QuoteRockRam Why would he? He can make as much money in the college ranks. He won't have a bunch of belly aching players. He has no GM to crosswise with. He's in charge and can recruit whoever he wants. He won't be back in the NFL and if he does, he'll have to wear both hats to make it work. Besides, by the end of it, many of the Niners players were kind of done with his antics. My chby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Season 9 of the Falcons series. Near the beginning LB coach Mark Collins is talking to Kroy Biermann in a meeting room. He asks a couple other players to leave so he can talk to Kroy one on one about concerns he's having with his level of effort, his expectations for him as the leader of the guys, etc. Very respectful, articulate message is delivered. Not a single expletive in it. I've yeby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
You've intentionally driven a golf cart extremely recklessly and rolled it at the workplace before? After your boss explicitly warned you not to do something like that? Is this the excuse you're attempting to make for them, or were you attempting to equate your party time with their work time?by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
The word emanating from various mouths, players and coaches alike, throughout the series for other teams is common. What is uncommon in this case is the extent to which it is the fundamental mode of communication from every coach. Hence why I mentioned it.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
I've watched all the Hard Knox and I've recently watched the unedited version of All or Nothing (Cardinals series on Amazon). While it is common to hear it overall, it's not common to hear it from literally everybody, numerous times in the same sentence, as we get pretty much universally from the Rams coaching staff. That's why I commented about it. I'm not prude, I'm not offended, it's jusby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
For attempting to enlighten me on the mechanics of entertainment. 8-)by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
As my comment implied, it's not one or two of the coaches can't seem to utter a sentence without using the F-bomb as the noun, adjective, verb and adverb, it's been a universal characteristic. Fisher may actually be the lone exception. And no, using the word does not identify the extent of one's intellect, but using it gratuitously the way they do does.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
I've been thinking the same thing. This team has always played like a low IQ team. Incredibly error and penalty prone and repeating the same dumb mistakes. Hard Knocks is sure making the perception look like the reality. And honestly, it extends through to the coaches. Does the team have a coach that knows how to express himself and the point he wants to make without gratuitous use of theby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 he's good in other areas Like what? Seriously, I don't know. Never the less, you must know that the offense is always going to bear his mark. Even if he hired an OC with a divergent philosophy from his own, it is not in his character to allow somebody to effectively replace him as the head coach of the offense.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
The NFL today is a passing league because teams have discovered the most efficient route to points is through the air. Teams that are either unwilling or unable to do that are at an offensive disadvantage, though not categorically doomed.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! Quote9er8er Overweight by definition is unfit, which by definition is out of shape. Overweight by YOUR definition apparently is equivalent to being out of shape. But your definition is incorrect. No, overweight by his and the team's definition, which they've defined as a weight problem, is out of shape. Now admittedly, if we're just talking about the standard of fitness nby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDaJudge o·ver·weight adjective ˌōvərˈwāt/ 1. above a weight considered normal or desirable. As for me I'm 6'4" 235 lbs, best shape of my life (just finished my 2nd triathlon last month) but by the National Institute of Health standards I'm overweight. I realize that there is an acceptable range around the standard depending on actual body fat, waist size, etc. but are you tby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
It is not necessarily that the teams that pass the most in any given season have the most success on average in that given season. It is that teams on average are passing more than running now. Even the teams that pass the least are passing more than they used to, and that trend continues to diverge in favor of passing at a steady rate. Last season teams averaged 26.3 rushing attempts per gaby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax But you ignore DB's profile when he essentially says Smith really has no business being a LT. That's not what I read him as saying. I read him as saying he liked Smith, just not as a first rounder. He gave him a 3rd round grade, which doesn't seem consistent with an interpretation of having no business being a LT. QuotemaxI do agree that GRob is likely to be just fine at LT, althoby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Not the same thing. Individual talent is more abstract and difficult to