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Re: Rams waive CB Derion Kendrick - 20 days ago
Maybe simpler than that - to me Kendricks flashed as a superior, gifted athlete who (maddengly at times) lacked the mental processing to make the most of his physical skills. He could be so easily fooled that opposing OC's were targeting him. Brilliant athletic play when he knew what was going on, dumb mistakes the rest of the time became predictable. We already have an uber-athlete who can lby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Rams are signing offensive tackle DJ Humphries - 20 days ago
Agreed - and beyond who plays at the tackle positions I'm curious to see whether a play-with-what-you-have mentality will drive McVay more toward thinking in terms of Who's available - and playcalling within that - rsather than asking whoever is in there to execute above their capacity. That will involve a philosophical shift as well as a strategy shift.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: AJax and OT depth.....meanwhile, back at the ranch... - 20 days ago
Tackle needs are being addressed; hopefully we're not done yet. Meantime... Our interior line strength keeps getting better - and pulling Limmer for a vet that doesn't make mistakes until he's matured in that capacity makes good sense. I hope he's deady by the bye, if not sooner. Now what we need are journeyman tackles who can fill in adequately and not make mistakes. We're seeing to that nby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: AJax Clots.......I have to ask: Was he vaxxed? - 20 days ago
What we're learning about the jab and COVID, now beiung verified as suppressed facts are now being revealed, is that complications from the jab (especially for young athletes) are real. I wish Ajax well and pray for him accordingly.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: All Time Passing Yards Leaders - Stafford - 20 days ago
People who know football will acknowledge that most of Stafford's career was spent with Detroit - and what that means in the stat columns. MY contention, having watched Stafford with admiration for his arm talent, football savvy, and sheer courage since his rookie year, is that he'd have been in the top 5 already if he were playing with a team that complimented rather than suppresed his abilitby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm keeping an eye on this kid - Emmanuel Forbes - 22 days ago
Has anybody seen him play since coming to the NFL? The fact that a dysfunctional family in WAshington rejected him without much chance to develop doesn't bother me if McVay and staff think they an make a football player out of him. A recent pop-up article I read almost by mistake quoted McVay as being real high on the progress Emmauel Forbes has made since coming to the Rams mid-last-yeart.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Pass on it - 24 days ago
I will only watch games onfre national network TV again this season. The rest is unavailable or unaffordable; OR if I were better heeled, a waste of resources better stewarded by putting thyem elsewherte. While I sometimes wish I could see a game that I can't, I can watch the highlights later. Not the same, but like that new pickup truck, I can live without it. The thing is, I've learneby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: VIDEO: Rams Punter Ethan Evans Squats 705 lbs -Pat McAfee Show - 26 days ago
And what does Limmer squat? Somewhere over 700 I seem to remember? And Verse? If he challenges Aaron Donald to a lifting contest ihis squat can't be too shabby. And while we're in offseason daydream mode, why not have Verse take a snap from Limmer and follow his block for short yardage between Avila and Dotson? Just run the ball up the gut. Just like old-time football used to be. Nby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Can't wait for the Detroit game - 27 days ago
IF the game is well-officiated AND there are no players taken out of the game by dirty hits, Rams win decisively. By then Limmer might be ready at center to provide beef in the middle. Our D line overall has improved; same, hopefully, for the ILB positions. Speights has a year of experience and now has a running mate - maybe. We'll know more after camp. I look forward to seeing how the Davby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Pre-season hype is pre-season hype - 30 days ago
It'll be interesting to see what a blazing fast 4.56 receiver who can run routes and track the ball and catch it can do with pads on, full contact, against NFL DB's. Will he be another Ricky Proehl? As mother told Dick and Jane, Wait and see. Wait and see. As who's on third, Abbot and Costello had the answers: Nobody knows. I think it's down and distance, anticipated coverage, and posiby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Yea, the NFL - 4 weeks ago
Inane idea - the player's circadian rhythms wouldn't know when to eat or void, sleep or release the hormones required for peak energy with such an inhuman demand placed upon them as performance athletes. The results could be susceptibility to injury from not being fully awake and energized on the playing field. Night football and coast-to-coast flights are bad enough. It's clear: All theby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: But you CAN scout/evaluate that - 4 weeks ago
I don't see much "Look at me!" or, "Coach, I disagree with your football philosophy and you gotta saee it my way!" on this team. The Cam Akers lesson has been learned. There's no pleasing a narcissist. I look for great things from these good young players. It's talent plusby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re:You young whippersnappers - 4 weeks ago
1964? I was finishing colege then, and managed to buy tickets to watch the Rams play the 49ers in the Kezar mudbath. I watched Gabriel and the originl Fearsome Foursome in person while you guys were in diapers. The sixties in San Francisco weren't all bad.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Stay the same, Merlin - 5 weeks ago
