ESPN: It might be time for the Rams to splurge on a #1 receiver

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  • #64242
    Avatar photonittany ram
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    #64244
    JackPMiller
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    We have a salary cap. We can’t go crazy on spending. Our Rams are spending big money on a WR named Tavon Austin. The money we should be spending on, is on the Oline, and extending Aaron Donald.

    #64246
    Avatar photonittany ram
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    We have a salary cap. We can’t go crazy on spending. Our Rams are spending big money on a WR named Tavon Austin. The money we should be spending on, is on the Oline, and extending Aaron Donald.

    The Rams are in good shape cap-wise, Jack. Maybe they have enough cap room to do all those things. I don’t know.

    #64249
    JackPMiller
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    We have a salary cap. We can’t go crazy on spending. Our Rams are spending big money on a WR named Tavon Austin. The money we should be spending on, is on the Oline, and extending Aaron Donald.

    The Rams are in good shape cap-wise, Jack. Maybe they have enough cap room to do all those things. I don’t know.

    I would like to sign a LT in free agency, and maybe a CB like Dre Kirkpatrick.

    #64261
    snowman
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    A better offensive line will give Goff time to find one of our current group of receivers. New England keeps winning with a great O line and Brady, and a bunch of ‘who’s that’ at WR aside from Gronk.

    #64265
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    A better offensive line will give Goff time to find one of our current group of receivers.

    I don’t think it was just the OL. I think a lot of that was Goff. One illustration of that is the fact that the veteran CK had a lower sack percentage behind the same line.

    A lot of it is recognizing blitzes etc. pre-snap and calling protections pre-snap.

    The veteran CK was just better at that than the rookie Goff.

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    #64274
    Avatar photoAgamemnon
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    I assume, McVay will bring a WR from Washington and draft some in the later rounds.

    Agamemnon

    #64302
    Avatar photoInvaderRam
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    I assume, McVay will bring a WR from Washington and draft some in the later rounds.

    yeah i wouldn’t draft one. between tavon and a veteran wr signing (i prefer experience over youth especially with such a young qb), i don’t think it’s wise to draft a wr high.

    i personally think they should draft a tight end to develop. a premier tight end would do more for this offense i think. of course that could just be my personal bias talking.

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    #64304
    sanbagger
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    I assume, McVay will bring a WR from Washington and draft some in the later rounds.

    yeah i wouldn’t draft one. between tavon and a veteran wr signing (i prefer experience over youth especially with such a young qb), i don’t think it’s wise to draft a wr high.

    i personally think they should draft a tight end to develop. a premier tight end would do more for this offense i think. of course that could just be my personal bias talking.

    Now that H and H have a year under their belt, I think they are gonna start to pay dividends..for some reason I just have a feeling about Hemingway.

    If they get another TE in FA, what happens to Kendricks? I have no problem with them letting him walk. He is gonna collect a bonus 3/11 so they’ll have to make a decision soon.

    #64305
    Avatar photoInvaderRam
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    Now that H and H have a year under their belt, I think they are gonna start to pay dividends..for some reason I just have a feeling about Hemingway.

    If they get another TE in FA, what happens to Kendricks? I have no problem with them letting him walk. He is gonna collect a bonus 3/11 so they’ll have to make a decision soon.

    i don’t think they should get one in fa. just the draft.

    one reason i prefer te over wr in this draft is also that this is a strong tight end class while the wr class is weak. they got austin. and i expect them to sign a veteran receiver. i’d rather they develop cooper, thomas, and spruce.

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    #64306
    Avatar photoAgamemnon
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    If they get another TE in FA, what happens to Kendricks? I have no problem with them letting him walk. He is gonna collect a bonus 3/11 so they’ll have to make a decision soon.

    Kendricks bonus is $0.5 million. That is almost just an insurance policy. I think, keep him on the roster and if you draft a TE, Kendricks can just compete or be there if there is an injury. imo
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    Of course, they might not like him as a player or they might want to use his cap dollars somewhere else.

    Agamemnon

    #64308
    sanbagger
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    If they get another TE in FA, what happens to Kendricks? I have no problem with them letting him walk. He is gonna collect a bonus 3/11 so they’ll have to make a decision soon.

    Kendricks bonus is $0.5 million. That is almost just an insurance policy. I think, keep him on the roster and if you draft a TE, Kendricks can just compete or be there if there is an injury. imo
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    Of course, they might not like him as a player or they might want to use his cap dollars somewhere else.

    His salary is 4.25 mil so .5 mil is a hefty percentage and that adds to the cap…I think if they plan on adding a TE either via FA or draft then Lance is history.

