Thanks, but no need to relive that gut punch. The only good thing about that night was my chili. Nuttin else. So, thanks but no thanks.

Gurley can get into his third gear quicker than Zeke and Barkley.

Gurley is more nimble around the end zone and a better route runner than the 2 others.

But Zeke and Barkley run with a little more power in my opinion.

All three are neck and neck.

But Gurley is the most balanced in all phases which ultimately why the Rams offense is so effective compared to the others.

These power run games become too predictable and thus inefficient.

Price controls just don't work, and why would you want to do that anyway? Wouldn't you want the Aaron Donald's of the world incentivized to be all that they can be? Instead of just saying, no matter what, defensive tackles are only worth this predetermined percentage of their team's cap.

You already have Brady working around the cap, and that's kind of your blackmarket example of supply meeting demand anyway. It always comes at a cost as well, you have to pay people to look the other way, you have to pay the middle man, in this case Guerrero and his staff.

In the end, you may have created some parity, but you've also consolidated power to Goodell, and ultimately given the Patriots (slimy as they are) an advantage. Regulation begets more regulation, rules pile upon rules, contradicting each other and consolidating even more power, standing in the way of supply meeting demand, and at what cost and profit to whom?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/report-patriots-pay-a-brady-owned-company-run-by-suspect-partner/

A Young pass catcher leads the charge for LA as a breakout candidate.

By Hotdaddywags@hotdaddywags Sep 4, 2019, 2:25pm CDT



Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
In a list of breakout candidates for all 32 NFL teams in 2019, Pro Football Focus tabbed Los Angeles Rams TE Gerald Everett as one to watch in 2019:

Los Angeles Rams: Gerald Everett, tight end
Everett was targeted just 48 times a season ago, and he caught 33 of those passes for 320 yards, three touchdowns and 144 yards after the catch en route to the fifth-best receiving grade among qualifying tight ends (79.7). Everett proved to be an absolute force with the ball in his hands last year (his broken tackle rate trailed only George Kittle, Vance McDonaldand David Njoku among tight ends), and you can bet your bottom dollar that Sean McVay has already come up with a plan to get Everett more involved in 2019.

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While Young Gerald has always displayed great YAC skills and hands, his usage in Rams Head Coach Sean McVay’s system has seemingly prohibited his ascension more so than his talent. Will McVay employ more two-tight end sets in 2019, or has Everett’s blocking improved enough to supplant TE Tyler Higbee in the 11 personnel grouping? We’ll start to get some answers on Sunday in Week 1 when the Rams open their regular season against the Carolina Panthers.
Here are a few other Rams who might open some eyes this season:

EDGE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo
Sure, it’s a limited sample size against a lot of players who are now on the street, but Ogbo flourished in his NFL audition, capping the preseason with a two-sack performance against the Houston Texans. Good players dominate backups. Don’t be surprised if Okoronkwo winds up with a significant role in this defense.

RB Darrell Henderson
Did he look good in the preseason? Not really, but there were some small signs that given a crease here and there, Henderson wild find ways to turn and burn. Many hearken back to McVay’s usage of RB Chris Thompson in Washington when looking for an appropriate barometer for Henderson. If the rookie can grab 5-6 passes a game and break a few big plays here and there, he may make a list like this in 2020. If any harm befalls Todd Gurley, Henderson likely breaks out this season.

OL Joseph Noteboom
Fair enough: guards don’t usually “break out,” but given that we’ve seen Noteboom play about 8 snaps during the regular season if the second year pro can draw comparisons to the departed Rodger Saffold, that’s breaking out enough for me. Opportunity is knocking here. Let’s see if Noteboom can answer the bell and make us forget about a former Ram great in his first turn as a starter.

McCaffrey... they must stop him.

Other than that, I think they're good.

I got the impression that she was trying to pick up on our Boi here.

Memento said:

Which blue team? The teal blue team or the natural blue team? Because I absolutely despise the teal blue team and their fans, and their players, and their coaches, and their front office, and everyone who is associated in any way of that team.

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I just saw this right now.

Memento, you will always have a place in my heart.

Tox report says he died of alcohol (2.0 blood level), fentanyl and oxy. Jeez. it's gonna get even uglier and more painful for his family and possibly the Angels organization.

Not good.

The drama of Gurley's knee is comical. In TC, Gurley was fully active in 11 on 11, running the ball, pass blocking and lining up as WR, taking screen passes with no indication his knee was bothering him. Also went full on in scrimmage with Chargers, Raiders and Cowboys. Don't think they would have hi doing that if he had any lingering problems with the knee.

