[AvengerRam]

How is Snead calling Jourdan out?

Also, Snead was saying similar things about Ernest Jones this time last year so, as always, the future is unknown:

I would still love to know what happened with Jones.

[Elvis]

I would still love to know what happened with Jones.

Will be interesting to see if he signs with Seattle or moves on to yet another team...

[BobCarl]

How is Snead calling Jourdan out?

Above, I linked two articles where Jourdan wrote important details about contract situations that require attention. Jourdan didn't mention anything about KW in either article.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I understood that in Jourdan's tweet she implied that she was reminded by Snead that KW's situation is very important.

[Dare]

If Kyren isn't released he will revert back to #2RB this year. Yeah, he's got great production but has become a liability, which has had a major impact on games. I think they try to move him this year. Get a second or third-round pick.

They drafted Corum to replace Williams. He's gone after this coming season regardless. Thats why they had no problem over working him. Corum and Schrader are who they are looking at IMO as #1 & 2 at RB.

In McVay's scheme, the run game is simply complimentary to the passing game. Note: the WRs are all average speed, and rely on YAC for big plays. McVay's passing offense is no longer using the shorter passes to setup the big deep strike. All of the WRs must block necessitating bigger tougher guys. It's why Atwell is not likely to be extended. They have his clone in Smith who also plays a huge role on STs.

In his run game, Sean is no longer looking for a home run hitter. It's why Akers isn't here and has never been replaced. The RB is looked at as a stay ahead of the chains weapon. It's why he finally did what I've been long hoping for and that was to implement the inside run attack using primarily gap concept blocking. So the WR roles and RB roles have evolved into a ball control offense to control the clock and the flow of the game.

As such McVay wants to evolve the QB position as well. The deep pass is still an element in the offense but no longer the focus. McVay is more focused upon the intermediate passing game. The QB seems to be reading intermediate, short then deep unless he sees an advantage deep due to coverage presnap. Then he alerts the WRs as part of his snap count to be aware that he might throw deep. It also alerts the OL that they need to insure they maintain their blocks to give him time.

This change at the QB position makes it more compatible with far more QBs. The QB must have the ability to throw deep with accuracy and strength but his intermediate passes must be accurate and delivered with strength. The reason I mention this isn't to revisit the QB issue in this thread but to highlight how much McVay has already changed the offense since 2021. The QB doesn't have to be a dual threat. He needs to be able to extend passing plays, be a run threat in the short red zone, or move well enough to pick up a 3rd and five to extend a drive. In other words, the RB position has evolved from a homerun threat to a possession ball control threat in the same way McVay has done likewise with the WR position and will do with the QB1 position

[AvengerRam]

If Kyren isn't released he will revert back to #2RB this year. Yeah, he's got great production but has become a liability, which has had a major impact on games. I think they try to move him this year. Get a second or third-round pick.

Releasing him makes no sense. At his Round 5 rookie deal salary, he's an incredible bargain.

Calling him a "liability" is bizarre. He had 35 carries for 182 yards (5.2 ypc) and 4 receptions for 15 yards and a TD in two playoff games. One fumble does not override all that and make him a "liability."

Finally... as for the trade option, unless the Rams were going to make a move in the draft to obtain a perceived upgrade (packaging KWill and picks to move up), I don't see why they'd do that. Don't forget, if he plays out his contract then signs elsewhere, we'd be eligible for a compensatory pick.

So, my guess is that they'll have a conversation or two to see if there is an appetite for a cap friendly (hometown discount) extension and, failing that, they'll roll with KWill, Corum, and maybe a Day 3 selection (or re-sign Ronnie Rivers) as the RB corps for 2025 and revisit his contract next offseason.

[Elvis]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I understood that in Jourdan's tweet she implied that she was reminded by Snead that KW's situation is very important.

Now that i'm watching, he was answering a question from Sarah Barshop, specifically about whether the Rams would consider extending Kyren.

