Rams trade for Aqib Talib

[MadCardDisease]

I'm definitely not crowning them by any stretch, but they're clearly being aggressive and have a plan that they're executing ridiculously well. These types of moves are what catapults teams to the next level, so Snead is doing his end of the job. Whether or not these moves result in more W's is conjecture at this point, but needless to say, I wish Keim had half the cajones that Snead is showing.

You mean like trading our second round pick and Cooper for the league Sack leader who is just entering his prime.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Plus the Rams just signed CB Sam Shields as well. A quick check tells us that the Rams now have Marcus Peters, Aqib Talib and Sam Shields as CBs 1,2,3. While as of right now the Cardinals have Patrick Peterson, Lou Young and Brandon Williams.

Meanwhile the Cardinals wait until 6 days before March 14th to ask Tyrann Mathieu to take a significant paycut. That leaves precariously little time to negotiate and a sour taste in TM's and his agents' mouths---which likely means---no negotiation and thus Mathieu will not be given his March 14th roster bonus, the Cardinals will release him and receive zero in return (while the Chiefs and Broncos at least get draft picks for Peters and Talib). Classic. Moreover, releasing Mathieu does not create additional cap space until June 1st---which does not help the Cardinals one iota in free agency when all they have is $20M going in and zero QBs on the roster. Obviously, the Cardinals are going to have to create more cap room with a variety of other moves.

The PR hit the Cardinals could potentially incur here if Mathieu goes and shines for another team (a la Calais Campbell) is regrettable. Mathieu will be super motivated to prove that he was worth every penny of what the Cardinals signed him for. In my opinion, Mathieu was dispirited last year and was capable of playing much better than he did. He, like Patrick Peterson, was coddled and enabled to play below the highest of standards and expectations. Put Mathieu this year with a coaching staff who hold their players to higher standards and he is going to thrive. The irony is that Steve Wilks, Al Holcomb and David Merritt are going to demand such standards and create quite a buzz. Unfortunately, it looks they will not have the chance to do so with the Honey Badger, because of the nature of the 2nd contract Steve Keim authored following the 2015 season....at a time when Mathieu still had another year left on his rookie contract.

Sure the Rams are adding talent, but they are also adding players with issues. We'll see how long they last. Don't forget, 30 other teams had an opportunity at Peters...and said no thanks...and Heck, even the Pats didn't want to make a return play for Talib.

You have no idea if the Cards just asked TM, yesterday, to take the paycut...sure it may have been the first formal meeting, but the trumors were out before that this was their intention and I'd be willing to bet they had discussions with his agent way before yesterday.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

You mean like trading our second round pick and Cooper for the league Sack leader who is just entering his prime.

You really need to stop bringing facts into arguments.

 

[Shane]

You mean like trading our second round pick and Cooper for the league Sack leader who is just entering his prime.

That was so 3 years ago...sigh

 

[Mitch]

Sure the Rams are adding talent, but they are also adding players with issues. We'll see how long they last. Don't forget, 30 other teams had an opportunity at Peters...and said no thanks...and Heck, even the Pats didn't want to make a return play for Talib.

You have no idea if the Cards just asked TM, yesterday, to take the paycut...sure it may have been the first formal meeting, but the trumors were out before that this was their intention and I'd be willing to bet they had discussions with his agent way before yesterday.

He said on NFL Network the exact thing, that yesterday morning was the first time the Cardinals asked him about taking a pay cut.

 

[speedy]

That was so 3 years ago...sigh

it was 2 Shane

 

[Shane]

it was 2 Shane

On the calendar yes but this is heading into the 3rd season post trade... time to make other improvement and show that your trying like they did then...

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

You mean like trading our second round pick and Cooper for the league Sack leader who is just entering his prime.

Cool. 1 move. Crown him.