QuoteRamUK Where did you get that from? I didn't say you did say that. I said that on issues like this since we do know teams can err, there's a lot more room for different opinions. So while you spoke more on the side being cautious when it comes to "Fans thinking they know whether Peters is ready to play or not," I spoke on the side of this: it's not a matter of knowing, thiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamUK I was listening to the doctor they have on Sirius 'Moving the Chains' say the other day that almost no players are playing at 100% going into mid-season. He said for the most part you simply cannot wait for them to get to 100% and you make a medical judgement on the likelihood of making things worse. He also said many injuries really cannot get worse and it's just a pain managemby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Give me tackles, sacks, hits, forced TO, FUMBLE recoveries, INTs, etc. Donald’s impact on the games has not been worth 24M. There is no way he has been playing as well as Mack. I’ve rewatch the games and some games from last year. He doesn’t look as quick as he did last year. I fear he got his big payday and has relaxed. Wrong thread. If we discuss it there it doesn't blockby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteEastRam Quotezn Quotetroublefree In a couple of years the NFL contract with the Players Association will be up for negotiation. As of now, the players seem to be prepared to make serious demands which, if agreed to by the NFL, will significantly change the game as we know it. And the owners seem to be preparing to dig in and defend the game as it is. I predict there will be a major impasseby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteRams43 Here’s BonifayRam... Bet this will tick a number of members off here, it’s not my intention, but this is worth looking at.... I read many fans think its takes time for a player who missed all of Training Camp & Pre Season to get back up to speed, in shape & untracked? Should I go there? DMVP's ...Khalil Mack vs Aaron Donald? Mack has 13 tackles, 4 sacksby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotetroublefree In a couple of years the NFL contract with the Players Association will be up for negotiation. As of now, the players seem to be prepared to make serious demands which, if agreed to by the NFL, will significantly change the game as we know it. And the owners seem to be preparing to dig in and defend the game as it is. I predict there will be a major impasse that will not be solvby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM the DV praise. Dick's name rarely comes up, even on this board... and it's a damn shame. - JamesJM Yes. Glad you could relate to one of the truths I listed.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yeah, that's true. The 42-yarder was a great pass but mostly Rivers lived on underneath crossing patterns all day. If you pretend 6.3 YPA is for 16 games, last year it would have ranked 28th. In reality last year Rivers ranked 5th in YPA. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Does anyone know why the NFL is crediting the Rams with a sack on that play where Rivers took the snap, pitched it to a receiver who pitched it to Allen, who slowed, looked to pass, then pulled it down and tried to run? Why would it be a sack when the player wasn't a QB, didn't take the snap and on an option? Shby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yeah, he's getting close and disrupting. Just not the highlight reel plays yet. I've seen people who know Rivers saying the Rams D took him out of his normal game. In fact if you subtract the 42 yard TD against Peters, then PR threw 29 times for 184 yards, which is 6.3 per attempt. Last year PR averaged 7.9 yards per attempt. So they were throwing quick and short most of the time toby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Do you got the PFF numbers on Hav for the game? Curious if he is still near the top of RTs in their ratings. I don't subscribe. I just scoop up whatever charity meals they leave on the back porch.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21DogHavenstein played at Wisconsin Yeah that's what I meant. They played together at Wisconsin. Can you believe it took me this long to realize that Wisconsin and Iowa are actually the same place? Anyway thanks for the correction. Brain glitch. B) I had it in my head for some reason that Hav was at Iowa. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Does anyone know why the NFL is crediting the Rams with a sack on that play where Rivers took the snap, pitched it to a receiver who pitched it to Allen, who slowed, looked to pass, then pulled it down and tried to run? Why would it be a sack when the player wasn't a QB, didn't take the snap and on an option? Should have just been a rby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteznOne of the men keeping Goff clean against the Los Angeles Chargers pass-rush was right guard Austin Blythe. Just realized Hav & Blythe played together at Iowa in 2014.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotefrom PFF: NFL Week 3 Sunday Standouts: Defense … DI Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams, 90.1 Overall Grade While Aaron Donald’s impact is not evidenced in the traditional box score, ask Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers if Donald impacted the game. He lived in the Chargers backfield throughout the day and finished with five hurries and one hit rushing the passer along with one stopby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn Quotemoklerman Does anyone know why the NFL is crediting the Rams with a sack on that play where Rivers took the snap, pitched it to a receiver who pitched it to Allen, who slowed, looked to pass, then pulled it down and tried to run? Why would it be a sack when the player wasn't a QB, didn't take the snap and on an option? Should have just been a run for loss IMO. As