QuoteRamsFanSince69 2nd - Don't underestimate Stafford's impact on the OL. Word is that he helped the Lions' center become a decent C. Also I can see Stafford thriving in a quick pass offense if McVay needs to go to that. Scheming to help the OL perform better? Yes, we can do that with MS. I agree with a lot of things you say in your post. But in terms of a minor disagreement, I do thiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePA48 QuoteznI will only say that communication with Stafford is not likely to be a problem, in part because (1) McVay may have learned from that experience, (2) with veteran Stafford it will be more collaborative (McVay would have to be thick as a brick to not listen to his smart 13 year vet qb). ... Considering he's been in the NFL one year longer than Stafford (and a lot of that yearby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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Howdy. Good to see you. Hope you're doing well. I think the OL will be solid this year--the issues come in 2022. Whitworth is good if healthy; Noteboom was okay last year as a back-up. Edwards if anything could actually be better than he was. Corbett I believe in. He has special leadership qualities which to me translates to being a solid player. Evans I have questions about but theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRockRam Morris learning the nuances to the D is not the same as a less experienced coach learning them. Looking at where his defenses ranked, both when he was the head coach and when he was the D coordinator. Tampa 2009, ranked 27th Tampa 2010, ranked 17th Tampa 2011, ranked 30th Atlanta 2020, ranked 29th ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams This last hiring season McVay was actually quoted as saying one of the reasons he occasionally likes to hire an external candidate is to bring new blood, new ideas, and new innovation into the mix with the current way of doing things. That sounds like he deliberately sometimes does NOT want continuity. The downside to continuity is staleness. Well Staley was that. Phillips wasn'by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram "... in his own eyes, his own hires are not worthy of being coordinators." It's a given that in McVay's eyes the guys he hired were not worthy of being coordinators. To me that's not the same thing as saying they shouldn't have been hired for the jobs they were hired for. "Internal promotion is a good policy because it fosters continuity." I'm a big fanby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotezn Quotedzrams Quotezn QuoteKillrazor I agree with this statement. Goff struggled mightily against teams that had the right personnel to run the 6-1 defensive alignment. It is something that Mcvay did everything he could to help Goff suceed. After the Miami, Frisco and Jet games, Mcvay had enough. I don't agree with this at all. For one thing McVay himself said that Tampa ran aby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotezn QuoteKillrazor I agree with this statement. Goff struggled mightily against teams that had the right personnel to run the 6-1 defensive alignment. It is something that Mcvay did everything he could to help Goff suceed. After the Miami, Frisco and Jet games, Mcvay had enough. I don't agree with this at all. For one thing McVay himself said that Tampa ran a lot of the same thiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I agree 100% that McVay is not infallible and that he has made some questionable coaching hires. But to say that not promoting from within is an issue? Nah. I want him to hire the best guy for the job he's being hired for without regard to whether he will ever be promoted. And of course we have no way of knowing whether or not the guys he did not promote were "the beby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram What if they were really good at the job for which they were hired but not particularly suited to the job above them? I have no problem with hiring people like that that, not sure why anyone would. The jobs require different skill sets and just because someone is great at their job that in itself doesn't mean they're capable of doing their boss' job. For example, a person cby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteKillrazor I agree with this statement. Goff struggled mightily against teams that had the right personnel to run the 6-1 defensive alignment. It is something that Mcvay did everything he could to help Goff suceed. After the Miami, Frisco and Jet games, Mcvay had enough. I don't agree with this at all. For one thing McVay himself said that Tampa ran a lot of the same things Miami did but thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteKillrazor Quotezn Quotemerlin The problem on most team boards is fans digging in on one side of the extreme or the other. I have no problem though calling his Miami or SF games for the pile of excrement they were, even as many were making excuses and blaming other things like McVay. Or for that matter giving him cred when he had a great game vs Tampa, even as many were making excuses and gby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin The problem on most team boards is fans digging in on one side of the extreme or the other. I have no problem though calling his Miami or SF games for the pile of excrement they were, even as many were making excuses and blaming other things like McVay. Or for that matter giving him cred when he had a great game vs Tampa, even as many were making excuses and giving all the credit toby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin Is what they do if they end up with a top pick and have a QB option staring them in the face this offseason. There is a reasonable chance that happens. So if I'm Goff right now my goal is to ensure they're sold on me leading that team. This is your take on the Tampa game from when it happened in 2020: QuoteWhat Tampa did was not an easy read for a QB, they were mixing it up anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram "He also would not promote certain guys and let them walk instead. For example, why not an internal defensive coordinator hire?" What if the Rams didn't think those guys were promotable? Or possibly just not ready to be promoted? Then they hired people that they themselves in the end did not consider promotable, which again is a little nick in the infallibility naby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteHazlet Hacksaw Cmon... "C'mon" covers it. Hyperbole is amongst us.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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QuoteRams43 Gotta agree about the quality of McVay’s coaching hires. Through his first 4 years I think Bonamego was his only bust. So, why should we not expect excellence in this, his 5th year? He has many good hires. But just so we can deflate this myth of infallibility a bit, he also replaced many coaches on his own (and actually kept Bonamego just not as a coordinator). Names that imby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJimYoungblood53 1. Rams under Stan wanted to go back to LA 2. St. Louis did not live up to the lease improvements in time (as far as I understand it) St. Louis may get some sort of money settlement don't think it goes all the way to trial but they blew it--and maybe they could not afford what it took---they came up with the new stadium too late--- again, no dog in fight--- jby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield Nevertheless, in full recognition of that, it still was painful to me when the Rams left So Cal for St. Louis. Plus it's an excuse. Our owners behave badly and so suddenly it turns out that all owners always behave badly and ours are just no different. Actually no not every owner behaves badly. And I am not talking about just the sheer fact of moving. We know that happenby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus Quotezn When the Rams first moved to St. Louis, there were angry/hurt LA fans who stuck with the team but were vocal about their frustration. In response there were some St. Louis people who told them to get over it but mostly what I saw was St. Louis fans embracing their LA brothers and sisters. Then the reverse happened when the Rams moved to LA. There were angry/hurt Sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think you are hearing what people are saying in this thread... they're saying that is wasn't disrespect, it was the hard truth.... sometimes the truth hurts, STL was hurt by that and STL could have avoided all of this by simply living up to their end of the deal. The disrespect if any was going both ways back then as I remember the media wasn't exactly writing love letters to the Rams bby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamgator The way it is with the NFL is LOW CLASS when it comes to ethics. . There are several teams of which that is simply not true. Saying it's the whole league is just providing an excuse for Kroenke/Demoff to have acted badly (and I am not talking about moving the team). Yeah they were bad when it came to that, so the homer excuse is to say the whole league is like that. Anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman I don't think that's true. St. Louis claims that the Rams . I could not care less about who says what about St. Louis and the Rams and who did what. I am not discussing that and nothing I said has anything to do with that. You're not listening to the actual discussion. The POINT is that in this discussion, here, in this thread--not in St, Louis several years ago which isby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin They played hardball with the wrong owner and lost the team. At that moment in time they didn't imagine he could solve LA where so many had failed. Ultimately they will llose in court I think. What they should be focusing on is attracting a new team. Taking another city's team then losing it due to your own hubris is a bad look IMO. And again--dwelling on the "losing theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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