BREAKING: Rams Trade For Cornerback Roger McCreary! Is This the Start of Something BIGGER For Rams?

BREAKING: Rams Trade For Cornerback Roger McCreary! Is This the Start of Something BIGGER For Rams?

Breaking news. The Rams have traded for a quarterback and we are breaking all down next on Locked on Rams. You are Locked on Rams, your daily Los Angeles Rams podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. What is up, Ramly? Welcome to another episode of Locked On Rams, your daily podcast covering your Los Angeles Rams. Free and available rev your podcast. Locked on Rams, part of Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. We’re also available over on YouTube. And if you haven’t yet, we’re just a couple away from 20,000 subscribers. So join that party, hit the subscribe button, hit the notification bell, able to support every single episode, hit the like button, drop a comment down below. Podcast listeners write us review. My name is Doug McCain. You can follow me on X and Instagram at dmac_la. I’ve covered LA sports for over a decade. 247 sports, Bleacher Report, SI, Dodgers Nation. As always, I’m joined by the Rams preaf and postgame show host, the Rams flagship radio station, ESPN 710 LA’s in his 11 season covering your Los Angeles Rams, the people’s champ, Mr. Travis Rogers. You can follow him on X at Travis Rogers. And on today’s episode, the Rams made a trade to address a major need. We’re going to break all of that down. But first, today’s episode of Locked On Rams brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app. Create an account and use code locked on NFL for $20 off your first purchase. All right, Travis, we’ve been talking about possible trades and whe the Rams will address the quarterback situation with Aella Witherspoon out till probably week 14 or 15 dealing with that broken clavicle. Kobe Durant and Darius Williams and Emanuel Forbes have played better of late, but they did make a move. Adam Shepard tweeted, “Trade Titans are sending quarterback Roger McCreary to the Rams for a conditional fifth and sixth round pick swap.” Per sources conditions, RA Titans get fifth round pick closer to the beginning of the round, which most likely will be the Titans original fifth round pick. Rams receive the sixth round conditional pick that is close to the end of the round. Titans currently have three sixth round picks. So basically, it’s almost like they’re getting the pick back from the Ernest Jones trade. But Travis, what is your reaction to this trade? I think this there’s a couple of things that I pull out of this. Number one, I mean, I I don’t think you had to be a football expert to understand that this is the spot on the team where the Rams were the most vulnerable, right? They that when you look at their roster and you look at what they’re really good at, they’ve got the quarterback, they’ve got the weapons offensively, their offensive line feels like it’s been good enough to to make a run for what they’re doing. Their pass rush says uh you know, speaks for itself. I should say that where they needed some work was in the back half of of the defense and going out and getting mur I think makes them better. I don’t know if it makes them great, but I do think it makes them better. That’s number one. Number two, I think it speaks to kind of what Doug, you and I have talked about for years now here, what our everyday also certainly remember, which is when the Rams think they have a chance to go do something big, they don’t wait around and hope that something happens. They go out and they try to make something happen. And this isn’t Von Miller and this isn’t Matthew Stafford and this isn’t Jaylen Ramsay. This player isn’t, you know, on on that level. But what it is is, hey, we’re close. We have a vulnerability in the secondary. This allows us to get better with Mccur. And I think it I think it lets us know that they believe that they’re close to contending for a Super Bowl. Absolutely. Absolutely. I think with Roger McCreary, it is a move where yeah, this is not of the caliber of the Jaylen Ramsies or the Von Millers or some of these massive blockbuster moves we’ve seen the Rams make where they’re not just addressing the need, they’re trying to put themselves over the top. This is not what this is. This is someone who’s going to improve your roster. A lot of Rams fans are happy about it. A lot of Titans fans are upset about it. That’s usually a good thing. But if you look at just who he is as a player, it’s a lowrisk, highreward move for the Rams. I mean, he’s a impending free agent. He has a 4.617 cap hit for 2025. If he does perform well in his opportunity with the Rams, they could keep him around. But like the rest of the quarterbacks in this room, there’s going to be a lot of decisions to make cuz none of these guys are really locked up long term. So, he could be a more inexpensive option to bring back when you look at this group moving forward. But as far as hey, it’s about how can he help this team