The Rams and Vincent Jackson

which is not insignificant for this team. It’s not glamorous to dumpster dive, but there are guys on other teams who are blocked by the talent in front of them that can help the Rams. It may be a year or more before we have a true NO. 1 caliber WR, but we can do a lot with what we have. Really, we don’t have much choice.

the rams trade a fifth maybe sixth round pick from dallas to get patrick crayton wont cost big money. solid player, would easily be our one. he could teach our younger players . and even if we got v jax were not gonna be good for at least another year, even though divison is awful. but that sounds smarter to me

I’d rather see him in a Rams uniform than Jackson

I would give a second rounder any day for that kind of talent. Again a draft pick is very far from a sure thing and is really just a coin flip or worse. If we finish the 2010 season with 2-3 wins we will once again be drafting first or second and spending way too much money for someone who may or may not work out. I would much rather take the sure thing (or as sure as an NFL player gets) and pay him the money that is deserved rather than some over inflated dollar amount that is based purely on speculation. Not only that but he will be good right out of the box, not this crap about “wait another 2-3 years and he will be good”. The Patriots won thier first of 4 Super Bowl titles with 18 free agents on their roster, most of them starters and situational players so, that should be a blue print for us. Once again building strictly through the draft does not work since the salary cap was put into effect. If we can get a guy who may help us get a few more wins, he will pay for himself by pulling us out of the top of the first round. I don’t really care if it is Jackson but, we missed the bus on 3-4 great WR’s so this looks to be our only choice as of right now.

the last thing a young team needs is a whiney little bitch

Look, we are obviously going to be trading with draft picks, or may sweeten the deal with a backup type player. But we would most likely give the 2nd round pick to next year, and possibly another in two years (or some other draft selection).

But I find myself thinking this isn’t too high a price; people think a second round pick is blasphemy. But is James Lauranitis or Rodger Saffold any better then a player like Vincent Jackson? Surely he would be able to make just as big of an impact, if not more, then those players because he is a definite upgrade at that position.

If the cost is a second rounder, or even two, I find myself asking the question of, “will a wide receiver in the draft who is graded at that pick (2nd round level) make as much of an impact as Vincent Jackson?” and I think a lot of people would agree that there is a good chance that might not be the case. Donnie Avery was selected in the 2nd round at about the level the Rams 2011 2nd rounder would probably be. While I admire Donnie, he surely wouldn’t impact the Rams as well as Vincent Jackson would.

I take back my post from another thread saying how i felt the Rams should pick him up, but after really thinking about what it would probably cost the team and his of field issues i say hell no to many other guys that are just as good and way cheaper and better 4 pillars types

I look at acquiring players as if I’m looking into a Consumer Guide magazine. It would be nice to acquire Vincent Jackson whom is a good not great receiver. Personally isn’t half as good for what he is asking so definitely no.

Vincent Jackson is an elite reciever. It would be hard to argue any reciever is better than him outside of C. Johnson, A. Johnson, L. Fitzgerald, R. Wayne, and B. Marshall. The positives are enormous- Bradford gets his security blanket, the offense gets its double coverage wideout, we replace our deep threat in Avery, our offense may very well be complete with his addition. If Bradford can perform as well or better than Matt Ryan in his first year, I could see us escaping the bottom spot of our division.

As of right now I’m on the fence still, the recievers coming out next year could be legendary and to pass them up…I’m just not sure yet. But in no way can anyone dismiss him because he lacks the ability to produce, the guys a #1 WR, as simple as that.

I look at it this way; we have missed on 3 top notch wideouts this off season alone (Boldin, Holmes and Marshall). We need a stud WR as much or maybe more than we need a good back up runner. A lot of things hinge on having a stud WR on the field. The biggest reason would be that a defense has to react to a good WR, leaving less in the box for aging power back Steven Jackson to have to run over and also giving Bradford someone that can get downfield AND BE OPEN in a hurry (note it also helps open up swing passes and slants). This not only equals points but, helps keep SJax and Bradford healthy. It may also keep us from picking in the top of every round for the next few years, lowering our salary. Vincent Jackson said he is not expecting 50 million so let’s see what he is expecting.

The Rams won’t do this deal. But from posts of people saying people with attitudes won’t fit the four pillars. Based on Spags coaching, I think he could handle a dude with some attitude… Hints.. Chris Hovan has an attitude. As long as we don’t have Incognito we’re fine.

What I am saying is that we need to ask permission to talk to him. I know we can’t just say hey "what do you want to come to the Rams?" From what I hear, teams are interested but nobody has asked to negotiate because of the supposed dollar amount. We need to ask. If they say no, well they said no, at least we tried.