QuoteDeadpool Now if the question is Bradbury or Simmons, I am intrigued. The more I think about Jeffrey Simmons, the more sense he makes. He is a top 10 talent and SB contending teams don't usually have shots at that kind of talent. He is a perfect fit in a 1 gap penetrating defense. And it makes Brockers expendable as his contract expires. After this season. I'm really zeroing in onby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDavid Deacon After a quick review the lack of depth on the DL seem quite big. Brockers being able to play all the positions helps some but it should be a priority on draft day. OL has a bunch of unknowns as depth and 2 new starters so that seems like a big issue too. I don't really see any other positions that are a must have for 2019 so I suspect that the other picks will be focused on 2by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
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QuoteRams43 Rams signed OLB Clay Matthews, formerly of the Packers, to a two-year contract. Edge pressure is a big need for a Rams team that is paying Dante Fowler $12 million this season. Fowler has never been a sack master, but Matthews' addition should help in a big way, even if Matthews is embarking on his 33rd birthday (in May) and coming off a 3.5-sack season. Matthews was near the botby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Rams signed OLB Clay Matthews, formerly of the Packers, to a two-year contract. Edge pressure is a big need for a Rams team that is paying Dante Fowler $12 million this season. Fowler has never been a sack master, but Matthews' addition should help in a big way, even if Matthews is embarking on his 33rd birthday (in May) and coming off a 3.5-sack season. Matthews was near the botby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteno name Better not be 8 million cap hit. I doubt the cap hit is $8M. It's likely to be an incentive laden contract some of which will be in the form of Not Likely To Be Earned Bonuses. Those NLTBEBs don't count in this years' cap numbers and won't count at all if not hit. If they are hit then that means he's had amazing production which hopefully has propelled us to a SB win.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach The arriving FA’s tend to be players that other teams either didn’t want to keep or couldn’t afford to keep. Same difference. McVay has an impact. If a person wants to live in So. Cal. it has an impact. I don't think the stadium means squat in the decision process. Frankly, aside from the guys at the end of their career or trying to resurrect their career, it's, as we've said,by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePHDram all you did was pick out the teams that the rams struggled against. you didnt actually name a "top tackle" that gave him problems. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out those games may be black marks. nevertheless while blythe may have struggled in those games so did the offense in general and some of that is on goff. if he knows he doesnt have the time he neeby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 not me, think Snead is replacing everybody with UDFA and late round picks :confused Is a 3rd or 4th rounder a late round pick?by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 you draft players with the intentions they may start someday often times they sit behind highly paid, better players as they develop wow.....what a concept They didn't just have the intent that they would start someday. They intentionally drafted players to sit them for a year and allow them to develop and evolve. IOW, no real plans to play them last year. Direct woby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 or were they just drat picks who were not ready to start or may not make the roster moving forward as starters Snead has been here a while and I have never seen this philosopy Here Snead is saying that their original projection for Noteboom and Allen was to eventually be starters but they deliberately had them get lots of reps in practice for a year to develop. QuoteNoteby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotealyoshamucci He had a really good combine. The CB issues in this draft make everything really difficult, because teams that have need are now panicking, not knowing who, if anyone, will be a fit for them. The guys that had a great combine were not the ones playing against high end competition or having good film ... so I truly feel for all the draft rooms that are likely all over the plaby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadhead Ram Just don’t break the bank. I think we're safe there. I'm kind of enh on this potential signing.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotealyoshamucci 4) Corey Ballantine/Jordan Brown CB .... one should be there. This is a redshirt pick, kinda like Trumaine Johnson who needed a year to get pro ready after being at a D2 school. In the 4th, I think Justin Layne may be an option too. How would you say he compares to these two?by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadpool Quotealyoshamucci Only doing 3 this year. The first pick is a big deal, because if we don't go edge there, the odds of finding someone who can contribute this year and be ready to start and have an impact next year. The main thing I WANT is to give AD someone who will make noise so that he's not the lone pressure. I am not satisfied with Fowler ... he's inconsistent. Ebukam justby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadhead Ram Look good in horns stuffing the middle. They decided to keep Brockers and from the sounds of it plan to move him into the middle. Shelton isn't an upgrade over him. Right?by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 losing 