QuoteLBRamsFan I don't disagree with anything you said. And you and I are in pretty much agreement on the issue. I think time will bear out where Goff finally ranks in the QBs of his day, and while I think he will continue to get better there are still flaws in his game. Also, if I were a fan of another team I would likely point to high profile games like the Bears game and the Superbowl asby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! I think the phenomena you've identified is very real and fairly pervasive. Mind you, ZN is also right: I think the (relatively silent) people willing to change their opinion as new information comes in is the solid majority, but the outspoken minority are a force to be reckoned with. I;m not saying that though. First off I don't think there IS "an outspoken minority&quby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin Brown was a Fisher draft pick that simply didn't fit. Not sure why so many have such a hard time understanding that. He was a Snead/Fisher/Boudreau pick, and the OL still starts one of those. Who btw was also not known for his pass pro before Kromer. Brown played fairly well in 2017 as a 16 game starter.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLBRamsFan Using statistics or any objective measurement, JG is a top 8 QB. However, most subjective rankings have him much lower. The reasons for this have been discussed ad nauseam, but I think it is mostly people taking a position early on re Goff, and unwilling to admit their mistake so they try to justify his success. If Goff had sat the bench his entire rookie year and simply did wby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro But I think there's more. Another part of human nature is hating to be wrong, and loving to say "I told you so". A lot of media guys and fans jumped to the conclusion after his rookie year that Goff was no good. And said so. Most of the time since then, they've had to hunker down and bear it when he disproved that. And maybe even pretend to like it. But we seeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro in their last game? Here's the formula near as I can tell. Young. Looks bad rookie year. Doesn't just lose the final games in 2017 and 2018, he also does not play well in those games. Not many qbs have that profile. Young, poor rookie season, play suffers in final games both years the team is good. Compare that to Wilson from 2012-14 for example. Did well as a rookie, playeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRampage2K- Quotezn QuoteJamesJM I agree... that those games "overshadow a lot of things". And that applies to a lot of players and it happens pretty often, IMHO. It seems to me that with Goff many see a lack, thus far, of a 'single shining moment' and thus set aside, or set on the back burner, the steady progress and consistent exhibitions of 'greatness' that I believe Goff exby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM I agree... that those games "overshadow a lot of things". And that applies to a lot of players and it happens pretty often, IMHO. It seems to me that with Goff many see a lack, thus far, of a 'single shining moment' and thus set aside, or set on the back burner, the steady progress and consistent exhibitions of 'greatness' that I believe Goff executes often - - factorsby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuotePeter King, from The 18-game schedule is nowhere near a reality. I heard that one or two teams are interested in what the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday the NFL has proposed discussing with the players as part of the CBA talks: an 18-game regular-season schedule, with each player eligible to play a maximum of 16 games. This is not a new idea—it’s been thrown around at league meetiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I checked out the Farrar article that was linked and found this to be interesting, under the writeup for Wentz: "Through his first three NFL seasons, Wentz is tied for fifth in NFL history in combined passer rating behind Russell Wilson, Dan Marino, Dak Prescott, and Jared Goff." Apparently Goff is 4th in NFL history in combined passer rating, but is not one of theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote3030 QuoteSpeed_Kills I tell you what... if I could I would delete the entire thing. This team has had such a long history of phenomenal players that pinning down to four was going to be a near impossible task. Seems to me that for a number of other teams finding 4 would, unfortunately, be too easy a task. What a great legacy that we're actually debating Deacon vs Merlin vs Youngblood vsby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteBeachBoy Kinda of meh on Matthews. See him more as a role player than a 3 down LB. Rapp, Henderson and Gains look like good picks. . I am okay with Matthews because the way this defense is shaping up for 2019, role players like him who can line up at a variety of spots fit it perfectly. They will, or so it appears at this point, play less in the base 3/4 than they have under Wade soby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Nice writeup - I think you covered all the bases. I have a few thoughts on your observations: About signing Fowler over Saffold: You touched on the reason why the Rams did this in your post when you said that edge rusher was an area of need. It remains to be seen if the Rams are right but they apparently think they can replace Saffold in the starting lineup better than they coby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSaguaro Note: By Flowers I suppose you mean Fowler. :) Suh was tying up 2 and 3 people? If he was, why did our run defense struggle so much? He was dogging it until the playoffs, and he was never a low pad space eater, he was always a big play guy who took breaks. Replacing (regular season) Suh isn't going to be that hard, and could even be an improvement with a true run stuffer in tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 We simply see this one differently, zn. Not the first or last time, I’m sure. Lol. Maybe within the next 10 years we will learn which of us had the better crystal ball. I disagree. I think we'll never find that out. Sorry. It would have felt wrong to agree. Like, it would have caused the moon to spin out of orbit, or something. Or the seas to boil. Something along those liby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteHoward Balzer@HBalzer721 Can’t wait for the 18/16 NFL schedule when teams have to decide when to sit their starting offensive linemen! #ugly QuoteGeoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz There’s no possible way the NFL was considering that. I think it was floated out there to see the reaction.