LARams91 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, RamRod said: Pick is a 7th Probably a high 7th though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ramster Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Honestly I hope cooks retires. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamRod Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 The 7th round pick the Dolphins gave us for 2022 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, NVRamsFan said: You're right it's not immediate it's into next season. So if we traded Cooks $21.8 million hits our cap next year. We're slated right now to have just under $26 million with 41 players signed plus 7 or 8 draft picks (not sure if this traded pick was removed from the list. @rocky_rams that's why we can't trade cooks. No, only $17.8 million hits the cap next year ($4.2m in SB and $13.6m in OB). If we were going to trade him, we'd trade him before we had to pay out the roster bonus. That's still too much, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_rams Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 2 hours ago, jrry32 said: I believe that is incorrect. I can explain why after work. But you're right that the cap hit makes a deal basically unworkable. Would it work if we trade him next season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Just now, rocky_rams said: Would it work if we trade him next season? Trading him before the offseason after the 2020 season would be counterproductive. And even then, it wouldn't accomplish a ton in terms of cap flexibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_rams Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, jrry32 said: Trading him before the offseason after the 2020 season would be counterproductive. And even then, it wouldn't accomplish a ton in terms of cap flexibility. So basically we are stuck with him for at least 2 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, rocky_rams said: So basically we are stuck with him for at least 2 years? I don't know why y'all are treating Cooks like he's garbage. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamPackFan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 25 minutes ago, jrry32 said: I don't know why y'all are treating Cooks like he's garbage. I think it's because of the writing on the wall maybe? I don't think he's going to hold up much longer, health wise. Too many concussions and he seems like the type who would like to retire early and venture life/the world sooner than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_rams Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 39 minutes ago, jrry32 said: I don't know why y'all are treating Cooks like he's garbage. Honestly I’m not. I think he’s a solid player but I’m thinking into the future. Since we are so dense at wr I feel like he becomes expendable to use that cap space on an OL or Edge in the future years I know we won’t be able to pay all three of our starting wrs so I would rather keep Kupp and Woods because they are more affordable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVRamsFan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, jrry32 said: No, only $17.8 million hits the cap next year ($4.2m in SB and $13.6m in OB). If we were going to trade him, we'd trade him before we had to pay out the roster bonus. That's still too much, though. Theoretically, if the trade went down next year. For the number I was listing was if we'd traded him now making it $22 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, NVRamsFan said: Theoretically, if the trade went down next year. For the number I was listing was if we'd traded him now making it $22 million. If we traded him now, it would be the same number I gave. The only way we get to $21.8 million is if we trade him after we pay out his roster bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, jrry32 said: I don't know why y'all are treating Cooks like he's garbage. This is weird to me too. Cooks is great when healthy. If Goff has time, I'm not sure of a better deep threat to plug into that role in our offense. Can't hold the concussions against him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BStanRamFan Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, JonStark said: This is weird to me too. Cooks is great when healthy. If Goff has time, I'm not sure of a better deep threat to plug into that role in our offense. Can't hold the concussions against him. 1. Goff has not had time. So at this point it's cost and asset utilization. We are paying a premium for an under utilized asset. Now obviously based on everyone's explanation trading him doesn't give us the financial benefit we were hoping for so it's a moot point. But he's not garbage by any stretch of the imagination. He's the 3rd WR option at this point, could make the case he's 4th behind Everett this season and we are paying him to be a #1 option. 2. Yes, you can because some of these concussions are of his own accord. He doesn't brace himself for contact and leads with his head occasionally like we saw last game. Being undersized is out of his control, how he chooses to deal with it is on him. Edited October 30, 2019 by BStanRamFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStark Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, BStanRamFan said: 1. Goff has not had time. So at this point it's cost and asset utilization. We are paying a premium for an under utilized asset. Now obviously based on everyone's explanation trading him doesn't give us the financial benefit we were hoping for so it's a moot point. But he's not garbage by any stretch of the imagination. He's the 3rd WR option at this point, could make the case he's 4th behind Everett this season and we are paying him to be a #1 option. 2. Yes, you can because some of these concussions are of his own accord. He doesn't brace himself for contact and leads with his head occasionally like we saw last game. Being undersized is out of his control, how he chooses to deal with it is on him. That's easy to say right now, but do you really think the Rams went into the season assuming the line was going to play this bad? The offense was set up to run where Goff has the time to find a guy like Cooks deep on any given play. Neither Cooks' role in the offense or his contract are the problem, but people continue to find things to complain about aside of what is throwing everything out of wack. It's really simple, if the line plays well, the entire offense plays well and runs how it was designed to run. You really expect Cooks to go up for a catch and in a split second think "alright what's the best way to stick the landing" in mid air? This isn't a commercial where time just slows down and allows him to think it through. It's football, injuries happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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