this year, right? That’s more of the concern for me. And if you look at just his overall production level as a player, he’s been someone who’s has experience. He started 38 games with the Titans over the past four years. That role has gone down recently. Did have an interception in the Titans week one loss. He also had a sack in their week eight loss. has three interceptions, 17 passes defended, four sacks, and 253 combined tackles in 55 career games. He’s young, 25. He has some upside. If you look at, of course, we did say we weren’t going to mention PFF grades for the history of this show because he had Gino Smith higher than Patrick Mahomes for one, but they do have him ranked as the 36th out of 112 quarterbacks this year. So yeah, I mean this is someone who’s we’ll see if he’s the big game changer, but I don’t think that’s the case. I think they like the upside. I I think so, too. I I I think what you said is right. I don’t think that there’s a ton of risk here. The, you know, the capital going out the draft pieces are not something that’s going to make or break your draft. The Rams have shown that they can find players in the fifth and sixth round, so there’ll still be some opportunities to do that thing there. And but I I think what you said, especially, Doug, is is mostly true, which is this is about today. This is about what’s going to happen this season. Now, did they go out there and find somebody that can match up with a number one wide receiver like an AJ Brown or or or somebody like that? No. But I think they’re better today than they were yesterday, which I think is the goal for this team at this point. You still got another week or so before the trade deadline. So, maybe this is the beginning of some moves. But, yeah, I I I agree with you. I think this is something that the Rams decided that will help them in 2025. I don’t know if this was a deal that was done with anything beyond that in mind. And quite frankly, I’m okay with that. I I think that trying to to to plan for what’s coming up in the NFL years from now other than at the quarterback position is a bit of a fool’s errand. I think that everything changes so much so quickly that as long as the quarterback and the head coach are mostly right, you can kind of figure the rest of the pieces out on the fly. And I think that’s what they’re doing right now. I think I think that this is a really positive sign that they believe they got a chance to go in there and do some damage and they’re trying to get better at the thing they were worst at. Yeah, I think that’s definitely a really good point for sure is that it already just signals what we already knew, but it makes it official that they want to win in 2025 and they want to improve their roster any way they can, even if it is something that could be marginal at the end of the day. I mean, yeah, he was a second round pick in 2022. He’s someone that it’s basically the Titans pick up a fifth for a six. So you’re not giving them a ton of draft capital or anything like that over the weekend just cuz it was the buy weekend. I mean kind of had some fun dropping out big names. Could they go out there and Rams fans wanting Sauce Gardner? Truth is the Jets they just signed to a new deal back in July. That’s a minimum first round pick, possibly two first round picks. He had a guy that’s the highest paid quarterback in the league. So yeah, I mean this is not a situation, oh they wanted Cadillac and they got a Vega or something like that. It’s no, they wanted to improve this roster. And the way that Rams feature quarterbacks, they don’t ask their quarterbacks to be these game change these gamechanging positions players for this team, right? That’s just kind of not what they do. And they play to their strengths, which is you’re getting pressure up front. Nate Lammond’s broken out to be a star. Quentyn Lakes having a Pro Bowl year. Cam Kinchins. I mean, you got really good players on this team. You just want the quarterbacks not to lose the game for you. not necessarily have to win the game for you. Yeah. You know, to kind of extend your car analogy, it’s not a Corvette or a what they added is another, you know, 95,000 mph Toyota Camry. It’s pretty good. It’s fine. You know, it’s going to run for a long time. It’ll it’s going to get you to and from where you need to go every day. It’s not going to win you any races. It’s not going to meet you any women, but it’s it’s one of these things that Yeah, we got another guy that’s pretty good player. You can put him in the stable and you can you can put him out there and once he gets up to speed and what they’re trying to do schematically, I think that he’ll be another good player. This isn’t a shutdown guy. This isn’t, you know, somebody that’s a lot better than what they had. I think it’s another guy like what they had. And, you know, when you got more choices to use, I think that’s always a good thing. And I I I like it. I like it because of the player who it is. And I like the fact that it