First 2 or even 3 picks I'd like to be offense. Our defense is already good and pretty loaded. Wade is better than Gregg, so even with the scheme transistion its not gonna regress much if at all.

The biggest problem our defense faced last year? Was it lack of talent? Depth? Experience? Nope.
It was simple..they were on the field too long.

Helping our offense will help our offense..and help our defense too. We are coming off 2 straight seasons of being dead LAST in offense and people want to draft for defense?? Not sure if serious.

For National Beer Day i went to Last Stand Brewery is down my street and picked up a bunch of 4 packs of their SMaSH IPA silver unlabeled cans / rather cool
They just started canning and it's awesome

They have a great Coffee Porter too

Gonna send their entire collection over to @DCH

http://www.laststandbrewing.com

Dxmissile said:

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I'm not so sure, I only have 12 on my Big Board!

TexasRam said:

Barron was a good to very good pass protector. Just was a penalty machine.

Laurinaitus - he had some really solid years for us. A few of them he was pro bowl alternate level. Let's show some respect.

Bartell- took him 3 years to figure it out. But once he did he was a very strong CB. From what I remember he had two solid years for us. I remember this because I used to harp on him and the. I agreed to eat crow that he finally had figured it out.

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I'm a fan with an opinion, and James L is a multimillionaire, so my opinion doesn't matter much as far as the measure of respect that I give him. Anyway, I liked him in any case....But to come up with a starting line-up for my 1-15 all star team, composed of former starters during that span, I had to plug holes with decent players. Can you think of worse players that started during that time-span? Besides, the team I composed would be so bad, even decent players wouldn't be able to overcome the suckiness that would ensue...

CGI_Ram said:

http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angele...r-defense-what-should-be-the-rams-draft-focus
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LOS ANGELES -- The offense lacks impact talent, but includes several developing young players. The defense has plenty of talent, but not enough quality players under team control beyond the 2017 season. And that prompts an interesting question: Where should the Los Angeles Rams steer their focus in the upcoming draft, which is less than three weeks away?

It's easy to make either case.

The Rams' shortcomings on offense are obvious. The Rams were dead last in yards each of the last two seasons and have ranked within the bottom eight in scoring during eight of the last 10 seasons. They drafted a quarterback (Jared Goff) first overall in 2016 and a running back (Todd Gurley) 10th overall in 2015. Conventional wisdom would tell you that the Rams need to load up on pieces that will bring out the best in both of them.

But the Rams drafted seven offensive linemen from 2014 to '15, six of whom remain on the roster. Last year, four of their five picks after Goff went to pass-catchers -- Tyler Higbee, Pharoh Cooper, Temarrick Hemingway and Mike Thomas, respectively.

The Rams haven't drafted a defensive player higher than the sixth round in the last two years and have recently stomached the departure of key starters, particularly in their secondary. Free safety Rodney McLeod and cornerback Janoris Jenkins left via free agency last offseason. Strong safety T.J. McDonald left this offseason. And now the Rams are staring at a daunting list of players scheduled to be unrestricted free agents next offseason.

It includes their top linebacker (Alec Ogletree), their primary cornerback (Trumaine Johnson), their new strong safety (Maurice Alexander), their slot corner and potential free safety (Lamarcus Joyner), their potential No. 2 corner (E.J. Gaines), their new outside linebacker (Connor Barwin), their backup safety (Cody Davis) and three backup defensive linemen (Dominique Easley, Ethan Westbrooks and Tyrunn Walker).

The Rams need more young, quality depth throughout their defense, but they badly need weapons on offense, too. They will only have one selection within the first 68 picks, but still have a total of eight, five of which will come within the third and sixth rounds. The draft is deep on receivers and tight ends, but it's also deep on corners and safeties. As Rams general manager Les Snead said: "It’s definitely deep at a few positions that we need."

Rams coaches recently turned in their reports on draft prospects. During the next few weeks, they'll go over them with Snead and his scouting staff, at which point the Rams will begin to assemble their draft board. The Rams' first selection is 37th overall, the fifth pick of the second round. They have been linked to an assortment of players at every position except quarterback and running back. But here, for simplicity's sake, we'll zero in on receivers, tight ends, cornerbacks and safeties.

