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JimYoungblood53
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Got a question for ya, 53.
What is your take on Morris taking so long to insert Hoecht at OLB?
Because he's slow. he had good hands on his pass rushes, but when you watch him he's
only going to be so-so. Better question is why he couldn't rush when he was a DL? There
you don't need. I like his game, but we will see him be no more than average, At 290-300
or whatever he is, he won't keep it up. Rams thought Lewis and Hollins were better prob because
they are far better athletes and at the time Hoecht was playing down lineman and making no
contribution.
Or Durant at CB?
he played early then got hurt. Now he's healthy and playing again
Or Morris’ over reliance on Rapp?
No one else. Fuller hurt. Yeast a rookie. Burgess not good and cut.
Or Rochell never seeing the field at CB?
Don't know. He was not good last year. Maybe he's not good this year
but hard to know because he have not seen him play.
Serious questions and I’m genuinely curious.
I appreciate the reply, 53, and I’m gonna try to have a civil discussion with you on these questions.
About Hoecht. McVay stated in a presser that they knew Hoecht could be at least a stopgap at OLB 2 weeks earlier than he was inserted. Assuming that McVay isn’t BS’ing us, why would Morris keep trotting out Hollins and Lewis for so long? They were getting terrible results. I agree that Hoecht does not have prototype OLB size, but he DOES get results far beyond anyone’s expectations there. The delay makes Morris’ personnel decision making look bad.
About Durant. He played early in the season and played well. Yeah, he got hurt, but why wasn’t he back on field after recovering? Why keep trotting the slower and mistake prone Kendrick out game after game to allow mediocre QB’s to pick on him? Again, a poor reflection on Morris’ personnel decision making.
About Rapp. Yeast is not perfect but he sure seems better able to defend passes than Rapp who seems caught out of position too often (driving Ramsey crazy). With the addition of Wagner, Rapp is now a man without a true position that he’s good at. This is the 2nd year that Morris keeps stubbornly trotting him out there. Lesson not learned.
About Rochell. He’s got better speed and analytics than Long or Hill and yet he is never allowed to sniff the field. What has Morris got to lose at this point? I fear that Rochell is just not one of Morris’ ‘guys’. Even you stated above that we don’t know about Rochell because we haven’t seen him play. This is a Morris created Catch-22. Can’t fairly judge Rochell until he gets snaps, but Morris won’t give him snaps even though Long is clearly struggling and almost certainly not in Rams plans in ‘23.
One of my problems with Morris is his suspect personnel decisions.
Hoecht, Durant, and possibly Rochell are but 3 examples of forcing potential contributors to ride the pine while Morris’ ‘guys’ started game after game. Square pegs in round holes. IOW.
These issues are completely aside from Morris’ controversial D schemes, as you and I have mowed that lawn many times.
Thoughts?
