Zooey wrote:

Not a good record for RBs with this injury.

yeah. i feel bad for akers. but this might be it for him.

one other running back has to step up. i don’t know much about jones. but funk has the ability. i just don’t know if he can stay healthy. again assuming they’re both healthy i actually think hendo/funk could be quite a formidable duo.

also. i think the tight ends are gonna have to feature more in this offense. but can hopkins or harris step up?

well. i think jake is being overly optimistic.

i don’t think hendo can carry the load over an entire season. especially now a 17 game season and playoffs (hopefully).

my one hope is that funk can slide into the backup role. my only concern with that guy is his health. but he ticks off all the other boxes – agility, explosion, numbers.

if he can’t, then it’s up to stafford to carry the offense.

zn wrote:

Here are the Rams players who made the cut.

77. Greg “The Leg” Zuerlein
25. Dick “Night Train” Lane
9. David “Deacon” Jones
8. Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch

no love for the rev?

i honestly don’t know what to think.

i disagree with the post above saying that stafford had plenty of help. wide receivers and a good defense for one season is not much help. at the same time, could he have been better? i don’t know. honestly, i barely watched the guy play.

i guess we’ll find out soon enough.

zn wrote:

I will seize the obvious and say–intriguing pick.

honestly i find this offensive skill group the most intriguing since mcvay arrived.

not just harris. i thought i read somewhere that stafford liked throwing to his tight ends. so what does that mean not only for harris but for higbee who’s seemed on the cusp of a breakout season the past 2 years?

but i also like the running back corps and the wr corps. i like the depth. they don’t have to rely on any one player like they had to rely on gurley.

can’t wait.

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zn wrote:

Don’t forget about Darrell Henderson! Last season Henderson showcased that he can be an explosive runner with an ability to move the chains. When his number was called upon he was very consistent and productive. Excited to see him back with the team in 2021

feel really good about the running game. not just akers and henderson. but funk too.

zn wrote:

“Really just having the playmaker skill ability with the other wide receivers, the other running backs, tight ends. With a quarterback like Matthew Stafford, it’s really mind-boggling for other defenses or defensive coordinators to be sitting back, like, ‘Man, how we going to stop these dudes?’ For me, I’ve been on some pretty good receiving corps, but Robert and Coop, in addition to Van and Tutu, it’s going to be scary,” he said on “NFL Total Access.”

i just hope the oline is solid. i think it should be.

i love brockers and i’m sad to see him go, but i wonder if this front seven could be even better. a motivated and slimmer robinson and a young athletically freaky 20 year old. i’m just really excited to see the dline. but also a guy like ernest jones who doesn’t look spectacular on paper but it’s about everything that’s above the shoulders with him. i think he could really stabilize the inside of that front seven.

i don’t know who takes that other outside linebacker spot. maybe okoronkwo? who knows but i think morris does have some potential to select from. there’s a lot of talent. maybe even a jonah williams could emerge as a dark horse.

either way it’s exciting.

zn wrote:

Especially starting in the fourth round this draft, the Rams focused on prospects with hyper-athletic traits and measurables

all three have super athletic traits. rochell too.

zn wrote:

In fact, the Rams’ analysts believe that by throwing him in the tight ends room (yet still aligning him virtually everywhere in the passing game) instead of keeping him at strictly wide receiver, Harris’ probability of contributing earlier in his career increases.

“I have done some studies over the past few years, looking at positions where, in those later rounds, what is going to give you the most success?” said Sarah Bailey, who is a manager in the Rams’ football analytics department. “And tight end is one of those positions where the athlete has more probability of actually making it.

interesting. i wonder why that is? maybe less talent at that position relative to other positions?

https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2021/6/9/22526355/jacob-harris-rams-camp-recruit-football-ucf

good article. i didn’t know that he transferred from western kentucky to central florida to take care of his mother.

i hope he does well.

i don’t know how good a playcaller mcvay is. but i do sometimes wonder if he would be better off just handing off playcalling duties. maybe let o’connell be in charge of that.

zn wrote:

Or is he a teacher’s pet?

could be. we’ll see.

i did like the few highlights i saw but who knows?

i wonder if he could be like a travis kelce.

i know. that’s crazy. but they both came into the league in their age 24 season.

stats are similar. i can dream anyway.

it’s very encouraging to read that harris is taking reps with the first team. i know part of that is because higbee is sitting out. but still. and he seems to be holding his own.

if he could just add 20 pounds.

i really think this guy has a chance to be a significant contributor to this team.

he’s got it all. the athleticism. the production. durability is the problem. but as a role player the risk is minimized.