what they fail to mention is how many qbs look like world beaters in the preseason only to flop during the regular season.

although i have to say i love dak prescott. i wanted/hoped the rams would draft him before the big trade up.

Donald may be an even faster DE than Quinn!!! Not really, but in a different method. It was just stunning to see Donald – who looks short/squatty…suddenly explode with speed and glorious technique from wherever he is lined up.

Hemingway looks like a large WR and often lines up in the slot…but has good hands. Higbee has good hands and kendricks has reliable hands. The cool thing is having a TE based passing attack is that a defense doesn’t know if it’ll be a run or a pass….

in terms of straight line speed i believe donald is faster than quinn. donald was tested at 4.60 and quinn was 4.70. now coming around the edge might be a different story, but donald’s get off is ridiculous so who knows?

i like hemingway way too. and i came in thinking it was a wasted pick, but he looked good last week.

keenum is ready. 1 quarter of football isn’t going to change that. he seems to live and breathe football.

give goff the first half against that defense and get a feel for where he really is.

mannion gets the second half.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 11 months ago by InvaderRam.

cool. so we still have no idea how goff will turn out.

i also think he wore down a little at the end.

i wonder how the consistency changed from the first half of his season to the second half.

i also think he becomes more consistent with more experience. i wouldn’t put it all on the oline. although i’m sure it was a factor.

very funny stuff.

with all that running back depth gurley shouldn’t be getting worn out.

just keep rotating backs. keep gurley fresh. and let those big fat linemen lean on defenses.

On the controversial TD to Brown, there were two defenders inside of him and wide open space outside of him. If Goff had thrown it to the inside, Brown would have been tackled and the defender might have been able to make a play on the ball. Goff threw to the outside shoulder to lead Brown to open space. Brown should have been expecting it there.

that’s what i saw too. smart play by goff if that’s what he meant to do which is what i think he meant to do.

i think people are getting antsy cuz the last five #1 picks have started game 1. it’s that crazy troll logic going on. i’d be lying if i said that thought didn’t go through my mind.

they also have tavon to provide unpredictability.

they’re close. i don’t think a rams qbs has enjoyed this kind of supporting cast in some time.

i did not get to see keenum. only saw goff.

really just paid attention to goff and the oline.

my impression is that the oline will be fine. in the pass and the run. i think grob will be fine although i would like to see him against that denver defense.

goff looked bad that second quarter but picked it up in the third. i think he’s rushing himself. he’s feeling the pressure a little bit of trying to beat keenum for the starting job week one. but i also saw him settle down and make some wicked throws. now i don’t know if he meant to throw it to the receivers outside shoulder on the touchdown but if he did it was brilliant. throw it to the inside shoulder and he leads the receiver into 2 defenders. throw it outside and he leads the receiver away and into the endzone. again i don’t know if he did that on purpose but if he did it was brilliant.

i also felt that his receivers let him down on a couple throws.

as far as his confidence? i don’t know. part of me thinks he would take off if they just handed him the reigns. i don’t worry that it would damage him unless i felt the oline was in shambles. but i think the oline is fine.

but part of me feels they should make him earn it. nothing wrong with either choice.

going to the game tonight! so won’t be able to make the chat.

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InvaderRam wrote:

that sucks for spruce.

I immediately thought of Danny Amendola. How athletic and fast he was when healthy, which wasn’t often enough for us.

i’d really like to see him make the team. i want a receiver who can hold onto the ball.

that sucks for spruce.

the rams need to move spruce up the depth charts and see what they have. only wide receiver to show consistent hands.

i like this kid. i could see him and coop as the rams’ future starting wrs.