By james art The Los Angeles Rams (3-4) were in a dark place three weeks ago and on the verge of trading their top receiver. After recent developments, the organization has slowly moved away from the idea of trading one of its longest-tenured players.
Because of a legitimate chance to win the NFC West, Kupp is more than likely to stay in Los Angeles. Simply put, winning cures all.
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio spoke with 93.7 The Fan on Wednesday discussing the Kupp situation and whether the Rams are still interested in a Pro Bowl trade.
“It’s funny how they tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube,” Florio said. “They shopped it for two weeks in a row between Sunday and Thursday. They’re 3-4, they’re right there, the NFC West is there for the taking. They got their top receivers back, they will get healthy. I don’t know how healthy they can stay, but all of a sudden, “oh no, no, no, it’s all irresponsible reporting, we were getting phone calls, we weren’t trying to shop it,” and they were. If they had lost those two games last week, that’s when you fold the tents. That’s one of the benefits of the trade deadline being where it is now. Every Tuesday after week nine, teams have plenty of time to come to a conclusion about whether or not there’s a fork in their odds for this year, then they go ahead and scout pitching guys for assets that will help them get better down the road .”
Kupp is in his eighth NFL season, all with the Rams. He suffered a high ankle injury against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 2 and missed significant time, returning in Week 8. Kupp caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown in his return against the Minnesota Vikings.
Along with the return of Kupp, the second year stud Puka Naqua was also extinguished on his return to competition. Having that type of one-two punch is invaluable, and trading one of these pieces at this stage of the season would be foolish.
Just like Florio mentioned, the decision to trade one of your top talents depends on your record and playoff chances in the first seven to eight weeks of the season.
Back-to-back wins coupled with the fact that the Rams’ division isn’t the strongest are reasons to keep Kupp in a Rams uniform.
The fact that the Arizona Cardinals lead the NFC West at 4-4 shows that the Rams have a great chance to take this division and make the playoffs. Trading Kupp would make those chances much smaller.
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