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Re: Yes he is.. but he has nobody to throw to.. - 2 years ago
Classical wrote "Didn't Tom Brady win for years with second and third rate receivers? I wonder if no one wants to play with Rodgers. Adams seemed like he couldn't get away from GB fast enough." I don't recall when... maybe it's just me, but looking back, I don't recall Brady not having good receivers. They occupied different positions, not all were wideouts, but he had people to throby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Right and wrong - 2 years ago
From what I saw he was under pressure and hurried a lot - but was usually able to settle in and not be gun-shy when he did have some time to throw. Those opportunities didn't come often enough. Time for a play to develop? Fuggedaboudit. Coen and/or McVey own that one and I didn't see the planning or in-game adjustments to compensate - I don't think they expected the Bills D to be that good - andby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: AR II could be one, as can Jefferson and yes even TuTu... - 2 years ago
What you need is game speed, as they call it. Remember usain Bolt? Slow out of the blocks - I don't know what his 40 speed would be, but when he hit his stride and gor it all moving, he was fast - real fast. That's an extreme example. Once off the line and moving, we can all name a lot of receivers who played faster than their 40 time. On the flip side of that coin, Greg Gaines is there withinby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: link from last year--with examples - 2 years ago
Again, thanks. Study material for when I'm not dropping off, and... Serious: I WILL give this some serious time. The notions of leaving no empty zones, shifting coverages, doubling, trapping against sidelines, are similar to what I coached in basketball so the concepts are familiar; football coverages are exponentially more complex. Even without study, I know more than when posted.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: No - 2 years ago
Another good 'n, Mr.Youngblood! I appreciate your responses and corrections. And you do it without making me feel like an idiot. I only know part of what I'm seeing, but even to me it looks a bit more nuanced than saying Ramsey sucks or he gave up on the play. After reading your posts I know the game better and can appreciate what I'm seeing even more. Thanks.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: #49 Bills MLBer did good job walling off AR - 2 years ago
Good - thanks. And my apologies for whatever happened on my post - how many repetitions long? I only click once... honest. And now, can't edit and chop it down. I only watched the 22 once through, only paused a little to be sure of what I was seing - you've obviously given it more study and thanks for your more accurate insight. I wish I could have a pre-game burger and game time beer with somby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: 100% wrong - 2 years ago
You're correct. I knew that, but forgot, as last night reminded me of the Wade D and those feckless days.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Watch every route by Allen Robinson vs. Bills: Why didn't he get the ball? - 2 years ago
I saw several times when he was open after the ball was already out. I saw one (could be more) where he ws wide open on a drag route and... when I looked back the QB was under a pile - sacked. I saw some quick hitch/buttonhook routes where he was clearly the second or third read and the QB went downfield - found Kupp in traffic yet ahd to throw while being pressured. The failure here is notby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Rams lack of TE depth made O one dimensional vs Bills… - 2 years ago
I saw several times when he was open after the ball was already out. I saw one (could be more) where he ws wide open on a drag route and... when I looked back the QB was under a pile - sacked. I saw some quick hitch/buttonhook routes where he was clearly the second or third read and the QB went downfield - found Kupp in traffic yet ahd to throw while being pressured. The failure here is noby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Zone vs Man? - 2 years ago
You and me both! To take one play: That late TD play where Ramsey got roasted for giving up on the play... I didn't see him give up. He slowed down, looked for other zone responsibilities apparently (off the tV screen) and expected safety over the top - Rapp, who isn't that great in coverage - to pick up the reveiver. Ramsey sees receiver not covered plus ball in the air, sprints toward play -by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Troubling stats… - 2 years ago
Good. At this point, Mama, I'm ready to send him along... Last year his appareent change in dfensive philosophy concurred with having different players ready-to-go in his defensive backfield. That, and as we both noted on your thead, the concurrent verbal motivation, shall we call it, from Ramsey and McVay. He was brought in to run Wade Phillips' defense, the bend-don't break soft zoneby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Well, I've been wanting to do that since he was hired.... - 2 years ago
QuoteMamaRAMa But wait... didn't Morris change up the defense about midway through last season? Seems to me he did. It was right after a blow-up with Ramsey on the sideline during... can't remember which game. After that, things improved but now it looks like he's right back to the same old same old. Yes, Mama, he did! I was about to post the same thing. When he quit giving that 10-12 yard cuby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: With our schedule?? Not THAT far fetched. - 2 years ago
I hope for a lot of that earful McVay gave the players that he is in an echo chamber and gets an earful himself. When it comes to game-planning and motivation against a team like the Bills (and all teams for that matter) coach, it's time to quit trying to out-think 'em, and get your guys to out-heart and out-muscle and out-will their opponents.The game planning and prep (getting players ampedby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: you didn't get the memo - 2 years ago
DAWG! You're the man! I wonder if we need to nurse this board group through the Kubler-Ross stages of grief to get back to normal. Or maybe normal is just a setting on the dryer.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: OBJ reminds me of an NBA player. - 2 years ago
