[Call me Roman]

So i'm guessing we're keeping Tavon? Tweets are blank in here for me

[Tom, With Horns]

If I'm reading this correctly, he's essentially playing for the dead cap money he would have cost us if we cut him?

[BuiltRamTough]

Yup.
Gets his 5 million that he would've gotten either way.. plus potentially 3 million more in incentives.

It in a way we’re getting him to play free for us.

[Elvis]

I think i'm one of the few people who doesn't mind this. I'm still hopeful he can be a valuable weapon.

OTOH, i think we can now cut him for nothing at pretty much any point if he doesn't offer any value in this year's offense...

[/zn/]

I saw it suggested I think by Snead that the Rams could replace what Watkins did with a committee approach. So for explosive plays that could be Tavon, Reynolds, and Thomas. Hard to say right now cause we don't even know if all three even make the team (on his new deal Tavon could be cut without it costing them or saving them anything.) (The 5 M stays on the books whether Tavon leaves or not but that was the case before too.)

So what it looks like to me is, they have no intention of drafting a receiver. Rounds 1 and 3 are all for defense (or OL). Given that they are trying to assign parts of Watkins's role to others, including TA.

..,

[dieterbrock]

I think i'm one of the few people who doesn't mind this. I'm still hopeful he can be a valuable weapon.

OTOH, i think we can now cut him for nothing at pretty much any point if he doesn't offer any value in this year's offense...

I hated the contract, not the player. His salary now works in fine being the #3 rb and #4 wr and trick play guy. His crushing down field blocks made me sad to see him go. I’m not upset he’s staying

[HighRoller]

THIS.........is this best of all outcomes.

This front office is working miracles right now.

[safer]

I like this. Tavon did humble himself in doing this, so maybe he WILL learn to run crisp routes and really refine his game to make a whole lot more $$$ next year. This is a very good move by Snead and Co.

[/zn/]

I like this. Tavon did humble himself in doing this, so maybe he WILL learn to run crisp routes and really refine his game to make a whole lot more $$$ next year. This is a very good move by Snead and Co.

My view is different. There's only so much you can expect from Tavon as a pure receiver. I don't know how much he can refine his game, or run crisp routes, etc. (Though to be fair we have seen him break free on some outside deep plays before).

I think it's a matter of McVay using Tavon the way Tavon can be used. (Though along with that Tavon getting better at the things he can do, too.)

He's not a receiver. He's not a running back. Not only does he have some limitations as a receiver, also no receiver has 184 rushes accounting for 48.7% of their touches. And you can tell he's not a pure back either just by watching him run. He's an offensive playmaker you can use on many kinds of runs and on some passing plays plus some gadgets.

Since Tavon doesn't have some of the skills you associate with pure receivers you have to accommodate him and use him in the passing game the ways you CAN use him. You do that because you're trying to set up explosive plays (and the threat of them). The trick there is adjusting the offense to incorporate the things he CAN do.

So I am not sure Tavon staying means that Tavon will learn to become a better all around pure receiver, as much as it means that McVay is now willing to incorporate a lot of the things Tavon can do into his offense. Stuff he left out last year but which we saw in 2015, Tavon's best year.

[/zn/]

I saw it suggested I think by Snead that the Rams could replace what Watkins did with a committee approach.

Found it.

Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
Asked how the Rams will respond to the loss of Sammy Watkins, Snead said, “It’s hard to say from within… I don't think you can ever replace Sammy and what he did for Sean with just one person. We’re going to have to spread that around.”