QuoteRams43 Quotezn QuoteRams43Not the best RB, that's for sure. Not with Gurley back there. Not the best WR, either. Those are mediocre numbers, fellas. Well first, he doesn't have to be better than Gurley to add something. He gets 8.3 a carry. But that's okay, he's not a running back. He's not a receiver either. Not a pure receiver anyway. Never will be either, no matter how much hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43Not the best RB, that's for sure. Not with Gurley back there. Not the best WR, either. Those are mediocre numbers, fellas. Well first, he doesn't have to be better than Gurley to add something. He gets 8.3 a carry. But that's okay, he's not a running back. He's not a receiver either. Not a pure receiver anyway. Never will be either, no matter how much he improves at it.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRustyRay That game was 50/50 and the Rams could have won it easily. I cant remember but the Rams had the ball and were driving and made some dumb mistake that killed their chance to win. The Rams ended up losing in OT on the road. That isnt exactly and azz whopping by that great coaching the Vikings have. Well the Rams tied it with 17 seconds to go with a 53 yard FG. But in OT, theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteIowaRam Guess there have been a couple of them spotted near Traer, Iowa, which is actually in the Eastern part of the state , so I would say their a long ways from home Nonsense. You see corn all the time in Iowa. Cute cat by the way. Yours? ...by zn - Bucky's Pub
QuoteJamesJM So then calling out the play at the LOS so both O and D can hear it is just a 'preference'? And as such equates to any other 'preference'? Being 'diverse' doesn't mean changing up everything every week. It means having a full range of game plans utilized in selective manner to both attack and counter different teams incorporating various tactics including 'surprise'. The same tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM Flinging the ball around EVERY game is no more 'surprising' than ground Chucking it. An 'unknown' however can give you an added weapon, for a time. Point is: Diversity, and the willingness to coach it and then use it... and not at predictable times, I believe to be a must in today's game. Fisher running the Statue of Liberty twice a year doesn't qualify. Which brings up... eby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM For me, and skipping past the unanswerable "what makes a game boring" thing... if you're bored, you're bored. Yes. But of course saying so does not counter my claim that calling something boring is subjective. I think some of the Rams best games of the last few years were in 2012. Including the tie against SF then the win against SF at home. Including the comeback wiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewv ram QuoteRams_81 and even though the Rams have the more talented QB, unless there is change to the offensive approach, he has to play blindfolded and 2 hands tied behind his back. But that is a great post and a great comparison. Well I'm not sure you want a raw, green rookie, flinging the ball around the field, just yet. I imagine they'll open things up, gradually and try toby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM Caribou Mountain, is that on the Appalachian Trail? I have hiked... ummmmm, 3 hikes on sections of the Appalachian trail... very SHORT sections. Maybe 20-25 miles all three hikes combined and only one an 'over-nighter'. None of them I would consider in the true 'wilderness' areas of the trail. So I know very little about the trail except what I've read... but the photos, if yby zn - Bucky's Pub
QuoteRams_81 Foles is a much better player if Arians is the coach. Interesting opinion but I don't buy it. Foles went to pieces because there are things he could not do effectively in a pro style system (in Phil he was in a spread). I seriously doubt he could handle doing the kinds of things Arians could do with a seasoned vet with skills like Palmer has. And I do strongly believeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDaJudge How did the Rams starting QB in 2015 do? Arians > Fisher by a country mile. Yeah it's a team game but you can't have a very good team with a bad qb. Foles melted down. So it;s actually Palmer over the melted down Foles by a country mile. Give Arians the melted down Foles, give Fisher Palmer. Which team is better? BTW, in the early games, before Foles melted down,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRustyRay I can live with injuries derailing a season but to derail season after season that isnt just bad luck anymore its an issue somewhere in the organization dont you think? Thanks for a thoughtful response. But no I don't think it is an issue somewhere in the organization. I think the Rams have had massive OL injury issues for years going back to 2007 and some say 2006. I don't tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRustyRay It cant always be someone else's fault, or we had too many injuries, or the team was young, or we lost Bradford. Watch teams that are always good, they have injuries, they have adversity, they have draft picks who dont work out...yet....year in and year out they win. First, you refer to 13 years. But that's 6 head coaches (including 2 interim), 4 GMs, and 3 owners. Soby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM Taking this to the PUB... if you get the chance. - JamesJM No, that;'s not me. That's just randomly off the net. I put in a search for "hike White Mountains." Just as in the previous post where I put in a search for "implacable football god." B) ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM some I buy, some I'm dubious about, some I don't buy. But however you look at it we're 5 years in and it's time to tell Mr. Bereasonable to take a hike. :banghead But that would be me. B) To be fair I am fond of hiking. Last time was the White Mountains.