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Maybe because people thought this was football, not the Dating Game - Yesterday
Call it whatever you want: upset, disgusted, annoyed.... trying to find exactly the right word doesn't matter. If a person is celebrity oriented and can't wait for their next copy of People magazine to arrive, you probably like it. If you actually want to watch football and can't wait for Sunday to arrive, you probably don't like it. Here's something novel: how about having the TV shots being aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
First games are notoriously unpredictable. - Yesterday
It has been 8 months or more since teams have played real football. Lots changed on every team from players to coaches to systems. So, that first game of the season is a predictor of nothing and the game itself is not predictable. It certainly counts for something, but as any kind of indicator (barring serious injuries to key players) for how the season might go, it is not.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Not Rams, but Yikes! Jordon Love out up to 6 weeks. - Yesterday
And, here we go. Love out around 1 month. Back-ups are some guy named Clifford and then Malik Willis. When are the screams going to turn to the Packers not being properly prepared for an injury to their starting QB? I personally think the Rams are much better prepared for a month of Stafford being out (should it happen) than the Packers. At least we have a guy who has been a starter for manyby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes, this is a huge blow. But it is not a nail in the coffin. - 4 days ago
The injury bug has hit the Rams early. Let's hope it's run its course. This surely changes the complexion of the opening series of games. However.... remember who our corners were last year and how we still won big games. Our corners are better this year, and so are our Safeties. So, I'm sure not ready to run up the White Flag.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
OK. But I'll ask again, How many successful 155 lb. guys in the NFL? - 4 days ago
Look. I get you are a Tutu fan. Great. But, to me he's always been a bad bet more due to size than anything else. Fast. Good hands. Not particularly elusive. So, rather than to get snarky, just answer the question: Objectively, how many successful 155 lb. players in today's NFL? If the answer is none (which I think it is), then to place a bet on someone being a mini-unicorn is not the best decby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Cap guys, please help re: Stafford's contract - 4 days ago
If the Rams moved on from Stafford after this season, what would the cap hit be? How about after the 2025 season? I ask because I smell an opportunity for the Rams to get a younger QB coming up this next off season, in Dak Prescott, if they want to. But, it can't happen if the cap hit for trading Stafford or releasing him were too large. That said, from what I can tell Stafford is signby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
OK. For the worry warts, do you believe Jourdan? - 4 days ago
We've already had a lively discussion about the Jones trade and the swap between OG and C. For those who are looking for the boogie man and think The Rams fouled up, or evaluated wrong, etc., does this article settle the matter for you? Did you notice that even Jackson said that he always felt that Center was his most natural position? And that Avila is so exceptional at OG especially on thiby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Too small, and it's just not his forte. - 4 days ago
Size matters especially in the NFL. Tell me in modern football how many guys at any position succeed at 155 lbs? Receiving and returning kicks is a specialty, and not everyone can do it to a high level. He can't. He has been tried and what happens is that 1) he gets hurt, and 2) he doesn't produce. That said, who knows? Maybe they are going to be trying him yet again. But... I have heard ziby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
If WRs keep up their salary demands, they're going to face the RB dilemma - 5 days ago
Les Snead and McVay learned their lesson. No massive 2nd contracts for RBs, I don't care how great they are. The odds are against the contract ever truly paying off for the team. This has resulted in many teams taking a similar approach and refusing to pay RBs big bucks except in rare occasions or for teams that are willing to take a bigger risk than they probably should. For instance, I think tby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Lets look at this logically according to the concerns. - 7 days ago
Worry #1 LT. Noteboom has started LT in this league for years, and did a good job. His only issue was health. He's an experienced and competent LT and knows the offense very well. And, more the Rams know him very well. He'll do just fine. I'm not sure that Jackson is particularly better than Noteboom. Worry #2 RT. This is where I just don't know. McClendon was seen only in practices and scriby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
+1 - 7 days ago
Agreed. Rams are going to have a better pash rush...especially from the edges... and MUCH better secondary than last year. In fact, there is no comparison when it comes to secondary. Further, clearly the Rams are going to challenge WRs more rather than play Raheem's bend but don't break (but still broke a lot) D. Barring injury, Williams is going to have many more chances with the ball thanby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I didn't say that you didn't trust McVay. - 8 days ago
I'm speaking in general, and not just to you. But, I admit I don't see the consistency in suggesting whether the Jones thing was a good decision, and whether the Avila/Jackson thing was just a screw-up, and at the same time say that you still place your trust in the man making the decisions. Which is it? Although you are a very good x's and o's person... whose posts on such matters I read witby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Anyone is free to ask anything, but is there a preseason that goes exactly as planned? - 8 days ago
This line of thinking that we're all free to question whatever we want to as fans is, of course, a given; but it isn't the point. The point is that no team opens OTAs, and then goes through all the preseason stuff without some amount of changes and surprises.... both happy and less than happy. If you are a McVay, you are a glass half-full guy, and most surprises represent an opportunity. Oby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yep. Read this a couple of days ago. Declining play and knee - 8 days ago
I read a couple of days ago (I could have sworn it was on this board) that Big Whit without equivocation said it was a combo of declining play and his knee. And, we all know how close to this organization Whit is, and this doesn't talk thru his hat. When he claims to know something, there is good reason to believe it. See that's the thing, to me. When you are a Coach, and you break down filmby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Sure. Pointing out isn't hand wringing. But expressing doubts and worries is. - 9 days ago
