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  • January 15, 2020 at 12:15 pm #110458
    zn
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    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    The Dallas Cowboys will hire Skip Peete as running backs coach, per source.

    Ian Rapoport@RapSheet
    Skip Peete held that position in Dallas from 2007-12 and they’ve discussed a return. Stan Drayton from #Texas is believed to be returning to UT.

    Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
    Drayton was said to be a candidate for the Rams, too

    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    On Rams RB coach search: A source tells me the Rams never had interest in Texas RB coach Stan Drayton.

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    January 15, 2020 at 4:31 pm #110463
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    January 16, 2020 at 9:14 am #110483
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    January 16, 2020 at 11:21 am #110484
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    So do we call letting Saffold go “a mistake” or do we call it, just an inevitable consequence of having a cap, etc. Is it something they should have forseen or is it a case of everything-is-easy-in-hindsight.

    I dunno. He had plenty of injuries/surgeries over the years. I can see how the Rams might not want to bet on him and give him a long contract. On the other hand he was such a solid and powerful player when he was healthy. I dunno. Turned out bad though. At least for one year.

    Football is tricky. They bet on Gurley. Bit them in the butt. They didnt bet on Saffold. Bit them in the butt.
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    January 16, 2020 at 11:49 am #110485
    zn
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    wv wrote:

    So do we call letting Saffold go “a mistake” or do we call it, just an inevitable consequence of having a cap, etc. Is it something they should have forseen or is it a case of everything-is-easy-in-hindsight.

    I dunno. He had plenty of injuries/surgeries over the years. I can see how the Rams might not want to bet on him and give him a long contract. On the other hand he was such a solid and powerful player when he was healthy. I dunno. Turned out bad though. At least for one year.

    Football is tricky. They bet on Gurley. Bit them in the butt. They didnt bet on Saffold. Bit them in the butt.
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    In a bird’s eye view kind of way, I regard it as a mistake. Saffold would have done more good than signing Weddle and Matthews did. Matter of priorities.

    Saffold’s injury days were a thing of the past. Once he had shoulder surgery in 2015, the injury thing stopped happening. Starting in 2016 he has only missed 2 games in 4 years and one of those was because they sat the starters at the end of 2017.

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    January 16, 2020 at 12:26 pm #110486
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    LMU93

    FootballOutsiders does an annual ‘All-Keep Choppin’ Wood Team’ they describe tongue-in-cheek as a “crop of the worst of the worst. On-field struggles, free-agent busts, floundering rookies, and some of the most bizarre and unprecedented off-field shenanigans we’ve seen in recent years.” This year’s includes Austin Blythe as their center…

    CENTER

    We debated between Billy Price and Austin Blythe for this slot. Blythe had more blown blocks, but Price was worse in his relatively limited action. What tipped us away from Price is the fact that he lost his job in preseason, and thus was more forced into action as a guard out of necessity more than anything else. We wanted our center to have spent more time at center, and so we’re going with Blythe. The Rams website credits Blythe’s poise, moving from guard to center after Brian Allen’s season-ending injury. We credit him with 30 blown blocks, most among centers by a significant margin (though we should note that some of that comes at guard, where players generally rack up more blown blocks than centers just due to their assignments). He was particularly poor as a run-blocker, struggling to win at the point of attack. Some of it comes from playing out of position, some of it comes from the rest of the Rams’ line being injured and/or bad, but we can’t take all the blame off of Blythe’s injured shoulders.

    January 16, 2020 at 12:49 pm #110487
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    January 16, 2020 at 12:54 pm #110488
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    January 16, 2020 at 1:02 pm #110489
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    from The Most Important Offseason To-Do For Each Team Out of the NFL Playoffs: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/01/16/nfl-offseason-team-needs-priorities?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=themmqb&utm_medium=social

    LOS ANGELES RAMS

    Find the pieces to reenergize your running game: Losing the likes of Rodger Saffold turned out to be massively consequential for the Rams, who need smart, athletic players up front to make their outside run plays click. I think Sean McVay learned a valuable lesson about replaceable parts in 2020, the question is whether the Rams will have the financial flexibility or draft ability to replace them easily.

