Another year below .500 ?

I expect another down year. Try and Britt probably will be gone, due to we can’t afford them. I can’t see us getting DeSean Jackson either. He’ll be too expensive as well. I can see Tavon and Brockers to take a mini cut to help the team out financially.

well. i can’t say until i see who they re-sign and which free agents they do sign. and how the draft turns out.

it’s conceivable that they have a winning season.

JackPMiller wrote:

we have salary cap issues.

Rams don’t have cap issues. Far from it.

I want to add a CB and get the offense going. Along the way, anything that helps is good.
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The Salary Cap is fine. We have no millstone contracts. That doesn’t mean we can do everything we might want to do, but we can do any important things that we want. imo

• This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Agamemnon.

the past few years, the Rams lost games that were winnable with better game day management, discipline and execution.

In 2016, Bills, Detroit, Panthers, Dolphins… all games that should’ve been in the win column….

It happened in 2015 vs Vikes, GB, Pitt, and SF

The Rams need to learn how to win those close games…

10-6 is attainable in 2017

2017 Ram opponents
HOME GAMES

Eagles
Redskins
Texans
Colts
Saints
49ers
Seahawks
Cardinals (London UK)

AWAY

Cowboys
Giants
Jags
Titans
Vikings
49ers
Seahawks
Cardinals

We gonna suck. B/c EVERYONE has to learn a new system. Offense and Defense.

Just don’t understand why Fisher abandoned the zone blocking scheme when it was so successful the year before.

zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

we have salary cap issues.

Rams don’t have cap issues. Far from it.

We still have a cap. We need to spend wisely. I blame Trump, wait, I mean Fisher, or is it Zooey. Damn, I’m confused. I hate being old.

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

They need a DT, a DE, a LB or two, a CB or two, a WR or two, maybe a TE

Wait…?

You list more needs than I do.

To run a 3/4 they have the DT/NT and DEs. They could probably use a LB or 2, though, they already have Quinn, Tree, and probably Forster. I don’t know if they will like Barron in there. (Phillips ILBs don’t take on guards.) They could use a CB or 2. I don’t know what they have at WR…they could use a top 1, a 1000 yard guy. We’ll see about TE.

Either way the DL is set. Brockers was ALREADY playing NT and I think Hayes/Westbrooks can split LDE and Donald was and remains a 3-tech.

It is hard to say how many guys in the DE depth (Longacre, Fox) can convert to LBs.

How about Eugene Sims? Maybe he could be a stand up LB?

Interesting discusion…it has become about depth.

So let me toss in someone else’s 2 cents.

To keep the mix a-brewin’.

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off the net from alyoshamucci

While I scout for 3-4 teams and assign 3-4 designators to some players .. I have never evaluated for us in that manner.

What I’m working with … Brockers and Cam Thomas can play the nose. Sims and Hayes can 5 tech … Donald can likely do anything. I am not worried about the front 3 or 4 … we may need depth there, but I don’t think we have holes.

Forrest and Tree are fine ILBs in a 3-4, both played the middle in college, and they have plenty of size.

We HAVE to resign Tru … I am not willing to develop a plan where that is not the case because I think it’ll sink our defense to lose him. Not worried about our safeties. Keep TJ or not. It’s a deep draft there, so I’m looking late rounds for safety help.

Now, on to the bits of the draft …

CB is deep, but the high end is so thick and good, I can’t imagine BPA not being CB at 37. Im even thinking of trying to trade down for an extra 4th … where the depth gets really good. The top 10 or so players at the position are capable of developing into shutdown CBs. Lattimore, Humphrey, S Jones, Conley, Tabor, Wilson, A Jackson, Cordrea Tankersly, Desmond King, Tredavius White … that’s crazy talent. Then there are another 10 solid starters with big potential.

I think a “star” edge player is a first round thing usually .. and with Quinn on one side, we need another 3-4 backer that can be the “straight man” and blitz sometimes.

WR is a need … but I have an even grade on guys rated in the 2nd and the 6th.

TE is a deep class.

There are no OTs I want. They aren’t there. The O line is so poor this draft it’s not worth taking any. Not kidding. The Senior Bowl will showcase this as the D line pummels the O line. The talent pool is so poor we need to get FA.

I think also that we get Garcon and Vernon Davis.

if it was me, i’d sign a left tackle and center in free agency. either re-sign britt or try and sign one of the washington receivers. re-sign trujo. try and sign an olb if possible.

fill the rest of the needs through the draft.

they still need a receiver (wr or te), a safety, a corner… dl/lb depth…