[Joe Pendleton]

That's how Eddie DeBartolo kept the niners so damn good for so long. No cap in those days, guys were paid really well, plus lots of benefits. Every year after the season, DeBartolo would pay for a cruise for all his players, coaches, support people and their families as an example.

hah.. "fast Eddie", didn't he do some hard time?

[Flash]

As I posted, Kroenke takes care of his RAMs Staff and players,

Of all the teams he owns,,,,

I feel he loves his football team the best....

Cause he goes to every game and he just spends money on the team.

It makes other free agents think about coming here,

cause the word gets out that he pays their players

and runs a first class business for his staff and players.

Now that the Kings are out I'm pulling for Stan's Avalanche.

[Joe Pendleton]

Last season, Kupp led the league with 145 catches for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns during the regular season. He also caught two touchdowns in Super Bowl LVI and was named MVP of the game. He became the fourth player since the 1970 merger to lead the league in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

When he signed the extension on Wednesday, Kupp was wearing No. 9, Stafford's jersey. Kupp said he did that as a nod to how important his quarterback was in getting him to this point.

"I thought it was kind of a cool thing," Kupp said. "And certainly he's one of those people that's had a hand in being able to be in this place and have the opportunity to be able to extend my career here in Los Angeles and be able to sign that contract. Your quarterback plays a huge role in that, so a little bit of a nod to Matthew Stafford in that way."

[Elvis]

That's how Eddie DeBartolo kept the niners so damn good for so long. No cap in those days, guys were paid really well, plus lots of benefits. Every year after the season, DeBartolo would pay for a cruise for all his players, coaches, support people and their families as an example.

So true. Back then Niners and Cowboys were just outspending most teams.

I've always counted the salary cap as one of the things that allowed the GSOT Rams to happen...

[Hacksaw]

Cooking books and getting excommunicated. Policy fined $1M.
F them cheating bastadas ! !

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

Spotrac now has Kupp's 2022 cap hit at 17.8 mil, about 800k less than it was so it's hard to see how cutting Howard would've been about making cap room for Kupp's new deal...

[Joe Pendleton]

dude is a class act

[Flash]

https://sports.yahoo.com/cooper-kupp-ca ... ml?src=rss

Cooper Kupp campaigning for Odell Beckham’s return

The Rams are stocked at the receiver position with Cooper Kupp, Allen Robinson, Van Jefferson and Tutu Atwell, among others. But the team’s receivers room is big enough for Odell Beckham to return, Kupp said.

Kupp, who signed a three-year extension that will keep him in Los Angeles for the next five years at $110 million, talks to Beckham “a lot.”

“I want him back. I want him to be a part of the Los Angeles Rams,” Kupp told Matt Audilet of The Spun. “We’ll have him come pursue a Super Bowl with us again. He was just such a great teammate, such a great person, incredible football player. I learned a ton from him. I want him to come back so bad, but that’s something that they’re working through.

“I’ll just keep asking him, keep asking him what it’s looking like. Hopefully one of these days he gives me the thumbs up that he’s got something and he’s coming back.”

Beckham remains a free agent.

Despite Beckham’s torn ACL in the Super Bowl, and the moves the Rams have made at the position, the team has made it clear it wants him back. Coach Sean McVay reiterated earlier this week that the Rams “would love” to see Beckham re-sign.

Beckham signed with the Rams last November and caught 27 passes for 305 yards with five touchdowns in the regular season for Los Angeles and added 23 receptions for 339 yards with three scores in the postseason.

[actionjack]

Spotrac now has Kupp's 2022 cap hit at 17.8 mil, about 800k less than it was so it's hard to see how cutting Howard would've been about making cap room for Kupp's new deal...

Yeah true, but they still need to sign OBJ, who knows. I would sure like T. Howard back....
Maybe with signing BWagner and having Jones it just didnt make sense to have someone behind them making that much money.