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You just made my day! - 2 years ago
Lovely Linda. She could sing anything, any style, with anybody, and didn't have to try to be sexy. I was half-asleep over a half-cold cup of afternoon coffee, and now I'm wide awake, feeling much better. Thanks, bro! A couple of days ago I was re-listening to her live duet with Hoyt Axton's Like a Lion in the Winter. Too bad her illness caused her to fade early. We it not for your greatby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Rams to host TCU RB Kendre Miller for pre-draft visit - 2 years ago
All I know is from a highlight reel: Sets blocks well, good burst, patient but knows when to accelerate, decent-enough stiff arm (saw only once) good balance, knows instinctively how to absorb and run off of contact, OK receiver, fast enough for college ball but may not run away from NFL LB's and DB's who are as fast as he is; and (important to me) can break tackles, carry defenders forward. Dby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: I have cancer and may not be alive in 24 - 2 years ago
You just hit a prayer list. We had no idea...by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
... best taunts in NFL history? How about Alex Karras? - 2 years ago
Best taunt? I remember Alex Karras yelling at an opponent, I forget who, "When this season's over I'm gonna come to and kill you!" That would be considered not very nice in today's NFL.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Oh oh oh I've got the answer to this one! - 2 years ago
TO was a great football player. I liked his Sharpie-in-the-sock autographerd football after a TD incident, and antics with the cheerleaders and their pom-pons. When he was doing those things, he was having fun. He could get into other player's heads - taunt them into making mistakes. Unfotunately his abilities were undermined by the emotional tortures of his childhood, which surfaced in negatby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Stafford's age? Bigger concerns - 2 years ago
I hope Stadffdord gets protection. That's more a concern than his age. I think we all agree - however it's done, get the O line fixed. From there, my hope is that Kyren Williams can step up big-time and become the #1 running back. His vision for the field and potential for breaking a long one is better than Akers, and he brings far more in pass protection than Akers. I checked out onby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: How effective can this Rams defense be in 2023? - 2 years ago
I just looked at the lineup, based on current players. They guys we have as potential new starters (except in Wagner and Ramsey's spots) look good enough. I loved Gaines but there may not be much of a falloff there; could this be Bobby Brown's year? The interior LB positions well be up to game speed with a much-improved Jones after a year of tutelege alongside Bobby Wagner and Rozeboom - if hby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Florio stirring the pot-pot; apparently has nothing better to do - 2 years ago
If Florio is for it, I'm against it. If the NBA (already its own decadent morass) allows it, I'm distancing myself from going along just to go along. The NFL's image is slipping far enough already. I won't go into that. You all know what I mean. Outmoded? Simply mirrors society? Pertinent question in response: Are we an ascending or declining culture? If decaying, why mirror and thereby aby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Yes, you were right - 2 years ago
Agreed - Chancellor was good where he was. Lacked range to play 2-deep. You named some of my all-time favorite safeties in Reed, Cromwell. Cromwell probably could have played half the positions on the field, much less anywhere in any D backfield. Amazing athlete.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Painting a broader picture... - 2 years ago
I'm with you on this one. Van's upside has been very close to what he brought in as a rookie, given his pedigree. Still doesn't go after the ball aggressively enough to suit me, althoiugh he has secure hands when he's open. Route running was good coming in, has improved with experience. My bottom line, trade him. Either for a pick on draft day, or if there's a trade partner out there, straby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Now that it's here... - 2 years ago
A gassed D that is on the field too long tends to fade toward the end. We saw that fairly often last season. We also saw injuries in the secondary leave the D vulnerable to the pass, especially when the pass rush is weak to begin with, and gets weaker as the game ppogresses. That said, I winced for the D when they'd manage a turnover or force a punt after just a few plays, and then had toby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
... as long as morris can free lance when he wants - 2 years ago
You said a mouthful, bro. I wonder what Morris would do, and how he'd influence the draft, if given free rein to run his own D? And what would a Morris D scheme look like? I have no idea - and don't know what, given present personnel, would work better than what we have. It needs a couple of fixes, but Is there a quicker route to something that will work better?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: lol Right? - 2 years ago
My biggest fear (no joke!) is that McVay goes for another speedy little wideout early in the draft. Tavon, Tutu, and.... ? May the curse be broken. We have plenty of wideout speed with what we have, (especially with Harris being played out of position) and plenty big-enough targets, IF Stafford has time to throw and can spread the ball around. Spreading the ball around is a series of stratby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Peeling the onion a little deeper... - 2 years ago
The Phillips D was desgned to throttle the pass once the O built a quick lead. It was supposed to be strong on the outside, albeit vulnerable to the run up the middle - and got gashed by running teams, especially in tight games. Without a quick strike offense it was doomed. Rapp was drafted to a cheering crowd here on the board. When he became a square peg in a round hole, his accolades fell oby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
ADD and McVay... you hit a wellspring in me - 2 years ago
