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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. - 2 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 - 2 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 - 2 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? - 2 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
Re: Two positions where Rams really struggle to find gems, TE and CB… - 3 months ago
Are they willing to spend what it costs to buy gems at these positions? In the short view it seems not; in a longer view, would they, as other positions get filled?Are we at that point yet, heading into this draft? I don't think it's that the Rams are unwilling to pay; we paid a ton for Jalen Ramsey, comparatively speaking. If you pay X you can't afford Y - we all know that equation. Tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Where will more points come from on Rams O in 2025? (RR) - 3 months ago
When we get a back who can move the pile at 3rd and goal from the 1. Somebody who is 215 - 220 or more with thunder in his treertunk thighs. When McVay quits getting too cute with his redzone playcalls. When we draft an Anquan Boldin-like possession receiver who will not come down without the ball on a fade.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Cooper Kupp says that there ‘was not a ton of clarity’ from Rams upon his release. (RW) - 3 months ago
Get DaSilva's spoon out of the pot and look at what Coop clearly said and what that clearly infers. By clarity he's not talking contract mumbo-jumbo. I hear him saying,behind the words he chose to express it, that there was no eyeball-to-eyeball, clear and candid discussion (or discussions) of where things stood while decisions about his future were being made. I think he deserved that muby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Derion Kendrick's Cap Hit is 3.4M - before we get stuck in the tall weeds... - 3 months ago
Do we want him to stay or leave? Answer that one way or the other, and then make it happen - simple as that. What I remember of Kendrick is old news and might not be applicable today, much less an accurate assessment then. What I saw early-on was a gifted athlete who seemed (given only that) to have a tremendous upside. But I also saw a kid who got caught out of position too often (OK..by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: In other words, Detroit, let your dirty DB's play dirtier - 3 months ago
I hope the rules committee sees right through this and considers the source. Detroit wants license to play dirtier and be covered for it - that's all. Why not have a league-appointed official in the booth, tasked with reviewing every injury play for intent? Suspension for balance of game and game following - or if in playoffs, automatic forfeiture of game then-and-there. Certain players wby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Wasn't Witherspoon one of the walking wounded last year? - 3 months ago
I seem to recall that he was nursing an ankle injury that slowed him down but we didn't hear it mentioned more than once. He just played. That's the Rams' way. As he recovered he regained form and made some valuable plays down the stretch that might have surprised a few people. Whether that makes him a band-aid or a patch or a one year solution or a placeholder or a rental or a filler or a siby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Weird thread, and how did we get here? - 3 months ago
I now know more about the opinions certain posters have for other's posts and about Stuter's writing in general and the piece that started this thread than I care to. What I don't know is more about the player, Lineman, Hindman, Landmine, whatever his name is, I forgot - didn't see it that often in the above posts - than I knew before I read the thread. In fact, I feel I know less now than befby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Article: ILB Nate Landman - maybe his biggest plus - 3 months ago
Say in the writeup that he grades high (wait for it...) .................................playing against the run. Everybody hear that? Run Stuffer. run stuffer. How many weeks have I been reading posts here saying we need a run-stuffer ILB who can tackle. The article says too that he learned a skill early-on from his rugby-playing father that has been spotty in previous LB iterations:by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Best available FA’s for Rams, including Mosely and Asante Samuel, jr. (RW) - 3 months ago
Cameron's best piece yet - well researched, thorough, well written, well done! Keep it coming! I'd like to see Douglas and 'Spoon as CB's, maybe Kendricks (vet savvy - good mentor for Speights) at LB.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: So... if Tyler Coleman were the GM he'd have let Adams walk? - 3 months ago
Somebody's gonna pay him - we had to be top bidder, or close to it with other factors thrown in, to get him to sign. Make stuff up - second-guess every decision based on misleading in formation - maybe this writer is in the wrong career, and should go write about politics, where this brand of journalism is the norm, and leave football alone.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: X is a factor - 3 months ago
I'm with you opn X. He's 1/10th of a second slower that Tutu in the 450 but appears to have more burst, one-step acceleration, game speed. I think he's also naturally shiftier. Maybe Tutu is ahead of him with the playbook - who knows. I thought Tutu would get a one-year step-up-or-be-gone contract if not traded. He does have value - but given McVay's emphasis opn run blocking, to name just onby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Rams praised for making NFL’s ‘best move’ by Rtan Heckman - 3 months ago
Ryan who? Never heard of him until now. Is this typical - a clear well-written article that isn't too long but manages to be complete? Written by someone who states his case, based on his observation of the facts, without pretending to insider knowledge or vast expertise? Can we have more? Welcome, Ryan! I hope you stick around. :bravoby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: More Cephus - 3 months ago
Some of the same plays but a better look: Battling for contested balls, elevation, catching outside the frame for huge catch radious (especially those over-the-hear extensions on go balls) I see him as a sideline-possession receiver and valuable in X or Y depending on down-distance, and in relief of starters - and also a good goal-line weapon. But that's going on a couple of highlight tapes,by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re:Where (or does) Quintez Cephus fit in? - 3 months ago
One of the beat wags had him penciled in as a #2 backup - based on I-don't-know-what so I looked him up. Here's what I found: 4.5 speed, 208 lbs at over 6' and a battler for contested balls. Hands - make that claws - of glue and sinew. Reminds me in every aspect of Anquan Boldin - same height and a few pounds lighter. Boldin played at 220#, Cephus at combine (should be beefier now) 208#. He'sby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com