He’s a pro’s pro. On a short-term deal he could be a great option. I don’t think it will happen but I wouldn’t be against it at the right price.
Woods is signed through 2026:
And pretty expensive.
I don’t see the Lions trading for him.
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Agreed. For a guy who is turning 30 in a few days, is coming off a torn ACL, has a fairly large contract, and has been a support WR (not a #1) his whole career, I don’t think there will be interest. My guess is it is more likely he is released than traded.
It that is the case I could see them offering him a one year deal. Could be tempting for Woods as he and Goff has excellent chemistry and they still have a need at WR. 1 year deal in the 8-10mil range would most sense for both sides with a similar structure to Charles.
Not sure if we need to draft a WR then as you have Chark, Woods, St Brown, Reynolds, Cephus, and Raymond.
Looking at it that way, they may want to add a rookie and not a veteran to the mix.
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Don’t we already have a player who’s been commonly compared to Woods?
And hasn’t Antwaan Randle El already defined what kind of WR they’re looking to add?
At first blush this seems like a good fit, I mean Goff + Woods again, but when you look at the room, is Woods the player you want to improve it?
Cephus had developed a rapport with Goff previous to getting injured, even when nothing else was working. He’s coming back and I think will be a solid contributor to the rotation. ASB, Reynolds and Chark are clearly part of the plan, too. Raymond has a specific role on ST and as a gadget player. There’s room for 1 more WR to be sure (sorry, Trinity), but I think they’re in line to scoop up that true #1 outside receiver in the draft.
If he is traded after Sunday… when his $3.5 mill roster bonus will be paid… he is due $10 million in 2022 in his age 30 season.
His salary then jumps to $13.75 mill in 2023 and 2024…. then $15.5 million in 2025.
Considering that the team that gets him will be able to go year to year and can cut him with zero dead money after 2022… I think the Lions would be interested for a late round pick.
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I liked the idea until I saw that contract.
The Rams aren’t trading him.
I would off a 5th and 7th…. We already have a league leading 77 guys under contract…. This is where I see us trading late picks for players and we have the cap…
It comes down to if he wants to be here. He has no more guaranteed money. Would I take him for 1 year and 10M? Sure.
Chark
R Woods
ASB
Hock
- the key is also the depth that most guys have hated on…. Reynolds, Cephus, Raymond is still better than we fielded HALF our games last year if we had to start our 4, 5, 6 guys even one week.
My guess is Woods or Chark would emerge as the more effective player next to ASB this year and the other would be gone in place of a rookie…
I sure like the DT, RB, S, LB options from late 1 til late 3…
Draft-
Small trade down to gain a 2nd…
Walker/Thibz
Brisker
B Hall
Travis Jones
D Clark
C Tindall
Add Woods and B Hall to our offense, and those 4 to our defense.
No thanks 30 year old guys coming off knee injuries is exactly what this team doesnt need.
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I agree, and I hope you are wrong.
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I think you could get him for a 6th or 7th rounder because of that. Similar to Cooper. And he’s easy to move off of.
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I’d rather have Cooks
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The room is not crowded. Guys like Raymond and Cephus can be cut if we signed another WR and also drafted one.
Guys the WR room is still weak. Granted it isn’t as weak as last season, but we still need at least 1 playmaker with long term starter potential (WR1) 
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Why would the rams not just keep Woods and say 
To Odell? Odell could become a problem when he is the #3. They should stick with woods.
I think it’s a better group than you might think. Chark averaged 850 yards and 7 TD’s his last 2 full seasons with scrubs throwing him the ball in Jacksonville. St. Brown is a legit weapon who had 90 catches and 900 yards last year. Reynolds can be a 500 yard guy, he’s had 600 in a year before with the Rams. Cephus had a good connection with Goff before he got hurt last year. And Hock and Swift will be major players in the pass game. Goff should be able to spread the ball around. We do lack a true #1 and maybe we can draft that guy this year with the Rams pick at 32 or at #34.
I definitely think you are understating the group we have. I 100% agree we are missing a true #1 WR. If we added Woods, I believe our search for that guy would be pushed to 2023 and they would give Chark a chance to be that guy.
Chark would be your defacto #1 WR if we got Woods. He has the skillset and build to be that guy. He just hasn’t shown that consistently. I personally view him as more of a very good #2 WR. Woods has been one of the better #2 WR’s for the better part of the last 5 years. He did most of that damage with the guy who is currently our starting QB. He clearly would be our 2nd outside WR. St. Brown would clearly manage the slot and showed last year he can be an elite complementary WR. Josh Reynolds showed last year he can be a serviceable #2 WR. Not good, but serviceable. IMO he profiles as very good depth as the top backup on the outside. Cephus was legitimately our best WR until he got hurt. I know it was a weak group, but at this point he would be 5th on the depth chart and probably St. Brown’s backup in the slot. For what he has shown so far, he would ve very good depth at the 5th WR spot. Raymond was solid on returns last year and was alright as a fill in for us last year. Going back to a utility role where he has a specilized niche in this offense is a better fit for him. He has shown he can be successful in that role in the past. He is you #6.
How many teams would have that much depth in their 4-6 WR spots? We can argue that we lack a true #1 guy even with Woods, but our depth would be excellent.
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This sounds exactly like last year. The talk about what Tyrell Williams has done in the past. How it’s realistic he puts up numbers based on his career averages. Perriman, a former first round pick, has done this this and this…he has #1 upside blah blah blah.
Chark is talented, but he’s coming off a serious leg injury. Reynolds/Cephus/Raymond are largely the same types, or literally the same guys, as what we had in camp last year. Hell we even picked up two “STUDS” in UDFAs McKinley and Adams.
We have ARSB, that’s the difference from last year. I really like Chark, but come on pump the breaks a little.
Like I said it’s better, but it’s still one of biggest areas of need on a team that has more needs than most.
Cephus has a good connection with Goff last year? 
…when you have nobody to throw to, you have to throw to somebody. Our WRs sucked last year. A 5 game sample size where a guy caught 200ish yards is not chemistry. Cephus is a body who has some potential, that’s it. If this was another teams group no one would care.
I’m optimistic about the group and like our current top 2. I like Reynolds as a spot starter and depth player. We add another in the draft and I’m cool with Cephus as #5 with potential. But without adding a starter, this group is meh…
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I don’t think anyone thought Tyrell was a #1 guy. Most people thought he could be a solid #2 if he stayed healthy, but had to play in the #1 role with what we had. I believe most thought Perriman was a solid 3rd option considering he was coming off a decent year with the Jets and a fantastic finish with the Bucs the year before. After him we had Brown who was a rookie and a big question mark and Cephus who most thought was decent depth.
Everyone pretty much said we had the worst WR group in the NFL.
As it stands right now, we still need to add ONE very good WR. If they decided Woods is that guy, I don’t believe it stays as a priority in the draft.