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Rams DT Michael Brockers happy to be back in pads
- By ROD-BOT
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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Rams DT Michael Brockers happy to be back in pads
Defensive lineman says he’s ‘going full-speed’ and recovered from ankle injury as Rams begin practicing in earnest.
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THOUSAND OAKS — The annual head-count of players at the first Rams training-camp session open to reporters turned up little immediate reason to worry, with only one starter sitting out Tuesday’s beginning of padded practices, and that because of an injury described as minor.
One relief was seeing Michael Brockers looking completely healthy.
“I feel like a baby in water a little bit, man, just putting these pads on for the first time in (eight) months,” said Brockers, his way with words intact as well.
Brockers needed a lot of help to walk up the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tunnel for the last time in December after suffering a severe left ankle sprain in the second half of the Rams’ season-ending victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
He hopes to charge onto the field at SoFi Stadium for the first event at the new Inglewood venue when the Rams open the season Sept. 13 against the Dallas Cowboys.
So far, so good, through one day of offense vs. defense contact drills.
“I’ve been going full speed every practice, no let-up. I’m having a little treatment, just old-man stuff, to keep me going,” said Brockers, 29.
When he turned his ankle, the defensive line’s leading tackler had to fear the injury would derail his free agency. It did, but in a way to worked out well for him and especially the Rams.
A three-year contract agreement with Baltimore fell through because the coronavirus pandemic prevented the Ravens from examining the ankle. The Rams immediately took advantage by re-signing Brockers for three years and $24 million.
The turn of events looks even more fortuitous after A’Shawn Robinson, the former Detroit defensive tackle the Rams signed when it appeared Brockers was leaving, was diagnosed with a reported cardiovascular condition. Robinson is on the NFL’s non-football-injury list and expected to miss at least part of the season.
Brockers said the pandemic became a “blessing in disguise” when it forced the cancellation of official offseason workouts.
“I used that time to do more rehab, to totally get comfortable with the ankle, pushing off of it and stuff like that,” Brockers said in a Zoom chat with reporters.
“He looks like himself on that field,” Rams coach Sean McVay said in a separate Zoom chat.
(Even though reporters are at the Rams’ facility at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, interviews are being conducted by video stream.)
Brockers said he’s “as comfortable as I can be” with the NFL’s health protocols, which include daily coronavirus testing for players.
“This is our little getaway here, to get away from the world, to understand how healthy our little ecosystem is,” Brockers said. “It’s almost like this is the best place to be right now.”
The defensive line of Brockers, Aaron Donald and Sebastian Joseph-Day worked Tuesday against an offensive line that usually consisted of, left to right, Andrew Whitworth, Joseph Noteboom, Austin Blythe, Austin Corbett and Rob Havenstein.
It was a sometimes spirited practice. With no fans allowed to attend this year, the loudest reaction to a play came from the defensive players on the sideline when defensive back Darious Williams intercepted a pass by backup quarterback John Wolford. A moment later, rookie safety Terrell Burgess (Utah) picked off Jared Goff.
Brockers had great first impressions of the two outside linebackers the Rams acquired to replace Dante Fowler and Clay Matthews.
He said of Leonard Floyd, the ex-Bear: “The guy has a motor out of this world.”
He said of Terrell Lewis, the 6-foot-5, 262-pound rookie from Alabama: “He’s a massive dude. At first, I was like, ‘That’s the guy they got to replace me’ (Robinson). Then I saw he’s at outside linebacker.”
And Brockers praised new defensive coordinator Brandon Staley’s energy.
“I wanted to put my helmet on on a Zoom call, I was so fired up,” Brockers said.
Helmet and pads on, Brockers looked 100% ready to go Tuesday.
Notes
• The only projected starter to miss practice Tuesday was safety Taylor Rapp. Sean McVay said Rapp has “a little knee” injury, nothing serious. Rapp was on the sideline in his jersey and shorts, a sleeve on his left leg.
• Linebacker Justin Lawler sat out practice and was being examined after having a foot stepped on, McVay said.
• A’Shawn Robinson was on the sideline in jersey and shorts.
