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Taylor Rapp well-prepared for second NFL season

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Rams safety Taylor Rapp well-prepared for second NFL season

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Taylor Rapp well-prepared for second NFL season

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Rams safety Taylor Rapp feels as prepared as he possibly can be for his second NFL season, and he has a strenuous test of mental and physical fortitude from the offseason as well as lessons learned from his rookie season to thank for that.

As it turns out, playing in a football game and completing a challenge of burning 10,000 calories in a single day this summer share more than just kicking an athlete's metabolism into high gear.

"It involves a lot of mental toughness," Rapp said during a video conference with local media Wednesday. "A lot of the reason that I wanted to take part in it, (is) because I wanted to stretch my mental toughness and see if I could push through it. It was a great thing, so I can see that it definitely correlates to the game and even life, really."

That exercise, of course, has not been the first time he's been mentally tested in the last year.

Six months before he biked 125 miles, swam 1.25 miles, ran three miles and hiked four miles in a day, he was in coverage against then-49ers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders during the Rams' Week 16 matchup at San Francisco when Sanders hauled in a 46-yard pass on 3rd down to set up a game-winning field goal for the Niners.

Asked about the play by reporters at his locker postgame that late-December night, Rapp took responsibility for it and owned it. Asked about the play by reporters on Wednesday, his response and approach was no different.

"Obviously, that's not how anyone wants to end the game or anything like that," Rapp said. "I definitely could have played better technique and stuff like that. It is what it is, it happened. All you can really do is you can't worry about it, it's in the past. Don't let it happen again and stuff like that. You don't let it hurt you, but you use it for motivation and fuel and positive going forward."

Rapp's strength in vulnerability and ownership in that moment as a young player resonated with Rams head coach Sean McVay.

"I loved his response," McVay said during a video conference with local media this week. "He's the kind of guy that represents exactly what we want in our locker room and I would expect from all of our players though. When we talk about accountability and coachability, I think both those situations represented exactly what we want with our football character that he embodied there."

More recently, a minor knee issue came up during the second week of the Rams' acclimation period in training camp which started Aug. 3.

The setback sidelined Rapp for a few weeks, and while Los Angeles' third-leading tackler in 2019 remained engaged by attending meetings and watching practices to accumulate mental reps, the lack of live action had him eager to get back on the practice field. He finally made his return this week, albeit in a phased approach.

"It's tough (learning the defense without physical reps," Rapp said. "Going back to when you guys asked me how it felt being out there, I was so eager to get on the field because before I had to shut it down for a few weeks, we never really got into live practice. So, I never really put on the helmet or even went against our offense. We were doing jog-thrus and walk-thrus or whatever, but I never really got to strap on my pads or my helmet. It felt great being out there, definitely."

McVay said Rapp will be ready to go for next week's season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys. And as Rapp prepares for that game, he'll have a solid foundation of mental toughness to build upon.
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Why does Woods not score more TD'S

CoachAllred
Exactly bad news that's all this conversation is about.

badnews said:
I think most of us realize that his scoring production is not problem just a thing to discuss while we wait to die of boredom...
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That being said, I had no doubt the members of ROD would break it down and come up with awesome thoughts
on the matter.I have taken the liberty of posting some of my favorite points. I could write a summation of these
points, but these "quotes" word it better than I could. I know I probably missed some good points, so please
forgive my missing them. ROD members know their effing football. Thank You Guys!


Young Ram said:
you have to outmuscle your guy more often than not and Woods ain’t exactly a big guy.
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bomebadeeda said:
I read somewhere the Rams (2019) had more plays tackled at the 1 yd line than any other team (passing plays).
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MachS said:
Kupp scores more I think because he's in the slot
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HE WITH HORNS said:
Woods is a between the 20s king, because he gets lots of separation. But in the red zone, he isn't super tall,
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badnews said:
as the field shrinks and strength (incl. size, leverage, power etc.) rules the field and becomes the primary reason for advancing the ball or stopping it.
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RamsOfCastamere said:
McVay likes to through quick passes to the WR that's off ball and closer to midfield and the QB,
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TexasRam said:
before last season when our Oline and RB broke down. The previous year we were the 2nd leading run team. If we aren't running its normally inside slants or crossing plays to RB or slot WR when around 10 yards out.
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dieterbrock said:
Woods is also used a lot as a decoy in RD zone
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Merlin said:
And from there does your QB trust you to get open quickly? Or does the QB tend to go to the guys who he trusts more there (in this case Kupp).
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Merlin said:
In the redzone you're gonna rub him on his early route and slow him with higher percentage of success than you will some other guys who have those other elements.
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And this one Tano, was just too Damn funny to leave out :biggrin:

