zn wrote:

Eisen askes, why wouldn’t the Rams say go win a superbowl like Von Miller did? (Actually I don’t think Eisen was making a case, he was posing a good question as an interviewer). Breer goes, you could turn around to Les Snead if he says that and say you gave Todd Gurley a market correction.

yeah. at this point you have to give donald an extension. gurley and cooks got theirs. how do you not give the best player in the nfl his extension?

and demoff now saying that they’re far apart?

hmmm…. good vibes are slightly fading.

canadaram wrote:

Rams need to find or develop a reliable TE.

yeah. doesn’t even need to be a superstar. a chain mover and a reliable red zone target.

zn wrote:

3. TE Gerald Everett is comfortable. Processing faster. He’ll take a step.

well that would be just so freaking huge. a big target to go with those jitterbug wide receivers?

too good to be true.

one thing i’ll never worry about with this team is their ability to draft secondary players. if i’m the rams, i let joyner go. they’ll find someone who can fill that spot. as good as joyner is. the rams just seem to know how to draft defensive backs.

i also think that this team is able to draft defensive line. maybe i’m wrong. that’s the sense i get. and so outside of donald who is a true legit transcendent hall of fame destroyer of worlds i’d rather see them fill those other spots with draft picks.

and i trust wade to find those edge rushers this defense will need. the steelers were always able to do that. don’t spend too much on the edge rushers. draft them in the lower rounds and develop them.

offensive line and wide receivers i’m not so sure about that. they seem to pick a lot of duds there. but they need to get better on that. with all the money going to donald, gurley, cooks, and soon goff, they need to find some guys to develop. maybe noteboom and allen can be at least two of those.

as exciting as it is to see donald and suh line up next to each other, i’m equally excited about this secondary. i just hope i’m not building it up too much in my head.

Agamemnon wrote:

Plus, Gurley will be 29 when the deal expires, which will give him another shot at a market-level deal, if he stays healthy and effective.

i’d be surprised if he has anything left in the tank at that point.

i think goff is tougher than some give him credit for.

i’m not as sure about his intelligence yet. i think this season will tell us a lot about that department. and if he’s dedicated to being his best.

and hopefully he can move up into that tier 2 category.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

I suspect Brockers play to be stellar and well worth watching but you go ahead and snooze lots of Sunday night games this season.

brockers, suh, and donald. oh that should be something else.

hopefully, something very special.

and you gotta figure sonofbum will find a way for all three to be productive.

i’m so freaking excited.

less than a week until training camp.

this is what i love most about sports. we have no idea how things are going to turn out. how does the next step in jared’s career go? he improved a lot from the beginning of last season to the end it looks like – not just from stats but just from watching him play. does he regress in 2018? does he achieve even greater heights? his supporting cast is arguably better than last year. but do defenses adjust? have they found some holes in his game that they didn’t detect in 2017? have goff and the coaching staff already identified and corrected some of those holes?

can the offensive line hold up this year?

man i’m nervous.

mostly, i’m just hopeful that i can witness the beginning of what is a long and prosperous career for jared.

wha????

please let it be so…

i’ll be rooting for croatia. one of their players plays for my favorite soccer team.

NEVERMIND.

michael thomas… oops.

mmmm… they also lost olson…

it has me a little worried to be honest.

that’s a lot of qb coaching experiencing lost that goff has to deal with now.

snowman wrote:

Moving Havenstein to RG and putting Lucas or Noteboom at RT is a possibility too, although just replacing Brown with another guard would cause the least amount of disruption across the line.

didn’t they experiment with hav at rg last year?

i dunno what came of that. dunno if it was more that brown couldn’t play tackle or hav couldn’t play guard or both.

but i like the idea of noteboom at tackle. if he’s ready.

the others don’t excite me as much but what do i know.

zn wrote:

PFW ranks Donald behind Watt (?)

ummm. i guess assuming watt is healthy…

but shoot. that’s a little disrespectful of donald and everything he’s accomplished.