what are the big questions heading into the season?

I have 2 big questions.

1. Do we have the personnel to play the 2ndary?

2. Can the coaching staff lift this talented team over the hump?

For me, #2 is THE question of questions. #1 gets answered in large part by #2. Williams needs to turn lots of mostly young talent into an elite defense.

I think most of us agree that we must become a synergy. I guess that’s always true.

But the coaching staff is the key to that. Fisher has APPEARED to be a special coach … but has not QUITE gotten over the hump himself. When he came to us he talked about teaching the team to win, and damn if he didn’t do that. Last year, not so much. He HAS to make a difference this year to rise above the challenges of the division and schedule.

So, for me, those are the question marks. And they are GENUINE question marks. I honestly don’t know if our DBs, DC, or HC are enough to lift us.

I’m comfortable with the rest of the team.

Fewer penalties, fewer turnovers. And yeah, what WV said, for the love of God someone please make a play on 3rd down.

There are some unit and personnel issues but I do think their staff and overcome those with what they have on board. So, my thing is can they finally overcome their youth? They have a lot of young talented guys. Can they grow up and come together with a purpose? Those are my questions. Can they collectively play to win all their games regardless of where their snooker ball sits, adversity, injuries or any other unknown surprises?

These are my questions – beside what to cook for game day week 1. I’m open to suggestions. I only have two months or so to come up with a suitable menu.

my biggest question is can bradford stay healthy for an entire season? if he can, i think the rams give the niners and seahawks some major problems.

On offense, I wonder if receivers will be able to improve on just getting open, or finding separation, if there’s a difference. I have to say that wondering what Britt will become provides the most intrigue for me in that regard. Quick’s development comes in second. I kind of feel like RB, QB, and to a less confident degree, the OL, will be considered real strengths.

On defense, I wonder how the transition to GWs defense will go. How quickly will the new system become second nature? It is going to be different, and it doesn’t sound like it will be more simple. Personnel-wise, like everyone else, I wonder if the legion of new faces in the defensive backfield will produce guys who can cover. What about Jenkins? It seemed to me like his improvement stalled, or he may have even regressed. Will that turn around? I will say I am hopeful.

I am so in there with those guys. I made a God joke one time, about how Thor is actually the Thcandanavian god of acheth and painth, and they just rolled. Ever since then, they love partying with me. They love to hear jokes that make fun of gods and religion and stuff. I wanted to tell them one about Jehova’s Witnesses, but all I could come up with were knock knock jokes. You know, they’re really just ordinary gods who rule the football universe, just like you and me. As long as I stay on their good side, I think QB, RB, and even the OL will be definite strengths.

rfl wrote:

I have 2 big questions.

1. Do we have the personnel to play the 2ndary?

2. Can the coaching staff lift this talented team over the hump?

For me, #2 is THE question of questions. #1 gets answered in large part by #2. Williams needs to turn lots of mostly young talent into an elite defense.

I don’t think we know enough yet to say that even the best coaching can turn this secondary into a decent unit. I think that McDonald and Jenkins have both demonstrated sufficient talent to say that with good coaching they should be at least solid starters and possibly much better than that. Everyone else is pretty much just potential. There are so many players being counted on to make a leap that I just assume that the unit continues to be a weakness for at least the first half of the season. A key injury or two could result in them being really terrible. Hopefully GW can use the scheme and the ridiculous talent level up front to compensate, but if the entire unit doesn’t step up in a big way they’re still going to be vulnerable to the pass.

Donuts, yes. Absolutely… Donuts with jokes, and we might not lose a game. I picture offering up a maple bar: “It does seem like a good year for the Rams, donut?” “Dunbar won’t be in custardy to start the season, will he?” and stuff like that.