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Re: i'll bite

September 30, 2018 08:21AM
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Some of these are more outside-the-box than others.

Rams release Ficken and replace with an outsider until GZ returns.

Rams trade for a vet OLB that is affordable. Could be a future pick or could be a current promising depth player, but it’s gotta happen. Gotta shore that up in this SB push year. Just gotta.

Franklin-Myers gets more and more snaps as the season unfolds, Longacre gets fewer and fewer.

Easley may not get many (or any) more snaps. His body has betrayed him. Sad.

Higbee and Everett will see more and more snaps together. Could be lethal under McVay’s scheming.

We’ll see more Suh outside snaps and sack and pressure totals will climb accordingly.

Shields will provide top drawer CB play by game 6-7 and will be a starter elsewhere in ‘19.

Expect Wade to keep tinkering all season long because there are so many new moving parts for him to fit together. Might go in many different directions just like last year.

Goff will put up 5000+ yards and 40+ TD’s.

Cooks, Woods, and Kupp combine for 4000+ yards receiving between them.

Edge will be a VERY high priority next offseason. Maybe even our 1st rounder.

How did I do?

Fickens is a mess, but who are you going to bring in thats better? Kickers are so weird.

2 Lbers I would watch are both Broncos, both FAs next year and both stuck behind Bradley Chubb and Von Miller: Shane Ray and Shaquil Barrett.

Longacre and JFM are going to be situational all season. Unless injuries dictate otherwise.

Easley is basically deep depth at this point.

I have no idea why the Rams would play more more 2 TE sets when what they are doing now is working. Unless they just want to give teams different looks, but this jet motion offense is dialed in right now.BTW, who sits in a 2 TE set? Cooks? Kupp? Woods?

Wade is going to keep moving that DL around to get the best matchups and pressure he can get. So if that means moving outside, it'll happen.

I think Shields will be fine, not top shelf.

Goff is dialed in right now, some of those throws were as good as I have seen from any Rams QB. That rollout TD pass to my boy Kupp was unbelievable.

Edge is a priority next year, and I am imagining it ends up being a high draft pick. Some names you might be interested in if you watch college football:
Montez Sweat - Miss. St.
Josh Allen - Kentucky ( I really like this kid)
Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant - Clemson ( just guessing but Ferrell is gone before the Rams draft)
Brian Burns - FSU (a little light maybe but a lone bright spot on a miserable Seminoles team)
Chase Winovich - Michigan (vastly under rated or under talked about so early in the process IMO)

There are some more but I think they will be 43 DEs by the time its all said and done and those guys are Joe Jackson, Miami; Porter Gustin, USC; and Carl Ganderson,Wyoming.

A sleeper I need to see again this year is TCU DE Ben Banogu. Playing as a DE out of position like Armstrong Jr. from Kansas last year. Fast and athletic from the 1 game I have seen.

Thanks for this outstanding reply, Dead. Great to hear from you, man.

Many of your points I agree with, so I’ll just comment on the few where we differ.

Don’t think we have any choice about replacing Ficken. Only I in 3 on FG’s? Including a miss from 28 yards? Yikes! Out of bounds kickoff? Corkscrew PATs? C’mon. We can do better, heck, we MUST do better. Even if it’s only for a month.

Your point about inserting TE’s when it necessitates removing a Kupp has merit. But there is something to be said for variety of attack weapons, especially if a WR gets hurt.

Shields is a former All Pro that is knocking some rust off. He’s still got his speed and definitely has his experience. I think he qualifies as “top shelf” when compared to others around the league.

I will definitely defer to you on this upcoming draft class. And I’m already on record as predicting edge as a high priority.

We are in agreement on all of your other points.

Nice discussion, man.
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