I’m very pleased with his news. Jack-of-all-trades type of TE.

zn wrote:

TheRamsFan @TheRamsFan
Not many Rams fans agree, but I see Trae Waynes as a worthy pick at 10 & meeting a need for the Rams. Your thoughts?

@nwagoner: As I’ve mentioned in this space before, cornerback is more of a need than some believe, but it’s not a pressing one. It’s one that will come into focus after next season, though. Janoris Jenkins and Trumaine Johnson are free agents after the 2015 season. The Rams have high hopes for E.J. Gaines to be one of their starters long-term, which would allow Lamarcus Joyner to slide into the nickel. The question becomes who is the other outside cornerback. My sense is that Jenkins is more likely to stick around long term than Johnson, but that remains to be seen. Trae Waynes would be a great fit from a skills standpoint, and again, I don’t think we can rule out anything in terms of the Rams’ approach to the draft. They aren’t afraid to do things that go against conventional wisdom. If all things are equal, they need to spend that pick on offense, but if things break a certain way and there is no obvious offensive player or trade-down option there, perhaps Waynes is one to watch.

I like Waymes a lot and would have no problem with the Rams taking him at ten. I felt that way before he ran his blazing 40 at the Combine. For having such a solid front seven the Rams secondary gave up too many big plays las year.

It’s ok. It’s the FO’s new strategy. The Rams will wait for him to agree to terms with another team, and then the that team will get cold feet and make up an excuse about Barksdale’s health and back out of the deal. Barksdale will then return to the Rams. That’s how these things always go.

BOOOOOOO!!!!

While watching the mud bowl as a young lad, t’was the horns that drew me in to this labyrinth filled misery of Rams fandom.

I like the Van Pelt bloodlines. Intelligence combined with a ruthless desire for success, even if it means humiliating a few people along the way.

I haven’t watched him lots, but in the Cotton Bowl he had a lot of wide open receivers to throw to in the first 3 quarters. He did a good job hitting those guys in stride. He won’t see guys running that free, that often in the NFL.

Jenkins makes me hold my breath unlike any other player. I wonder how coaches feel about him.

wv wrote:

JJ reminds me a bit of GW. There’s
something flashy and bold about him
but there’s also this…’unsoundness’
to his game. Can you win a Ring
with a guy like that? Can you count on
him through a playoff gauntlet? I dunno.

Anyway, apparently he’s an alternate
for the ProBowl. So, go figure.

w
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I’m not sure that I remember a Rams player who has provided me with such a roller coaster of emotions. Capable of a pick six one moment, and then giving up an 80 yard TD The next. Even when he’s not making INTs he can be pretty sticky in coverage, then he gets caught looking into the backfield, or bites on a double move. Frustrating. I wonder what kind of Patriot he’d be.

InvaderRam wrote:

with the defense i think the key is that there are a bunch of young core players who have yet to reach their full potential and probably will get there within two years.

i think we’ve yet to see the best from quinn, donald, brockers, ogletree, mcdonald, gaines, joyner…

although the downside is that none of these players continue to progress. so far they’ve just been inconsistent.

but if this was a defense full of older veteran types, i’d be less optimistic.

Agree with all of this.

BTW, stopping a run away brawl is pretty difficult for one or two guys to do. From what I’ve seen of the video neither Long nor Laurinaitis escalated the brawl. It looked like both were in the middle trying to hold back some people. Not sure what other people are seeing, or expected of them.

zn wrote:

canadaram wrote:
don’t know who screwed up on the second Beckham TD, Joyner or Johnson, but it looked like Joyner to me.

That was Joyner, according to Joyner.

Oh well. His first real playing time in over a month, coming right after the injury to Gaines. Rookie CBs and rookie QBs make the most costly types of errors.

No idea really.

However, I expect JPP to be a problem for both Robinson and Barksdale, depending where the Giants line him up. Similarly, Hankins is good enough to cause some problems for the Rams shaky Wells/Joseph combo.

The Giants offense has actually looked pretty good lately, even if it has mostly been Eli-to-Beckham. I hope the Rams do a better job against the run his week than they did vs Arizona, cuz if the Giants get the run game going Beckham will produce some big plays as a result of Rams having to respect the run.

Anyway, I’m not confident that the Rams win this game, but I never am confident about the Rams winning.

That’s kinda cool. Had it come to fruition I know that I’d be feasting on Whatchamacallit chocolate bars and staying home to watch football on the the last Thursday of every November. Two things that make me jealous of every citizen of the U.S.

wv wrote:

(Bumrap —
quoting Arians – no link )

“Everybody wanted to talk all that stuff about how great their defense is. I think they saw a good defense tonight, it was in red and white,” Arians said before talking about his 143 rushing yards. “We blocked them. I think they had been reading their press clippings way too much.”

Arizona’s D is good, no doubt. They’ve proven that for a few seasons now. Solving the mystery of the Wells, Joseph and Hill trinity isn’t exactly a revelation, however.

I think the Rams defense can expect to see a steady diet of screen passes and intermediate passes over the middle. I’m not confident that the defense has figured out how to stop that stuff consistently vs strong skilled players. That said Drew Stanton hasn’t dominated on the road, so who knows?