i don’t buy it.

i don’t know about cooks, but i can’t believe that gurley or donald will be affected by the new money they’re getting.

and then you take guys like peters and goff who are hoping to getting extended themselves. i don’t want to say it’s extra motivation, but there’s a trust in the organization that you’ll be taken care of if you produce.

unless your joyner… in which case you might be miffed that you didn’t get that contract. so there’s at least some tension anyway.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by InvaderRam.

Zooey wrote:

Of bigger concern to me is the LB position, and Sullivan’s replacement.

micah kiser and brian allen.

this is where i’m curious to see what becomes of snead’s draft class this year. i can see in a year. kiser, allen, and noteboom all becoming serious contibutors to this team.

and not just them. but franklin-myers perhaps filling in for brockers sometime down the road.

and kelly could be a very good backup.

and i still hold out hope for ogbo.

so you could potentially have 2 guys in kiser and ogbo be contibutors to that linebacker corps. could i see ogbo kiser littleton and ebukam line up in 2019? there’s a long way to go. but i don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility. ogbo is the biggest question mark, but the other three have been very promising so far. and all are snead finds in the later rounds or in the case of littleton a udfa.

as long as mcvay and snead have a strong partnership and don’t let egos get in the way, the rams should be set up for success.

Zooey wrote:

I really am having a hard time believing that the Rams have so many young pro-bowl level players, all on the right side of age, under contract for years.

We have all lived long enough, and seen enough promising seasons end in heartbreaking losses, to know better than to assume anything…but…damn.

I cannot name a Rams team I thought was this loaded throughout the roster, and on the sidelines. McVay, Phillips, Fassel. Offense, defense, special teams.

This is a fucking assemblage of talent.

As great as the Rams were in the 70s, they did not have a top shelf QB. The 80s teams had quality players, but there was always the feeling that the defense relied a bit on smoke and mirrors to cover weaknesses. The GSOT caught lightning in a bottle, and those teams were good. But there were some dysfunctional sinews holding that together.

The Rams have never looked brighter than they do heading into this season, imo.

It may well be that in six weeks we are talking about having too many Special personalities, or the consequences of not playing starters in preseason, or a series of unfortunate events.

But I don’t recall looking around and being more satisfied with the team top to bottom as I am right now. And they are lined up for several years.

good post. and i agree.

although if they can’t replace whitworth, that’d be the only stumbling block i can see. apart from injuries. so i’ll be playing close attention to noteboom.

but damn. with snead’s scouting. they could be set up for some real success for years to come. and i think that’s key too. snead’s ability to find gems each year. and this year might be his best yet?

aaron deserved more, but i’m glad he’s on the team.

can’t wait to see this defense. regular season starts. this is awesome.

zn wrote:

You only get him for one year unless you want to pay him like Donald.

oh what a glorious year it would be though.

rams should do it. the rams don’t need no stinkin’ first rounders. they haven’t had one for the past 2 years.

snead scoffs at first rounders.

Herzog wrote:

I JUST CAN’T COMPREHEND what this defense will be like

i know right?

can you imagine donald and suh lining up next to each other?

if they can figure out the linebacker corps, they could have something special going on.

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zn wrote:

Noteboom would be a day one starter on some other teams

well damn. this was one of my biggest concerns before the draft. the rams’ ability to find a left tackle to replace big whit.

i mean could they really have found him in the third round? wow. i like what i’ve seen so far. i like his versatility. his measurables. and it sounds like he’s learning as much as he can from whit while he can. this would be huge.

zn wrote:

If the number are right with Aaron Donald. Clearly he chose more guaranteed money and sacrificed some APY money. #Rams are winning this deal if it’s $22M. Surprised the APY came down and the guaranteed money went up. This is what was taking the deal so long.

who knows what’s even true?

if it came down to that? yeah. personally i would take the guaranteed over the apy. but who even knows what the numbers even are?

i’m thinking donald wants the guaranteed AND the apy… and i wouldn’t blame him for trying.

yeah. not sure it matters much.

they don’t even run the actual schemes they will be running in the regular season.

i honestly wonder if they wouldn’t be better off starting the season a month early and adding in more bye weeks for each team. give players more rest during the regular season to hopefully prevent injuries although realistically not all injuries could be prevented. and also maybe expanding the rosters in another way to keep players fresher.

i’m getting tired of the preseason.

i’ll enjoy watching the defense i suppose. especially peters and talib.

i’ll watch the oline. try to get a look at noteboom and allen.

but let’s get this started already.

zn wrote:

AD doing some coaching at Pitt.

—

loafer…

and a bad attitude…

i did not know about that mess. i agree. pass.

re-set. restore. whatever you want to call it.

donald should get it.

but let it be known…

i never said “qb money”.

ha!

Hram wrote:

Mundt On offense, given the lack of tight end separation, makes me wonder if he might stick.

i definitely remember seeing mundt. he stuck out. don’t remember hemingway much.