Saffold is One Heck of a... GUARD

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mr.stlouis

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Who woulda thought? He stays on the field, too. Him being a swing tackle only increases his value. I guess the the question begs how deep are our pockets? I say he's too expensive to keep but you never know with this FO.
 
He won't be back. Indy or Atl will gobble him up.
 
I still think that predicting some team will pay him big bucks to play OT is a bit pessimistic. Saffold has had a hard time staying healthy, that will scare away more teams than just the Rams. And there might just be someone willing to pay him more to play G than T, and that team might be the Rams.
 
I think Fisher really likes him. Fish can preach some classic Coach speak... but I get the impression that Fisher is a big fan of Saff.

He was snatching some heavy weight one handed on Instagram. I think he was snatching 250 pounds with his left hand if I remember right.
 
We need to keep Saffold and I hope he wants to stay and play guard... he's playing some great football.
 
He has been a great addition to the OL at guard. He was absolutely burying people today and having fun doing it. If we can see it the Rams FO has to see it to oand already be formulating a plan to get it done.

Long, Jones, Barnes, Saffold, Barksdale for 2014

Pay the man
 
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blackbart said:
He has been a great addition to the OL at guard. He was absolutely burying people today and having fun doing it. If we can see it the Rams FO has to see it to oand already be formulating a plan to get it done.

Long, Jones, Barnes, Saffold, Barksdale for 2014

Pay the man
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Yeah I noticed some emotion out of Saffold also, he loves pulling and getting on LBs. Good stuff.
 
Is the franchise tag a possibility? Assuming we cut Wells, Dahl and Finnegan then we should have the cap space, we don't have many holes that we can't fill in the draft, if we don't want to sign any big time free agents then it could be a way to get it done.
 
He's from Ohio originally. He might command a lot of money, but I'm not sure I'd give it to him based on only a few games at OG and his health history.

But, I do agree with everyone and he does seem to be a force at guard. The Oline looked damn good yesterday and he was making some great pulls and blew up their defense
 
If we don't resign this guy, that could end up being a huge mistake. People say he's still salty over the J. Long signing, but I don't think he is. I think our coaching staff was able to sell him on the team first mentality and the idea that no position on the O-line is more important than any other position on the O-line. The FO and coaching staff is probably constantly whispering in his ear about how much more money he could make as a great OG than just an average OT right now.
 
I think he'll take a H.Dahl-like contract. $16mil/4yrs ($4mil a year).
 
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