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RAMS NEWS: In Their Own Words: Kiser Eager to Make an Immediate Impact on Rams Defense
- By MistahTroupe
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 0 Replies
In Their Own Words - Kiser Eager to Make an Immediate Impact on Rams Defense
Posted 5 hours ago
Kristen LagoRams
Writer/Reporter
With the close of the 2018 NFL Draft, 11 college prospects can now call themselves Los Angeles Rams.
After a draft haul that saw the franchise make moves to acquire 10 selections in Day 3 alone, the Rams were able to replenish depth at multiple positions — bringing in several new, dynamic playmakers.
And now that the big event has come and past, therams.com will be taking a look at each member of the club’s 2018 Draft Class.
Linebacker was one of the Rams’ clear needs heading into the 2018 NFL Draft. Not only will Los Angeles likely be without both of its starters on the outside, but it also lost one of two starting inside linebackers — trading Alec Ogletree to the Giants during the offseason.
And while each of these losses represents a potential hole in the Rams roster, they also spell new opportunities for the four incoming linebackers drafted in 2018.
Virginia’s Micah Kiser is one such player. Kiser was the second player in ACC history — after current Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly — to lead the conference in tackles for three consecutive seasons. He is a versatile player who comes to L.A. “ready to contribute and be as productive as I can.”
Here is Micah Kiser in his own words:
On his reaction to becoming a Los Angeles Ram:
“I’m pumped. This is a blessing. I knew along, I knew the Rams organization liked me as a player and were interested. I’m just so happy to be a Ram, so glad that they chose me.”
On what he brings to Los Angeles:
“I’m a very smart linebacker, a leader on the field, and a great player. Very productive, I think I’ve been one of the more productive linebackers in college football over the last three years. I’m just going to come in and do whatever they want me to do — special teams, linebacker. I’m just all about the team and I’m just a football player.”
On if he believes he can come in and make an immediate impact:
“You know the roster, but everyone at this level is a pro, so you have to come in and work. Anyone can play. Anyone that gets picked in this draft or is a veteran, is a great football player. So, I’m just ready to come in and put my best foot forward and be as productive as I can. I feel like I’ve done a lot at the college level and it’s only going to get better.”
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Photos of Rams Rookies& Jersey Numbers!
- By DaveFan'51
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 21 Replies
Just picked up there new Jersey numbers!!
I think I got them all! There a couple players, as usual, who wound up with a duplicate number! Only so many to go around!!
I think I got them all! There a couple players, as usual, who wound up with a duplicate number! Only so many to go around!!
Fatal flaw for all 32 NFL teams
- By CGI_Ram
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 30 Replies
Here is the NFC West. The rest are at the link.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ectations-and-more-fatal-flaws-for-nfl-teams/
Fatal flaw for all 32 NFL teams
NFC West
Fatal Flaw: QB health
Offensive line would work well here, since both veteran Sam Bradford and rookie Josh Rosen are prone to taking too many shots. Along with Mike Glennon, the Cardinals have three quarterbacks who are similar, and no one who is scampering away from heavy defensive pressure. They also have a pair of quarterbacks in Bradford and Rosen who missed significant time last year (Bradford with a knee for the Vikings, Rosen with concussion for UCLA). Vegas set the Cardinals over/under at 5.5 wins and they will flirt with the under if their quarterbacks can't stay on the field.
Fatal Flaw: Offensive line
Now and forever, it feels like. Russell Wilson has been tremendous at avoiding pressure over the course of his career and for large parts of his tenure in Seattle, he's managed to mitigate bad offensive line work by spinning around a bunch and pulling a rabbit out of his hat. At some point it won't work. This was going to be the year Seattle went to work upgrading the unit, but they didn't invest during free agency or the draft. Duane Brownis still there after a trade last season and the team is high on German Ifedi. Justin Britt has flashed before. Maybe getting Tom Cable out of town will magically transform this line and Rashaad Penny's tackle-breaking ways will result in Brian Schottenheimer's offense going nuclear. Or maybe that won't happen.
