also. not sure they miss jenkins. they won’t miss long. they might miss laurinaitis. but they discount the fact that they played most of last season without quinn and ogletree.

they could very well miss mcleod though. a lot.

quick is gone. as soon as spruce and cooper are healthy.

and does this mean littleton is the third linebacker? just assumed it’d be forrest.

it’s been fun watching this guy grow up. just hope quinn can stay healthy this year. i remember seeing bruce and holt play together. they made each other better and their teammates better. it would be fun to see them dominate the league together and lead this defense to greatness. i know they have questions marks in the secondary and at lb but those two together dominating which the rams haven’t had an opportunity to enjoy yet could cover up a lot of mistakes.

PA Ram wrote:

Maybe it’s me but the whole Joyner story struck me as at least a little bit “scripted”.

i think it was scripted. like most of the show was.

it’s probably true that the rams aren’t as bad off as most teams with the number one pick in the draft.

the one plus about all this is it just buys time for goff to really get into the playbook and learn this offense. no outside worries of preparing for the opposing team. or at least not as much. all he’s got to do at this point is worry about learning the terminology, learning the concepts, learning the protections, and the adjustments.

this could be really good for him.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

if he’s still inactive week 8 i’ll be worried.

i just want them to be effective. effective enough that defenses can’t just unload on gurley.

on the other hand i am optimistic that the front seven could be better than last year.

goff certainly looks confused out there at times.

just hope he can learn the things that are under his control. learning the protections. learning what defensive formations and what they’re trying to do to you. learning the read and the passing concepts on each play. these seem to be things that should be able to be learned through hard work.

cuz he seems to certainly have the arm talent.

bradford’s gotta be happy. i’m not surprised philly got more than the rams did in a trade cuz i think sam was still coming off acl surgery when the rams traded him as opposed to the eagles trade after playing a full season healthy.

i’m just surprised the eagles traded him although for a first round pick i suppose you have to make the trade. it also tells you they must be pretty confident wentz can do the job.

Agamemnon wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I’d add Marquez as WR #5 because of his return ability and experience.

That is probably right. The 6th WR is probably between Thomas and Quick.

i’d rather they keep thomas. i think we all know what the rams have in quick. and thomas did some return duties which is more than quick can say.

some guys just take a little longer. aikman was the number one overall pick, and it took him until his third year before he started showing his ability.

eli manning was also the number one overall pick, and it wasn’t until his fifth year that he showed he was a capable qb.

some guys just take longer. i saw goff’s first drive, and there are signs. i just hope it doesn’t take three seasons before he shows his ability. i hope against hope that he has a chance to start by midseason.

it’d be great if spruce got healthy and we could see him and goff get some significant time together in the first half.

Seems like Goff has a durability issue in addition to having bad pocket awareness. The pressure will be on the Rams to show off their new QB…do you think they may cave in before Goff is ready?
by Bill 4:02 PM

JT: Goff has a slender frame, and if you put the truth serum in Jeff Fisher, I think you’d find a coach who’s concerned about keeping his quarterback healthy. Already this preseason, Goff was pulled out of the opener when his shoulder got dinged. He had X-rays after the Denver game for a tailbone/back issue. Hard to say on when Goff makes his debut. To a degree, it depends on how Keenum is playing _ and he’s played pretty well this preseason. But also the won-list record will influence the decision.

what’s the fuss. he was pulled as a precaution. had he been a starter and this a regular season game he would have stayed in. didn’t miss any practice that i know of. and on the bruised tailbone. again. no practice time missed. might start tomorrow.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

i read around that some people are worried after the denver game, but that is a helluva defense. not too many times they go against a defense like that.

That makes no sense to me, that people would worry about that.

When the Rams 1s on offense were in against the Denver 1s on defense, they were winning the field position war and scored on them in the 1st quarter.

They ran on them in spite of how tough that was, and Keeneum was 8 of 12 in spite of how tough THAT was.

There was some pressure on Keenum but he also completed some nice passes.

and havenstein hasn’t even suited up yet.

at least one of the sacks came from the right side. not sure if it was saffold or harkey who missed the block. not to mention his run blocking.

i’m pretty excited.