I don't disagree, but Watkins was not a home run hitter last year. Only 3 of his 8 touchdowns were scored from outside the red zone.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
We have a few months before we get to see our new secondary in action, but from a talent potential it certainly has the potential to be a great unit. In case it comes true that this is a great unit, I would love to see us decide on a nickname for it here, then see if we can get the local and national press to adopt our nickname. How cool would it be to hear Al Davis repeating a nickname we kneby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
There is a business aspect to this, and from a business only perspective, it doesn't make sense for the Rams to sign him to a HUGE contract while they still control his rights cheaply. But I think the Rams are ready to pay him a big contract, as long as he recognizes that they don't have to, and makes some reasonable concessions.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
They talk about getting off blocks, but shouldn't quickness and strength be more important to avoiding getting blocked out of a play than an extra 15-20 lbs of weight? I just wonder if this is one of those things we have heard and we just repeat it without questioning it. AD is undersized as a DT but is pretty much considered unblockable.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Have read some good reports on him and he would be a mid-level signing cost-wise.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
It feels like most of us here, including me often, are working with a vision of team building where every starter is a name player. While that would be great - reality of the salary cap system says that no team can really afford to do that, unless they have no superstars getting big contracts. Perhaps the way we should be looking at team building is more like this: In our offensive and deby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
It just looks to me like an awful lot of teams are talking about Sammy, and that usually leads to someone being overpaid. My prediction is that he goes to the Bears.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
4 of Watkins' TDs were on the same play, that quick slant off a rub from the 1-2 yard line. Given our red zone issues, nothing wrong with that, but I just wonder how hard it would be to teach another tall receiver to run that quick slant. Its hard to defend regardless of who runs it.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
He is a playmaker, as evidenced by his two blocked punts last year. Does he have the ability to fill one of our LB spots full time?by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
It bothers me to see one of the best players in the NFL fail to get an extension. When he eventually showed up, he played great last year. No sign of disgruntledness at the lack of a contract extension. AD is a phenomenal player and deserves to be paid. But my contention is that he should take a "reasonable" contract and not hold out for historical money, even if his play has waby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
It seems like none of our own best players are being signed - have I missed something?by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Several reasons I believe Sammy is as good as gone 1. While I suspect we will give him a pretty good offer, some other team like the Bears is probably going to offer him just under Julio Jones $$. 2. There is something that is very enticing about another team wine and dining you. It turns their heads, makes them feel very wanted, enough that they forget things like "this team doesn't haby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
What is she doing evaluating players at the combine? Although, to be fair, I always liked her attitude and would like to hear her evaluations.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Esp with the trade of Quinn and the replacement of super expensive TJ with bargain basement MP, we have plenty of cap space. We know that we are going to pay Joyner and Donald, why don't we go ahead and do it? Or extend some guys that could get very expensive when they turn FA. Not sure why we can't just come up with a fair deal for players like Joyner who love playing for the Rams and arby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Trying to look at this offseason from a birds eye view, the issue that I see as most likely to derail us next year is OL. We had great OL play AND great OL depth this year. The one loss that I see no contingency plan for is Whit at LT. Do we have anyone really who could step in there and play at a competent level? I see that as a high priority for this offseason.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Kansas City police tweets funny message about terms of Marcus Peters trade BY PETE GRATHOFF If you thought Chiefs fans hated the Marcus Peters trade on Friday, they are even more irate now that the terms of the contract have been announced. The Chiefs will be trading Peters and a sixth-round pick in this year's draft to the Rams for a fourth-round pick this year and 2019 second-round pick,by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Marcus Peters trade: What if a great mystery player is part of Chiefs compensation? by Kody Latham6 hours ago TWEET SHARE x COMMENT What if there’s an unexpectedly great player coming back for the Chiefs—just like Kendall Fuller in the Alex Smith trade with Washington. Friday was very emotional day for Chiefs kingdom. The Chiefs decided to trade the most polarizing player on the team sby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Those are some really interesting stats. I don't know exactly what they mean, but they are really interesting. Our top receiver got far fewer targets than the top receivers on other teams. Seems like there were fewer passes overall - is that accurate? One thing these stats suggest is that we had a very good running game, which we did. Also really interesting about Woods. Just by the eyeby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
If Watkins goes to Free agency he will be overpaid by somebody. There are just very few good WRs on the market this year, and teams like the Bears desperately need WRs. The idea of letting him try the market then matching what he gets is probably a non-starter. The only thing that makes sense from a financial standpoint is to franchise him, then work out a 4 yr deal with a much lower cap hby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
I have been reading multiple articles related to free agency this year, and it comes down to this. There aren't very many FA WR that are very good. Watkins, despite his production, is regularly listed anywhere from #1 to #3 on list of FA WR's teams are likely to target. And when supply is low and demand is high, prices skyrocket. Someone like the Bears is going to step up and offer him soby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Did you know that in the Seattle blowout, Cooper had 128 PR yards and Goff had only 120 passing yards (because our rushing and ST were so good we did not need them?)by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
The Indy opener because I saw things being done by our offense that I had not seen in a decade. Like making a smart play and throwing the ball OOB on second down. Then throwing a third down pass past the sticks. The London game because, hey, total domination is fun. The Seattle blowout because total domination against a really good team that also happens to be your biggest current rival iby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Read a good article, can't link to it, that showed that nearly 100% of teams that had a positive jump like we had last year regressed record-wise in the following season. I would like to think that our situation is unique, but it is hard to argue with the statistics and they were very convincing. Also, we had excellent health this year, which is hard to replicate. A lot of it is intentional pby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Some nice stuff there and I don't doubt that he was a nice guy. But notwithstanding your OC, if you repeatedly allow your team to throw 3-yard passes on 3rd and 8, you deserve to lose your job. And those 4 experienced offensive coordinators that turned him down? Well, it might have been not wanting to relocate, but more likely it was that they didn't want to work for a head coach with such aby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
I am not a Chris Collingsworth fan. The guy has some knowledge, but he just never knows when to shut up. (For CC, the right answer to when to shut up is "earlier than he actually did." Especially when he was badlly analyzing the two Eagle touchdowns, I just kept blurting out "Shut up Chris Collingsworth no one likes you!" Soon my daughter was doing it along with me. Finaby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
there was so little time left on the clock. And there was little time left on the clock because their offense had held the ball for 7+ minutes on a crucial 4th quartyer drive. One thing I loved about the Rams this year was their ability to play small ball to an extent and have these long, defense-tiring scoring drives, where they picked up multiple first downs. What I didn't love was that onby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
They were balling tonight. Agholor in particular made some great catches. Foles played well, but threw a few really inaccurate throws that were saved by great catches by his receivers. I would have been OK with Agholor getting MVP. Eagles being able to run effectively was also huge. Pederson at his best play calling is right up there with McVay in terms of mixing things up and making thby PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
That is always a good thing when the officials don't dictate who wins a championship. If either of the TDs had been overturned, I would have been pissed, but not surprised, particularly if that resulted in the Pats winning. I don't agree with calling the SB differently than you call the rest of the year, but they really let both teams play this time.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com
Add one week to the regular season, still 16 games total. Use one bye weeks to help mitigate TNF issues For teams with early bye weeks due to early TNF games, give them their second bye week in an attractive spot. Remove one preseason game. As far as I see it, everyone wins, and we get one more week of meaningful football. Someone tell me what the weakness is in this plan.by PeoriaRa - RamsFootballFans.com