Quotezn . McVay won't be losing patience with Stafford- ................... I'm with you on most of this. This one assumption quoted here is the biggest curiosity to me. Why did McVay lose so much patience with Goff specifically? Is it purely because he saw Goff wasn't getting it done (which he did at points like Seattle playoff and Tampa)? Goff wasn't the only problem with the offense soby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
I think the Lions and Goff will surprise a lot of people and opponents. Here is my breakdown: Lions ><= Rams Lions OL > Rams - Their OL has more studs with youth and they got a potential great in Sewell. QB = - I consider Goff and Stafford a relative push (which 95%+ of everyone will disagree with). Lions WR < Rams - WRs are a likely downgrade for the lionsby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Agreed and in a football sense, if you can get playing time on a winner team like the Rams, you have a better opportunity to showcase for your next contract. This will be a year where FAs will have to act quick and decisively for a team that wants them and has need at their position. If you sit and wait, you may not play or get a contract this year.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Coming off a Super Bowl win, they've returned everyone from coaches, players, to water boy. That seems equally as crazy as the Rams losing almost all of their staff.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Hmm.. so maybe it wasn't him pushing for all those long term contracts (Gurley, Goff, Cooks, etc)....by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
I agree that a coach needs to adapt style to the individual to maximize what they get out of them. I see McVay as being much more stressed the last 2 years. The first 2 years most things were working and he was excited to be a HC. Then the Super Bowl happened and he probably felt embarrassed. After he went away to Costa Rica? and had some time to chill a bit with his wife, he came backby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRockRam First you say that ONLY Brady can win anywhere with any group of players (he's only ever played for 2 teams). Then you say that when guys like Gruden and McVay don't win to their standards, they blame it on not having the players????? Man, you must be a Goff hug-er. Otherwise I don't get it. McVay doesn't throw his players under the bus. He openly takes the vast majority of thby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Gruden, much like Goff and Stafford, just need great players around them to win a Super Bowl. Only Brady can win anywhere, anytime, with anyone.... Attempting to be cheeky as this article alludes to Maynock not getting Gruden the talent. He inherited a top team from Dungy. It hasn't been as easy this go around at the Raiders. My concern with Gruden, and to a lesser extent McVay, isby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Appreciate all you do! Weird draft. I've convinced myself that Snead sees the Rams in the Super bowl window and is only getting guys that can fill roles immediately to contribute to that success. He's not worried about 3 years from now on the OL because it's super bowl or bust for him. We will have to see if he is right and this was enough to put the Rams over the top.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
My gut reaction is I hate it. Looks like a lot of role players. Thinking about it more, if Snead is working under the premise that the Rams are just a few players away from a Super bowl run and that they have what they need in the OL room, then this draft makes a lot more sense... He is trying to find diamonds to help make the Rams a bit more dynamic on offense and better run defenders onby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Is it because no Holmes? If you look at the lions draft, was it closer to your expectations of the Rams? I want to understand how much different this draft was without Holmes.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
To me it says that McVay took stock and felt he was a QB and WR threat away from winning a superbowl. Plus the middle defense could use a little help after the way the packers dismantled the Rams. So he uses his best two picks on a speedy WR and a LB.... Including Desean, do the Rams now have the missing pieces to get the offense back to greatness?? I don't see it but I didn't seby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Know what’s kinda scaring me tonight? I’m afraid that Brad Holmes was the driving force behind recent Ram draft successes. Gulp... Yeah I am thinking that too.. I like the Lions draft a lot though even fans over there are freaking out about back to back DTs.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
McVay is the WR whisperer. He was a WR himself. He can train Tutu how to run routes and become the next Tyrek. Right?by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
My guess is you are thinking "ut oh...." These picks have question marks and limitations. Holmes on the other hand seems to have smart value picks (yes I know Lions have way more draft capital). Did the Rams lose the brains behind their draft success and thus Deadpool's focus would have been more relevant for the Lions? Probably I am just projecting my own thoughts on you :by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Awesome response and you do an amazing job! Rams should hire you as a consultant or at least a reporter that can speak to the fanbase unofficially through their media channel.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Thanks Deadpool! How would you ascribe your relative success rate? For instance, there are approximately 224 players taken (7 rounds * 32 teams). You have 125 players on your big board, out of how many realistic draftable candidates? 300? 400? Depending on which numbers we go with, I'd expect a random sample to get ~33% (3 of 9) of the Rams picks based on having ~1/3rd of the avaiby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
My thoughts. Fatigue is part of it having played a tough game versus a team that is fresh. I thought a huge part of it was Donald. He should not have been playing, or at least starting. He couldn't anchor or hold the point and that contributed to the RBs getting rolling. Once that happened, everything opened up. I think if the Rams had committed to stopping the run early with some of tby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
I was wondering about that as well... Kromer has always received tons of accolades for his development of lines. Carberry works with college kids so theoretically he should be more focused on the fundamentals. How much time does McVay need to teach Carberry the Shanahan offense? Stanford has been on the long decline under Shaw from the Harbaugh days. They were a power team with a lotby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Florida, when are you changing that avatar pic :flushby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Why the heck couldn't he have had a breakout year last year or at least contributed? If he is a secret weapon ready to be unleased in 2021, why did we not use him? Especially in the GB game where Kupp was out.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
The Stafford/McVay marriage video is extremely bullish on these two but suggest there will be early struggles. Stafford has to learn a new offense with new coaches and teammates. McVay was able to take Fisher players and have immediate success from day one.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
McVay. He made the move to win the SB. Rams need to show significant progress towards that position. Wouldn't be shocked to see Snead fired and McVay keep his job.... Snead is more on the hot seat than any of them. If Stafford play well and the Rams are losing, it's just more of the same for him.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Seems mostly the ESPN article. McVay is starting to sound a lot like Gruden to me. The play would have worked if you had run it right.by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Is Sean a great football mind? That's a deep question that should probably have it's own thread and maybe I will put a bunch more context around it later. McVay built a great culture for a few years. He brought in an innovative offense that set the NFL on fire (Shanahan was doing the same). Now it's been figured out (or missing the right QB). I've always attributed it more to Shanaby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams QuoteBearlyThere That one last point on Goff being Oblivious I kind of read the opposite way. Goff said he was surprised it was that bad (meaning to the point of being traded). Seems like the article confirmed that McVay didn't directly address Goff until that 4 hour conversation happened. To me it confirmed what Goff was saying, though he left out that he probably felt McVaby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
That's the lost file we all want.... Jourdan has reached out to the Chinese government to get access to their recordings of McVay's office laptop microphone. Should be released soon...by BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRam49 ...and those with a psychology background have to question whether some of McVay's personal frustration with how DC's were 'on to him' was passed on to Goff. That is the core of the problem here. Goff is gone, done deal. On to Stafford. But fans should be genuinely concerned about McVay's leadership. Is it an age thing? better with more experience? This move with Goff is aby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
I do think there is a VERY good chance guys leave if they feel they are on the outs with McVay or don't like his style. You can tell where you stand with McVay because he is either patting you on the back or giving you an angry stare from across the room. We all saw that McVay was much more angry this year. After losing the SB he has a weight on his shoulders to win big. If next seasonby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com
That one last point on Goff being Oblivious I kind of read the opposite way. Goff said he was surprised it was that bad (meaning to the point of being traded). Seems like the article confirmed that McVay didn't directly address Goff until that 4 hour conversation happened. To me it confirmed what Goff was saying, though he left out that he probably felt McVay's frustrations percolated tby BearlyThere - RamsFootballFans.com