I bet Gurley can't wait to get out there and put up big #'s to shut them all up.

fearsomefour said:

Good to have the core secure.
An important part to this approach has been the OL.
Having guys ready to replace high cost FA like Saffold or a retiring key player like Whitworth is huge.
Projecting out a line of Edwards/Noteboom/Allen/Evans/Havenstein for next year makes sense and shows great planning.
I would expect the Rams to continue to draft a couple of OL per year for the next couple of years.
But replacing valuable OL with a young group that can be together for years is huge. Reminds me of what they have been able to do in NE and Pitts for years.
That said, the draft picks have to work.
The players have to be up to snuff.
Very, very interested to see how Noteboom and Allen fare in a pretty tough opening test in a few days.

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Excellent comments! Yes these draft picks & investments of time in UDFA have to turn into positives. Just based off what I have seen in preseason it looks like the Rams Org has it trending in the right direction. Rams appear to have had a few misses like DT Franklin-Myers/ ILB Kiser (4th rd. & 5th rd 2018 Draft) & possibly OLB Ebukam (4th rd Draft)

I lean towards this approach primarily with the OL too. Rams Org has been tinkering around the edges here first with LT Andrew Whitworth who was not homegrown but stolen out of the Bengals social security retirement line. Now with the long term contract for RT Havenstein who was homegrown. Rams will forced to keep drafting OL'ers on the 2nd day of the draft for a while.

We will see if Noteboom is close to what Whitworth is in value to this team. I have never been in favor of large contracts for RB/TE/ILB/Safeties/NT. Speaking of TE its taken almost 3 yrs for top draft pick 2017 to get up to speed he still is not considered a starter yet.

Congratulations and well earned.

The Los Angeles Rams hit the Lottery the Day they Drafted Jared Goff.

Saints fans for me.

TK42-RAM said:

I share your concern ... in Wade We Trust ... I guess.

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I'm wondering if they see our DL as those guys plus Fowler, Matthews and Ebu? Going nickle it'll likely be Matthews/Donald/Brockers/Fowler although I'd like to see Ebu inside on 3rd and longs - he's strong enough

jetplt67 said:

I was expecting to see some wrinkles and changes for the Superbowl but uhhhhhh didn't happen. I hope he learned something for being so predictable. I'll believe it when I see it and I hope to see it

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The McVay era is young and i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt for the foreseeable future, although when criticism is due ...
He's been pass happy in some crucial situations, so I do hope he is learning from his mistakes and not just paying lip service, ... though we'll know soon enough. jmo.

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Durham didn’t make the 53, so doubt it was him.

But Fox and Obo and Patrick definitely showed more than Franklin.

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Correct Texas, but Durham he still is a Ram with a contract. JFM is not. Did you notice that Durham was playing the position that JFM played most last preseason.

I am willing to bet that Landis Durham has a near future here as a 53 MR. He is inexperienced clone of Dante Fowler Jr. Wade will find a way to add Durham to this 53 MR before this season concludes. Just saying..............

CGI_Ram said:

I see things similarly.

I can only assume once they signed Hoyer, they felt they needed to bump the starter’s pay. But, boy... this assembly of QB’s is quite the gamble.

Glad I’m not a Colts fan to watch how that unfolds.

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I know a lifelong Colts fan. He recently had a stroke. I spoke with him recently and he is bummed. This situation may land him right back into the hospital.

SteezyEndo said:

Happy for Hodge. He would hardly see play time under our current WR lineup. Dude is going to ball though. He deserves an actual roster spot not a PS spot.

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Happy he went to a team that appears to be up and coming as well. I don't know if he could play the slot, but if he could get on the field with OBJ and Landry at the same time, he could do some damage.

I did like the beach when I lived in SoCal. But, we lived like 20 miles or less from it and hardly ever went...Prolly because it was too much of a pain in the ass for my parents, and there was a public pool nearbye that we could walk to....which we did several times a week in the summer.

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man you scared me. a quick glance at the headline made me think he was locked up in jail.

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I thought the same thing! Whew.

Hoping he has a great season. Hoping he gets LOCKED UP....on the receivers, and BAILED OUT!! ...by Weddle on occasion when he bites in an out pattern.

OldSchool said:

Yahoo has Gurley Ranked #33, hope the people in this league follow these rankings

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I pulled the trigger on him at 24, then got Woods at 37... Got Zuerlein at 77 and Goff at 97, which is crazy to me, he was the 8th highest scoring fantasy football player last year and there he was at 97.