Bills loss and the way it happened doesn't help. All-of-a-=sudden the tweets about signing with the winner look serious. If we'd have lost a hard-fought well-played game I wouldn't be worried. But being embarrassed and out-coached isn't a good look if you're trying to attract top players like OBJ.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Kyren Williams Out 6-8 weeks - 2 years ago
This on a freak ST injury - from your own guy - on a return that should not have happened. I hope this is another pariah - this kid was sound, I believe, in college. We need him back.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Can he still play? - 2 years ago
We hired Hav as a road grader when he first came up. He morphed into a very serviceable Pro Bowl pass blocker as well. We need another road grader beside him at RG. If we could run right side that would help.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Atwell could be involved in multiple facets of the game each week... - 2 years ago
He did it well enough in game time, didn't he? I thought I saw that ball bounce off his chest before he went through his hands backwards. He wouldn't be the first player (football or instrumental) who shined in practice but couldn't perform real-time under the bright lights. At this point, like the guy who jams up a storm but forgets the chord changes on the stage, I think the game may beby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: CJ Anderson - 2 years ago
I've lobbied a couple of times in total satire, irony, and sarcasm to go find Marshawn Lynch, wherever he is, get him into shape and suit him up, and play him for twenty snaps, maybe six to ten, fifteen carries per game - a workload he could probably handle. That notion is making better sense all thew time. Akers not with it? Henderson out? Williams out? Is Funk fully over his injury and readby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I Wish We Had The 49ers Next - 2 years ago
You think Perkins could have won that game? Sorry, I disagree. Could Perkins have completed 70% of his passes and done the rest with his legs? He doesn't have the chemistry with Kupp that Stafford does and Stafford had to go to Kupp out of desperation too often - the slow-developing plays didn't have time to develop. Perkins, in the same setting, might have scrambled sooner and made somethingby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: 18 to 3 indicates to me it's more than just trust... - 2 years ago
Henderson IS his best RB right now. And that's on Akers - not coach. I don't think Akers or anybody play with the inward assumption: "Coach is on my case so I'm not even gonna try." Coach is saying, basically, he needs to get his asz in gear. If that or an old fashioned lockerroom arse chewing hurt his feelings, he needs to mature a bit, shall we say, and suck it up. His unby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I was NOT comparing Cam to Manziel.... - 2 years ago
OK - well taken point. Regardless the lack of motivation, he didn't appear motivated. I think we agree there; the rest of my post was speculation but based on experiended observation - he just wasn't playing like a player who had his head, or his heart, in the game. It takes both. I've seen that kind of behavior often enough to recognize it in my students, players when I was coaching, pby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Bad, but not as bad as we thought - 2 years ago
Not as bad as we thought? After reading your last paragreaph maybe worse than we thought. I just learned today that Allen is out, didn't know anything about Boom being out.Subs at OC, RG, LT at this point of the season isn't good - even against "soft" teams. Losing 60% of your Oline in our first game is an ugly thought. Losing your starting RB as well... if Akers doesn't get hisby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Yup... but does it ever amaze you... - 2 years ago
Depression? Distraction due to personal/family situation? I don't see Cam as a spoiled rich kid partyboy who doesn't take football seriously ala Johnny Fotball. I saw nothing in his body language (particularly with the ball in his hands) that indicated focus, committment, inspiration. I saw the opposite: distracted, uncommitted, uninspired performance. Cam: Do this thing and do it well. Peby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Good thing we drafted Tutu over that clown in KC - 2 years ago
Quote18to84 Since the verdict is still out on Tutu as WR, maybe we could try him at Center? DingDingDing! You win the internet for today!:laughing When I suggested we go find Marshawn Lynch, suit him up, and put him in at running back somebody actually took me seriously - despite the smiley face in my post. Since I see NO smiley face in your post, maybe you ARE serious... playing Tutu atby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: 7 snaps? - 2 years ago
He did show us... something. As I recall the play, it looked as if he wilted before the ball arrived. When his name was called I thought: "Atwell? Running a sideline posession route? When you have bigger stronger WR's with muscle and hands to make that catch?" I questioned the play call - not as a bad play to run in that situation, but a poor choice to target Atewll on as yourby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Absurd. - 2 years ago
Glad you saw the humor in that - I was a little worried about being taken seriously after I posted, and getting roasted because we're not that far from it. laughter is the beginning of the climb out of lamentation - for me, anyway. Get some perspective, and then get serious - like Kupp said: reflect, rectify, respond. And Ramsey: "They were really attacking our little zones, like ourby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I didn't notice that... - 2 years ago
Two bad drops by Higbee, and I think he was out of position for that one horrible interception that was thrown right by him. Not one of his better games.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Advance stats say Robinson was more open than Kupp tonight - 2 years ago
I hope, I HOPE, this will be cured as Stafford (who lobbied to acquire AR) and Robinson have time to develop rapport, AND there are plays coming in designed with him as the #1 target. Stats quoted here say he was more open, more often, than Kupp. Through the magic of network television, focused on the backs of the Bills' helmets instead of offering a replay, maybe from the all-22 perspectiveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: McVay had actually claimed to emphasize the run game this summer… - 2 years ago
The play call determines the number of steps in the drop. Why not go shotgun?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com