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  • July 21, 2020 at 11:02 am #118190
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/07/21/nfl-rams-49ers-running-back-committee-mcvay-shanahan/

    note: McVay on the running game

    Sean McVay took notice of the job Kyle Shanahan did last season and mentioned the 49ers’ approach when asked by Dan Hellie how the Rams will manage their committee.

    “I think it’ll just naturally work itself out. I think if you look at that success San Fran had last year with that running back-by-committee approach,” McVay said on The Helliepod. “What I thought Kyle (Shanahan) and their players did a great job of is, ‘Hey, we’re going to have an open-mind approach, we’re going to be committed to trying to have some balance and then we’ll go with the hot hand or whoever really expresses himself as deserving of the carries.”

    July 21, 2020 at 2:01 pm #118203
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    Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers
    A lot of talk centered around the Rams’ 32nd ranked linebacker unit. Wade ran a one-gap 3-4 system, which is built to take pressure off of your LB’s.

    It allowed iLB’s like Littleton to focus on coverage and allowed players like Donald to attack immediately.

    July 21, 2020 at 2:01 pm #118204
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    July 21, 2020 at 7:24 pm #118216
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    Albert Breer@AlbertBreer
    NFLPA’s Don Davis conceded to the players on a call tonight: “The undrafted rookie free agent is probably in the toughest spot. There’s no preseason games. The league has said they’re gonna bring 80 into camp.”

    Davis said NFL doesn’t want UDFAs eligible for stipends, either.

    (And UDFAs’ eligibility for stipends, to be clear, remains an open piece of negotiation between the league and union as a result.)

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    If the NFL is preparing for camp rosters to limit to 80 players, that is rough for the Rams, who have 89 on their roster at last count. Nine guys will be told not to show up – or, perhaps teams will plan for some players to still be in the area in case of illness to others.

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    The Rams also said in their released memo that they expect the NFL to cancel the preseason.

    The team is hopeful for fans to be present when hosting Dallas on Sept. 13 and asked fans to “please join them in wearing a mask to help stop the spread of COVID-19.”

    July 21, 2020 at 7:24 pm #118217
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    July 22, 2020 at 1:25 pm #118241
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/07/22/nfl-rams-sean-mcvay-matt-lafleur-story-2017/

    [Their] strong relationship helped McVay and LaFleur keep an open dialogue with each other in L.A., allowing them to speak their minds to each other for the better of the team. There was one time when the two had an argument during the 2017 season, and not because the Rams were struggling.

    As LaFleur tells it, McVay yelled at him in front of the players, which didn’t sit well with the offensive coordinator. So LaFleur told McVay to just fire him if that was how it was going to be. McVay refuted LaFleur’s account of the story while on The Helliepod podcast with Dan Hellie, saying it happened in LaFleur’s office.

    “We had an office argument because this was in his office,” McVay began. “He says, ‘If this is how it’s going to be, just fire me right now.’ I said, ‘You know what, I’m going to quit too.’ And he’s like, ‘No, don’t do that, man!’ This was at the time when we were rolling. We were getting ready to play the Titans to win the division to get our 11th win and here we are both ready to kill each other. He’s asking to be fired and I’m saying, ‘I’m not going to fire ya, I’m just going to quit myself.’ It was two minutes of us totally losing our minds, but I didn’t yell at him in front of the players.”

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    In fact, McVay said they were “crying laughing over that same story” when LaFleur was in town.

    “We are like brothers. He was in essence like a big brother to me in Washington. We’ve been so close. I mean, he’s one of my best friends, so I love Matt,” McVay said. “I think there was such a close comfort that in a lot of ways, you’re taking on a lot of new roles and responsibilities – really both of us, when he’s the OC and I’m the head coach – and so Matt always had the right way, he always had the willingness to tell me things I needed to hear. Now, his timing wasn’t always the best. He’d come to me at the time and I’d say, ‘Matt, get the hell out of here right now.’ Then you think about it and you’re like, ‘Yeah, he’s probably right.’”

    LaFleur is now the head coach of the Packers and had a very successful first season in Green Bay in 2019. He led the Packers to the playoffs after a 13-3 regular season, even winning his postseason debut against the Seahawks in the divisional round.

    July 22, 2020 at 1:54 pm #118245
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    July 22, 2020 at 4:24 pm #118257
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    from The rising stars shaping the direction of the NFL
    https://theathletic.com/1921898/2020/07/22/nfl-40-under-40-the-rising-stars-shaping-the-direction-of-the-nfl/

    As part of The Athletic’s Future of Football series, we wanted to look across the league to find some of the brightest rising stars across all facets of the NFL. We took nominations from our network of beat writers covering each of the teams, as well as input from league sources to compile what we believe is a comprehensive and diverse list of important people within the NFL universe, from coaches to execs, from agents to the league office.

