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I think the die was cast before the draft. It's why I knew that RB was going to be a priority. Williams has had a ton of usage. Then factor in his untimely fumbles and now expecting premium money, I don't see it happening. If he wants to stay with the Rams he has to lower his salary expectation. Like I've been thinking he's worth more to the Rams as trade bait. They don't have the cap to spend on a RB with both Hunter and Corum behind him. Blake proved he's a decent backup RB last year.

The Rams gave in to Gurley and it cost them bigtime. I don't see Snead or Kroenke wanting to go down that road again.

But you claim the Rams are gonna be moving on, so it's not up to him is it?

FWIW, EVERYBODY knew they would draft a RB......mainly because McVay/Snead draft one EVERY YEAR. You believe that's a priority? Sure, an annual priority.

2018; John Kelly, 6th round (#176)
2019; Darrell Henderson, 3rd round (#70)
2020; Cam Akers, 2nd round (#52)
2021; Jake Funk, 7th round (#233)
2022; Kyren Williams, 5th round (#164)
2023; Zach Evans, 6th round (#215)
2024; Blake Corum, 3rd round (#83)
2025; Jarquez Hunter, 4th round (#117)

I'd say the guys in RED might have been "priorities" but then isn't every draft pick? The easy take is Kyren Williams should be threatened by Jarquez Hunter in the 4th round. Why not Blake Corum? Or better yet, why either? Ironically, to date, seeing all those guys perform, Kyren Williams in the 5th round was the best of the lot, though I'll wait to see how Corum and Hunter pan out. Corum didn't prove anything last year IMO.

Here's a question.....has anybody heard what Williams and his agent are asking? Everybody says, "he wants to get paid 'accordingly'" but what is that? With Corum on a rookie deal for 3 more years and Hunter 4 years, they can invest in the RB room without killing the cap. It's not like there's a huge impasse. Williams is in camp.