Raider game reactions

I am not at all comfortable about the Rams back-up QB situation. I’d probably keep Allen over Mannion at this point.

Mannion is so sloooow. And his accuracy is questionable at best. Hodge made him look good on that deep throw that was up for grabs basically, and he’s lucky that the Oakland defender stepped out of bounds on the other one. Even his shorter passes are off. He almost got one receiver killed leading him into a defender. Allen throws a better ball. He’s also more mobile. Mannion has had four years now and he doesn’t look better than this? Time to move on.

Noteboom has great potential but he isn’t there yet. He got away with an obvious hold on the 3rd and 4, and if he had to face better edge rushers there were occassions where the QB would have been killed. But the potential is there. You can see it. I’m very happy with this pick.

Franklin-Myers looks very promising. Again, he still has to get better. He missed reacting to a draw on a few occassions but I like what I see in him.

What happened to Justin Davis? Was he hurt? Why was Holley playing?

My very brightest spots:

Bryce Hager. He had a terrific game. He was really good iun coverage and pursuing the football and seems to have a nose for things.

Hodge. This kid is amazing. What a battler for the ball. He needs to work on his separation a bit but he battles for that football. I’m just not sure there is any room for him on the team.

John Kelly. The Rams just flat out hit on this pick. He should surpass Malcolm Brown on the depth chart. Exciting hard runner.

Micah Kiser. He was in on a lot of plays. He’s still learning but he can really be a nice piece of the linebacker depth.

Another note:

That was a crap call on Mixon. He did everything right IMO. If you call that then it’s hard to play football.

Lastly, it was noted by Lindsey Thiery that Mcvay may not play Goff or Gurley at all this pre-season. On one hand, I get it, I like it. On another, I do worry if they will be ready for opening day or if that may lead to a slow start. I think I’d play them at least a quarter next week. It’s a risk, yes. But if Rodgers and Brady can play, so can Goff. Still, I think McVay knows he doesn’t have a viable back-up and this team has a LOT of money invested in THIS year. He can’t blow that in pre-season.

PA Ram wrote:

I am not at all comfortable about the Rams back-up QB situation. I’d probably keep Allen over Mannion at this point.

Mannion is so sloooow. And his accuracy is questionable at best. Hodge made him look good on that deep throw that was up for grabs basically, and he’s lucky that the Oakland defender stepped out of bounds on the other one. Even his shorter passes are off. He almost got one receiver killed leading him into a defender. Allen throws a better ball. He’s also more mobile. Mannion has had four years now and he doesn’t look better than this? Time to move on.

Noteboom has great potential but he isn’t there yet. He got away with an obvious hold on the 3rd and 4, and if he had to face better edge rushers there were occassions where the QB would have been killed. But the potential is there. You can see it. I’m very happy with this pick.

Franklin-Myers looks very promising. Again, he still has to get better. He missed reacting to a draw on a few occassions but I like what I see in him.

What happened to Justin Davis? Was he hurt? Why was Holley playing?

My very brightest spots:

Bryce Hager. He had a terrific game. He was really good iun coverage and pursuing the football and seems to have a nose for things.

Hodge. This kid is amazing. What a battler for the ball. He needs to work on his separation a bit but he battles for that football. I’m just not sure there is any room for him on the team.

John Kelly. The Rams just flat out hit on this pick. He should surpass Malcolm Brown on the depth chart. Exciting hard runner.

Micah Kiser. He was in on a lot of plays. He’s still learning but he can really be a nice piece of the linebacker depth.

Another note:

That was a crap call on Mixon. He did everything right IMO. If you call that then it’s hard to play football.

Lastly, it was noted by Lindsey Thiery that Mcvay may not play Goff or Gurley at all this pre-season. On one hand, I get it, I like it. On another, I do worry if they will be ready for opening day or if that may lead to a slow start. I think I’d play them at least a quarter next week. It’s a risk, yes. But if Rodgers and Brady can play, so can Goff. Still, I think McVay knows he doesn’t have a viable back-up and this team has a LOT of money invested in THIS year. He can’t blow that in pre-season.

that was great.

wow. i have nothing that good to contribute.

i agree that mannion looked not very good. i think the rams are in trouble if goff goes down.

and yeah, defense looked good. real good. even without starters. then again. they were going against backups. so…

but what could we expect considering the rams face off against the raiders in week 1?

that’s it. that’s all i got.