[ramsman34]

The can't/won't get rid of w all of them. I was projecting based on, well, projections, lol. You could keep Boom and Alen and slide Jax and Shelton to my second string line, then jettison Aboushi. they will still need to add at least 3, more likely 5 bodies and hopefully some or all of them are highly skilled and can compete for starting jobs. I know/feel this; the Rams aren't going just sit on their hands and hope everyone comes back from injury and roll from there. They will make moves. they also have to address Edge, RB, safety, and corner depth - possibly WR depending on how they feel about everyone not named Kupp or Robinson.

[safer]

I'm a huge McSnead fan BUT, I was really pissed when I kept reading about how we were gonna go after OBJ; a passrusher, or McCaffrey or some position other than Oline before the trade deadline. We needed to bring in at least one proven, Oline stud to really push our young linemen THIS year. Hav is solid; we've got three OG's on IR; and Jackson, to me is gonna be a stud for us. I think if you take any team and lose that many guys upfront plus your two best O players, you're gonna b pretty well fucked, right?
BTW, speaking of QB's, I would not be totally shocked if Stafford did seriously consider retiring after how much head trauma he suffered thru this year.

[69RamFan]

BTW, speaking of QB's, I would not be totally shocked if Stafford did seriously consider retiring after how much head trauma he suffered thru this year.

I can see the RAMs trying to shut him down for the rest of the season,

If the RAMs can do some FA signing to get a proven LT and G,

Then from what I can see from Staff,

I see him being a warrior, and he would want to return.

But if he doesn't see the RAMs trying to improve in those two upgrades,

Then I can see him calling it quits

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Sam Farmer@LATimesfarmer
Cardinals have gone through five different OL configurations. Rams refer to that as “consistency.”

[bremillard]

Salary of the OL is irrelevant as far as success is concerned.

The 2018 Rams paid their top 5 about 26 mil and they helped them get to the Superbowl, scoring a whopping 3 points once there. In 2019, they paid their starting five 28 mil!

The 2020 Bucs paid their top five 39.7 mil and they won the Superbowl. This year they're paying 3 of those five 41.2 mil. And they're 5-6. Sure Jensen is out and that hurts, but they let their 2 G's leave because of money and injuries have affected that unit. Hell Wirfs just went down this week. Let's see how they fare going forward

I'll say this.....the Rams picked a good year to pay their line one of the lowest totals in the league! Can you imagine putting out 41 mil plus and having the number of injuries they've had?

Of course somebody could try and tie salaries to injuries as well.

Not quite irrelevant. The eagles pay their offensive line nearly 80 million. It's working this season. As for this year with the Rams and injuries? No argument from me.

[PARAM]

Not quite irrelevant. The eagles pay their offensive line nearly 80 million. It's working this season. As for this year with the Rams and injuries? No argument from me.

Where the hell are you getting your numbers?

Here's the cap hits for their starting 5:

Mailata 4.4 mil
Johnson 11.1 mil
Seumalo 4.0
Kelce 8.1
Dickerson 2.0
That's under 30 mil

It IS irrelevant as I pointed out with Tampa 2020 & 2022

[Elvis]

Going by money seems wrongheaded for at least a couple reasons.

First, a player's salary has a ton to do with where they are in their contract's cycle and career. The cap goes up every year, so do salaries. Players that were signed recently almost always make more than those signed a few years back. Players on their rookie deals are cheap. Contracts are often heavily backloaded. So money spent doesn't really tell you all that much.

Second (and i know this is more arguable), relatively speaking, Oline isn't that valuable. Here are last year's franchise tag numbers:

Quarterback: $29.70 million
Defensive end: $17.86 million
Wide receiver: $18.42 million
Linebacker: $18.70 million
Cornerback: $17.29 million
Defensive tackle: $17.40 million
Offensive line: $16.66 million
Safety: $12.91 million
Running back: $9.57 million
Tight end: $10.93 million
Specialists: $5.22 million

I don't want my team to be top heavy capwise on Oline. Generally speaking it's bad strategy.

But again, the way the cap and contracts are, you're not necessarily gonna get a great picture of what a team values going by spending alone...

[bremillard]

Where the hell are you getting your numbers?

Here's the cap hits for their starting 5:

Mailata 4.4 mil
Johnson 11.1 mil
Seumalo 4.0
Kelce 8.1
Dickerson 2.0
That's under 30 mil

It IS irrelevant as I pointed out with Tampa 2020 & 2022

https://www.iggles.com/eagles-offensive ... n%20payout.

[PARAM]

https://www.iggles.com/eagles-offensive ... n%20payout.

Well that's interesting. We're talking about how much money is being spent this season (cap hits), which is irrelevant in itself but you're talking about total contracts over three, four, five or more years. Hell that's even less relevant! How many voidable years on those deals? How much is being spread over the life of the contract? How many of those guys are going to see the final 2 years of those deals? How many will restructure?

Money spent DOES NOT equate to success. So your premise about the Rams not spending as much money as they should is misplaced at best , wrong otherwise.

Tell me something.....the Rams are spending 14.7 in cap hits on our original 5 and next year if Edwards leaves via UFA and the other four remain, we'll be spending 33.8 mil. Based on your theory, why would release any of them? They should be much better when their cap hits are higher!!!

[JackPMiller]

Where the hell are you getting your numbers?

Here's the cap hits for their starting 5:

Mailata 4.4 mil
Johnson 11.1 mil
Seumalo 4.0
Kelce 8.1
Dickerson 2.0
That's under 30 mil

It IS irrelevant as I pointed out with Tampa 2020 & 2022

Three of the five OLinemen, are still on rookie deals. Lane Johnson signed to a shorter contract, due to he had some injury history, and Kelce plays Center, which is usually underpaid.