How did Wagner do in his Rams debut?

[BASF]

I was at work and I could not watch the game. How did Wagner perform?

 

[m0ng0]

Looks like 5 tackles and a sack

 

[RedAlice]

I don't ever know exactly what happened until I rewatch the game, but this loss wasn't on him.

For my snarky comment: he probably felt like, damn I left a losing team to get another loss.

 

[HawkStrong]

He had a few good plays... Mostly looked old and slow. He got posterized by Josh Allen, when Allen ran over Wagner at the goal line for a TD. Wagner probably makes that play 3-4 years ago.

 

[Hawkstorian]

Lots of plays where he's running up to the pile after the tackle is over.

 

[GemCity]

He looked bad. Slower and not nearly as dominant as he usually is.

He had trouble defending both the pass and the run.

First game though…and who knows if he’s trying to adapt to a new scheme or has come in a bit out of shape.

 

[Hawknight]

Certainly not the Wagner we once knew, but it's game 1 of the season and he's on a new team.

 

[Lagartixa]

It looked to me like the Seahawks had made the right decision in not bringing Wagner back, but it's just one game.
There were a couple of times when Allen took advantage of Wagner not being useful in coverage. There was a nice running play on which Wagner was blocked out of the way very well by an offensive lineman.
And there was this play, which I'm posting as a link (click here!) because the preview says the video can't be shown here. It's Wagner vs. Allen in the open field. Wagner gets his arms around Allen, but Allen keeps going and gets the ball across the goal line.

 

[TwistedHusky]

Do you honestly believe anyone would have stopped Allen there?

 

[toffee]

It looked to me like the Seahawks had made the right decision in not bringing Wagner back, but it's just one game.
There were a couple of times when Allen took advantage of Wagner not being useful in coverage. There was a nice running play on which Wagner was blocked out of the way very well by an offensive lineman.
And there was this play, which I'm posting as a link (click here!) because the preview says the video can't be shown here. It's Wagner vs. Allen in the open field. Wagner gets his arms around Allen, but Allen keeps going and gets the ball across the goal line.

Arguably, Hawks made the wrong decision. The front office should have traded Bobby, and I love Bobby, a season or two early. We could have gotten some return instead of releasing with no return.

 

[QWERTY]

Arguably, Hawks made the wrong decision. The front office should have traded Bobby, and I love Bobby, a season or two early. We could have gotten some return instead of releasing with no return.

Are you joking? No one would pay this guy 18 mil

 

[toffee]

Are you joking? No one would pay this guy 18 mil

No one? at least one?

 

[Recon_Hawk]

No one? at least one?

No. Or else they would have offered him closer to 18m to sign him.

And he's not choosing LA over $8M. $10M was his highest market.

 

[toffee]

No. Or else they would have offered him closer to 18m to sign him.

And he's not choosing LA over $8M. $10M was his highest market.

Couldn't he worth more 2 years ago?

 

[Cyrus12]

Looked bad just like the rest of the Rams last night...won't last as the LA push has to continue.

 

[Recon_Hawk]

Couldn't he worth more 2 years ago?

He was probably overpaid then too. I think his cap hit was $16m in 2021. Maybe somebody takes a shot for a low draft pick but it would have been a salary dump type move from Seattle imo

 

[HawkRiderFan]

Would there have a been a big dead money cap hit had Bobby been traded a couple of years ago?

 

[Recon_Hawk]

Would there have a been a big dead money cap hit had Bobby been traded a couple of years ago?

It's hard finding old contract details but from what I gather the dead cap would have been about 7-8M, but maybe more.

He actually ended up playing at 17.5M in 2021. They would have saved 13.5M if they traded him instead

 

[HawkStrong]

Do you honestly believe anyone would have stopped Allen there?

Wagner makes that play if he is a step or two faster. That's why the observation that he has lost a step or two is so relevant.

 

[FrodosFinger]

He looked like sh!t tbh