QuoteRockRam Does this judge have an ounce of common sense? Now the courts think they have some type of jurisdiction over penalty calls in a sports game? And that the officials are to be put under oath and testify? Since when does such a thing have legal ramifications? What's next? Misgrading a test in Elementary School? If I'm the NFL I fight this all the way to the Supreme Court (hopeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram ... from the scouting report from PFF Biggest concern: Needs to do a better job of finishing tackles. Misses tackles in open space at times, finished 2016 with 9 missed tackles. Gets too aggressive and will lose contain on occasion. Very unorthodox pass-rushing footwork with false steps and short choppy stride. Would like to see improved handby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesocalmab yup, I am sure it is the same place. Right on the beach. Have not been there in 15-20 years but probably still my favorite restaurant! It;s a small world! Go Rams. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteOhiorams We changed DL coach do we need to change our LB coach? Who's teaching these OLB? It may not be the coaching. Obviously good pass rushing 3/4 OLBs are not easy to find. Plus the LB coach is a friend of McVay's and the assistant head coach, so, he may not be easy to replace even if he were the issue.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM written before on this board that one thing I can't seem to grasp is great athleticism not translating to good football... i mean, I KNOW it happens, and often... and I even get 'why' most of the time... but in Ebukam's case it just doesn't compute for me. I said it before above, but...instincts. Instincts I just take to mean the process to observe process and problem solve quiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesocalmab The restaurant in Ensenada I believe?? Its called La Fonda right?? We used to go there all the time 30 minutes osouth of TJ. Best chips/salsa and lobster and quail!!! My memory is thin on this. Was the place you describe on the beach? Because if so, yes, it may be the same place.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM you learn something every day. :laughing BTW... I detest Tequila. And it's not really the 'taste'.. it's the 'smell'.... just horrible, horrible, horrible. The worm is it's only saving grace... and that's not praise. - JamesJM When I lived in San Diego there was a nice hotel we used to drive to, about an hour south of Tiajuana. Right on the beach. For next to nothing we wouldby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM nm They don't have tequilla in Maine anyway. The closest they get is grain alchohol with bits of store bought Napolitos cactus bits floating in it.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM it got me to thinking... I don't think I've ever NOT wanted ANY Ram, even with a few, (very few), I didn't like going in... that I didn't want to 'come thru'. :laughing Oh, and since I don't like you any more I'm not in the least hesitant to say.... COMPARING TO KEVIN? You drinking Tequila this evening? - JamesJM The KG thing was just an "2 extremes" view, not a compaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM I don't like you any more. :laughing You on his side? You hoping he breaks through? He has size, speed, smarts, and work ethic. But to me anyway he's kind of the anti-Kevin Greene. Greene was just full of on the fly responses to whatever he saw or ran into. SE just seems to go the right direction and that's all. IMO if you put Greene's mind in SE's body, you would already hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM that what you describe could be at least somewhat the look of being 'lost'... or is your 'lack of instincts' more of a NOT fatal but bad flaw that will be tough to overcome? I"m not sure about lost. He goes the right directions, but then doesn't seem to be able to do anything special to finish when in range. I just think he doesn't have the radar or the toolkit. I think thoseby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM This guy seems to be 'loaded for bear' as far as talent.... lets call it potential... and IMHO. But his play has not matched that, again IMO, with some occasional notable exceptions, actually to me more than just occasionally. . What are you guys seeing? - JamesJM (((edit note: I misspelled this guys name FOUR DAMN TIMES before I got it right))) My impression? He doesn'by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro nm. It was good to read your post. Who' s "first" ain;t important.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro I am NOT an unbiased, superior, oh-so-above-it-all, never-homer, cool NFL observer who happens to post on a Ram board. No one is that. We're all biased, no one is superior, no one is above it all, everyone is part homer at least, and no one "happens" to post here---we're here because we're dedicated Rams fans. We;re all dedicated Rams fans. Just with differentby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro ...well, you know, not being as smart as they possibly might otherwise be. We all have styles. They're all well-established. They should all be taken into account. Peace.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 I have optimism that they'll be better. But when your 'triangle' up the middle (NT, ILBs) are largely unproven and/or rookies you're not going to get rated highly. Littleton is far better in coverage than vs. the run. More stout NT play up front would help him (and Kiser and Matthews) for sure but we have to wait and see with Gaines and Joseph-Day. That's pretty much how I see it.