didn’t really cost him all that much to go out there and do it. And most importantly, I like it because it it kind of signals to to Rams fans or to people like us, Doug, that we’re on the right track as far as them believing that they’ve got a really good chance to make some noise this year. Yeah, absolutely. Also, I used to be a tour guy at the Peterson Automotive Museum on Fairfax and the manager had a Vegas. That’s kind of like a a hidden shot at him. So, uh I mean, I would have not have known that car in a million years if it weren’t for that gig. So, yeah, that’s kind of where that came from. But uh next next segment though, Travis, we’ll kind of talk about uh should they go bigger because there are some names out there they could pursue. How active will the Rams be? We’ll continue to break down this trade and what it means for this defense and that’s coming up next on Locked on Rams. All right, this episode of Locked on Rams is brought to you by Price Picks, where you and I make decisions every single day. 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That’s where you watch or listen to every single episode we drop and you don’t miss a thing about your Los Angeles Rams. All right, Travis. So, Sean McVey, he did say the Rams needed some depth in the DB room on the hole and the new quarterback, Roger McCreary, does address that. And he did mention letting Quen Lake wear a bunch of different hats and kind of how this could impact him. And he actually did respond to McCreary today. He said, quote, “He can play inside or outside. I like him for his versatility. So, we know that’s something the Rams look at. I mean, there was some criticism of McCree saying he’s short arms and this and that, but is a physical tackler’s definitely good against like we saw about AJ Brown, how he kind of had his way with his Rams quarterbacks and and Daryus Williams early in the year. So, it feels like he kind of looking under the hood just initially, he does feel like a Rams type of player with the versatility to play inside, outside. We know if you want to contribute for this team, the more things you do, the better chance you have to contribute. I know that we’re going to, you know, you and I do this a lot. We both talk about the Dodgers. We both love to talk about the Dodgers, and we both look for comparisons to the Dodgers, and that’s a good thing because the Dodgers are pretty darn good, and they seem to have figured out how things work pretty well. The Rams have a very similar kind of point of view when it comes to finding players. Can you help me in more ways than one? Can you play more than one position? Can you bat in a bunch of different spots in the order? And the answer for for guys like Mccur is yeah I they can do more than one thing. Like you mentioned Quinton Lake. He’s a valuable player because he can do more than one thing for this team. You can kind of move these guys all over the place. So yeah, I I think that’s probably why a player like McCra was on their radar is somebody that can play inside, can play outside, can do multiple things for you as opposed to just doing one thing. Even if that one thing is something that you’re pretty darn good at. If I can do a lot of things reasonably well, I’m a much more valuable player. And the Rams clearly covet players like that. Yeah. And it’ll be interesting to see how what they do with him because they there’s just news right now that Jarus Williams will be out for the Saints game. So I mean if he is out then we know with McCreer he’s someone who’s played mostly in the slot and it’ll be interesting to see what they do from that standpoint. Thankfully, the Saints are definitely back to being the Yan, one of the worst teams in the NFL. And I think for the Rams in this in this case scenario, this is almost feels more of a this is more like an emergency move at this point. And they don’t feel great about their depth behind the guys that they had as getting active snaps. So, yeah, I mean, there’s this is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. It really is. I think the Rams didn’t have too many options to go really big at this position. I don’t think that they wanted to use one of those first round picks for a quarterback, especially the guys that were available. So, I don’t really feel bad about that, but it’ll be interesting to see if they do take some calls on some of the other guys that could be available. I mean, we saw BTJ, Brian Thomas Jr., the Jaguars taking calls for him and the connections that the Rams have with the Jaguars personnel and that could be a thing. I mean, I I think my hope for this trade deadline is it’s not necessarily about filling needs. It’s just about being opportunistic for gamechanging players, and that’s the only reason why you would want to part ways with one of those top picks. Yeah. I I think if you’re going to go spend capital like that, you’re going to need to get something back like we talked about earlier in the show, right? If you’re getting