Damn....Rams just traded for Miles Garrett

As far as the Clams go, IF Stafford goes down, they're toast. So, a lot of this has to do with health.

Glasgow Seahawk said:

Oh man please no:

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How does ADonald react to being the 2nd best DL? ...and not having free reign to line up wherever he wants?

Maybe this is nothing, but since we're talking about it.... I can't see how ADonald would take a backseat. He'd have to do so for this to work. There would be downs, maybe entire games, where the combination would be lethal. However, there would also be downs/games where AD loses his cool because Garrett pushes him over and takes a perceived easier OL.

Frankly, that would be pretty fun to watch.

TAB420 said:

You act like this just didn't slam the windows shut on the Niners. If the Rams are a power house for the next couple years that will mean bye, bye to players like Williams, Bosa, CMC, Kittle, and more. It could be awhile before the Niners find themselves above water again in this division.

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The 49ers issue is not the Rams or the Seahawks . The issue is staying healthy. If they stay healthy this year they will be in the mix

The 49ers are also like the Rams in that when they lose CMC , Kittle and Williams , they will trade for said replacements . That’s how they got juice , Williams , CMC , Dee Ford. Lynch is aggressive

This was such a brilliant move, its wild:

-Because of the money the Browns had to pay/eat, the Rams have Garrett for something like 3 years/33 million per year
-Here in a year or two, Verse will probably be paid that - while he is a good young player, he's nowhere near Garrett - and while our pass rush was good last year, it also disappeared at times. Verse's missed tackles were also really bad
-It is possible that Stafford retires after this season - if that happens, we can afford to sign Puka, Turner and probably two of the four FA OL

We can also easily restructure some deals to bring back some of those guys if Stafford does come back for another year

And love or hate Simpson the player, McVay wanted him, so for now we are going to assume that we have our QB of the future, which is what unlocked moving that 2027 first round pick.

So its possible that we win the Super Bowl this year, Stafford rides off into the sunset, we re-sign most of the FAs, and Simpson steps into the best roster around a QB in the league.

Just outstanding work by Snead here.

And there's not really a precedent for it - players as good as him don't typically get traded, and not to the team who was already the betting favorite.

Ramfan128 said:

This was such a brilliant move, its wild:

-Because of the money the Browns had to pay/eat, the Rams have Garrett for something like 3 years/33 million per year
-Here in a year or two, Verse will probably be paid that - while he is a good young player, he's nowhere near Garrett - and while our pass rush was good last year, it also disappeared at times. Verse's missed tackles were also really bad
-It is possible that Stafford retires after this season - if that happens, we can afford to sign Puka, Turner and probably two of the four FA OL

We can also easily restructure some deals to bring back some of those guys if Stafford does come back for another year

And love or hate Simpson the player, McVay wanted him, so for now we are going to assume that we have our QB of the future, which is what unlocked moving that 2027 first round pick.

So its possible that we win the Super Bowl this year, Stafford rides off into the sunset, we re-sign most of the FAs, and Simpson steps into the best roster around a QB in the league.

Just outstanding work by Snead here.

And there's not really a precedent for it - players as good as him don't typically get traded, and not to the team who was already the betting favorite.

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Yes, they're clearly the favorite this year (and now need to run the 20-game gauntlet to do it for real). But 4/5 of their starting OL, Turner, Young, and Nacua are UFAs next year. Linemen get paid a premium in free agency, particularly those coming off SB wins. Hell, Boye Mafe got $20M per after a 2-sack season. This whole thing comes to an end when Stafford retires, gets injured, or declines. Even if he comes back next year, that roster won't look the same. So it really is SBOB this year.

Ramfan128 said:

This was such a brilliant move, its wild:

-Because of the money the Browns had to pay/eat, the Rams have Garrett for something like 3 years/33 million per year
-Here in a year or two, Verse will probably be paid that - while he is a good young player, he's nowhere near Garrett - and while our pass rush was good last year, it also disappeared at times. Verse's missed tackles were also really bad
-It is possible that Stafford retires after this season - if that happens, we can afford to sign Puka, Turner and probably two of the four FA OL

We can also easily restructure some deals to bring back some of those guys if Stafford does come back for another year

And love or hate Simpson the player, McVay wanted him, so for now we are going to assume that we have our QB of the future, which is what unlocked moving that 2027 first round pick.

So its possible that we win the Super Bowl this year, Stafford rides off into the sunset, we re-sign most of the FAs, and Simpson steps into the best roster around a QB in the league.

Just outstanding work by Snead here.

And there's not really a precedent for it - players as good as him don't typically get traded, and not to the team who was already the betting favorite.

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If you were the betting favorite, why did you need Garrett..................... Inquiring minds want a no BS repeonse

Easy answer Rams were scared of what the Seahawks were bringing and they had not even peaked last year as a team and still won it all.

Rat said:

Garrett is certainly better, but not so much better that I'm giving up a young star at that same position, plus the draft picks and salary difference. This will be a disaster for the Rams if it doesn't directly lead to at least one championship. He seems to be a pretty awful person with terrible judgment too.

