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JG brought here as a back-up; not a future replacement for Stafford - 3 months ago
What is the thing you want most from a back-up QB when you have an elite starter? A hold the fort guy with lots of experience. JG is not a "bridge" QB, either. He is a guy who has run a similar offense, seen tons of different D's, knows the NFC and NFC West teams well, and is a steady guy who rarely will lose you a game from poor play. Further, McVay knows JG well, and what he canby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
It's not a matter of "stars", it's a matter of good chemistry - 3 months ago
I'm not sure if you put Nakua on another teams, no matter the QB, that he would have had the same stellar results. I think it's the same with D Rob. I think the star-power WRs with all the incredible athletic and measurable traits is overrated. On paper, none of the Rams WRs is special. But on the field, with Stafford at the helm, 2 are very special and a 3rd is not far behind. It all has toby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
DT, ILB - 3 months ago
I think the Rams will definitely be on the look out for a seasoned vet pick up at DT. I think they are disappointed in NT Brown; he's just too consistent. But.... it will have to be a definitive upgrade otherwise, they'll stand pat. ILB is another. They are in giant trouble if Jones goes down. They need a better quality #2 ILB. Rozeboom as #3 is fine. But not #2. That said, I think Shula wiby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Man, I agree with you. - 3 months ago
When minimum wage for an NFL player is $800K per year, the idea that they get some of the best food in the world for free in addition is kind of wild. I get it; it's a perk and it probably helps the players to perform better. But any player carping about the food can eat anywhere he wants, have anything he wants, any time he wants except for a few times per year. At $800K per year, you can affordby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Remember: he was the best DT at the Combine in almost all categories - 3 months ago
Fiske ran the fastest 40, was the fastest cone drill, lifted the most, etc., etc. and all this at 295 lbs. He's off the charts athletically for a guy his size. So, when you watch tape of him, and see his get-off, his hands flying like chopping blades, his ability to slither through small spaces and hold the point, about the only draw back on him is that he doesn't meet the NFL DT standard ofby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah, I think Limmer is going to quickly become Avila's back-up - 3 months ago
I imagine the biggest thing for Limmer will be learning the O well enough to make the Oline calls. This requires reps, and Avila is going to get the bulk of those reps because he is the new starter. It's not unlike the dilemma of giving back-up QBs enough reps especially if you have a younger less experienced starter at QB or one that has changed teams or OCs and has to learn a new system. Liby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Frankly, I find this move puzzling - 3 months ago
I don't understand this move unless the Rams just aren't satisfied with their Safety room after the OTAs. He's not the guy you bring in only to later cut. They must feel that Kinchens isn't going to be an immediate starter, or that Yeast has not progressed as they hoped. Or maybe JJ simply provides more competition, which I know McVay really loves to do at every position. JJ is indeed solby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The hardest adjustment for new NFL TEs is not receiving, it's blocking - 3 months ago
The thing that takes more time than anything for today's young TEs is to learn how to block in the NFL against such tremendously big, fast, and good D players. If they had good receiving ability in college, they will also have it in the NFL. Blocking? It's a whole other world. That's why I think the Parkinson signing occurred. He is a big, superior TE when it comes to blocking. He has shown tby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Agreed. His value is under appreciated. - 3 months ago
Hoecht is a solid player who is best as a rotational DE/OLB. He can even slide inside because of his size and strength. The Rams are now pretty deep at OLB thanks to this years draft, the tremendously quick development of Young, and the steady play of Hoecht. He'll also be on STs, you can bet.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
IMO Jimmy G is a huge upgrade over Wentz - 3 months ago
Don't get me wrong. Had the Ram not acquired JG, I would have preferred they stick with Wentz. But, JG far more fits McVay's offense (especially his latest evolution of it) and especially a run-first, play action pass offense. There's a reason that in the Rams final regular season game Wentz wasn't hardly asked to pass at all; they didn't think he could. Better they use him more as a runner. Why?by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Might be best to see what they actually do, first - 3 months ago
I'm too old of a dog to go pronouncing how wonderful these rookies are going to be. Every team thinks they have hit the jackpot every year. Until the pads and helmets go on the game begin to count it is still the same speculation it was before the draft was ever held. Sure, I hope Verse and Fiske will form a dynamic duo. But the truth is, is if only one of them turns out be something special,by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
True. And now McVay has adjusted his offense to more physical WRs (nm) - 3 months ago
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Rams unlikely to run very much 12 personnel - 3 months ago
I'd be surprised if we saw any more than 20% or so of 12 personnel. Unless things are going to change drastically this year, they'll run 11 personnel 70% or so of the time. But, that's because McVay has changed the mindset of what an 11 personnel alignment can do. Because of the way he utilizes his WRs as mini-TEs, he has the option to run or pass on every play. while keeping the D in an in-betweby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
If that was entirely true, there'd be no need for TEs - 3 months ago
Yarber is just being generous to his player, as is the way of McVay and all the Rams coaches. But to pretend that "getting in the way" is anything like blocking is a bit over the top. Sealing an edge is not "getting in the way". And anyone that even remotely want to apply the term "strong" to Tutu is exaggerating. Why McVay ever took him so high in the first plaby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