Below is a look at 10 intriguing ones, listed in alphabetical order.

S Budda Baker (Washington): Baker was first-team All Pac-12 in 2015 and 2016. He brings a lot of energy and explosiveness, with solid ball skills. At 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds, Baker might be a little bit undersized as a safety, making it difficult for him to cover tight ends. But Baker can work as a roaming free safety, which the Rams could use. Even if Joyner does lock down the free safety position, he would probably return to his duties as a slot corner in nickel packages.

CB Gareon Conley (Ohio State): Conley, 6-foot and 195 pounds, was second-team All Big Ten as a junior in 2016, a season that included four interceptions and eight pass breakups. His size and length would no doubt be appealing to the Rams. Conley is good in press coverage and can make up ground quickly, but hasn't looked very comfortable in off-man coverage. He has drawn comparisons to Aqib Talib, and he might not be available to the Rams at 37.

TE Evan Engram (Mississippi): Engram led FBS tight ends with 926 receiving yards as a senior, with 138 of those yards coming in a near-upset over Alabama. The 6-foot-3, 234-pound Engram ran a 4.42-second 40-yard dash at the combine, the fastest by anyone at his position since 2010. Some consider him too small for tight end, others too slow for receiver. But he can make an make an impact on an offense that heavily utilizes tight ends in its passing attack, as Sean McVay is prone to do.

CB Marlon Humphrey (Alabama): A redshirt freshman for a deep Crimson Tide team in 2014, Humphrey started every game in 2015 and garnered Freshman All-SEC honors for a team that won the national championship. He followed with a couple of interceptions and five pass breakups in 2016. Humphrey, 6 foot and 197 pounds, might be a little raw in some areas, but has the ability and athleticism to make up for some of that. He's also a vicious hitter.

CB Adoree' Jackson (USC): An avid Rams fan who grew up near St. Louis, Jackson is one of the best athletes in this draft. As a freshman he was a starter at cornerback and receiver, ultimately named a Freshman All-American and the Pac-12 Defensive Rookie of the Year. In 2015, he was a first-team All-Pac 12 defensive back. In 2016, he won the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the best college defensive back. Jackson, 5-10 and 186 pounds, has some size concerns, but has the blazing speed to make an impact right away, in coverage and as a returner.

WR Zay Jones (East Carolina): Jones owns the FBS record for career receptions (399) and was second in the nation with 1,746 receiving yards as a senior. He’s 6-2 and 200 pounds with average speed, but an elite ability to make contested catches. Jones spent his first three years playing primarily in the slot, then moved to the outside and put up good numbers. His full name is Isaiah Avery Jones.

S Obi Melifonwu (Connecticut): Melifonwu is big and athletic at 6-4 and 224 pounds, with the ability to cover tight ends and dish out big hits. But he still needs to develop overall in coverage. Melifonwu was a four-year starter at UConn and was first-team All-America Athletic Conference as a senior in 2016 with four interceptions, three pass breakups and 2 1/2 tackles for a loss.


WR John Ross (Washington): The Rams desperately need the kind of speed that can take the top off opposing defenses, and Ross brings that. The question is whether he will fall to them after seeing his stock soar with a record 4.22 40-yard dash at the combine. Ross, who is 5-10 and 188 pounds, brings some injury concerns. He missed the 2015 season with a torn ACL and was scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery this past March. In between, though, Ross had 1,150 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns, second-most in Pac-12 history.

WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (USC): Smith-Schuster left school with a year of eligibility remaining and scored 10 touchdowns in each of the last two seasons, totaling 159 catches for 2,368 yards. Smith-Schuster got off to a slow start last year, but took off after Sam Darnold became USC's starting quarterback. He turned 20 on Nov. 22 and was the youngest invitee to the combine. At 6-1 and 215 pounds, he would bring some much-needed size and physicality to the Rams.

