“Obviously the offense and where it’s been ranked the last two, three, four years, we’ve got to fix the offense. But just because we’ve got to fix the offense, that doesn’t mean when we go to pick there is actually going to be a player there that is going to help us fix it. We’ve got to fix it, but we can’t force the issue. If we force it, we’re hurting it. You want to be disciplined there,” Snead said. “Yes, we need to fix the offense. Could that be skill players? Could that be offensive linemen? We have to take that one pick at a time, because we know that is a goal. We need to fix it immediately, we want improvement next year for sure, but we know this could be one to two, maybe three, year process.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2017/04/11/los-angeles-rams-nfl-draft-plan-les-snead-picks/100347506/
Well, I don’t think it will take three years if Goff progresses. Not when you consider the improvements made to the oline. Gurley appears to be refocused and should return to form. The receivers are a work in progress but it’s all about Goff. If he turns into the QB he was drafted to be then the offense will be fine.
If the Rams offense is still struggling two years from now that most likely means Goff was a bust.
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Feels like a bit of an insult to the current roster of players. It would be interesting to hear from McVay whether he thinks the on-field staff needs three years to coach up this team and whatever new players come along in the next couple of years. Will the head coach say ‘we are three years away’ before training camp even opens? Hell no. Maybe Snead is making excuses for his mediocre draft classes and is trying to sell this as a three year work in progress?
Feels like a bit of an insult to the current roster of players. It would be interesting to hear from McVay whether he thinks the on-field staff needs three years to coach up this team and whatever new players come along in the next couple of years. Will the head coach say ‘we are three years away’ before training camp even opens? Hell no. Maybe Snead is making excuses for his mediocre draft classes and is trying to sell this as a three year work in progress?
Well, seriously. It’s three years until Goff hits his prime. Whatever THAT is.
And, as a GM, what would you say? If you just hired a new coach?
“We expect an immediate turnaround.”
You’re not going to say that.
This is why I just don’t bother with interviews, and stuff. Because anybody with any brains is…you know, I am a teacher, and I run a theatre program, and when it comes time for a “speech” to the Company, I say what I think those people need to hear, not what I actually think. Just sayin’.
Feels like a bit of an insult to the current roster of players. It would be interesting to hear from McVay whether he thinks the on-field staff needs three years to coach up this team and whatever new players come along in the next couple of years. Will the head coach say ‘we are three years away’ before training camp even opens? Hell no. Maybe Snead is making excuses for his mediocre draft classes and is trying to sell this as a three year work in progress?
Well, seriously. It’s three years until Goff hits his prime. Whatever THAT is.
And, as a GM, what would you say? If you just hired a new coach?
“We expect an immediate turnaround.”
You’re not going to say that.
This is why I just don’t bother with interviews, and stuff. Because anybody with any brains is…you know, I am a teacher, and I run a theatre program, and when it comes time for a “speech” to the Company, I say what I think those people need to hear, not what I actually think. Just sayin’.
Feels like a bit of an insult to the current roster of players. It would be interesting to hear from McVay whether he thinks the on-field staff needs three years to coach up this team and whatever new players come along in the next couple of years. Will the head coach say ‘we are three years away’ before training camp even opens? Hell no. Maybe Snead is making excuses for his mediocre draft classes and is trying to sell this as a three year work in progress?
I wonder about all this and how many different ways it could go. There’s cause for optimism, there’s cause for “being patient.”
CB: Not sure what or who they will have. Long list of names, including Johnson of course (unless he’s gone) and Kayvon Webster, and he might be good near as we know at this point. I am assuming that Robey-Coleman is at least a decent nickel. It is a deep year for drafting corner.
DB: I like the combo of Joyner and Alexander. There’s some fresh names behind them we don’t know about yet–like Randolph. It is a deep year for drafting safety too.
LBs: I assume Barwin and Ogletree will be fine and we have to find out about Quinn and Barron in their new positions. Lots of names behind them with some buzz.
DL: So far it’s Donald, Brockers, and Easley. I don’t know about Easley at DE. It’s not clear if Westbrooks will be on the team though he has played at NT, DT, and DE, which makes it sound like he’s a 3/4 DE.
OL: We all know about Whitworth and Sullivan, assuming both are healthy. Saffold could be good in this scheme but we all know the issue there. What about the right side? We know the questions there…Hav at guard, GR at ROT? Brown gets talked about by McVay. I thought Donnal stepped up some last year at guard.
TE: It’s a deep TE draft and McVay likes his TEs, but can you count on rookie TEs? And what does he have in Higbee, Harkey, and Williams?
QB: Goff has a lot to prove but it’s hard right now, at this moment, to say objectively what they have in him. Having said that I like him and he showed me enough “very few can do that” throws to be on the optimistic side. Also Mannion I think will actually show something. Best case is that both Goff and Mannion come through. That could happen, in fact.
Tavon: I actually really don’t count Tavon as a WR, but last year they used him more as a WR, and I am not sure he has all the things you need to be a WR. I like him more as a “multiple yards weapon” style hybrid. Will McVay see it that way, or will he see him as a WR? Will McVay get more out of him? This sounds like a complaint but I like what Tavon brings.
WR: Woods, and…Cooper? Spruce? Thomas? You have to assume they will add to this. The draft is not top heavy with elite WRs but it is supposed to be deep with lots of different kinds of role player WRs.
Gurley: I never see a “nailed it” answer to what happened to him last year, though IMO a lot of it was him, showing up without the off-season work. This year he went out of his way to say he started his off-season work sooner than he did last year.
Special Teams: STs are just fine.
Offensive coaching: a lot of youth in McVay and LaFleur, though they have been around successful programs. A lot of deep experience with Kromer and Olson. I am impressed that Olson turned down an offer to be a coordinator somewhere else. It means you have a former coordinator at qb coach.
Defensive coaching: That’s the sound a ball makes when it is hit out of the park.
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