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  • April 30, 2022 at 5:41 pm in reply to: pick 211 …Quentin Lake, safety #138622
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    so i’m gathering from all this that the rams are pretty comfortable with their depth at edge rusher?

     

    robinson and enagbare were there for the taking in the fifth.

     

    also.  does this mean that honey badger is not play?

    April 30, 2022 at 8:22 am in reply to: pick 104 — OG Logan Bruss #138562
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    so apparently he was in la training with havs and edwards during the rams playoff run?

     

    that’s pretty cool.

     

    After training in LA, Logan Bruss dreamed of playing for the Rams

    Cameron DaSilva
    April 29, 2022 10:28 pm PT

    Logan Bruss grew up in Wisconsin and played his college football for the Badgers, so he’s a Midwest kid through and through. But knowing he was making the jump to the NFL, he dreamed of warmer weather and beaches – and playing for the Rams.

    During his call with media members on Friday, Bruss told reporters that he trained with David Edwards and Rob Havenstein in Los Angeles before the combine, and he loved it. That had him dreaming of being drafted by the Rams, which ultimately happened in the third round.

    “I was training in L.A. for the combine, and I know a couple guys on the Rams’ O-line and it was good to be around that during that time, during the playoffs and the Super Bowl. It was a lot of fun,” Bruss said, via the team’s site. “I loved the area, and honestly this is the place I was kind of dreaming of coming to play. It’s a dream come true. I’m excited to see some familiar faces there.”

    Edwards and Havenstein told Bruss the Rams might draft him, but the rookie called it “obviously crazy” that it actually wound up happening. He’s now the third Wisconsin lineman on the roster, and he could compete for starting snaps at right guard immediately.

    Bruss being friends with Edwards and Havenstein should only make his transition from college to the NFL even easier – and he’ll also be moving from his original position of right tackle to guard, which the Rams see as a seamless switch.

    The Rams are thrilled to have him aboard, and Kevin Carberry already said he looks like a Roman soldier.

    “He said you look like a roman soldier.”

    Hot Takes comin’ out of the war room!

     

     

    After training in LA, Logan Bruss dreamed of playing for the Rams

    April 30, 2022 at 8:01 am in reply to: pick 104 — OG Logan Bruss #138561
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    his 1o yard split.  short shuttle and 3-cone drill times.  all elite.

     

    April 30, 2022 at 7:29 am in reply to: pick 104 — OG Logan Bruss #138560
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    i got the covid booster on thursday, and it completely knocked me out.  but i was able to see the rams pick at the end yesterday.

     

    reading about him i get a good feeling about this guy.  and hey.  if he turns out as good as the kupp pick.  or the fuller pick.  that’ll do.  hopefully, he wins the starting job his rookie season and takes off.

    April 21, 2022 at 7:52 pm in reply to: different non-Rams stuff from around the league (starting 4/4) #138438
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    i really hope deebo gets that contract.  i really do…

     

    far far far far far away from san francisco…  preferably an afc team…  with a mediocre qb.

    April 21, 2022 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Rams tweets 4/16-4/20 #138437
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    zn wrote:

    Me note–full story here: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/32496588/before-jerry-sandusky-penn-state-football-had-another-serial-sexual-predator-untold-story-crimes-fight-bring-justice

     

    if anyone has the espn subscription, there is a 15 minute video too.  or maybe it’s free.  i’m not sure.  basically it’s the same as the article.

    April 20, 2022 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Rams tweets 4/16-4/20 #138421
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    i never even knew about that, but thanks for the link. what an inspirational story.

     

    watched it on the espn channel. people should check it out.

    April 13, 2022 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 4/11-4/14 #138337
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    well samples was a wide receiver in college before he became a running backs coach.  so he’s got experience in the passing game and running game.  and it sounds like he’s not satisfied with just familiarizing himself with the rams’ running schemes.  here’s hoping brown and samples are the next 2 coaching superstars from the mcvay tree.

    April 12, 2022 at 10:58 pm in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138323
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    zn wrote:

    Tyrann and Hicks are more likely

     

    huh?  hicks!?  hicks!?

     

    whoa.  that’s…  nuts.

