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  • May 8, 2023 at 7:05 pm #144083
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2023/05/08/rams-power-rankings-offseason-peter-king-2023/?taid=6459526a6498b70001146066&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

    In his offseason power rankings, King put the Rams 28th, ahead of only the Cardinals, Buccaneers, Texans and Bears. That’s right, he sees them as the fifth-worst team in the NFL.

    L.A. Rams. Not saying Sean McVay reads Football Morning in America, but I do believe that retching sound you’ll hear around 7 a.m. PT today is the sound of McVay vomiting when he sees his team ranked 28th in the NFL offseason power rankings.

    May 8, 2023 at 7:42 pm #144084
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    yeah.  i don’t know.  i could definitely see this team as worse than last season.

     

    but.  if stafford stays healthy.  if the running game holds and the oline is improved.  then maybe.  they’re slightly better?  that’s still probably tenth worst in the league.

    May 8, 2023 at 8:12 pm #144085
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    yeah. i don’t know. i could definitely see this team as worse than last season. but. if stafford stays healthy. if the running game holds and the oline is improved. then maybe. they’re slightly better? that’s still probably tenth worst in the league.

    Je m’appelle beg to difer, mein amigo.

    They won’t be and can’t be worse than last season–unless they rack up the same “crazy massacre” level of injuries.

    They have the possibility of being a winning team this year. That’s a good OL, Stafford, Kupp, a running game, and added wrinkles from other offensive weapons. That plus a defense that is currently set up to perform best when the other team is behind.

    I mean…this team is better that the 2013 Rams, who played more than half the season with Kellen Clemens at qb and Zac Stacy at RB. Their leading receiver was Jared Cook. That team managed to go 7-9. This team is better than that team and is capable of doing much better than 7-9.

     

    May 8, 2023 at 8:14 pm #144086
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    I think losing Wagner and A’Shawn Robinson is gonna really hurt their run D. Losing Ramsey and Nick Scott will really hurt their pass D. Losing Floyd will hurt their pass rush, though Young may well make up for that. Not early in the season, perhaps. But mid to late. He’s a lot faster and stronger than Floyd, and that should yield good things.

    They drafted a lot of older, try-hard guys for the D, but they all seem to have some physical deficit. Mostly in the “too small” range. And none of them, outside Young and THT, could be said to have “elite” athleticism, though Hampton is very athletic, and Turner isn’t too shabby. I just think they lost too much, all at once, for this new class to deal with . . . As usual, hoping I’m wrong.

    On O, if Stafford and Kupp are healthy, I think the passing game will light things up, and I’m high on Davis Allen as TE, especially in the Redzone. He needs to add some good weight, and get some NFL coaching, but he should make Stafford a happy camper inside the 20. Zack Evans should surprise too. I see him taking over for Akers before the season is over . . . which may cause another ruckus for Akers, though I hope he’s grown out of that by now.

    Avila should bring the Rams something they haven’t had in a long time: a real road-grader/pancake guy at guard. I think he leads a vastly improved run-game.

    Overall? The rest of the league, including Seattle, seems to have improved too much for the Rams to compete this season for a playoff spot. I’ll give them six to eight wins. They should be fun to watch, at least at times. But it’s a long way to Tipperary.

    May 8, 2023 at 8:54 pm #144087
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    Well, I dunno.   I think they are in that great mass of teams that are in the 7, 8 or 9 win territory.

    I dont think they can be better than that with only one scary weapon on offense, and only one scary weapon on defense.

    Who knows, though.  All things are Possible.

     

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    May 8, 2023 at 10:06 pm #144088
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    wv wrote:

    I dont think they can be better than that with only one scary weapon on offense, and only one scary weapon on defense.

    They won a super bowl in exactly that position.

    You say 7 to 9 is the range, I’m willing to add 10 to the top of that.

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