Hyperfocus and trying to cover all the bases at once are ADHD traits. ADD'er tend to see the whole forest - and the bark on each tree, and where the shafts of sunlight showe through, all at once. Neurotrypical people have to focus on one part at a time with only a general view of the whole system. I know. As an educator in my past life I specialized in bringing these kids around. i resby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
^ This ^ - 2 years ago
Prioritize OL and defense. Skill positions, I like your phrase "play with the toys you have." That said, I'd like to see a mid-late round or trade running back who could be a thumper. Akers came back OK but he ain't it in short yardage. I don't give a rat's rear end about his "philosophy." Last year's Notre DAme rookie is far better in pass protection and plays with heart -by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Least We Forget ... McCutcheon and Harris? - 2 years ago
Hard to churn the coaching staff every year and come up with consistncy. I'd put that lack of consistency on the churn - not the coaches themselves for the most part. That said, whose idea was it to convert a beanpole speedster with outsdanding hands into a tight end? In sixty years of serious NFL football watching I haven't saeen any tight end at nearly six-and-a-half feet tall weighing underby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Bottom line: - 2 years ago
In free agency or post-trade, you gotta perform on the field if you're gonna stick. Do drafting and coaching (don't ignore position coaches) have something to do with it? Yes. Obviously, yes. But if you don't bring the coachable talent with you into the draft, you don't stick - regardless the coaching afterward. Drafting matters. Given differing decision-making draft input (interference, mby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I only skimed the article, but don't think I missed much - 2 years ago
Yes, ownership/upper management like to sell tickerts, generate revenue. And yes, they know the way to do that is put a good product on the field. They hire and delegate to a multilevel organizational network to do that. Ancillary to that primary set of goals is to manage the media, whose product in turn generates sales. See how that works? They hire teams of experts to do that. And no,by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Rams experiment in drafting athletic rookies in 2021 failed… - 2 years ago
Covid bit everything and everybody in the butt. One year out, I'm still recovering - I think - although my day-to-day seems to be flatlined. Nasty stuff. Life-changing in some cases - not the same as the flu or a common cold gone nuclear. I wonder also: We have a promising young LT sidelined for a season with blood clots - of what origin? Young athletes who have been jabbed seem to be turningby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: genius response - 2 years ago
I'd change the first two lines: He went up north, out west when he roamed Got a ring to bring back home There. I hope it never gets further than the song, however.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Least We Forget ... McCutcheon and Harris? - 2 years ago
Thanks for your insights, Classic. I haven't seen enough snaps from either to judge that closely. I still wonder: If Harris displays the lost in space tendencies you note, why in the name of the amythest handle of the great horned spoon is he being coached up as a tight end? Wouldn't some intense film study and prtactice reps as a WR help him overcome this shortcoming? I dunno, and must trustby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
If there's acxorns all around... - 2 years ago
... the blind pig has a betyter chance to find one. This time Florio beat everybody else in stating the obvious. Notbad, for an ex-lawyer who makes his living as a football geek/ s#!t-disturber.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Only 4 players... are still on the Rams, because... - 2 years ago
^This^ In the few games I saw last year I noticed a lot of Rams so-called "bad picks" doing right well on other teams. We win a Super Bowl, ol' Trader Les is a genius. We draft the OL help we need in the middle rounds a couple of years prior, and Snead is a genius drafter who can find talent after the first day. So many oin this board were looking for an OL collapse then - we saby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Least We Forget ... McCutcheon and Harris? - 2 years ago
-Van came in at close to his ceiling, with a good fotball pedigree and well-trained. Harris (as I remarked in another post) seems to have been misused by the Rams. Why make a TE out of a tall skinny wideout with 4:39 speed? Must ALL fast wideouts be little guys? What about Julio Jones (same 40 time, weight, but 2" shorter than Harris)? Not saying Harris could be another Jones, but we simby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: 4th round-5th round is right on the edge - 2 years ago
What I never understood about Harris is why the Rams took a tall skinny (only 219 lbs at 6'5"?) WR and tried to make a tight end out of him. I just watched some college highlights. Not much to see, there, but evidence he can outrun most defensive backs, outreach them and isn't afraid to go get the contested ball when covered or being grabbed (things Van doesn't or can't do) and has a deceptiby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Article :Greg Gaines agrees to deal with Buccaneers - 2 years ago
Rats! I watched some isolateds of the chemistry Gaines and AD had with each other - one in which Gaines pushed AD into position to make a play. You can't buy synergy. The Ganes "miked up" video is priceless - gives insight into what Gaines brought to his teammates. I liked Gaines. I wish him well, but wonder: now what for the Rams??by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Aaron Rodgers confirms that he wants out of NFC, onto Jets… - 2 years ago
Darkness retreat... Did he channel Darth Vader? Seriously, I've been worried about Aaron since he hooked up with this witchy creature self-named Blu, who fed him psychedelics that led to his hippy-era behavior. His play fell off. In intewrviews and quotes he now comes off more like a spaced-out wierdo than a man who is alert, mature, and self-assured. Then a darkness retreat to do what - obby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: More of a power guy, not a moves guy - 2 years ago
Need stability. Clowney isn't that. Clowney is a gifted athlete. What else is he?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com