In the day or so since the Rams admitted that quarterback Sam Bradford will miss the season with a torn ACL, speculation and rumors have emerged regarding possible additions to the team’s quarterback depth chart.
On Monday, coach Jeff Fisher reiterated that no talks with other teams have occurred regarding a potential quarterback trade.
“You know what I like is, ‘According to sources close to the situation, we’re da da da da da,’” Fisher said. “I love that, okay. So no, we have not had any conversations with anybody. It’s the old source deal, you can just throw that out there. There’s a lot of players out there that are under contract and so you can’t discuss those things. But we’ve not had any discussions with anybody. Again, we’re going to be patient with this. There’s probably a couple quarterbacks let go at 75. There will probably be some let go at the 53 and, like I said, there may be somebody, a club, we may have a trade partner out there. We don’t know. But we’re not initiating anything right now.”
It’s smart for the Rams to sit back and wait. Whoever makes the call will be viewed as the party more interested in making a deal. Which will make it harder to emerge with the better end of the bargain.
Inevitably, the Rams will consider their options. But if they ever appear to be too anxious to get something done, it will cost them more than if they remain coy and confident that they’ll be fine with Shaun Hill, Austin Davis, and Garrett Gilbert.
