i may have underestimated this john kelly fellow. curious to see how this all plays out.

he’s close to being the best ram i’ve ever seen put on a rams uniform. i’d still say it’s faulk. and then donald.

but a few more years and possibly a championship and it’s donald hands down.

Zooey wrote:

Well…then who the hell HAS been filling that role the first two weeks?

i’m gonna guess bryce hager?

love what i’m reading about noteboom. i think the rams really hit on this guy wherever his final position happens to be.

john kelly. lot of people like him but the reality is only so many of these draft picks are going to end up making any kind of impact in the nfl. i don’t think kelly ends up being one of them.

i think the most likely candidates after noteboom are franklin-myers or one of the linebackers. although ogbo would need to get healthy first.

junior would be a great addition to this team.

tegray scales. and micah kiser. not only do i love their names. i love the numbers too. both playmakers in college. tackles and big plays.

but also the intangibles. smart and tough is how it reads on paper.

they don’t have the ideal size and speed numbers. but i’m hoping they can stick.

and i’m feeling a little better about whit’s backup. at least better than before.

PA Ram wrote:

I am not at all comfortable about the Rams back-up QB situation. I’d probably keep Allen over Mannion at this point.

Mannion is so sloooow. And his accuracy is questionable at best. Hodge made him look good on that deep throw that was up for grabs basically, and he’s lucky that the Oakland defender stepped out of bounds on the other one. Even his shorter passes are off. He almost got one receiver killed leading him into a defender. Allen throws a better ball. He’s also more mobile. Mannion has had four years now and he doesn’t look better than this? Time to move on.

Noteboom has great potential but he isn’t there yet. He got away with an obvious hold on the 3rd and 4, and if he had to face better edge rushers there were occassions where the QB would have been killed. But the potential is there. You can see it. I’m very happy with this pick.

Franklin-Myers looks very promising. Again, he still has to get better. He missed reacting to a draw on a few occassions but I like what I see in him.

What happened to Justin Davis? Was he hurt? Why was Holley playing?

My very brightest spots:

Bryce Hager. He had a terrific game. He was really good iun coverage and pursuing the football and seems to have a nose for things.

Hodge. This kid is amazing. What a battler for the ball. He needs to work on his separation a bit but he battles for that football. I’m just not sure there is any room for him on the team.

John Kelly. The Rams just flat out hit on this pick. He should surpass Malcolm Brown on the depth chart. Exciting hard runner.

Micah Kiser. He was in on a lot of plays. He’s still learning but he can really be a nice piece of the linebacker depth.

Another note:

That was a crap call on Mixon. He did everything right IMO. If you call that then it’s hard to play football.

Lastly, it was noted by Lindsey Thiery that Mcvay may not play Goff or Gurley at all this pre-season. On one hand, I get it, I like it. On another, I do worry if they will be ready for opening day or if that may lead to a slow start. I think I’d play them at least a quarter next week. It’s a risk, yes. But if Rodgers and Brady can play, so can Goff. Still, I think McVay knows he doesn’t have a viable back-up and this team has a LOT of money invested in THIS year. He can’t blow that in pre-season.

that was great.

wow. i have nothing that good to contribute.

i agree that mannion looked not very good. i think the rams are in trouble if goff goes down.

and yeah, defense looked good. real good. even without starters. then again. they were going against backups. so…

but what could we expect considering the rams face off against the raiders in week 1?

that’s it. that’s all i got.

just a random thought. i’m projecting/hoping about 1800 total yards from scrimmage for todd this year. 1000 rushing and 800 receiving. with about 14 tds. that’ll keep him plenty fresh for what is hopefully an extended run in the postseason as well as long-term for his career.

here’s todd on family feud….

you can get the full episode here. if you actually want to watch it.

https://abc.go.com/shows/celebrity-family-feud/episode-guide/season-4/08-emmitt-smith-vs-todd-gurley-ii-and-craig-robinson-vs-casey-wilson

Agamemnon wrote:

I thought Littleton might play some.

i thought so too. at least we’ll see some ebukam.

it’s here!

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

The Rams NEED aaron donald.

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I sense on the net that most Rams fans have turned against Donald.

It’s that old greedy player screws up my team motif.

really? i don’t venture much out into other rams’ message boards. i have no idea.

zn wrote:

LBs, inside and outside

yes. outside for me. ebukam especially. but also the others.

just love what i’m hearing about goff so far. still only practice but still…

i liked bradford a lot. but i always thought he looked kind of robotic. not fluid. almost like he was thinking too much? i don’t know. but the way he saw the field. the way he would move in a pocket. it wasn’t as fluid as it could have been.

goff just seemed more fluid than bradford did at any point. maybe some of that is mcvay. but goff just looked like a natural out there last year.

and i expect his command of the offense to improve. i expect his pocket presence to improve. i expect him to get bigger and stronger. and his throws are beautiful.

again. maybe he takes a slight step back this year, but i think he eventually gets there. but i think he’s the second best rams qb of the last 20 years already… ok ok… i know that’s not saying much. but hey. it looks impressive when you write it down.