tweets n things like that … 8/20 thru 8/22

Aaron Donald

(On how this defense is different in comparison to the last few years)
“It’s been good. I don’t want to say too much, or give too much away, but there’s things that you like. You know, there’s hiccups that we’ve just got to get better at, but that’s a part of camp and part of learning a new scheme and trying to adjust to certain things. So, there’s things that I love about the defense, there’s things that, you know, I’m not too big of a fan of, but I’ve just got to adjust to it and try to play up to the best of my abilities so I can still put my little twist in there. So I can still help this defense be successful. So far so good, but like I always say, I think we’ve got a whole bunch of room for improvement. We’ve just got to keep learning, keep getting coached up, and keep getting better.”

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
The Rams are selling fan cutouts to place in end zones for the opener vs. the Cowboys at SoFi Stadium. Proceeds will go to the Rams Foundation & will be used toward social justice issues, the Rams announced.

Prices start at $70.

No official word if fans will be able to attend.

Clarification: Proceeds will go toward social INjustice issues, including poverty, education inequities, food insecurity and homelessness.

McVay on Henderson (from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/21/nfl-rams-darrell-henderson-camp-sean-mcvay/ )

“He’s done a nice job. Darrell’s a guy that I think last year, had some unfortunate injuries that led to not maybe getting as much work as we thought he was going to get. But, he did flash some things that got us so excited about taking him out of Memphis,” McVay said this week. “I think he’s taking a real big step in the right direction. He’s showing big picture understanding of everything in all phases – pass game, run game, protection. I continue to go back to just (running backs coach) Thomas Brown’s influence on that room as a whole. It’s definitely showing. When you guys get a chance to meet him, you’ll realize why I think he’s such a special coach.”

Isaac Bruce drew first blood against the 49ers in 1999. It was the first wave of the tides that would be changing inside the division. Bruce delivers a decisive fake post corner for his 1st of 4 scores that day! pic.twitter.com/Zw9bjhRAjw

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) August 21, 2020

LindseyThiry@LindseyThiry
Rams rookie safety Jordan Fuller just showed some closing SPEED to breakup a deep pass. The rookie safeties, including Terrell Burgess, have looked strong so far.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Couple of good sequences from Rams rookie safety Jordan Fuller. First scooping up a David Long forced fumble, then a pass breakup on a deep ball. He’s had a good week.

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Little look at QBs 3 and 4 in individuals this afternoon. Perkins has a little mustard on the ball and a couple times WRs were not expecting the force. Another good day so far for Nsimba Webster and new name to watch is Trishton Jackson. Good length, great speed/hands

Rams did pretty good in the 2016 draft! pic.twitter.com/Qo0ZOISlMO

— 𝙏𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚 (@tbearde) August 21, 2020

from https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/national/story/2020-08-21/fit-and-ready-rams-whitworth-back-for-another-season-at-38

The secondary looked sharp during practice drills at the Rams’ training complex. Cornerbacks Jalen Ramsey and Darious Williams made highlight-reel plays, and rookie defensive backs Terrell Burgess and Jordan Fuller also came up big. … A few mistakes by the offense left McVay annoyed with his unit. “We had a lot of guys that panicked, frankly,” McVay said of the offense’s performance in a 2-minute drill. “That’s something that will not be tolerated.” … S Taylor Rapp is still watching from the sidelines with a knee injury.

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Rams OC Kevin O’Connell once again focusing on movement inside the pocket with Jared Goff to start practice. pic.twitter.com/k2VDu7h8lP

— Eric Williams (@eric_d_williams) August 21, 2020

Love this

Also, interesting — Deacon Jones, who popularized the sack and pressed the NFL to record it as a stat also told @NFL_Journal, "I'd rather have 40 pressures and no sacks than 2 sacks and no other pressures. If I am in your ass 40 times, you ain't going to win." https://t.co/EmU8xbAdgu

— Arif Hasan, paid to blog 📝 (@ArifHasanNFL) August 22, 2020

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Mike Sando@SandoNFL
This is all true and especially for short-term evaluation. However, over time, a great pass-rusher will have a lot of sacks. Also, not all pressures are equal or even charted well. DT pushing back the center does not make a great pass-rusher.

zn wrote:

.NOTEBOOM: Just kind of trying to focus on guard because that’s most likely what I’ll be playing.

It sounds to me like this summer, in these circumstances, Kromer dropped his “cross train everyone all the time” approach.

It actually looks like the goal is to set the starting OL early and have them play together as a unit as much as possible. Given the circumstances they have to work with this year, that’s probably smart.

So it seems that the cross-train em all all the time method has been mothballed. At least this summer.

(That’s not entirely true though cause Anchrum took some reps at tackle and in the NFL–he’s a guard. But I think the main thing is they are identifying their starting 5 as soon as they can and getting them to play together for as much as they can before the season hits.)