Jaylen Ramsay back, that costs a lot of money, right? Or that costs a lot of picks, multiple first rounders. If you’re going to go get Von Miller, even on a short-term deal like the Rams did, you got to give up a second round pick to go do that, that’s a high cost that, you know, these these sorts of players that we’re talking about right now aren’t those guys. Now, I wouldn’t totally rule it out if something shook loose between now and and a week from now when the dead when the trade deadline comes along. You know, we’ll see. There could be some clarifying moments across the league on in week what would it be nine next week and all of a sudden you get uh you know another team drops out, another team loses a player somewhere else and they know they’re cooked. They might try to un uh offload some guys and maybe the Rams do come in with some of those more valuable assets like that that second first round pick they have. I always thought that when they made that deal last draft was to do something at the deadline in the effect or in the event that they needed to to fill a hole. Now, they don’t have a huge hole right now, but they have a a weakness, I think, in the secondary, and I don’t know if unless somebody really unexpected comes loose, I don’t think there’s a first round pick caliber player out there. So, I think they may hold on to it, but um never say never with these guys. They’ve been very aggressive and and who knows who decides their season shot at the end of next Sunday. It could be you could throw two or three more teams in there. We never know. Yeah, that’s absolutely going to be kind of the approach I think they will have. And I think in this case, McVey did say for Daryus Williams that it’s a shoulder injury. It feels like the expectation is that it would be just a oneame absence as a worst case scenario, but you definitely kind of hate to see that, especially with how well Williams has played in those zone coverage snaps, and that’s what the Rams play mostly. He’s been pretty pretty I mean, kind of under the radar, really really productive and having a lot of success in those situations. So, this does feel like a move that’s almost a reaction to Darius Williams and having to miss this week. And the slot thing is interesting just because is is he playing in the slot because that’s where he plays best and he’s not as good in the outside or because you look at the way a Lakes playing and the guys they have in that role. It’s I mean I think you need more help on the outside if anything else. Yeah, I I do too. They’re still vulnerable to a big physical wide receiver. I know I know you you’ve said it once, I’ve said it once. We’ve both kind of gone back to it, but it was the the one point in the season where I think you looked at you went, “Oh man, that we got a problem.” Which was AJ Brown when they started to go to him and even Devonte Smith a little bit there in the second half of that Philadelphia game where if you have a big strong wide wide receiver like that and they just start, you know, feeding those guys the ball, how do you stop that? Well, I don’t know if we have an answer to that. Whether that’s Philadelphia, whether that’s Detroit, you know, Mike Evans being out with that broken collar bone, that may not be something that that happens, you know, down the line, but we’ve seen it before. They’re going to have to run into some of these big wide receivers. And right now, they don’t have an answer for it. And I keep flashing back to what happened in Philly and and like you said, Demac on the outside like that, they still feel like they’re susceptible to that. Yeah, absolutely. And uh I did a show cuz one of the weekend ones we’re talking about Alante Taylor the guy for the Saints as a possible option kind of a bigger name than this. But kind of go back to the Dodgers thing. It’s kind of interesting, right? I you look back at the trade deadline. There was this disappointment. They didn’t go out there and get one of the big closers available. You didn’t go out there and get a a Mason Miller or Durant. and you end up with Alex Call and Ben Rodfet and a reliever that did not even pitch for them in any real way in Brock Stewart and everyone’s like, “Oh, the the Dodgers, they should have been more aggressive at the trade deadline.” And then Roi Sasaki emerges and they’re three games away from World Series title. Of course, baseball is extremely different than football, but do you think that the Rams, based on where their window is at where you have Matthew Stafford playing at an MVP level, there’s no guarantee that he’s going to be back next season. There’s no guarantee that he is not going to fall off a cliff at some point. I mean, I think he is going to play another year. I still think he’ll be successful, but we know for sure that he’s really good and playing at a top five level right now. Do you think the Rams would regret it if they didn’t do something a little more significant to bolster this roster? Because I don’t care