I'm hopeful that the organization stays away from the early portion of free agency and just looks for bargains later.
This is how I feel too. Fisher & Snead seem to be excellent & far much better at their signings of smaller or later UFA's.
The Rams UFA's signed by Fisher since his arrival over the time span of three seasons have hurt but not all bad. Below is a list of some of the early portion UFA's that have not worked out that well. I would say their body of work is about average with the 31 other NFL teams. I would give them a B minus grade overall in 3 season IMO.
CB Cortland Finnegan to a five year deal worth roughly $50 million. Average
10 mil yearly.
OT Wayne Hunter signed a 4 year / $12.90 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, including
$5,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $3,225,000.
OT Jake Long signed a 4 year / $34 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, including a $5,000,000 signing bonus, $12,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of
$8,500,000.
OC-Scott Wells a four-year, $24 million contract with $13 million in guaranteed money
OG Rodger Saffold signed a 5 year / $31.35 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, including a $5,000,000 signing bonus,
$19,500,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of
$6,269,447.
TE Jared Cook-a 5 year / $35.10 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, including a $5,000,000 signing bonus, $16,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of
$7,020,000.
DT Kendall Langford (cap hit of
7 million in 2015 ) signed a 4 year / $22 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, including a $4,000,000 signing bonus, $6,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $5,500,000.
Rams have about 20 players on the roster now who will enter free agency in about 4 months. Here's my list who Fisher needs sign. This is my top half selection who I would like to see return. Top two would be Hekker & Harkey!
1-Hekker-Punter
2-Harkey-FB
3-Barksdale-OT (I have fallen off the JB bandwagon the last 2 weeks, JB has shown he is
very week against smaller pass rushers)
4-Britt-WR
5-Kendricks-TE
6-McLeod- FS
7-Barnes-OC
8-Person-OL
9-Davis-QB