RAMS SAY NO THANKS TO TERRELL OWENS

I already posted this… and you should probably put in quotations.

I was confused when I heard we were considering signing him. The only reason I would have been on board with it was if the coaches believed he would actually help mentor the young receivers and make things easier for Bradford. But he could just as easily (as his reputation shows) have made things harder on Bradford, and that is probably not worth the risk.

… this is almost the best news of the offseason.

Whew!

I never liked the idea of T.O. being on the team. I think there is a reason why so many teams have passed on signing him and that he still is a free agent. I really don’t know that much about Danario but I like the idea someone else stated earlier. Sign Danario as undrafted and see what he can do in Preseason. If he works out great, if not there is not risk for the team.

But it always seemed like one of those situations where if he had a choice of the Rams or pretty much any of the other teams he wouldn’t join the Rams. We helped draw out the Bengals interest. I could see the arguements both for and against signing him but i have to say i would have been a little uneasy about a T.O led group of recievers. I couldn’t give you a logical reason as to why it was just one of those wierd senses of foreboding i had that it’d all end in disaster. Anyway onwards and upwards (hopefully) GO Rams!

Aww it’s too bad that Sproles got picked back up by the Chargers we were going to have him in for a meeting. We didn’t trade our second round pick because we would have slid back too far (notice no mention of who they could have picked up in the trade down). It’s the ownership situation that’s keeping us down. I guess T.O. was too old will be the next one! Sick of the excuses!

My two cents….

- Our strategy is to rebuild for the future. In order to do this properly, we need to be willing to sacrafice a couple wins now in order to receive multiples of that in the future.
- Part of the rebuilding process is positioning your assets so they can develop. 20 something’s develop the quickest from “learning by doing” (i.e. maximizing their reps).
- In order to rebuild, youthful players are a priority and we should jettison the concept of signing a free agent in their mid-30’s.
- If we had an incumbent 30 something WR to offer positional leadership, that would be great, but we don’t (having jettisoned Bruce and Holt in order to pursue this rebuilding plan). We are all a function of our environment/experiences and Owens isn’t going to change at 36 – He’s not the leader our impressionable WR’s and QB need.
- In order to give a rebuilding strategy a chance, it is a multi-year commitment. There are no quick fixes….And any attempt at quick fixes are most likley going to negatively impact the development of your youth/long-term plan.

Owens is one of those sexy ideas when it is on paper, but has a ton of hair on it in reality. Best decision all year to walk away from this one.

the reason the Rams walked away from T.O. was because of his agent using the Rams as a bargaining chip with the Bengals. If T.O. really wanted to play for the Rams he’d be here. Spags and Devaney aren’t crazy, they need to show some improvement on this team this season or the brooms will be out to sweep them out at the end of the next one. Theres no other reason why it took them this long to cross of T.O. as an option if the four pillars were really the same as they were last year.