Dodgersrf said:

You can't go anywhere Dave. You're stuck with us.

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I know Bro! It's the Rams and ROD until Death-Us-Do-Part!!:shades::cheers:

JIMERAMS said:

NE has a bad oline? Could have fooled me but ok whatever you say.

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Mediocre, not bad. A lot of the lack of hits/sacks on Brady is from scheming - they're very good at taking away any one individual performer, and they're very good at getting the ball out fast. Much of the rest of it is Brady himself - it's hard to overstate how spending 17 years in the same offensive system lets you know what's going to happen before a play is run, meaning you shave precious seconds off the time you're holding the ball in the pocket.

Brown was terrible in 2015.
Beaten like a drum in every phase.
He seemed to improve at least run blocking during the preseason but his pass blocking was a total liability. It made sense to start Saffold over him. Now, Saffold played poorly which was disappointing. Brown did play better last week and in other spots this year.
Best case is he develops along with Grob....not giving up hope with that. Havenstein, despite his zero sacks last year, had trouble with speed rushers. This year those rushers are getting home. If those three can develop into good starters the Rams O line are almost there.

LumberTubs said:

Who is the chick in your avatar?!!

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She is Simone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica

hi Jeff reporty mcreportson LA times

Jeff any plans to try to ...jeff !! ,,,jeff!! coach ?! ,,guys he doing it again

JerseyRam1 said:

If a team wanted to trade you a second or a package of mid-rounders, would you trade him? My thought is Hekker is like having the best closer in baseball, but your team loses 90 games a year. Why not trade him while you can get value in return?

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I can't imagine any team values a punter to the point of giving up that kind of draft compensation. Jacksonville did spend a third on one a few years back, but they wound up looking pretty silly.

For Hek, I think you get a late round pick.

I only trade him if I think the team doesn't need him anymore.

Originally I felt moving Joyner to FS would test his durability, however, he's on the field quite a bit now and I have always thought that was his best position. David Shaw has been my guy for the last couple of years because he a heck of a football coach and the Rams have gone with an Offensive Coordinator (Scott Linehan), Defensive Coordinator (Steve Spagnuolo) and a former Head Coach in Jeff Fisher, so the only option left is a College Head Football Coach and are 50/50 in this area with John Robinson, who did an excellent job IMO and Rich Brooks not so much, unless you factor in Sid Gillman who came to the Rams from the University of Cincinnati from 1955-1959.

There's a Monday Night Game on tonight? I'd rather watch WWE wrestling than the Colts-Jets game.

Mojo Ram said:

FWIW
Local radio is reporting this Arians retirement story is bogus and unsubstantiated.

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Yes Arians himself said he was coming back, and not to listen to any of his friends cause he doesn't have many.

I think you mean Earl Thomas. Broke his shin bone. He's thinking of retiring, actually...

I keep losing a lot of money in SportsBook

But... I keep coming back for more. Thanks for all the effort with those. Serious high-five!

I posted after week 1 that JJ's loss would hurt this team badly. Not only is he a strong cover corner, but he was one of this teams play makers and play makers are really hard to find. One big play in several games this year may have changed the outcome.

Vent threads have a 24-hour limit. Close enough. Locked.

DaveFan'51 said:

Love Pete! But I'd go for, more recently, Ernie Conwell!
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Definitely a Conwell fan here too.

Jeff Fisher needs to just say FUCK IT, and let someone come in and install their offense. I'm sick of this boring, plain offense. It doesn't work.

Too busy scouting players that we'll draft in the mid rounds and not use them and/or they end up being bad picks.

The more I hear about ED the more I'm sure that he just wants his 5 minutes back in the the spotlight. He's making a mountain out of a mole hill. While I agree things could have been handled better, I don't think either side is to blame. Basically I can see the issue from both sides. Fisher doesn't want distractions and ED is just telling the truth.

Second, I hope Fishers extension was signed at the beginning of the season and was contingent on him at least getting to 7 wins in order to keep his job. I know everything we hear from here until the seasons end will be pure speculation so I guess we just have to wait and see.

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I feel Gurley's frustration. He's holding himself accountable, which I'm sure all the players are doing. Somewhere between the practices, film sessions, game planning and actual game day execution there is a huge disconnect. How you fix it is the $69K question. I don't see it happening in the next four games. I can't believe another season is done in a month for my Rams. What looked to be promising after a 3-1 start just makes me shake my head in bewilderment.

RamFan503 said:

My wife's family is from Reno. Many of them are whiner fans and WERE big Kaep fans. Now they can't wait to see him go ANYWHERE else. The not standing for the anthem was kind of a last straw for them but they followed him his entire career and are just fed up with his me first, crappy attitude.

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Sort of sad actually.
The opposite of how he was as a guy in college. Someone got to his head. Or maybe he just couldn't handle the fame....it happens.

Brady: "Oh hey man. Hey, your a heck of a punter. Time to put in my Uggs and take the limo back to the mansion."

RAMNATION said:

My personal favorite, "We are keeping it vanilla in Preseason" Then I see the same thing all year long.

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If Fisher had a sea worthy boat, he would never leave the dock.

Tavon would have made all the difference today

OldSchool said:

Not sure that I like 3 of our 4 free agents being such huge injury risks and Joeckel just isn't good. Also it's becoming more and more apparent that we need to put somebody new in the DE rotation. Quinn is becoming a huge injury problem and you cut/walk Sims.

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Again, Joeckel isn't a good LT, but his work as an OG can't be graded due to lack of attempts. Much the same can be said of GRob. My mock isn't really about anything other than what I see as practicality over cost and necessity, ... at least imo. Consider also I have a 3'rd round OG in my mock, not counting depth already on the roster which hopefully improves somewhat, but Joeckel shouldn't be underestimated based against cost, even if released during camp. Re-signing Tru Johnson, Britt & TJ will come at a price, and Ogletree's contract is up after next year, so CAP allowances should be made for him also. Signing Alshon Jeffery will also be costly, although game changing imo. Saffold & Sims are CAP cuts which make up a small portion of the difference, even if we are in a pretty solid CAP position entering 2017. I'd also consider Barnes as a potential CAP cut if more room needs to be made and Wichmann shows the potential to back-up at Center. Our draft minus a 1'st rounder is painful enough, but it will lower our normal draft CAP increase in a big way. Joeckel & Jordan are low cost additions, even Kalil should be in that lower-cost category based on injury & effectiveness, and yes, they all have boom or bust written all over them, but I believe the potential gains are difficult to resist and they should be very CAP friendly. Not much of a gamble for me, our OL sucks, so i'm looking to at least get from bad to average with as many needs we have and how poor our draft is at the top. Since it doesn't count against CAP, i'd rather us spend money to improve OL coaching.
I'd love to use a #1 draft pick on a DE, but we'll need to wait until 2018 for that kind of move, Quinn & Hayes are getting scary going forward, i'm not sure we have won a game this season where Quinn was out of the line-up, and Hayes could easily become a CAP casualty in 2018, he's just no longer starting material. jmo.

Ladoc said:

niNICK SABAN at Alabama may be a good choice also. He is a winner. During Pete Carrolls first employ in the NFL he did poorly with New England. Maybe Saban would also do great in the NFL the second time. To bad jimmy Johnson is to old and wealthy! LA is a market that can get anyone interested!!

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IDK if Saben would leave. Why leave when you are already one of the best college head coaches ever and could win 10 more championships and surpass Bryant status? Maybe he wants a Lombardi trophy to. I'd be down for him easy. He holds players accountable, And knows how to win. I'd take him in a heart beat if he wanted. Seems to have a Bellicheat mentality to the game.