how good your roster is, it can always get better. And when you have the the the war chest that they do have because of trading out of the first round last year, it sets them up to do something that a lot of teams around the league can’t do at this at this point. Now, you look at the names out there, there’s not too many guys that make a ton of sense for them. But then the same token, I mean, Von Miller came out of nowhere, too, when they made that deal. Yeah, I I I think it’ll be interesting to see what they do as we get closer to it because I I keep coming back to this and and maybe it’s just me being optimistic about where the Rams are or maybe I’m right. I I don’t know. First time for everything. I guess there’s there’s no best team in the league. There really isn’t. Like you look around and depending on which week it is. I mean, you look at the records, it’s telling you that the Colts are the best team in the league. Okay. I don’t I mean, they they’re not particularly scary to me. Kansas City feels like a a different team than they’ve been in the past. You look at at at uh at Buffalo, and I know these teams I’m all talking about on the other side, but Green Bay, Tampa, uh Philadelphia, you look in your own division with San Francisco and Seattle, like there there are a bunch of pretty good teams, but I don’t know if there’s anybody that’s great. So that piece that you’re talking about like a Von Miller type of player, just a really high impact guy, maybe even in a spot that where you don’t have a ton of need could really could really kind of swing it to where you’re one of the good teams to you are the best team. And maybe they’ll do something like that because I I I’m with you. I don’t think that this was the this was the play to try to go, you know, just kind of sit around and and wait and see. The quarterback, of course, is is the big the big unknown, right? I I hope Matthew Stafford’s back another year seeing what we’ve seen so far this year, but eventually they’re going to have to package some of those picks and try to go get a a quarterback near the top of the first round. But I I’m I’m not in any hurry to shove Matthew Stafford out the door. So, if they held on to those picks uh for another year or so and then try to do something, I I I think everything’s on the table. But knowing that no one’s great, I think informs their ability to go for it because I think just a little bit of improvement could take you a lot of bit out of the out of the front of the pack. Yeah, I think that’s what you want to hear that everything is on the table and if nothing does happen, I don’t think it’ll be this big gasp of disappointment like it’s over or anything like that. This is still a really good quality football team. And I do think too, I mean, Roger McCreary is going to be a popular Ram if things work out. I mean, I think of what they wanted from Trey Tomlinson a couple years ago and what they thought he had the potential to be as a as a physical aggressive corner that’s not afraid to go up there and make plays and disrupt things. he has that and I hope that they unleash him and allow him to make plays in those situations. So yeah, it’s going to be fun to watch and I and you always have to trust the Ram scouting too and and kind of player development and trying to optimize what he has. So this could be one of those I mean uh under the radar to most teams moves, but kind of as the season develops, if you have the best version of him, it could be an upgrade and that’s what we’re asking for, an upgrade. Yeah, and I like what you said there. I I don’t think anybody is questioning their desire to be aggressive, right? We’ve seen them be aggressive. We know that they’re willing to make moves to to improve the team. We’ve seen it, you know, there multiple examples over the the Shawn McVey era, over the less snee era. They’re an aggressive team. They’re one of the few teams that’s usually active at the trade deadline, but I also don’t think they do stuff just to do it. So, if if they if this is kind of their move, if this is where we land, I think it’ll it is similar to that Dodger thing. It’s more like there wasn’t anything out there that we were dying to have and we were willing to play a pray uh pay a premium for. So, if they sit tight, I I I think I’m okay with that, too. But I also don’t mind them taking a swing if they get a chance because most of the swings they’ve taken have hit. And they got him for nothing. I mean, what they got was a solid quarterback that can play his position for some ketchup packets and a half eaten bag of funions. Like, they got him for zilch. So, that’s definitely big time. By the way, I’ve got the uh I’ve got the the Halloween costume for for you and your wife, Susan. I I think I think 67. Let’s go. I’m in. Come on. That it’s a There you go. It’s an easy It’s a You could de you know, diy it. It’ll be your your kids would love it. I think it’d be awesome. But coming up next, more on the Rams trade deadline. That’s coming up next on Locked on Rams. 