i don’t know what was in gurley’s head this year. i hope this is a wakeup call. i’m pretty sure he’s a hard worker. you don’t come back from an acl injury the way he did not working hard.

maybe he settles down. the la lifestyle can be distracting. he needs to buckle down and focus.

zn wrote:

Havenstein and Donnal both come from college programs that ran the ZBS.

interesting. it seems as if this oline did better last year under cignetti’s zbs. gurley too.

my faith in demoff is so lacking that i think these rumors are true. that they’re stupid enough to trade away more draft picks after doing the exact same stupid thing one year ago.

i believe they’re that dumb. that they would do that for a coach who isn’t all that great.

yeah. no to payton. not worth it. he ain’t no belichick.

Zooey wrote:

Why the loathing of Demoff? How is he responsible for any of this? Apart from letting Jenkins go – and afaik nobody knows for sure whose decision that was – what has he done apart from negotiate contracts?

This team is a mess on the field.

I think these guys got distracted by the bright lights, big city. Hard Knocks. All the novelty. I think it was growing pains, but not the normal ones. This was the move.

They need a coach who not only knows his Xs and Os, but someone who can get everyone to focus and buy in. There is more than 4 wins of talent on this roster. If the next coach is any kind of motivator of men, this team will be better next year. I think burning it to the ground would be a mistake, though I sympathize with the feeling.

Clearly, the team needs additions. But what it needs more than anything else is discipline. It needs leadership. It needs to interview Henry V.

i’m fine if he’s dealing with non-football related decisions, but he has no business picking a head coach and general manager.

this disaster will continue as long as he’s on that side.

zn wrote:

I think that’s just true. They overwhelmed him in a situation where he didn’t have any Dallas type advantages.

what i’m about to write isn’t going to be eye opening, but if you look at qbs such as troy aikman, john elway, peyton manning… qbs picked high and with enormous expectations. and questionable supporting casts. yeah. their rookie seasons were pretty bad. and peyton had harrison and a fantastic season from faulk to prop him up. aikman didn’t really take off until his third season which also happened to be smith’s breakout sophomore season. not to mention one of the game’s great playcallers, and quite possibly the greatest offensive line ever.

specifically looking at these three qbs the difference in career qb rating and their rookie qb rating, you get a difference of about 25-30 points. that’s true even in the case of eli manning. the difference for him was 28 points compared to his brother which was higher at 30 points.

so if goff can end up with an 88-93 rating at the end of his career. not too bad.

that’s not even taking into account the fact that the team was going through a relocation.

but they have to surround him with the right people, and goff has to prepare himself like all the great qbs did.

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looking at running back sophomore slumps, the one slump that gives me hope is franco harris.

Rookie Year: 188 carries for 1,055 yds, 10 TDs, 5.6 YPC

Sophomore Year: 188 carries for 698 yards, 3 TDs, 3.7 YPC

hopefully, this season wasn’t the real todd gurley.

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i’m really liking what he has to say. i like the body language.

i hope to hell a guy like shanahan sees that potential and is burning for a chance to coach this team. i want this guy to succeed. he’s tough. he’s the son of a major league catcher and fireman. he’s gotta be tough.

and i hope he takes this experience, and like he says, uses it to obsessively prepare himself for next season.

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sigh…

as long as demoff is vp of football operations, the rams are doomed.

happy new year, everyone. hope everyone’s year just gets better and better.

Agamemnon wrote:

Goff could just be better than Mannion. That is not my view, but it could be true. But, Goff will have fail first before Mannion will get a shot. That or he gets hurt. Odds are that he will get hurt and not finish all 16 games next year. (more if we go to the playoffs ;)) They will hire a coach that will do everything possible to develope Goff. You don’t invest all that draft capital and not do that. imo

if i am kroenke, i let the coach decide who starts.

if coaches feel mannion is clearly better, kroenke and demoff should stay the fuck out of the conversation. sit in their seats and let the coaches do their job.

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cody kessler on that horrible browns team. although he did come from a pro style offense in college i believe.

i can only hope it’s cuz boras is that horrible of an offensive coordinator.

what a farce. demoff choosing the next head coach.

bnw wrote:

The electricity for the electric car comes from fossil fuels. The energy to produce the electric car comes from fossil fuels. Same for the energy to produce photovoltaic cells. That spare engine in your hybrid that doubles or triples the effective range of your vehicle runs on fossil fuel.

true. but that doesn’t mean it will always be the case.