League_Champion Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Twitter › AdamSchefter Adam Schefter Rams are releasing RB Todd Gurley, per source. Cutting him today spares the Rams from having to pay him an additional $10.5 million due today. Rams spent weeks exploring a trade for him. Now Gurley will be free to sign with any team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 What a black eye for the Rams who I think eat $25M in dead money. Why sign a RB for more than 2 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, DMD said: What a black eye for the Rams who I think eat $25M in dead money. Why sign a RB for more than 2 years? I agree. That was a disaster for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 32 minutes ago, DMD said: What a black eye for the Rams who I think eat $25M in dead money. Why sign a RB for more than 2 years? From what I can see on spotrac.com its a little over $20M dead cap hit, but they are saving over $10M by releasing him now. it was a horrible contract in many ways, for example his 2021 roster bonus (5.5M) became guaranteed tomorrow, as did his $5M 2020 salary. It was an impossible contract to trade, in order to get some cap relief I think they needed to wait until after 2021, and continue paying him more. Even if he were still himself that would be hard to stomach, at his suddenly diminished ability it was a no brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Muto Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Gordon turned down what $10 million a year from the Chargers ? Now he can't get that kind of money I am guessing. What is going to happen when guys like McCaffrey, Barkley and Chubb are ready for their extensions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Muto Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Zeke got that same kind of deal Gurley got. The problem is the players are sitting out and not playing if you don't cave to their demands. Hard when a guy is in the prime of his career like Gurley was (he still is only 25) and killing the league to tell him to take a walk and not give him what he wants. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Henry Muto said: Zeke got that same kind of deal Gurley got. The problem is the players are sitting out and not playing if you don't cave to their demands. Hard when a guy is in the prime of his career like Gurley was (he still is only 25) and killing the league to tell him to take a walk and not give him what he wants. Exactly. This is a part of the bigger discussion we're having on the board in reference to contracts. No one saw Gurley's knees giving out on him, hindsight is 20/20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League_Champion Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Twitter › TomPelissero Tom Pelissero Todd Gurley was the NFL's 2nd-highest paid RB in average per year ($14.375 million). New leaderboard, excluding slotted rookie deals: 1. Ezekiel Elliott $15M 2. Le'Veon Bell $13.125M 3. David Johnson $13M 4. Austin Ekeler $6.125M 5. Duke Johnson $5.2M 6. Giovani Bernard $5.15M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 From what I've gathered, the market for Gordon is not what he was thinking last year when he held out. He may end up on a one or two year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplemonster Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, League_Champion said: Twitter › TomPelissero Tom Pelissero Todd Gurley was the NFL's 2nd-highest paid RB in average per year ($14.375 million). New leaderboard, excluding slotted rookie deals: 1. Ezekiel Elliott $15M 2. Le'Veon Bell $13.125M 3. David Johnson $13M 4. Austin Ekeler $6.125M 5. Duke Johnson $5.2M 6. Giovani Bernard $5.15M That's not an encouraging list for RB's. Very few worth it. Ekeler clearly is right now. I personally would say Zeke isnt although some might. Gio Bernard no, Duke probably Edited March 20, 2020 by purplemonster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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