    …

    SEAN MCVAY
    Title: Rams head coach | Age: 34

    McVay isn’t even staring at the downhill slope of his 30s but has already coached his team to a Super Bowl appearance. More notable than his age is the wave McVay seems to have helped usher into the NFL: That of a trendsetter, an envelope-pusher and cutting-edge thinker on offense. McVay should have bottled his “McVay-ness” and sold it, because over the last couple of years, it seems like every coach who breathed the same oxygen he did has gone on to assistant or head-coaching jobs at a prominent level. What “McVay-ness” is, really, is a remarkable ability to teach, process information and adjust accordingly.

    ..

    KEVIN O’CONNELL
    Title: Rams offensive coordinator | Age: 35

    What makes O’Connell such an intriguing name? His apparent ability to directly translate his own experience as a journeyman backup quarterback — the guy learning all kinds of offenses and in charge of running a half-dozen different scout teams — into coaching the young quarterbacks of today. O’Connell, who was elevated to offensive coordinator in Washington last season, will serve a dual role in Los Angeles: to help design and troubleshoot McVay’s offense as it settles into its trendsetting reputation and help quarterback Jared Goff take more ownership of that offense and the next step in his career.

    July 22, 2020 at 11:53 pm #118276
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    July 23, 2020 at 12:27 am #118278
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    You can just see it. Sometimes those defenders don’t want to tackle Jackson.

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    July 23, 2020 at 1:55 am #118279
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    You can just see it. Sometimes those defenders don’t want to tackle Jackson.

    I appreciated Jackson at the time–namely, 2006-2012. But if anything I appreciate him even more now. As everyone knows, sometimes he was literally all they had. For some reason Jackson vids are abundant in twitter, and I like posting them.

    July 23, 2020 at 2:51 am #118280
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    I remember when we was drafted. I wanted the Rams to draft him and they did. Even traded up a couple spots. I think it was 4th rounder.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Jackson

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    Drafted by the Rams in 2004, Jackson spent eight years with the team

    Jackson was drafted in the first round with the 24th overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He was the first running back to be selected that year. The Rams traded picks with the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals to get Jackson. Denver traded Deltha O’Neal to Cincinnati for their first round pick. Then, St. Louis traded up to Cincinnati’s selection to grab Jackson while the Bengals chose Chris Perry to replace the departed Corey Dillon, who was traded to the New England Patriots.[10]

    https://www.therams.com/news/countdown-draft-running-back-steven-jackson

    Friday, Apr 17, 2020 05:14 PM

    Countdown to the Draft: Trading up in 2004 to get RB Steven Jackson
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    Leading up to this year’s NFL Draft, scheduled to take place April 23-25, theRams.com will revisit notable draft moments in team history. In the third installment of the four-part series, we take a look at 2004 when the Rams traded up to get their running back of the future, Steven Jackson.
    Background

    One of the centerpieces to The Greatest Show on Turf, starting running back Marshall Faulk just finished his sixth season with the the Rams in 2003. He posted a respectable 1,108 total yards from scrimmage and 11 touchdowns at age 30 that season, but he had also entered what is historically considered the “line of demarcation” for a running back’s production, according to a June 2003 story by Peter King in Sports Illustrated.

    Given that context, it likely would not have been a surprise if the Rams used a high draft pick on an eventual successor in the 2004 NFL Draft with Faulk turning 31 in February.

    Per Football Outsiders’ Sean McCormick, Oregon State’s Steven Jackson was a consensus No. 1 running back in that year’s class “who was considered a franchise back and worthy of a high first-round pick.” One look at Jackson’s credentials, and it wasn’t difficult to see why.

    NFL scouts first took notice of Jackson after he rushed for 1,690 yards and 17 touchdowns in 13 games as a sophomore in college. He followed it up with 1,545 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns as a junior, then decided to forgo his senior season and declare for the draft.

    According to a story posted on Jackson’s website, he underwent minor knee surgery to clear up some discomfort after his junior season. Although the procedure forced him to miss the 2004 NFL Scouting Combine, the 6-foot-2, 233-pounder later ran a 4.45-second 40-yard dash at his pro day.

    A video on Jackson’s YouTube channel from 2011 said he was expected to be a top-five pick. One mock draft had Jackson going as high as No. 6 overall to the Detroit Lions, another No. 17 overall to the Denver Broncos.

