Nice exert AlbaNY.
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Of course I would listen to the 40 year old in your scenario. Unfortunately this question is distorts the point. Jourdan isn't a preteen, she's approximately 32 years old and a recipient of the PFWA's Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer award (2021). So let me throw that back at you with a more meaningful scenario: would you rather listen to the opinion of an award-winning 32 year old beat writer who has access to OTAs, coaches, and players or a 60 year old adult who opines based on what they read in sports mags and sees on TV?
edit: I lifted this passage, written by Jourdan, from a post leafnose has elsewhere in this thread. What do you think of this analysis?
if you play single high against the modern passing offense you’re gonna get eaten alive by the end of Q1…just like McVay’s offenses used to do to cover 3 in 17-18 and essentially killed that scheme. You also can’t play dominantly man without multiple elite CBs because of the amount of 11 personnel out there now + really good 1 and 2 receivers…you could maybe split the field but still you’re giving your opponent a math advantage because they’ll load up the other 2 and the pass catching TE on the non-man side and leave that guy out of the game completely. Most of the league is now playing quarters concepts at their highest ever rate. Now, that said - yeah, 100% the Rams absolutely need to get more aggressive in how they “match” within that zone philosophy as I’ve illustrated quite a lot. You can turn a zone almost into a man post-snap if you have the right players and buy into that type of philosophy and accept that there could be some bumps along the way. So like to paint the picture a little better - if you match route tendencies (studying thru the week) and smother down over the top of them out of a zone pre-snap look, you can be “sticky” while not becoming too vulnerable to the explosive pass that triples scoring probability on a drive. You also need an effective pass rush. Multiple things!
First of all, it's always a pleasure talking with you brother! You're always classy and respectful. I appreciate that!
Your edit shows she has some knowledge about football. That was a very nice breakdown. I never said Jourdan was stupid or a bad writer. She is very smart and writes well constructed articles. No disagreement there.
As I said a bunch of times, I just am not as impressed as some are. I DON'T dislike her. I just don't LOVE her as much as some do and that's cool. I haven't put anyone down for liking her. Not once.
IMO, and I want to emphasize the MY part of IMO, unlike your exert, some of her stuff just doesn't tell me very much.
The above exert was a good read. Thanks for posting that AlbaNY. I would like to see more of that type stuff than who she "ranks" based on OTA's. lol
Anyway, different strokes for different folks. Not everyone likes the same things. It doesn't make anyone right or wrong.
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2023 03:56AM by Ramsdude.
