The most ready QBs coming out of college are QBs (for the most part) that come out of pro style offenses at the college level. OL are the same way. By and large, even the somewhat less physically gifted OL have more immediate success if they come out of a pro style offense at the college level. The Rams are fixated on the pure athleticism of a player like Robinson or Jason Smith, but the technby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
but Rod Marinelli is the NFL's coach of the year so far. They should break tradition and give him the award if Dallas' defense holds up all season.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
It's tough to get hyped for a football season when you feel like you know exactly what's coming year in and year out. It's like tuning in to watch the same B-movie over and over again. No matter how much you might have liked it in the beginning, it gets old and uninteresting as time goes by. Twelve years is plenty of time for the shine to wear off. If we could get to a year in which it reallyby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
at least, that has been my belief for a while now. That the Rams aren't a top team right now isn't a surprise given the plan that was hatched in 2012. It's his team. He can do with it as he sees fit. My problem with it is that players under contract to his team are having valuable years of their careers wasted in deference to this vision. Because an NFL players' career is so short on averageby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Every week someone is vomiting out an article speculating on when Goff's time will come. It's becoming the low hanging fruit of the sports journalism world in Los Angeles. How 'bout we talk about it when it really happens.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
and missing three of his best linemen, so I'm willing to give him a bit of a pass. But the MLB will often dictate how the defense goes. He has to play better and learn fast. I think he will. I hope he will. I was watching the Cowboys dismantle the Bengals yesterday, especially on the ground, and Rey Maualuga, playing middle linebacker for the entire game, managed one single tackle. And thatby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Charlie Whitehurst just limped off after torquing his knee. Terrelle Pryor is in now.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
in a trade to a team that has just lost it's third quarterback to injury in just five games (Cleveland). And do we hate him enough to trade him there?by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Gurley's body language is concerning to me. It seems obvious to me that he is extremely frustrated, and maybe a little discouraged. I don't know that he is not partly responsible for the problem, as I'm not sure that he is running as aggressively as we saw last season. And the line isn't really playing very well. I would really like to see the Rams try and get him outside on the perimeter a lby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
It seems to me that Gurley did an awful lot of his damage last season on the perimeter of the defenses, and the Rams are doing very little to get him on the perimeter this season. The offensive line just isn't good enough to give him room to run on the interior. That said, great win today. Go Rams.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
But CBS sideline reporter said that Wentz has a photographic memory, which would certainly make his transition to the pros a lot easier if a fact.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
'Coz he's a damned fine human being. That's all the reason I need.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Look, I'm not going to defend the Rams' braintrust over this QB thing. I wanted Wentz to begin with, but it's much too early to make judgments on their choice. But the way that the two quarterbacks are being handled now is a direct result of their experiences on their way to the NFL. What was expected of Wentz at the collegiate level was much closer to what would be expected of him at the proby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
But, hey, every eventual Super Bowl champion needs one of those along the way. Or, you know, the Rams.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
An NFL level quarterback, an NFL level wide receiver, an NFL level offensive coordinator, an NFL level quarterback coach, have I missed anything? I'm sure I have.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
Or is Seattle's left tackle getting an early start on just about every single pass play?by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
Just doesn't seem to have his head in the game at all.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
who has watched Keenum's first six quarters of football in 2016 and still agrees to give up anything over and above an eskimo pie for him is an idiot.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
If not for the utter lack of talent on the second level around the league, Keenum wouldn't be in the NFL.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
anywhere in the building. You, me, and everyone else could coordinate an effective defensive gameplan against this sorry bunch. This is the NFL, but you'd never know it from watching the Rams play offense.by HighPlainsDrifter - Game Time Forum
Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs. I just hope we can win a game!by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
He's lost his objectivity, if he ever really had any. He's using a couple of betting sites to bolster his assertion that Fisher is feeling heat. That's some pretty solid journalism. He likely has no idea what the conversation is surrounding Fisher, let alone what Fisher might be feeling regarding his job security. Doesn't St. Louis have any other sports that JT could be filling his time with?by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
We wouldn't be seeing all of the anger and frustration if these people didn't love the Rams. Everyone has their own way with coping, but most of the same people that were here in the good times are still here.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm just not sure that winning is necessarily at the top of his priority list just yet. There are certain things that have been accepted over the last several seasons that lead me to believe that there are things more important than winning that Kroenke wants to accomplish before he turns his attention to winning. Most notably has been the move to L.A., which was four years in the making. Winby HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
That's why I'm a Rams' fan. Nothing ever changes.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
It's more how they are perceived. Lynch and Wentz were major projects coming in while Goff was the most NFL ready of the group. Maybe in the whole draft. Now the perceptions have been turned on their heads. Not a complaint or an expression of concern over Goff. Just an observation of how views can evolve once young players get in an NFL setting.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Gotta believe he won't be unemployed very long.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com
Pre draft you couldn't read the name of Paxton Lynch or Carson Wentz without the word "raw" following close behind. One is now expected to be starting (Wentz), and one is expected to be starting before the season is half over (Lynch), and now "raw" is firmly attached to Jared Goff's name. Funny how that works.by HighPlainsDrifter - RamsFootballFans.com