tweets … 6/20 & 6/21

Aaron Neary happy to have home with Los Angeles Rams, but is far from satisfied https://t.co/BCHepvPYyk

— RamsNewsNow (@RamsNewsNow) June 20, 2019

Vito Stellino@vitostellino
Nation got Todd Gurley a great contract after 3 years. But that is an argument not to sign players long term before you have to. Gurley was injured at end of last year and future is clouded by arthritic knee.

Joel Corry@corryjoel
It’s typically better to pay Pro Bowl caliber players sooner rather than later. The longer a team waits, the more it usually cost in the long run. Enlightened teams know this & put it into practice. Personally, I would be reluctant to pay big money to any RB on a 2nd contract.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
A smart man, @MarcSessler goes with Brandin Cooks as the #LARams future first-time Pro Bowler.

I’d include John Johnson, Dante Fowler, Bobby Trees, Cooper Kupp, Rob Havenstein, and Gerald Everett as strong candidates knocking on the door in 2019 as well.

NFL Stats@NFL_Stats
Most QB Hits Since 2016

Aaron Donald – 99
Michael Bennett – 73
Calais Campbell – 73
Cameron Jordan – 73
Von Miller – 73
Chandler Jones – 72
Yannick Ngakoue – 70
Carlos Dunlap – 68
Cameron Wake – 68
Frank Clark – 66
Khalil Mack – 66
Geno Atkins – 65
Fletcher Cox – 65

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NFL Stats@NFL_Stats
Top Players in Sacks since 2016

Chandler Jones – 41
Aaron Donald – 39.5
Von Miller – 38
Ryan Kerrigan – 37
Danielle Hunter – 34
Khalil Mack – 34
Calais Campbell – 33
Cameron Jordan – 32.5
Frank Clark – 32
Mario Addison – 29.5
Yannick Ngakoue – 29.5
Jory Bosa – 28.5

Next level time wasting here. Bears intentionally have 84 take a false start penalty so the game clock will burn another 25 seconds before the punt. pic.twitter.com/bmD35hBOoJ

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) December 10, 2018

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Warren Sharp@SharpFootball
Do you think any coaches are studying this superb time-wasting strategy on their summer break or looking for other intentional infraction edges?

Jim Irsay buys Pink Floyd guitarists’ “Black Strat” for nearly $4 million. Guess it beats spending “Money” on football players https://t.co/PtqeV6FRPp

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 21, 2019

from Ten most talented teams in the NFL ahead of the 2019 season

Gil Brandt

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001034229/article/ten-most-talented-teams-in-the-nfl-ahead-of-the-2019-season

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4) Los Angeles Rams
Arguably no team in the NFL has better long-term personnel vision than the Rams. As an example: Seeing that the 2019 draft and free-agent classes would be light in receiver and cornerback prospects, they moved aggressively on the trade market in 2018, acquiring receiver Brandin Cooks and cornerbacks Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters. Using trades rather than free agency to address these needs also allowed L.A. to collect extra compensatory picks this year. Of course, the Rams have done well in the draft (the collection of homegrown talent includes Aaron Donald, Todd Gurley, Jared Goff, Cooper Kupp, Rob Havenstein, Joseph Noteboom, Brian Allen and Michael Brockers) and in free agency (the signings of left tackle Andrew Whitworth and receiver Robert Woods couldn’t have gone much better than they did). The ability of GM Les Snead to work in lockstep with the coaching staff on roster building has helped the team balance salary-cap concerns in such a way that the Rams were able to extend the contracts of stars like Donald and Gurley without hindering their ability to procure talent where needed. And they’ve added (signing pass rusher Clay Matthews and safety Eric Weddle and retaining defensive end Dante Fowler) and subtracted (clearing cap space by moving on from linebacker Alec Ogletree last year and linebacker Mark Barron this year) smartly; consider that linebackers are not as critical to defensive coordinator Wade Phillips’ scheme as pass rushers and press corners.

Rams Q&A: Vinny Bonsignore
https://theathletic.com/1036973/2019/06/19/live-qa-with-rams-writer-vinny-bonsignore-on-friday-from-noon-to-1-p-m-pt-2/

Granted, just based on sheer talent and production it’s hard to get the Rams out of 11-personnel. But I do believe there is a conviction to be more diverse and versatile offensively so it’ll be interesting how that plays out in roles and personnel groupings

Ogbonnia Okoronkwo? He’s got his work cut out for him to prove he’s worthy of a roster spot, let alone a role. But I think there is intrigue about his skill set and the Rams are anxious to see if it translates into reliable production