CB Tre’Davious White (LSU): White was an All-SEC selection last year, with a couple of interceptions and a team-high 14 pass breakups. At 5-11 and 192 pounds, White has the ability to stick with receivers for extended stretches. He might lack the physicality in run support and might need help as a tackler, but he'll be fine against most NFL receivers in man coverage. Not too many in this draft can say that.

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I'm caught in a cross! I know we need Offensive Players, BUT I'm a Defensive minded guy, and I want to keep our strength at it strongest, That's our Defense!! And we need to add to our LB corps! With someone Like OLB TJ Watt (Wisconsin)!! Then I would go TE or WR and then CB! That's just my personal preference though!! JMHO!

Just think....we just happened to grab Woods....At this moment, we only think McVay will keep our roster the same on offense. But I think we both know the receiver room will be different in 2018. I also think the db's are changing....I always believe you need a very quick nickle corner...smaller size appears to be an advantage in there....but we don't really know what our corners are gonna end up looking like...FS either...We just need to wait and see...

I cannot stress or express how happy I am with the way our off-season has gone so far. For the amount of $$$ as we had to work with, I think they have done a brilliant job of bringing in guys with the ability to fill needs & depth to our roster. And they are "quality" guys too. A few older Vets that should/could be at the very least "bridge" players until we can find the "long term" answers (Whitworth/Conner/Sullivan) , guys who have great work ethic and IMHO a change of scenery for them could be pleasant surprises and exceed our expectations (Woods/Webster/Dunbar/NRC), and depth guys at the very least (Murray/Walker/Thompson). All for the most part are known to be hard workers, coach-able and team players. I don't see many "reaches" or "WTF's" as we did under JF at the helm.

Then look at the staff. ... my Lord ... I don't see ANY drop off on the Defensive side of the ball. WP alone sold me on our Defense not losing ground. We stayed the course with Fassel at the helm of the ST's which is/was a GREAT move IMHO. We are in good hands there. and then there is the Offense ... OMG!!! This side of the ball took MAJOR strides in KNOWLEDGE, RESUME's, and COMPETENCY to provide this unit with what it needs to succeed!!

I do expect a little bit slow process of how quickly everything comes together. Just he fact of everything being new is going to be a bit of a set back but DMAN ... once it starts to "gel" ... we are going to be tenfold better team than what we have been.

I'm happy. I have hope. I am excited. and for once in quite a while, I am more than optimistic about our future!!

As the draft creeps ever closer, it’s been hard to miss the steady drumbeat growing among film watchers for Texas A&M receiver Josh Reynolds. Lauded for his ability to high-point the ball and make the spectacular grab, even a cursory glance at his game provides an easy piece of evidence for why he has so many fans.

Reception Perception aims to do what is a challenge for just the average note-taker: place all portions of a wide receiver’s performance in context and congruence with each other. Through the number of metrics provided by the charting methodology, we can observe which players exist in a limited or narrow role, while also noting their strengths and proficiency in that assignment. Most importantly, the success rates in the series help show whether that player in question can ever hope to function outside of their collegiate role.

Josh Reynolds is a fascinating case, as his evaluation brought on a healthy mix of questions and answers. After questioning whether some of the anecdotes of his strongest traits hold up, we may have stumbled on how he truly stands out among players incubated in similar collegiate environments.

Alignment and Target Data
Games Sampled: South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi State, LSU, Kansas State

Throughout the 2017 Reception Perception draft series we’ve placed little emphasis on the wide receivers who primarily stuck to one side of the field, as fully explained in JuJu Smith-Schuster’s profile. With players like Laquon Treadwell, Kevin White and Dorial Green-Beckham primarily playing one side of the field in college and also getting off to slow starts in the NFL, we might be seeing the beginning of a trend developing. With such a limited collegiate assignment that does not replicate a pro receiver’s deployment, perhaps these players are naturally predisposed to a steeper learning curve.

Josh Reynolds becomes the latest among a group of prospects charted the last three years to operate almost exclusively from one position on over 70 percent of their charted snaps. Of these players, Green-Beckham posted the highest yardage total in his NFL rookie season with just 549.