Just as what you are saying. You are saying that what the Rams did with Jones just doesn't happen? Or that changing oline lineups just doesn't happen? Or the timing just doesn't happen? That is much more than "pointing out". Pointing out is saying what they did. Hand wringing is questioning if it was the right decision, what got fouled up, will it hurt the team, does this make McVay impby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes, and that move has clearly caused a massive shift in how Snead does things - 9 days ago
Ever since Gurley, Snead has taken a different approach to filling out a roster and how players are acquired. NEVER again will Snead award a RB with a big 2nd contract. I don't care if he's the 2nd coming of Jim Brown. And, he clearly (no doubt in conjunction with McVay) believes that if you can get several RBs of the same mold, then when (not if) a RB goes down, he's plug and play into the sby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
This is not a matter of lights on, lights off. This is incremental - 9 days ago
Why is it so hard to accept that once a guy gets to the NFL, or even moves to a different team, there are positions that suit him better than others? Happens with WRs. Happens with Corners. Happens with Olinemen ALL the time, perhaps more than at any other position. But it is not an issue of: Can't play this position, but can play that one. It's which is better, which combo gives the best oveby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Very good and logical approach - 10 days ago
Yep. The offseason and TC and preseason are when you try things, evaluate things and people, and then take advantage of what you've learned. If they think Jackson at Center and Avila at LG makes the most sense, so be it. However, Jackson's contract has virtually the entire first 2 years guaranteed. So, the Rams out is 2026. Not that they'll want it or need it. Like I've said: there's aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I have to kind of smile and chuckle at all the hand wringing about players/positions - 10 days ago
As a serious old timer, I have watched such things happen regularly over the years. Sometimes, there is a certain something that makes a guy a tad better at one position than another. Or that two people working in tandem are greater then the individual parts when placed in the proper spots. The Rams used that formula when drafting Fiske and Verse. I have no idea if this involves "failuby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe it's about prioritizing success - 11 days ago
I'm not saying that I know for sure. But something tells me that the return on investment of KRs is small especially in a era when the goal to protect the players offers less opportunity for big plays. Sometimes we have to acknowledge that a team has to make some strategic choices. They have prioritize where to invest and where to minimize draft capital and salary cap. For instance, the Ramsby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I'd be surprised if Speights started - 13 days ago
My guess is that Rozeboom is the starter and Hummel beside him for the 1st game or 2. Speights mixed in from time to time. But, who the heck knows. The may just decide to throw him in from day 1. All I know is that when you're able to hang on to 5 UDFAs either 1 of 2 things is the case: you have found some hidden gems, or your roster is still in a lot of flux and you are trying to conserveby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
So, after JG comes back is Bennett cut (and resigned to the PS)? - 13 days ago
Yes, it's only a guess. But my guess is that the Rams will resign Winn immediately to the PS. And then when JG comes back, they'll cut Bennett and assume he'll get thru waivers and then resign him to the PS and then let Winn go. But, it also wouldn't shock me if after playing around with that for a couple of weeks they don't sign another QB to the PS as QB3 and say goodbye to both Barrett and Winby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I never would have guessed it. - 13 days ago
That said, no way they have 5 ILBs for very long. I think we're going to see some adjustments pretty quickly with that, and then when JG and A. Jackson come back. I expect Neal to be released.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I have to the trust the Rams FO. They don't usually make clumsy moves. - 13 days ago
I'm not at all sure what all went on behind the scenes, but obviously the Rams thought they needed to let Jones go for whatever they could get. And about all they could get was a 1 round upgrade from a 6th to a 5th round pick. Then again, the Titans still are left to deal with the Jones contract situation. And, as I've stated, Jones is not a star player. He's good, but not top tier. Everyby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Jourdan just said that the Rams are NOT going to extend Jones - 13 days ago
Apparently, the negotiating is over. The Rams have let Jones know that they will not be extending him, which in real people talk means he will no longer be a Ram after this season. I think ideally the Rams would prefer he stay and play out his final year. But, if he is too greatly disgruntled over this circumstance, I suppose they need to trade him if they can. I doubt they will, though, unlesby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
He's the captain, not the Creator of the defense nor the focus of it - 13 days ago
I'm all for Earnest Jones. Good player, good teammate, good leader. But not where you spend a lot of cap money. But let's not put him on a pedestal. The dude is replaceable (as are all players, despite the modern day over the top rhetoric), not just because he is a good NOT great player, but because ILB is not the straw that stirs the drink in the Rams D scheme. Overall, Pass rush and Pass defby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Could the Rams seriously be THAT enamored with Speights? - 14 days ago
That the Rams have been open to moving Jones for 2 or 3 weeks now makes me wonder if they think they have found another Puka Nacua only this time he's a ILB? In other words, can it be that they are thinking their UDFA ILB is THAT good already and has the potential to be a star player? I can't believe they think Rozenboom or Hummel will give them anything (potentially) as good as Earnest Jonesby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Naw. ILB isn't the secret to winning a SB. - 14 days ago
It's so easy for the fans to just say "pay up!". But, these things have a lot of facets to them including team salary structure, amount of guaranteed money, injury history, and what position is being discussed. ILB just isn't high on the priority list of where to spend money.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com