I’m interested to see where he’s at, clearly there’s an opportunity for someone to step into the TE2 spot but it seems like he’s being written off because the team drafted Harris who’s a major project.

Now the Skins will win the East..SMH

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Actually, I think it was Rollergirl who has the deep snapper...

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Speaking of Dirk Diggler, have you guys seen the new Sex/Life series on netflix? There's a scene that puts diggler to shame. It's unreal.

dang said:

Agree Kiser is injury prone and Reeder is durable. If both were healthy I’d pick Kiser all day every day over Reeder. IMO Reeder is good depth and does play hard but average at best as a starter due to limited physical attributes (speed, quickness, strength, change in direction).

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The Rams have followed you here for 3 seasons & got mostly 3 straight years of almost nothing from Kiser....so are you really ready for a 4-year repeat of the same?

Kiser compiled in 3 seasons as a Ram 46 solos, 35 assists, zero sacks, zero INT & one FF.

Because you & I know that Rookie Jones will lock up of those two MLB'er positions. Kiser is also a UFA in March of 2022 so we know he will depart. I would prefer to build on a Jones/Reeder combo with a Christian Rozeboom being groomed @ MLB'er.

I see Jefferson as Woods eventual replacement. This could happen anytime from 2024 on as he will be 32 years old. Jefferson is a hybrid of both Kupp and Woods, with better speed than both and the ability to separate with his route running. He was slowed last year because McVay's offense is pretty complex with multiple route options depending upon the defense. He must read them the same way as the QB. He's got great hands and is very capable of tacking on YAC.

By then Tutu should be their regular starting Y receiver in Sean's 11 personnel. When Higbee will be in a contract year in 2023 and its clear that Harris is being groomed to be his replacement. So it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they draft a very fast WR next year. That would give them the option to completely overhaul their receivers from 2023 onwards.

Because their roster is basically built Snead has the luxury of drafting for the future and I don't see it as a coincidence that Kupp and Wood's contracts give the team that kind of roster overhaul options when both these guys are in their 30's. History has shown that extending high-priced WRs in their 30's is an exercise in diminishing returns.

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Early poll results indicate it ain’t the OL or secondary that needs help as much as our LB corp (by a wide margin).

Tano said:

Blythe and Evans specifically hurt us in that game. Every 3rd and long, Goff got pressured by their man in that game. I think Goff got sacked 5 times in that game because of that duo. And Whitworth wasn't himself that game either.

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Yes losing Edwards was an underrated blow for us. So was not having Kupp which I think hurt more. Which is why we just saw an offseason overhaul at QB and WR.

The defense is really my big question mark this season though. Between having a new DC plus the way Green Bay worked them there are plenty of unknowns. But despite all that I think we are far better off than most rosters and I like this draft in how they went after run stuffers and pass game competition.

Hope is we get that perfect storm. I think that is going to happen too.

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IDK, for every record broken this year, let's go ahead and put an asterisk denoting the number of games.
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1,600 yards rushing

500 yards receiving

20 tds

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I guess this is better than nothing but I wasn’t overly impressed. I was a little disappointed to hear the old, “McVay is probably tired of telling Jared who to throw to before the ball is snapped,” thing brought up yet again. It’s unfortunate this is still being talked about and I’m sure it’s not the last, especially if Jared struggles. But I really didn’t hear anything new that I haven’t seen discussed more in depth on this board.

LouisvilleRam said:

Wait, Wut?

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The blue and white helmets are garbage. They do not go with anything other than the 60s uniforms.
Eric Dickerson, Jack Youngblood unis RULE.
The current faded numbers also suck.
Its all about money, something to sell.

Selassie I said:

FSU burned the hell out of teams on the regular by taking advantage of Cam's ability to throw the football.

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Selassie I said:

Hopefully McSlay will put that in a game plan or two this year. It's a real weapon.

