“My first goal is to get the playbook down pat so I can play as fast as I can,” Thomas said. “That’s what I’m aiming for — just learning the playbook as fast as I can so once I learn the playbook, and play it fast, I know I’m going to make the team. I’m confident.”

haha. every interview he’s like that. the enthusiasm just bubbles through.

i think he has the potential to be the best wr the rams have had since torry holt left. not that that’s saying much considering the receivers the rams have had since then.

i just think it’s going to take thomas at least a year before we see that.

and also a running back still rehabbing and acclimation to a step up in level of competition.

so i would expect an uptick in second level yards as he gainz more experience and maybe even an uptick in open field yards as gurley gains explosion as well as improved oline and qb play.

any reports on robert quinn’s health?

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/01/prweb13191583.htm

Los Angeles Spine Group Surgeons Discuss Robert Quinn of the St. Louis Rams Recovery from Back Surgery

Dr. Sanjay Khurana and Dr. Rojeh Melikian of Los Angeles Spine Group comment on an ESPN article about the treatment and expected recovery process for the professional football player’s back injuries.

LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 25, 2016

According to a January 8 ESPN article about defensive end Robert Quinn of the St. Louis Rams, the football star is currently in recovery from back surgery to correct an unspecified injury. According to Quinn, he is up and walking again and focusing on his rehabilitation. Some form of back strain and spine injuries are inherent to all sports, particularly from the grueling physical contact that is routine in professional football. Many star athletes are forced to take some time off over the course of their careers to heal and recover from injuries that can range from mild muscle strains and tears, to more serious damage to the spine, joints, and lower back. Orthopedic spine surgeons Dr. Sanjay Khurana and Dr. Rojeh Melikian from the Los Angeles Spine Group discuss the effects and recovery time needed for spine surgery.

“Spine injuries and chronic back pain are not at all uncommon among professional athletes, especially football players. With reports suggesting that he was previously suffering from hip and knee problems before his back surgery, Robert Quinn was most likely suffering from progressive damage that impacted his ability to continue performing without surgical intervention,” said Dr. Sanjay Khurana, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Los Angeles Spine Group.

Quinn had notably missed playing in several games of the 2015 season while trying to identify the source of his problems, stating that he attributed his symptoms to “getting old.”

“Thanks to technology and developments like robotic spine surgery, back surgery is now less invasive than ever before. Depending on the nature and extent of pressure and injury to the spine, many people are healing and recovering from surgery for back pain faster and more successfully than ever before,” added Dr. Rojeh Melikian. “Conventional wisdom used to dictate that physical decline and pain, especially where the back and spine were concerned, were inevitable with age. And while it may be true that many conditions are more common as we get older, staying active, maintaining a healthy weight, and seeking treatment for problems like chronic pain can really make a difference in how well we age.”

Dr. Sanjay Khurana is a board-certified and fellowship trained pediatric and adult orthopedic spine surgeon in Los Angeles. He specializes in minimally invasive and robotic spine surgery procedures with an emphasis on degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, scoliosis and spinal deformity, spinal instability, spine trauma, spine tumors and spondylolisthesis. Dr. Khurana completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley and his medical school and orthopedic surgery residency at The Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Khurana completed his combined orthopedic and neurosurgical training at the prestigious University of Miami / Jackson Memorial spine fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Frank Eismont and Dr. Barth Green.

To learn more about Dr. Sanjay Khurana, please call 310.321-4333 or visit http://www.laspinegroup.com.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by InvaderRam.

i think he can be better than bradford.

he’s got his size quick release and accuracy.

but then he has him beat in pocket presence coming out of college.

i also think we see sizable increases in his arm strength over the next 2 seasons as he adds bulk.

but we don’t know about his decision making skills in a league that’s faster and more sophisticated. we also don’t know about his obsession with being the best. those two things will determine how high his ceiling can be.

but mind you i do like goff. in a lot of ways i like him more than wentz. and in some ways i think he’s got a higher ceiling than wentz. i don’t think lynch will ever be better than him. but if he was as good as a flacco and goff was the caliber of a manning (eli that is!) i would be a little irritated.

but who knows? some had him rated higher than winston and mariota coming out.

and like i said if it was between bradford and goff i’d go goff. shoot. if it was between goff and suh i’d want goff. and i was in the suh camp back then.

just not a big fan of giving up draft picks.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by InvaderRam.

thing is. for me. it can’t just be a 10-15 yr qb. not for how much they had to give up. he’s gonna have to be better than ryan or manning. he’s gonna have to be drew brees good to ever think that trade was worth it. either that or lynch is gonna have to blow chunks.

coop and higbee. let’s hope. rookie qb, rookie slot receiver, rookie pass catching tight end.

yikes!

i don’t know if you’re just joking about the 235 pound bit but i definitely think he can get up to 230 pounds.

i don’t know. the pick itself i’m on board with although i still silently protest the trade.

his career is going to depend on so many other things that i can’t predict. i mean i thought sam could have been the long term qb for the rams but injuries and numerous system changes did him in.

i will say this. i think he’s a better prospect than sam coming out of college.

still opposed to the trade though.

i think he’s a very good safety.

but if there’s one thing i trust about this coaching staff it’s their ability to find and develop defensive backs.

i really like this brian randolph kid from tennessee. he could be a real steal.

having said that i think losing mcleod could potentially be the free agent loss that hurts the most.

Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, who led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory, said the act of dropping back to pass is more complex than most people realize. A quarterback’s drop meshes with the route timing of his receivers, so a passer will know by his own feet where his receivers are at any given point.

yeah. more than learning the technique the hard part is learning to be in sync with your receivers. that makes sense. going half speed now and speeding it up makes sense in that context.

but i also think you’re running generally the safer routes and providing a safety blanket for the qb rather than the deeper riskier routes of a wide receiver. so you don’t generally get a high yards per catch but rather high volume of catches and low yards per catch.

looking at his combine numbers would seem to be a smoother athlete but not terribly explosive

oh brother.