tweets … 9/9 + VB Q&A (lots of good stuff in this one)

J.B. Long@JB_Long
I really hesitate to tout current PFF rankings for #LARams offense (Whitworth, Saffold, Blythe, Havenstein all top 3; WRs all Top 16; Goff No. 2)… …when Todd Gurley is ranked 20th among RBs.

With Rams getting flexed out of SNF at SF, looking at future attractive matchups that could get flexed into prime time.

at NO, at CHI stand out.

But a lot plays into that, including network protection, caliber of alternative games.

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Rams Q&A recap: Vinny Bonsignore

https://theathletic.com/578588/2018/10/09/rams-live-qa-vinny-bonsignore-answers-your-questions-on-tuesday-oct-9-from-noon-to-2-p-m-pt/

My personal feeling is Peters isn’t totally healthy, and some of what he usually can do from an athletic standpoint he just isn’t able to do right now. I think he might have to make an adjustment to compensate – which I believe he has to some extent. But if I’m a fan, I remain patient. When it’s all said and done he’s going to be fine

The defensive struggles against the Seahawks, I felt, was related to honoring Russell Wilson and dealing with him and some guys trying to do too much. They got burned in the counter game as a result. Once they started playing more disciplined and focusing on their individual assignments it got better. That said they have to do a better job tackling. They were attacking much too high on runners I felt

They need to play the full game the way they play the fourth. They’ve only given up three points in the fourth quarter over the last three games. Only six all together.

No question the Seahawks were taking advantage of the Rams aggressive rush. This is what Michael Brockers told me when I asked him basically about that very thing: “Definitely got to have great assignment on your end because it’s like we have to squeeze a box on him. I said it before you have to kind of collapse on him and if you don’t collapse on him you leave that open and he’ll take advantage of it. His guys do a great job of doing the scramble drill and you know, getting open when he gets to moving around. It’s definitely a strategic way to rush Russell Wilson.” “Yeah, because we got everything together. We got on the sideline, came together, and just talked about how we needed to improve as a defense and do better for our offense. Our offense did a hell of a job today and we just wanted to step up for those guys most importantly. It’s just about playing defense. Executing the defense, the way we should. Everybody tries to play the game within the game and I think that was a big deal with me today is trying to read what I’ve got and play off of it and stuff like that. As long as we do what we practiced and win our gaps, execute, and just dominate, I think we’ll be fine.” “Personally for me. I feel like I was just trying to get out there and get to the quarterback or make plays in the back field, stopping the running stuff. Just doing way too much when I could’ve just been doing my job and everything would’ve handled itself.”

Their fourth-quarter defensive play shows what they are capable of when they lock down on their assignments and play disciplined. They just need to get off to better starts

They wanted Cooks last year, but keep in mind they didn’t have a first-round pick in the 2017 draft. The Patriots gave up and first AND third round picks for Cooks and the Saints fourth-round pick in March. It wasn’t until later that summer they gave up their 2018 second-round pick for Sammy. The draft picks in question were two different drafts. The Patriots dipped into their 2017 draft capitol for Brandin. The Rams, because of the Goff trade, didn’t have as many picks to work with. The pick they gave up for Sammy was in 2018. In the end, it kind of all worked out. Who knows, maybe they don’t add Woods in 2017 or don’t draft Cooper Kupp in 2017 if they make a trade for Cooks in March of 2017.

Obo can start practicing next week. The Rams have three weeks to decide if he is healthy enough to be activated to the 53 or just put on IR. I don’t think they take the full three weeks

I thought the Cooks non-call/miss was really bad. I didn’t get the sense anyone felt it was intentional. But there was a sense the referee missed it and under the rule of the law it checked off all the boxes on a head-to-head call.

Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner and his wife, Brenda, had found no place in Arizona where their developmentally disabled and legally blind son could live on his own.

So, they took matters into their own hands — and built one.@carterevans reports on “Treasure House” pic.twitter.com/HRu7lkeWBr

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 9, 2018

Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Week 7, Oct. 21, the 4-1 Bengals and 5-0 Chiefs are being flexed to Sunday night, per source. Rams-49ers, which was scheduled for that night, will be moved to 4:25 pm. So it’ll be two straight Sunday night games for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Bengals lone SNF appearance.

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