Quotemtramfan Goff? Long shot at best. Eli Manning? Only by pure dumb luck. Purdy? Might get there, but not now. he can go through a 4-5 game slump of get hurt, when he's healthy he can do things only a few others can do -- You named a few and there are 1-2 others. Wins are what matters, not stats, not Pro Bowls, all that --- and when Rams won SB they won the trade. They finished the jobby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yeah, I would never call him an impact player. But he was consistently good for 9 seasons which ends up counting for quite a bit. Sort of a Rob Havenstein type I think, who coincidentally is tied with Brockers for 36th on that PFF list after 9 seasons. I like him ... and he was good.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 He was a very good initial 1st round pick by Snead. Reliable, could do some of everything. Rarely missed a game. I remember watching his very first preseason game vs. IND and Jeff Saturday saying afterward that Brockers was going to become a good player. PFR ranks him 36th in the Rams' all-time Approximate Value list. I always thought he was good, but never the impact played you'by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteFlorida_Ram That was very enjoyable to watch ] What makes that more impressive is the guy who did the video is not a Rams fan, it's not biased, he's just doing Xs and Os about Rams/Puka --- and doing it objectively. My only concern is his health. He's had some issues in past, and hope they are over. But he's got everything else even some breakaways speed ...by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
in the "preseason" odds ... the tie was neither team was favored when they were going to meet in week 4 Like year-in-advance mock drafts ... or what the new offense will look like or what rookie will do well ... not really serious. Lit's like Blaine or Jake Ellenbogen --- not that deep in terms of realityby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
excellent Xs and Os for those interested in those kinds of thingsby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog Agree. He busts his @$$ on every play. and a few positions ... Had Terrell Lewis worked out Hoecht may have never had to move to edge. Or other moves but now Rams had a 1st round pick and used it on a position to upgrade him. He will be in OLber radiation, probably #3 unless mathis/Hampton get better and gan rush inside in nickel defense And could, probably fill in a little forby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSoCalRAMatic I think this Cat gets creamed here. He is/was a 300 fast DT who helped the team as an outside pass rusher. It was a totally new position for him. He was a good rusher but sometimes lost contain and never should've been asked to cover WRs. I think he'll do very well in a rotation. I could see him and Fiske rotating at DE and he could also take snaps outside on rushing downs.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesix2stack I wonder if McVay has thought about using Hoecht at FB in goal line situations? He played some in high school. .by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesince68 We talk about Fiske, Turner, Brown III, Johnson, etc., but what about Hoecht ? My opinion is he can backup OLBer and also can be a backup DL. And maybe play inside on passing downs I see him as having dual backup roles ... OLBer and DE/DTby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesince68 I think we may be missing Michael Hoecht's impact this year. At Brown he played at 310 lbs? as a DT, cutting that to 290? lbs last year when "forced" to play ED with the Rams? Is he back up to 310? 320? With his unique athleticism, he could be 320+ and still move well? Be a big run stopper and still add some pash rush? With the new young talents at edge, he wonby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
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Talib was out this game ...by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
but ball in the center- Talib left, ball on right hash--Talib on left. Ball on right hash -- Talib left so, at least in these games it was left and right. So no boundary cornerback and no field CB like early in 2023 --- left and right But would have to check other years because like in 2023 -- it changed just short of midseason so could have back then, too.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
did not matter what has the ball was on Spoon on the left... so he's not a boundary corner here and other Cb is not a field CB. it's left and rightby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
This is two ways Rams did CB At this point to season's end Spoon played on the boundary and Durant/Kenricks played to the field You can see Spoon on the short side all the time.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
With all the acrimony on the board last week on that subject will be good to get it settledby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLeoram My guess is that BYoung has more experience in his second year and they will need to put him on the left in the pre-season to maximize both player's roles and allow them to rep both strong and weak assignments from their posts. . But they may not even do left- and right ... I honestly don't know what they will do the same as before or if they will change to accommodate Verse.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSince69 I thought the strong side was where the TE lines up! Young better on right? What do the numbers say. Yeah, that was how it sued to be. strength of passing formation was where TE was. But OCs started putting the TE the 2 rec side and 3 receivers on the other side .., it messed up the reads. So now, it's "find the basketball team" regardless of positionby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Can find Hoecht left and , boundary to TE and away and on strong and weak and also to the field side. .. You tell me ...by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
and how that goes ... So, I appreciate the question ... only way to know for sure is talk to coaches ... and guessing awser will be "depends"by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
and you can see why it's hard --- I marked the wide side, passing strength and TE side and who was on what side--- My bad--this one marked wrong --- Fowler in on the left, here ... Ebukam on right.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotekw13 When you say right/left, do you mean from the offensive perspective, or defensive? So the left OLBer would be on defensive left, offensive's right. Like back in the day Deacon Jones was the left defensive end ... like thatby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
here the TE is motioning to left and Barwin was trying to follow but Quinn says "no, I got it" and Barwin returns to the left. this suggest to me they were playing strong/weak ...and not left and right.by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSince69 so do the Rams play a form of strong/weak instead? That makes total sense but because I see edges as more pass rushers than coverage guys (Hoecht coverage aside), I mistakenly thought of the Rams playing left/right. Cam you help me understand the ways the Rams do play their defenses then? E.G Rams safeties play right / left (and not strong / weak) but edges are the opposiby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz I think Zygmunt also relied on Lovie Smith telling him that Duncan could do what Fletcher could do. . that was major thing by far. also, Zigs relied on advice from a pro scouting firm. But when you have a DC who just improved your defense ... I guess he could be "trusted" Also, this so-called "positional value" stuff that was getting to be big --- edge preby JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com
Jim Rome @jimrome ยท 7h . @MikeSilver on the Sean McVay/Kyle Shanahan rivalry and how McVay's relationship with Jared Goff went south. link:by JimYoungblood53 - RamsFootballFans.com