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MaroonBells wrote:

Right? On the surface, many teams would likely value Verse over 30yo Garrett. Only 25, on his rookie contract, cornerstone at edge for the next 8 years. The future looks bright. But at this very moment, Garrett is the best in the business. Classic case of win-now thinking. They did the same thing with Stafford, Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller.
Whoever says the draft is the way to build a team needs to look at what the Rams have done.

Well....a main reason the Rams could pull this off is BECAUSE of a guy they drafted (Verse) as part of the comp. The Rams have a very nice QB1 in Stafford, he's why they are swinging for the fences and rightly so. You still need to build your team through the Draft IMO, its vital. But certainly not 100% of the equation.

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StickierBuns wrote:

Well....a main reason the Rams could pull this off is BECAUSE of a guy they drafted (Verse) as part of the comp. The Rams have a very nice QB1 in Stafford, he's why they are swinging for the fences and rightly so. You still need to build your team through the Draft IMO, its vital. But certainly not 100% of the equation.

I think the Rams are exploiting how much NFL teams overvalue draft picks and are taking advantage.

"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it”

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#43 · Jun 2, 7:58 AM CT
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StickierBuns wrote:

Well....a main reason the Rams could pull this off is BECAUSE of a guy they drafted (Verse) as part of the comp. The Rams have a very nice QB1 in Stafford, he's why they are swinging for the fences and rightly so. You still need to build your team through the Draft IMO, its vital. But certainly not 100% of the equation.

They have also done well in the middle rounds of their drafts. Key to building your team and depth.

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MaroonBells wrote:

Right? On the surface, many teams would likely value Verse over 30yo Garrett. Only 25, on his rookie contract, cornerstone at edge for the next 8 years. The future looks bright. But at this very moment, Garrett is the best in the business. Classic case of win-now thinking. They did the same thing with Stafford, Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller.
Whoever says the draft is the way to build a team needs to look at what the Rams have done.

Smartest move they made was Stafford...Little bit of a horseshoe up their bung with Nacua.

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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JustInTime
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

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#47 · Jun 2, 1:28 PM CT
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JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/camdasilva/status/2061852152369127476

Dont blame him one bit...Rams are loaded for a run.

Only so much time you can spend at the pool or the beach.

edited Jun 2, 2026 1:48 PM CT

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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#48 · Jun 2, 1:36 PM CT
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All the Rams have to do now is pray Stafford stays healthy. He's been a man of steel but is 38 y/o this year!

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