tweets … & other smaller bits like that … 6/1 & 6/2

Les Snead says Sean McVay puts 'probably too much blame on himself' https://t.co/XYuHJ3REbh via @theramswire

— RamsNewsNow (@RamsNewsNow) June 1, 2019

Geoff Schwartz@geoffschwartz
this “debate” about rushing the football is my original tweet was about the need to have a physical offensive unit, which starts w/running blocking. It doesn’t mean you have to rush early in the game, or run run pass. Most teams that “establish the run” …Do it terribly. They draw up schemes against bad boxes. Those teams should have better coaches. They don’t. And they suffer for it. I wish ppl would just say “establish a physical offense” instead of “establish the run” and there would be no argument.

often there are times you run the ball in a formation with some action to set up that exact action on a play action pass. Rushing success on those plays isn’t as valuable as making the defense see something to fool them later for a home run.

I understand there’s no correlation between rushing success and play action passing. But I can tell you as a player, when we’ve run the ball, that block is easier for ME on a play action pass when I sell run action.

Part of the issue w/measuring the idea of ETR is not all run games are built the same. Some teams who want to ETR don’t have complex run schemes. It’s boring and they run into bad boxes. Other teams, like NE, who clearly wanted to ETR in playoffs, have brilliant run schemes. So everything that goes into run game success can’t always be measured.

Also…I’ve argued that momentum isn’t totally real. The feeling is confidence in your ability, or the ability of your team to succeed on that play. More positive plays in a row increases your confidence and you play better.

Elvis

From the Behind The Draft meeting, fans invited, at the rams practice Facilities last Friday. It was pretty cool.

Snead talked for about an hour, mostly taking questions in the team meeting room which was full of McVay-isms on the walls. Snead said a few things that might be considered newsworthy but nothing big and we were asked not to talk about it on social media so i’m not gonna say anything here.

Though, of course, they would never tell us anything they really didn’t want to get out, I mean we were a room of basically 50 strangers.

Today was an off day for the players so the place was pretty much empty.

We got a tour which was awesome, especially the locker room which was super fucking cool. We also saw the draft war room, the press room, the training room, we ate lunch where the players eat.

The hallways were full of posters of current and former players, the Coliseum full of fans.

I did see one of the trainers who was on Behind the Grind helping Kupp rehab. And when we arrived there was, presumably, a player pulling up in a black Charger with Oregon plates in case anyone might know who that would be.

Good to see fellow former @RamsNFL and newly retired @JOEL9ONE and a BIG THRILL finally meeting his dad Howie Long one of my boyhood idols! Chris welcome to the @NFLLegends community! pic.twitter.com/SZbzsG23Wz

— Tyoka Jackson (@Tyknowsfootball) June 1, 2019

NFL Officially Bans The ‘Oklahoma Drill’
https://www.stack.com/a/the-nfl-officially-bans-the-oklahoma-drill?fbclid=IwAR3s39MgZDfWaeDhXcFG4pnI-c5BHM6HXLNjIM_hQA0SCMf8z5Nxqdnwtt4

The Oklahoma Drill is no more—at least at the NFL level.

The ban comes after league officials noticed teams consistently reporting high rates of concussions during the early portions of training camp. This period is when exercises like the Oklahoma Drill are used most regularly. The old-school football staple has seen a general decline in its usage around the NFL in recent years, but teams like the Detroit Lions were still using it as recently as last summer.

Robert Woods finished last season as the Rams' highest-graded player on offense! pic.twitter.com/Ml8I3XJVRO

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 28, 2019

Greg Zuerlein saw one of his kickoff attempts returned just 24.0% of the time — the 4th-lowest figure in the NFL last year pic.twitter.com/O52ncONLTd

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 28, 2019