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  • May 28, 2020 at 11:23 pm #115393
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    May 29, 2020 at 2:47 pm #115420
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    May 29, 2020 at 4:48 pm #115427
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    May 29, 2020 at 4:52 pm #115429
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    May 29, 2020 at 4:57 pm #115434
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    May 30, 2020 at 10:30 am #115461
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/30/nfl-rams-sean-mcvay-rebuilding-roster/

    McVay … won’t say the Rams are in rebuilding mode after three straight years of finishing above .500 with one Super Bowl appearance.

    “I would never refer to it as that. I think that’s making excuses and running away from the expectations, which we’ll never do,” he said this week. “We expect to win, we expect to prepare to win. We’ve got great people in this building – coaches, players alike. Our goal and expectation is to prepare to win every single game we play in. I believe we go into it that way. We didn’t do what we needed to do last year. I own that. I take full responsibility for it.”

    May 30, 2020 at 10:36 am #115462
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    May 30, 2020 at 12:51 pm #115468
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/30/la-rams-terrell-burgess-box-safety/

    Burgess doesn’t really have a preference where he plays, though he admitted to J.B. Long on the Rams Revealed podcast that he enjoys lining up in the box.

    “I’d say I’m a football player. I wouldn’t say that I’m best at any position but I do love to play in the box. I love to play in the box and being able to read linemen but I also like just being in a position to make plays, is what I like to do, to be honest with you,” Burgess said. “I don’t care where it is. I just want to play and help contribute.”

    May 30, 2020 at 1:41 pm #115470
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    zn wrote:

    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/30/la-rams-terrell-burgess-box-safety/

    Burgess doesn’t really have a preference where he plays, though he admitted to J.B. Long on the Rams Revealed podcast that he enjoys lining up in the box.

    “I’d say I’m a football player. I wouldn’t say that I’m best at any position but I do love to play in the box. I love to play in the box and being able to read linemen but I also like just being in a position to make plays, is what I like to do, to be honest with you,” Burgess said. “I don’t care where it is. I just want to play and help contribute.”

    we’re really gonna like this burgess kid. and i’m guessing that ramsey just really blossoms this year. just the things i’m reading. i get the sense that ramsey is going to be hellfire. david long. i’m telling ya. i think he can take the second cb spot. even if he can’t, you have hill and williams. but i really think long grabs it. jj is coming back. and rapp. just how much better can he get in his second year? doesn’t even turn 23 until the end of the year. just bubbling with talent.

    seriously. i’ve been following the rams since 95. could this be the best secondary the rams have fielded in 25 years??? it might be.

    May 30, 2020 at 4:36 pm #115476
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    seriously. i’ve been following the rams since 95. could this be the best secondary the rams have fielded in 25 years??? it might be.

    That’s my feeling. And as an older guy, I go back to 77, and this secondary may be the deepest and most talented in that entire span from then till now (though they have had a few good ones).

    May 30, 2020 at 9:29 pm #115496
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    zn wrote:

    <dolphins coach >

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    Amen to Flores. I am now a fan of that Dolphins coach. I’ll keep an eye on him.

    Of course very very few NFL folks will speak out the way he just did.

    I shudder to think of the NFL’s corporate-weasel response to the race issue now.

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    May 30, 2020 at 10:45 pm #115509
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    from https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/30/jared-goff-there-needs-to-be-change-and-it-can-only-happen-together/

    Jared Goff has added his name to the growing list of quarterbacks, many of whom are white, who are speaking out after the death of George Floyd and the protests that have followed.

    The Rams quarterback calls for change, saying “it can only happen together.”

    “My heart hurts for our country,” Goff wrote on Instagram on Saturday night. “There needs to be change and it can only happen together. I’ll never pretend to understand the struggles that the Black community goes through daily in our country and never will know this struggle. It is my responsibility to educate myself and actively participate in advocating for the change our country desperately needs in words and action. Love each other a little more than usual, come together, and continue to push for positive change in our community.”