    January 16, 2020 at 1:27 pm #110493
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    wv wrote:

    So do we call letting Saffold go “a mistake” or do we call it, just an inevitable consequence of having a cap, etc. Is it something they should have forseen or is it a case of everything-is-easy-in-hindsight.

    I dunno. He had plenty of injuries/surgeries over the years. I can see how the Rams might not want to bet on him and give him a long contract. On the other hand he was such a solid and powerful player when he was healthy. I dunno. Turned out bad though. At least for one year.

    Football is tricky. They bet on Gurley. Bit them in the butt. They didnt bet on Saffold. Bit them in the butt.
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    Yeah, I think it was a big mistake. Hindsight helps but still, big miscalculation from McVay, Snead and Kromer on how valuable he was to the line and on how (un)ready the young guys were to take over. I believe the team carried enough cap room in 2019 to retain Saffold at $11 million per year.

    January 16, 2020 at 1:56 pm #110494
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    snowman wrote:

    I believe the team carried enough cap room in 2019 to retain Saffold at $11 million per year.

    I think it gets down to a choice between Saffold and Matthews/Weddle.

    January 16, 2020 at 7:32 pm #110505
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    January 17, 2020 at 7:50 am #110512
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    January 17, 2020 at 8:12 am #110513
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    January 17, 2020 at 10:09 am #110516
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    January 17, 2020 at 3:37 pm #110521
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    January 17, 2020 at 6:36 pm #110525
    InvaderRam
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    wv wrote:

    So do we call letting Saffold go “a mistake” or do we call it, just an inevitable consequence of having a cap, etc. Is it something they should have forseen or is it a case of everything-is-easy-in-hindsight.

    I dunno. He had plenty of injuries/surgeries over the years. I can see how the Rams might not want to bet on him and give him a long contract. On the other hand he was such a solid and powerful player when he was healthy. I dunno. Turned out bad though. At least for one year.

    Football is tricky. They bet on Gurley. Bit them in the butt. They didnt bet on Saffold. Bit them in the butt.
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    a lot of it depends on how noteboom would have done. no one could have predicted him getting injured.

    although early returns weren’t looking the best.

    and who knows? maybe 2 years from now we’ll have a completely different opinion on this depending on how the young guys do.

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    January 17, 2020 at 7:27 pm #110527
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    January 18, 2020 at 8:11 am #110531
    wv
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    Id be curious to see where Marcus Peters ranked ?

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    January 18, 2020 at 8:20 am #110532
    zn
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    wv wrote:

    Id be curious to see where Marcus Peters ranked ?

    Well according to PFF, overall, 4th.

    . https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-rankings-top-25-cornerbacks-through-week-17

    4. MARCUS PETERS, BALTIMORE RAVENS
    A return to discipline has led to the return of success for Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters. As a true press man-to-man cover corner, Peters has always had a knack for baiting some of the league’s best quarterbacks. But with greater focus, Peters has improved from allowing quarterbacks to complete 68.5% of their passes in 2018 to limiting passers to a 57.7% completion rate in 2019.

    After allowing 14.9 yards per reception on throws into his coverage in 2018, Peters has allowed just 11.9 yards per reception this season while producing his trademark pick-six a whopping three times. The above play illustrates how Peters baits Russell Wilson by sinking into a Cover-2 zone look while staying true to his man-coverage responsibility. Peters gave Wilson the illusion of an open receiver then steals the pass for a pick-six.

    Peters allowed a 14th-ranked passer rating of 73.3 through Week 17 this season just a year after he allowed a 72nd-ranked 109.9 rating in 2018; he has helped transform the Ravens’ secondary into one of the very best in the league.

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