QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus "I like people who are GOOD, AND work hard, AND are lucky." - zn agreed...but luck is the one factor that is beyond the realms of human control... so, having good character, being talented and working hard - I agree - are the main factors for responding positively with luck...the good or bad kind! ;) Well obviously I agree with all that EXCEPT there are goodby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus If Goff were injured that'd be a tough one (AD too probably)...so that's a great example. I'm not saying the Rams woulda made the SB with Mannion...or maybe even the playoffs... but I bet we'd have winning record(9-7) with a very very bad QB. Cassel was 10x the QB Mannion is. Making the best of a bad situation is a skill/talent/ability...I don't know what to call it.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRockRam That's simply your speculation; it's not fact. Kromer is under a cloud because of controversies in Buffalo and Chicago. A coach as good as he is ought to be getting buzz around the league for possible promotions and it's complete crickets when it comes to that. And the truth is, Kromer IS head coaching material. But some scandals have darkened his resume a little. He would be a harby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus McVay didn't play his starters all PS with the hopes of keeping everyone healthy for the reg season. Will other teams do this now??? The way Reggie and and the staff *may* being treating their players *may* be why the team has been so "lucky"..for now 2yrs in a row. Sa for the coaches....I bet when Wade retires and we lose Kromer someday...the team will still tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus there's the randomness of what happens (*luck*)...and how one responds when confronted with it. THAT is where character, determination, preparation and the skill to trust it..... play a large part in turning luck(good or bad) into opportunity. We lost CORE players(TG!! & Kupp) to unlucky injury last year...and what happens? The replacements thrive too (CJ anderson &aby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog Quotemax "I’m a Great Believer in Luck. The Harder I Work, the More Luck I Have." Often attribute to T Jefferson, though much debate over it. But the point here is McVay and Snead worked harder and smarter than previous Rams braintrusts. The good luck they "fell into" is well deserved. Exactly. Don't really care who came up with that saying, there's a lotby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRockRam Luck is just a way to explain the intangible or what is not understood by some. Coaches are constantly on the move. There are system fits and personality fits and salary fits, and there aren't. . And how many good young coaches can sign up a Kromer and a Wade without ANY possibility of losing them? Name the last time. That's pure chance. It does mean McV knows their valby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz Agree. And how lucky is he to have a Grandfather who was the GM with the 49ers during their golden run giving him the pedigree and connections to start early in the NFL skipping the apprenticeship so many have to go through including a family closely connected to the Grudens who gave him an opportunity right away to get onto an NFL Staff. It's great to be good and great to be lucby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax "I’m a Great Believer in Luck. The Harder I Work, the More Luck I Have." Often attribute to T Jefferson, though much debate over it. But the point here is McVay and Snead worked harder and smarter than previous Rams braintrusts. The good luck they "fell into" is well deserved. I think you are getting a LITTLE BIT on the "mentioning luck means dismissing sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus I think we have a very deep RB room ....with all different styles of talent/ability that will be fun to watch - much like our WRs diverse set of skills that have all been incorporated into McVay's offense to take advantage of what they do best. I'm so relaxed with how the team is run for the 1st time....maybe EVER! Coaching, scouting, drafting, FO/contracts/salary cap mby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM My type of hearing loss, unfortunately, can not be addressed by hearing aids. Or so it was THEN... I hear they are very improved since my last checkup. I'm planning a revisit to see if technology has caught up. I'm like you... I couldn't care less how 'visible' they are. My constant "huh? what? can you repeat that?" is a much bigger give-away than the sight ofby zn - Bucky's Pub
QuoteRams43 Yeah, the league averages for quality starters picked in rounds 2-5 are sobering, AlbaNY. But there are 3 factors that are operating in the Rams favor, I think. 1. Better talent evals and better communication between McVay and Snead as to type of players/positions desired. Almost a mind-meld thing with these two guys. Lol. 2. We now have coaches that excel in rapid player devby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSteve Cut at full speed, runs upright, a little stiff, great hands and can return punts. Meggett, 5'7 190 Kamara, 5'10 215 Henderson, 5'8 208 I don't know why you;re thinking of Meggett other than he's short. But Henderson has nearly 20 pounds on Meggett. The guy Henderson is most like physically (that is just as bodies not in terms of running style) is Maurice Jones-Drew (5'7 210by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
I am in the process of getting one. It's a little elaborate and convoluted (partly because my insurance is very particular about who I see). The only surprise so far is that the doctor who performed my initial hearing test, and who decided I needed a hearing aid, initially started showing me color samples that matched my hair or skin. I said no, I want a brightly colored one that stands out aby zn - Bucky's Pub
