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Free agency can be just as big a crapshoot as the draft. We learned this last season with guys like Tre’davious White and Jonah Jackson. The Rams found a solution for White by shipping him to Baltimore but Jackson’s situation is more difficult.

The original idea was for Jackson to be the finishing touch on a dominant interior offensive line. Kevin Dotson was and is playing at an elite level at RG. Steve Avila was expected to slide to center while Jackson manned the LG spot. Unfortunately, Avila was not as successful at center and Jackson battled a scapula injury that sidelined him to start the year. Even when healthy, Jackson failed to beat out rookie Beaux Limmer at center or find a starting role anywhere on the interior. In limited action, Jackson performed well below expectations (chalk it up to lack of chemistry, lingering injuries, being rusty, or whatever you like).

Jackson is the 6th highest paid interior olineman in the NFL, with respect to annual salary. He signed a 3-year, $51,000,000 deal last summer with $34,000,000 guaranteed. Jackson is higher paid than many more proven stars like Joe Thuney or Joel Bitonio. He is also higher paid than his more productive teammate, Kevin Dotson. Most teams cant afford to pay guys superstar money to keep the bench warm. What do the Rams do from here?

1. Let him compete? Should we give him a mulligan for his first season in LA and hope he wins a camp battle this year?

2. Seek a trade? There are plenty of teams looking for answers on the offensive line. How many are willing to take on his salary?

3. Restructure and keep as insurance? As we saw last season, oline injuries are common. Does he have any incentive to restructure? We got it done with Noteboom.

4. Cut? That comes with a $14,600,000 cap hit but $3,300,000 gained in cap space.
 
Probably hang onto him. Sucks to say but need depth.

He's our new Noteboom.

WOW - WTF dude ??? What happens to your boy Alaric Jackson ???

I understand the BITTERNESS,but where is the comparison ???

Totally different,plus The Rams are in an entirely different position with Alaric than Noteboom!!

I’ve said all along this Free Agent signing made NO SENSE!!! Steve Avila & A.Jackson closed out 2023 so well. It just Added to The MISTAKE of Tutu Atwell pick.I wanted to move (trade)up for L.Dickerson,but Creed Humpries was still we saw once again(Super bowl) that Center was a need. There were THREE other Center/Guards in that Draft as well.

Shelton & Alaric both should have been resigned.Shelton the season before when he became a FA !!

PISSES ME OFF - The way The RAMS run things with their OWN Free Agents !!!! That’s seriously WTF !!!

IMO - a player who is a low round pick or under drafted & earns the right to become a Free Agent. They should get rewarded.


A 1st rd. pick like Gurley or Goff should have had to play out that 5th year without concerns ??

There’s a lot there,but Dotson resigning might have been or played apart of it all ??

Beaux Limmer though really makes this Free Agent signing standout.Talk about an AWESOME Draft Pick !! That’s what’s missing in this Johan Jackson SIGNING!!!

Yes - Patrick Queen would have been nice. Was NEVER HAPPY with Brian Allen draft pick & Resigning!!! WTF !!!
—Noteboom has always been SOFT & INJURED!!! We knew he couldn’t play GUARD!!!

The RAMS have NEVER addressed The O’Line under Sean Mcvay!! Great FA signing by The Rams Whitworth was it !!! Yes & WTF cutting John Sullivan?? Go ask Whitworth his thoughts on that ??
-/This Kupp thing is Next Level ??

Talk about Pillars under Mcvay ??
Even Shelton was one of those guys. To think Noteboom was a basically a broken part of the foundation,but Alaric was a beautiful addition who should have gotten PAID. Freaking UDRFA !! Look at Shelton,Hoecht ??? Go back & look at Littleton ???

Mcvay & The Rams need to take care of there own.What kind of world do we live in??? Pay The Top percent & F’ The Players who have Earned it !! Then get rid of your foundation like Cooper Kupp.

—Stafford ??? Trade him !!
 
Yuck, what a bad contract that was. It honestly never made sense to me. Why sign a LG after Avila's rookie season, when they needed to lock down the LT position? That $ should have gone to AJ IMO. The center position could have been, and was sorted in the draft.
 
You move Dotson. He is not as good as a healthy JJ.

You either move Dotson to Center or the bench.

Not in favor of getting ride of any of our OL, except of course for Mr. Glass.

RIDICULOUSNESS - get a show !! That’s funny !! The problem is The Rams don’t scout there own players or believe in them.

Yes from post before - cutting Sullivan was the start. Not building upfront through The Draft was another.Les Snead has worked miracles though. It’s The Coaching Staff or DEMOFF & his contract guy who F’S Things UP ???

What happens at RT & LT ??? How does that get built up ??? That is the problem??? Maybe The Rams TRADE Steve Avila ??? Move up in The Draft ???

Trade Mattew Stafford?? The Rams need a LT !! The Rams need to move on from Big Rob as well.He has been a Ram longer than Sean Mcvay when Fisher was at UCI & Hardknocks with the move from St. Louis.
 
Yuck, what a bad contract that was. It honestly never made sense to me. Why sign a LG after Avila's rookie season, when they needed to lock down the LT position? That $ should have gone to AJ IMO. The center position could have been, and was sorted in the draft.

Yeah - but same mistake!!! Why not Resign Shelton as well The Season before ?? I remember Jourdan talking about cutting Noteboom & Allen at one point ??? WTF we all knew The Rams F’d up there & we’re eating 2 BAD CONTRACTS!!

