QuoteJamesJM I can assure you that another SB Victory wish burns as hotly in me as in any of you. Just one? Ha. Raiders fan. I knew it.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteNewMexicoRam .....the Rams pick up a vet O-line man, maybe a C/G utility guy. Could be. But I was just talking about ILB. And frankly it's a different thing. With an inexperienced ILB and NT, that's 2 players surrounded by veterans, and role players at that who will leave the field when they are in nickel and dime defenses (which they will be a lot). On the OL, inexperienced intby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteClassicalwit QuotemerlinLittleton > Hager > Howard > Allen. That's pretty thin. Three of those players have one NFL start between them. Something has got to give. To me "thin" is a judgment of their capabilities. But we don't have anything like that. What we have is inexperience, which means question marks. No one has any basis for saying it is thin. Or weak. Oby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteCeeZar Blythe played center throughout college and was a finalist for the Rimington as a senior. I thought he mostly played well at G last year although he did seem to fade at the end. At least we know what we get with Blythe on the inside. We'll have to see about Vitas. I'd like to see him against some 2s instead of 3s and 4s. I haven't noticed - has Blythe been getting snaps in preseasoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Hrynkiewicz at least played center in college.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteden-the-coach The Youngstown State Alum got plenty of work at Guard against the Broncos and not sure if Hrynkiewicz is being thought of, but he's a far better Center then Demby and Kolone IMO and now the questions looms....Will he be kept or is he practice squad material. Demby did play better against the Broncos, but unless he is amazing against the Texans, can you trust him? I'm hoping tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield I think that's accurate. Haskins has all the tools but apparently is having difficulty in catching up to the speed of the NFL and the mass of defenses facing him. He will get there and in the meantime Case will start. Sound familiar ? And they don't have their all-pro LOT. That counts in this too.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteClassicalwit One of my teammates from my track team knows the Principal of the Architecture firm where Andrew Luck interviewed after he graduated from Stanford. He told me that the firm wanted to hire Luck on the spot, they thought so highly of him. You can't simply go through the motions and get through architecture school so I get the feeling that Luck is a pretty intelligent person. Yeaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus is just that....selfish. I love to watch the game and the beauty & violence of it. As a fan, I pay very little for this spectacle. As players, the price is much higher. Players come & go every year and they play with their bodies...and get paid lotsa money for the exchange (I wish soldiers were paid the same!). The NFL uses players and spits them out to be replby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteClassicalwit QuoteNorCalRamFanThe six-year veteran started 14 games for the Dolphins last season, totalling 86 tackles, three interceptions and five pass breakups. Those are excellent numbers. He played pretty well for them.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Quotemax We can get away with being thin at ILB, but the OL is a vulnerable spot for sure. It’s not a bad OL if we don’t lose any starters, but if we do it could get ugly. Again people said the same thing last year. Who was the experienced depth in 2018? And Noteboom played a bit as a sub last year (so did Allen.) I felt pretty good about our OL last year, much better than Iby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteIf Three Defenders Sack a QB . . .how soon will the train arrive in Boston? I always had trouble with tricky math questions like that.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 And for all anyone here actually knows, the Rams DO have that.... who is that and can you list the playoff teams and their oline depth charts I doubt most have all rookies as back ups Who is that? Neither of us know. (You just assume that means it's no one.) What is it we know about thse players? They go out as whole inexperienced units while switching positions. Thaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 yes Allen played a handful of snaps, but that is not saying much. But it is more than you're allowing. It's just not as dire as you make out. It;s actually typical around the league to rely on young depth. And besides, if a team gets past a certain point with OL injuries, then it's sqrued---teams can only handle so much OL disruption. (Unless they have a rare qb like Bby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax We can get away with being thin at ILB, but the OL is a vulnerable spot for sure. It’s not a bad OL if we don’t lose any starters, but if we do it could get ugly. Again people said the same thing last year. Who was the experienced depth in 2018? And Noteboom played a bit as a sub last year (so did Allen.)by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 37 year old tackle......a guard and center who have never started a nfl game untested rookie back ups pray for no injuries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They had rookie back-ups last year too, and both had snaps last year. Noteboom played 47 snaps in the final game for example. Allen played a few series in the final 2 games too. They did fine. Blythe had 2 career start before 2by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn QuotePeoriaRa Everyone talks about 16 vs 18 but no one seems to talk about 