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I'd bet the house against it. Top 3 are going to be Luck/Griffin/Kalil. Then the Browns take Claiborne/Richardson/Blackmon, because they have LT covered with Joe Thomas. Then the Bucs take Claiborne/Richardson/Blackmon, because they have LT covered with Penn. LT isn't a need in Tampa. RT is, but who spends a top 5 pick on a RT? Nobody. Reiff isn't a top 5 prospect anyway.
We're gonna load out pockets with 2nd tier FAs this year. We don't give enough of a signing bonus to attract big time FAs. We lost out on Fat Albert because we offered him $100 mil with no signing bonus. We signed Black and Davin with guaranteed YEARS to start the contract, with no signing bonus. Regardless of Dom realizing the error of his ways, we still need to give out signing bonuses to get FAs here. That comes out of the Glazers' pocket, and they aren't mandated by the league to spend anything, like they are with cap space. So they can continue to be tightwad bastards, and we'll get all the 20th-50th best players on the market that we can handle.
I couldn't disagree more. They don't stand to gain anything by letting teams think they could stay at #2. They won't take Griffin there, so who among Cleveland/Washington/Miami/Seattle, etc would care? By letting it be known that they are shopping the pick, it creates an illusion that Cleveland is bidding against Washington or Miami, even if they aren't. It doesn't make their leverage any LESS valuable, because the leverage isn't the pick. It's Griffin being a 100x better option than over-paying for Flynn and praying he's good outside of GB or drafting shit-ass Tannehill and acting like he has similar upside. There's MAYBE 3 good options at QB this off-season: Griffin, Flynn, and Manning. Luck being already spoken for. There's more than 3 teams that really need a QB. So it puts the pressure on to get Griffin.
And again, Floyd (as you of all people should know) has put up a very strong Combine. After him, Hill put up a huge Combine, Randle has become a hot name, Sanu is out there. It shouldn't be Blackmon or bust for them. They could get Floyd and a 2nd this year, and a 1st/3rd next year. The drop-off from Blackmon to Floyd isn't much, and they can still get a nice package just because a team doesn't want to lose Griffin to another team. Their leverage should in no way be tied to Blackmon's stock, and if he runs a bad time, he could fall further, and open them up to be more able to risk him dropping to the Skins pick or the Dolphins pick.
Griffin has solidified his worth to teams interested in a QB. That's all the Rams need at this point. They'll get a good haul, and have options. Nothing that they say at this point can lessen any of those things.Comment
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Related to the thread.. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Rams unload this thing in the next couple of weeks.. when Matt Flynn and Peyton Manning hit the market, that's going to drive the price down - especially if Flynn wound up in Cleveland and Manning wound up in Miami.
The Rams need to take the buzz of Griffin's combine and cash in immediately.Originally posted by ram29jackson
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no, youre just a fool who cant think for himself and goes with repeated typical junk thinking its the law for things to do in sports.
no trolling here boys. I'm well aware it may never happen..but when it comes to a position like QB and a chance at getting someone who may become really good at the position, you go for broke..sometimes you have to risk blowing it..theres teams that thought they had what they needed and passed on the Marino's and Jordans of the world because logic said not to bother....nope i'm the best poster because I think for myself, unlike you bandwagon jumpers who think they know anything about running a team...have a nice dayComment
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Explain why Jeff Fisher would force his team to eat a $18 million cap hit right now.
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