Best case scenario IMO

Jackson gave up one pressure on fifty drop backs against the Eagles.

Agreed, Simmons getting into our range is definitely best case scenario in terms of a long term fix at LT.

LoL... I sped read this as "...Musk fix LT"

Maybe let DOGE decide this one. I'm sure they would have an OP.

Ask yourself this about Alaric Jackson: why are the Rams not tagging him? LT is the 2nd most valuable position on a team. They have a healthy cap amount of $44 million and are apparently planning on trading away Stafford’s bloated contract. Joe Noteboom struggled badly and was replaced by Jackson who is only 26 years old.

What do they know that we don’t? This isn’t the Jets or Saints franchises run by morons. Sean McVay is one of the smartest coaches in this league and McVay/Snead have been arguably as good identifying talent the last 2 years as anybody.

Not saying that we shouldn’t pursue him. The Rams not taking him seriously makes me wonder though.

Already stated the reasoning in the article about it: Rams don't want to tie up that much cap at the start of free agency when they're in a period of transition.

Gonna call bullshit on that. Now that Cupp is out they aren’t paying anybody more than $17 million per in 2025 except Stafford…who they apparently want to trade.

They have $95 million in cap space in 2026 and more cap than anyone in the league in 2027. They can sign FA’s to small first year cap hits and have small cap hits this year and push that money back.

If they really thought Alaric Jackson was as good as some people think they’d make sure he had no business entering the market.

I don't think that's true. Spring training, sure but regular season, no. I remember during the last contract between the players and the NFL it wanted and got each player on the active roster gets their own room.

Even if the Rams do like Jackson a lot, they've never and would never ask him to play the position like Andy's going to. They didn't get away from the run game in the divisional round. They constantly gave help to him. Also, snowy games generally help OL.

So it's apples to oranges comparing how he fared in that game vs. how he may in the Chiefs offense.

Hah? They passed way more than usual in that game. 50 drop backs to 19 runs.

For the Rams specifically it may just be philosophical.

As a matter of course, Les Snead just doesn't use the franchise tag. With Trumaine Johnson, he was undervalued on the tag vs. the market.

LeMarcus Joyner was a S on the tag and those are typically cheaper.

A $25 million cap hold for a good, not elite, OT doesn't seem to be Snead's MO. He's just not someone that's ever been very aggressive with the franchise tag.

Second half when they had fallen way behind and it was pouring snow sure, again, pass rushers are never going to dominate in a snow storm.

The Rams have never been hesitant to pay up for guys they love especially OL. We'll see what they offer him.

I'd imagine the ball was coming out fast.

Again, what? 19 drop backs to 10 runs in the first half.

Wonder if it might be similar to LJ Sneed, who had a knee problem and Chiefs knew it better than anyone. Titans ended up eating a bag of shit this year with Sneed's knee problem and a big money contract. So does this Jackson fellow potentially have some injury stuff going on that the Rams know and we don't know? LJ Sneed played at a very high level through his knee problem in KC, just long enough to get his big money deal in Nashville.