I said it as a part of a tongue in cheek post a few days ago, but I really think they need to do this. Why? Because it's pretty obvious he can't play LT, and that all offensive line positions require a skill set he doesn't appear to have. He's especially not good going backwards, trying to decide which defender to block. His pass blocking is atrocious, actually, and I think his struggles there alby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePaulButcher59 Just makes too much sense from every angle. Definitely the front runner IMO... At least when it comes to existing or ex-NFL coaches. Unless I'm mistaken, because of his contract with the Hawks, the Rams would have to give Seattle draft picks to pry him away. And they don't have any to spare. So I'm agin' that. A smart, innovative young college coach is my preference.by Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM So I'd like to apologize for that. Good friend pointed that out to me in PM recently, thanks. To quote comedian John Pinnette, "I was losing my Cherub like demeanor". :laughing Tough times, I think it got to me. I know it did. That's not my excuse, however, my excuse is it's all the Ram's fault. :laughing I promise to be good from now on. Well, maybe not Sundayby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteguinnessram As I was going for my daily walk in the woods today and thinking about yesterday's er, um, game, I could hear a name being whispered in the wind. It started out faintly, but the more I walked the louder and more insistent it became........@#$%&..........@#$%&...........@#$%&..........@#$%&............@#$%&! HINT: The wind wasn't telling me to GO FAR! Many of you young postersby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield "And, speaking of Hekker. Since he's clearly the MVP this season, and punting is what they do best, perhaps they should just do that on first down. Chances are, that would reduce the interceptions." That last line is not all that weird. The Rams once had a coach who quite regularly punted on 3rd down (Tommy Prothro). He was also one of the brightest and wisest coachesby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotesanfRAM You went from "Meatballs" all the way to "Apocalypse Now." Well played. ;) "The Horror," sanfRAM I'll admit it. I stand eclectic. :booby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotesanfRAM The rest I don't necessarily agree with. Unless Stan is the luckiest man alive and someone stumbled into his fortune, he can't possibly have a brain that would allow him to consider having Fisher return as coach next year. Or could he...? At least our Rams keep #%!$ interesting, lol. ;) sanfRAM Hope you're right about Fisher. But he was extended for two years, and iby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
The season is over. It was over weeks ago. And Fisher needs to be fired as of 2014. Can this be done retroactively? Better yet, never hired. My guess is, however, he's still there in 2017. Unfortunately. It would be a "tragedy" if the state of the Rams wasn't already more farce-like than tragic. Kroenke will force him to dump several coaches as sacrificial rambs, but the guy most reby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRampage2K- This seems to be a classic case of starting someone before they were ready.... He has now hired his own QB coach to help him get out of this funk. I will admit, I'm sick of the Case Keenum show and want a change, but if the kid isn't truly ready then maybe we should go with Mannion instead. Would hate to see Goff look like Bortles is looking 2-3 years into his career. Franby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Looking at some of the recent debates, I thought I'd make a general comment: The old "argument from authority" may be the most oft-used logical fallacy in online debates -- well, next to straw men -- especially on sports sites. But it has some pretty obvious problems going in. From Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Quote9. The ad verecundiam fallacy concerns appeals to autby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram With your doom and gloom perspective... NO DRAFT PICKS! Yet as pointed out in the the thread we actually have all except the first... Like we're the first team to ever have traded away a first round pick. More importantly what we do or will have...hopefully is a qb... Something this team has not had in a while. Next draft, the Rams are still minus a First and Third Rounder beby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesstrams My first car was a '67 Camaro in MINT shape.. jus needed the driver's seat to be re-done.. had sat in a garage for years, low miles.. Owned by a teacher - female.. Friend of my mom's.. $900 I could kill myself for selling that car years later - although I sold it my then girlfriend with the caveat that if she ever sold it, it was to ME.. I'll never forget the day she drove up inby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
QuoteJamesJM And one of the great Series too, and game 7. God I love sports. - JamesJM They lost to the eventual winner. Still sad that the Giants didn't go on to the Series and continue their even-year magic, but . . . . if they had to lose to anyone, glad it was the Cubbies. I'm also happy that Major League Baseball seems to be back. Right now, it's more popular than the NFL, and thatby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
QuoteSpeed_Kills Look at this play guys... how often have you ever seen a play busted this bad? With the game on the line no less. The last time we saw a play like this was Clemons to Quick in that Monday Seahawks game in St Louis 2013 Its just a sign of a team that doesnt work on that a lot... bad WR play, bad coaching...just plain bad Lose the game because they beat you...but dont beby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Not when it comes to the interceptions that weren't tips. On Quick's route. Fisher says he missed the audible. Okay. But a QB should be able to see that. He should be able to see a play break down like that. He threw it anyway. It wasn't as if he had defenders draped over him, preventing him from doing anything but throwing up a wish and a prayer. Keenum could see where Quick was or wasn't goiby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesacram they are going to spend money on big FA pitchers. Friedman has failed miserably at most of the starting pitchers hes signed to date (Maeda being the exception)...we're going to owe Kazmir/McCarthy in the neighborhood of 28-30 million next season if you can believe that. Luckily for Friedman he inherited Urias, DeLeon, and Brock Stewart. I think there is a good chance that 2 of theby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
