I'd like to see him gone, too. Either that, or playing the half-hearted, petulant, immature, lazy, drive-killing football that perhaps the mosy physically gifted wide receiver to play the game, Randy Moss, exhibited at a similar stage in his own career. The difference is that as good as he is, Ayuk ain't no Moss. And I'd rather have Cooper or Puka on my team, especially in a big game, than eitherby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
This is because Shanny, in his own words, doesn't understand the rules. "Help me to understand" what I understand perfectly well but don't want to acknowledge, he says in faux ignorance - in justification for his players transgressing the rules of the game - knowingly, as they are coached to do. Sow the seeds, reap the harvest - sooner or later. Teach the players Machiavellian selby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I wish my grandsons could attend.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Let dissention and dissatisfaction reign in Santa Clara! These chickens have a tendency to come home to roost. So glad the Rams hire football players with a heart for the game and character instead of cpnceit. I think McVay learned a valuable lesson from Akers. No more.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Detroit. With tight officiating and no missed calls. With Stafford at his brilliant best, Kupp having a resurgence, Puka breaking a long touchdown (even if he isn't fast,) and both running backs and our revamped O line relentlessly pounding the crap out of the Lions D. And our D playing smart, tough, hard-hitting football - clean, and within the rules, with snot bubbles and slow, achingby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Re: Seattle run game vs. our new D w/o Donald: On tape, our overall front is scary against the run. At LB, we have Jones and I look for 5 DB's most of the season, with two tackling safeties able to play close on running plays. We should be, overall, better off than last year against Seattle's run. Our O should be able to grind out possessions and scores against Seattle. Same vs. the Cardinalsby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Watch Stafford's final drive in the Super Bowl win. See his awareness of game situation. See the team follow him, take inspiration and direction from his leadership. See him hit one clutch pass after another. Put Warner in that situation, he'd get it done. Put Marino in that situation, ditto. Put Montana there, ditto. Goff? Long shot at best. Eli Manning? Only by pure dumb luck. Purdy? Miby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
On the field in his rookie year spelling Marshall he was a beast. You could see it, live. The last live NFL game I watched was in Arizona, 2005, when the Rams barely beat the Cardinals - and Warner had more passing yards than the entire Rams offense put up. One of my biggest impressions coming out of that game was: . I projected that dimension, that vision of him, into every televised game Iby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
He used the horse when he had a healthy Gurley - which wasn't for long. Akers and Kendricks, for separate reasons, didn't cut it. Williams does - but if the running game is to be an established and consistent part of the offense, it takes two.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
IF both can remain unhurt... and both have fresh legs going into the postseason... look out. There are better tapes of Corum out there, showing more of what he can do. This one doesn't show much, and the commentary doesn't say much. I hink I had a better idea of what Corum brings before watching this video than I do having seen it. I'll have to re-watch some of the others, believe my own eyes.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Only McVay brainfarts and injuries should keep us from sweeping the division. That said, McVay shows much growth as a coach and has hired a two-part offensive brain trust, tasked in part with moderating his hyperfocus through the game. We'll see - but I'm optimistic. We should sweep Seattle - Pete or no Pete. Simply put, they lack the weapons to beat us. We should sweep Arizona, simplyby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Talk about stirring up the $4!+ when there isn't any - and dissing Verse as a holdout, selfish, non-team spoiled brat rookie in the process.. this reporter needs a promotion! His career growth path could land him a spot in Washington DC! He's already very good at the innuendo and subtrefuge type of henhouse smear that will get him far in the national press corps.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The cameras usually don't show it all - they cut away before anything "bad" happens, but Stafford took some late hits that should have been called as roughing the passer long before Higs got waylaid - and to name just one non-call that cannot be attributed to honest incompetence, the jersey-grab against Puka that that didn't get called gave the Lions the game.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Purdy somhow "better" than Stafford? Laughable. :lol1Pathetic, especially for a sportswriter. X( Nothing solid cited as evidence, except that he's younger.X( I'd say: Purdy is better at scrambling, making something of broken plays. Not better at reading defenses, adjusting post-snap " ________ " developing timing and in-game rapport with receivers You gain that tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
