That certainly couldn't have been the problem right? Starts: 2015 / Barnes 16 G Rob 16 Havenstein 13 Reynolds 10 Brown 9 Wichmann 7 Saffold 5 Donnal 2 Rhaney 1 (I know there's 1 start missing there and I can't find out who. Anybody know who the missing start went to? ) 2016 / Barnes 16 Saffold 15 Havenstein 15 GRob 14 Wichmann 11 Brown 5 Donnal 4 Maybe they settlby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
I believe he's a weapon. Whether it's sometimes as a receiver, sometimes as a RB, sometimes as a PR. He's a legit weapon. IIRC, I read McVay uses a lot of stack formations and that is how you want to use him as a receiver. Having a weapon can be a good thing or a bad thing.....if you're terrible at designing a variety of plays to utilize that weapon. Asking the former Rams offensive staff to useby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Sports talk radio had a great formula they learned from cop shows. Two man teams with opposing approaches or opinions captivate 100% of the listening public. These shows (draft grades, predictions and bold statements) are simply a 21st century, social media variation. Say something subtly and it passes in one ear and out the other. Say something bold and everybody wants to respond.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Draft grades a day, a week, a month after the draft are as pertinent as mock drafts. They just don't matter. It's a conversation starter. A readership or viewing/listening ratings magnet. I don't understand how many fans just don't get that. It means NOTHING. Whether they are good or bad. Like being pissed off at the world because your mock or your 'best guy' wasn't drafted by your team. You're nby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
....it's a quarterback driven league. Also, points come out of the passing game. Of course the quarterback needs help. Nobody is saying draft a QB and you can win with the Brian Quicks and Isaiah Peads of the world. But on the other hand, even with plenty of help, average to bad quarterbacks don't take their teams very far with rare exception (a killer defense). The point is, if there's a quby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
the obscure comment about QB's.......who's the next Dak Prescott.... (truthful answer: nobody)....then we have 4 players mentioned and the Rams took 2 of them. That's a pretty good endorsement. Of course, as always, will it translate to the NFL field? We'll see.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Quarterback. If you believe he's truly "the guy" give up three first round picks and a couple of thirds. If he IS the guy, you win because you have your quarterback, the most important piece of the team. If he isn't the guy, then you screwed up. But who won't you be able to draft? Who cares? It doesn't matter if you have your guy. Do you do that for a WR? Probably not. A DE? Maybe but pby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotezn Woods would be a 6-7 year vet by then. You want a productive 6-7 year vet around. And at that point (starting in 2019) he would be costing them around 5-6 M a year depending on the year. And he would still be far under age 30. I liked the signing.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Countess showed some skills. IMO, he played better than Hill.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog is classic pi$$ing in the wind. Hope you didn't get any on you, Pete. The draft keeps a lot of folks employed, thanks to rabid football fans. The buildup, the draft and the grading. Let's hope the guys running the Rams and playing for them earn their money and stay employed.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotelaram This is not your daddy's NFL! Are you going to like the opportunities with the FB present? He can carry the rock. He can catch the rock. In front of Gurley with a couple of TE's and a speed WR on the outside gives us a multitude of choices. Run Gurley. Run the FB. Play action with either TE as the first choice. Play action with the speed WR the first choice. Play action with the FB cby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 Both of them have been saddled by being on bad offensive teams with bad offensive coaching. .....with bad Quarterback play. The best QB Woods played with was Orton and he enjoyed his best season as a WR.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Woods, Austin, Kupp, Reynolds and probably Cooper. The rest fighting for 1 spot and 1 or 2 on PS.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
33 lineman drafted is lowest since 1967..... 10 in the first three rounds is the lowest since 1984..... (We're talking 5 decades and 3 decades here) He also said, OL $$ is being spent in free agency. From the Rams: After minicamp they didn't think OL as big a need (as playmakers on both O and D, I assume). ME: If there weren't many guys who projected as upgrades, whyby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
........but what doesn't make sense is McVay is the new sheriff in town. Why hold anything that's happened prior to 2017 against him? We needed experience on the OL. They got it. We needed a veteran WR who ran good routes and had good hands. They got him. We needed some help on D with the switch to 3-4. Enter Connor Barwin. We needed help at CB and FS. They move college FS Joyner to FS bring in aby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
with all the inside information about what's done and not done in the Rams draft room; what Snead is planning; setting up fall guys......I'm beginning to worry there are a couple of agents from the C.I.A. amongst us. Scary. I'm gonna sign out for a bit.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
....except for the Mel Kipers of the world. They know how a guy's career is going to unfold before it happens. That's why there are "reaches". But just to keep us honest those Kipers rank a Jamarcus Russell or an RG3 extremely high. Job security.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
....they just don't trust Kromer!!! :spintoungeby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
It's all about winning. If you win, you pack the house. But only 1 team wins the championship. And mostly that team has been the Patriots. But they're not the only team winning and making money. Do you believe there's a commitment to winning but not winning championships? That sure sounds like some tin foil stuff.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Okay. Oakland signed Marshall Newhouse for 2 years @ 3.5 total. He started 27 games the last 4 years. What OL did New England sign? Actually that 3.5 is similar to Whitworth's 35 million if you eliminate the decimal point. Okay so as to have a reasonable discussion, who did they sign they actually expect to start?by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
They are brand new. They're not "under the gun". They have 6 OL on the roster drafted in the previous 3 seasons, half of them in the 3rd round or higher. Should have at least had a hit or two. Perhaps they want to see what "they" can do with them since the previous regime couldn't do squat and got canned. If they only have 1 or 2 from that group capable, then they have 7 picksby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax We will see soon enough how good they are at evaluation their personal. Problem is, if they are wrong and the OL looks like last years, it''s gonna get very ugly. They gave themselves no buffer in this draft. I agree with the "ifs". They didn't draft a QB either, so "if" Goff is no good..... They didn't draft a RB either, so "if" Gurley is the 2016 versioby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
.....I do know past has nothing to do with it. Brand new head coach. Brand new OL coach. What does anything that has happened previous to 2017 have anything to do with it? Maybe the S.O.S.A. staff we had the previous 5 years couldn't develop the OL talent we had on the roster. And we signed 2 OL in free agency. How many of those teams "with better lines" or who "drafted more than 1by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
No OL taken in the top 15 for the first time in the "common draft era". 33 OL taken in 2017 41 in 2016 47 in 2015 45 in 2014 42 in 2013 45 in 2012 see a pattern there? All way more than 2017. Why do you suppose that is.by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Cooper Kupp, Samson Ebukam Sam Rogers with honorable mention to the other 5 picks the Rams made. :clapby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
Who has heard the statement (at least 100 times) "a good coach will adapt his system to fit his players and not the other way around". Well in the draft, you have the luxury of picking the players who you believe fit the system. Who here (or anywhere) knows what McVay's system looks like? The report on every defensive player we drafted basically said "Wade Phillips type".by PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
.......to get Zay Jones, JuJu or Godwin, AND Elflein or Pocic AND Sydney Jones? That would be a good haulby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com
....to win with regularity is better. But to not win a Superbowl is worse. That is what they play for right? Years since last SB win? NEngland 0 Denver 1 Seattle 3 Baltimore 4 NYGiants 5 Packers 6 Saints 7 Steelers 8 Colts 10 Tampa 14 #11 RAMS 17 Dallas 21 SF 22 Washington 25 Bears 31 Raiders 33 Miami 43 Chiefs 47 Jets 48 The other 13 teams? Infinity. Yby PARAM - RamsFootballFans.com