The Rams tried trading for Khalil Mack before he was ultimately dealt to the Bears, according to Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times.
Rams COO Kevin Demoff said the team “offered a pretty aggressive package” but that the Raiders ultimately turned it down because they thought the Rams were “going to pick too low.” Jon Gruden made clear earlier this week that one of the primary concerns when trading Mack was getting picks from teams they thought would be drafting in the top half of the draft.
Acquiring Mack would’ve probably made the Rams the favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, and would’ve meant very low draft picks going back to Oakland. Still, it’s fun to envision a defense with Mack and Aaron Donald lining up next to each other.
With all the recent extensions the Rams have doled out, it’s unclear how they would’ve been able to make a Mack mega-deal fit into their salary cap, but apparently the team felt confident they’d be able to do it. The Rams under GM Les Snead’s leadership have been aggressive in free agency and in trades, and have seemingly been in on every big name player.
A Mack trade to the Rams would’ve made things especially interesting as the Rams play the Raiders in Week 1, on Monday Night Football.
Mack, Suh, Donald? That’s scary af
Ha beat me to it
Would’ve been Donald, Suh, and Mack……wowww
Dear god that would be scary.
It’s funny how when a team gets loaded though it can backfire. I don’t think this would be the case but you got to have a coach who knows how to handle multiple big personalities
Like when the Redskins used to buy every player available and still were awful.
Pipe dream. They would’ve never paid him, and he would’ve held out like he did with Oakland.
Of course they did lol. How would they have been able to afford that though? No way.
You have to give credit to the GM for taking his shot, but does he know he’s not playing Madden? You cannot turn off Cap limit lol
They are trying to win as hard as possible before they pay Goff. Once they do, its game over.
What a BS article give me a break. I mean people who write this crap or believes what some GM tells them all the time are delusional. What did they think that Donald would rework his 2 day old contract and that Mack would play on his rookie deal because they are the Rams ? Please don’t insult people’s intelligence
Well Donald wouldnt be reworking his deal for one. Two, they would have given the Raiders players + picks to free up cap room for a large 1 year deal like Suh. Three they wouldnt need to so much convincing, Suh bought into the Superbowl speel and whomever is advising Mack would have told him if the Rams win the SB he can basically write his own ticket.
So no it wasnt bs
Well obviously every team is going to push the PR spin that they presented an offer for Mack . You aren’t going to impress season ticket holders by saying that you have no real interest in adding talent to the roster or becoming a winner.
Who cares? They didn’t get him. Nothing to see here … move along.
Uh maybe cause that d-line would have been disgusting