Tano said:
Woods hardly scored any TDs last year because I had him in Fantasy Football last year
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10 Observations from the Rams' final 2020 training camp practice

shovelpass
Jacobarch said:
Why would you be concerned about Reeder? He didn't play terrible last year. He actually played pretty solid per his PFF numbers.
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His PFF numbers are terrible.
Login to view embedded media 9 missed tackles for a rate of 13.4%. Yeah he was a rookie and credit him for making the team as an UDFA but his play wasn't good last season. He might develop into a starter at some point but its not unreasonable to worry about him playing.
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I have said my peace....no more this year....

Elmgrovegnome
EasyE said:
I have had covid-19 for 2 and a half weeks now, so i have been extra irritable lately.....

just want my blue and yellow ( and Bone!) back on Sundays for an escape for 4 hours....

this is gonna be tough...
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I hope you fully recover and soon.

If you like the Rams and the players then watch for them, Be tolerant of their views on topics and just enjoy the games


And when you recover I hear that you can donate your CoVid resistant plasma for $100 a pop. You could score a lot of extra cash for about four months.
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NFL execs name Cooper Kupp one of the most underrated players

CoachAllred
I apologize, I kind of just scanned over the AD article before posting and didn't grasp everything I was reading.
I should have put this part in bold print, tripled the text size and recolored the text bright red.


"He( AD,Superman) has 60 more pressures than any other defender over the last three years — a herculean feat for an interior defender. "



I MEAN Damn! I knew our Boy was a Bad A , but Damn! I think this stat shows
just how absolutely dominate he is. I feel truly fortunate to be witnessing
the Greatest DL to EVER play the game and even more fortunate he wears
them Horns. This man deserves some rings!!!
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SI: A scouting report on Rams running back situation

majrleaged
leoram said:
In 2018, CJ Anderson was a vital part of the Super Bowl run. As a one cut runner, he was efficient and reliable and yet in 2019, he was expendable. Enter Malcolm Brown.

Brown is a very important part of 2020 because the offense requires reliability and efficiency to be effective. Negative plays can thwart drives much more than explosive plays can extend them. We should count our lucky stars that MB is available this season.

With that said, the young, explosive backs are being developed to elevate the offense from good to great. Akers can provide the kind of versatility and productivity we came to expect from Gurley but we can’t discount the learning curve necessary to becoming an NFL back in this offense. I expect he will be limited to the few plays he understands well to begin the season and expand his role as his development permits. Hopefully he gets it quicker than Gerald Everett has. Talent alone is only part of the equation.

The other element that can’t be ignored is ball security. Henderson’s uncontested fumble ruined the 9’er game and his chance to shine. Akers has coughed up the ball a few times in camp and that hasn’t been ignored by the coaches. How many times have we heard McVay preach about turnovers being a significant indicator of wins and losses?

Trust is the #1 factor in evaluating the RB corps. The most significant reps will go to the players McVay trusts to execute their assignments and secure the football. This alone makes Malcolm Brown the Ram’s lead back and everyone else jockeying for position after him.
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This is exactly what we have seen in the past with McVay and we will see this again this year.
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RIP Chadwick Boseman

Tano
Pancake said:
Was it Clindamycin that your doctor gave you? That's the antibiotic that caused mine. One thing that helped me was taking Saccharomyces boulardii. It's a probiotic that does a good job of populating your guts and crowding out the C-Diff.
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Yes Clindamycin was the anti-biotic that did me in. They need to never prescribe that one unless the person is in dire straights. I have heard it causes C-Diff frequently. I will have to try Saccharomyces if the C-Diff is still in my system after the lab test.
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