Quoteferragamo79 while growing up in Texas around 3rd grade. My best friend was a fan and so I kinda joined in. At the time, the Rams were always in the playoffs and the Dodgers were dominant as the winningest team of the decade. For some reason I always hated the Cowboys. I began to follow the Lakers soon after. I moved to south central California soon after. Watched the Rams, Dodgersby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
QuoteRFIP Quotesix2stack QuoteBilly_T Ratings are way down this year. The NFL may well have saturated the market and kinda stepped on their own product. Go back to Sunday's only, get rid of the exhibition season, and stay with 16 games. Have the Super Bowl in January, instead of February. I think baseball needs to go back to 154 games, too, and a shorter NBA season is also in order. Sportby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesix2stack QuoteBilly_T Ratings are way down this year. The NFL may well have saturated the market and kinda stepped on their own product. Go back to Sunday's only, get rid of the exhibition season, and stay with 16 games. Have the Super Bowl in January, instead of February. I think baseball needs to go back to 154 games, too, and a shorter NBA season is also in order. Sports team ownby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Ratings are way down this year. The NFL may well have saturated the market and kinda stepped on their own product. Go back to Sunday's only, get rid of the exhibition season, and stay with 16 games. Have the Super Bowl in January, instead of February. I think baseball needs to go back to 154 games, too, and a shorter NBA season is also in order. Sports team owners got waaay too greedy andby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJoeMad As long as the Giants have Brian Sabean in the front office, the Giants will remain competitive Bochey is 10 of 11 in elimination playoff games.... you can't win them all... The for the past 16 years, Giants games in Sept have been meaningful. As a fan, it's good to be in the hunt. Sure, 60 years was a long drought but winning 3 rings in 5 years is something most teams nevby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
Quoteferragamo79 are there any 49er fans that are Dodger fans? I've lived in Northern California since the early 80s and never met one that would be like a Patriots fan who loves the Lakers I've lived my entire life on the East Coast and chose my favorite teams when I was a kid. For some reason, all West Coast teams. SF Giants, LA Lakers and the Rams. The Giants had New York ties, obvioby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
QuoteThe crazy thing with Alexander is that he is just 26-years-old, he is just learning how to be a Free safety since in reality he is more at home as a Strong safety (but it's currently manned by T.J. McDonald). So it's even more "amazing." Rams Roster Alexander on Wikipediaby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! ... for Julio Jones straight-up? Forget any feasibility issues. Simply in light of what the Rams have and what they need, is that a trade you would offer/accept? Just curious. I love Julio Jones' game. Everything about it. He's one of my FFL keepers. Just a great, very tough football player. But great receivers, as long as Fisher is the coach, will be wasted on the Rams. Grby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield "'m getting really old, because I can remember the norm being: Starters go until they're getting their butts kicked. Then they're pulled." That may be because the bull pens were no where as skilled as they are today. Its only smart when you can bring in a set up guy and then the closer when they both are throwing near 100 mph. And don't get me started as to WHY I thiby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
Quotesacram Syndergaard was at 108 pitches. Its debatable if he should've came out to pitch the 8th, but I probably would've kept him in for 1 more inning if he was up to it. And Reed pitched the 8th before Familia came in to pitch in the 9th. Its kind of funny, but Buc Showalter got hammered for NOT bringing in his closer before losing in extra innings...I think that Collins pitching Familiby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
Have mentioned it before, but I'm a long-time Giants fan, going back to the days of Mays, McCovey and Marichal. Started rooting for them as a kid, about the same time I picked the Rams and the Lakers. I grew up on the East Coast, so none of this was due to "hometown" connections. Those teams (and players) just clicked for me. I chose them, etc. etc. Okay. So the Giants, as baseballby Billy_T - Bucky's Pub
QuotePHDram i understand and respect your point of view...but to me this conversation is a bit pointless because its not going to happen imo. you seem to either (a) want players or types of players that dont fit want GW appears to want to do; or (b) you want GW to change his scheme to fit what you think he should do. obviously the d can still get better, but im happy with the overall approach tby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesix2stack I think Tree is doing an adequate job at MLB, but he's not physical enough to take on and shred blockers. If the rams can find a rangy thumper in the middle and Tree moved to SLB. a traditional 4-3 would be GW's base defense. Right now it's nickel because the lack of depth at LB and no true FS. Our FS is playing as deep as a PR. I think that's GW's way of not giving up the longby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com
But Thomas is getting up there. He turns 30 this season, so he's not a longterm answer at DT. As mentioned, I don't think DT is as much a priority as DE or FS, but it's still something the Rams should keep their eyes on. Was hoping they'd draft Andrew Billings last year. He went in the late 4th, but carried a 2nd round grade. If I had my druthers, they would have grabbed Danielle Hunter iby Billy_T - RamsFootballFans.com