[Hacksaw_64]

Nick Foles is reportedly skipping Rams OTAs out of protest

Former starting QB is apparently taking a page out of the Sam Bradford playbook

By Will Brinson


Nothing is easy for the Los Angeles Rams at the quarterback position, which has been a revolving door of passers under Jeff Fisher. That's why the franchise traded up to take Jared Goff with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Goff is the starter because you don't trade tons of picks to draft a guy you're not playing in a season where you need to win more than eight games and make a playoff run. Everyone knows this, including Nick Foles, who is planning to skip OTAs as a sign of protest, according to Jim Trotter of ESPN.

While not technically a holdout, this is about as much of a holdout as someone who is currently slated to be a backup can pull off. Foles can skip the voluntary workouts and not be fined after all.

And it's not hard to blame Foles for being miffed. He was traded by the Eagles to the Rams in exchange for Sam Bradford (the rare "lose-lose-lose-lose" trade) last offseason.

Foles inked a two-year, $24.5 million contract with the Rams that featured a pretty stout amount of guaranteed money ($13.8 million).

Like Bradford, he couldn't have expected he would be the long-term solution for his team, but he probably expected to start/play prominently for multiple years.

Instead Foles was benched in his first season with the Rams and promptly shoved down the depth chart with the drafting of Goff.
At this point he might be behind Case Keenum on the depth chart, although it's all irrelevant with Goff expected to start the entire season barring injury or a really bad performance.

Which is why Foles holding out and/or skipping workouts is the ultimate exercise in futility.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nick- ... f-protest/

[dieterbrock]

Foles, Bradford and Fitzpatrick should be guests on Total Divas

[BuiltRamTough]

What a joke.

[moklerman]

Why have the Rams even kept him on the roster? It's been pretty obvious for a while that Goff, Keenum and Mannion will be the guys moving forward.

[Snow Man]

It's deals like this that first show that until the Rams drafted Goff they really didn't have any plan or direction for the most important position on their team and second that with Les Snead its been either feast or famine. You have the feast with Gurley and Donald and famine with deals like Foles.

If Foles is so sure of his skills he should be there from day one proving that he is worthy of the #2 slot and not the #4.

But when you had nearly half of your lucrative contract guaranteed before you ever threw a pass for your new team then life is.beautiful. You will probably find him spending his days fishing off the Santa Monica Pier until he either gets cut, traded or has to report to camp.

If this was the way the Rams were going then they should have just kept Bradford.

[moklerman]

If Foles had any chance of winning the starting, or even backup job I might be critical of him. But, he got benched last year and buried under the dog house. It would take 3 injuries for him to have a future with the Rams so why bother showing up to OTA's? They're voluntary. Maybe the Rams just sit on Foles until a QB gets injured, maybe they cut him. Who knows?

But him missing this time is pretty meaningless. But, any chance to take a swipe at Bradford I guess.

[dieterbrock]

Foles is under contract and has already received his guaranteed $$.
There is no reason to move him at this point. He is merely security at this point. If Mannion and/or Keenum were to get injured or just not be worthy of a roster spot, he could slip in as the backup.
I could see a team throwing a late round pick at the Rams if they were to lose their QB depth. He's dirt cheap for 2016

[Stranger]

Non story

[Elvis]

The thing about these "hold outs" is all they get you is mockery...

[BuiltRamTough]

I watched the Bradford presser when he first got back to Philly. The Philly press grilled him.

Bradford looked like a defeated man.