The former Aggies receiver took 84.2 percent of his snaps at right wide receiver over the six games charted for Reception Perception. Over 66 percent of them came with Reynolds attached to the line of scrimmage playing the X-receiver spot. He gained some experience playing in the slot, traveling there on 5.3 percent of his snaps, 24 in total.

Texas A&M plays a wide-open spread passing offense much like the offense Chad Hansen operated in at Cal-Berkeley. Unlike his Cal counterpart, Reynolds wasn’t the target hog of the Aggies’ offense in 2016, drawing a target on 26 percent of his charted routes. Reynolds only caught a pass on 14.7 percent of his patterns, the second-lowest rate among 2017 draft prospects with only Josh Malone’s 13.1 percent trailing him.

One of the issues sure to stick with other analysts, though they tend to be overstated in general, is his propensity for drops. Reynolds checked in with a 9.4 drop rate in his sampled games, one of three highest in this class. Drops are often overweighed by fans because the negative effect they have on us tends to overwhelm our perspective and casts a shadow over positive traits. On the other hand, spectacular catches can have the inverse effect and cause us to extrapolate those high moments to the rest of our takeaways.

Ancillary Metrics
Before digging into his route running, it’s important to note the attributes that most often draw analyst’s affection. Simply put: Josh Reynolds makes some of the most spectacular catches among the wide receiver prospects in this draft. His highlight clips and cutups are littered with impressive, leap-driven catches where Reynolds plucks the ball with strong hands in midair. Yet, in the inverse effect of the overpowering negative visceral reaction to drops, observing a few of those awe-inspiring catches can leave a stamp of positive reaction that’s tough to wash away.

Given some of the sterling catches he makes in the air, it was disappointing to see Reynolds check in with a 64.3 percent contested catch conversion rate in Reception Perception. Now, for context, that’s far from a poor score. It is above the two-year prospect average. However, it falls just above the 58th percentile. Reynolds is certainly capable of winning this brand of difficult reception, but his ability in the air is far from a dominant trait on the level of a Chris Godwin, and even falls below some smaller receivers like Carlos Henderson or Taywan Taylor.


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One area where Reynolds did live up to the hype was after the catch, going down on first contact on just 35.7 percent of his “in space” attempts. He was proficient in making the first defender miss, breaking a single tackle on 50 percent of his in space attempts, and at busting out big plays, shown by breaking two or more tackles on the remaining 14.3 percent. Both of those scores checked in above the two-year prospect average.

In this area, Reynolds compared to a similarly built current NFL player in Marvin Jones. During his final season with the Bengals, Jones broke a single tackle on 62.5 percent of his in space attempts and multiple tackles on 12.5 percent. Of course, Jones still holds the Reception Perception record with a 90 percent contested catch conversion rate from that 2015 campaign. Should Reynolds soon hone that skill in the air as Jones has, he could enjoy a similar career to the now Lions wideout. He certainly has the potential route-running acumen to do so.

Success Rate vs. Coverage
In his work as a separator, Josh Reynolds shows his true value and placement among the receivers in this year’s class. Despite his tall and lanky frame at 6-foot-3, 194 pounds and propensity to high-point passes in high-leverage situations, Reynolds showed well in all layers of success rate vs. coverage.

With a 71.1 percent success rate vs. man coverage, Reynolds scored at the 67th percentile among prospects charted for Reception Perception. He also showed well when asked to defeat jams at the line of scrimmage, with a 67.3 percent success rate vs. press coverage. That score put him above the two-year prospect average, but only by a few percentage points.

Reynolds’ best work came against zone coverage, with a success rate (83.9 percent) above the 94th percentile. He showed a strong ability to sift through traffic in the middle of the field, as well as diagnosing coverage at or above the level of his quarterback. It should be noted, however, that Reynolds only faced 56 attempts against zones, compared to 149 in man coverage.

Route Data
We noted that Reynolds comes from a similar college offense to that of Chad Hansen or Ishmael Zamora, who came with limited assignments as route-runners. Not only did Reynolds primarily play just one receiver position, he also was not responsible for a wide array of patterns.