We were set to run it back just a couple of years ago. That season was totally derailed by injuries. We cannot underestimate that factor in how that year turned out. Last year, early season, the injuries (and their mental effect) persisted. Once we got well, we dominated - except for the egregious outbreak of dirty play and non-call dirty officiating in Detroit. Played straight-up, we shoulby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Lions weren't the only team that went after Rams receivers last year. Puka got his share of extra-cirricular roughness, and Kupp always has. This year send the message: It comes with a price. I'd like to see McVay draw up some more crossing patterns, including for this game some with our rough-and-tumble rookie WR Whittington assigned to put a real hard collision of a "rub" on Joby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Deacon, Merlin, and Jack did not play dirty football. Play dirty against Deacon and he'd wait for a chance r to retaliate - and he would. Maybe not in kind, bu he'd let, you feel it and regret what brought it on. I remember when Rodney Harrison was taken out of the game by a perfectly legal block that he didn't see coming. He's been whining about it since. "There's an unwritten ruleby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The best revenge is to play harder-hitting, smarter, better football - unrelentingly, right up to the final snap in a Victory formation and walk away with a decisive win. That, and protect your own.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Why not identify each one by author or source? e.g. DaSilva: Is it true what they say about... Ramblinfan: 8 things you'd rather not know... Then we could choose what to read (or avoid) acording to the source, and comment if we care to.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I remember the pre-snap loops and stunts they did that drove opposing lines nuts. Who's blocking whom? Or at the snap, Merlin takes out the tackle broadside, if the guard's in Deacon's way and off-balance he brushes him aside on his way to the quarterback. They knew each other's tendencies well enough to read and jump into a play and wreck it without any perceived prior communication.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
That's why Gisele dumped him. In one interview, she mentioned in the middle of a long quote his serial infidelities. She didn't harp on it. That puts her plea for his retirement, greater committment to family, in a different light.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
... all of us ought to erite to Demoff, Stu Jackson, and JB Long? Ask them to do something greater for Jourdan than what she's currently doing? She's a valuable asset to the Rams fan community. Let one of them think of something. If it's their idea, they're more likely to go for it than if we tell them what to do. Can't hurt, might help.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I'd like to play Seattle and the 49ers at home late, and Phoenix at home early. When the games are likely to count for more, I don't want to be playing in THEIR houses. It's not so much about our home field advantage as it is the rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth violent hostility and resultant official intimidation and bias that comes with playing in those stadiums, Home field for the Rams seems tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
You write, "... the Rams should trade whoever he beats out rather than pay top dollar for a backup." If he lives up to his promise, we could afford to let a vet go early and free up some $$ room for other contracts. We'll see what happens in camp - while I'm fairly certain the Rams OLwill stay as projected for 2024 there are expenditures that will come due in 2025. I'm sure Trader Leby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Great article. Well-written, cler, and revealing. While many fans are concerned with who's good or who's better the Rams analytics go much deeper - and their strategy is many layers deep.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Makes me wonder: With this kind of alate draft windfall at the C-G spots, how long will it be before we move Avila back out to LG and have Limmer playing center? I've only seen one Limmer play on tape, the one in the article where he stands his guy up, locks him, and doesn't quit using his feet. IGood, solid fundamental football and he wasn't about to be overpowered. I can't tell how much morby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
This post precedes and summarizes much of what we'll see in the offseason! Thanks for the early preview! :spintounge:snicker:rolleyes:wink2:lol3:PB):waveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Not saying whether he would or wouldn't be a good team fit. The new guy that we drafted sounds like the kind of character guy the Rams want - and I'd imagine that Bares' highlight reels have been seen by the Rams scouts and Snead. But you raise a point that needs to be raised: I think we'd both like to see the Rams do our due diligence in scouting these off-brand leagues. No reason why a playeby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Bird in the hand... are we sure that Bates would be available and be a good team fit? Unanswered questions?by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The author writes, re: the trade to get Fiske and where he will play: "I broke this down in a previous article of mine discussing why the Rams shouldn't panic into a first-round defensive tackle to replace Donald (something they seemingly did anyways a round later), but from what we can gleam the Rams' defensive fronts to be, Fiske's fit is...a bit odd." First, the Rams didn't oveby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com