Call me crazy, but I am excited about this.
Clay Mathews has signed with Rams
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I'm a fan of the signing. Matthews may not have much in the tank, but he can still play both inside and outside linebacker, and he's a vet presence of the linebackers, which is needed.
I'm not very stoked on this contract either. It reminds me of the attempted resurrection of Connor Barwin a couple years ago, but even more expensive against the CAP. Hope it works out.
Totally, this smells like a reach deal to me... I pray he's only in sub packs. Simply hate this deal.
I'm going to start doing sprints now, so when the season starts I will be able rush the field " in a blur of course" and cut his lettuce!!!
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Why not? Might be a really good move.
Posted this on the Other CM thread "Seems like for the money it's a good deal. I'm assuming that he is much cheaper than Justin Houston. As a posted earlier he doesn't have to play every down. A fresher CM is a better player. Rams getting short term help from cheaper veteran."
LOL that ain't cheap. That $16.7 Million seems like a lot at his age and production. Hopefully, lots of $$$$ are in incentives. It does give the Rams another potential pass rusher which is always valuable.
As Jrry and a few other people elsewhere have brought up could this be to play ILB?
This pick-up & Fowler's huge payday might suggest that our #31 draft pick won't be used on a LB.
I think it is a "good" pickup if the base salary is around $6M with incentives maxing out to $8.375M. I feel better having a vet at LB than not having one. I do believe the Rams will use Matthews predominately at ILB but he can also help at OLB. I would have preferred Zach Brown at ILB or Houston at OLB but I bet both are looking for more base $$$ than this and neither provides the flexibility of working both ILB & OLB.
My guess is that the R1.31 pick will be traded down for an R2 & R4 pick. Rams can pick up a nice DT in R2 and they need depth all over (OL, CB, EDGE, S) so the extra pick helps with that.
It will definitely cost a comp pick. I'm guessing it will cancel Suh's, but the average salary is high enough that it could cancel out one of the 4th rounders.
The contract better be heavy on incentives.
Not a fan of this signing. Sorry.
A fading former superstar? For maybe over $8M per year?
Hell, that’s $2M more than Barron was costing!
Hope I’m wrong, but I think we coulda spent that kind of money more wisely.
A fading former superstar? For maybe over $8M per year?
Hell, that’s $2M more than Barron was costing!
Hope I’m wrong, but I think we coulda spent that kind of money more wisely.