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Re: Here Merlin is something many of us will never forget for this Weekend - 7 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 - 7 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 - 2 months 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… - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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? - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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. - 2 months 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 - 2 months 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... - 2 months 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! - 2 months 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
Re: Rams Bros Tweets 5/4 - Do you have faith in Terrance Ferguson becoming the future at the TE position for the Rams? comment/vid - 2 months ago
Thanks for posting and raising the question; but these too-close-up-too-fast shots do nothing for me. What do you think? Is he the future tight end who will take over for Higs? What does he bring that's better, not as good? How will he grow with coaching? What's his potential upside and where do you or any of us see glimpses of that? I don't have time these days to look it all upby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: VID: Youtube Short - Jarquez Hunter Highlights - 2 months ago
Spring him outside left side with Avila pulling and let him run, reminiscent of 2KCJ. Get some good mileage out of Havs roadgrading on the right side and spring Hunter loose outside him. Use Hunter as a back to spread the defense. Let the db's get winded chasing Hunter and then throw to Puka on crossers.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Uniforms? Give me HORNS and I'm happy! - 2 months ago
Give me HORNS that are wide at the base and gradually taper up into a full curl from the front of the helmet. Give me HORNS that look like they were drawn by somebody, preferably male and testosterone endowed, who has actually seen a Bighorn Ram - not a soy-neutered cityboy who can't tell the difference between a majestic bighorn ram and a domestic billygoat! :bravoby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: VID: Rams GM Les Snead on Getting Back to the Super Bowl with Matthew Stafford | The Rich Eisen Show - 2 months ago
Listen to his analogies. Snead reads a lot and has read his Camus. Sisyphus, part 3.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: My annual post draft Thank you letter - 2 months ago
May your heifers all calve with no breeches or blowouts, you hay crops come in 100% blight-free at record per-acre yields, the markets treat you well and your equipment run all year without a sheared pin or hydro line leak, and your health be maintained without a busted knuckle or backache in the working season to come. I know - I'm stretching it a bit with that last wish, but if I were to greby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Williams and the draft. - 3 months ago
I don't think the draft strategy rides on Williams' contract. The Rams drafted Corum while they still had other backs in addition to Williams and Williams had shown well as a rookie. What I think the Rams will NOT do is let Williams' agent highjack them The RAms would like to get a fair deal done pre-draft; Rosenhaus will try unreasonably to leverage that higher berfore the draft RB chipsby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Agreed - 3 months ago
They might well wait until after the draft, or let it get real close, to force Rosenhaus' hand. Williams is a pawn on the bord at this point, being pushed by both sides. Teams know not to capitulate to Rosenhaus. Some teams, anyway. He'll opt for the contract that pays him the biggets percentage. Teams that cave, lose.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: It's a disrespectful move, but...Rosenhaus isn't respectable either - 3 months ago
Agred, Alyo, but didn't I read that Rosenhaus is his agent? If I remember right and he is represented by Rosenhaus, the agent is the turd in the punchbowl. Snead will engineer his public statements around Rosenhaus' obnoxious meddling with what could otherwise be an equitable and smooth negotiation, and will play the Rams cards very close to the vest.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: What one player in recent history would help us most? - 3 months ago
Steven Jackson would have been HOF first ballot if he'd have played for a winner. He'd be my choice for one Ram player in recent history I wish we had now. One thing I haven't seen mentioned very often (But I sawfirsthand) he was a punishing runner. To tackle him was to willingly partake in a collision. Over the course og a game the linebackers and safeties would get up slower as SJ seemedby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: McVay speaking breakout Atwell year into existence will fire up Ram fans. (RF) - 3 months ago
OK... I guess the Rams fans will have to speak up next, in unison, with a falsetto "Toot-toot-toot-toot-toot!" cheer every time Tutu lives up to his hype. :coach:bravo:lol I hope that he does - don't get me wrong. :waveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Limmer vs. Carter - 3 months ago
Tough to watch, wasn't it? Limmer wasn't ready - and baptism by full immersion due to injury wasn't the way the Rams wanted to bring him along. Glad they brought in the undersized by savvy vet - Limmer had no equivalent role model last year as he will with Shelton. He could be the starter by midseason., leaving Shelton, the experienced and stable vet, as a reliable CGC backup. Priority #1by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: MAybe a big speedy wideout? - 3 months ago
I nremember when the Rams took Tyrone Calico, who stood over 6'2" and weighed over 200# and played like he was 5'7" and 145. But he could run a 4.3. I liked him for his name alone, if nothing else - the problem was, there wasn't much else. When I have a few minutes I'll certainly look up Thornton - thanks for the heads up! I prefer big speedy wideouts, too. If Thornton has hands,by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Could McVay still be looking for another speedy little wideouts? - 3 months ago
I know, I know - to me it seems he can't help himself. :confused At least Bond is a bigger speedy little wideout at 180# + and 5'11" - fifteen pounds heavier than Tutu and ten pounds lighter than Tyreek Hill. Just a trip to a good Mexiteria with Puka from from Az Hakim's 185#. What do you guys who follow the draft think about this one? Can he get off the LOS, get separation downfield,by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Tavon, Tutu, and now Jarquez? - 3 months ago
I see what you mean about speed, but other than speed behind blocking I could run through for positive yardage, I don't see much in the tape that separates him from the undersized but fast backs that show up every s often and flame out just as fast. He runs a 4.44 forty? Marshawn Lynch ran a 4.46, two hundredths of a second slower, and Lynch came into the league weighing 215. If you look at tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Good for Jameis Winston and the Giants - 3 months ago
They deserve each other. :bravoby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com