When the Los Angeles Rams made the move for Trent McDuffie, it\u2019s understandable that Jaylen Watson may have been happy for his friend and Kansas City Chiefs teammate, but it also indicated to Watson that he would not be landing with the Rams because how could the Rams afford both desired cornerbacks in the same free agency cycle?<\/p>\n
Well, the Rams pulled it off, and they reunited McDuffie and Watson, and the objective is clear: We got to the NFC Championship last year, let\u2019s tool up and get further this time. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s one of the most exciting times to be a fan of the Los Angeles Rams, and there\u2019s been plenty to be excited about since Sean McVay arrived in L.A.<\/p>\n
Watson and McDuffie completed their intro press conferences, and you check that below, but it was clear to both players that they are here to make this team better, and this team was already pretty good. Pressure is on.<\/p>\n
Thank you for checking out Turf Show Times, and happy Friday the 13th!<\/p>\n
\u201cEven after signing McDuffie to a $124 million contract, the Rams gave Watson $51 million for three years. That\u2019s a total commitment of $175 million to the two former Chiefs cornerbacks, plus the $13.6 million McDuffie will earn on the fifth-year option in 2026.<\/p>\n
Watson and McDuffie paired well in Kansas City, with Watson being a big, physical 6-foot-2 corner and McDuffie being the shorter, quicker defensive back who can line up anywhere. They hope to keep things rolling for the Rams this year, continuing all that they built together in Kansas City.\u201c<\/p>\n
\u201c\u201cJust like I told [head coach] Sean McVay, just like I told [defensive coordinator] Chris Shula, like I told [defensive backs coach] Jimmy Lake, it doesn\u2019t matter where you put me. I\u2019ll play safety. I\u2019ll put my hand in the dirt if I have to. I hope I don\u2019t have to, but truly I\u2019m out here wanting to play ball,\u201d McDuffie said. \u201cNo matter where you put me, I\u2019m going to work day in and day out to make sure that I do my job at a very high level. That\u2019s the guy you\u2019re getting. Whether I\u2019m nickel, whether I\u2019m at corner, no matter what it is, I want to make sure that when I step on that field, you\u2019re going to get the best of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMcDuffie spoke with the media for the first time on Thursday and he revealed that Nacua was the first person to call him after news of the trade broke. He says Nacua screamed at the top of his lungs on the phone, struggling to contain his excitement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean – the questions don\u2019t make sense in either direction on Tutu…Why give him money for how you plan to use him – they KNEW who he was…but also – if he WAS a great option, what would ever make his usage so insignificant? What would be the reasoning from McVay for failing to gameplan for him even a little bit. My guess to #2 is that he either A was disappointing – but they had several years of data, or B he was battling injury all last year?\u201d -Dr.Ram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Los Angeles Rams made the move for Trent McDuffie, it\u2019s understandable that Jaylen Watson may have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-809993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116222145732329015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}