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Sure hope I'm wrong; I just don't like this re-signing - 3 months ago
Won't harp on it forever. I DO want to be wrong. But I just think it is not the best way to spend $10 mil, nor is Tutu going to do much more than he ever has.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah, it's the reason certain teams just remain mired in mediocrity at best - 3 months ago
What is the old saying? " Insanity is the belief that if you just keep doing the same things, you'll finally get different results". We watch this time after time as some NFL teams simply recycle the same old FO and HCs who never quite succeeded, and use the same old formula of being overwhelmed by a player's athleticism and size, and underwhelmed by how the young man actually playsby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The problem with Mocks as you get deeper into the draft: uncertainty - 3 months ago
Once you get past the first 10 picks, maybe even the first 6-7, there is simply now ay to reasonably predict who takes whom because of all the picks that happen before it. When it gets to 26? There will have been surprises, trades, and as always, picks that NFL teams find not nearly as good as the media thinks, and vice versa. I just can't see the point outside of sheer fun, like playing Monopby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Good grief. The Giants just can't help themselves. - 3 months ago
Winston has been one of the greater QB disappointments in the past decade. He just can't seem to get it right for very long. I guess some FOs (the bottom feeders) still marvel at his physical attributes and forget that in the end, he has straw for brains. It not his talent that is the problem; it is his mind. They'd actually be better off with someone like JG, which still boggles the mind theby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
It's not just that with a QB. Do you keep 3 on the roster? - 3 months ago
If you draft a QB in round 1, then you are committed to keeping him on the roster. With JG as our back-up and obvious QB2, what do you do with a rookie QB3 that you took at 26? He will have little to no development as a QB3, and it means you have to subtract a rotational player from the 53. Unless there is a rule I'm unware of, we're sort of obligated to keep that highly drafted QB on the 53by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
MJD believes there are 7 RBs that fit nicely into the Rams system - 3 months ago
He also thinks this is a loaded class, and that there are 4 RBs than can play in any scheme. I do think the Rams draft a RB, but not until later.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah, I noticed that body language, too - 3 months ago
I don't know what was going on. Kupp can say all the right things, but I still believe Nacua bursting on the scenes and clearly pushing Kupp behind Nacua as far as Stafford's favorite target and as the Rams new star WR, had a lot to do with that body language. He simply wasn't The Man any longer. As a fan, no doubt Nacua is The Man. Also as a fan, Kupp's body was obviously breaking down. He mby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah, how dare Snead not get a 27 year old All-Pro ILB signed instead (nm) - 3 months ago
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One year solutions are par for the course; not band aids - 3 months ago
Is this person living in the 1980's? All teams sign players to one year deals that improve their team by starting or depth. It is impossible to have long term solutions at every position, every year, due to the salary cap and FA. It is not so much an insult as ignorance to think in terms of band aids. Now, I can say that perhaps at QB, one year solutions can be questioned. And yet, even thatby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I'd say that the Rams would field a top 4 or 5 NFL team as they are today - 3 months ago
The Rams don't really have any holes among the starters, as it stands today. I think ILB is a question mark, but it's not like the cupboard is bare. They have an enviable place to sit pre-draft. There is no position that they simply must address. They can use their board pretty much any way they want to. So, I'd say it is entirely unpredictable. As for their first pick, they could stand paby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
For me, this is big. He was our best CB ending the year (nm) - 3 months ago
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And, we gave up too much for Stafford, too much for Fiske.... - 3 months ago
Blah, blah, blah. The Cowboys are America's Team. The Niners are the best team. AD is too small to be an effective DT. Whitworth is too old to trade for and stick in their at LT. Verse is not as good as Dallas Turner or Latu. Williams is too slow (Kupp and Nacua,too). On and on these blathering dudes go, having no conscience about being wrong way more than they are right. Adams wasby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Wow. The Athletic Big Board really hates this QB class - 3 months ago
The Athletic consensus big board has Cam Ward as their ONLY 1st round QB, and that at the 13th best player. After that is Sanders at 33rd best player, then Dart at 57th. I realize that QBs always get over-drafted and so that is not how it will wind up on draft day. But, jeez, I'm not sure we've seen this shaky of a QB class in quite some time. One or two of the teams with a top 5 draftby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
My point is that they all have a similar skill set that McVay wants - 3 months ago
My notion is that these guys are more or less clones. They all do about the same things, so they are plug and play. Obviously, talent and ultimate performance are not the same, but you don't have to change play calling as much if they can all execute the same game plan.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I think it is less about HWS than it is a particular skill set - 3 months ago