Fatal Flaw: Expectations
The over/under for the Niners in Year 2 of Kyle Shanahan's tenure is nine games. That's wild, man. You can talk yourself into loving this team, especially after they added Weston Richburg and Mike McGlinchey in the offseason to protect Jimmy Garoppolo. I have a hard time seeing this offense being bad. Defensively the personnel is there too: Richard Sherman, if healthy, can still ball out. They have talent on the defensive line with Arik Armstead, DeForest Buckner and Solomon Thomas. Reuben Foster needs his legal issues sorted out, but he flashed last season. People are just penciling this team in for the Rams chief competition in this division and it feels premature.
Fatal Flaw: Edge rushers
There are not many flaws on this team. The offense has an ascending young quarterback in Jared Goff, an MVP-caliber running back in Todd Gurley and just added Brandin Cooks to a wideout group with Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp already on it. The defensive line is Michael Brockers, Ndamukong Suh and Aaron Donald. Most weeks it will look like someone is taking dynamite to an old stadium they way they cave in offensive lines. But if we're going to nitpick -- and that's what we're doing! -- there are no guaranteed edge rushers here. Someone out of Matt Longacre, Samson Ebukam, Carlos Thompson, Garrett Sickels and the just-drafted duo of Ogbonnia Okoronkow/Trevon Young might find their way to double-digit sacks because there are going to be some free ones out there. But it's not an elite aspect of this team heading into the offseason.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ectations-and-more-fatal-flaws-for-nfl-teams/
Fatal flaw for all 32 NFL teams
NFC West
Fatal Flaw: QB health
Offensive line would work well here, since both veteran Sam Bradford and rookie Josh Rosen are prone to taking too many shots. Along with Mike Glennon, the Cardinals have three quarterbacks who are similar, and no one who is scampering away from heavy defensive pressure. They also have a pair of quarterbacks in Bradford and Rosen who missed significant time last year (Bradford with a knee for the Vikings, Rosen with concussion for UCLA). Vegas set the Cardinals over/under at 5.5 wins and they will flirt with the under if their quarterbacks can't stay on the field.
Fatal Flaw: Offensive line
Now and forever, it feels like. Russell Wilson has been tremendous at avoiding pressure over the course of his career and for large parts of his tenure in Seattle, he's managed to mitigate bad offensive line work by spinning around a bunch and pulling a rabbit out of his hat. At some point it won't work. This was going to be the year Seattle went to work upgrading the unit, but they didn't invest during free agency or the draft. Duane Brownis still there after a trade last season and the team is high on German Ifedi. Justin Britt has flashed before. Maybe getting Tom Cable out of town will magically transform this line and Rashaad Penny's tackle-breaking ways will result in Brian Schottenheimer's offense going nuclear. Or maybe that won't happen.
Fatal Flaw: Expectations
The over/under for the Niners in Year 2 of Kyle Shanahan's tenure is nine games. That's wild, man. You can talk yourself into loving this team, especially after they added Weston Richburg and Mike McGlinchey in the offseason to protect Jimmy Garoppolo. I have a hard time seeing this offense being bad. Defensively the personnel is there too: Richard Sherman, if healthy, can still ball out. They have talent on the defensive line with Arik Armstead, DeForest Buckner and Solomon Thomas. Reuben Foster needs his legal issues sorted out, but he flashed last season. People are just penciling this team in for the Rams chief competition in this division and it feels premature.
Fatal Flaw: Edge rushers
There are not many flaws on this team. The offense has an ascending young quarterback in Jared Goff, an MVP-caliber running back in Todd Gurley and just added Brandin Cooks to a wideout group with Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp already on it. The defensive line is Michael Brockers, Ndamukong Suh and Aaron Donald. Most weeks it will look like someone is taking dynamite to an old stadium they way they cave in offensive lines. But if we're going to nitpick -- and that's what we're doing! -- there are no guaranteed edge rushers here. Someone out of Matt Longacre, Samson Ebukam, Carlos Thompson, Garrett Sickels and the just-drafted duo of Ogbonnia Okoronkow/Trevon Young might find their way to double-digit sacks because there are going to be some free ones out there. But it's not an elite aspect of this team heading into the offseason.