First, you said he is a 1 trick pony, I didn't - 3 months ago
I said he is not versatile. And he isn't. He can't be covered up by a defender that can get their hands on him early because he can't fight it off. And despite whatever effort he might put out, he cannot be a TE-like blocker in the run game, which is what McVay's latest schemes rely on. Look. McVay has created this new offensive philosophy by being in 11 personnel the bulk of the time (somethby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Tutu will be cut or traded - 3 months ago
He simply is not versatile enough. He can do one thing only: be WR that must be in a situation that a defender canby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe I'm naive. I just think the Rams are being overlooked - 3 months ago
I look at this team, and what I see is a team that can come out blazing on Offense in game 1. They have maybe the most formidable IOL in the NFC, maybe the league. If not, certainly no worse than a top 3 or 4. RT is steady as a rock. LT was good and growing last year. Noteboom is a terrific 6th OL and we have some depth. If you extrapolate William's play out to 16 games from the 12 he played,by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Don' t know; but McVay always protects his most valuable pieces - 3 months ago
I truly don't have a feel for whether JG will play in the preseason. What we do know is that if he does there will be no starters on the field with him because no starters are going to see the field in preseason. So, with no starters will McVay think there is an advantage to play JG? Maybe. He'll no doubt be able to run the offense better than with our 2 other QBs, and you need competent QB pby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The Cowboy organization is built for volatility - 3 months ago
When you have an owner so directly involved in day to day affairs, and you have a vet HC that has had a good track record and is old school, volatility is a given. Without doubt, Jerry is also the kind of guy who will double-down on his assertive pressure because he's feeling the heat from years and years of playoff failures. And there is no getting around that it is he that is pulling the stby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
To have that few is amazing. - 3 months ago
Bruss was an earlier round pick, Evans much later. But, the list of guys we can call outright busts in the last 2 or 3 drafts is pretty small.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Don't be sorry. This guy has zero qualifications to be taken serioiusly. - 3 months ago
This guy is nothing but clickbait. He just talks and talks and with so little actual knowledge. He's an armchair fan, less qualified to talk on the Rams than many on this board. He seems like a nice enough guy, but he also needs to be considered as but one of us amateur posters; not as someone we go to for actual insight or information.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Actually, I think the best he can hope for is RB4 - 3 months ago
Clearly McVay is super happy with Scott. He is a proven RB that offers a lot. I just don't just how Evans will even get the opportunities needed to bypass Rivers, let alone Scott. In fact, considering how early RBs ought to be able to contribute coming out of college on ability and talent alone, I'd say if he hasn't stood out yet, even in his second go-round at OTAs, and soon, Training Camp, thby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
D Robinson is a solid WR2 in this league - 3 months ago
The Rams have a really good, professional, accomplished WR that fits the system in Robinson. He is actually a WR2 level player. Good at everything. But, I think perhaps most important, he seems to fit precisely with the McVay system. And, next, he has good chemistry with Stafford. In other words, its the intangibles that together make a tangible difference. Right now the Rams have two WR1 pby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
While his story is not yet fully written, the draft is still a crap shoot - 3 months ago
The Rams have great, good, and not so good draft years. In the end, it's a batting average. I've posted before about the NFL-wide average percentage of players from each round that ever become starters/rotational players, and the numbers are astonishingly low. For instance, it's only a little over 50% for the first round, and then progresses downward on a curve to about 9 % for a 7th roundeby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't pay much attention to her predictions - 3 months ago
She seems like a nice person. I don't pay much attention to her predictions because they are entirely stats based. And stats simply don't tell the story in the NFL as much as they do in, say, MLB. On any given Sunday is actually true. And in the NFL, perhaps as in no other team sport, the composition of the team, its chemistry, its systems, and the players' grit and attitude, have a tremendoby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams are always going to spend most of their cap on Offense - 3 months ago
Without question, the Rams top-level strategy is: prioritize Offense and spend the most cap resources there. On defense, stay with players that can be had at bargain prices. It makes sense because 1) we have Stafford, and 2) that's who McVay is, and 3) Offense sells tickets. Even the vets we signed as Defense FAs were obtained on relatively cheap deals. Where we put out money was on a TEby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
STOP IT !!! This is nothing but somebody's fantasy - 3 months ago
OK. I have something much better. I think the Rams might be seriously thinking about trading Stafford and Kupp to KC for Mahomes. Or.... how about the Rams are going to trade for Tee Higgins so that they have 3 great starting Wide-Outs. Or.... this stuff is just so goofy. I think the people who write this sort of thing probably sit back and get off on how people actually take it serioby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Time will tell on all of them; but yes, I 'm glad Rams didn't move up - 3 months ago
The cost would have been horrendous to get Bowers, and no doubt none of the top Edge Rushers or DTs would have been attainable for the Rams with what remaining draft capital we had. I have no doubt Snead did not expect Verse to be there at 19, and he has publicly said so. And, as we saw in that unscripted and candid video, their chief scout was astounded that the Rams could wind up with the dby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com