The Senior Bowl weighs heavily in the Rams' evaluations. By comparison, the combine yields interviews and measureables thatcan either confirm or tell a bit more about what we're seeing on the field. The Senior Bowl gives a better example of how they play football.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I have two: 1, Harrison Jr. Hasn't yet signed standard player agreement re: endorsements, etc. with Players Association. Would he take this stance if his name were Hickenson? You don't walk into new situtions (such as being highly selected to launch a multimillion $$ career) and start by throwing your weight around against the established protocols instead of simply being gracious - at least aby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Or maybe a Whopper. Or better yet, the best burger in Montana, the 12 oz. Special at Nap's Grill in downtown Hamilton, made from local open pasture grass-fed beef, topped with grilled onions and sauteed' mushrooms. And all the trimmings from there that you care to pile on, plus their own special horseradish sauce by special request. :thumbsup Several of those will do me right well until Aby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
When you go looking for a trade the team approached has the leverage, the negotiating power. The questions and second-guesses (starting with Mel Kiper's) regarding "They paid too much - next year's second was more than they should have paid," are senseless at that point. If the other team had come to the Rams and said, "We're accumulating picks for next year - would you conby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Or Puka. Or Kyren. Or a starting OL. The injury bug reduced a 2021 "run it back" team with a legitimate chance to make it to the dance again to a shambles. It took us until that magical bye week last year to recover. In the playoffs we could have, should have, beat Detroit and the officials by two scores. Playing against Detroit only, we'd have won. If w stay reasonably healthby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I think we're all anticipating Verse and Fiske as starters; from there, who creeps into the situational and backup slots? Let the learning and competition begin! The defensive backfield will all-of-a-sudden look better because of amped-up pressure from the pass rush. Coach can get more aggressive with scheme if his secondary doesn't have to wait... and wait... to see when the ball is goingby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
We won't worry about the stragglers either - unless one of them makes it. Dis you take meal and bathroom breaks while compiling and posting all this information? Never mind... This is above and beyond the call of duty. :bravoby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Why, I wonder, did Snead make all that pre-draft noise about going all-in on offense, surrounding Stafford with more key players? 8-)by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Would he get the same attention and hype? And how would that affect his draft status? I remember the last WR we drafted who came in with a father lineage pedigree. Good kid, and the surname helped him some as he knew the NFL game well enough coming in, but the bloodline didn't give him the instinct or desire to go up and fight for a contested catch. Eventually his shortcomings got him a tickeby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
No. Close, but not the same. The new guy is shorter (!!!!!!!:snicker!!!!!!!) than Kyren. You should have noticed that. And he's heavier than Kyren. Back in the day we'd say he's built like a brick - what was it - fireplug? Not sure which of them has the slowest 40 time. :spintounge But that's a criteria, too.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Please elaborate. These days my thoughts are divided between football and fishing, with fishing soon to eclipse football for a few months. I was out twice this past weekend and didn't have a single thought about short running backs. Yet, I sometimes think about fishing when it's football seasons, especially on those 'truth or dare' crisp autumn afternoons when the trees are turning color, therby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
If that's what he wants, that's not what he's getting. Unless this new bowling ball (5'8" and over 200#?) is a thumper inside, we still don't have that tough yardage back who can get yards that aren't there. Kyren was a pleasant surprise last year; he can get low and find a crease but that's not the same as being big and strong enough to push a pile or simply truck somebody who's in the wby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Estime and Lloyd? They're too big.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
It's late at night, Gator, and I needed a good laugh! :yes Thanks for the line drive humor!by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Who does he remind you of? Bowling-ball physique? Short, choppy running stride, saw and ran through holes? I'm thinking of the guy who co-hosts interviews with J.B. Long... Everybody give up? :rolleyesby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
How tall is McVay? :spintoungeby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
About that 42-40 yard range: Is that with the ball clearing the crossbar, or how far it rolls after you kick it? :lol1 :lol1 :lol1 :lol1by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Does it have a screw-off top? :lol1 What's inside?:imsorryby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't hate much of anything. Disapprove of, yeah. Despise, maybe. But I hate this. Hate it. Hate the look, the subliminal messaging, how the colors are utilized, the whole appearance of it. First the wussy little goat horns, and now this. I hope it doesn't make it onto the team benches, into the lockerrooms, or anywhere into player's or coach's attire.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Good points. Mathis and Hampton have been question marks for me; I simply don't see enough tape to have much of an opinion - except that both showed promise last year and leave the question open as to how much they'e developed. Shula will have some interesting decisions to make. This should be an exciting camp.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
And one has to ponder: Was the Bowers leak somewhat of a smokescreen? Let one (or more) plausable interests be shown, let the guy we chose remain hush-hush, low on the radar. Now would Les Snead ever do something like that? :innocentby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Well, at least Bowers isn't a speedy little wideout --- :confused Seriously, Snead engineered a flexible, adaptable, matrix of Plan B's going in. Snead's job is to develop the roster that McVay wants. And that's a heavily nuanced and layered task. It's a collaboration between two forceful and unlike minds, within which Snead must take full responsibility for the decisions made and their ouby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I've seen Hoecht as a very bright, very adaptable and coachable big athlete who was drafted to play edge when there was no-one better who could play the position without making mental errors - better suited to the interior at the end position, not a tackle. Hoecht, Kobie and Brown inside, with Verse and Young on the edges would be a formitable group. They could hurry a few throws, possiblby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I got this same impression too, DD. Rams did their homework in depth, watched the tape, and weighed the intangibles, as they are called, behind closed doors. It's better that way. The outside-the-box Rams eval doesn't spark interest and catch fire with other teams. And I heard Snead clearly when he said that the Rams had developed deep profiles on three players they wanted with their fiby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't take this real seriously. Not now. Ian Rappaport says, (based on what we don't know,) and DaSilva repeats, builds a house of cards story around it, (based on having nothing original to say.)by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Mitchell changes your whole D for five or more years. Generational player. Watch.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Thanks for postine, JY53. Much info packed into just a few minutes. Wyche and Garrafolo are good interviewers who arrived with good questions, and who listen to the answers they asked for. They don't interview just to hear themselves talk. That lets us listen, too. Many gems scattered throughout. One that struck me: Who, besides Snead, reads multiple books by economists for their ideby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Snead by himself: Hidden draft gems, trades that bolster the roster. Coaches and scouts: Valuable input, but when stuck on a player, splash and bust. McVay: Speedy little wideouts.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Generational player. He'd singlehandedly change the complexion of the defense. Doubt very seriously that it would happen, with the signings of White and he other one. I've kept quiet about my secret wish that he'd be a Ram, but now that you've said it... You can't have too many or too good cornerbacks.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com