So, where in fact would Martin rank ability-wise among UFA/cut Cs? Much better than Corey Linsley or the much cheaper (per 2020 salaries) David Andrews, who learned at NE under the venerable Dante Scarnecchia, and Ted Karras? I get it that Martin in 2020 had a high/huge $$$ number, which would require some real management by the Rams to win Martin over with a next-contract offer: Bby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
My three: 1. SB 36! The Patriots cheated the week prior to the game, as was documented but then destroyed... and the officials packed their whistles away... and Lovie's D played too loosely on the final drive... and the officials let the clock run out the final 2-3 seconds after Vinateri's FG had gone through the uprights. (Who knows if the Rams could've schemed a "Music City Miracle&quoby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
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Plus, the C from Oklahoma, Creed Humphrey, in the draft. Whatever it takes for the scheme to evolve to where the offense can grind and wear down the opposing defense. I've got to think that Stafford, kept upright by his OL, can produce to the level of a top 5 QB. But it's going to take adding some grit 'n' nasty to the roster.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
...I know there are statistics out there (which have been posted here) showing... Mahomes was running for his life much of the night, especially after Brady got up two TDs on him with the second TDP to Gronkowski. That Mahomes even got a throw off against some of those 4th-quarter jail breaks was pretty amazing. Too, I was surprised Bienemy/Reid didn't pull anything out of the "bagby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
But TB12 also attacks all night long with TEs Gronk and Brate. He burned the Chiefs all night long with those two as well, at various times. So that's a six-headed monster flooding the passing lanes. All those folks to keep happy, and Brady does. Do you suppose he takes all of them out for pizza prior to each new season and tells them something like: "Every game is different, eveby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
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If I were running the War Room, I'd draft an OL within the first three rounds ever single year. Quality, quality, quality... so if/when my team lost a key component to injury, it'd be Next Man Up instead of Hope Against All Odds. Maybe a little out of the box here, but it's not unlike college ball, where the best teams are always trying to recruit above/leapfrog who they have already. A huge fby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
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Wow, it's terrible... All this bounty traded away for a high-mileage, low-tire tread (albeit talented) QB. Amazingly bad, at first glance. If this had been for Watson, then maybe.... plenty of upside for all that bounty they regarded as tradeable. This? SMH.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm guessing Winston is a UFA, but then again he's been in Payton's scheme for a year now and certainly he offers the QB athleticism coveted these days. Arians, IMO, is an interesting offensive guru as a HC. He goes for the defense's throat and he knows giveaways go with his high-risk, high-reward mindset. But Winston earned his way out the door -- "I shouldn't have to coach you to avoiby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm always surprised when, facing a dire game situation (down 8 points, time dwindling away), a team doesn't go "full bag of tricks" such as a RB throwing a pass, etc. A Dontario Poe doing a jump-pass for a TD, that kind of thing, there might be others. Rodgers, I'm sure, still today laments not sprinting to the corner once he emerged from the scrum. It was a very uninspiring choiceby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
...that's fine, you've still reduced it to a one-score game... But. You have to go "onside kick," then, don't you? If you're LaFleur, do you really expect to get the ball back, still needing a TD, if you kick it off to Brady??by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
Kick the FG if you must -- and the Packers had to, after going pfffft in the RZ -- but then run an onside kick!!! Don't give Brady the football back with 2:00-something left and only one first down to have to gain.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
He really had to thread a needle on that goal-line pass, and his guy (Adams??) never got his hands on the football. AR was a smidgen lucky that wasn't picked off. The snap before, I think it was, I thought Rodgers might've been able to reach the corner of the end zone as he emerged from the scrum. Whichever Packers WR was engaged in that corner might've easily sealed off the defender to let 12by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
He's the Drew Pearson of the 2010s... well, Pearson did make several Pro Bowls and did make the 1970s All-Decade team, although not the HOF to this point. I just enjoy watching David play, he makes things happen 10+ times a game for a high-risk, high-reward scheme. He's skunked again, from what I've heard so far, from making what counts as the Pro Bowl for 2021, but David is awfully good. A reby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
Oh, my, we had the same mindset in our respective pay leagues!! 'Cept, I did not buy McCaffrey, too rich for me. But, I bought both Kittle and Golladay! Talk about, as you say, paralyzing two rosters (my case) on guys I didn't dare cut loose just so some other owner could buy them for a buck/stash them. So I spent far too many of my transaction $$$ streaming to replace Dem Bums.:arghby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
...But Golladay and his hip really torpedoed my FFL team this year. He apparently was never hurt badly enough to go on IR/DFR... but also must not have been willing to even give it a go or play through pain, etc. What was it, 12 games worth?? Not sure I'd want the Rams to pony-up for Golladay's injury history. Who said it earlier in this thread? (sic) "You can't make the club from the tuby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm thinking DeCamillis is a true NFL Lifer... real staying power and a decades-long coaching career. If memory serves me right, Joe might even be the guy who Buffalo fired as STC after the Titans' "Music City Miracle" KORT in the 1999 playoffs.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
...after big plays, including the TDs.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
The offense can either rally behind Goff and play good football, Whitworth fires up his O-line for the next time out onto the field, or it chooses to quit. Which would we all prefer?? Go Rams!by Oakville Tim - Game Time Forum
Goff hasn't played since his injury, hasn't thrown the football in real time... So, how about McVay "schemes him" some quick-hit passes to allow him to find a little rhythm? No long patterns for the moment, rather quick look-ins to the TEs, a screen pass, etc.? Yes, yes, I know, it's far easier to do this from the comfort of the Barco Lounger than in real time...by Oakville Tim - Game Time Forum
I sure would be in favor of Drew Pearson and Otis Taylor also being voted into the HOF. Nothing against Big Game Holt, though. He was terrific for the GSOT.by Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
You can't run out the clock when there's 10 minutes of clock time going. On the sideline, Goff should be rallying his offense and saying "Let's go back out and play like it's 0-0." And McVay should play-call with the same mindset... it's 0-0 and we want to "get the game's first TD right here."by Oakville Tim - Game Time Forum
Just the same, here I'd like a 92-yard drive taking up 12 minutes of clock time, and have Goff take a knee at the 1. Not rubbing it in, but also not letting Patriots offense back on the field. Steady as she goes!by Oakville Tim - Game Time Forum
"Keep the pressure on, Rams D, keep the accelerator to the floor, Rams O." --Arthur Blank, Falcons owner, recalling his dancing in the aisle when it got to 28-3 in SB LIby Oakville Tim - Game Time Forum
This unique season continues to be unique, but the NFL continues to react in ways that surprise me. Denver misbehaved per COVID-19 league protocols, so as punishment of sorts it had to play the Saints with no true quarterbacks available. I get that, the Broncos got caught breaking safety protocols and they truly did that to themselves through carelessness. But whereas some other games get pushby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com
I'll admit, I'm far more drawn to old Rams games on YouTube than to the current NFL. Since discovering FFL, I'm guilty of following that format more than any one team or especially watching one whole game. And every clip I watch James Harris from the 1974 season, he looked terrific... a real kick-start to the offense that had sagged behind the over-the-hill John Hadl at QB. I remember that heby Oakville Tim - RamsFootballFans.com