I think we differ there, which is totally fine.
I feel like the Rams have almost no confidence in Bennett. I think he's as good as gone.
If we are shipping Stafford out, I'd rather give Fields a shot then Jimmy G. Just my opinion. Jimmy G isn't really capable of passing down the field (without a good chance of a turnover). At least Fields has a strong arm and is athletic as anyone. Also, young and maybe his head is on straight and can be a starter going forward. There is no real chance for that with JG.
That's totally fair but I think we have to put this QB class in context, I'm not sure many of these guys are better than him or will be.
If they go from Stafford to Jimmy, you free up so much money in 2026 and beyond because of the difference in cost that they would be able to make much bigger free agency investments now if they wanted to.
Speaking of the all-in strategy, Robert Mays did a great podcast on FA signings and superbowl teams this week. Def give it a listen if you have a minute. Basically, aside from the Broncos who bought their defense one year (and the still had Von and that interior guy), most teams that make the Superbowl have one thing in common, low end FAs that over-perform their contracts.
And that's a fair approach. Most of the time. I'm not sure the Rams are so good at getting low end FAs that over-perform their contracts. It looks like that's what they tried to do last year....and most years. They rarely spend in wave one. And they miss fairly often in waves two and three.
Such a great post.
No team redoes a deal for a QB who is under contract to guarantee him money or increase his income and cap figure without the owner signing off on it.
Of course they do. That's what the GM decides. Kroenke knows the team will spend up to the cap limit and lets his money guys figure out how that works.
Disagree. Big decisions like that are brought to the owner. In fact watch and see... We will hear once this is done that it was the owner saying no.
It's not a big decision, that's the point. He's going to spend to the limit of the cap, makes no difference how its spread out. Of course there are owners that want final say over all decisions, draft, free agent signings, trades etc. But that aint Kroenke, he hasnt micro managed the team, that's why they're so successful
I looked up his stats and his career as a starter wasn’t a total disaster. But he’s never played in a McVay scheme though, assuming that matters.
Agreed. The Rams owner makes big decisions like lets trade the young QB who we just paid for an older QB who we will need to pay in a year or two. Franchise altering decisions.
Any time a player decides that he's going to make more than was already agreed upon and signed in contract, that is a big decision. No owner is going to be happy finding out via the news that his GM has caved to a player to pay him more. Any time that happens you can bet the GM gives the owner a heads up as well as his rationale for giving in or refusing. And the owner will say yea or nay.
The guy who posted this on the Rams forum pretty much admitted he was trolling another poster who makes outlandish claims. Nothing about this is true.
See that’s you putting your spin on it that the Rams would be caving in. Too funny. I’m certain that Kroenke is aware of all the contract negotiations, and renegotiations and entrusts his GM and President of operations to make the best decisions for the club.
We've heard them talk about going to Stan for this type of thing before. They've talked about him being receptive and not combative but they have had to sell him on stuff before. He's expressed confidence in the guys but they absolutely get his ok on this type of stuff.
