James Laurinaitis

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(02-19-2016, 08:46 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Consider it like this. If you cut Maualuga, you save roughly $7.8m.

So if you give Laurinaitis 3yr/$21m, it's essentially giving yourself a big upgrade at LB for $13.2m more over three years. James has never missed a single game (played 99.7%, 99.0%, 99.0%, and 100% of the snaps the last four years), never had less than 100 tackles, never been blanked in the sack stat, is generally good for 1-2 INT.

While I would prefer Travathan, this seems like a more likely option that the Bengals would actually do since it's less money AND he's been cut rather than being a FA, so it doesn't mess with their love of 5th round compensatory picks.

Early Draft Pick/Laurinaitis/Burfict could be a pretty good group. (Though if the Rams are in this big shedding mode for moving, I would see if they have any interest in trading Ogletree.)

For what they ask Maualuga to do, he isn't better. In our system, he'd be another SLB/WLB replacing Hawk and/or VRey. 
It's not a big upgrade, Rams fans are not even sort of mad about this. 

(02-19-2016, 09:11 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Can we also pick up Chris Long as a Dingleberry upgrade?

3rd down DE kick MJ inside now. I'd be down for that