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MauiRam said:

I can only come up with three: Cam Akers, Tutu Atwell and Johnny Hekker. Anyone know if there are others? If so, I can't help but wonder what trickery McVay might concoct ... Thoughts ??

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McVay has got to be scheming something.

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Ford is from Pittsburg like AD and has trained with him in the offseason. Of course AD is going say nice things about him and wish him the best.

Honestly, this story was not worth writing. AD hasn't even seen him play...he just heard he's doing alright so far lol.

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You just have to look at his contract to know the Rams weren't going to keep him next year. That's why I've been saying all along that Noteboom is their LT going forward. They are making a mistake by not extending him now. Why wait and give his agent leverage at the end of the season. Extending him now will be cheaper than after the season.

They should release Havenstein and say goodbye to his matador blocks and play Noteboom this year at RT. He's a far better pass blocker than Rob and would protect Stafford a lot better. It would also clear about $5M in cap getting them under the cap with a couple of million to spare.

It would also make sense to play Shelton at center, Evans at RG, and Corbett at LG. This would allow them to use Edwards as their swing OT to take over RT next year. After that, they have Alaric Jackson to play swing OT. Jackson has talent he's just painfully raw and needs a redshirt year on the PS. They also have Brewer to play swing OT if they want to keep Edwards at OG.

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Hmmm not sure I agree with any of this. Are you talking about extending Whit? Or noteboom? If you're talking Bout whit I'd say he's a little long in the tooth do do an extension even a one year rental. While I do agree Boom is the apparent LT of the future I do not agree he's a RT. One thing boom struggles with is the bull rush. He struggles with big strong guys. He constantly got pushed back and couldn't anchor when playing LG. While it is a different position I would imagine anchoring on an island at RT would be even harder than doing so at LG. Anyways most bullrushes on lined up against the RT and the technician over the LT which boom is much better equipped to handle.
Putting in Sheldon at C? Why? Has he proven anything in the NFL to give you an idea that he would succeed there? If so show me. Corbett well lucky for us he can probably play any interior position and probably play it well. While he didn't have a flawless debut season at RG he was pretty damn good. Evans at RG is the only thing I agree with. If anything Evans is the future RT so it makes sense to line him up next to Hav. Who btw had a pretty good season last year.

Juice said:

Everybody should at least listen to Prince. I'm not going to force him on you, but I consider him one of the best song writers in my lifetime, and I'm old. He could absolutely shred a guitar as well.

That being said, I had a friend of mine that got laid over at O'hare. He approached a bar where a lot of people were laughing and carrying on. When he went in he saw that Prince was in there with his entourage. My friend didn't like Prince's music that much but knew who he was and that he liked college basketball. He walked up to Prince and asked him about the ACC. He told me that some of the entourage looked at him in a weird way, like, "What are you doing talking to Prince?" Prince bought him a beer and talked college basketball until their flight out.

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Sorry but I am one of the few people who didn't like Prince's songs.

I thought I might be unfair to him since he always presented a snobby presence that I heard about (He wouldn't let Weird Al do a song of his for example and my college roommate had to escort him in one of his buildings he was managing and he didn't like how Prince treated him).

Anyway, I happen to really like Sheena Easton songs (well I was in love with her as a teenager). Anyway, I heard My Sugar Walls and I couldn't stand it. I hated that song and wondered how I could hate a Sheena Easton song.

Then a few years later, I heard Prince wrote the song. Ergo I just didn't like his type of music.

Of course I heard later he wrote many songs but that is the one that sticks out to me.

I've been thinking a lot lately that Goff - although he could read defenses given time (at minimum 1.5 secs to 2.0 secs unless it was a designed quick throw) is not nearly as fast at it as the better QBs (Stafford, Brady, Manning, etc). However, given that time, he could shred defenses with 10 to 20 yard passes better than most QBs. Stafford though can read defenses a lot faster and has a gun for an arm (and is more mobile).

