Talk about stirring up the $4!+ when there isn't any - and dissing Verse as a holdout, selfish, non-team spoiled brat rookie in the process.. this reporter needs a promotion! His career growth path could land him a spot in Washington DC! He's already very good at the innuendo and subtrefuge type of henhouse smear that will get him far in the national press corps.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The cameras usually don't show it all - they cut away before anything "bad" happens, but Stafford took some late hits that should have been called as roughing the passer long before Higs got waylaid - and to name just one non-call that cannot be attributed to honest incompetence, the jersey-grab against Puka that that didn't get called gave the Lions the game.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Purdy somhow "better" than Stafford? Laughable. :lol1Pathetic, especially for a sportswriter. X( Nothing solid cited as evidence, except that he's younger.X( I'd say: Purdy is better at scrambling, making something of broken plays. Not better at reading defenses, adjusting post-snap " ________ " developing timing and in-game rapport with receivers You gain that tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
We were set to run it back just a couple of years ago. That season was totally derailed by injuries. We cannot underestimate that factor in how that year turned out. Last year, early season, the injuries (and their mental effect) persisted. Once we got well, we dominated - except for the egregious outbreak of dirty play and non-call dirty officiating in Detroit. Played straight-up, we shoulby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Lions weren't the only team that went after Rams receivers last year. Puka got his share of extra-cirricular roughness, and Kupp always has. This year send the message: It comes with a price. I'd like to see McVay draw up some more crossing patterns, including for this game some with our rough-and-tumble rookie WR Whittington assigned to put a real hard collision of a "rub" on Joby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Deacon, Merlin, and Jack did not play dirty football. Play dirty against Deacon and he'd wait for a chance r to retaliate - and he would. Maybe not in kind, bu he'd let, you feel it and regret what brought it on. I remember when Rodney Harrison was taken out of the game by a perfectly legal block that he didn't see coming. He's been whining about it since. "There's an unwritten ruleby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The best revenge is to play harder-hitting, smarter, better football - unrelentingly, right up to the final snap in a Victory formation and walk away with a decisive win. That, and protect your own.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Why not identify each one by author or source? e.g. DaSilva: Is it true what they say about... Ramblinfan: 8 things you'd rather not know... Then we could choose what to read (or avoid) acording to the source, and comment if we care to.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I remember the pre-snap loops and stunts they did that drove opposing lines nuts. Who's blocking whom? Or at the snap, Merlin takes out the tackle broadside, if the guard's in Deacon's way and off-balance he brushes him aside on his way to the quarterback. They knew each other's tendencies well enough to read and jump into a play and wreck it without any perceived prior communication.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
That's why Gisele dumped him. In one interview, she mentioned in the middle of a long quote his serial infidelities. She didn't harp on it. That puts her plea for his retirement, greater committment to family, in a different light.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
... all of us ought to erite to Demoff, Stu Jackson, and JB Long? Ask them to do something greater for Jourdan than what she's currently doing? She's a valuable asset to the Rams fan community. Let one of them think of something. If it's their idea, they're more likely to go for it than if we tell them what to do. Can't hurt, might help.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I'd like to play Seattle and the 49ers at home late, and Phoenix at home early. When the games are likely to count for more, I don't want to be playing in THEIR houses. It's not so much about our home field advantage as it is the rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth violent hostility and resultant official intimidation and bias that comes with playing in those stadiums, Home field for the Rams seems tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
You write, "... the Rams should trade whoever he beats out rather than pay top dollar for a backup." If he lives up to his promise, we could afford to let a vet go early and free up some $$ room for other contracts. We'll see what happens in camp - while I'm fairly certain the Rams OLwill stay as projected for 2024 there are expenditures that will come due in 2025. I'm sure Trader Leby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Great article. Well-written, cler, and revealing. While many fans are concerned with who's good or who's better the Rams analytics go much deeper - and their strategy is many layers deep.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Makes me wonder: With this kind of alate draft windfall at the C-G spots, how long will it be before we move Avila back out to LG and have Limmer playing center? I've only seen one Limmer play on tape, the one in the article where he stands his guy up, locks him, and doesn't quit using his feet. IGood, solid fundamental football and he wasn't about to be overpowered. I can't tell how much morby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
This post precedes and summarizes much of what we'll see in the offseason! Thanks for the early preview! :spintounge:snicker:rolleyes:wink2:lol3:PB):waveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Not saying whether he would or wouldn't be a good team fit. The new guy that we drafted sounds like the kind of character guy the Rams want - and I'd imagine that Bares' highlight reels have been seen by the Rams scouts and Snead. But you raise a point that needs to be raised: I think we'd both like to see the Rams do our due diligence in scouting these off-brand leagues. No reason why a playeby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Bird in the hand... are we sure that Bates would be available and be a good team fit? Unanswered questions?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The author writes, re: the trade to get Fiske and where he will play: "I broke this down in a previous article of mine discussing why the Rams shouldn't panic into a first-round defensive tackle to replace Donald (something they seemingly did anyways a round later), but from what we can gleam the Rams' defensive fronts to be, Fiske's fit is...a bit odd." First, the Rams didn't oveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Regardless who starts or gets the most snaps, I'd like to see Corum and Kyren stacked in an I-formation in short yardage. We have the earth-mover up front to impose our will on most D-lines, and McVay's potential playbook could drive opposing DC's nuts. Throw in a Whittington jet to start the play...by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Good stuff - good post! Thanks for putting it up. I appreciate the specifics - what a player's strengths are in term of projected fit.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
i think they got a great player to fill a need.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I remember Gabe jokingly referring to himself as "The World's Tallest Filipino" when it was brought up.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
How does Cooper DeJean help address the absence of Aaron Donald?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I was excited about Mathis' potential last year and was surprised he didn't go further. If he's been eating his Wheaties and doing his pushups, plus flexing his brain, honing his skills under good coaching, it'll be interesting to see what he can bring this year. I thought last year he'd show more than Hampton - and still might. He checks a lot of boxes coming in.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
He's a special teamer and has hung on in that role, he's 4.4-something and taller and heavier than Tutu. CAn he develop as a returner and situational speedy little wideout? Gotta have a speedy little wideout. I admire his grit but see Tutu as gone. He's good for - what? - three or four targets a game max, and what does he do the rest of the time? I'd rather see smeone who could lay some woodby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
He's about the same size as Adam Archuleta, who was an effective box safety, so-so in coverage, and a coulda been, if he were a wee bit bigger, linebacker in other systems. I haven't seen his tape - if he could cover TE's and RB's as needed while making his living roaming around and thumping people on run downs, hmm... he might become a real used ful piece in the McVay/Shula D - whatever thatby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams retreads hit the road again! When Ramsey and OBJ take ther field, queue up the old Willie Nelson track... :bandby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
To be honest bro, this rankles me a wee bit. I thought this issue had been put to bed long ago. I see that you're still rankled with the Morris D as we experienced it and saw it and your seething shows. Be all that as it may, peace. :peace I don't like prevent defenses in general, and it took me some time to understand where Morris was coming from. His choices were limited. One thing isby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
One way to win an auction bid is to put up a high offer that you hope the opposing bidder won't match. When the bidding war is on the clock, it's a good strategy. If you're smart, you've weighed out your max high price before making the bid. Snead is smart.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com