Better head coach. Better OC. They beat us head to head and went to the playoffs last year. We have never been even .500. Advantage vikings.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Went to Cowboys camp 2 years ago and it wasn't bad driving in there but if you didn't show up at 6 am and get a bleacher seat you couldn't see the field. The sight lines were horrible. It looked nothing like other camps you see on Hard Knocks. Hoping Irvine is more open.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
American football is supposedly not their cup of tea either. Saying China cares mostly about Ping Pong is pretty hilarious. They're buying up English Premier league teams as they're suddenly in love with soccer. Also the government controls a lot of the tv over there. Would it be worth something for Stan to get broadcast rights or partnership for broadcasting Rams games? Who knows. We agrby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
eerily similar. Check down happy, lack of downfield receiving weapons. Except we never won as many games as Vikings did.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Your post i agreed withby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
As if the game will be played in front of the emperor's family in some far off 'village'. To be clear - I don't like losing the game and I don't care about our 'brand' in the UK or China and wish we weren't part of this but, from a purely business standpoint China = Growth. The American fan base has 'matured' as they say. You're not going to make the game much bigger in the states than it is nby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Toby Wright, Keith Lyle, Jerome Bettis, Sean Gilbert, Wayne Gandy, Troy Drayton, Isaac Bruce and an undrafted free agent named D'marco Farr.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
It's a Sunday at 3:30 - never been to the UC Irvine campus - will it be a 'you know what' show trying to get in and out of there that afternoon?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
You think he cares about ticket sales for one Sunday in year 3 of the coliseum? Vs. the worldwide marketing opportunity.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
They did a piece on Moving the Chains about how the top teams in the league tend to have the smallest staffs. Guys like Bellicheck and Tomlin manage things top down and keep everyone 'on message' with the players. They were laughing about how some teams went so far as to have 4 strength and conditioning coaches. 'How do you manage all those people?' was the big takeaway.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Is the head coach and the guy with final say over the roster suddenly not responsible when players don't work out? Is there no accountability? Is there an 'excuse' wing of the hall of fame for head coaches? And the O-line issues - he bears no blame for Jake Long and Roger Saffold - 2 guys with well documented injury histories that he depended on. In the case of Saffold - still is counting on?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think it's a good comp. He won a lot of games in Philly and has started winning in KC - dumping him does seem like a mistake. Our coach, on the other hand has had 6 winning seasons in 20 years.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Why does every defense of Fisher start with the problems at QB for 4 years. As if it has nothing to do with him? He was given the power to run the team and has final say over personnel. He refused to draft and develop QB depth, or hire an OC to install a modern passing system. It's not like Fisher had a winning record in games that Bradford started. I believe we were still losing WITH a healby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
A less productive head coach and GM in Seattle coupled with a more productive head coach and GM in LA. Wouldn't that be something to smile about one summer about 11 years from now (after Fisher's final extension has run out without a single winning record)by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
How dare these so-called 'football writers' speak ill of our beloved coach and staff and players and record and history? Have they not heard of how great Brian Quick ran that route that one time back in OTA's? Are they aware that Case Keenum almost won 4 games last year? Do they not know that our young offensive line has, by the earth's rotation around the sun, become one year older and one yeby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
He didn't put all his eggs in one fragile basket. He brought in Matt Flynn, also the guy from the chargers, who was supposed to be the starter, and drafted Wilson. You can say 'he got lucky' but it's a case of luck = the intersection of preparation and opportunity. His defenses have also been better than the Rams, his running game - better than the Rams, even his so-so wide receivers and pby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Since Robinson's play at LT has been below league average - I'm not so sure that someone else in that slot would not have performed at least at league average. Watkins production has been better than anything close to what we've gotten and the arrow is pointing up on him. The arrow on Robinson looks like it's pointing every different direction, depending on what just happened the previous play.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
You can't explain them all away. At what point do you hold him accountable for not being able to deal with adversity year in and year out. Not drafting or developing young QB or OL depth from the time he set foot in St. Louis is HIS problem. And it bit him bad.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Makes no sense.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
We're in an age where a D-end is making 70 million guaranteed. You can't sit players while they're cheap.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't see how you can sell 'potential' to an owner and draft guys who need a year or 2, or 3 to hit their stride / grow up / learn the game. By the time your plan comes together and the player is productive it's time for contract #2 and big money. it's possible that Robinson will round into form and possibly become the player they always dreamed of - just as his rookie contract is expiring.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
They aren't going to just hand it to him. They'll make noise about him having to 'earn it' in the pre-season - make it feel like a competition to push him a little. Barring several terrible pre-season performances, he will 'win' the job and be the day 1 starter.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Rookie struggles aside - it's likely going to help both teams out this year that Mariotta and Winston have a full (at least in Winston's case) season of games under their belts. Which is why I'll be ready to puke if floppy-armed Keenum trots out on opening day.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
And disagree with their low rankings of other units. Do I have that right? Looks like a pretty accurate assessment to me from the good (d-line) to bad to ugly (wr)by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
It was the late years in Tennesee too. The last decade or so has not been great, or even good, for Fish as a head coach. You can list all the excuses you want, but given a big enough sample of years and 2 different franchises, at some point you have to look at the coach and say he doesn't get it done anymore. It's why Norv Turner and Wade Phillips are not longer considered for head coaching joby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
it's a joke. He's an entertainer. And like most good jokes, there's a nugget of truth buried in it. Cena is very popular. Lots of young kids know who he is from youtube videos, etc.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Are you saying that NFL owners aren't interested in getting more money from a vast, untapped market?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
They have been unable to build, develop, and maintain any kind of consistently high level of play from any of the skill position groups. Injuries to Bradford aside - there was no success (or effort) at developing young QB depth. TE has lagged in productivity and WR has been bottom of the barrel every year.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Both cities have high numbers of ex-pats from the mainland. Logistically, it's probably best for West Coast teams to fly there, London is really dumb for the Rams now. So you're looking at Rams / Seahawks, or Rams / Raiders (not gonna happen) or Rams Chargers - the NFC West / AFC west timing would have to work out for that to happen and the Chargers don't have a big fan base outside of their arby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
While I agree that 30th is a bit low, I think 20th is about fair. Have to look at the good and bad, the whole team / staff, warts and all. Rookie QB, historically under-acheiving coach, lack of receiving weapons.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com