this is the best wr corps the rams have had in i don’t even know how long. just need the oline to stay healthy. and need goff to learn this offense fast!

i essentially agree with what waldman says, but lately when i read his articles i hear this loud ringing in my head.

johnny mundt. oregon. had a reputation as a good blocker hist first three years. was having a good senior year then injured his knee.

lots of good players got cut. that’s good for the rams.

i have no idea. i don’t think we can take too much from the charger game. i don’t think we can take too much from the raider game either.

i think i’ll have a better idea after the first four games. and i think i’ll know by the end of the season.

i think the physical skills are there. that’s why he was picked number one overall. i’m just not sure about the mental part.

kupp. offensive rookie of the year.

donald can do whatever the hell he wants to do.

shoot if he wants to sit and never play another game for the rams he can do that too. would he end up regretting it? possibly.

but yeah. it’s hard seeing the rams give into his demands. and would there be a team out there willing to meet those demands?

• This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by InvaderRam.

i trust that mcvay will go with the best qb. i don’t think he’ll go with goff if he isn’t the guy who gives him the best chance to win.

goff was disappointing. i understand kupp and gurley didn’t suit up but those two turnovers had nothing to do with them not being in the game. but you gotta figure there were going to be some setbacks. and there will probably be more.

he did look good in the beginning though.

if he ends up doing well, i admit i’ll wonder what he could have done with the coaching staff. of course the coaching staff took a look at him and decided he wasn’t needed so…

zn wrote:

I too like what I hear about WP’s ability to teach, but I don’t like it at GW’s expense.

i don’t think i’m really putting down williams at all. i did say he likes to scream a lot. and from the quotes, i think it pretty much was do it williams’ way or get out. and from the limited footage i saw with hard knocks and all or nothing, yeah it pretty much was that. a lot of screaming and threats. and that’s not to say that players didn’t like williams. it seems that they did. and i’m sure williams’ approach worked as well.

but yeah. i think phillips will be that much better than williams.

JackPMiller wrote:

Say one of them gives up two first rounders and two second rounders, in the next two drafts, plus a future third rounder.

if a team was willing to give up that much for mannion, i’d jump on that. i’m just not sure that a team would be willing to give up that much.

zn wrote:

Phillips believes that coaches and players can be friends.

hmm… don’t tell martz that.

seriously though i see a theme here. teaching is really emphasized with this coaching staff. not just yelling and cussing to get your point across.

everett is kind of a forgotten player in this offense. an x factor.

all the hype is around kupp and watkins and it’s not unjustified. the receiver corps looks like a good blend of talent and skills that should complement each other very well.

but everett could take this offense over the top.

he’s got very good size. great explosion and change of direction skills. his problems are that the tight end position is a hard position to learn. he and the other tight ends have a lot of work to do on blocking.

but if he can put it all together this offense could be a nightmare to match up with.

i just wish he had bigger hands. i’ve yet to see him catch the ball and hold on after a big hit. until then i will continue to worry about those miniscule hands.

zn wrote:

I think that part could be premature.

You might be interested in the last 2 posts in this thread: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/how-fare-brown-havenstein/

fair enough. but if i wasn’t such a huge rams fan, i would be looking at this team and rolling my eyes…

honestly. probably not diplomatic of martz with his comments. the way they were put. but he raises good questions.

i know among the media peter schrager is drinking the kool aid.

but hell. why not? why not drink the kool aid? unless it’s actual kool aid spiked with actual poison. right?

link: http://www.therams.com/videos/videos/3-Reasons-Why-Kupp-Will-Have-100-Receptions/26890843-4e93-4376-8de1-496b810b6f2c

• This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by InvaderRam.

hmm…

i see a lot of angst on both sides of the argument as to whether or not goff can be successful. not on this board but on other boards. it’s making a proper analysis of goff somewhat hard.

truth is we don’t know. no one really knows. we’ll just have to wait and see unfortunately. the one thing i am becoming convinced of is that goff could not be in better hands. i think the front office hit a home run with mcvay. he’s able to make a connection with his players. we read about it with cooley and reed and cousins as well. call it the qb whisperer or whatever but i think the rams could not have picked anyone better to get the most out of their young qb.