• McVay’s reaction to the first episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” which premiered last Tuesday: “I just wanted to make sure that I didn’t come off as a total tool with my shirt off at my house and pool. As soon as I did that with them, I said, ‘I can’t believe I was that dumb to do that.’”
Rams Camp Live: Saturday 6:30pm EST
- By Corbin
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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#RamsCamp Live: Day 3 of ramp-up period
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Man I love listening to D’Marco! Missed his ass and his personality mixing it up with whoever he’s with! Always got some teasing going on! Lol Miss him giving Miles shit all the time!
Glad things are somewhat back to normal now!
49ers plan to sign Tavon Austin.
- By Ramhusker
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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Niners lost another WR Sunday I believe. Hate it for them. 
These are the Rams training-camp battles to watch
- By BonifayRam
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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I highly disagree with this writer on the above OL comments. The starting OG posts are not unsettled but fixed & I see no battles pending in these two starting posts. Noteboom will not be involved in OG unit but will be highly involved with the OT unit as the #6th "Swing OT.These are the Rams training-camp battles to watch
These are the Rams training-camp battles to watch
Changes at running back and linebacker get the most attention, but unproven players will be counted for many key roles.
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OL: Austin Corbett vs. David Edwards vs. Joe Noteboom
Corbett and Edwards, who started at the end of 2019, and Noteboom, who started before getting hurt, compete for two guard positions. That assumes Austin Blythe remains at center, while Andrew Whitworth holds down left tackle and Rob Havenstein takes right tackle back from Bobby Evans.It might be unwise to assume anything about how the offensive line will line up after a season of injuries and mixing and matching.
The Ol battles will be for the #7th, 8th, 9th & 10th (Practice Squad) OL positions. There should be at least one big surprise outcome.
The #7 "Swing OG" OL position should be between Bobby Evans, Coleman Shelton, Jamil Demby, Jeremiah Kolone & Tremayne Anchrum. I see Evans as the most likely winning prospect.
The #8th OL position "Reserve Center" position battle will be between Brian Allen, Cohl Cabral & Coleman Shelton.
Analysis: Previewing the position battle at inside linebacker
- By CGI_Ram
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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Rams LBs coach sheds light on competition at ILB with Kiser, Reeder
The Rams were unable to retain Cory Littleton this offseason as he left in free agency to join the Las Vegas Raiders. With limited cap space, it was almost expected that Los Angeles would lose two of its biggest free agents, and Littleton was certainly among them. What was…
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The Rams were unable to retain Cory Littleton this offseason as he left in free agency to join the Las Vegas Raiders. With limited cap space, it was almost expected that Los Angeles would lose two of its biggest free agents, and Littleton was certainly among them.
What was more surprising was the Rams’ decision not to address the inside linebacker position in free agency or early in the draft. The only addition they made was by drafting Clay Johnston in the seventh round, but he’s not expected to contribute immediately on defense.
Micah Kiser is the primary candidate to replace Littleton, but he’s not the team’s only option. Linebackers coach Joe Barry shed some light on the competition during an appearance on the Rams Revealed Podcast with J.B. Long, and it sounds like it’ll come down to Kiser or Troy Reeder in the middle.
As of now, Kiser is working with the starters, while Reeder is on the second-team defense.
“It’s great to have Micah Kiser healthy and back out there. We were excited about him a year ago and hurt his pec in that preseason game, so it’s great to have him back out,” Barry said. “When Micah went down, we had an undrafted kid that stepped in and did a great job for us as an undrafted rookie, Troy Reeder, so both those guys are battling, but Micah’s working with the first group right now, Troy’s working with the second group in our acclimation phase. But it’s just great to have the guys out there as we start ramping things up. The great thing about Sean’s program is it’s all about competition. The way I coach guys, I always tell the room, ‘Hey, I don’t have starters and backups. I have starters and starters in waiting.’
“I’ve got a great group of young up-and-coming guys so I’m excited for all of them.”
Kiser was in line to start next to Littleton last year before he injured his pectoral in the preseason and landed on IR. He has yet to play a defensive snap in two seasons, but the Rams are relying heavily on him to come through in 2020.