     

    AND gilmore AND mathieu!?!?

    April 12, 2022 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138319
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    per rodrigue she says the rams have definite interest in gilmore.  doesn’t get that sense with mathieu although that doesn’t necessarily mean that they aren’t interested.

     

    https://theathletic.com/3246328/2022/04/12/rams-tyrann-mathieu-stephon-gilmore-free-agency/

    April 11, 2022 at 9:35 pm in reply to: Wagner has agreed to terms #138310
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    rams may be losing bobby woods, but they’re gaining bobby wagner. this guy sounds like a class act.

    Wagner’s Class

    Late in Jerome Bettis’ career in Pittsburgh, I remember him telling me that no matter what happened to him in football, he always wanted Pittsburgh to be a part of his life. He was going to have a business of some kind there, and he loved the place. If he got less playing time than he thought was fair, or the team drafted his replacement and pushed him out, so be it. That’s short-term. Bettis was thinking about three decades into the future, not three months.

    Bobby Wagner reminded me of that last week. We recorded a podcast interview and he was eloquent about his time in Seattle. It didn’t end the way he wanted, but the way he saw it, he’s not going to let that affect the 10 years he spent there, or the future he has there. Let Wagner explain it:

    “I think lashing out, that’s the norm. I try to be different. Being older, you can kind of understand some things. I’ve been a part of that organization long enough to see certain guys lash out but then as time heals, they start to come back around the building. So, for me, it was centered around business. It had nothing to do with me personally. It’s more just something they felt that they had to do from a business perspective. No matter how they handled the business, I just kept it at that.

    “What they did doesn’t change my perspective on Pete [Carroll, the coach]. What they did doesn’t change my perspective on John [Schneider, the GM]. I was just growing the relationship with Jodi [Allen, the owner], and I hope that relationship continues no matter where I’m at. Definitely I want to make sure when I play them, I’m at my best. I’m definitely motivated to be at my best when I play them. But I think I’m old enough to know that relationships are important and life is short. To hold grudges and have that type of hate in your heart just doesn’t sit with me.

    “I’m grateful. I’m humble. I think even after these few weeks, maybe even more grateful … I was honored to be a part of the fan base that embraced me and welcomed me regardless of what jersey I put on.

    “I did go to a Kraken game recently, and the fans were amazing. I think we just want to turn into a celebration of 10 years and not have any animosity. My time there was great. I love the fans there. How it ended, I’m not going to let it take away from my time there.”

    Just so smart.

     

    FMIA: Perspective From A Coaching Legend As Bill Belichick Turns 70; Dwayne Haskins Gone Too Soon

    April 11, 2022 at 9:23 pm in reply to: us on the Rams draft (before the draft) #138308
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    roger carter visits the rams. pass catching h back type who’s willing to block. i’d be in favor of that.

     

    Rams met with Georgia State TE Roger Carter

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    April 9, 2022 at 6:44 pm in reply to: D Haskins – steelers QB – killed #138292
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    very very sad.  had his whole life ahead of him.

    April 7, 2022 at 11:15 pm in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138260
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    zn wrote:

    Les Snead has $7M of cap to work with

     

    and i’m assuming they’ll have even more space if they extend donald?

    April 6, 2022 at 12:32 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138224
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    plus he’s a dog lover.  how can you not be cool with that?

     

    April 6, 2022 at 12:29 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138223
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    i think i’d rather have mathieu.  younger and more versatile.  much like ramsey, i could see him fill multiple roles for the secondary.  someone correct me if i’m wrong, but i’m not sure gilmore could offer that.

    April 5, 2022 at 12:48 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138198
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    thinking about it.  i wouldn’t do this deal.  if it’s even true.

     

    he’s 31.  will turn 32 this season.  which is typically when cornerbacks drop off.  safeties can play at this age.  but not cornerbacks.

    April 5, 2022 at 12:43 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138197
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    i’m pretty sure jalen ramsey would be making his voice heard to rams front office.

     

    https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/rams_star_jalen_ramsey_lists_stephon_gilmore_among_his_top_five_cbs_in_the_nfl/s1_13132_35359085

     

    The Los Angeles Rams star lumped himself in the top five and named the other four players in the group with him during an appearance on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast.