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSinceLA Quotezn QuoteRamsFanSinceLA Quotezn QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I don't have a problem with anything you said but I think we have drifted away from my original point. Which is this: When you see Cooks wide open on a play are you more likely to think ... a.) Goff missed a wide open Cooks. -or- b.) Cooks was wide open, but I have no idea if he was a decoy or perhaps the 3rd or 4thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams QuotePeoriaRa I have no evidence to support this - just a theory. Obviously a team cannot be superior in every area - not with a salary cap. I have wondered over recent years if the analytics just show that success running does not correlate closely with winning - and our brain trust has decided to optimize the team against the pass at the cost of stopping the run. Because the aby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRampage2K- Quotezn QuoteAlbaNY_Ram 2.) This observation from the first play analyzed: "Brandin Cooks isn’t an option because his job is merely to act as a decoy and clear out the right half of the defensive secondary." But it begs the question, how would he know that. Just from watching tape. Which begs the question how'd would someone know he isn't by looking at still pictby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSinceLA Quotezn QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I don't have a problem with anything you said but I think we have drifted away from my original point. Which is this: When you see Cooks wide open on a play are you more likely to think ... a.) Goff missed a wide open Cooks. -or- b.) Cooks was wide open, but I have no idea if he was a decoy or perhaps the 3rd or 4th option on this particular plby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram We've talked before about the Rams incorporating more sight-adjustments in their offense but I took it to mean something else. I thought it meant that the defense isn't running what they appeared to show pre-snap. i.e., the defense looked like they were in cover 2 pre-snap but are actually running cover 3 - in which case the QB and WRs would automatically switch to some other plby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Perhaps the use of the word 'decoy' is improper, but it is common in route combinations for one receiver to clear out an area of the field so someone else can get open. Here's a link to a play that has that feature: "– To the closed (strong) side of the formation, the No. 1 receiver (count outside-in) runs a clear-out 9 (fade) route (occupy the cornerback) to create spby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro Have Superbowl losers gone 8-8 or worse? Yes. Could this happen to the Rams in 2019? Yes. Is 8-8 the most likely outcome for the 2019 Rams? No. Is it pretty close to the top of the outcome bell curve? No. Would a smart man go to Vegas and put a bunch of money on the Rams going 8-8? No. Rampage2K is saying that if your goal is to make a prediction that is most likely to be rby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I don't have a problem with anything you said but I think we have drifted away from my original point. Which is this: When you see Cooks wide open on a play are you more likely to think ... a.) Goff missed a wide open Cooks. -or- b.) Cooks was wide open, but I have no idea if he was a decoy or perhaps the 3rd or 4th option on this particular play. I'm a 'b'. I think yby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePeoriaRa I have no evidence to support this - just a theory. Obviously a team cannot be superior in every area - not with a salary cap. I have wondered over recent years if the analytics just show that success running does not correlate closely with winning - and our brain trust has decided to optimize the team against the pass at the cost of stopping the run. Because the analytics shoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I know I wouldn't know that just from watching the tape. The author, however, seems to know. I think this is some insight into his background: "... concepts from the old Jeff Tedford Cal offense that I picked up back in the day," Tedford was the head coach at California from 2002 thru 2012 and the article is posted on Cal's site. Just connecting the dots it appearsby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram 2.) This observation from the first play analyzed: "Brandin Cooks isn’t an option because his job is merely to act as a decoy and clear out the right half of the defensive secondary." But it begs the question, how would he know that. Just from watching tape.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteFlorida_Ram Or, I needed to see more and he proved to better than I speculated or cautioned about or what ever their various reasons to repeat over and over and over in post after post. The same old song and dance to me.... example: I'm so glad I was wrong and he turned out to be great and won Super Bowls for our team. They get to be right for speculating and being cautious or what eby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills Is Goff And I keep saying this .... I need to see more. I don’t like how he finished. I have questions and that’s ok Yep it's okay. And for the record my take is not the same as your take. I am much more confident about Goff than you are, or so it seems based on things we've both said. But it's okay to have doubts and want to see more. In his last 8 games, countiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com