1) Staying healthy. No dings of people that will be on the 53. Hard to imagine that ANY starters (except maybe for Havenstein who needs the practice) will play. 2) WRs catch the ball. I don't believe for a second that a 4th game is needed to see who can and can't; we already know. And I think it will be the downfall of Williams, Quick, and Thomas (draft pick or no). None of these guys have handsby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think you are giving way too short of a shrift to Keenum. No one is claiming that he is a top flight NFL QB. But the guy has played and won in this league. He is young, not fragile, and seems to be a good teammate and leader. Doesn't get hurt. That is worth a lot more than these guys who are going to get cut. Who, exactly, is going to be cut that is better than Keenum? QBs that can pby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Just occurred to me: Two teams lost their starting QBs for considerable periods of time during the preseason. Interestingly, one was during game action. The other in a non-contact drill. There is simply no accounting for injuries. I just hope that the time for serious injuries to key Rams players is beyond us for a little while. It's somebody else's turn.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
They aren't going to give up much for a ONE year solution. Unless they honestly think that Bridgewater's injury could be more than 1 year, or career threatening. And Keenum is more valuable to the Rams than probably any one else right now. I could see them angling for Sanchez. But I think they are going to be looking for more of a back-up than a starter. It is WAY too late to even think abby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
No one seems to say the same thing about Carson Palmer who will be 37 in December. I think Hill is much better than given credit for. And this is no knock against Palmer; he's a darn good QB. However the reality is that 36 is End of Career territory. The body can go downhill overnight at this point and their special skills along with it.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The Vikes' QB upside is Bridgewater. What they need is someone to give them decent QB play for the 2016 season. Maybe they ought to call Peyton Manning.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
My point was that the Rams ought to be the better team. Of course the any given Sunday rule applies. But if we can't forecast games without "taking the other team for granted", then I don't know how you do it.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Clearly, Aaron Rogers wasn't ready to play as a rookie. And they had an aging, but good, QB in Favre. But a couple of years learning the system, understanding the game, countless practices, and he became a star. Clearly, Goff is not ready to play as a rookie. Could he if he had to? Sure. But they'd have to cut the playbook down and run only the plays that they felt comfortable with him runnby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm sorry for what Bridgewater will have to go through. This won't end his career. He'll be ready to go for 2017. But really can't muster up much sympathy for the Vikes. Not after what the Rams have been through over the last several years with injuries. No one was feeling sorry for the Rams. Hill will do a fine job for them; the cupboard isn't bare. But they will likely be in the market fby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I predict 7-9 or 8-8. But the issue is not going to be QB play. Keenum is plenty steady even if only "average" so to speak. He's by no means a playoff QB. But neither is Goff ready to be thrown to the wolves. For one thing, like most young QBs, he holds onto the ball too long. Some of this is just processing things too slowly at first. I don't want Goff getting knocked around becausby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
1) The Oline depth is actually pretty good imo. It's just that when you put in ALL #2s and 3s you're going to have issues. Hopefully you're never putting in more than 1 (maybe 2) subs and the starters beside them help out. So I don't think what we saw as a unit on the Oline (with the 2nds and 3rds) was indicative of an actual game situation. 2) What I see in Joyner is frustration. They're moviby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think we're going to see Keenum playing bad. We'll simply see Keenum being Keenum, game in and game out; he does what he does, and can't do what he can't do. He's not going to escape a rush with quick movement or his legs, for instance. And he won't win games with his arm. He'll manage games and get the ball out quickly. This is unlikely to change, and Fisher knows it. So that's whyby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Dang LA. Now I have to go back and watch the games again to watch Higbee block (or lack thereof, which is your perspective). Hope it is not QUITE as bad as you paint it. If it is as bad, I wonder if it has anything to do with his knee not being fully healed. I think he favors it just a bit.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I have no doubt that part of the reason that some were cut today, and others have been kept but will be cut a week from now, has to do with Preseason game 4. That is, they need a certain complement of players to avoid playing starters or injured guys that they don't want to play. So while for some they are going to get one more chance to show something, for others it is mostly logistics andby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I've read a lot of posts that says essentially that the deck was stacked against Goff. He was never given a fair chance to earn the starting the job. Didn't get enough time with the 1's, etc. When did the conventional wisdom change from when it is ALWAYS best to give a rookie QB at least 1 year holding a clipboard, and usually longer? I think I know the answer. It was when FA was introduced aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