Photos of Rams in Training.
- By DaveFan'51
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 11 Replies
The Rams are into Day three of Phase 2 of pre-season Training! I've read no reports on what is going on, but here are a few Photos!!
There are a lot more photos out there! I just haven't seen any reporting! Has anyone seen any reports about what they are working on!?
There are a lot more photos out there! I just haven't seen any reporting! Has anyone seen any reports about what they are working on!?
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Redskins Cheerleader-Gate
- By Prime Time
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 196 Replies
As usual Mike Foolio 
refuses to call the Redskins by their team name lest it offend anyone. :mrburns:
His article is first, followed by excerpts from the NY Times article which you can access by clicking the link above the article.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...heerleaders-story-gets-coverage-on-today-gma/
Washington cheerleaders story gets coverage on Today, GMA
Posted by Mike Foolio on May 3, 2018
The NFL has kept a low profile in the aftermath of Wednesday’s report from the New York Timesregarding a Costa Rican excursion gone extremely bizarre for Washington’s cheerleaders in 2013. The NFL may not be able to keep a low profile much longer.
The story is getting noticed. Via SportsBusiness Daily, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America covered it on Thursday. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos called the allegations “blockbusters.”
Mainstream, early-morning news coverage has become the unofficial litmus test for whether an NFL controversy will go away quickly and quietly or whether it will have staying power. This one isn’t going to be regarded as an aberration or a blip on the radar screen. And as it gets more attention, more cheerleaders who have experienced inappropriate behavior with NFL teams or elsewhere will feel empowered to speak out.
Of course, certain inauthentic charlatans hoping to cater to a certain mindset will argue loudly that the Times and/or others in the media hope to eventually end cheerleading. This predictable effort to preach to a very specific choir overlooks the basic reality that, if misconduct or abuse is happening, it needs to be identified and rectified.
The NFL has not yet responded to an email sent Wednesday by PFT regarding whether the Personal Conduct Policy applies to any of the allegations contained in the story published by the Times. That’s not surprising; one way to keep a story from becoming a story is to not acknowledge the story.
Now that it’s a story, however, the NFL can’t afford to sit back and let others control the narrative. The NFL also can’t afford to create a perception that players who potentially engage in improper behavior are treated one way, and that teams/owners who engage in improper behavior are treated another way.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/sports/redskins-cheerleaders-nfl.html
Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out
By Juliet Macur
When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected their passports upon arrival at the resort, depriving them of their official identification.
For the photo shoot, at the adults-only Occidental Grand Papagayo resort on Culebra Bay, some of the cheerleaders said they were required to be topless, though the photographs used for the calendar would not show nudity. Others wore nothing but body paint. Given the resort’s secluded setting, such revealing poses would not have been a concern for the women — except that the Redskins had invited spectators.
A screen grab from the Redskins’ website, which had some images from the cheerleaders’ calendar photo shoot in 2013. Credit Redskins.com
A contingent of sponsors and FedExField suite holders — all men — were granted up-close access to the photo shoots.
One evening, at the end of a 14-hour day that included posing and dance practices, the squad’s director told nine of the 36 cheerleaders that their work was not done. They had a special assignment for the night. Some of the male sponsors had picked them to be personal escorts at a nightclub.
Their participation did not involve sex, the cheerleaders said, but they felt as if the arrangement amounted to “pimping us out.” What bothered them was their team director’s demand that they go as sex symbols to please male sponsors, which they did not believe should be a part of their job.
The cheerleaders were not paid for the time they spent posing for the 2013 calendar.
Credit Daniel Swartz/Revamp.com
A spokesman for the N.F.L. said the league office “has no role in how the clubs which have cheerleaders utilize them.” He reiterated a statement the league has issued in response to previous news reports regarding the treatment of cheerleaders: “Our office will work with our clubs in sharing best practices and employment-related processes that will support club cheerleading squads within an appropriate and supportive workplace.”
Many Redskins cheerleaders understand the team’s approach — sex sells — and remain enthusiastic supporters of the team. They said they were troubled, however, when their safety was not taken seriously. There is no league-wide policy for security, or a union to protect them.
