trujo NEEDS to be re-signed.

they need to improve the pass rush and trujo will be fine.

they need another corner and a free safety on top of that for the secondary. maybe they have a candidate for free safety already on the roster.

zn wrote:

one of them was that TG lost weight and didn’t have the same kind of strength and explosion he had in 2015

i remember first reading that and thinking maybe it would be useful in getting some more quickness.

but apparently it was because he wasn’t working on his strength and conditioning.

and it showed. so many times he’d go down with barely a touch. his normal balance just wasn’t there.

zn wrote:

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Wasn’t that one of the unnamed source’s points, that the offense was the same ?

zn wrote:

According to Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole, the coaching staff said, “It’s the same [offense] he was in as a rookie. You tell me the difference.”

That’s incorrect. Boras changed the terminology so they had to go through a learning process.

In terms of just the general approach to offense, overall yeah it was similar.

The hard part about learning a new offense though isn’t the plays it’s the terminology.

For example imagine this–how long would it take for you to drive without overthinking it if suddenly overnight they they changed all the symbols, colors, and words for traffic signals and signs. You would get back to normal after a bit but at first it would be more hesitant.

Well they changed terminology during a move. The move just means less focus. How much less? Who knows, but it had an effect, I think.

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but then you take a guy like britt where it didn’t seem to affect him much.

i also think a lot of it is not just the playbook but also game planning and playcalling. i’m guessing boras just sucked at that.

Todd Gurley played a word association game on ESPN's SportsNation show

should we be concerned that gurley hasn’t even met mcvay yet?

i mean we know that donald, quinn, ogletree, and goff have already met their new coach. does this guy get it?

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i’m hoping we just chalk this up to immaturity, and he comes back strong.

zn wrote:

“The thing about Isaac that people will forget at times is that he was good on bad teams,” Venturi said. “He didn’t just get good with the ‘Greatest Show on Turf.’ He carried some bad teams. When you got ready to play the Rams before the ‘Greatest Show,’ the only guy you worried about was Isaac Bruce. Your coverage was all directed to Isaac.”

it doesn’t matter with the great ones. they look great no matter what.

should have been in the hall of fame years ago.

he coached linebackers on that vaunted tampa bay defense which finished number one overall in 2002 and 2005. one of those linebackers was hall of famer derrick brooks who won defensive player of the year in 2002.

also coached linebackers in san diego where the defense finished 9th in total defense 2 of the 4 years he was there.

http://www.redskins.com/team/coaches/Joe-Barry/e0e34c5a-bd31-4b85-b3f7-e9ff1956171b

Now in his 15th NFL season, including four as a defensive coordinator, Barry has been a member of a defensive staff that has finished in the Top 10 in total defense five times, including No. 1 overall units in 2002 and 2005. Under Barry, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Brooks was named the 2002 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

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zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

who is this mysterious oc candidate?

You mean Kromer? There’s stuff on him in this thread (it’s all through the thread):

the “who are the coaches McVay is hiring” threadL http://theramshuddle.com/topic/the-who-are-the-coaches-mcvay-is-hiring-thread/

The original rumor was that he would be the OC but guess not.

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not kromer. he’s the oline coach. and not trestman. but a possible third candidate who hasn’t been named.

interesting. who is this mysterious oc candidate?

sanbagger wrote:

Now that H and H have a year under their belt, I think they are gonna start to pay dividends..for some reason I just have a feeling about Hemingway.

If they get another TE in FA, what happens to Kendricks? I have no problem with them letting him walk. He is gonna collect a bonus 3/11 so they’ll have to make a decision soon.

i don’t think they should get one in fa. just the draft.

one reason i prefer te over wr in this draft is also that this is a strong tight end class while the wr class is weak. they got austin. and i expect them to sign a veteran receiver. i’d rather they develop cooper, thomas, and spruce.

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i worry this guy doesn’t have the instincts the great ones have. i think he did have a lot of things working against him, but i also saw numerous occasions where he’d just flat run into his lineman’s back without even looking up to see where a hole would open up or just go down way too easily.

i hope he’s being honest when he holds himself accountable. i remember jackson had similar problems early in his career and then stephen davis took him under his wing.

if he and goff are busts. this team is set back another 4 years in my opinion.

i will watch the game. i think.

want to watch the falcons blow the patriots out of the water. i want to see the embarrassment on belly and brady’s faces.

just adding this little tidbit from the previous thread. and if i’m not mistaken, calais plays on the left side.

The position has seen an evolution of sorts in recent years. In the past it was associated almost exclusively with pure 4-3 under teams, but more and more we are seeing 3-4 and multiple front teams find a way to get their most talented interior rusher at the 3-technique. Calais Campbell is typically thought of as being a prototypical base 3-4 end, a 5-technique, but the Cardinals lineman spent over half of his snaps in 2014 as a 3-tech.

http://www.espn.com/espnradio/losangeles/play?id=18520962&s=la

Afternoons on ESPNLA with Marcellus & Kelvin [hr3]

Rams Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips tells Marcellus & Kelvin what he sees in the Rams defense and how he can improve it. Phillips remembers coaching Marcellus in Buffalo.

if it was me, i’d sign a left tackle and center in free agency. either re-sign britt or try and sign one of the washington receivers. re-sign trujo. try and sign an olb if possible.

fill the rest of the needs through the draft.

they still need a receiver (wr or te), a safety, a corner… dl/lb depth…