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Good question. Considering that finding a consistent starter at TE in the 2nd round is a 50/50 proposition ( ) I'll offer this as a response: I hoped for more, but perhaps my hopes were unrealistic. I would put it differently. Kendricks didn't pick himself. Did he play well? Yes...just not as a high volume receiving type TE. Between 2000 and 2015, 27 TEs were picked in rounby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 This ‘19 Ram team has improved marginally on O, and improved substantially on D. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see an improvement on ST, either. Last year’s ST was not among coach Bones best, after all. Now, will this team equal or even improve upon that 13-3 record of ‘18? Who knows? I’m just saying that it looks like a better team to me, overall. Sooooo... I agree witby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quoteferragamo79 ...already 2014 and 2015 not looking so hot....2014 hit home run with Donald...I know people love Gaines but really not a deep draft Donald - future HOF'er Joyner - Very productive starter for several years. Alexander - Very good starter under GW but became obsolete with the scheme change. Gaines - solid starter used to get Watkins. I see a draft that had 4by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_RamIt's in the run game that the Rams particularly value Kendricks because he's able to be a lead blocker from the backfield or on the line or even out in space. Yeah that was unusual and it's why the Rams valued him. It meant could build all sorts of variation into how they lined up at any given time. He would at times motion from one spot to another spot before the snap. Then he cby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram Quotesnowman Kendricks has played eight years in the league and is under contract for 2019. He has 91 career starts and has played H-Back. His career stats are comparable to Coby Fleener, Dwayne Allen and Ed Dickson who were taken around the #47 overall pick in the draft the year before and the year after. Sounds like a good role player to me. coby fleener has caught more passes inby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram if you want to expect the same out of a 1st rounder as you do a 7th thats up to you, but im not sure most people do. generally speaking, i think most people expect starters out of rounds 1-3 and role players out of the latter rounds. their are some positional exceptions imo, like guards for example. i really have no idea what your point about quinn is. its irrelevant as to whereby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram im not sure "a good role player/2nd TE type" is what you want out of the 47th pick in the draft. at least it is not what i want. if were grading pass/fail. i would give that pick a fail. if he was picked in the 5th, then its a pass. You have brought this up before. As I said then, you might care about that...I don't. I never do this: "that would have been aby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Quoteferragamo79 we often get excited Victor Adeyanju...remember his preseason buzz.... Lance Kendricks.....he went really early in 2 of my fantasy leagues....a TD machine 3 years to look at a draft already 2014 and 2015 not looking so hot....2014 hit home run with Donald...I know people love Gaines but really not a deep draft 2015...love Gurley and Havs....we will seby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 yes I am glad he looks good after 2 weeks! I will be specific. When he was drafted, many questioned the pick. But others said he fell in the draft because he played with a hurt shoulder in 2018. So he looks like a good pick from that angle. Then there was a question about his position. Some claimed he actually looks like a left OT. The thing about that is, finding a good starby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 replying to a post from May 19, 2019 what does "I think you are over doing this "cop breaks up the alley dice game" thing, frankly." mean? I have never heard that expression. There are multiple posts indicating break out players, people lighting up training camp, etc. I am just waiting and evaluating. I will have a better idea after 2 or 3 years mayby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedroopy Rams are going with 2 youngsters in Noteboom & Allen, plus their depth are all young. Hoping they pick up a veteran in the next few weeks. They might. And, it will make no difference. OLs change all the time. In the era of free agency and the cap, line continuity is a dead thing. So if you have a good OL coach who is also good at finding draft picks, you rely on thatby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 for a real sample size too.....IMHO Are you assuming no one else thinks that? Interesting. In my post below that bumped this thread, I said here's Edwards in early August. What did you think "early August" means? When I wrote it, I meant it as saying "so far, at this point, only two weeks in"--all the things you're acting like no one said or knowby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 we often get excited Victor Adeyanju...remember his preseason buzz.... Lance Kendricks.....he went really early in 2 of my fantasy leagues....a TD machine 3 years to look at a draft already 2014 and 2015 not looking so hot....2014 hit home run with Donald...I know people love Gaines but really not a deep draft 2015...love Gurley and Havs....we will see It alwaysby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram If the Rams have anyone on the roster capable of playing RT at a reasonably high level in 2021 then it wouldn't surprise me at all if the Rams parted ways with Havenstein after the 2020 season. If they do move on, though, I hope it's via a trade. Hav is a superior right tackle and is locked up for 2021 and 2022 for a total of $15.6M. If the Rams have a cheaper option (Demby?by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax What if Noteboom, Evans, and Edwards all pan out as solid or better OTs. Do the Rams keep Havenstein at his current salary, assuming he can’t play LT, which I highly doubt he can. Is it possible they move Havenstein in the next year or two, save money, get draft picks, and sign some of their other players? Yes i think that is possible In fact if they can't trade him...the wayby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus AD's 20m looks like a bargain now - in only a year!!! Many other guys I haven't even thot were great are getting close to that kinda money these days. Yeah some of us were saying that back during the holdout days in response to some people who thought AD's demands were too much. No he was always going to be a bargain down the road.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com