McShay Kiper just now on ESPN raving about Rams talent

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  • February 16, 2016 at 10:53 pm #39120
    zn
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    from off the net

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    ferragamo79

    McShay Kiper just now on ESPN raving about Rams talent….especially McShay….talent on both sides…absolutely loaded he said…mentioned tree, tru, jenkins Kiper raved about Quinn and donald
    McShay chimed in about TA, Britt, Gurley and all the picks on O line

    just missing a QB….if they don’t address that they will continue to be bad no matter what

    obviously they need a QB, but I was shocked how they were raving about Rams talent

    February 17, 2016 at 7:45 am #39127
    lyser
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    Same story until further notice – tons of talent, but end up home for the holidays at 7-9. Same shit every year. Hope it turns around in LA.

    February 17, 2016 at 10:00 am #39134
    zn
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    lyser wrote:

    Same story until further notice – tons of talent, but end up home for the holidays at 7-9. Same shit every year. Hope it turns around in LA.

    My thinking is that if they even got average/decent qb play last year they would have had a winning season.

    What they got instead was a Foles meltdown and then Keenum got concussed. Keenum’s not great, but to me he’s better than the #2s and #3s they’ve had over the last few years (Hill, Davis, Clemens, Feeley, Boller, Null).

    I debated with people out there about the Foles meltdown. To me it’s just evident something happened to him…there was nothing in 2014 to lead anyone to expect a multi-consecutive games subpar performance like that. So if we had just gotten the Foles of 2014 it would have been fine.

    The question then becomes, what will they get in 2016 with Keenum plus Mannion/or a rookie/or a signing.

    Well, my bet is, it would be better than Foles in meltdown mode.

    February 17, 2016 at 10:10 am #39136
    wv
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    zn wrote:

    ferragamo79

    obviously they need a QB, but I was shocked how they were raving about Rams talent

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    Well, i never quite know what to think
    of these kinds of ‘ravings’ by the media celebrities.

    There are Many teams that are ‘close’
    to challenging for a ring, i think. A few players away, maybe.
    I think the Rams are one of those, many teams.

    The OLine is still a question mark. Lots of “potential”.
    Lots of encouraging indications of talent. I’m
    optimistic about the OLine, but I’m also still
    in “wait and see” mode — especially with GRob.

    Receivers? Loaded with talent? Nah.

    Tight Ends? Loaded with talent? Nah.

    Defense? Well, we’ll have to wait and see about Quinn.
    So thats a question mark. And we’ll have to wait
    and see how many key players they can re-sign.

    I can see this team rocketing up the standings
    and winning 12 games next year — and i can also
    see this team wallowing around the .500 mark again.
    So….i dunno. Lots of question marks for me.

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    February 17, 2016 at 10:22 am #39138
    zn
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    wv wrote:

    The OLine is still a question mark.

    Personally? I don’t think it’s a question mark. I think at worst it is already an average OL.

    They added 12 linemen starting in 2014 and haven’t even sorted out yet which of the present 14 they have now…with more to come…will be the 9 or 10 they take into 2016. Either way all the signs indicated they did well with that, with better than usual for rookies rookie performances from 3 of the ones they drafted in 2015 (who gets 3 good linemen in one draft??? …but then who gets 2 consecutive rookies of the year).

    February 17, 2016 at 12:42 pm #39148
    wv
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    zn wrote:
    wv wrote:

    The OLine is still a question mark.

    Personally? I don’t think it’s a question mark. I think at worst it is already an average OL.

    They added 12 linemen starting in 2014 and haven’t even sorted out yet which of the present 14 they have now…with more to come…will be the 9 or 10 they take into 2016. Either way all the signs indicated they did well with that, with better than usual for rookies rookie performances from 3 of the ones they drafted in 2015 (who gets 3 good linemen in one draft??? …but then who gets 2 consecutive rookies of the year).

    Yeah, i am close to that point of view.

    Its mainly GRob I’m still concerned about.

    And the Ram-OL Curse.

    w
    v

    February 17, 2016 at 12:50 pm #39150
    zn
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    wv wrote:

    And the Ram-OL Curse.

    Well take comfort in the fact, then, that of the 12 linemen then added starting in 2014, 5 have not been injured, including the 4 who have not actually taken the field yet in real games.

    It’s true that in the last 2 years, Robinson, Rhaney, Wichman (in the summer), Brown, Havenstein, Donnal and Williams have been injured…to varying degrees, and at different times.

    Reynolds was not injured.

    And Battle, Kush, Folkerts, and Arkin have not been injured.

    So the bright light is, nearly 42% have NOT been injured. Though of course, most of the Injury Free types have not played in a game.

    Which might be the secret. You don’t want an injured line? THEN DON’T START ANY LINEMEN IN REAL GAMES.

    It could be a breakthrough.

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