Most big wideouts tend to be guys who didn't want to be TEs due to the contact, they wanted to stay outside and smoke the small DBs with their talent. But with him you have exemplary play on special teams which insinuates that he's not that type of guy. He's not averse to contact and being physical. He is at least willing to get in there and learn to do the dirty work on crackdown blocks on biby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
The McVay and Shanahan additions to the division have relegated him to 3rd best coach. He just doesn't have the schematic edge required to stick with these guys. In spite of having by far the best QB he has not sniffed meaningful big games since those two came online in the division. He tried to address this, to his credit, by hiring away one of our coaches. But going forward IMO Seattle haby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
He coaches players hard in terms of calling them on their mistakes. I doubt on film review day he misses anything. The guy lives and breathes football, it's important to him, and like you see with Belichick that can wear players down. Not every player can handle hard coaching. And by hard coaching I don't mean dodging wrenches or ridiculous things but consistently day in and day out being graby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteKillrazor Quotemerlin High end production first off. Which I am a huge fan of. I don't care that it was a lesser level. If a great player plays at that level in college you would hope he does what Garrett did which is blow that league up. Focused on getting better. This is a smart player you can tell he's got a good feel for what he has to do. And he's driven. Feels weird to beby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
High end production first off. Which I am a huge fan of. I don't care that it was a lesser level. If a great player plays at that level in college you would hope he does what Garrett did which is blow that league up. Focused on getting better. This is a smart player you can tell he's got a good feel for what he has to do. And he's driven. Feels weird to be high on so many of these roby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram 1. It's not a guy never moved from guard to center before. 2. While maybe we didn't see corbett play center dont you think the coaching staff did? Kromer was well known for cross training the lineman. 3. It seems painfully obvious at this juncture that this was the plan all along. Blytge was offered a minimal deal to compete with corbett but he saw the writing on the wall so movedby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Van finished the season strong so yeah I agree that he is probably poised for a nice year two. Of course it's also important to remember they're doing OTAs without Ramsey and Williams so the offense has been feasting. So maybe things look better than they should for the offense due to flag football without pressures and DBs rubbing the wideouts. But I'm with you on him. I think this seasoby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteleafnose Not sure if you caught the vid of JB Long and D'Marco, but D'Marco praised Greg Gaines offseason conditioning program. It was the near throw away comment after that about Robinson's condition "getting there" that made me ponder. Is Robinson guilty of coasting during down time? This is why the OTA programs are so important We know the players would like to eliminaby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRampage2K- Agreed! :ROTFby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM And I think there is some truth in it.... that Goff missile-locked on Kupp. I didn't see it that way, however. First.. Kupp is good, one of the best route runners in the game IMHO... damn right he's going to get open often.... any QB not appreciating that quality in Kupp is a damn fool, IMHO. Any QB worth his salt is going to find the open guy a high % of the time. And Goff wby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSteve Like every word Merlin....though Edwards is very good, I think he is no pro bowler--still looks off in pass blocking too much...some times he is great in the run game,sometimes avg. Overall,for a 5th rounder, he is an A+ return. I am very unimpressed with Evans in pass pro...but he is lil bit of a mauler...him and Corbett would do wonders for the Rams interior. In fact, if Evansby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Paper thin? C'mon man. Compare us to the 9ers secondary. Or that of the Packers. There aren't a lot of teams who are stronger in their CB1 and CB2 spots. So right out the gate we're an elite team at the top two spots. Top 5 there without a doubt. Slot is where you see us dip a bit. But slot has a lot of turnover every year, it's where teams save money because those guys are more numerby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteleafnose Pleasure to read your stuff..... Haven't looked at this video, but I do think club's live close to the edge with depth. A loss of AD would be devastating. It was against the Packers in the playoffs; He just wasn't the same after that ab injury A lack of protections up front at C and RG would be ugly, and perhaps as just as important how these guys clear gaps for the RBs, or lby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
is the fact that he's a 1 to 2 read QB. You rarely see him get through the entire read for a given play. Sometimes he'll even stick on his first read and wait for it without consideration of anything else. From there when he gets moved off his spot it screws him up and only rarely did he get a win on that type of play. Journeyman is a really good term for what he is. He does have upside ofby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Good chance that journeyman is his destination. He has a lot of work ahead if he is going to be more than that. And he will need to be carried by a strong run game like all journeyman types. Also agree that he wilts, or gets stressed, by pressure of expectation. At some point even in Detroit he is going to have to deal with that too.by merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
