[SDRamman]

Is it too early to coin it?

THE FEARSOME THREESOME!

[RamsFanSince82]

[haroldjackson29]

The qualifier was "original AFL" though, which started in 1960 with 8 teams:
New York Titans
Boston Patriots
Buffalo Bills
Houston Oilers
Los Angeles Chargers
Denver Broncos
Oakland Raiders
Dallas Texans

The Pittsburgh Steelers(Pirates) have actually been a part of the NFL since 1933 and been around since the '20's. In 1970 when the AFL and NFL merged, the Steelers, Colts and Browns "switched" and went from the NFL to the AFC.

also Raven,Dolphins,Bengals,
have been to 9 SB's total, as well.
4-5

[Horny Mcbae]

Oooohhhhhh shit!!!! It OOOONNNN now.

LOL............ the saltiness out there in San Fran and Seattle right now. I can only imagine. Can't frickin wait for training camp.

Also wtf is this bullshit Shefter is selling about him "taking less". The way I understood is that the highest offer was from the Jets which was later rescinded because their owner didn't want him. He would only "take less" if he rejected that offer, which he didn't, to sign with us. GTFO out here with this.

He is a mercenary, simple as that. We've hired him for one year. We're gonna use him the way he's using us.

I just really hope it all works out on the field. Seen plenty of super teams being made in the off-season and they didn't amount to much due to chemistry issues or injuries. Hope that doesn't happen to us.

Our SB window is open so I certainly support the front office and all the moves they have made.

GOTDAMN THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

[/zn/]

We were at $28 pre-Suh. So that less $14?

We are at $100 next year.

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/los-angeles-rams/

When it comes to Donald, they really have more room than that. Donald already counts about or just under 7 M against the 2018 cap. To sign him they can use 2019 cap space, plus convert that (almost) 7 M into a prorated bonus cap hit. For a 6 year deal that would be a 42 M bonus just using money that already counts against the cap. And of course to re-emphasize the obvious, it would still be just a 7 M hit in 2018.

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[RamsFanSince82]

There's a good chance that the Jets rescinded their offer to "save face" and so he couldn't use them as leverage because they knew Suh wasn't going to sign with them. I don't know if it was Adam S. or Ian Rap. (maybe both) that said the Titans offered more money than the Rams.

[ramsman34]

Is it too early to coin it?

THE FEARSOME THREESOME!

THE THREATENING THREESOME

[RamsFanSince82]

[Elvis]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/la-s ... story.html

Rams agree to contract with Ndamukong Suh, could be interested in Odell Beckham Jr.

By GARY KLEIN
MAR 26, 2018 | 7:30 PM
| ORLANDO, FLA.

As Stan Kroenke and Sean McVay arrived with other guests for an opulent outdoor reception at the NFL owners meetings Monday night, they stopped, clinked beer bottles and said, "Cheers."

The Rams' owner and his head coach toasted another deal done. Less than an hour before, the Rams announced they had agreed to terms with free-agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh on a one-year contract.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Suh will earn $14 million, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Suh, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, is the latest addition to a defense remade by general manager Les Snead with a frenzy of blockbuster offseason moves, including trades for Pro Bowl cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib. They join a defense that already featured lineman Aaron Donald, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year.

Suh, 31, has 51½ career sacks, and provides the Rams with a proven run-stopping interior lineman for defensive coordinator Wade Phillips' 3-4 defense.

"It's an exciting player to add to our front," McVay said of the eight-year veteran. "Really, his resume speaks for itself. When you couple him with some of the other players we have up front, some of the players we've acquired this offseason, we feel like we're adding pieces to get better."

Kroenke was equally pleased.

"Our guys are doing a great job, so it's exciting," he said. "That's what we all envisioned, and there are good players wanting to join us."

Suh might not be the last high-profile addition. The New York Daily News, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday that the Rams were among teams that have inquired about trading for star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who spends offseasons in Southern California.

