Rams' Patience For Quick Running Thin.. (Article)

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By Tim Godfrey Aug 23 at 06:55 PM

Roster Bubble: Rams' Patience For Quick Running Thin


The Rams are going into Year Five of the Quick Project and the receiver has yet to catch 1,000 yards for his career. | Photo Credit: USA Today - Sports

Fisher could finally pull the plug on the Brian Quick Project after 5 years

The Los Angeles Rams brought back Brian Quick on a one-year/$1.5 million contract. But he might not even make it to the end of training camp, let alone the end of the year.

Quick needed solid performances during his preseason appearances against the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs. He failed to accomplish to do to just that in either game. Against the Chiefs, Quick recorded two catches. The week prior, he only caught one.

Now, he could be dropped himself.

Quick’s lack of catches falls more on himself than it does on the quarterback. During the Chiefs game, Quick dropped a couple of passes. One pass was directly into his chest with the nearest defender being a few yards from him. Quick dropped it.

“I have confidence in my hands,” Quick said to ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. “Most of those things are just timing anyway, with the quarterback and me.”

Regardless of what it falls on, head coach Jeff Fisher said it plain and simple: “Your receivers have to catch (the ball).”

“(Quick)’s had too many drops, so he’s going to have to focus on that,” Fisher said.

Quick was a second-round draft pick that many expected to be a project. Fisher and general manager Les Snead felt confident in his ability, however, and felt they needed to take him high before anyone else did.

Now, the project looks to have run it’s course. The Rams are going into Year Five of the Quick Project and the receiver has yet to catch 1,000 yards for his career.

From 2012 to 2015, Quick’s catching percentage has been well below average; catching 47 percent of the 135 targets over five years.

A more disappointing look at the number finds that despite playing in 51 games, Quick was targeted less than twice-a-game (1.7).

The team will certainly have Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, and rookie Pharoh Cooper be a big part of their passing game. After that, Fisher said the competition to make the final 53 is wide-open.

The Rams wide receiver competition is proving to be a lot more competitive than in recent years. Outside the previous three, guys like Nelson Spruce and Paul McRoberts have made names for themselves in the last few weeks.

Spruce had a great game against Dallas, but fell to a sprained knee. When healthy, Spruce is a great option in the passing game.

Bradley Marquez has proven himself to be a great special teams player.

Quick could find himself the odd-man-out. He can’t contribute on special teams and he has proven to be a less than reliable receiver on offense.

Quick has shown he can be a good receiver. In 2014, Quick appeared to be turning in a career season. He played seven games before he was knocked out for the season with a shoulder injury, as luck would have it.

But during those seven games, his catching percentage increased, he turned in the highest amount of receiving yards (375) and caught a career-high three touchdowns.

Those numbers seem rather meager, but for Quick, this was improvement. He was proving his worth.

But the following year, he regressed dramatically, only catching 10 passes in 13 games.

This weekend’s game against the Denver Broncos is do-or-die for Quick. Roster cuts are due by the end of the month and his name is not off the chopping block.

This weekend could be the last time we see Quick in a Los Angeles Rams jersey. Should he play well and catch more than two passes, he could stave off the roster cuts another week.

But time is running out.



This is not a surprise for any of us Herdsters but for those that thought he was more likely to make the Roster because of how weak the WR depth is, the tide is shifting heavy against him.

I still give B.Quick an 80% chance to make the team should he catch every pass that touches his hands at Denver and Minnesota.

If he has the dropsies at Denver he's likely going to be cut on Tues August 30th.


B.Quick fighting for his 53 man roster life...




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2016 02:53PM by Florida_Ram.