Travin Howard, Kenny Young and Johnston would be the next guys up after Reeder, but the fact that Barry didn’t mention them suggests Kiser and Reeder are the Rams’ top choices right now.
The pads haven’t even come on in practice yet, which will help decide the competition. But by the sound of it, Kiser will get the first crack at replacing Littleton.
Rams coaches see no excuses as competition for starting spots gets serious
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Rams coaches see no excuses as competition for starting spots gets serious
Coordinators O’Connell and Staley say full-speed practices will be enough to evaluate players, including rookies.
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In a normal year, Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell and defensive coordinator Brandon Staley would have spent Saturday evaluating players’ performances in the team’s first exhibition game the night before.
As it is, they were still gearing up for the Rams’ first full-bore, padded practice sessions, which don’t begin until Tuesday.
A year of virtual coaching is about to get real for the Rams staff that must pare down the roster and choose the starters for the season-opening game against the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium on Sept. 13.
“You guys can probably hear that I sound like a real coach now,” Staley said from training camp in Thousand Oaks in a Zoom chat with reporters.
Staley’s voice was raspy from yelling on the practice field on the third day of the “ramp up” phase of the pandemic-season training-camp schedule agreed to by the NFL and NFL Players Association.
When the phase featuring offense vs. defense contact drills begins this week, coaches finally will have their best chance to audition players fighting for starting jobs and other roster spots.
Conventional wisdom is that the cancelation of preseason games and inter-team scrimmages will make evaluations more difficult and make it harder for rookies to win jobs.
Staley and O’Connell disagree.
The two young coordinators, hired during the offseason, say the upcoming 16 days of high-speed practice will focus more than usual on competition between players. But maybe not a lot more than Rams practices in any other year under coach Sean McVay.
“I’m 100% confident that we’re going to get the competitive side we need to see, not only to get the guys we’re counting on ready but to really be able to evaluate the younger guys we have fighting to make the roster or the practice squad,” O’Connell said Saturday via Zoom.
The offseason of video-stream meetings and slower start to training camp have allowed more mental training, O’Connell said.
“And now the competition phase comes into play. We’ll lay that out so that, every day, there’s that competitive fire, and guys feeling challenged,” O’Connell said.
Staley said challenging his defensive players won’t be difficult. He looks at who they’ll be practicing against.
“We’re going to have to get as many live looks at these guys against top competition (as we can),” Staley said. “We’re fortunate. If we need to evaluate a player at a secondary position, well, guess what, they have to defend (Rams wide receivers) Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods, (Josh) Reynolds, Van (Jefferson), all these guys.”
Draft choices have a chance to win big roles immediately at running back (Cam Akers), wide receiver (Jefferson), linebacker (Terrell Lewis), defensive back (Terrell Burgess, Jordan Fuller) and kicker (Sam Sloman). Staley said the shorter evaluation period forced by the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t give rookies any excuses.
“We will have plenty of time to evaluate these players,” Staley said. “This process is exactly how it happens in college football; you don’t have preseason games to evaluate players. If they (rookies) are good enough, they’ll express themselves.”
One break for the nine draft picks and 17 undrafted rookies on the roster is that NFL practice squads have been expanded from 10 to 16 this year, creating more jobs.
Three three weeks before the Sept. 5 deadline to trim active lists to 53, the Rams have 80 players on their roster. One of those is defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson, is on the non-football injury list and likely to miss at least part of the season with what is reported to be a cardiovascular condition. Offensive tackle Chandler Brewer opted out of playing this season because he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2018 and is at elevated risk of COVID-19.
Staley can relate to Brewer’s decision. The 37-year-old coordinator had Hodgkin’s lymphoma when he was a graduate assistant coach at Northern Illinois. He said Saturday he didn’t consider sitting out this season as a further precaution against the virus.
“I’m fortunate that I’ve been past it for going on 12 years now. I feel confident where I’m at, (with) a clean bill of health and still a relatively young man,” Staley said.
Getting back to normal football practice, he said, “makes you feel alive.”