    May 31, 2020 at 2:20 am #115530
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    May 31, 2020 at 11:18 am #115538
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    from https://dailysnark.com/ex-49ers-coach-mike-singletary-steps-down-as-high-school-coach-after-going-1-21-in-two-seasons/?fbclid=IwAR1_c2tOui7dZuMvVS83bjEzSkzp8NATT9VwrbKK_JBUFdy6tNg-nwUocsY

    Mike Singletary … stepped down as the football coach of the Texas high school Trinity Christian Academy-Addison on Thursday after going a combined 1-21 in two seasons at the school, including a winless season in 2019.

    May 31, 2020 at 11:19 am #115539
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    —

    from the link above:

    [Doc Rivers] came away impressed with McVay as a coach, raving about him in an interview with Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times.

    “I’m telling you, he’s a gift,” Rivers said. “His ability to say the right thing at the right time, for someone as young as him, to see the big picture, to be selfless, is absolutely amazing. Very few young coaches are as secure as him. Meaning, they lose in the Super Bowl and he took it on himself. ‘Guys, that was my fault, I have to do better.’”

    May 31, 2020 at 12:40 pm #115544
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    May 31, 2020 at 11:26 pm #115564
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    May 31, 2020 at 11:27 pm #115565
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    June 1, 2020 at 12:46 am #115570
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    On CB David Long Jr.

    I think this kid lights it up this year. I expect him to take Troy Hill’s spot or make Troy up his game seriously.

    I’m more confident with this position group (actually all DBs) than I have been in as long as I can remember. They’re young, hungry, and well coached.

    June 1, 2020 at 11:10 am #115586
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    June 1, 2020 at 4:53 pm #115596
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    June 1, 2020 at 4:57 pm #115597
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    June 1, 2020 at 5:00 pm #115598
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    zn wrote:

    1980 Ferragamo vid

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    Oh man. 1980. Awesome Vid. Elvis.

    1980. I was a Centrist-Democrat.
    Subscribed to Sports Illustrated.
    And the LA Times, which would come in the mail four or five days late.
    The Rams were always a Powerhouse.
    Voices of Pat Summerall, Ray Scott, Curt Gowdy, Cosell.
    No Internet. No ESPN. No 24-hours-a-day-Football.
    Ten minutes of highlights on the weekends.
    Outdoor Stadiums.
    No Brady, No Favre.

    No Video-Phone-Cameras. So we didnt see when the Police were killing black people…oh, wait. Got off the subject.

    Carry on,
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    June 1, 2020 at 5:53 pm #115600
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    No Video-Phone-Cameras. So we didnt see when the Police were killing black people…oh, wait. Got off the subject.

    Will Smith: “Racism is not getting worse. It’s getting filmed.”

    June 1, 2020 at 6:45 pm #115601
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    June 1, 2020 at 7:14 pm #115604
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    zn wrote:

    alyoshamucci

    On CB David Long Jr.

    I think this kid lights it up this year. I expect him to take Troy Hill’s spot or make Troy up his game seriously.

    I’m more confident with this position group (actually all DBs) than I have been in as long as I can remember. They’re young, hungry, and well coached.

    i am just in total agreement with this.

    long is an explosive athlete.

    doesn’t have elite top end speed (only a 4.45), but his agility and explosion numbers are top end.

    3.97 short shuttle, 6.45 3-cone, 39.5″ vert, and a 10′ broad. just elite numbers. only just turned 22. if he doesn’t grab a starting spot, it’ll be because the guys above him were just that good.

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    June 1, 2020 at 7:30 pm #115605
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    more on long. sounds like there was a bit of learning curve the first season due to michigan’s relatively simple scheme. but he should be better prepared this season.

    https://www.pff.com/news/draft-michigan-cb-david-long-can-overcome-size-concerns-to-be-a-steal-in-the-2019-nfl-draft

    Now, these numbers certainly come with a bit of a caveat compared to most. Michigan runs pretty much two coverages exclusively. Long lined up in press nearly every snap of his college career. From there, he either played man coverage or cover-2 where he’d press and then trap the flat. Off-coverage, zone coverage, slot coverage: all pretty much non-existent in Long’s world. All will be present once he gets to the NFL, though, where even the most man-heavy franchises are running press-man less than 2/3 of their snaps. With his skillset though, I’d bet on him being a quick learner.

    June 1, 2020 at 7:36 pm #115606
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    this is an old post from when peters was traded.

    stats from long’s last 2 years at michigan.

    June 1, 2020 at 10:02 pm #115622
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