All can run pretty well. All can receive out of the backfield. All have the ability to block on 3rd down pass pro. All know the play book. I do agree, however, that the Rams will pick up a dark horse RB prospect or 2 perhaps of similar skill set but larger and or faster. But, no way they take a dive for a RB any earlier than maybe the 6th round. It's going to be TE, WR, OT on offense. CBby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
4 WRs are set in stone. After that, who knows? - 3 months ago
For sure Nakua, Adams, Atwell, and Whittington are on the 53. After that, we won't know for a while. I have little doubt they will spend a 3rd or higher on a WR. So, that's probably 5. But, there's always surprises. And injuries. X will be hard to let go. He showed an awful lot as a sure handed and explosive PR. But... unless he can step up at WR, I don't think he's a lock.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Rams are pretty pragmatic, so I think it is possible they draft a QB at 26 - 3 months ago
The Rams are known to have "pods" of players they choose from at any given draft position. They also are known for trusting a draft-scout really pounding the table for someone, and going with it. I have no idea if they have a certain QB in sight that they think CAN fall to them at 26, and they will cross their fingers and sit pat (like they did last year for Verse). IF...big IFby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
OK. There's a twist. Maybe this is why Rams passed on Hoecht (nm) - 3 months ago
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I don't think he's the answer at #1 ILB - 3 months ago
As our #2 ILB, I think he'll do. But we need someone who is upper level, imo. Otherwise we're going to continue to struggle against the run outside to two A gaps. Some of it is size. And, I expect Speights will continue to develop. But, I'd like to see that 235 - 240 lb. talented gap filler in back of Punta Ford. The Rams have not emphasized the ILB spot in drafting or dollars. I'm thinkiby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
The hardest decisions are usually the right ones - 3 months ago
Don't much care for Plaschke. But, he got it right this time. The Rams let pragmatism rule over sentiment. That's how winners become winners and stay winners. Do not feel sorry for Kupp. He has made a ton of money, at 32 years old is set for a life of ease and luxury, because of his 8 years with the Rams. He has won a Superbowl (something very few Pro players can ever say), and a Superbowlby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
This is the position that needed the upgrade - 4 months ago
At that cheap cost, clearly the Rams wanted to move on from him.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Officially one of my favorite Rams of all time - 4 months ago
Great story, great player. Without him, we do not win the Superbowl. Absolute hero. But, he departs with a Superbowl MVP trophy and the thanks of an awful lot of Rams fans. Thanks for the memories!!by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
He's going to have to accept a whole lot less money - 4 months ago
If he's going to play anywhere, I'd guess its in the 2 year $22 - 25 mil with 12 or 13 mil guaranteed range. In other words, a one year deal. Hope its a bit more, but I have my doubts.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Don't understand some of the concern. He's a decent player. - 4 months ago
Affordability matters. And, you aren't going to get a top starting player as a back-up, without paying a lot of money and probably ticking him off. I know darn well they are bringing him in for 2 reasons. One, he can back-up all 3 interior spots and provide competent play. Second, it is to provide competition for Limmer. Competition for each spot is a good thing. In fact, it wouldn't shock me ifby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm not so sure that they raised their talent level - 4 months ago
Joey Bosa can't stay healthy, and has hardly had eye popping numbers. He is a good, but not game changing, player. It's his brother that is the holy terror. Sometimes, additions don't really up the overall talent level.... and I think this is one of those times for the Bills.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
One does wonder the thought process. - 4 months ago
There are a two positions that if you get one, you don't ever let him go. LOT is one them. QB the other. He is one of the top 3 or 4 best. No amount of draft picks assures ever finding one as good. So, yeah, unless there is something going on behind the scenes, it's a head scratcher to me.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Talk about a guy with no ego. What a find he has been. - 4 months ago
This guy is really something. The level of respect he shows to others, will be shown back to him. That's what McVay did when he called him to give him heads up they were pursuing Adams. Class act all the way around.by RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah. The contract is just too big to swallow - 4 months ago
I get it why the Rams probably won't get anything for Kupp and have to let him go, just like other teams do for stars whose cap numbers are just too high. Their contracts make it pretty prohibitive. I look at it this way: the Rams certainly got their money's worth, and draft pick's worth, out of Kupp. God bless him, and I hope wherever he goes he does well. What a good guy and a terrific playeby RockRam - RamsFootballFans.com
I wonder if its just an issue of timing for some league reason? (nm) - 4 months ago
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