Iby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Does anyone know why the NFL is crediting the Rams with a sack on that play where Rivers took the snap, pitched it to a receiver who pitched it to Allen, who slowed, looked to pass, then pulled it down and tried to run? Why would it be a sack when the player wasn't a QB, didn't take the snap and on an option? Should have just been a run for loss IMO. As I understand it, since hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro I would be in favor of that, if someone pops up as available, and we could fit them in the cap. That might be the problem. I could see some team that's 0-3 (or worse in the coming weeks) have a sale on some aging stars as they see they need to rebuild. But aging stars tend to come with outsized contracts. GT forum is fun!! Well next year, they will have Fox and Ojo bacby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Clearly, Donald is not producing as well as last year after 3 games. I'm not suggesting that giving him all that money was a mistake. I do think its arguable that he may not be the best defensive player in the league. Right now, Mack is laying a very strong claim to that title. Ben Allbright said that he believes that if given a choice that Wade would have traded Donald for Mackby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotebadgerdms Quotezn QuoteSUretHing When you are 30th in run D there will be culprits. Most pointed to Quinn or Ogletree. Then most were wrong. The run D went to the MIKE (AO) and NT. Anyone who thought the run D would improve simply by replacing Quinn would just be wrong. Besides, they upgraded MIKE (Littleton) and nose (Suh). They didn't upgrade OLB. They just went with what thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuotePFF Los Angeles Chargers: The Chargers’ offensive line struggled every bit as much as the Rams’ line succeeded. With little to no time in the pocket, Rivers struggled to get the ball into the hands of his playmakers. Rivers didn't look like his struggle was all that bad. He put up 23 points against our all star D with long drives, and produced a 105.7 QB rating. These guys at PFFby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Personally, I never give any credence to the "contract" argument. Players aren't on the clock that way. You measure their value across time. Fact is last year AD had only 1 sack in the 1st 3 games and then ended up leading all DTs with 11, And he was UNDERpaid for THAT .B) You don't pay guys for what they did, you pay them for what they will do now and in thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteRams43 Rather than accepting kind comments from beat writers and friendly publications, I choose to believe my own eyes. I’ve watched every snap of every game and I’m not gonna sugarcoat this. AD and Suh have played moderately well, to be sure. Made flash plays here and there, of course. But dominated as the two most elite D linemen in the NFL? ESPECIALLY in tandem? Nope,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteHollywood Ram After three games we have given up 250 yards on the ground to Marshawn Lynch, David Johnson and Melvin Gordan. In '17 we gave up 413 yards in 3 games to an aging Gore, the 3 headed monster in DC, Carlos Hyde. I will gladly take less pass rush for run stopping. We have faced three outstanding runners in 2018 and faired pretty well. Rams right now are 9th in rushing yardby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteRams43 It’s a helluva D, to be sure. And loaded with elite types throughout. But a couple of things are not meeting expectations, at least not yet. 1) OLB play is not even at NFL average levels, tbh. They blow contain all too often and rarely get there when rushing. I expected more. I didn’t expect Pro Bowl level, but when one considers the DL and the secondary they play with,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotezn Quotedzrams Quotezn Quotedzrams Yep I pretty much agree with all of this. To be honest, the OLB situation is very close to what I think a lot of us expected so for me, I don't really use the word disappointing. I never had high expectations for that group this year. My consistent position has been that we didn't have good OLBs last year either, it was a weakness thenby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotezn Quotedzrams Yep I pretty much agree with all of this. To be honest, the OLB situation is very close to what I think a lot of us expected so for me, I don't really use the word disappointing. I never had high expectations for that group this year. My consistent position has been that we didn't have good OLBs last year either, it was a weakness then too, yet we were fiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Yep I pretty much agree with all of this. To be honest, the OLB situation is very close to what I think a lot of us expected so for me, I don't really use the word disappointing. I never had high expectations for that group this year. My consistent position has been that we didn't have good OLBs last year either, it was a weakness then too, yet we were fine. 12th in points aby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro Added to the 6-11 from the first two weeks, that makes them 9-15 for the year. Right at 60%. And that's the goal. I have no doubt that when reviewing their performance from 2017 they spotted the lackluster redzone performance and took the trouble to correct it in the off-season, probably primarily through play design, playcalling, and attention to execution. Last year 60by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteBigGame81 Has there been any updates on his progress from surgery? I haven't seen any updates. But as a rule pass rushers don't do much as rookies. I think this is probably an issue the Rams will have to live with until they can find a player next year. Maybe Oko is one and he will emerge but I doubt it will be this year.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com