    And yet, surprisingly, he fell out of each of those ranges. The Dallas Cowboys – which, according to that same video, were Jackson’s father’s favorite team – even passed on him, trading their first round pick to the Buffalo Bills, who used the No. 22 selection on Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman.

    “I mean, it was like being punched in the stomach. I couldn’t believe it at that point,” Jackson said in the video. “I scrambled, looked back to see what teams were still drafting. In my opinion, the teams that were left in the first round didn’t really need a running back.”

    Ultimately, his doubts would be erased and things would work out for him. Two picks later, the Rams traded the No. 26 overall pick and their fourth-round pick to the Bengals for the No. 24 overall pick, scooping up Jackson.

    “To me, there’s not too many franchises that have had the success at running back like the St. Louis Rams or the Rams franchise when they were in L.A.,” Jackson said in the video. “So many great backs have worn that helmet.”
    Rams highlights

    Jackson made an immediate impact as a rookie in 2004, rushing for 673 yards and four touchdowns while playing behind Faulk. The Rams earned a spot in the playoffs that season, defeating the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round.

    From 2005-12, he posted eight-consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons, highlighted by winning the NFC rushing title in 2009. Perhaps coincidentally, one of the best games of his career came against the Cowboys – 25 carries, 160 rushing yards and three touchdowns in a 34-14 Rams win in Week 7 of the 2008 season.

    That string of success paved the way for Jackson to become the Rams’ all-time leading rusher with 10,138 yards in 131 games, and he is also tied with Eric Dickerson for second on the franchise’s career rushing touchdowns list with 56.

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    July 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm #118309
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    TurfShowTimes@TurfShowTimes
    The Rams will rely heavily on rookies and it has been assumed that first year players will struggle because of the unusual offseason; but predictions are often wrong and we have no proof yet that rookies will be more adversely affected than anyone else

    July 24, 2020 at 11:37 am #118341
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    July 24, 2020 at 2:50 pm #118355
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    Which position group will be most impacted by no preseason games? — @Calvin92709090

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    I have to think offensive line here. You hear coaches say all the time that the closer a guy is to the line of scrimmage, the longer it takes to get them in football shape and on track. The Rams have a little bit of an advantage here, in that they are returning basically their entire line, so they won’t have to develop any rookies or young free agents. But the down side is a couple of players are also returning from injury, and therefore it’s been a long, long time since they’ve blocked anybody.

    What is (new offensive coordinator) Kevin O’Connell’s role/expertise? — @Sad_Lakers_Fan8

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    O’Connell will help with play design, and likely in the play-calling process, of which he has experience from his time in Washington. He’ll also be charged with continuing quarterback Jared Goff’s development.

    Another area of massive importance that was mentioned to me by someone in the Rams’ front office: If McVay has to be isolated for any reason during the season, it sure helps to have an offensive coordinator with playcalling experience on the staff.

    Who is the undrafted player most likely to make the roster? — Frederick C.

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    I believe the Rams are trying to keep a guy like Christian Rozeboom a secret because of his extremely high development potential, and if we were talking about a regular season, I think he would make the final roster.

    Among the top four edge rushers competing for playing time on the roster, which two do you think are best positioned to grab the starting spots?

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    I would imagine that you’ll see the more veteran players starting on the outside, meaning Ebukam and Floyd, but to be honest with you there is insane potential from Lewis and I wouldn’t be surprised if he and Floyd are the starters by mid to late-season

    Of the following three, who do you believe gets an extension first: Jalen Ramsey, Cooper Kupp or John Johnson III? Additionally, which extension do you believe would be easiest to complete? — John R.

    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    Unfortunately for Johnson, that one is probably last because the safety market continues to devalue — even though an extension for him would also probably be the easiest to manage in current cap constraints. It’s a tough spot for him to be in (I mentioned in a prior piece that he’s the guy who I’ve heard the most hype about from coaches and other players this spring). And I would believe that Kupp happens first because of tenure in the system, he’s their homegrown draft pick, etc. General managers can be funny that way, though I don’t knock the respect shown to a player.

    Ramsey’s contract will be interesting. They’ll probably want to re-structure Aaron Donald first, so if we catch wind of that, we know Ramsey is probably up next. Yet there are so many concerns about next season’s salary cap, because of the pandemic and inevitable loss the league will take, that I would actually expect any of these later than we initially predicted.

    July 24, 2020 at 4:35 pm #118366
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    Pete Prisco@PriscoCBS
    Training camp like we’ve never seen it before. Tackling will be awful early in the season. Look for a lot of points.

    July 24, 2020 at 4:35 pm #118367
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