zn wrote:

Sean McVay on Ernest Jones trade: “Football decision. What we felt was best for the football team. Amazing guy. He was great for us for a few years. But we felt that this was best for our football team.”

i’m watching the interview right. he got a little testy when a reporter tried to follow up on “best for our football team” quote. which i understand. i don’t think i would feel comfortable elaborating on that statement regardless of what the real reasons were. we’ll likely never know the full reasons behind why the rams did what they did.

Zooey wrote:

Would they have got a 6th rounder for him anyway? Or something?

yeah. that’s what i want to know. cuz that would piss me off even more.

even if speights is better than jones. then start both or keep one for depth. i want to understand why.

if jones played out the year and left as a free agent, how much would the compensatory pick be?

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zn wrote:

Me (at moi.com): I thought Scott looked good. I liked him better than Evans. Once again, the Rams don’t listen to me. And I ask you–what good has it ever done them to ignore my takes on things? Hmm?

rivers still here though so then one more cut?

zn wrote:

BTW Jones deleted the post saying he didn’t ask to be traded.

i saw that it was deleted. redditverse is speculating the agent demanded a trade without jones’ knowledge. i would hate to see him go. i know his position isn’t as valuable but i like him. i think he contributes in a lot of different ways. i’m no expert so i leave it to the rams to figure out what’s best.

zn wrote:

Ah but, then, also, there’s Bennett….

ya know. mcvay largely inherited a team with talent and just needed to push it over the edge to win that superbowl. now with donald retiring he is largely working with a new set of players. a whole new set of coaches. we’ll see how far he can take them. still too early to tell but promising.

but. the one thing he hasn’t done yet is select and develop his own qb. assuming he and snead can continue to draft successfully, the biggest challenge, if they’re still here, will be to make the transition from stafford to the next qb. of course. that will take an extreme amount of luck as well. but that and another superbowl are probably the biggest things left on mcvay’s resume (snead too).

and again. it’s far from proven that these past two drafts have been a success. but. if he gets that second superbowl, it’ll be most likely due to having successful drafts.

so a second superbowl. and drafting and developing a qb (or maybe even acquiring a young qb and developing him) are the next defining moments in mcvay’s career. i hate to reduce it down to those two things as a way of determining his success. because obviously there’s a lot of other things that go into that, and he won’t necessarily be a failure if he can’t achieve those things. but they’re definitely markers. or benchmarks maybe?

zn wrote:

Draft picks who have all been getting exceptionally good buzz:

 

Verse

Fiske

Corum

Kinchens

Davis

Karty

Whittington

Limmer

yeah. kinchens too. mcvay specifically called him out. held out of the chargers game for precautionary reasons so not just talk. the rams seriously see him as a significant  contributor. maybe even an eventual starter.

zn wrote:

The 2 most important assistant coaches on the team right now appear to be Shula at DC and Wendell as OL coach.

yeah. they certainly are the two most important coaches. how those two perform their duties will be critical to how this team does this year.

zn wrote:

But basically, it’s designing an offensive system where the defense has trouble telling plays apart before the snap and the routes are designed to be mutually supporting in ways that always gets a guy open.

still want to see how whittington does this season, but i wonder if mcvay’s offense is able to maximize the receivers’ abilities. i’m sure other coaches try to do these same things, but maybe that’s mcvay’s strength as opposed to say a guy who can develop qbs. so maybe it’s better for the rams to concentrate on keeping stafford and keeping the oline solid than devoting a lot of money to receivers? i don’t know. just wondering out loud.

kupp. then seemingly nacua. and now possibly whittington?

i guess my question is. on the offensive side is it better to spend resources on qb and oline and maybe spend less on rbs and wrs?

zn wrote:

I sometimes think is less adept situationally, meaning  he’s not always tactically adept at play calling in specific situations. For example, in spite of all their fire power, the Rams have only been top 10 in this stat–NFL Team Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TD only)–only 2 seasons out of 7 since McV took over (2019 and 2023).

is this something that can be improved upon? you figure the more situations he sees as a play caller the more he can hone that decision making? or is it just feel? i don’t know.

he’s still so young. it’s crazy. i don’t think he’s even close to realizing his potential.

aaron donald. much more valuable. especially in today’s game. i’d take him over any other position other than qb.

Micah Parsons who? 😤😤😤 @JaredVerse1 pic.twitter.com/yAfAXSxY5j

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zn wrote:

So will it be * Turner/Fiske * Brown * [someone at DE ie. a 5-tech…but who] * Or is the base 3/4 DL going to be 2 3-techs + a nose? so * Fiske * Brown * Turner * ?

that is a question for someone with more football knowledge than me.