July 30 camp report follow-ups + 1 belated (& fun) report

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  • July 31, 2014 at 12:08 am #2897
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    JIM FADLER

    From my point of view the corner situation and the safety depth is the most fluid and contested on the roster right now. I think anyone could do a fairly accurate job right now of cutting down the roster to opening except for the secondary.

    McGee is better but that is relative because I thought he was awful and lost last year.

    Woodward gets toasted and beat on every time he is out there.

    Greg Reid looks like he doesn’t belong out there so far, lot of rust to knock off so hopefully he can make a move soon.

    That leaves Marcus Roberson and Jarrid Bryant. Roberson was the one Britt picked on but he and Bryant have a bit more size than the rest.

    If you had to start the season right now McGee makes the squad and Roberson moves to the practice squad.

    Its not all bad on McGee, he has plainly put in some work understanding the defense better, has undercut some passes, is faster than the rest and would have more of a role on special teams. If they make the decision strictly on ceiling and who has the highest McGee wins easily.

    Daniels got into team drills slowly and the first two days was only doing special teams and stretching. Safety depth is really muddled to me and may be the biggest area of competition right now.

    I believe that Alexander will easily be the 3rd safety and ultimately push McLeod hard for starting time.

    After that Cody Davis, Daniels and Christian Bryant are battling for the final spot. Bryant is the shortest of the bunch and the one I have the lesser read on. Daniels has the injury issues and seems to be getting back on the field slowly but I firmly believe if healthy his ceiling is much higher than Davis or Bryant. There is another kid in camp named Avery Cunningham out of Central Michigan.

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    COACHO

    Joseph is as advertised, he plays with a mean streak. He seems to be holding up well enough from his knee issues. He has participated in EVERY 1st unit rep since camp opened at RG and hasn’t missed any of the unit drills either. It appears we may have hit on this off season acquisition. Not saying he is likely to start over Saffold (assuming Long is back), but he will provide some legitimate depth at G.

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    Conrath came to camp looking like he spent a LOT of time in the weight room. For all of the talk about how Barrett Jones reshaped his body, the two guys who stand out to me, are Hooey and Conrath.

    He is getting regular reps with the 2’s and an occasional situational rep with the 1’s. I really they like him a lot. They love his height, and reach. Again, I know its early, but i could actually see a scenario develop where he is competing with Carrington for the last roster spot in the DL

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    whether Dunbar is a PR nightmare or not, and whether or not he is here NEXT year, he is still the best option for this team THIS year. Armstrong’s attitude notwithstanding, his ability to play OLB is not what it needs to be to help this team win. Younger isn’t always better.

    And as far as leading by example, that’s the very thing Dunbar excels at ON THE FIELD. And after listening to an interview with Daren Bates after practice yesterday, he said exactly that. He leans on Dunbar and Laurinaitis all the time in his attempt to get better.

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    theHammer

    they might trade [Pead]….we have the depth..only question is who replaces him as our 3rd down back..Mason 5’8 205 with almost zero pass pro experience. Cunningham? Has the size to be good at pass pro but not very elusive as a 3rd down back. Pead has more value then many think…core st player with good hands and good in pass pro

    our position of strength if we want to upgrade at other positions is dline…Conrath, Sims, Sams and a healthy Westbrook may make guys like Hayes, Carrington or even Langford expendable at the right price

    July 31, 2014 at 3:08 pm #2943
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    KnowBody

    This is a spirited team, as spirited as I have ever seen..

    It is also one of the best practices I have seen Bradford have

    The connection with Quick, Britt, and Cook is looking good

    It will open up our running game… right now, Quick and Britt were overwhelming our DB’s with domination, minus Janoris Jenkins, yesterday…

    Joyner has the fire for life and football that Rams players must have to be part of the team.. his interception was a gimmie, but I can still tell that there is something special inside of him

    Gaines got burned by Quick, and Bailey, but other than that, I thought he had a solid day… he is looking better than McGee in my worthless opinion…

    Chris Givens went out of his way yesterday to say that he is more than just a go deep one dimensional wide out… he was breaking them all off, and catching the ball with confidence and grace
    The big play to Britt over McGee might have been the best catch I have ever experienced in person… his ability reminds me of Danario Alexander… I still miss DA, oh well, he lives on in Quick, I know this for a fact, because in DA’s last camp, he and Quick connected in some way, because Alexander is an amazing individual, and that is what you have to be… I love when you go up and catch the ball with the great force of domination, but I also want you to respect this Earth, and all the life that inhabits it. And I digress, back to football; during the aforementioned play of glory, I was not watching downfield until the pass was thrown, quite beautifully spiraled by Bradford, I must say, you see, I was watching Robinsion push his opponent three to four yards up field, creating that illustrious pocket that creates wins, magically