A recent contract for Redskins cheerleaders said off-the-field work would include “community and charitable events, youth camps, etc.” There was no mention of having to entertain men who financially support the team, and these appearances raised flags for some cheerleaders.
refuses to call the Redskins by their team name lest it offend anyone. :mrburns:His article is first, followed by excerpts from the NY Times article which you can access by clicking the link above the article.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...heerleaders-story-gets-coverage-on-today-gma/
Washington cheerleaders story gets coverage on Today, GMA
Posted by Mike Foolio on May 3, 2018
The NFL has kept a low profile in the aftermath of Wednesday’s report from the New York Timesregarding a Costa Rican excursion gone extremely bizarre for Washington’s cheerleaders in 2013. The NFL may not be able to keep a low profile much longer.
The story is getting noticed. Via SportsBusiness Daily, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America covered it on Thursday. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos called the allegations “blockbusters.”
Mainstream, early-morning news coverage has become the unofficial litmus test for whether an NFL controversy will go away quickly and quietly or whether it will have staying power. This one isn’t going to be regarded as an aberration or a blip on the radar screen. And as it gets more attention, more cheerleaders who have experienced inappropriate behavior with NFL teams or elsewhere will feel empowered to speak out.
Of course, certain inauthentic charlatans hoping to cater to a certain mindset will argue loudly that the Times and/or others in the media hope to eventually end cheerleading. This predictable effort to preach to a very specific choir overlooks the basic reality that, if misconduct or abuse is happening, it needs to be identified and rectified.
The NFL has not yet responded to an email sent Wednesday by PFT regarding whether the Personal Conduct Policy applies to any of the allegations contained in the story published by the Times. That’s not surprising; one way to keep a story from becoming a story is to not acknowledge the story.
Now that it’s a story, however, the NFL can’t afford to sit back and let others control the narrative. The NFL also can’t afford to create a perception that players who potentially engage in improper behavior are treated one way, and that teams/owners who engage in improper behavior are treated another way.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/sports/redskins-cheerleaders-nfl.html
Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out
By Juliet Macur
When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected their passports upon arrival at the resort, depriving them of their official identification.
For the photo shoot, at the adults-only Occidental Grand Papagayo resort on Culebra Bay, some of the cheerleaders said they were required to be topless, though the photographs used for the calendar would not show nudity. Others wore nothing but body paint. Given the resort’s secluded setting, such revealing poses would not have been a concern for the women — except that the Redskins had invited spectators.
A screen grab from the Redskins’ website, which had some images from the cheerleaders’ calendar photo shoot in 2013. Credit Redskins.com
A contingent of sponsors and FedExField suite holders — all men — were granted up-close access to the photo shoots.
One evening, at the end of a 14-hour day that included posing and dance practices, the squad’s director told nine of the 36 cheerleaders that their work was not done. They had a special assignment for the night. Some of the male sponsors had picked them to be personal escorts at a nightclub.
Their participation did not involve sex, the cheerleaders said, but they felt as if the arrangement amounted to “pimping us out.” What bothered them was their team director’s demand that they go as sex symbols to please male sponsors, which they did not believe should be a part of their job.
The cheerleaders were not paid for the time they spent posing for the 2013 calendar.
Credit Daniel Swartz/Revamp.com
A spokesman for the N.F.L. said the league office “has no role in how the clubs which have cheerleaders utilize them.” He reiterated a statement the league has issued in response to previous news reports regarding the treatment of cheerleaders: “Our office will work with our clubs in sharing best practices and employment-related processes that will support club cheerleading squads within an appropriate and supportive workplace.”
Many Redskins cheerleaders understand the team’s approach — sex sells — and remain enthusiastic supporters of the team. They said they were troubled, however, when their safety was not taken seriously. There is no league-wide policy for security, or a union to protect them.
A recent contract for Redskins cheerleaders said off-the-field work would include “community and charitable events, youth camps, etc.” There was no mention of having to entertain men who financially support the team, and these appearances raised flags for some cheerleaders.
