tweets n things … 11/3 thru 11/5

"I wouldn’t be who I am, I wouldn't be the player I am, I wouldn’t be the coach I am today if it wasn’t for Dick Vermeil."

Catching up with Az-Zahir Hakim!

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) November 3, 2019

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Steelers’ RB James Conner, listed as doubtful for Sunday with a shoulder injury, is not expected to play against the Colts and also is in jeopardy of not playing next week against the Rams, per source.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
This is how I would rank the most consequential games for the #LARams (5-3) this weekend.

1. TB at SEA (6-2)
2. MIN (6-2) at KC
3. DAL (4-3) at NYG
4. CHI (3-4) at PHI (4-4)
5. DET (3-3-1) at OAK
6. TEN at CAR (4-3)

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Don’t interpret this as “the #LARams deserve All-Pro honors up front.” However, hard though it may be to accept, only Mahomes and Carr have a lower sack rate than Jared Goff.

Ted Nguyen@FB_FilmAnalysis
Learned that recievers purposely don’t move on QB sneaks so that Refs could have a better view of the QB for the spot.

FOX Sports@NFLonFOX
What events led to the Rams trading away @AqibTalib21?

𝒥𝒾𝓂 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉@Jim_Everett
Aqib gets it and knows the LA door is wide open (free agent) in 2020.

Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
For only the 3rd time on a Saturday/Sunday since the merger, every @NFL team playing in its own home stadium won (11-0).

link: https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2019/11/04/nfl-rams-darrell-henderson-les-snead-more-time/

The Rams haven’t gotten a lot out of their other rookies, but the impact already made by Henderson, Edwards and Rapp has been encouraging.

When was the last time the Rams saw this much promise and input from 3 rookies in the same year?

And there’s good buzz on Long, Evans, and Gaines, too.

RockRam

[Former Rams back-up & practice squad qb] Brandon Allen is probably not every going to be a household name nor a long term NFL starter at QB. But he could find himself with a long career at one the best jobs on the planet: a back-up NFL QB.

He played darn well yesterday [for Denver]…. kudos to him.

McVay was given the credit for developing Allen by the Sunday Night TV crew.

On the flip side: McVay could have kept Allen. But instead he kept someone he seemed to like even better, John Wolford, who played his butt off in the preseason and showed a lot of potential and moxy.

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
Fantasy Alert: Sean McVay said that “Things are looking very positive” for return of Malcolm Brown this week. As for rotation between Todd Gurley, Brown & Darrell Henderson? “I could probably be better equipped to answer after the game Sunday when you see what our game plan is.”

Los Angeles Rams@RamsNFL
Matthews expected to return to practice this week, Cooks day-to-day

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
Clay Matthews has been sidelined since undergoing jaw surgery in Week 5. The Rams targeted Week 10 for his return. Sean McVay sounded cautiously optimistic that he would play Sunday: “It’s just kind of getting him back into normal routine, seeing how he’s feeling. Everything’s checked out in a positive manner up to this point, so I think it’s just kind of progressing back to, ‘How comfortable do you feel putting a helmet on?’”

Rams still deciding how to divide workload at RB: 'It's a positive problem' https://t.co/4kR2mwfUqG

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) November 5, 2019

from PFF top-25 pass-rusher rankings through Week 9: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-pass-rusher-rankings-week-9-2019

2. AARON DONALD, LOS ANGELES RAMS
After a bit of a slow start, Donald is once again making his way toward the top. He’s earned pass-rushing grades over 90.0 in three of his last four games. After racking up over 100 pressures last year, he’s a bit behind pace with 39 this season.