Rams give Cooks crazy money

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Committing to Cooks as one of your core players before he's ever played a down seems foolhardy.

From a pure stats perspective, he’s been productive everywhere he has been. Playing with Brees and Brady has to help. I haven’t really watched him, though, so I’m not sure if he’s really deserving.

Either way, anextension was inevitable after giving up what they did in trade, but this feels like a lot of Munz.

Curious how Aaron Donald feels about this?

iigakusei":11tsq423 said:

Curious how Aaron Donald feels about this?

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Or Earl Thomas III for what ever team he plays for.

You have to wonder why this is his 3rd team in 4 years?

getnasty":3sh9ieqw said:

You have to wondering why this is his 3rd team in 4 years?

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Exactly. He's not worth that money. At all. He is very one dimensional. He's a lot like Paul Richardson. Can take the top off occasionally, but without Paul's ability for the spectacular catch. Cooks is a very overrated receiver.

For a second I was worried about the Rams.

They added nothing but cancerous powder kegs to the roster this past offseason. This could be the spark that blows the whole locker room up. We are about to see if boy genius can keep the team together, his age will be a liability when trying to talk to players like Shu.

drrew":2uh0f5r4 said:

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Committing to Cooks as one of your core players before he's ever played a down seems foolhardy.

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I am going to comment to this thread title and this comment before I read any of the rest of the thread:

Shortsited comments. Poster who has no clue. Understand the game.

I will say more after the season.

iigakusei":139g8piv said:

Curious how Aaron Donald feels about this?

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This contract probably clears up money to sign him.


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sdog1981":16bpcnec said:

For a second I was worried about the Rams.

They added nothing but cancerous powder kegs to the roster this past offseason. This could be the spark that blows the whole locker room up. We are about to see if boy genius can keep the team together, his age will be a liability when trying to talk to players like Shu.

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You have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!

This is like the dumbest comment I have seen on the Rams yet. Well, let's play the games.

Used to be good conversation here.

drrew":1163hzu2 said:

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Committing to Cooks as one of your core players before he's ever played a down seems foolhardy.

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Can we revisit this quote of yours after the season? If we may please.

"$50.5M guaranteed for injury — $20.5M fully guaranteed at signing" ........... Ya place your bets and takes your chances

I'll simply volunteer that every team is unique and every player is unique so every fit and outcome is unique. I would think La La Land is ecstatic over the news.

sdog1981":qzq3lyx3 said:

For a second I was worried about the Rams.

They added nothing but cancerous powder kegs to the roster this past offseason. This could be the spark that blows the whole locker room up. We are about to see if boy genius can keep the team together, his age will be a liability when trying to talk to players like Shu.

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While the defense certainly has combustible elements I think Wade Phillips is the perfect guy to keep it rolling along. We saw here in Seattle first hand that a defense can be great with "powder kegs" as long as they are winning and have strong leadership in place.

Cooks has always been pretty damn good.

He was great at Oregon State.

He wasn't just good because of Drew or Tom.

Cooks will continue to be very good on the Rams.

RedAlice":c34zjynn said:

Used to be good conversation here.

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Real nice. The person complaining that there used to be good conversation here, thereby implying that there isn't anymore, has this to contribute.

RedAlice":c34zjynn said:

I am going to comment to this thread title and this comment before I read any of the rest of the thread:

Shortsited comments. Poster who has no clue. Understand the game.

I will say more after the season.

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RedAlice":c34zjynn said:

You have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!

This is like the dumbest comment I have seen on the Rams yet. Well, let's play the games.

Used to be good conversation here.

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RedAlice":c34zjynn said:

Can we revisit this quote of yours after the season? If we may please.

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So you have nothing of substance to say, or, won't say until after the season for some unknown reason, and apparently you're just here to sling insults while complaining about the quality of the conversation?

The interesting thing is that this money doesn't kick in until AFTER this season. This season he's playing for his "paltry" $8 million.

Why that's interesting is that the Rams have a ton of space the next few years. My bet is that they're going to commit to Gurley, Cooks, Goff and Donald for about half the cap - then turnover other positions using draft picks.

The implosion is gonna' be fun to watch.

SoulfishHawk":1qora92g said:

The implosion is gonna' be fun to watch.

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Doubtful that there will be an implosion. Cooks is a good locker room guy - paying him is a good thing. And if you look at the Rams cap situation they have plenty of it for the next few years.

Way too many psycho's on that team, and way too many guys to pay.

SoulfishHawk":1bw8z48x said:

Way too many psycho's on that team, and way too many guys to pay.

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they have only gotten better. Not every team has to be built for a dynasty — obviously some of these guys will move on and get paid more elsewhere next year or the year after. But, they have a real shot at winning it all right now, and that’s really all you can hope for as a fan of the team.

Lots of wild personalities, but as long as they win and no one gets suspended, they should be better than fine.