[dieterbrock]

Responding to my own post @indrid Cold is correct....Per Ian Rapoport talking about Foles on the NFL Network.....He said a team trading for Foles would only be picking up around a $2 million salary.

That makes him very tradeable.

Well that changes things for sure.
Maybe we could get an 8th rounder for him

[Indrid Cold]

Foles has a $6M fully guaranteed roster bonus coming next week. Plus $1M in signing bonus proration for 2016 and 2017 that would hit the cap this year if cut or traded. So $8M of dead money on the cap to not have him on the team.

He'll cost $8.75M to be on the team (the $6M bonus + $1M proration +$1.75M salary). Acquiring team would only be on the hook for the $1.75M salary this year. His contract has a $10.75M in salary in 2017 and another $1.5M roster bonus. The Rams ($1M) or any other team ($0) could cut him after this year with no real cap impact.

So...is better to have $8M on the cap to not have him on the team or pay the same amount and hope we can get the guy who played well against SEA and AZ early in the year? I happen to think Foles is a better long-term prospect than EGOIII. Just to play out one foolish scenario, let's say the Rams sign Manning and trade Foles. If it takes 1 year $18M to get Manning, Rams cap would be like $28M for one the (still) shittiest QB situations in the league...$18M for the ghost of Peyton Manning, $8M for the ghost of Nick Foles, and a couple of million for the backups.

[Hacksaw]

Your points make it more clear Indrid. Manning is too old but might bring in the fans and give the illusion to the non football savvy football fans that the Rams are going for it. Manning might be better than what we have, maybe not. Same with Griffin. but dumping Foles and signing anyone near the salary you suggest would be foolish with respect to the win column.

[Elvis]

So Foles costs the same whether we keep, cut or trade him. The the question becomes: Is he a positive or a negative on the roster and what could we get in return for him?

[den-the-coach]

So Foles costs the same whether we keep, cut or trade him. The the question becomes: Is he a positive or a negative on the roster and what could we get in return for him?

IMHO trade him, if you can get a 5th great because the Rams lost their 5th in the supplemental draft.

[Stranger]

So Foles costs the same whether we keep, cut or trade him. The the question becomes: Is he a positive or a negative on the roster and what could we get in return for him?

IMHO trade him, if you can get a 5th great because the Rams lost their 5th in the supplemental draft.

Agreed