Essentially, Reynolds’ deployment portfolio primarily contained just three routes, with 75 percent of his charted patterns being slants, curls or nines. Those were the only routes he ran at a rate above the prospect average. He did check in at the average for out route percentage and mixed in some posts and digs at a mild level, but by in large, his work was done on just those three routes.

Reynolds’ deployment on just one side of the field in conjunction with a narrow usage pattern on the route tree simply cannot be ignored. It would not be surprising to see this player struggle to make an early impact in the NFL, given his overall lack of a diverse set of assignment experiences. However, his route success rate scores give optimism that with the proper seasoning, there is something to be mined with Reynolds’ potential.



Among those three routes Reynolds ran at a high rate, the only one that did not come with an above average success rate was the nine. His 80.8 percent success rate on slants, and especially his 85.7 percent success rate on curls were some of the best scores in the 2017 draft class.

With his ability to play the ball in the air, Reynolds makes sense as a threat on curl routes in breaking back to the quarterback. It helps that he demonstrates an understanding of deceptive routes running, not tipping off his intent when cutting off a vertical stem. Similarly, as he’s a quantifiable threat to break tackles in the open field, his NFL team will likely make use of him on slants to get him into space.

Though he was not asked to run many other routes at a high frequency, Reynolds largely passed any and all tests in limited showings by scoring above the average on all routes outside of the nine and post. It may take time, but Reception Perception indicates the senior wideout could develop into a more complete player as his career goes on.

Unlike the litany of other receivers who will likely face a steep learning curve due to their college offense and limited roles, Josh Reynolds shows the route-running acumen and separation to potentially eschew those worries. With strong success rates across the route tree and overall marks against man and zone, Reynolds passed the Reception Perception test.

With verifiable strengths in the air in the contested catch game and more notably on the ground after the catch, Reynolds has abilities to lean on while he marinates in the technical portions of the wide receiver craft. Of all the developmental receivers who need to overcome limitations brought on by their college role, take Josh Reynolds as the one to see his ability shine through over his assignment. The ceiling might not be tremendous in his future outlook, with a lack of spectacular scores across the board, but don’t be surprised if by 2019 or earlier, Reynolds is competing for or locked down a prominent complementary spot in a passing game.

Mackeyser said:

Can you imagine how good the roast of Jesus would be with those cats???

Heaven's got the makings of an amazing Laffapalooza...

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Epic!

dieterbrock said:

Who says he isn't going to be?

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:icare:

Thank god Fisher is gone. Looks like we have some depth at this position now. I really like what McVay and Snead are doing!

Yep, that's another pet peeve... Damn spell check

I already have a hard enough time communicating without having some digital gremlin picking random words for me...

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Seriously
She's gonna get half of what's left after the lawyers get paid

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Is that what the "no fault" divorce does? If so why pay the damn lawyers? Shit she left cheating on him.

Yep, I picked a 32 oz bottle of Modelo (also got a bottle of Wild Turkey Rye, as an aside)


I know that I am ruining my Keystone Light and Ice image up in here, but I'm going "uptown" by drinking that imported beer...:rockon: It a holiday where favorite beer is the point...A philosopher once said " Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy..."

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I think other teams had just as big injuries, they might not have seemed big because it's on a different team "who cares"and aside from Gaines there really hasn't been a major injury during TC. Penalties were issues because the Rams under Fisher were young and loaded with attitude, and Fisher's only response to addressing the penalty problem was "we'll get it fixed". Under Fisher his best OC was Schotty, which I think the O was ranked around 24, and it got much worse after he left, and because most of the time a backup was the starting QB.

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Schotty did real good at Georgia ?

Reynolds got hurt , but during the season he changed things up on the weekely schedule after Shotty left , because Indon't think he was on board with that .
---Plus why would Shorty leave the NFL for Geaorgia ?
Sark just left Bama for Atlanta to be the OC ??

If Saffold's Surgically repaired shoulders are finally corrected. He might actually last a while. In that case he is one of the best OL on the Rams. But he has a history of injuries. So planning on having a backup is imperative.