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But still, I give this an A trade because of what they gave up to give get him, which was essentially nothing. And then also the fact that there is no doubt about it. This is inarguably an upgrade. I mean, just everywhere you look, I mean, even if the Rams really don’t think he’s this big future cornerstone of the franchise type quarterback, I mean, you just compare him to Emanuel Forbes, Emanuel Forbes allowed a pass rate of 151.9. I mean, you could make the case that Forbes has been the worst cover corner in the National Football League this year. They’re a little better of late, but just even that and then you add the injury of Darius Williams, you add the fact you’re going to get Kell Witherspoon back for the stretch run. I think this is more than just a band-aid. This is someone that I I think that it with the Rams, he’s going to be a better player. So, I’m ignoring some of his overall numbers this year. I give this trade an A. Yeah, I think that that’s a good point. the idea of kind of that Rams boost, getting in and winning organization, getting around a a coaching staff that is, you know, effective and competent and and able to get the best out of their guys, putting guys in positions to succeed. I think that’s all good. And when you’re taking a player out of an environment like Tennessee, that’s always, you know, there’s probably a bounce no matter what, just getting out of something that’s been as bad as Tennessee has been for a period of time. I I don’t think I’d give it quite an A. I’d give it like maybe a B minus just because unless he really pops, unless he really kind of finds another level of for himself. I think this is more of the same. It’s It’s more of it, right? It’s It’s like one of those things that, okay, they got some mediocre restaurant, but it’s not inexpensive and they give you a lot of uh a lot of portion. It’s like, I’ll take more. Why not? It’s okay. It’s not going to kill me. I I think I think that’s kind of what it is. is and if it turns out that he’s better than that, it it’s certainly room to upgrade. But I don’t think you and I are going to be sitting here in week 14 or 15 saying the McCreary deal is the thing that kicked them over the top. It might be the thing that, you know, kind of keeps him in it and and and gives them a little injury insurance and maybe allows you to, you know, whether it’s a Williams injury or whether a killer Weatherspoon is coming back or whether Emanuel Forbes never gets on track or whatever it may be, it gives you more options. But I I I think that’s that that’s the ceiling of it for me is just some optionality. Exactly. I love the restaurant bit. And just to kind of bring it back to the Dodgers, you know, speaking of the 67 thing, thrifting is really popular for kids these days. You know, I don’t know about you, I like when my clothes come with like tags on them. You know what I mean? It smells like it’s like brand new. Smells like chemicals. Yeah, I like that. I I’m into that. You know what I mean? But I I did go into a thrift store with my wife. She wanted to like see what this phenomena was about. And guess what? I got a Juan Pierre Dodgers jersey and it cost me $6. So yes, is this like the best jersey? No. Is this the best Dodger? No. Was it in great condition? Absolutely not. But it was like $6 for a Juan Pierre jersey. So I still get that an A because of what I had to give up to get that jersey. Number nine. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Good. Yeah. We We love We love the Juan Pierre. I mean, you could say that uh that he was a not not the best signing, but still. I mean, he was a fun player. You loved Suan Pierre and it just goes to show it’s it’s it’s all about what you had to give up to get that thing. And the Rams have to give up a lot to get that thing. And that thing is a major upgrade. And he’s he’s like he’s much more important than a Juan Pierre jersey. Like like you know what I’m saying? So it is more important than a Juan Pierre jersey. I’d say he’s the equivalent of an Andre Eier jersey. There you go. Yeah. Hey, shout out to to Captain Clutch for sure. No doubt about it. But uh there he goes. We got the great Travis Rogers. You can check his show out today. Demarco and Travis, I’m sure they’ll be talking. Lots of Dodgers. Locked on fans got locked on Dodge with him and Harry Ruiz. I’m sure he gets hats at thrift stores, too. I mean, has to find some get those hats. He’s got all the hats, right? Well, he wears a lot of hats, so to speak. He’s got them all new every week. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, absolutely. But, uh, that is going to do it for this episode of Locked On Rams. My name is Doug McCain. You can follow me on X and Instagram at DMac_LA and you follow the people’s champ, Mr. Travis Rogers at Travis Rogers. Until next time, who’s house? It’s locked on Ram’s house.

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