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Between major trades and key draft picks http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-cooper-kupp-jersey , the Rams are now facing the beginning of the transition out of the last roster build. Here’s what it’s going to cost."019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub ✕2019 NFL Free AgencyThe Los Angeles Rams went in on building a Super Bowl-caliber roster. Now, the bill’s due.New,48commentsBetween major trades and key draft picks, the Rams are now facing the beginning of the transition out of the last roster build. Here’s what it’s going to cost.CSTShareTweetShareShareThe Los Angeles Rams went in on building a Super Bowl-caliber roster. Now, the bill’s due.Los Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay congratulates QB Jared Goff and RB Todd Gurley after a touchdown against Washington, Sep. 17, 2017.Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsOver the last two offseasons, the Los Angeles Rams have been unusually aggressive in taking advantage of some of their most important players being on inexpensive rookie deals by trading for talented but unwanted pieces and exploiting the available cap space those rookie deals created.That aggression allowed the Rams to go all-in on an effort to build a Super Bowl-caliber roster. That roster got them to the Super Bowl. Hard to be upset.But now, the cost of that deal is coming due, and it’s coming due in two forms.One of those is in terms of draft picks and the deficit the Rams have built up over the last four years both in moving up in the draft but also in packaging draft picks in moves that brought in talented, though temporary, roster upgrades. That Womens Tyler Higbee Jersey , coupled with the wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide group of role players on expiring deals, means the Rams are in the precarious situation of losing much of the middle third of their roster. While that doesn’t grab the attention (or money) of the top end of the roster, it’s nearly as important on the field.But the other cost of that aggression is much more quantifiable. And it’s in the form of a couple of players that will cost the Rams much, much (, much, much) more in 2019 than it did a year ago.It comes down, largely, to five players: WR Brandin Cooks, DL Aaron Donald, LT Andrew Whitworth, CB Marcus Peters and RT Rob Havenstein. I’ll throw in RB Todd Gurley for the purposes of rounding-friendly figures, but it’s mostly about that quintet.As a six-man group Michael Brockers Jersey , those six players will cost the Rams more than $40m in 2019 than they did in 2018. To be specific using numbers from Over The Cap, they’ll cost $41,095,577. If you’re wondering why the Rams are so cavalier about letting LG Rodger Saffold III, DL Ndamukong Suh, S Lamarcus Joyner and EDGE Dante Fowler, Jr., hit the market, that’s your easy answer.They picked the former over the latter.2018-19 LA Rams key contract increasesPOSPlayer20182019DifferencePOSPlayer20182019DifferenceThat’s not a decision deserving criticism by any means. A plurality of teams, if not a majority, would love to have that six-man group the Rams are bringing back in 2019. And Whitworth’s return from the precipice of retirement was met with celebration for a reason.It just comes at a cost.So while Rams fans can lament that the team has little wiggle room to address burgeoning needs across the defense and offensive line, the simple reason why is that the Rams have locked in a functioning core that has helped them win the NFC West the last two seasons and led them to a Super Bowl appearance just a month ago.If you’re gonna spend money http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-joe-namath-jersey , you might as well spend it wisely. 3k puts up his trio of outcomes that he’s certain will actually happen. Or not."WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub ✕2019 NFL DraftThe three things I’m most certain the Los Angeles Rams will do in the 2019 NFL DraftNew,28comments3k puts up his trio of outcomes that he’s certain will actually happen. Or not.CDTShareTweetShareShareThe three things I’m most certain the Los Angeles Rams will do in the 2019 NFL DraftJeff Curry-USA TODAY SportsFinally. We made it. The 2019 NFL Draft is here.The high point of the 2019 offseason comes tonight as the NFL’s weakest rosters are offered a chance to be remade while the NFL’s best rosters...are also allowed to get better. Yeah, that’s how it goes.So with so much certainty in the top...two picks and not much thereafter, here are my three things I’m certain (I’m not really certain of these) the Los Angeles Rams will do in the draft ranked by certainty.1.) The Rams will take a safety before Round 4.This is my lockiest lock of the Rams’ draft. It’s more of a lock than Missouri Tigers QB Drew Lock.Eric Weddle should be a fine late-career bridge. At some point, we need to develop a spectrum for these though. Certainly, LT Andrew Whitworth should be at one pole — a late-career veteran who can still perform at a high level among the best at his position. Perhaps OLB Connor Barwin is at the other pole. Where Weddle, LB Clay Matthews and DL Ndamukong Suh fall on that spectrum? Let’s hold off on that for now.But beyond Weddle who might only give the Rams one year of service, the Rams could need a pairing for S John Johnson III. And given the Rams’ predilection for not meeting market value for their defensive backs with Johnson scheduled to be a free agent after the 2020 season, the Rams don’t have anything cemented at safety for the long-term.Given the quality of the safety class in this year’s draft and the long, long, long list of visits the Rams have extended to various safety prospects this year, this is my top lock for what I think will actually happen over the next three days.Not sure who. Not sure exactly when. But taking a safety before Round 4 when things open up on Day 3 with the 103rd overall pick? I’m willing to put the pencil down and use ink for this one.2.) There will be tradesIt’s Lester P. Snead. Cmon.On one hand Nolan Cromwell Jersey , you’ve got the motivation to trade down from #31. And consider the caliber of player we’re talking about there with Snead’s own comments:If we can trade down from 31 to still get a quality prospect in the top 50 and add a player of that caliber? Yeah, I take about 0.1 seconds to make that call.Beyond that though, we know Snead likes to shop. A lot. Actually now as I type this, this should actually be #1. But out of fidelity to transparency and my own integrity, I’ll leave it at #2 since this is how I wrote this out.But let’s be real. Trades are going down.#3.) Todd Gurley’s knee will affect the Rams’ approachUgh. The damn Patella Novella.Let’s hope it’s not at #31. Maybe it’s in the first three rounds. But nothing came out of the Rams’ 2018 season with more impact than the status of Gurley’s knee.Gurley averaged 21.25 carries per game in the first eight contests in 2018. The likelihood he will average anywhere near that workrate in 2019 is much closer to 0% than 100%. How the Rams mitigate the decrease? TBD. It could be more passing which was the preference in the second half of the regular season. It could be involving others from the RB depth chart which was the preference in the playoffs, though the subject of that preference wasn’t preferred enough to keep around.But if the Rams aren’t comfortable with the current RB depth chart supporting either (or both) of those two options, a pick might be mandatory at some point. And at what point might depends on Gurley’s knee.Given how unwilling the Rams have been to be truthful and/or sincere about his knee and how unwilling or unable Rams media have been to get to the bottom of the story, the proceedings of the next three days are the best piece of evidence since Gurley’s limited participation in the last two games of the Rams’ season to cluing us in as to how the Rams feel about his longevity.