Not us! :thumbsup Does the writer know any, or is he just stirring the pot? :argh :stooges I think some of the slop must have washed over the side and so I didn't read the article :lol1by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Right there with Tank Younger and Night Train Lane and Hacksaw Reynolds. And he doesn't need a nickname. :peaceby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Look closely at the ring finger on the left hand. It's twice the thickness it should be and bent unnaturally toward the middle finger. I bet it's broken. When I've had fingers pulled out of joint they didn't swell like that. Bust one, and it puffs right up. Breks hurt - but not as bad as pulling out of joint. Out of joint can sometimes be popped right back in again. Breaks take a while to heaby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
But I'm beginning to think you draft players, not draft positions. Snead knows who he wants, and who he can likely get, in this draft. Where he sees value in a player and can go after him without taking a loss in draft capital, he'll trade up. If the thinks a player (or group of players) of value will be available later he'll trade down either to accrue picks or trade picks elsewhereby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I think any of the hay growers in my end of the world could design a grass playing field for Sofi, with overhead sprinklers, gro-lights, and adequate drainage. It'd be an expensive install - and let's say, at the outside, about half a million per game to operate and maintain. That's a lot of dough - especially to cover the face-saving optics of an original error. But when weighed against cby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
He got hurt. Guys who play hurt (but are less likely to make mistakes than their replacements) ... you know the rest. The Walking Wounded factor is one we don't weigh heavily enough on the board. I remember when some were saying Havs was through - before he healed up and played quite well. My assumption is that Wttherspoon will return to last year's early form. He's a good football playeby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams culture and McVay's inspiring leadership tends to bring the best out in people. Who knows what the private conversations between the coach and these players might have been? Ramsey came in with a reputation for being a head case - lived up to it when he started, slugged a player in practice for missiong an assignment. Under McVay he learned to channel that fervor and aggression inby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I hink they're also dumping salary to offset what they have to pay Russ. I hope he catches on with a team that plays the Broncos and he grinds them into dog food. Peyton totally lost me some time ago. He didn't exactly redeem himself when he was quoted as raging at Russ, "I don't want my quarterback f__king kissing babies!" This is a direct slam against Russ' charitable work forby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
He was my hero as a kid. Real football player who could do it all. Handsome, upstanding, all-round good guy as far as us kids knew. And he had the All Time Great, Beautiful, Gorgeous, Talented, Intelligent, Accomplished Rams Wife of All Time in Jane Russell.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Key words are so far. I'm not on board with the professional sportswriters who insinuate that the Rams are trhrough, they;ve burned through too much of their cap space, tec. in an effore to panic the unsuspecting fans into anxiously clicking on more of their tripe. Another first grade lesson from my old Dick and Jane reader: Wait and see. That's basically what the rest of your post saysby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
McVay can't help himself. He'd carry 8 receivers on the active roster if he could. As pointed out on another thread he's always looking for and booking a third super-star all-pro vet every year if there's on around that he can afford, and would draft at least one speedy little wideout per draft if Snead didn't jerk his chain. Plus he'd have a big dominant end-zone threat, and plenty of bench.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Loud is one thing, nasty fans is another. Where does the recent Detroit game rank for nasty fans? Anybody here recall a nastier experience? I've read here of Rams fans getting beat up for having the audacity to take a pee break at Levi Stadium when h it was first put on line; that's pretty nasty too.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
My vote is Danny Villanueva. Look up his records, and if youcan find it, watch some tape. Punts, extra points, field goals - all of it, and all of it at levels that can only be described as greatness. He had some pretty good holders, too. I wondered, at times, whether his punts would ever come down - or just hover there like little football-shaped blimps. His kicking talents created an exby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Hoecht was a misfit with the rams. Bright, alert, intelligent player, quick learner who picked up nuances of the defense well. Problem is, he was another failed attempt to convert a natural at one position into something he isn't. He'd be a good rotational DE in a 4-3 or in a 3-4. He's not a natural OLB in a 3-4. As a DE without coverage duties and limited to stopping the run and bulldozing hby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Another variable here is Puka's ascendance through the season. As he became increasingly productive, that meant fewer targets for DRob. And by then Puka was on the bench. Despite catching some long balls early (one per game ups your stat line) and his