[Elvis]

https://www.therams.com/news/les-snead- ... -offseason

Les Snead on possible Kyren Williams extension: 'I think that's something that's going to be on the plate' for discussion this offseason

Jan 24, 2025
Stu Jackson
Senior Staff Writer

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Fully healthy for an entire season for the first time in his career, Rams running back Kyren Williams capitalized accordingly.

Accounting for nearly 81% of the team's rushing attempts by running backs, he posted 316 carries for 1,299 yards and 14 rushing touchdowns – all career-highs as he started in all 16 games he played in, being one of several starters who rested in Week 18. His 14 rushing touchdowns tied with the Falcons' Bijan Robinson and the Eagles' Jalen Hurts for the fifth-most in the 2024 regular season; his 1,299 rushing yards were seventh-most.

Williams is eligible for a contract extension since he's heading into into the final year of his rookie contract. Rams general manager Les Snead on Friday indicated the team would be open to such discussions this offseason.

"I think that's something that's going to be on the plate," Snead said. "He would be someone that after three years you could begin discussing, let's call it, renegotiating, starting anew. Because I do think Kyren is someone who is a Ram and has a very impactful role for us."

Should that come to fruition, Williams would be the first running back to be extended by Los Angeles since it signed Todd Gurley to a four-year one in 2018. Since Gurley's release in early 2020, the Rams have mostly relied on players on rookie contracts at the position – the exception being the addition of veteran Sony Michel leading into the 2021 season.

Williams has rushed for 1,000 yards in each of his last two seasons and became the first Rams running back since Gurley to score 14 rushing touchdowns in a season. He also became the third Rams player age 24 or younger to have at least 27 scrimmage touchdowns over a two-year span, joining Gurley (40 from 2017-18) and running back Eric Dickerson (34 from 1983-84).

He recorded at least one rushing touchdown in 17 games since the start of last season; only the Lions' David Montgomery (21) and the Ravens' Derrick Henry (19) have more over that span. Including Los Angeles' two playoff games, Williams had at least one scrimmage touchdown in 13 of its 19 games.

Like Snead, head coach Sean McVay also said a possible Williams extension "definitely would be of a discussion."

"When you look at it and you have an evaluation of your roster and it starts with those free agents or those guys that based on their contract status, what does that look like for you moving forward? You sit down and you say, 'Alright, let's put this puzzle together,'" McVay said Thursday. "It is an imperfect thing, but we try our best to make the best decisions for the football team. I'm really proud of the body of work that Kyren has put together, what he represents, and all the different things that we really want to be about as a football team. He's checking a lot of those boxes. I think that's certainly something that will be discussed as well."

Although the Rams drafted Blake Corum in the third round of last year's draft, Snead said Corum's presence wouldn't get in the way of a possible extension for Williams.

"I think we would probably take the philosophy that you're going to need more than one running back, so we'll always try to keep that room somewhat healthy in terms of depth," Snead said. "Even with Kyren, he's had two great years, but there is a possibility, right, where he needs a partner to take some load off of him. He's probably played more than any running back over the last two years, so that's something to think about."

[BobCarl]

Les Snead on possible Kyren Williams extension: 'I think that's something that's going to be on the plate' for discussion this offseason

Jan 24, 2025
Stu Jackson
Senior Staff Writer

The time stamp shows that Jackson's article was written about the same time ( perhaps an hour or 3) after I made my post.

I'm glad to see that my opinion isn't too far off from what the Rams are thinking.

@Elvis I'm glad you keep a pulse of the team's media dept and relay to us what the team is sharing.

Snead didn't disparage Jourdan, but he did make it clear that KW's contract is important, where as Jourdan didn't mention it with either of her two articles about the team's contract priorities. Those articles were published yesterday.

I can see how my use of the term "called out" in an earlier post had a different connotation.

[Zen_Ronin]

I don't think Jourdan meant any disrespect to Kyren in her article, simply that there are other contracts more time sensitive or pressing. Kyren has another year on his rookie deal and is getting paid $5mil. I don't see the Rams being in any hurry to pay him more than that unless Kyren tries to force their hand.

imo of course.