2 starters impacts continuity for sure....they will need to learn to play together Saffold is better than Noteboom. He was a second team all pro in 2017. I think Noteboom has potential, but Saffold was good no denying . Sully may have started to break down, but he had experience and did well in 2017 and ok in 2018. I think he was better than Allen as Allen reallyby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotecool_hand_luke When deciding which player to select and when in the draft has anyone considered applying a positional value to the selection criteria. Most teams without a starting caliber QB apply this naturally--the qb becomes the number one need. What about quantifying that positional value for every selection? First we would determine the value of each position in regards to that posby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadpool so if they want to move around a little in the 3rd and get him for a OG and let him and Noteboom fight it out for Saffolds spot, I have no issue with that, then in 2020, Noteboom moves outside, Samia at LG and away they go. I read recently that the interior OL in this draft leaves something to be desired and that the best bet for a good, starting guard after the first 2 rounds isby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadpool 1. They tried to acquire Tyler Eifert last year. 2. When offered a 7th round pick for Higbee, they countered with a 6th. Meaning they would have dealt him. It also doesn't bode well for his future in LA if thats what they think of him. It does make for a good discussion though. And I do love a good discussion. And who knows maybe they do sign a FA TE and this is a moot point. Tby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
I appreciate the work and the explanations. It's always a fun read. Your concerns in your last paragraphs are why I think the TE and ILB won't happen that early, if at all. One of their patterns lately has been drafting positions that will have openings next year. CB is at the top of that list because multiple contracts are up. I'd be shocked if one wasn't drafted by the 3rd or 4th. Sameby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadpool Because I think the most they have to offer any one player at this point is around 3-4m tops. They could restructure and they could release someone, but as it stands right now, you have to start looking a discount players. Guys like Tyler Eifert (coming off yet another injury on a 1 year prove it deal) Clay Matthews at edge who si 33 and declining Danny Shelton NT maybe Jakeby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach the OO pick was a complete waste. Fortunately, he wasn't a high pick. OO could still show that he has talent in a rotation. It’s not mandatory that he starts. There have been many players - Fowler being one that comes to mind - where a team traded its talented depth that wasn’t starting for a 3rd or 4th round pick. If OO shows he's a player even though he's playing behindby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach But...if Sully was all that bad...what does it say about a guy who couldn't beat him out? Honestly, I don't know. He wasn't noticeable...that's all I know. Noteboom on the other hand, did come into a game...forgot which one, and held his own. I know, I know...one game does not make a player. He was a rookie. Furthermore, per Snead the plan was to have all of them have a redsby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteThe Rams have options, in terms of replacing Suh. Defensive tackle is likely to be one of the team’s top targets in the draft. And Michael Brockers, who started last season at five-technique, could slot in at nose tackle where Suh played, Snead said. snead-rodger-saffold-ndamukong-suh-expected-to-leave-rams-sign-elsewhere/by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteClassicalwit QuoteRam_Ruler Because Sullivan got abused regularly last year. Not because I lost one guard, but especially because I lost one of the top players in the league at his position. All of this optimism about our backups becoming starters sounds suspiciously similar to the exultations centering around Matt Longacre last season. Fair point. But wouldn't the counter point bby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadhead Ram ...if Allen is the starting C. ...this year when Sulli was the center and we all know he was horrible. So maybe it won't be all bad.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Nice post, dz. Lot of tea leaf reading in it, but that’s what all of us are doing, ourselves. Lol. When a roster such as ours includes so many highly paid but talented players it is inevitable that tough releases must occur. Rams FO must try to make the “least worst” decisions at each turn. I’m still thinking that Saffold coulda remained a Ram for $10-11M and then the Ramsby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Not that Boom and Allen are inadequate. Kromer clearly thinks that both are. But now OL has moved way up the draft/FA priority list. Possibly as high as our 31st pick. This, despite a crying need at edge and DL to replace Suh. Not to mention a possible ILB, future CB’s (note the plural), and a future S. Backup RB and QB need to be addressed, too. Geez... I’ll be honest. Iby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotezn QuoteGroundPounder Just finished his 5th year as an "offensive play caller".....and if he is this offensive Guru as some here or in the media make him out to be, it shouldn't matter how many years he's been in charge of an offense. Which one is it? The "oh man, McVay has only been a HC for two years and he is soooo smart he is way ahead of defenses / he's a "geniby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com