17. Here is my proposal for what I would like to see: 2 Game preseason (enough for the rooks and bubble players to show their stuff) 17 regular season games ( one more to make the owners and fans like me happy) 2 byes during the regular season (this gives players one more chance to rest and heaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn QuoteRam Fan Teacher Just throwing it out there for discussion. Would you be willing to trade Bortles for a high round pick and keep one of the other QBs as your back-up? I don't see that scenario happening. So it's hard to answer either way. Reich, their head coach, was the coordinator with Phil when they won with Foles. His new qb Brissert is AT LEAST as goodby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus that'd be really fun for bragging rights to the area or state. If players were paid more/compensated for any additional regular season games....I don't see why they'd be against that. Players don't seem to mind the ProBowl cuz they get paid for it and the ProBowl is completely unnecessary!!! They'll work it out in the new CBA...and the owners would be fools to not make iby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRam Fan Teacher Just throwing it out there for discussion. Would you be willing to trade Bortles for a high round pick and keep one of the other QBs as your back-up? I don't see that scenario happening. So it's hard to answer either way. Reich, their head coach, was the coordinator with Phil when they won with Foles. His new qb Brissert is AT LEAST as good as Foles or Bortles andby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 First, Snead and his scouts have brought in gem after gem to add to this ever improving roster. And then McVay and these terrific asst coaches have quickly developed these kids into impressive looking young football players. Well over a dozen have been polished into players that will force some truly agonizing cuts. I’m hard pressed to recall a Ram regime that could do both thinby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz that has some connection to Kromer that can be that guy and push one of the youngsters to the practice squad. But no veteran pick-up they get before week one will know the system and techniques well enough to play before week 5 when Neary comes back. Pesonally? I think the worrying about how the young linemen look in the ps games is overblown. Kromer insists on them using neby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamgator I'm probably among the few who could not care less about the new stadium. Me too. I don't want to question the interest others have (and you probably feel the same way). But as for me personally, the whole idea holds no interest and leaves me completely cold.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePeoriaRa Everyone talks about 16 vs 18 but no one seems to talk about 17. Here is my proposal for what I would like to see: 2 Game preseason (enough for the rooks and bubble players to show their stuff) 17 regular season games ( one more to make the owners and fans like me happy) 2 byes during the regular season (this gives players one more chance to rest and heal up, plus makes the fuby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 What is so inherently wrong about owners wanting more money?.. No one said anything is "wrong" with it, by itself. You're missing the point. The argument is this. The league is a balance of competing interests. It just is. That IS what it is. League office, players association. So what the owners want is irrelevant--it's what they can get from players. And players areby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram This is all 'as I understand it' so feel free to clear up any misconceptions ... Wade's base defense has 2 ILBs - a 'Mo' and a 'Mike'. The Mo has stronger coverage skills and the Mike is stronger in run support. Last year Littleton played Mike and Barron played Mo. Both of them have stronger coverage skills than run skills and that was one of the reasons the run defense sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteden-the-coach QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Prior to Kiser's injury he and Hagar had been alternating starting at the Mike position in practices and scrimmages. That kind of makes Hager the default starter. Howard and Allen back up Littleton at the Mo ILB spot so they wouldn't be expected to compete with Hagar at the Mike ILB spot. ( Reeder is actually Hagar's backup.) And McVay has already saiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quotezn QuoteRams43 QuoteLMU93 I agree. Tap other revenue growth sources instead of relying on an archaic source (preseason) that provides far less value to the fan than ever before. I would not get rid of preseason but I would go to two games with each team also having 2-4 days of joint practices with other team(s). Also have a controlled intrasquad scrimmage at each home stadiumby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 QuoteLMU93 I agree. Tap other revenue growth sources instead of relying on an archaic source (preseason) that provides far less value to the fan than ever before. I would not get rid of preseason but I would go to two games with each team also having 2-4 days of joint practices with other team(s). Also have a controlled intrasquad scrimmage at each home stadium too that is pricedby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Instead of 4 or zero preseason games, why not split the difference and have two? And then have an 18 game regular season? Almost makes too much sense, don’t it? Lol. Im against an 18 game regular season. The ONLY justification for it is for the owners to get more revenue. Well how about this instead. Onwers already have plenty of revenue. Time to say enough is enough.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com