You nailed it right down the line. And thanks for bringing up that this was the first road game for a lot of these kids and it was against the world champs to boot. And frankly, they showed why they're the champs. The Broncos will be formidable again this year. A lot of those youngsters had to have been awfully nervous.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Believe me when I say I wish I could be as calm and patient as you are about it. I hope you are right and I am wrong and that we're back here in a few weeks and I'm eating a crow dinner.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Even with my pessimistic attitude about the Rams and Fisher, I think the Rams will beat the Niners to open the season. I just the see the Rams as having the number for the NFC West, and I see the Niners as a work in progress with poor QB'ing. They have a pretty good RB in Hyde, but not much else on O. They've lost all their stars on D and are rebuilding. And I suspect the Rams are going to gby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think for me, and a few others, while a WR not being able to get open is a concern, the far bigger concern is simply catching the football when it arrives. I have not seen our WRs unable to get open as a general rule except as we work out way down the roster in these preseason games. And, not every play for any team does a WR alwasys come open. Rather the issue is when a QB throws the balby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I get what you're saying. But all my conclusions are based on is what we can see as of now, as best we can see it. You could argue the same thing about practice. How can a coach know how a player will perform when the bullets actually fly? And yet, they have to choose anyway. And the same in Preseason. Between practice and preseason games they are going to select many of who will eventby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
GRob played 4 series. 1st series. Perfect. 2nd series. Perfect. 3rd series. Allowed some pressure in Pass Pro but his man didn't reach the QB. But otherwise was good. 4th series. Whiffed on one play (Pass pro) and his man definitely affected the play; but otherwise was good. He pass protected well against DE and OLB. In run blocking he pushed people around. You are not going toby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Fisher's claim to fame is that the players love him. He is more of a father than a demanding HC. And no one wants to see their father go because they love him, through thick and thin. Think Bellichek would have permitted Quinn to fly to Rio, miss a few days of camp, to watch his sister in ONE race? No way. Bad message. Watch it on TV and stay here to keep getting better. But, if you want aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I've heard the opinion that Spruce is only a slot guy (repeated it myself). But he was a WO in college when he rewrote the record books. Why can't he play WO in the NFL? He looks big enough, stout enough, and has sufficient speed to do that....I think.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Slight disagreement with your list. First, no way they cut Hill. He'll make the 53 and might even start opposite TruJ with Gaines out for a couple of weeks. I agree about Quick. The guy just isn't an NFL level WR; besides he also doesn't play STs. If he's not a starter, he has to play STs and he doesn't. Green, yeah, cut and resign if he can get through waivers. Like him a lot. Iby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I was and remain 100% with the FO in cutting both JLs.......James and Chris. Obviously diminished skills, and way too much money to boot. But that's football. It really takes a toll. Both of those guys are favorites of mine and am glad and proud that they were Rams.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I am not optimistic about the Rams as long as Fisher is in charge. So let's get that out of the way. Why the words "extension" and "Fisher" are even used in the same sentence is beyond me. Why after 4 lackluster years people still want to blame the Rams woes on Climate Change, Alien abductions, anything but what is clearly obvious, I don't know. It used to be in the NFL thatby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I've been saying it for weeks now. This team has 2 legimitate proven WRs, and 2 who probably will be good NFL WRs, and that's it. Britt and Austin are good. Cooper and Spruce I think will prove to be good (I think Spruce is going to be very good). After that we have a bunch of guys who couldn't catch a cold. But rookie WRs don't usually do much. I don't think Snead or Fisher have aby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Prescott has look great. But, preseason is preseason. We'll see how it goes when the D's get complicated and he's facing some great pass rushers. But I predict he'll do well. If he does, they need to just let Romo go the old QB graveyard. I like Romo. But he has become so fragile....dare I say Bradford-like. Good skills. Bad luck. You're really rolling the dice to bet your season on eiby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think the Rams are going to make a move or two before game 1. And the reason is simple: Keenum is playing very well, Mannion has progressed, and Goff is starting to come on. The oline is looking better than I thought it would. Higbee is going to quickly rise as one of the better receiving TEs. And I think with the return of EJ Gaines, and the incredible depth at Dline, Fisher believes thby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
One of Kush or Rhaney is going to be kept. Who's the backup Center, otherwise? Chase Reynolds makes it. He's the heart of the STs and can fill in at RB in a pinch. Always activated on game day. Pretty much agree otherwise.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com