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Rams Agree to Six-Year Contract with LB Witherspoon

The St. Louis Rams have agreed to a six-year contract with LB Will Witherspoon. Witherspoon (6-1, 231) is entering his fifth season in the NFL out of Georgia. He spent his first four seasons with the Carolina Panthers.

 

Head Coach Scott Linehan will introduce Witherspoon at a 4 p.m. press conference today.

 

via Rams website..

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If true, this is a good deal for both sides.

 

Witherspoon is a solid LB--something the Rams have been missing for several years now.

 

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The Rams are one side. What is the other side?

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Probably bumps 'spoon up a bit on your IDP rankings.  The Ram D has been piss-poor so he may have even MORE tackling opportunities.

 

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this makes absolutely no sense. worse defense = worse situation. The rams linebackers don't get many tackles because the DT's suck, and don't occupy the OL, letting the OL block the linebackers, and forcing the secondary to get a lot of tackles. Also, good offense = bad idps. The rams still have an excellent offense, which keeps the defense of the field, reducing the tackles to go around. Spoon is a great player, and will stll get his, but his situation for fantasy just got worse, not better.

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this makes absolutely no sense.  worse defense = worse situation.  The rams linebackers don't get many tackles because the DT's suck, and don't occupy the OL, letting the OL block the linebackers, and forcing the secondary to get a lot of tackles.  Also, good offense = bad idps.  The rams still have an excellent offense, which keeps the defense of the field, reducing the tackles to go around.  Spoon is a great player, and will stll get his, but his situation for fantasy just got worse, not better.

 

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It makes more sense than you think. Piso Tinoisamoa was able to near 100 tackles each of the past three years, and he's a total scrub. DT Ryan Pickett isn't an all-pro, but he's no slouch, either.

 

Good offense doesn't automatically = bad IDPs.

 

If anything, Spoon's value doesn't move.

 

Go look up London Fletcher's stats from when the Rams' offense was REALLY rollin'. :D

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It makes more sense than you think.  Piso Tinoisamoa was able to near 100 tackles each of the past three years, and he's a total scrub.  DT Ryan Pickett isn't an all-pro, but he's no slouch, either. 

 

Good offense doesn't automatically = bad IDPs. 

 

If anything, Spoon's value doesn't move. 

 

Go look up London Fletcher's stats from when the Rams' offense was REALLY rollin'.  :D

 

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Not to mention the Ram offense is not what it used to be.

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The other side is for Witherspoon. He has been cramped in Carolina with some other names--this will allow him to spread his wings IMO.

 

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yeah, Morgan and I think Short were the other LB's...but Witherspoon is the 2nd best of the bunch IMO...

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yeah, Morgan and I think Short were the other LB's...but Witherspoon is the 2nd best of the bunch IMO...

 

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Id bet Carolina wished they didnt spend the money for Morgan, as Morgan makes former Fragile Freddie look like an ironman.

 

Besides Pickett is a RFA, so until hes signed the Rams dont even have that, and the Rams just signed La'Roi Glover, who is a small DT that cant eat up blockers, so that lends me to believe Pickett is probably gone.

 

Hello Thomas Davis :D

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It makes more sense than you think.  Piso Tinoisamoa was able to near 100 tackles each of the past three years, and he's a total scrub.  DT Ryan Pickett isn't an all-pro, but he's no slouch, either. 

 

Good offense doesn't automatically = bad IDPs. 

 

If anything, Spoon's value doesn't move. 

 

Go look up London Fletcher's stats from when the Rams' offense was REALLY rollin'.  :D

 

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This is comparing apples to oranges. Fletcher played the middle in St Louis and Witherspoon plays WLB. Those 2 are not comparable.

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This is comparing apples to oranges.  Fletcher played the middle in St Louis and Witherspoon plays WLB.  Those 2 are not comparable.

 

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:doah: Spoon does play weakside, you're right. No WAY do they keep Trev freakin Faulk in the middle, though. :D

 

Any way you slice it, this was a good signing by the Lambs.

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:doah:  Spoon does play weakside, you're right.  No WAY do they keep Trev freakin Faulk in the middle, though.  :D

 

Any way you slice it, this was a good signing by the Lambs.

 

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Lets just say I see a rookie taking that spot.

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Id bet Carolina wished they didnt spend the money for Morgan, as Morgan makes former Fragile Freddie look like an ironman.

 

Besides Pickett is a RFA,  so until hes signed the Rams dont even have that, and the Rams just signed La'Roi Glover, who is a small DT that cant eat up blockers, so that lends me to believe Pickett is probably gone.

 

Hello  Thomas Davis  :D

 

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Yeah Morgan's pretty fragile. And yeah this does point to Davis moving to LB, which makes me :D as I own him in a dynasty league.

 

Forgot about the Glover signing in St. Louis. I don't think they're done, either.

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