GREG BEACHAM (AP Sports Writer),The Associated Press 5 hours ago




FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Rams safety Eric Weddle attends an NFL football training camp in Irvine, Calif.

Weddle and nearly every Rams starter did not participate at all in the just-completed preseason, and they will not get their first real game action together until Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in their regular season opener at Carolina. The veteran safety appears to be fitting in splendidly with his new defense, but he will not know exactly how he fits until they finally get on the field together. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo, File)

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Eric Weddle is one of the most durable safeties of his generation, and he never sat out an entire preseason in the first 12 years of his NFL career.
When he joined the Los Angeles Rams, Weddle realized coach Sean McVay does things a little bit differently.
Weddle and nearly every Rams starter didn't participate at all in the just-completed preseason, and they won't get their first real game action together until Sunday in their regular-season opener at Carolina.
The veteran safety appears to be meshing splendidly with his new teammates, but Weddle truly won't know how they all fit together until they finally get on the field for the first time.
''I know for me personally, there are some benefits of playing (in the preseason), but the benefits don't outweigh the negative enough to chance it,'' Weddle said. ''With the way we practice, the way we compete, it's as game-like as it can be with the low risk of injury. You'd hate to lose a guy playing in one preseason game. You'll get your timing down in a quarter or two, and you'll be right back in the rhythm. We've had great work, though. We've pushed each other to the limit.''

McVay kept his entire offense out of the 2018 preseason, preferring to preserve his players' health at the expense of potentially beneficial experience. His extreme measures were met with a few raised eyebrows, but then the ostensibly rusty Rams starters went 8-0 and steamrolled the NFC West before reaching the franchise's first Super Bowl in 17 years with one of the healthiest teams in the league.
Much of the NFL edged toward adopting McVay's philosophy last month, with many teams playing their key starters far less than in previous preseasons.
The Rams started game preparations Monday with almost every significant expected contributor in good health. That was the goal when McVay decided to avoid the preseason again, preferring to keep his players fresh for the grind of defending an NFC championship.
''There's a difference in the preparation and the way that we're approaching things right now,'' McVay said Monday. ''We're focused on this year. I think our guys have done a great job of having that singular focus on just producing in the present.''

The Rams' only big injury in the preseason happened to linebacker Micah Kiser, a backup last season projected to be a starter this fall before he injured his pectoral muscle and required season-ending surgery. Because he was trying to cement his new role on the defense, Kiser was one of the few key players who suited up in the preseason.

Los Angeles' starters didn't go without competition in August. They held joint practices with the Oakland Raiders and the crosstown Chargers, and McVay staged a handful of practice scrimmages for his team with officials and game-like conditions.
But the revamped defensive lineup has yet to be in a real game, and the offensive line still hasn't tested its two new starters. Center Brian Allen and left guard Joe Noteboom will make their first NFL starts Sunday.
''I think people are going to say we haven't played, or stuff like that,'' Allen said. ''It's not going to be an excuse. We're going to be ready for Sunday, and we've been going live against our defense all camp. The Chargers, the Raiders, we've got action against other teams at a live pace. It's not like we haven't been playing football.''
Noteboom said the offensive linemen have an advantage in practice preparation: They have to face Aaron Donald, the back-to-back AP Defensive Player of the Year.
''When you go into a game, you know it's going to be easy because you're not going to see anyone better than him,'' Noteboom said.

NOTES: The Rams put backup LB Justin Lawler on injured reserve Monday after initially keeping him on the 53-man roster. The procedural move means Lawler can return from foot surgery after the first eight weeks of the season. ... Los Angeles signed C Coleman Shelton to the active roster in Lawler's place. Shelton, the ninth offensive lineman on the 53-man roster, was cut by the Arizona Cardinals last weekend. He is a Pasadena native who played at Loyola High School near downtown Los Angeles. Shelton said he was pleasantly surprised to hear from the Rams: ''You never know who has been watching you on (video).'' Shelton is the fifth University of Washington product on the roster, joining his former teammates Marcus Peters, Cory Littleton and rookies Taylor Rapp and Greg Gaines.

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I like Rams said:

Wolford to the Seacocks makes a ton of sense. Smaller, mobile, scrappy dude who has good accuracy.

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Shut your pie hole!

I would say that Demby is probably safe - OL depth isn't great.

Natson seems like an obvious cut here at some point - all dude does is return punts, and if he's not a threat to take them all the way, what's he really bringing? Not ball security.

Reeder is another guy who probably shouldn't celebrate just yet - any addition at ILB would see him cut.

SeminoleRam said:

How many players can teams put on IR?

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IIRC the 2011 Rams had over 15 guys on IR so....