"We want to be careful talking about players under contracts," McVay said Monday when asked about Beckham, "but I think if there's anything you've seen from this offseason, [it] is there really is no trade that we wouldn't look into if we feel like, hey, it can help us get better."

Said Snead: "I can't talk about other teams' players but I do think we've shown we're not scared to explore trades."

The Rams enjoyed a turnaround season in 2017 under McVay, going from one of the NFL's worst teams to NFC West champions. Now, with ascending quarterback Jared Goff under contract for far less than the $20-plus-million salaries that premium veteran QBs can command, the Rams clearly are trying to take advantage of a window of opportunity.

From the moment the 2017 season ended with a playoff defeat against the Atlanta Falcons, Snead planned to spend the offseason improving the Rams' defense to make it more on par with its high-scoring offense.

"We get that thing to dominant," Snead said of the defense in January, "it would be kind of fun."

The Rams are looking dominant, on paper anyway.

In February, Snead traded for Peters. This month, before the start of free agency, he traded for Talib. The duo has a combined five Pro Bowl selections between them and they come with combined salaries that total less than it would have cost to retain corner Trumaine Johnson, who played the last two seasons under the franchise tag.

Now they have added the 6-foot-4, 307-pound Suh, giving the Rams a potentially dominant front that also feature Donald and Michael Brockers.

Suh, 31, chose the Rams over a handful of other teams including the New Orleans Saints and Tennessee Titans. The Rams were the final stop on Suh's free-agent tour. He visited the Rams' facility last Tuesday and had dinner that night with McVay and team executives at Nobu in Malibu.

The New York Jets were thought to have made the largest offer, but chairman Christopher Johnson told reporters Sunday that they rescinded.

"That can't be anything but good news for us," McVay said Sunday night.

On Monday afternoon, as they waited for Suh to make a decision, Snead said he was not feeling antsy.

"It would probably be different if you needed a decision from him, let's call it ASAP, because it might affect another decision," Snead said. "In this case, because this is more, 'Hey, you know what? This bonus became available' … the timeline is not holding us back.

"That's what makes this situation probably different than some."

A few hours later, Suh was a Ram.

This will be the third NFL team for Suh, the second overall pick by Detroit in the 2010 draft. Suh played five seasons with the Lions before signing a six-year, $114-million contract with the Miami Dolphins that included $60 million in guarantees.

Suh also has cultivated a reputation for sometimes overly aggressive play. He has a history of fines, including one for $100,000 for an illegal, low block on then-Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan, now with the Rams.

Last season with the Dolphins, Suh had 4½ sacks, the lowest total of his career in a 16-game season. The Dolphins released Suh on March 14, making him a free agent for the second time.

This time, money was probably not the decisive factor in his decision.

The Jets and the Titans were thought to have more salary-cap room for a richer deal, but the opportunity to play for McVay and Phillips on a team that appears to be ascending might have won Suh over.

"It's great to have him," Snead said, adding, "We always look at defense as not just one player, not just two players, not just three players but 11 guys building a wall. We think he can help with that."

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[aeneas1]

the original afl has a horrible SB history aside from the Pats,Raiders,Broncos.

good grief ....

the afl, prior to the 1970 merger:

patriots
broncos
dolphins
raiders
bills
bengals
chiefs (dallas texans)
chargers
titans (houston oilers)
jets (new your titans)

- 100% of these teams have reached the super bowl.
- 60% of these teams have won the super bowl.
- combined, these teams account for 39 super bowl appearances, or 3.9 appearances per afl team.
- 40% of these teams (patriots, broncos, dolphins and raiders) account for 72% of afl super bowl appearances.

the 22 non-afl teams?

- 82% have reached the super bowl.
- 63% have won the super bowl.
- combined, these teams account for 65 super bowl appearances, or 3.0 appearances per non-afl team.
- 40% of these teams (cowboys, steelers, niners, redskins, packers, giants, vikings, colts and eagles) account for 73% of non-afl super bowl appearances.

honestly dude, what color is the sky in your world?