That being said, I think Stafford fits the McVay mold and we will benefit greatly from it. Goff did not fit the McVay mold. Goff needs a good running game and time in the pocket to be a very good QB. Stafford doesn't need that time and McVay can use that ability to really cross up defenses.

And on that note - I am all in on the Rams this year. We can see both an awesome offense and awesome defense with hopefully improved play by the special teams.

LouisvilleRam said:

I didn't know covid was exclusive to just the Boston area and didn't hear the Pats had 5 or 6 defensive starters sit out .

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Well, now you know. The Patriots had 8 players opt out, from a total of 67 players across the NFL. No other team had more than 5.
So yeah, it impacted them much more than other teams. TB for instance only had 1 player.
Research, it does wonders

Foolio screaming and implying that there is something wrong with Matt Stafford for "settling" in Detroit for so many years is fucking stupid.

Keep making stuff up for your Burn Book, Regina. Keep making stuff up.

DW will sign a large contract to make millions in March Of 2022 with another team. DW will get a contract over the size in amount $$$ that DB John Johnson contacted for.

The Rams will be forced to go with either youngins David Long & Robert Rochelle as their starting outside corner.

Is that a head coach in the NFL, or are we talking about the high school and collegate levels? I think most player/super stars do not become head coaches becasue they do not need the money, and if they want to stay in the game, they can commentate on the NFL or any level. A lot of the stars are into branding not coaching.

Does Nick Scott have a chance to start for the Rams one day?​

As we saw in 2021, LA Rams general manager Les Snead likes using day three picks on prospects who may have more potential to contribute on special teams than they do on offense or defense. It can be hard for fans to fully come to terms with the idea that any players are ever drafted without the intent to become stars — the VAST majority of draft picks do not have near the offensive or defensive ceiling that many outsiders predict and many are meant to help fill out the 53-man and practice squad rosters, not a Pro Bowl roster — but the Rams need players all over the field and the building.

This year’s draft brought players such as Jake Funk, Ben Skowronek, and Jacob Harris as players who were noted for having fantastic potential to immediately contribute on special teams. Of those, Harris has caught the most attention as a prospect who could do more than that.

But two years ago, that player may have been Nick Scott, a seventh round pick out of Penn State who was praised for his special teams attributes. Only 11 players were drafted after Scott in 2019, but as the 243rd overall pick, he’s already surpassed reasonable expectations.

Given what we’ve seen from Scott over his first two NFL seasons, expectations may need to be raised.

Scott made the roster as a rookie in 2019, then led the Rams in special teams snaps with 378. He only appeared in 15 defensive snaps, but Scott led a group that also featured Marqui Christian, Travin Howard, and Troy Reeder with over 300 special teams snaps in 2019.

And in sixth place for special teams snaps was Darious Williams, who also managed 221 snaps on defense that year, most of those coming in December.

Then in 2020, Scott returned and made the team again, this time contributing 332 snaps on special teams. For the second year in a row, that led Los Angeles, and Scott was the only player who had more than 270. What was even less talked about was Scott’s 193 snaps on defense, with the majority of those coming in November and December.

Could Scott take a similar path as Williams towards becoming a defensive starter?

For now, it appears that 2020 third round pick Terrell Burgess could become the new number three cornerback and not the replacement for John Johnson at free safety. That would probably open up the door for Taylor Rapp, not Scott, to become the other starting safety in 2021. Rapp was Jordan Fuller’s backup last season and saw considerable action in the first half of the season, prior to going on injured reserve, so it would be mildly shocking to see Scott win a job over him at this stage.

But the competition is open and Scott has already done more than any near-undrafted player should ever be expected to do. He is no less than one of the Rams’ most valuable contributors on special teams, and he should be in LA for at least two more years.

LA Rams reporter J.B. Long spoke to Nick Scott recently on his podcast and talked about the work he’s done on special teams, as well as his fight to earn a regular role on defense.

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sloramfan said:

that was a good listen..

when do the other parts of this come out?

go rams

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