erm. i don’t know. arsenal fans weren’t upset with wenger when they were winning premier league titles and going undefeated for a whole season.

i think mostly they’re upset that kroenke didn’t jump at the chance to sign klopp when he became available. or maybe they wanted guardiola. but i like wenger. i think he’s quality. and i actually like the fact that his strategy isn’t to outspend every other team in europe. that was his strategy before kroenke became majority owner.

so would there be a sports book like right in the stadium?

black jack tables in the luxury box seats?

a 50 dollar buffet line?

NERam wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

the idea of 2 physical specimens in the backfield such as wentz and gurley is intriguing.

almost like a roethlisberger bell duo.

I was kinda thinking that McNair /George v2 would be too irresistible for Fisher to pass up.

ya never know. the snish has been known to raise an eyebrow or two.

sdram wrote:

I’m excited beyond words that the Rams are doing this. This late April draft schedule is agonizing and I’m on pins and needles that it works out.

I prefer Carson Wentz for a few reasons – a shade bigger arm, shade faster, shade smarter and being a consistent winner works for me. I feel he has more upside. I have this inclination that nobody out works Carson Wentz.

I have nothing against Jared Goff if he’s the Rams choice and feel that he would make a great QB.

I feel that which ever guy the Rams pick has an OL that’s about to gel, a stud running back and a solid defense.

All that said, my favorite defensive player in the draft is Buckner from Oregon. I hope the 49ers don’t draft him.

yeah. that backfield is what really gets me excited. if the oline can get it together (this means you grob), i won’t be so concerned about the lack of receivers. it’d be very much a seattle model. awesome defense with an awesome backfield. i’m actually kinda worried about the defense though. a lot of it depends on ogletree continuing his momentum in a new position. and Quinn getting fully fit.

someone mentioned rgiii and bradford’s development. i think the most important or one of the most important things for me is that the qb stay healthy and that the qb be able to work in the same system for awhile. those two things were the biggest hindrances to their development from where i stand. both struggled with injuries. both had to change head coaches and offensive systems. cousins of course had to go through the coaching changes but he also had time to just sit and watch and learn and not have to deal with the enormous pressures that come with being that high a pick.

so i think with this. and i know a lot of people are going to hate this. but fisher almost HAS to be given an extension. he needs job security and they need to bring him along at the right pace and in a stable environment.

second. i give a slight edge to goff in terms of durability. he had surgery after his freshman year to fix a separated shoulder but has remained relatively healthy since. wentz on the other hand has only played one full season of college ball. he also misses his junior year in high school due to injuries which at least partially explain why he went to an fcs school. so fair or not i have to give goff the edge here. is wentz going to be guy who gets nicked up all the time? if so then the rams would be better served with the guy who can stay on the field and get reps.

his feet and throwing mechanics seem to be impressive to my untrained eye and to have that at 21 years old is even more impressive. it’s already ingrained into his muscle memory and so just a matter of fine tuning it. hopefully he’s a pay attention to detail type and continues to refine these skills.

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one thing i like about goff is his ypa which was 8.9 last year. and it wasn’t pumped up by short safe passes and an extremely high completion percentage. to me that tells me he was throwing a lot of downfield passes and not just playing it safe.

i’ve had at least one friend tell me did take a lot of risks at cal which can be both good and bad.

he ended up putting up some good numbers against them, but it was all from behind. like behind by a lot.

so i don’t know what to make of that. on one hand, it wasn’t exactly in a competitive situation. then again. the trojans could just tee off on him. so. he was under some real duress.

i honestly don’t care how often they throw it long. i just want them to be proficient at the mid range passing game. although passing it long might open things up mid range. so i guess it’s good to see they’re throwing it long. but then. the mid range passing game still sucked so…

not a wide receiver. but my friend who’s a big ucla fan likes thomas duarte. not much of a blocker but can really catch the ball.

solid athletic numbers. long 33″ arms and 10″ hands.

my guess is that when goff has time to set up and use his lower body to step into his throw, he can throw with velocity. when he’s got a pass rush on him and he can’t use his lower body as much and has to strong arm it, the velocity goes down. a guy like carson wentz, has the luxury of not having to set up like a goff does and can basically strong arm it with velocity. that’s where i think goff has to work on his upper body strength which he apparently didn’t do while at cal due to a shoulder injury. though his coaches are saying this is something he can and will work on in the future.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

so i don’t know if i’m missing something, but his arm seems to be on par with most nfl prospects.

IMO that’s because an mph metric can’t distinguish between a very quick release and a strong arm.

Goff has a quick release, not all that strong an arm though not a bad one by any means.

Bulger was very similar. Didn’t have a Wentz-strong arm, but had a quick release, and as a result threw a fantastic line-drive deep out.

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but my understanding is it’s not measuring release. it’s measuring how fast a ball gets from point a to point b.

for example. nick foles threw 57 mph. my understanding is he does not have a quick release.

if it is goff, do people here think we might see the rams go to a more fast tempo offense like they tried to earlier in bradford’s career? will they try to incorporate some of the air raid offense into their own playbook? did cal use the running backs in the passing game?

i think i saw jalen ramsey duck out of the camera shot at the 0:45 mark of the carson wentz interview…