AFC West Updates

[FoutsFan]

Cowboys would have abused the Chargers that year in the Super Bowl, if not for the 9ers.

Maybe, maybe not. That is irrelevant though to the 49rs cheating nonetheless.

[Tges58]

Chief's signed the guy from Green Bay for 3 years/ $30 million.....mid tier wide receiver makes a bit less than the Charger's big signing last year Linsley.

Chargers didn't resign some players.

Scantlings contract isn't as bad as you think.

https://sports.yahoo.com/contract-de...154556656.html

Veach knows what he's doing.

[Xenos]

That's exactly the point. "The Rams get production out of cheap players then let them walk instead of paying them" isn't countered by "but the Rams aren't paying them". It's exactly the opposite.

Another interesting tidbit. Man, rich owner Kroenke is sure pinching pennies these days lol.

https://theathletic.com/3355712/2022/06/08/rams-minicamp-matthew-stafford-throwing/

• On Wednesday afternoon, the Rams released inside linebacker Travin Howard, who had some big moments in the latter part of the season/postseason. My understanding is that the move was not related to any injury or off-field detail, and the team could very well bring Howard back at a number even lower than his current original-round tender ($2.54 million) if he clears waivers. With Aaron Donald’s restructured contract in place as well as Kupp’s, the Rams are squeezing their finances where they can.

[Maniaque 6]

Cowboys would have abused the Chargers that year in the Super Bowl, if not for the 9ers.

I don't know what are the best chances the Chargers have to win the Superbowl.
1981 or 1994 ?

[Xenos]

Is there really such a thing as cap hell? No team ever seems to be destroyed by spending future dollars today.

I suddenly realize the teams that are in cap hell are the ones without viable QBs right now ie. Houston (52M in dead cap space this year), Atlanta (63M in dead cap space), and Steelers (31 million). They’ll bounce back after this year if they do things correctly.

[powderblueboy]

I don't know what are the best chances the Chargers have to win the Superbowl.
1981 or 1994 ?

1979, 1980, 2006 & 2022 .....

Chargers will cruise through the division and have home field through out.

Las Vegas & Denver have new coaching staffs that will take a year;
Chiefs will find out that replacing a super star with average players will not do.

[Formula 21]

I suddenly realize the teams that are in cap hell are the ones without viable QBs right now ie. Houston (52M in dead cap space this year), Atlanta (63M in dead cap space), and Steelers (31 million). They’ll bounce back after this year if they do things correctly.

They’ve gone past their prime winning years so now is the time to get bad, get top draft picks and pay off past cap debts. No sense extending them into the future if the chances of getting to the playoffs are slim.

[dmac_bolt]

1979, 1980, 2006 & 2022 .....

Chargers will cruise through the division and have home field through out.

Las Vegas & Denver have new coaching staffs that will take a year;
Chiefs will find out that replacing a super star with average players will not do.

Correct. 1994 team was nowhere close to the best Charger team. They were our “chip and a chair” team that scrapped and clawed and made it in but we all know … were a pretty average team.

2022 will be the best Charger team ever

[richpjr]

Football games are so often decided by a single play, one way or another. If Tartt holds on to a gimme interception, the Rams never even make it to the SB and all of their moves would be ripped to shreds. But he didn't so suddenly they are some genius franchise.

[Xenos]

The difference is Kroenke can afford to keep doing it and only a few of NFL owners can. That is what he was saying. They need a cap for the cap over cash and he even said guys like Kroenke and Jerry Jones would oppose it. And it is an advantage IF the rich owner is fine with paying out millions in cash. Granted there are only a handful that can or will.

But still, im just saying make it fair and the NFL should address it.

Also The Rams only paid Von Miller under 1 mil last season to take him on so they gained virtually nothing for him to sign elsewhere. They didnt lose anyone of significant money. But they signed their own to big deals and only restuctured Floyd which saved 12 mil, and Whitworth retired and they saved 2 mil from their punter.
Who else did they lose that saved them big money? Really no one.

They got Darius Wiliams off waivers from Balt so he was cheap for them and he went elsewhere this off season.


https://theramswire.usatoday.com/lis...racts-tracker/

Here’s some stuff from their beat writer after the Donald deal.

https://theathletic.com/3353244/2022/06/07/aaron-donald-rams-contract/

Donald’s deal, like Stafford’s before him (and likely receiver Cooper Kupp’s restructure after him) and even cornerback Jalen Ramsey’s before all of the others, saves the Rams cap space in the short-term. However, while Donald and Stafford’s 2022 cap numbers don’t reflect their full average per year, both players, in the latter context, do average at least $30 million per year — and the Rams are unique in this financial structure. Whether or not that proves successful in the longer term remains to be seen. Donald’s contract was also really rare in that the functional money was completely restructured over an existing timeframe on a previous deal.

Donald’s professional and personal context to the Rams is unique, and that is mirrored in the structure of the deal itself. But the magnitude of that deal, plus their moves before it and those still to come, indicate that the Rams are still committed to existing on the same high-wire they have since 2019, when they shifted their team-build model in the wake of their trade for Ramsey. Locking in a specific group of high-dollar players (Donald and Stafford, then Ramsey and Kupp in the financial hierarchy) will mean a continued dependency on younger players (often scheme and trait-identified middle-round picks) playing early snaps while on rookie deals, a coaching staff that can develop these players despite majorly overturning each offseason and — maybe above all else — the health of their core contributing players.

“That harmony is what allows all of this to go,” Demoff said. “Without that harmony, you’re just guessing each year.”

[SBbound]

2022 will be the best Charger team ever

I believe this will be true.

[northerner]

1979, 1980, 2006 & 2022 .....

i agree with these years. 2022 remains to be seen, but this team has a chance to be great on both sides of the ball.