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM I DETEST thinking anything less than the playoffs no matter what state the team is in... rebuilding or not. The playoffs are the goal, EVERY YEAR.... and for over a decade it's a constant barrage of "be patient, it's coming"... because 'it takes time'. The admonition because 'that's reality'... but 'reality' is several teams overhaul overnight and make the big show. Muchby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Well I guess then you'd have to see how that .595 stacks up against the other coaches in the league under that same scenario. No coach does well with those 3 conditions working against them. Or even just 2 of them (qb and OL). Sometimes just one of them (qb or OL). There are qbs who can still play with no running threat and a broken OL but it's rare. The point is, then, Fisheby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Record with his hand-picked QBs (Bradford and Foles): 14-19-1 (.426) With backup QBs (Clemens/Hill/Davis/Keenum): 13-17 (.433) He's actually slightly better with backups starting... And I believe the league wide win % with backup QBs in recent years is about .350. I can't explain it but it's interesting... By the way I believe he and Snead should get two-year extensions. Keby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDaJudge I mean heck, he didn't perform as well as Palmer but let's be fair to Arians, the Cards lost the last three games of the season (including a playoff game) with a third stringer. Yeah and in 2015 the Rams went 3-2 with Keenum. Both qbs, about a 60% winning percentage. Though Keenum had the better overall stats with lesser offensive weapons. DS 2014: 55% completions, 2.9%by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Not all will of course. But I think these 7 all have 2016 Pro Bowl potential: Gurley Donald Quinn Ogletree McDonald Johnson Hekker Good list. I may be more skeptical, by a hair, about Johnson, and am more wait-n-see on Ogletree at MLB. I would add Barron. And? Just speculatin' now...down the road, Goff. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM What we seemed to attribute to the OL in many cases I thought for more indicative of QB/WR play. Healthy, that first and foremost, I think we're ok. We're certainly not at the same level of proficiency at the DL but I think much better than our W/L record makes it seem. On the defense you lose some you pick up some... that's today's game, but from a 'baseline' I think the Rams areby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsDynasty There is the conception that you can get OL men from anywhere in the draft or UDFA and they can be fine. True there are quite a few OL that have been undrafted or lowly drafted that were studs, I agree with you and would even put it stronger than that. The position in question is not just OL, it's left OT. As a rule left OTs ARE drafted high. It may be common to get guaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotebigjimram21 Recent history points to him starting. Bradford, Luck,Winston. Even RG3 Started right? My thought is not sure how to feel about Goff not beating out a guy who is pretty much a stiff. I know some will jump me for saying that about good old Case but look he's not very good and Goff should beat him out easily unless he can't get the offense, or read defenses well enough this early.Jby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 QuoteRamboni You don't trade the farm for a QB, take him 1st overall and sit him down behind a journeyman QB unless your coach is safe in their job. Fisher is on the hot seat and they need to show immediate returns. We don't have a Favre or Warner at QB to give Goff the luxury of carrying a clipboard for a year. Unless his performance in the preseason shows that he simply is not readyby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteNewMexicoRam Quotezn So to me it's not coaching or talent, it's something else. _________________________________________________ If the major factor is "something else", then this team is doing a very poor job at identifying it and correcting it. Well, no, they know what it is and so do we, really. It's continuing issues with the OL (injuries, inexperienby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamboni You don't trade the farm for a QB, take him 1st overall and sit him down behind a journeyman QB unless your coach is safe in their job.. Exactly. So why do y ou assume he's on the hot seat? I don't. Therefore I assume he is honest when he says Goff starts when he's ready and not before. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus I'm very excited to see him this Summer. You going to camp? .by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJMI don't think the Ram's are currently at the level of the top teams.... I don't think any of us do. Whether they 'potentially' can be is a different question. But when I look at the wildcard teams, and a couple of division winners... I don't see that big a spread between them and the Ram's. In fact, I think the Ram's, at several positions, are better. I agree with you, though thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus You pick out that one tiny sentence of mine Quotezn What makes you say that? QuoteSunTzu_vs_CamusCaught in the very act! No see I would never do that. You need real evidence if you're going to make a claim like that.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com