Rams tweets … 8/26 – 8/29

MISS THESE UNIFORMS…….
They should have never messed with these uniforms..
They were one of the best uniforms in the league.
( LA.RAMS 1987 ANAHEIM STADIUM). pic.twitter.com/NVrZqPR8jz

— HENRY YEP photography (@yep_henry) August 26, 2023

According to PFF’s grades, no team had a worse offense, defense or special teams than the Rams this preseason https://t.co/xd4G3sj1QI

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) August 30, 2023

From https://theramswire.usatoday.com/lists/rams-pff-grades-best-and-worst-performers-from-2023-preseason/?taid=64eeccd898b0c40001332c9c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

Pro Football Focus has graded every Rams player who took a snap in the preseason this summer and we’ve broken them down by the top 10 and bottom 10 on offense and defense.

Top 10 offense

RB Ronnie Rivers: 78.0
WR Austin Trammell: 72.7
G Tremayne Anchrum Jr.: 70.8
WR Puka Nacua: 70.3
LT Alaric Jackson: 70.1
G Sean Maginn: 69.9
WR Braxton Burmeister: 68.4
WR Tyler Johnson: 66.2
OT A.J. Arcuri: 65.0
TE Nikola Kalinic: 63.9

Rivers was certainly the star of the preseason for the Rams, performing well in all three games and leading the offense with a 78.0 grade. It’s good to see a trio of projected starters near the top, too: Anchrum, Nacua and Jackson.

Johnson did his best to impress the coaching staff this preseason in hopes of making the 53-man roster, but we don’t yet know if it was enough to land him a spot on the team this season.

The rest of the players in the top 10 are expected to be cut this week despite playing somewhat well this preseason.

Top 10 defense

(AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

DT Desjuan Johnson: 78.6
DE Jonah Williams: 78.1
CB Tre Tomlinson: 76.0
S John Johnson III: 75.7
S Tanner Ingle: 70.0
S Quentin Lake: 69.2
CB Cameron McCutcheon: 68.7
S Quindell Johnson: 68.7
NT Bobby Brown III: 66.6
OLB Michael Hoecht: 65.0

Johnson was a seventh-round pick by the Rams this year and although he could have a hard time making the team, he put some good things on tape in the preseason. Williams was also a standout player on the defensive line, as was projected starter Bobby Brown III.

Hoecht failed to record a single pressure and had a pass-rush grade of 50.0 but he was good against the run, which helped his grade.

Tomlinson, John Johnson, Ingle, Lake, McCutcheon and Quindell Johnson all stood out on defense. It unfortunately wasn’t enough for Ingle, who was cut on Monday, and McCutcheon is also expected to be waived. Quindell Johnson is a wild card at safety.

Meet the Captains. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/bX5QwXKp8A

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 31, 2023

Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

Yeah, we are all gonna be curious to see if and how, he develops.

He might be a dud. In which case, I don’t see much difference between Bennett and 2015 Sean Mannion (3rd Rd) 1999 Joe Germaine (4th Rd)

What also stings about this is that one of the best qb picks in this draft was Aidan O’Connell, who was picked just 7 slots after Bennett in the 4th round.

from PFF: https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-stock-up-stock-down-after-2023-nfl-preseason#:~:text=QB%20Aidan%20O’Connell%2C%20Las%20Vegas%20Raiders&text=He%20finished%20with%20an%2089.5,that%20blighted%20his%20college%20tape.

QB AIDAN O’CONNELL, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS

No one improved their stock as much as rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell, who put together one of the best preseasons in the NFL. He finished with an 89.5 PFF grade and had 64 dropbacks across three games in which he saw significant time. He didn’t make a single turnover-worthy play across those three games, something that blighted his college tape. The Raiders probably weren’t expecting much out of the fourth-rounder, but they are going to have to sit up and pay attention to him now as he enters the season as the third quarterback on the roster.

Versus this (from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2023/08/28/rams-stetson-bennett-pff-grade-preseason-stats-analysis/ ):

Bennett played all three preseason games and threw 62 passes, so his opportunities were certainly there. Unfortunately, the results were poor. According to Pro Football Focus, Bennett was the lowest-graded quarterback in the NFL this preseason, earning an overall mark of 29.5. The next-closest quarterback who had at least 19 drop-backs was P.J. Walker, who had a PFF grade of 41.2 this preseason and has already been cut by the Bears.

Bennett finished the preseason with a completion rate of 58.1% and just one touchdown pass compared to three interceptions. What drove Bennett’s grade down significantly was his decision-making. His six turnover-worthy plays were tied with Jake Haener for the most of any quarterback, so he was actually lucky to have just three interceptions.

Coincidentally, former Rams quarterback John Wolford had the highest passing grade (87.5) of all quarterbacks this preseason, completing 66.7% of his passes for 168 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.

Reading that last bit on Bennet just gives the creepy feeling that sentence by sentence. It. Just. Keeps. Getting. Worse.

Ick.