willingness as a blocker, DRob was more effective when the ball wasn't coming to him - as a blocker. He also went up and grabbed some contestedby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Amid the superlatives I find these two gems in the heart of the article: "...his knack for tailoring offensive strategies to suit the strengths of individual quarterbacks make him a valuable asset to the Rams’ coaching staff. Moreover, Schuplinski’s hiring reflects the Rams’ commitment to innovation and staying ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving NFL landscape." McVayinitiby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I understand. Just trying to make light, have a little fun, with what is an obvious situation: Boom's salary, and quite likely Boom, is unsustainable. The Rams' forced options are clear. It shouldn't take Lt. Columbo to figure it out. :peaceby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
... you're sayin' the Rams might hafta pay a backup lineman who gets hurt a lot and may not be there when you need him $15 million dollars just to stick around? And that's OK? And this is right after somebody's tellin' me that the Rams won't pay just $2 million dollars more for a starting lineman who is great in pass protection and makes the running game go? Am I missin' something here? Canby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
The first no-look pass I ever saw anybody throw was by Unitas. Then I saw him do it again, and again. Never saw it again until watching a young Stafford with Detroit - and he's still doing it. And now Mahomes.by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Football was king when I was a kid in southern California back in the late '40's and '50's interest couldn't have been higher. The Rams were just getting settled into their new home and they had the neatest helmets my nine-year-old eyes had ever seen. And the Rams had TWO quarterbacks - Norm Van Broclin and Bob Waterfield. And (drumroll........) Bob Waterfield had the prettiest wife (people gby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I thought that was a criteria for the Rams! :lol1 Seemed to work for Cooper, Puka...by mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Good catch, Les. Refusing a medical is indeed a red flag - for whatever reason. Could this be simply to hide a medical condition, or gamesmanship? As we peel the onion, if gamesmanship, orchestrated by whom? And why? And with what results? Not a good look, at any level. The fact the he refused it throws the door open for all sorts of speculation - and it's difficult to look past it much lesby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Trade value in recent years has taken a nosedive, many factors involved and I think I see fewer player trades now that previously. Teams aquiring players with heavy contracts offset that with what they offer to pick up the player whose salary may represent some heavy baggage coming in. Like you, I thought an injury-prone reserve TE and a third was cheap for Ramsey at thentime, but subsequent tby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Did Elway and Manning have their mamas paint their fingernails and cry in public in mama'sarms after a loss? I'll give him his talent - at the college level. Matt Leinart was a high-profile great college QB, toowith lots of splash and glitter leading up to draft day - before he washed out of the NFL. I think playing QB at an elite level in the pros demands more of the inner man - mentallyby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Agreed. I wince at the unguarded enthusiasm for Smith at $10 mil as a "bargain" compared to a younger phenom at a lesser position for more money in Dotson. What if... the Rams were to do as suggested, move AJ to RG to accomodate Smith and he lasts for four to seven games? At $10 mil that could have been paid to an edge or safety? Whit, though "older" came in as healthby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
AJ did right well at LT when 1.) not playing hurt, and 2.) when not going against an elite rusher. He's learning fast and is plenty physical. Has he developed enough, or will he progress enough in camp to be able to handle playoff-level edge guys this year?Can he train up to overcome the injury tendency? He's still young - and the body for some guys, especially big guys, doesn't fully harden oby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
Going back to Tank Younger and Deacon Dan Towler the Rams have had a scattering of real bruisers in their backfield - Josephson, some guy they traded to Pittsbugh, and it's time for another. What Estime lacks in lateral jukes he makes up for in whump-power. He can catch out of the backfield. There are remaining questions, however: Can he pass-protect? Does he have a deep-seated love foby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
If Roger Goodell had his way, there'd be a 24 game season with six games in Europe, two in Dubai, one in Rio, and one in China. The playoffs would last for eight weeks. Las Vegas, with the garish dazzle of gambling, debauchery, and showbiz completely overshadowing the football game, would become the permanent home of the Super Bowl, with top tickets going for $5 million. Attending the Super Bby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think it will be a decision made beforehand. I think there could be some if/then triggers built into the first day draft. For example, if a specific player (or two players, or three) the Rams want goes before #19 comes up, then the Rams could pull the trigget on a pending deal with a trade partner. Or, Trader Les has his eye on a generational player that could go earlier - andby mtramfan - RamsFootballFans.com