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Interesting piece. Maybe that is true that he sort of feasts in weaker DTs. Overall I felt he has been a solid OG but is limited. I have a hard time seeing one of the rookies beating him out in preseason but it would not be that shocking to see a change later in the year. Sort of like with Johnson over Alexander at safety in 2017. Either way, I do not expect him retained in 2020. Bby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quotezn QuoteRams43 QuoteAlbaNY_Ram If it was about money I would agree with you. But it doesn't look like that's the case. The players get around 47% of all league revenue so if an 18 game season generated an additional $2.5B then the players would get $1.175B of that. It seems that if it was a question of money that more than a billion dollars a year every year would do it. Heby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 QuoteAlbaNY_Ram If it was about money I would agree with you. But it doesn't look like that's the case. The players get around 47% of all league revenue so if an 18 game season generated an additional $2.5B then the players would get $1.175B of that. It seems that if it was a question of money that more than a billion dollars a year every year would do it. Here's what the real dby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
You can't post a copyrighted article without a link. The board (not you, the board) can get in trouble for that. If that's not a copyrighted article by a reporter but a post from another board, the courtesy is to provide the name of the poster who wrote it. Conversely, omitting the name of the original poster is a slight to that person. I do it this way: QuoteSteve Stuff stuff stuff sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I think the players are genuinely concerned about the health risks of an 18 game season. Since they stand to make more money if they agreed to an 18 game season they must have a good reason not to go along with it. And the NFLPA would likely get a few hundred more dues-paying members out of an 18-game season and they're against it, too. Why is that, exactly? And for the recoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteramzilla The Player's Union might agree to an 18 week schedule with 2 bye weeks for the 15 million increase to the salary cap. According to whom? Or is that your view? Last I heard the union opposed it. ..by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills Those were plentiful. Waaay too many mental breakdowns that kept teams like Minnesota and San Diego in games The Rams front 7 is full of question marks FULL. Not sure at all what we are getting there Yes there are question marks in the front 7 but I am not as worried about a couple of them. Not arguing...no one really knows yet, it's all just hunches. Skepticism is not out oby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSteve Love it to see EVERY team sit their starting QB for 2 games: a) interesting choices for which 2 games b) keeping track of this would be near impossible c) injuries make it easier Yes, I am still insane Everything I read on this says the qb (as well as kicker and punter) would be exemptions. They would not sit.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRampage2K- Quotezn QuoteRampage2K- QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Dickerson played in 65 games as a Ram. Warner played in 53 games as a Rams. True, but Warner did so much in so little....there will never be a story like Warner again. Dickerson was awesome but was never the same after leaving the Rams...should have never left. With the Rams, Warner did a lot, WITH a lot. He had the coaches anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 I know he's talking mainly about the three specialists (K, P, LS). But to me their special teams, while good last year, weren't elite as they were in some previous years. Rick Gosselin had the Rams 9th in his detailed special teams rankings. FootballOutsiders had them 17th. Part of it is they need 16 games from Zuerlein. But their kick coverage, punt return and kick return units weby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Give each team a certain number of exemptions per season - maybe 10? Could be 10 guys play 17 games or 5 guys play 18 games or anything in between. Let players opt in if they want to be considered for more than 16 games in a season. Have the NFL pay guys who play more than 16 games, not individual teams. Take some of that extra money the league would make and create a fundby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotecool_hand_luke So, anyone know what happened? Was her story incorrect? He never denied her story and the verdict had nothing to do with her. He claimed he was mentality incapacitated for various reasons related to medication so did not have the frame of mind to consciously intend his actions.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Over and over, different reporters have argued that the league only brings up the 18 game thing as a bargaining point to make the players concede things. I think the 18 game schedule idea is bad in the first place, but adding sitting starters for 2 games to it, and it's just weird IMO. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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