original poster":1e7xgjae said:
It looks that way, but some Rams fans are a little disconcerted by the fact that we have had to use the franchise tag three years in a row. While Fisher and McVay is obviously a big difference, the rest of the FO is largely still intact. With the cap increases and guys constantly being the highest paid player at their position....for some reason we're struggling to re-sign guys.
Cousins contract will also hurt other teams. And I think the NBA salary cap explosion of a few years ago is an underrated part of this too - TONS of NFL players were blown away by the contracts for average NBA players.
It's because of this that I believe the Rams will have to pick two out of three of Donald/Gurley/Goff - Gurley is the obvious man out because of the Lev Bell situation. Whatever he ends up getting, Gurley will want more. If Bell hits the open market next year I think a team may pay him $20 million, and if that happens you will not have to deal with Todd Gurley on the Rams after we franchise him once or twice.
If we don't sign Suh, I would almost want to give Gurley a MONSTER contract that paid most of the money this year and next, along with Donald, so that their cap numbers come down a bit when Goff needs re-signed.