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This^

Ramfan128 said:

This was such a brilliant move, its wild:

-Because of the money the Browns had to pay/eat, the Rams have Garrett for something like 3 years/33 million per year
-Here in a year or two, Verse will probably be paid that - while he is a good young player, he's nowhere near Garrett - and while our pass rush was good last year, it also disappeared at times. Verse's missed tackles were also really bad
-It is possible that Stafford retires after this season - if that happens, we can afford to sign Puka, Turner and probably two of the four FA OL

We can also easily restructure some deals to bring back some of those guys if Stafford does come back for another year

And love or hate Simpson the player, McVay wanted him, so for now we are going to assume that we have our QB of the future, which is what unlocked moving that 2027 first round pick.

So its possible that we win the Super Bowl this year, Stafford rides off into the sunset, we re-sign most of the FAs, and Simpson steps into the best roster around a QB in the league.

Just outstanding work by Snead here.

And there's not really a precedent for it - players as good as him don't typically get traded, and not to the team who was already the betting favorite.

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But what’s the point, DE was not what you guys needed to overcome our dominance

Sperrydogg said:

But what’s the point, DE was not what you guys needed to overcome our dominance

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True, McVag ability to read a rule book is, but hey they gave up three picks for a player thats more expensive that may or may not make them better depending on how they use him.

Sperrydogg said:

But what’s the point, DE was not what you guys needed to overcome our dominance

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chris98251 said:

True, McVag ability to read a rule book is, but hey they gave up three picks for a player thats more expensive that may or may not make them better depending on how they use him.

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McVay's overreaction to counter our Schneider Line.

Ramfan128 said:

This was such a brilliant move, its wild:

-Because of the money the Browns had to pay/eat, the Rams have Garrett for something like 3 years/33 million per year
-Here in a year or two, Verse will probably be paid that - while he is a good young player, he's nowhere near Garrett - and while our pass rush was good last year, it also disappeared at times. Verse's missed tackles were also really bad
-It is possible that Stafford retires after this season - if that happens, we can afford to sign Puka, Turner and probably two of the four FA OL

We can also easily restructure some deals to bring back some of those guys if Stafford does come back for another year

And love or hate Simpson the player, McVay wanted him, so for now we are going to assume that we have our QB of the future, which is what unlocked moving that 2027 first round pick.

So its possible that we win the Super Bowl this year, Stafford rides off into the sunset, we re-sign most of the FAs, and Simpson steps into the best roster around a QB in the league.

Just outstanding work by Snead here.

And there's not really a precedent for it - players as good as him don't typically get traded, and not to the team who was already the betting favorite.

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Congratulations you are the 128th ram fan. It’s amazing you guys have reached such astronomical numbers with your fan bots.. I mean base

toffee said:

McVay's overreaction to counter our Schneider Line.

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He’s so worried about stopping our offense. He’s missing the point. Our defense is aces. It doesn’t matter if you slow down our offense with new corners and a half a new defensive end. Our defense will out score you still McVagi

"Rams House"
.......................stadium half full of opposing fans.

SoulfishHawk said:

"Rams House"
.......................stadium half full of opposing fans.

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Plus, they share that stadium with the Chargers.

Who's duplex?

I like it. Who's Duplex?

When the Hawks, Niners, Packers, Cowboys, Steelers etc. play there, it looks like 50/50. Maybe even more.
Niners play there it looks like a 70/30 sea of red.

SoulfishHawk said:

Um, did you just ask a question about the Rams and a cap?

It doesn't exist.

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It really doesn't.

Sperrydogg said:

But what’s the point, DE was not what you guys needed to overcome our dominance

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I think they're doing what the Patriots tried to do - building the pressure on Darnold to increase the odds of him making a mistake. Seeing as they were the team that established that when Darnold was with the Vikings, and had some success with it in 2025 (six interceptions in the two regular season games) I can see why they'd approach it that way. Adding two quality DBs in the offseason also contributes to that. The Seahawks haven't lost since beating the Rams in overtime.....but it's not like any of the Rams/Hawks games were blowouts.

Taking the homer glasses off for a second, we knew this was going to be an arms race between the two best teams in the NFL. I expect that by the time we play them twice near the end of the season, any questions about our new OC will be answered and he'll be in sync with Darnold. I get fans trash talking a rival, but we're going to be going back and forth with the Rams as long as McVay and Macdonald are both coaching in the division......and that's kind of awesome.

(I'm sure someone will bring up the Whiners again. In the past 6 games against a Macdonald coached defense, over the last 3 seasons, the Whiners have scored 19 (against the Ravens), 36 (this is the outlier, and it was early in '24 before we got Ernest Jones and Macdonald fixed the defense), 17, 17, 3, 6. The injuries might have contributed to the 3 and 6 points scored.....but apart from what we will admit was subpar defense in the first half of the '24 season, the Whiners haven't broken 20 against a Macdonald defense. Until they do, I won't count them as being at the level of the Seahawks and Rams.)

m0ng0 said:

F*ck that guy, tried to smash in another players skull with his helmet is not a guy in want on this team.

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Apparently called him the N word. Garrett is well respected around the league, well spoken. I think this was more a lapse of character rather than flawed character

Chevy said:

A counter move the Seahawks could make to the Rams trading for Garrett, would be to trade for Titans DT Jeffery Simmons. There was talk about him possibly be traded last year. So if the Titans continue their losing ways, I could see Simmons being available for trade before the trade deadline. Simmons is 28 years old, and is a 3-time All-Pro player. He is dominate as run defender and pass rusher (for DT), he has 42.5 career sacks. Leonard Williams, Byron Murphy, and Jeffery Simmons all on the same defensive line would be insane!

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The Seahawks don't have to get into an arms race. You won the superbowl, the other teams are trying to catch them