Earl Morrall

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August 28, 2014 at 7:56 am #5359

GreatRamNTheSky
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How many of you remember Earl Morrall? Well, Earl Morrall was a career back up QB in the NFL but twice he took teams to the Super Bowl. In 1968 Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts went down with an injury and could not finish the season. Morrall stepped in and took the Colts to the Super Bowl. In 1972, Bob Griese of the Dolphins was injured and again Earl Morrall stepped in and playe a whole season and the Dolphins went undefeated and eventually Griese healed and was able to play in the Super Bowl that year and beat the Redskins.

Shaun Hill could be our Earl Morrall. Yes, I prefer Austin Davis as the starter but Hill could do this.

Grits

August 28, 2014 at 8:22 am #5361

PA Ram
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I’d be happy if he was Jeff Hostetler for one season.

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

August 28, 2014 at 8:38 am #5362
wv
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OK, well, I want Hill to be Willis Reed.
Or Connie Hawkins. No, wait, not Connie Hawkins.
Maybe Bill Mazeroski.

Anywayz, Earl Morral had some
great Defenses on his great Colt and Dolphin teams.
The Rams D certainly has the potential
to be scary-good.

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August 28, 2014 at 11:33 am #5371

joemad
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the differences are:

1) Dolphins were reigning 1971 AFC Champions when Earl Morral took over the team from Greise in 1972
2) Earl Morrall was Super Bowl III QB that was groomed by Johnny U.

The RAMS are reigning division cellar dwellers and Shawn Hill was not groomed by anyone close to Johnny U.

August 28, 2014 at 11:43 am #5372
wv
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joemad wrote:

the differences are:

1) Dolphins were reigning 1971 AFC Champions when Earl Morral took over the team from Greise in 1972
2) Earl Morrall was Super Bowl III QB that was groomed by Johnny U.

The RAMS are reigning division cellar dwellers and Shawn Hill was not groomed by anyone close to Johnny U.

Well, at this point, i suppose, I’m looking for
Nine wins. With Sam i was thinking a Division championship
was a reasonable expectation. Eleven wins maybe.
But now, I’m hoping a powerful running game,
a menacing defense, and smart playcalling
and execution can get them a winning season.
Nine wins.

Less than that, and we march
on the Castle, gentlemen.

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August 28, 2014 at 12:03 pm #5376

joemad
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I predict 6-10.

As good and solid as Stacy was last year with the running game and how good the defensive line can be, the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years. Also, with a QB like Shawn that doesn’t have the arm strength or accuracy like Bradford, the margin of error in all phases need to be minimal…. this team seems to get flagged a lot.

I still haven’t forgotten the back-to-back games against Dallas and SF last year… that was ugly, and that had nothing to do with Sam Bradford, and he played in those games.

the RAMS do start off with a soft schedule and can gain some momentum for the season.

one of the many things I like and seen about Fisher is he game plans well for the entire season and gets the most from his young squad and With Clemmens, I was surprised they finished 7-9 last year.

August 28, 2014 at 12:13 pm #5380

Agamemnon
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I am still going 10-6, but I don’t know if we can win any playoff games.

Agamemnon

August 28, 2014 at 12:47 pm #5383

wv
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Agamemnon wrote:

I am still going 10-6, but I don’t know if we can win any playoff games.

I dunno what starts at 10.
But the Parade starts
at 9.

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August 28, 2014 at 2:38 pm #5391
nittany ram
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joemad wrote:

I predict 6-10.

As good and solid as Stacy was last year with the running game and how good the defensive line can be, the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years. Also, with a QB like Shawn that doesn’t have the arm strength or accuracy like Bradford, the margin of error in all phases need to be minimal…. this team seems to get flagged a lot.

I still haven’t forgotten the back-to-back games against Dallas and SF last year… that was ugly, and that had nothing to do with Sam Bradford, and he played in those games.

the RAMS do start off with a soft schedule and can gain some momentum for the season.

one of the many things I like and seen about Fisher is he game plans well for the entire season and gets the most from his young squad and With Clemmens, I was surprised they finished 7-9 last year.

Well, I think the Rams can stop the run. As has been pointed out here, the Rams were the best team against the run over the second half of last season and barring injury this defense looks to be an improvement over last year’s unit.

If they can finish 7-9 with Clemens then I see no reason why they can’t finish 9-7 with Hill. Hill is a much better passer and he has an overall better team around him than Clemens had.
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August 28, 2014 at 3:21 pm #5393

wv
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nittany ram wrote:

joemad wrote:
I predict 6-10.

As good and solid as Stacy was last year with the running game and how good the defensive line can be, the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years. Also, with a QB like Shawn that doesn’t have the arm strength or accuracy like Bradford, the margin of error in all phases need to be minimal…. this team seems to get flagged a lot.

I still haven’t forgotten the back-to-back games against Dallas and SF last year… that was ugly, and that had nothing to do with Sam Bradford, and he played in those games.

the RAMS do start off with a soft schedule and can gain some momentum for the season.

one of the many things I like and seen about Fisher is he game plans well for the entire season and gets the most from his young squad and With Clemmens, I was surprised they finished 7-9 last year.

Well, I think the Rams can stop the run. As has been pointed out here, the Rams were the best team against the run over the second half of last season and barring injury this defense looks to be an improvement over last year’s unit.

If they can finish 7-9 with Clemens then I see no reason why they can’t finish 9-7 with Hill. Hill is a much better passer and he has an overall better team around him than Clemens had.

Looks to me, like the two question marks are:

1 OLine Health — can Jake, Saffold, and Wells stay healthy?
2 Secondary — Its young and without T.Johnson

Hill to me isn’t even a question mark. I think he’ll be fine. Solid, workmanlike, ‘good-enough’
for 9-7.

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August 28, 2014 at 3:56 pm #5395

zn
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the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years.

In point of fact, they have. Starting with the Indy game last year and for the rest of the season after that. That includes a game each against SF and Seattle. If you take the avg. numbers from that stretch of games and do them across 16 games, Rams would have been first both in rushing yards allowed and yards per attempt.

So the question is, who shows up. This summer’s run defense or last year’s run defense from the 2nd half of the season.
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