    Timing, we have a defensive back drill that incorporates (Blank)

    Our defense is looking very rhythmical, organized, and chaotic…

    Philip Steward just likes to attack…

    Don’t sleep on Kendall Langford..Or anyone on this swarming defense of diabolical intentions, they will annihilate you from any angle

    This is the type of defense that will give any QB trouble, including Bradford.. so practicing against this ritualistically will prove quite worthwhile I do believe

    When I say ritualistically, I mean, that is the only way you can get good at anything, is by doing it the same way many times over successfully, without the fear of failure, because it is sure as Sun, the mistakes will come.. how can you push through your mistakes, will you turn away in fear and run? Janoris Jenkins doesn’t… he is unlike tye hill in this way

    Offensive player of yesterday: Sam Bradford
    Defensive player of yesterday: Janoris Jenkins

    #21 was the only one that I didn’t see get burned badly by either Quick or Britt
    Tavon Austin is dangerous in the passing game.. I don’t care for the quick outs to him, as they never seem to work, netting us in the vicinity of 3-4 yards, if we are lucky, all the while our dynamic playmaker gets hit hard by some random man with size and strength… we need to use him cutting to the middle of the field in the passing game, then work the post corner, which he can run also… he and Bailey work well together in space and time.. surprise… not

    This is a true team

    I know it’s a business, and it’s all corrupt as hell, but the men who play on this team, play it with the kind of attitude that I look at life with, just to dominate it all as one, together we can make it better, and ascend to where we know we belong… but to do we must also choose to dominate with Love, because there is really no other choice

    It was a great practice.. they call it entertainment, I call it the-experiencing-of-no-problems-or-cares other than the Team-Art that was happening on the field

    Rest assured, this team dominates as One

    Williams teaching timing well

    Robinson is very versatile for only being a first year player.. after the combine everyone knew he was a freak, but what we didn’t know was how smart the guy was, and whether or not he was playing the game for the right reasons, i know that he is both of the latter two now… Saffold hurt the team with a false start, but i did not see Robinson jump yesterday. Sam is working the count very effectively, keeping the defense a little unnerved, but they still get to him quite a bit..

    Sam showed an explosive bull rush that collapsed the pocked on the qb a few times, which is not surprising to me as a Mizzou fan.. his natural move is outside, where he uses his lean, handwork of domination, and quickness to get there in time.. he looked better against the run today as well… i am only keying in on him because he was an all conference player for my beloved college team, MiZ-Zou…haha, Bradford had to wear a Tigers jersey because of Danario, man do i miss having the opportunity of watching him play the game.. oh well, there are more important things than football, this i know, after nearly ruining my life in 2011, after having my hopes crushed

    anything can happen, but it is looking good, my beloved brethren of Horns!

    the length of this is shorter than the one i wrote yesterday, luckily it was deleted when i hit submit, otherwise, i could have never shared this

    thank you to all who love this team and share this team with anyone ![/quote]

    July 31, 2014 at 3:52 pm #2945
    Mackeyser
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    How does one not get amped after reading all that???

    Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.

    July 31, 2014 at 4:55 pm #2954
    Dak
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    I am excited. I want to see the Rams practice, but man, I am so damn busy at work. Too much to get done. Maybe next week …

    July 31, 2014 at 5:41 pm #2960
    Herzog
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    The fact that our receivers are doing well gives me some hope and some despair. Are our wideouts killing it? or are our defensive backs sucking?

    I have a tendency to believe the latter. Hope I’m wrong.

    July 31, 2014 at 6:31 pm #2966
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    Herzog wrote:

    The fact that our receivers are doing well gives me some hope and some despair. Are our wideouts killing it? or are our defensive backs sucking?

    I have a tendency to believe the latter. Hope I’m wrong.

    Yeah, my own wild-speculation is
    the DB’s suck.

    But i still think the pass rush will be
    so awesome, it wont matter all that much.

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    July 31, 2014 at 7:26 pm #2973
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    I want what KnowBody is smoking. Lots of it, in fact.

    July 31, 2014 at 7:53 pm #2974
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    TSRF wrote:

    I want what KnowBody is smoking. Lots of it, in fact.

    Knowbody is smoking.
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    July 31, 2014 at 11:23 pm #2987
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    …”I know it’s a business, and it’s all corrupt as hell, but the men who play on this team, play it with the kind of attitude that I look at life with, just to dominate it all as one, together we can make it better, and ascend to where we know we belong… but to do we must also choose to dominate with Love, because there is really no other choice ….”

    I came to read about Rams football practice, and then this run on sentence shows up in the middle……….. What the hell? LOL

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