His take on Stafford is quite good. He said he thinks it could be a special combination with him and McVay. Yeah I think that will be the case. I think they overvalue Henderson. I think his vision is questionable. But I agree we have a stud to ride in Akers. With WR I think they miss what a problem it is that Kupp has not been there in the playoffs. They see him and Woody as interchangby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
You're not gonna solve anything, or even get a good look at guys for that matter, without the pads and contact. He is getting mentally drilled right now with different looks by the defensive front right now. And it's a good thing to do that. But whether he can balance that mental side and also play well remains to be seen and that's what will determine whether he sticks there. I will say thby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Queue up the Hula Bowl and you'll see the OTs sort of falling on him, pushing him down. He's going to have to work on that. I'd have a very aggressive squat rack plan for him to work his power and ability to survive inside the body on these guys at the NFL level. But for where we got him we did get a guy who can rush a bit. He's got skills. So yeah I'm really high on him for where we tooby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
I always root for the underdogs so maybe that's a part of it. But the guy is just about the right things IMO. He's not an elite talent and he makes the best of it. Great leader. Great example for the young guys. Just does it the right way, he doesn't get all wrapped up in the ego side and does his best. I'd like to see him lead Washington to win that division this season. He's a nice fitby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
Kind of run game where teams can't easily snuff it out and make him beat them. They're not in a hurry so he's a nice fit, young QB with some upside who just needs help around him.by merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
They don't usually chase the guys who have good talent but haven't lived up to it. That was a Fisher thing, the talent focus. This guy might be a steal who knows. But he had great coaching and his talent is there, yet somehow it didn't translate to the field. It's the combo of things I don't like.by merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSoCalRAMatic I actually like Boom and think he'll be a great LT. Anchrum played RT in college. Why would you project him on the blind side? Also, there have been a lot of reports that Anchrum will be tried inside at guard and possibly even center. If/when Whit hangs 'em up I see Boom stepping in and if he can't go I can see Edwards moving out there. I don't project him to LT for the recordby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
You're a little too focused on being right or wrong my man. Truth is we're all right and wrong. From there it is about the journey, or should be, rather than the destination. :thumbsup But anyway I hope you are right. He is my favorite pick in this draft, and I am high on him as well. I feel like round 4 and later, as a matter of fact, the Rams really got down to business and made some shby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
We get to see some of Anchrum at LT. He's been talked up by the Rams as an option there. I know Boom is marginal at best, I have seen more than enough of his film to know who he is, and beyond that he is an impending FA. So I want to see what Anchrum can do, I want to see those feet and how well he can use those long arms to keep the edge types at range.by merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
that having him and Floyd on the edges is a great look. The size and rangy threat they bring together is an ominous thing for QBs. Floyd has sort of changed my outlook on edge types. There's more than one way to threaten the edge, everyone pays the speed rushers who can bend on the edge but a bigger and rangier type who has power to him can threaten too. Lewis has a long way to go of courseby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteBigGame81 Quotemerlin I think they are a good example of an owner who is too nice. I loved going to the Super Bowl in Atlanta and seeing good beer prices, that is directly the owner and he deserves the rep he's got of taking care of the fans. But if I were a Falcons fan I would dislike him. He stayed with a bad coaching hire way too long. You can't do that in today's league. They shouby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
I do think you made excuses in your mind for Goff way too long. We have had that conversation. But you are not someone who carries the torch for him still even to the point where you take a negative look at Stafford. But I also think they are out there, it is a clear correlation and it spans every Rams board. There are multiple fans on every board who were upset with moving Goff and not hapby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
I think they are a good example of an owner who is too nice. I loved going to the Super Bowl in Atlanta and seeing good beer prices, that is directly the owner and he deserves the rep he's got of taking care of the fans. But if I were a Falcons fan I would dislike him. He stayed with a bad coaching hire way too long. You can't do that in today's league. They should have pulled the plug andby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJimYoungblood53 Quotemerlin So now everyone who thinks Stafford is going to explode in this offense happen to be Goff supporters? Please. . But there seems to be a correlation. My point has always been this: Let's wait and see. What is so upsetting to people about that? Your point has not been that 53. It has been much more than that. Your posts have almost sought after reasby merlin - RamsFootballFans.com