Plus why The Brian Allen draft pick ?? The Rams needed a Big Guard !!
RG !! That Corbett trade along with Dotson trades by Les Snead were AWESOME!! He saved The Rams seasons. Anyways
 
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Free agency can be just as big a crapshoot as the draft. We learned this last season with guys like Tre’davious White and Jonah Jackson. The Rams found a solution for White by shipping him to Baltimore but Jackson’s situation is more difficult.

The original idea was for Jackson to be the finishing touch on a dominant interior offensive line. Kevin Dotson was and is playing at an elite level at RG. Steve Avila was expected to slide to center while Jackson manned the LG spot. Unfortunately, Avila was not as successful at center and Jackson battled a scapula injury that sidelined him to start the year. Even when healthy, Jackson failed to beat out rookie Beaux Limmer at center or find a starting role anywhere on the interior. In limited action, Jackson performed well below expectations (chalk it up to lack of chemistry, lingering injuries, being rusty, or whatever you like).

Jackson is the 6th highest paid interior olineman in the NFL, with respect to annual salary. He signed a 3-year, $51,000,000 deal last summer with $34,000,000 guaranteed. Jackson is higher paid than many more proven stars like Joe Thuney or Joel Bitonio. He is also higher paid than his more productive teammate, Kevin Dotson. Most teams cant afford to pay guys superstar money to keep the bench warm. What do the Rams do from here?

1. Let him compete? Should we give him a mulligan for his first season in LA and hope he wins a camp battle this year?

2. Seek a trade? There are plenty of teams looking for answers on the offensive line. How many are willing to take on his salary?

3. Restructure and keep as insurance? As we saw last season, oline injuries are common. Does he have any incentive to restructure? We got it done with Noteboom.

4. Cut? That comes with a $14,600,000 cap hit but $3,300,000 gained in cap space.
#1. We don’t need to add IOL to list of needs in 2025.
 
WOW - WTF dude ??? What happens to your boy Alaric Jackson ???

I understand the BITTERNESS,but where is the comparison ???

Totally different,plus The Rams are in an entirely different position with Alaric than Noteboom!!

I’ve said all along this Free Agent signing made NO SENSE!!! Steve Avila & A.Jackson closed out 2023 so well. It just Added to The MISTAKE of Tutu Atwell pick.I wanted to move (trade)up for L.Dickerson,but Creed Humpries was still we saw once again(Super bowl) that Center was a need. There were THREE other Center/Guards in that Draft as well.

Shelton & Alaric both should have been resigned.Shelton the season before when he became a FA !!

PISSES ME OFF - The way The RAMS run things with their OWN Free Agents !!!! That’s seriously WTF !!!

IMO - a player who is a low round pick or under drafted & earns the right to become a Free Agent. They should get rewarded.


A 1st rd. pick like Gurley or Goff should have had to play out that 5th year without concerns ??

There’s a lot there,but Dotson resigning might have been or played apart of it all ??

Beaux Limmer though really makes this Free Agent signing standout.Talk about an AWESOME Draft Pick !! That’s what’s missing in this Johan Jackson SIGNING!!!

Yes - Patrick Queen would have been nice. Was NEVER HAPPY with Brian Allen draft pick & Resigning!!! WTF !!!
—Noteboom has always been SOFT & INJURED!!! We knew he couldn’t play GUARD!!!

The RAMS have NEVER addressed The O’Line under Sean Mcvay!! Great FA signing by The Rams Whitworth was it !!! Yes & WTF cutting John Sullivan?? Go ask Whitworth his thoughts on that ??
-/This Kupp thing is Next Level ??

Talk about Pillars under Mcvay ??
Even Shelton was one of those guys. To think Noteboom was a basically a broken part of the foundation,but Alaric was a beautiful addition who should have gotten PAID. Freaking UDRFA !! Look at Shelton,Hoecht ??? Go back & look at Littleton ???

Mcvay & The Rams need to take care of there own.What kind of world do we live in??? Pay The Top percent & F’ The Players who have Earned it !! Then get rid of your foundation like Cooper Kupp.

—Stafford ??? Trade him !!
I'm talking about JONAH Jackson not Alaric. I want Alaric back on a 4 year deal. He's my #1 priority behind Stafford.
 
You move Dotson. He is not as good as a healthy JJ.

You either move Dotson to Center or the bench.

Not in favor of getting ride of any of our OL, except of course for Mr. Glass.
Maybe package him with Stafford if it comes to that. He will need protection
 
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By the way, this opens up a necessary conversation. The Rams process can be unnecessarily complex sometimes. We went into 2024 needing a center but chose to move a proven guard (Avila) to center and added an expensive guard, only to move him to center (Jackson). Creating a hole to plug a hole is insane and I'm not sure why the Rams tend to play Russian roulette in free agency.
 
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By the way, this opens up a necessary conversation. The Rams process can be unnecessarily complex sometimes. We went into 2024 needing a center but chose to move a proven guard (Avila) to center and added an expensive guard, only to move him to center (Jackson). Creating a hole to plug a hole is insane and I'm not sure why the Rams tend to play Russian roulette in free agency.
I don't pretend to know all that Snead and Coach Mac do about their free agent strategies, but I do know that Avila played center a decent bit in college so there's that.
Plus I have to believe that the Rams braintrust ran this move by Avila and got the "thumbs up" from him.

Factor in, also, that there's usually more guards than centers available on the open market. So taking that into consideration this move makes a bit more sense then....

~ArkyRamsFan~