tweets n things … 6/11 thru 6/15

Sarina@sarina
Jared Goff re: New Rams OC.

“Kevin O’Connell is awesome. I can already see he is going to be really good for us. Im excited to get on the field with him and get to work.”

Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
Jared Goff says more Rams teammates have recently joined his quarantine workouts. He says he’s been the “ringleader.”

“I’ve been throwing to the receivers for quite a while.”

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams QB Jared Goff and WR Robert Woods both said they’ve been able to do 7-on-7 work with some teammates while adhering to local public health guidelines.

Rookie RB Cam Akers and TE Brycen Hopkins were among the participants, and have impressed Goff.

“Van (Jefferson) couldn’t make it, but those two guys have been great. It’s been fun to watch them learn. They’re just both so smart and able to pick things up so fast.”

Rams RB Darrell Henderson said he would be full-go if the team could do on-field workouts right now and will be 100 percent ready for training camp. He had been spending the offseason at the team facility rehabbing a late-season ankle injury which required surgery.

Henderson has been among those participating in recent throwing/7-on-7 sessions with quarterback Jared Goff.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams head coach Sean McVay said the team wrapped up its virtual offseason program today. Even though clubs can go for another two weeks, he felt good about calling it based on what they were able to accomplish since April 27.

Greg Beacham@gregbeacham
Rams coach Sean McVay on the virtual NFL offseason: “I feel great right now, but you do get more tired. You realize that you feed off people. You do draw on other people’s energy. I’m virtual-meetinged out right now.”

Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
“I’m not going to be at the facility until I absolutely have to.”

McVay says he may go back to the building next week, but doesn’t mind working from home.

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Nothing is finalized for the Rams yet for training camp (except Cal Lu as the location), but Sean McVay says they are targeting July 28th for vets and as early as July 23 for rookies.

Grant Wistrom was one of the Rams most formidable defenders during the Greatest Show On Turf years. The former 1st round pick brought tenacity and grit to the field!

#98 led the Rams in sacks during the 2000 season pic.twitter.com/QsIiqqQGjJ

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) June 12, 2020

Geoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz
The two things ppl miss the most when it comes to players vs owners $$ issues. 1) ppl often discredit the work athletes have put it to achieve success ($$) and 2) players have leverage to negotiate. And if you’re in a position at your job to have leverage, you’d do the same.

The idea that athletes should just accept a deal, whether personally or as a collective, just because they make millions is so counter to everything you believe in your life.

And no athlete is asking for you to feel sorry for them. If the owners are going to use the media to push their narrative, the players will do the same

Most passing TDs inside the ten-yard line last season

1. Jimmy Garoppolo – 16
1. Lamar Jackson – 16
3. Jared Goff – 15
3. Carson Wentz – 15
3. Russell Wilson – 15
3. Jameis Winston – 15 pic.twitter.com/OnBvYiY87J

— PFF Fantasy Football (@PFF_Fantasy) June 14, 2020

from NFL management rankings: How do all 32 head coaches stack up?: https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/1976169

10. Sean McVay – Rams

When a 9-7 season feels like a losing campaign, you’ve set a high bar. The Rams’ offense didn’t click for most of last year, and McVay will need to wave his magic wand again in 2020 to fix what was broken. There’s no doubt he’s one the most brilliant offensive minds in the NFL and a capable head coach. McVay is 33-15 during the regular season with two playoff appearances and one Super Bowl berth since the Rams hired him following a 4-12 campaign in 2016.

Some not often talked about Rams milestones. Most of these are unverified hunches.

Verified

(1) If you look at the unofficial list of all time sack leaders, which includes all players with 100 or more sacks, 7 of them were Rams at one point or another, including 3 of the top 5 (The list is here: https://mobile.twitter.com/ArifHasanNFL/status/700480918796906496/photo/1 ).

They are:

– Jones, 3rd (173.5)
– Greene, 4th (160)
– JY, 5th (150.5)
– Leslie O’Neal, 19th (132.5)
– Bacon, 21st (130)
– Carter, 43rd (104.5)
– Dryer, 46th (103)

I just bet no one else has 7 total but I didn’t check. I KNOW no one else has 3 in the top 5. In fact the Rams are the only team with 3 in the top 10. 2 other teams have 2 in the top 10: Vikes (Doleman, Page) and Giants (Taylor, Strahan). If you make it top 12, Vikes have 3 (add Randle to Doleman and Page)

Hunches

(2) Most UDFAs starting on a superbowl winning team with 9. 3 are on special teams. I mean someone who enters the league as a UDFA whether that was originally with the Rams or not. They are: Jenkins, Fletcher, Jones, Farr, Gruttadauria, Warner, Wilkins, Tuten (the forgotten punter), and Horne (tied for 1st in TDs as KR that year).

(3) Related to that, I bet it’s hard to find another team that acquired 3 top qbs within 3 years (including a hall of famer) and did not draft any of them: Warner (98), Green (99), and Bulger (2000). Interesting to remember that in an era when the Rams had to trade up to pick 1 to get a qb.

(4) I didn’t check to see how unique this is or if it’s an official record, BUT, there is at least one Ram lineman in the pro bowl every single season from 1967 until 1990. In fact the Rams 68 line had 4 pro bowlers, as did the 78 line and the 85 line. That’s 12 different pro-bowl lineman across 24 consecutive years.

#Rams part of NFL-wide trend of draft-pick signing lag. All nine of their picks are unsigned. https://t.co/gN18xY8saG

— TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) June 15, 2020

Happy birthday, @CooperKupp! 🎉

The birthday boy's best plays from the 2019 season! pic.twitter.com/LzFdU50t1E

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) June 16, 2020