InvaderRam wrote:

he’ll be super motivated to win his first superbowl. he’ll be super motivated to win a third dpoy in four years.

just want to emphasize this. he’s coming off his best statistical season and now he has a chance to win a superbowl. i don’t think this can be overstated. i gotta think this guy is going to do everything in his power to achieve that. and to win a third dpoy playing for the team aaron donald played for? the magnitude of this cannot be lost on garrett. this is as rich eisen said reggie white going to green bay. matthew stafford going to la. so excited.

Listen to the Rich Eisen vid I posted. At one point one of his compatriots says this is risky for the Rams. And Eisen says are you kidding, “this is the one guy who could make Aaron Donald look in the mirror and go ‘do I look fat?’”

i think the risk is minimal. he will be in his age 31 season although he will be 30 for most of it. doesn’t turn 31 until december. he also looks like he keeps himself in peak physical shape. physically there’s not a thing you can find wrong with him. he’s got size speed length. all in the elite category. and as i said before mentally he is just as good. he’s got maybe another year of two of peak physical play in him. and multiple good years after that if they want to keep him.

hey. now we just need news that donald is coming out of retirement.

a two year extension would give him 20 years. eight with the rams.

not saying it can’t happen in the future, but it woulda been nice to see it happen now.

wow. i think he’s at least top five.

zn wrote:

Sean McVay on wanting to quit after the 2022 season —and how a conversation with his wife forced him to have a tough conversation with himself

This interview is incredible and I hope you all check it out on @BussinWTB

dude is going to coach until he’s forced out.

Makin’ it look easy. 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/pEbCJSaMZa

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) May 7, 2026

InvaderRam wrote:

i looked him up. didn’t seem to have fumbling issues, but i’m gonna look a little further.

edit. he does have a history of fumbling. a lot.

wv wrote:

Draft talk. …Bomani has always had issues with Stafford, btw. He is an old Lions fan, among other things. (He has also commented a lot on how white QBs get treated differently than black QBs)

i slightly disagree with what he says. i actually remember at the time thinking why is everyone making such a big fuss about stafford. is he really that good. and it seemed a consensus that he would put the rams over the top. so i don’t think the premise that stafford was thought of as garbage before la is exactly true.

but i do agree that black qbs get treated differently than white qbs. and if stafford had been black, he probably wouldn’t have gotten the credit he deserved while in detroit.

i do think people generally hold wilson in great regard. at least i do. i think he’s a first ballot hofer.

Puka still putting in work with Coop 💪😤 pic.twitter.com/SdjrKiXsWk

— RamsNation (@LARamsey46) April 15, 2026

Just a little reminder on why Matthew Stafford won the MVP 💪😤 pic.twitter.com/WmAoolIHmK

— RamsNation (@LARamsey46) May 3, 2026

zn wrote:

So, to compare Milroe’s whole 2024 season to Simpson’s 1st 9 games, where he played healthy.

context is important too. so that was good. thank you for that. milroe is only 8 days older than simpson. i’d feel way more confident if simpson had beat milroe in the qb competition and had at least one more year of games played under his belt. milroe did come in the year before simpson arrived in 2022, so he already had a year under his belt learning behind young. so that had to make a difference. and maybe milroe being the “senior” player played a factor in him winning the starting job. and maybe milroe had the higher floor at the time and was the less risky pick of the two.

i also found this clip while writing this post. this actually makes a lot of sense. before the 2024 season players were jumping ship. sayin and downs left for ohio state. bond left for texas. many were anticipating that milroe would leave, but he decided to stay and even urged as many who would listen to stay. deboer saw that and recognized it. that combined with milroe being the incumbent starter. if deboer, who had literally just been hired, demoted jalen, that could have torn apart the locker room. he instead pledged his loyalty to milroe as milroe had done for him. milroe was a leader on this team. he was the more experienced of the two and had backed deboer replacing the legendary saban. so how could he give the job to someone who had never been the starter at alabama?

i’m wondering what kind of impact ferguson can have at tight end this year. probably the most athletic tight end the rams have had since i’ve been following them?

they have him as the te1. i don’t know. i haven’t seen anything that makes me think he’s leapfrogged parksinson, higbee, or allen. i’d live to see it though. he’s got length, size, speed, explosion. he could be bigger than any wr they could have added this year, but he did almost nothing last year. my confidence is low. i know higbee has said positive things about him this offseason so there’s that. but that’s it.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

Syracuse TE Dan Villari
Played TE, QB and RB at Syracuse

Villari was primarily a tight end at Syracuse, but he also took snaps at quarterback. He rushed 84 times for 410 yards and four touchdowns, completed 23 of 33 passes for 177 yards with one touchdown and two picks, and also caught 66 passes for 671 yards and three touchdowns in four years.

The Shohei Ohtani of college football.

Zooey wrote:

But almost all of them neglect to consider that the Rams, with the 29th pick, got McDuffie, and signed Watson as a FA, and they ALREADY made a significant upgrade where they needed to before the draft even started. AND all these aholes are grumbling about the Rams draft while conceding that the Rams are STILL the #1 pick to win it all this year.

and i don’t believe they’re done yet. i still expect to see some kind of signing before the season starts. and at some point i see them making a trade. maybe for a front seven player. maybe for a receiver.

if simpson works out (and that’s a big if), this draft will look a lot better.