I don't remember anyone - ever - who is immortalize for their soundbytes. Nuance, depth of meaning and understanding require enough words to make it happen. You bring much to the board as-is. Don't change a thing.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Here Merlin is something many of us will never forget for this Weekend - 5 weeks ago
I'm flatterd at being mistaken for Merlin - he's a great poster, knows his football better than I do. Maybe it's the length of our posts that caused the confusion. :thumbsup Enjoy this Great American Weekend, and give a silent nod to those who sacrificed themselves for us. God bless us all. - Chuck, AKA mtramfamby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Depth vs. league greed and other thoughts - 5 weeks ago
If the league under Goodell could, they'd expand the schedule to 24 regular season games, with two each in every part of the world where wealth is concentrated. There'd be NFL football in Tokyo, Dubai, Luxembourg, Rio, Singapore, Sydney; name some more... wherever enormous wealth could be tapped as profit beyond the net, after expenses, from playing at home. Avarice, obsessive avarice, isby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I'd settle for another Warner nm - 7 weeks ago
I did the math. At 222 # Paul is 96.52 % of Warner's 230 #. So... if he brings 96% of what Warner brings, I'll take it. And if the 4% difference is hits after the whistle, etc. he can leave that aspect of Warner's game behind. Or maybe it's the coaching in SF. Warner does cross thre line, too often. And Shanny covers for it , not only with Warner, butkmthe dirtbag crew of B Greenlawby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Bill Belichick struggling… - 7 weeks ago
Belichick has managed to contaminate the culture wherever he goes. Take away cheating and the inner forces that drive it what do you have left in Bill Belichick? Now the rot within his soul that some of us saw way back when begins to surface...by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Could eventually get to this - 7 weeks ago
Which team will have the first transexual robot QB? I nominate :ninersblowup Goes with their "culture." :lol1by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re:An alternative idea - 7 weeks ago
What is the object of having minicamp in Hawaii? That's still murky for me. If the object is to benefit Hawaii and build Rams fan base (and gear revenmues, maybe pave the way for a pre-season game there, why not do this instead? Keep the training gear home and send the players on a vacay, with, say 2 days out of five spent doing team-designated activities? Players could visit schools all ovby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I've been thinking a lot about priorities lately - 7 weeks ago
I didn't watch the tape. Probably unfair and judgemental of me to dare ask a question, but one occurs to me: How does this help the Rams players win a Super Bowl? If the goal is to win a Super Bowl, how does scooting off to Hawaii for part of OTA's address that priority? Granted, it's a nice vacay, but are disruption to routine, distraction, family situations, etc. fully taken into accountby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: #9's nods of approval - 7 weeks ago
Two seasoned vets, students of the game, developing a new chemisrty (as we call it) between them. There will no doubt be plenty of camp throwing between Adams and Stafford. I wonder: Will Davante attend those early morning meetings with Stafford and Puka? That's the key to how quickly they gel, get on the same page.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: VIDEO: Britain Covey's Top Career Returns | Watch the tape twice - 7 weeks ago
Watch the tape twice, second time with an eye to the blocking. That's all I'm going to say.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Did you happen to read Mike Silver's Article? - 7 weeks ago
Hear hear. The Rams dig deeper for traits that don't even show in the pundit's rankings. The Furgeson over Taylor trade-down or choice of Furgeson over the "higher rated" (by whom, and based on what?) Arroyo is a judgement I'll trust to the Rams.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I'm not sure I believe the Furgeson narrative - 7 weeks ago
Why throw shade at people who tell the truth? When Snead and McVay deal in specifics they don't lie to us, do they? Unless you know something the rest of us don't, I don't want to doubt them based on unfounded innuendo. And that's what this soiunds like.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Tulu Tutu Poona Puka possibilities & etc. - 8 weeks ago
The fans would love that play! Think of the chants that could arise from Sofi! Or the responses to the stadium announcer's banal "Whose house?" Gotta get the new LB, what's-his-name Paul in there. All I can remewmber is his nickname; the cheering possibilities when he makes a solid hit are endless. Say this out loud, right now: :laughing Tulu-Tutu-Puka Poonah-POOH! Repeat fiveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: The play on first names, Tulu Tutu possibilities - 8 weeks ago
I'd rather think about that, at this point in the offseason. :spintounge What will the announcers say if they're n both on the field, it's late in a lopsided game, and they're searching for words to fill the airspace? :stooges What if... it's Nacua, the new guy, and Atwell on the field together? Think about it... I can think of a few possibilities, but you guys go first. :lol1by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Best linebacker trio we ever had? Think way back... - 8 weeks ago
You young whippersnappers were probably still in diapers but I remember when Les Richter was in the middle flanked by Jack Pardee and Dick Daughtery. All had fumble recoverys and interceptions, All made the Pro Bowl - Richter eight times over his career. Youj simply didn't gain more than a couple of yards on the ground against that crew - and they could all cover. Richter in particular was aby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Same questions I have. I was at the Tampa Playoff game and he was lost! - 8 weeks ago
As I saw it at the time, the refs got into Ramsey's head early in the game. He overreacted. He was so amped up going in that he lost control; his strength became his weakness.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com