TIGHT END is right where BPA and need meet at our first pick unless someone Awesome falls. I personally want a real center like Fredrick and the Indiana kid will be there at our pick but can he Dominate at Center with Kromer magic? Feeney or Evan Engram is what I keep seein. Think Watt would be too much of a reach when our top needs are CB,WR,C,TE and not in any order. We have NEEDS!!! Depth plus. Not really that exciting this year for me. I've over studied whats out there and miss not having a real #1 pick. The Cornerback depth is mind blowing grab bag . I expect many bad picks and regrets from more than half the teams this season. Its that much of a dissapointment we're not getting an Elite at #5. Goff better start growing up as I have a kid getting his Batchelors this season and his college he has 3 more weeks at (Graduates the 5TH) has hired him as their IT guy. I want the same match to happen with Jared and McVay. I want gossip so great I have to fly out to a practice from Florida. I want all we spent to PAY OFF!!!!!:yess:

Fair enough, @jrry32 I'll take your word for it sir.

Btw I had the worst case of insomnia last night and so I went on YouTube for a solid two hours and just watched all videos related to Forrest Lamp. I HIGHLY suggest everyone do it if you have the time, the guy is very smart and well-spoken. You can tell he just gets it and will be an immediate star on and off the field. Watch his interviews and you can't help but gush over the guy. I went to bed dreaming we would trade up for him.

1: Media tries to create a story from nothing;
2: One of the protagonists in this potential made up story says there's nothing in it;
3: Media writes article about how their made up story isn't a story after all;
4: The rest of us roll our eyes at the further decline of sports journalism.

After being on the bottom for most of my working life and then inventing a billion dollar plus engineering solution (the first Mac-based Render Farm) that would have helped our company revolutionize how talent gets discovered in this country, I got outright fired... for no reason than that I had stock. Worse, I had delivered this solution 92% under budget. That's right...not 92% of budget...UNDER budget... around $400k out of a $5M budget. Steve Jobs would have talked about my work, but I got dumped so that a VC could take all the stock for themselves.

So when my next (and last) gig was as a Manager of Information Systems for Oxygen (the cable channel when they actually did original programming based around empowering women and children), I focused on getting being a manager right.

I even put my job on the line when one of my crew, doing the job they were trained to do, had a computer crash and lose a ton of financial information. The bookkeeper given the job of Head of Accounting had refused to use her private shared drive on the server after repeated written notifications. I told my guys to go back to the office after she yelled in their faces that she wanted them fired. I refused and said they'd have to fire me before that happened. Lucky for me, my boss was in NY and no one on the site had squat to say about my job.

I shut down the help desk and took my guys out to lunch every Friday on my dime. I expected them to work hard, but for my network engineer, network support tech and two IT guys, there were several instances where they got to see first hand that I had their backs. Moreover, I let them know I trusted them when we were implementing new things. I knew that at their level, jobs in tech could be transient, so it was important to always be building their resumes and I kept them focused on building their careers.

I knew I had done it right when my NY boss told me he never expected me to succeed because the job was so bad. He only hired me because he didn't trust the Manager from the SF office. I met every deliverable.

As for firing a guy, yeah, had to do that once and he earned every bit of it.

The guy was going to employees and talking bad about me to them. I had earned enough trust on the site that they told me what he had said. I called him in and formally counseled him, letting him know that I was perfectly willing to listen to any concerns or criticisms, but behind closed doors. We didn't air any dirty laundry in front of the employees who were for all intents and purposes, our customers.

But he continued talking trash, not mere criticisms, but outright denigration, calling me incompetent among other things and saying that he could do my job much better than me.

As if that weren't stupid enough, he was still on a temp contract. After I fired him, I had to tell his contractor WHY he was fired, so he was dumped immediately from the agency as well. I NEVER wanted to have to fire anyone, but...if there was ONE guy asking to be fired...it was him.

