02-07-2020, 02:13 PM
(02-07-2020, 01:36 PM)J24 Wrote: Misleading headline they took that from a bold prediction thread by ESPN beat writers. It will be very expensive for both teams to get rid of them.
Maybe for Johnson, but Gurley's rumor has some serious smoke to it. The Rams are meeting with Gurley soon to discuss his future with the team. The rumor is they are going to essentially ask him to restructure his deal in a way the team can handle. It is believed the team could potentially do a Brock Osweiller and give another team a pick to take his contract. There is savings to the Rams by moving on from Gurley, roughly 4-5 million so it's not financially prohibitive.
What is interesting here is it was obvious a player issue in Arizona as Drake came in and had success where Johnson didn't. In LA though I believe the issue is the scheme was figured out more than Gurley degradation other than the long term impact of his knee. When you look at the whole teams YPC this year compared to last year everyone dropped. That tells me that A. the line got worse, which it did and B. the other teams better schemed using the 6-1 look the patriots ran in the SB to stop the outside zone that made them so successful. This kind of re enforces in my mind why I just don't want to pay a singular back big money.
