It wasn't directed at you. Hope I don't offend anyone with THAT.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
It means exactly what it seems. Goff is not going to be handed anything. If he plays well this season, he remains with the Rams. If he doesn't, McVay and Co. have plenty of options at the end of next season. Period. Remember all those stories about how Martz hammered on Warner that first pre-season they were together? How is this different? McVay is putting pressure on Goffby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
I know you asked the question rhetorically ... but I can't help but jump in and state the obvious. Because it fits an agenda. A narrative. That Goff can't play. You know, I can remember watching Steve Young *trying* to play quarterback in Tampa Bay during those early years. He looked totally and completely lost. Let's see how this kid grows with all these new toys that Snead andby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Dave Parker was an exceptional football player in high school. In fact, he was so good he almost went straight from high school to the pros. The Rams were interested in signing him.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
You know me better than that! And you KNOW I am old. As a lifelong Pirates' fan ... I remember, *very* well, the day the Buccos stole Madlock from the Giants. I think Eddie Whitson was involved. Would have to check. Anyway ... I was a senior in high school that year ... and we were playing a blood rival on the Friday they played Game Three of the World Series at Three Rivers. One of our traby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Anytime he has a guest on from virtually any team in any sport ... they are suddenly "my Los Angeles Rams" or whatever.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
A receiver ... or receivers ... who fight for contested passes, who are fearless about the middle of the field ... who go after the football at its highest point ... who treat every football in the air as theirs ... create a level of comfort in quarterbacks that is very, very difficult to quantify. Confidence, as it is virtually everywhere on the planet, is a core of playing professional footbby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
How do you suppose Watkins would have done in Pittsburgh - playing with Roethlisberger and that offensive system? How might he have done in the ATL with Ryan and those other weapons? That's something that is just getting totally, 100% lost in this discussion. I was listening to Mike Florio this morning and he was parroting the same disinformation that a certain poster here has been spouby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... I don't know Lindsey Furry or whatever her name is from the woman who almost hit me this morning while she was talking on her cell phone. Maybe Lindsey Furbearing is a football guru who can spot a pro football QB going bust from here to Mark Sanchez. Then again, maybe Lindsey Flopsweat is just another pretty face they handed a microphone to. Maybe Jared Goff is going to be a bigger bby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... for a team with a brand new head coach and staff, not to mention one that is in the middle of a major offensive overhaul in terms of scheme and personnel. Ugly? Sure. Who knows? Maybe none of this is going to work and *some* of the regulars who come here to spread bad tidings will get what they want and be able to dance around the funeral pyre. But how about everyone wait until aboutby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... how you, 9er8er, feel about Rex Ryan's insights on offensive football. I mean ... other than his views on it *being* offensive. What is it that Rex Ryan has done, as a head coach in the NFL, that leads you to believe that Watkins has 'under-performed' as a pro? How has the great offensive mastermind, Rex Ryan, set Watkins up to succeed? Good fit, you think? Rex Ryan and Sammie Waby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Greg Roman. Tyrod Taylor. Broken bone in foot. This is fun! You go ...by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
I completely get what you're saying. I mean ... who *doesn't* hear the names 'Rex Ryan' and 'Greg Roman' and automatically think, 'Offensive masterminds?' And who *doesn't* consider Tyrod Taylor the Next Big Thing? Like ... nobody. Or something. Or not.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... with Rex Frigging Ryan as his head coach? Mr. Ground 'n' Pound himself? Mr. Foot Fetish? There aren't many pro coaches who are/were more tied to a bygone era of offensive football than Jeff Fisher was. Rex Frigging Ryan was one of them.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Just ... wow. First of all ... the Bills didn't 'give up' on Sammy Watkins ... as I saw you suggest in another string. They 'gave up' on the entire 2017 season. There's a difference. They want to tank. Period. As far as Watkins being a 'failed' draft pick ... please. Greg Robinson is a failed high draft pick. Watkins' rookie year stat line: 16 games / 65 rec. / 982 yardsby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... there will be no shortage of extensions around these parts.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... just asking the question if it's a holdout of convenience. If that is what it is ... and he gets the contract and comes in 10 or so days before the opener ... he better play very, very well.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... Aaron Donald is simply playing the oldest hand in the book. That being ... a holdout that allows him to avoid the drudgery, aches and pains of another endless camp and pre-season. If the offer is as good as people say it is ... my guess ... with nothing to back it up but history ... is that Donald will be in sometime after the second or just before the third pre-season game. If not ...by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... that only about half of all draft picks really pan out. And yet ... the teams that stockpile picks are almost always, without exception, lauded for their foresight. If you've been a long-time follower of this franchise ... you already know about the times the Rams have traded a bird in the hand for what's hiding in the bush. Eric Dickerson. The trade-down with Washington in 2012 thaby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
I am doing my best to not push my cart in front of the horse. It seems ... perfect. Almost too perfect. I felt the same way when they traded with the Oilers for Jim Everett. The 'missing piece.' Some folks are recalling the Faulk deal in '99. I've got to admit ... I was happy when that deal was made ... but I just assumed that Faulk was on the downhill side of his career ... or why elseby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
If someone 'fails' a physical ... by whatever subjective or even objective criteria the receiving team has in-place ... the trade is voided, That being said ... one would have to assume that there has already been enough back-channel communication between the two teams to ensure that is a formality.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... Anquan Boldin in Sammy Watkins than Desean Jackson. Watkins, from what I've seen, is extremely physical. He *likes* to mix it up. He's not the pure deep threat that Jackson is ... but he is a big-play receiver. A true playmaker. Also ... this is one of those times when the Rams being in Los Angeles carries some weight. Nothing against Buffalo ... but I would think Watkins is going to reby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... who are bigger marks for Kurt Warner than I am. Anyone who knows my history on these types of boards, dating back to 1998, would probably concur. That being .... I watched very, very little of this weekend's activities. My wife made me watch the thing on Friday night where the players come down the steps and walk through the other Hall of Famers. Thought that was pretty neat. Interesting,by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Miami signing Kaepernick would be a prime example of an organization being absolutely, 100% tone-deaf toward the community it calls home.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Several years back, got the chance to spend several hours bumming around with Joe Schmidt, who was a Hall-of-Fame middle linebacker for the Detroit Lions between 1953-'65. Had him autograph a well-worn edition of Paper Lion. I told him I didn't 'do' autographs, but couldn't let him get away without signing the book. (Which remains an amazing read more than fifty years after it was first publishedby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... I'm *not* big fan of Snead. He could be the next Ron Wolf. He could be the next Peter Wolf. Remains to be seen. And ... truth be told ... I was over-the-moon when Fisher was hired. And, based on what I know of the guy, I think he's a pretty upstanding cat, all in all. But ... as you said ... sure seemed like the game had passed him by. At this point? I'm wide-open about thby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com