Man Lavar Ball really should just shut his mouth. This dude doesnt get it at all and is hurting his sons everytime he opens his mouth. One of those "white guys" is a top 5 all time leading scorer at UCLA (Bryce Alford) and the other is a possible NBA lottery pick (TJ Leaf). This is pure ignorance. And lastly the 3rd white guy (Thomas Welsh) averaged almost a double double on the year with 11pts and 9 rebs. All 3 of these guys were vital to how good UCLA was this season.This guy is the worst part of getting the Ball brothers at UCLA.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...lavar-ball-casts-blame-ucla-bruins-white-guys

LaVar Ball: UCLA was too slow to win title with 'three white guys'
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LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of former UCLA Bruins guard Lonzo Ball, gave two reasons Thursday for why the Bruins were eliminated in the NCAA tournament: Lonzo Ball was saddled by a hamstring injury, and some of his teammates, whom LaVar Ball referred to as "three white guys," couldn't pick up the slack.

Lonzo Ball did not mention the injury after the Sweet 16 loss to Kentucky, and UCLA coach Steve Alford said he believed his player was fine.

"Realistically you can't win no championship with three white guys because the foot speed is too slow," LaVar Ball told the Southern California News Group, presumably talking about TJ Leaf, Bryce Alford and Thomas Welsh.




LaVar Ball 'glad' Alford is staying at UCLA
LaVar Ball, who stayed in California to tend to his ailing wife instead of going to Memphis for the Sweet 16, told ESPN he feels "good" about Steve Alford remaining the coach at UCLA.



"I told Lonzo, 'One of these games you might need to go for 30 or 40 points.' It turned out that was the one game. Then once they get to the Elite Eight, they're right there," LaVar Ball said.

Lonzo Ball is a likely lottery pick in this summer's NBA draft. He played one season at UCLA and has since filed paperwork for the draft as well as hired an agent.

LaVar Ball's middle son, LiAngelo, is committed to UCLA for next season. His youngest son, LaMelo, is committed to UCLA in the class of 2019.

Kentucky advanced to the South Region final with an 85-76 victory, where it lost to eventual champion North Carolina.

DR RAM said:

Dang, I'd never make it in the NFL.

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I've got a die-hard cowgirl fan in my office who absolutely HATES Romo. He never wants to see that guy under center for his team again. He wants him to sign with another NFC East team... he sees that as working in the cowgirls favor.

The funniest thing about this guy's ranting about Romo to me is this... He calls Romo "Danny White"... "a shittier version,,, and Danny was absolute crap in his opinion".

I really enjoy watching the suffering of cowgirl fans.

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He is so boring, and dry...I really can't see him succeeding in this field. Like I care. Didn't like Simms either, but he was somewhat controversial, Tony is just a boring POS.

The whole thing is kinda comical.
The Rams had no intention to spend Tru's money on other FA's this year. They want the cap space next year to extend players on the team and flexibility of not having players they signed this off season with Tru's cap space to interfere. Same with Tru, nothing long term.

If there was a guy the Rams really wanted this year and knew they could of signed Tru would've went into the FA pool. Lacking that then why not spend it on Tru.
The 16.7m how ever spent wasn't going to guarantee SB trip so why not let Tru fill a hole for another year and replace him as the team grows. He is getting middle aged for a CB

The we want to see how he plays in Wades system thing? Okay. What if he's really bad in it, Justin King bad. They going to pay him 16.7m to be the dime or not dress?
They got 6 years film on him what else you need. They not going to draft any D players since they haven't played in Wades system?
Les you can do better than that.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...shaw-kellen-winslow-arrive-for-spring-league/

Greg Hardy, Ahmad Bradshaw, Kellen Winslow arrive for Spring League
Posted by Mike Florio on April 6, 2017

The Spring League, the newest developmental football league has officially launched, sort of. Players have convened at The Greenbrier in West Virginia for training camp in advance of an April 15 kickoff to the six-game season.

According to a spokesman for the league has informed PFT that the following former NFL players are in attendance: defensive end Greg Hardy, running back Ahmad Bradshaw, tight end Kellen Winslow, quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, running back Ben Tate, and quarterback Ricky Stanzi.

These and other players are doing all they can to play the game they love, because according to the league’s website they’re not getting paid. Instead, they get lodging and meals for the duration of the season, which actually will end in only 20 days.

The games end one day before the draft. Anyone who stands out could then be added, in theory, to an NFL offseason roster as OTAs approach.