    If he’s there after 3/11 then I think he’s back…of course I could be, and probably am, wrong.

    Higbee needs to get stronger and learn better technique blocking…he was just manhandled at the line last year. Hemingway???? I don’t think I saw him in a game last year.

    #64309
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    Higbee needs to get stronger and learn better technique blocking…he was just manhandled at the line last year. Hemingway???? I don’t think I saw him in a game last year.

    And they can always keep those 3 and add another.

    IMO people are down on Kendricks from 2016, but, he had value in previous years.

    #64312
    Avatar photoInvaderRam
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    Higbee needs to get stronger and learn better technique blocking…he was just manhandled at the line last year. Hemingway???? I don’t think I saw him in a game last year.

    And they can always keep those 3 and add another.

    IMO people are down on Kendricks from 2016, but, he had value in previous years.

    i’m not down on kendricks personally.

    but this offense and mcvay obviously value the tight end position. getting a tight end would be more of an eye toward higbee and hemingway.

    and this te class is loaded. very very good.

    shoot. mcvay went out of his way i thought in praise of kendricks. i bet mcvay spends some time with lance. and maybe he likes higbee and hemingway too and decides the rams don’t need one.

    but like i said. there’s some serious talent at that position.

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    #64317
    sanbagger
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    Higbee needs to get stronger and learn better technique blocking…he was just manhandled at the line last year. Hemingway???? I don’t think I saw him in a game last year.

    And they can always keep those 3 and add another.

    IMO people are down on Kendricks from 2016, but, he had value in previous years.

    His value was as the #2 TE…and he barely held up that end of the bargain.

    His receiving skills always were subpar but showed promise that never materialized. He was supposed to be the blocking TE, but after watching him fairly closely this year I realized he’s just not that good as a blocker either…although he was better than Higbee by a wide margin. Not sure how Hemmingway is as a blocker.

    I just don’t have confidence LK can make that critical catch when called upon.

    My thoughts of LK remind me of a great tune…name this song

    On a long and lonesome highway
    East of Omaha
    You can listen to the engine
    Moanin out his one note song
    You can think about the woman
    Or the girl you knew the night before

    #64318
    Avatar photozn
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    His value was as the #2 TE…and he barely held up that end of the bargain.

    No I see a lot more in Kendricks than that. He’s done a lot more than that. Being down on him is, IMO, just forgetting 2012-2015, when he was regularly a good blocking/catching H-back type. In fact more than once he was tops in catch percentage measured against all Rams WRs and TEs with more than 20 targets.

    I never saw his receiving skills as subpar, and in fact I think for some reason he gets a bum rap from many Rams fans. He has been a solid role player and gives them a lot of versatility. I actually don’t get the animosity towards him. Granted he had a bad 2016 but I don’t see why that erases the previous years.

    What he’s NOT is a top receiving TE–he’s something else, and should IMO be measured as something else.

    #64343
    sanbagger
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    Jordan Reed saw a noticeable increase in production when SM started calling the plays. in Washington…his production rate pre-McVay was very similar to LK’s production..soooo maybe he can jump start LK.

    Also…I was thinking about the Rams receivers and TE’s and thinking about the drop rate they had and I had a thought…earlier in the year when the Rams ran off their winning streak the guys were catching the ball,flash forward to the latter part of the year they were dropping the ball.

    I kind of related this to baseball…the team needs the pitcher to be in a good rhythm and they will play good defense behind him…if he’s out of synch and slow to deliver the pitch the defenders can get sloppy…perhaps that happened to the receivers for the Rams, with no rhythm they got sloppy.

    If they decide to keep him…OK.

    #64344
    Avatar photonittany ram
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    Jordan Reed saw a noticeable increase in production when SM started calling the plays. in Washington…his production rate pre-McVay was very similar to LK’s production..soooo maybe he can jump start LK.

    Also…I was thinking about the Rams receivers and TE’s and thinking about the drop rate they had and I had a thought…earlier in the year when the Rams ran off their winning streak the guys were catching the ball,flash forward to the latter part of the year they were dropping the ball.

    I kind of related this to baseball…the team needs the pitcher to be in a good rhythm and they will play good defense behind him…if he’s out of synch and slow to deliver the pitch the defenders can get sloppy…perhaps that happened to the receivers for the Rams, with no rhythm they got sloppy.

    If they decide to keep him…OK.

    I noticed what appeared to be an increase in drops once Goff took over. I assumed it was because Goff puts more zip on the ball than Keenum did/could.

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