower cap number for next year.
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fuck if the Rams could make that happen it would be a dream come true.
 
Elmgrovegnome said:
The Rams have Byron Young. There's no need to throw money at DE. I'd rather they'd address corner and WR.
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Well like I said the Rams wouldn't do that. And I'd prioritize another route as well. But there's a big difference between Young and Mack. And as it pertains to pairings if we had Verse & Mack on the edges that is an elite pairing, which would have been impossible to imagine just a year ago.

Just kicking these things around tbh. I do like Young, and I appreciate him. He's just not in the class of a guy like Mack and I doubt he'll ever be on par with Sweat either, who is also potentially going to hit the market.
 
Merlin said:
Well like I said the Rams wouldn't do that. And I'd prioritize another route as well. But there's a big difference between Young and Mack. And as it pertains to pairings if we had Verse & Mack on the edges that is an elite pairing, which would have been impossible to imagine just a year ago.

Just kicking these things around tbh. I do like Young, and I appreciate him. He's just not in the class of a guy like Mack and I doubt he'll ever be on par with Sweat either, who is also potentially going to hit the market.
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Mack’s declining and Young is ascending.

Young has 34 solo tackles - Mack has 20

Young has 28 assists -Mack has 19

QB hits are close Young 13-Mack 15

TFLs Young 12- Mack 6

Sacks Young 7.5 - Mack 6


I don’t see it as an upgrade
 
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Elmgrovegnome said:
Mack’s declining and Young is ascending.

Young has 34 solo tackles - Mack has 20

Young has 28 assists -Mack has 19

QB hits are close Young 13-Mack 15

TFLs Young 12- Mack 6

Sacks Young 7.5 - Mack 6


I don’t see it as an upgrade
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The only way it makes sense is if we sign Mack to be our #3 EDGE and let Hoecht walk. Mack would have to sign a cheap deal. There's value to having him here as a veteran mentor. So I'm not opposed to it. But it doesn't sound like Mack wants to leave the Chargers.
 
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jrry32 said:
The only way it makes sense is if we sign Mack to be our #3 EDGE and let Hoecht walk. Mack would have to sign a cheap deal. There's value to having him here as a veteran mentor. So I'm not opposed to it. But it doesn't sound like Mack wants to leave the Chargers.
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Hoecht is so versatile as the third edge and he’s a veteran leader on the team with Super Borl experience.

I’d rather put the resources elsewhere and keep Hoecht if he’s affordable.
 
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Elmgrovegnome said:
Mack’s declining and Young is ascending.

Young has 34 solo tackles - Mack has 20

Young has 28 assists -Mack has 19

QB hits are close Young 13-Mack 15

TFLs Young 12- Mack 6

Sacks Young 7.5 - Mack 6


I don’t see it as an upgrade
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In the window that matters, which is 2025 and maybe 2026, the difference between the two is glaring.

Look again I like Young. Nothing against the dude. But this mentality of overvaluing our boys because they're our players is silly.
 
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