Turf Show Times
There are now seven teams in the NFL who are 1-4 and the New York Jets are 0-5, giving the L.A. Rams one-quarter of the league to call about potentially trading players that could help their weaknesses at cornerback, linebacker, center, and otherwise. Should the Rams jump ahead of their competition to trade for any of those potentially-available players like Breece Hall, Greg Newsome, or L’Jarius Sneed?
Is it too soon to inquire with teams like the Ravens to make sure that they’ve started to think about 2026 and take advantage of GMs who are at a loss for how to keep hope alive in their cities?
It’s not as easy as you think it is to find decent trade targets on bad teams — many of them are contributing to the problem! — but the Rams are one of the most likely teams to make a trade. We know this. Should the Rams be trying to make a trade this week for any of these players on bad teams?
This chart makes it so obvious why Hall is a complement to Kyren Williams, as Hall is high on the explosive rate (where Williams is low) and Williams has a low rate of stuffed plays but can’t turn those into big gains:
Ironically, we’re talking about Hall a day after he has a huge, costly fumble against the Cowboys. Not great timing there. But Hall has WAY better ball security than Williams and is a better all-around running back. Hall had 14 carries for 113 yards against Dallas, one of his best career days, despite being on a terrible team.
Could the Rams get Breece Hall for Blake Corum and a 6th?
Do you have any other ideas of Jets who the Rams should trade for? Let us know in the comments.
Is this better than Emmanuel Forbes?
Jones is a 2026 free agent and could probably be had for a day three pick swap. The Dolphins must be close to firing Mike McDaniel and tearing down the roster as much as possible after Week 5’s loss to the Panthers.
Dodson is a below average linebacker but maybe better than Troy Reeder. However, he has a concussion so it may impossible to trade for him now.
I stand by what I wrote last week and the absurdity of Bateman in Baltimore continued on Sunday when he was only targeted 3 times and had zero catches. Bateman would make the Rams a better red zone offense, which is what they desperately needed against the 49ers on Thursday.
There are no rumors of the Ravens being open to trading Linderbaum but we also know that they didn’t give him the fifth-year option. That’s not unexpected because center contracts do not match the price tag on a fifth-year option, making it unlikely that any...