separate from the whole. Aggregate talent is more concrete and accurately measured, such as in aggregate output. That said, Carson Palmer had already established the kind of talent he was before he went to AZ when healthy. His statistical profile hadn't actually changed all that much until last season, which was his besby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! Quote9er8er QuoteSuh-weet! Can your argument make sense of this: If the OL performs much better this year - and the OL w/it it -- w/pretty much the same cast of characters, you'll chalk it up to a talent infusion? You may be having difficulty with my argument because it's actually an argument. What you're attempting to respond to it with isn't. A hypothetical doesn'tby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Overweight by definition is unfit, which by definition is out of shape.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJason Smith OT Baylor I like the kid, but not as a first rounder. He wasn't even a 3rd round talent. He was a bust out of the gate. QuoteGreg Robinson OT Auburn He is smart and will quickly pick up the techniques that will make him a Pro Bowl offensive lineman and a future franchise Left Tackle. I call him Greg (Sequoia) Robinson. Nevertheless Greg is a fast learnerby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quote9er8er Who GRob's career is trending towards. He's been terrible and now he comes off a bad sophomore season leading all offensive players in the NFL in penalties by showing up overweight and out of shape. This is a player who already lacks the technique and discipline to be a good blindside protector. The writing is on the wall with this guy. Yes, how could I forget Jasby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Who GRob's career is trending towards. He's been terrible and now he comes off a bad sophomore season leading all offensive players in the NFL in penalties by showing up overweight and out of shape. This is a player who already lacks the technique and discipline to be a good blindside protector. The writing is on the wall with this guy.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! Can your argument make sense of this: If the OL performs much better this year - and the OL w/it it -- w/pretty much the same cast of characters, you'll chalk it up to a talent infusion? You may be having difficulty with my argument because it's actually an argument. What you're attempting to respond to it with isn't. A hypothetical doesn't change a current reality.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Or in other words, 6' 1/2". 6005 and 209 lbs vs. 6'2" 224 lbs is not a nominal difference in the NFL. You have essentially no QB's not named Drew Brees that fit the former. You have many that fit the latter.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
And it is awful on all the teams that weren't smart enough to opt out of it.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
I see a guy so far who's fitting in. Seems pretty authentic, not trying to do or be too much. This doesn't look too big for him. I see nothing remotely resembling deer in the headlights. Just the opposite really. Encouraging from an intangibles perspective so far.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
The obvious difference being Clemens was a MUCH more highly regarded prospect coming out of college, to the tune of 2nd round pick more highly regarded. And, Keenum was in Conference USA instead of breaking college records at Oregon held by such NFL luminaries as Dan Fouts. And Clemens is the size of Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers, not the size of Drew Brees.by 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
With Bradford as the starter doesn't go very far in supporting that theory. I keep seeing this "Foles meltdown" thing, but that's not really what happened. There was no Foles meltdown, it was more like a Foles slow burn or fade and the Rams got the tail-end of it. Foles 2013 season was a good lesson in the danger of small sample sizes, especially when they come in an offense theby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
Is because he has maximized his limited abilities, both in college and the NFL. Somebody with his limited physical tools and groomed in a college system that is virtually antithetical to NFL offenses should and almost without exception does fail to carve out any kind of NFL career. But he made himself into a program changer at UH and has managed to work his way into what could arguably be consiby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! ... that your "talent" level is what your record says it is? So the Rams had "7-9 talent" last year, but if, for the sake of giggles, they go 12-4 this year you'll conclude that they have "12-4 talent"? If the OL performs much better this year - and the OL w/it it -- w/pretty much the same cast of characters, you'll chalk it up to a talent infusiby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com
That's an excuse masquerading as meaningful context. We know this because we know Snisher had a losing record with Bradford as a starter (he didn't move the needle). Snisher has a losing record overall and has losing record for 4 consecutive seasons. That kind of "context" can be meaningful for small sample sizes, not for large ones. But even then, you need to include even largerby 9er8er - RamsFootballFans.com