    “This is tough, too, because I’ve got a lot of respect for a lot of DBs because it ain’t really me against them. It’s me against the receiver, so I’ve got a lot of respect for them,” he said. “Everybody’s got their different styles so my top five, off my opinion and my style – like, who I like to watch and even who I would like to team up with if I had the chance: Stephon Gilmore, I like his style. Tre’Davious White, Buffalo Bills. I’ll go Xavien Howard. And I’ll go Jaire Alexander, Green Bay.”

     

    https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jalen_ramsey_pitches_patriots_cb_stephon_gilmore_on_playing_for_rams/s1_13132_35154404

     

     

     

    if he recruited him last year, why wouldn’t he at least attempt to recruit him this year…

    April 4, 2022 at 10:49 pm in reply to: aaron donald has 3-5 more years left in him??? #138192
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    zn wrote:

    John Randle played for 14 seasons. Sapp played for 13 seasons. Alan Page played for 15 seasons. Steve McMichael, the great DT on the old 85 Chicago defense, played for 15 seasons. Randy White played for 14 seasons. 2022 will be Donald’s 9th season. So 4 or 5 more years sounds possible.

     

    i agree.  the only question is if he actually wants to.  or if he wants to leave early.

     

    it doesn’t sound like he wants to leave early.  he says that he thought the feeling would go away.  but it sounds like that desire might actually be even stronger than it was before…

     

    jourdan rodrigue put out a tweet that said he and jalen ramsey were heavily involved in recruiting wags the second he was released by the seahawks…  wags was released March 9 2022.  von miller signed with the bills March 16 2022…

     

    hmmm…  was the plan all along to sign both miller and wags??  or maybe as soon as they found out miller wasn’t coming back donald and ramsey started working on wagner.

     

    either way it doesn’t really matter.  it sounds like donald is very much engaged with this team.  not just for this upcoming season.  but even a couple seasons beyond that perhaps.

     

    donald is pretty much in his prime.  not that far off.  i looked at wagner and it’s very possible that he could have near-prime years for at least another 3 years.  and the guy probably takes care of himself like few in the nfl do.  he strikes me as a pro’s pro.  much like aaron donald.  if my hunch is right about that, he could very easily have a couple more first or second team all pros in him.  especially playing behind aaron donald.  and ramsey is right in the middle of his prime years.

     

    i think you could get prime donald, prime wags, and prime ramsey together for maybe 2 seasons – 3 if you wanna be REALLY optimistic.

     

    very very excited.

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    April 4, 2022 at 8:05 pm in reply to: aaron donald has 3-5 more years left in him??? #138189
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    Aaron Donald says he’s hungry to win another ring and is getting better with age

     

    Cameron DaSilva
    April 4, 2022 10:47 am PT

    All signs point toward Aaron Donald coming back to the Rams in 2022, despite Los Angeles losing Von Miller and having yet to re-sign Odell Beckham Jr. He hasn’t publicly announced it yet, but Sean McVay said Donald told the Rams he intends to play again next season after weighing retirement earlier this offseason.

    What will assure that Donald is still on the field in 2022 is a contract extension, which the Rams are working on right now. They’re seeking to reward him for the dominance he’s displayed since signing a six-year, $135 million deal in 2018, which he’ll happily welcome.

    While on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast, Donald said he’s had conversations with the Rams, confirming what Sean McVay and Les Snead have said. And while he initially thought he’d want to be done playing football after Super Bowl LVI, he still feels hungry to win another ring.

    “I had conversations with the Rams. We talked,” he said. “(If) we bring the guys back – certain guys back – and we got a real shot to repeat and really win another Super Bowl, why not come back and play? That’s all it’s about. I experienced this and it’s like, I thought I’d want to be done, but I got addicted to it. It’s like, I ain’t satisfied. I want to get it one more time. We gonna see after we get this second one. That’s what we’re gonna do. But I’m hungry to try to get another one, for sure. I can’t lie about that.”

    Donald said he and the Rams are in a good spot negotiation-wise right now and that he’s talked to McVay, Stan Kroenke, Kevin Demoff and Tony Pastoors, among other veterans within the organization.

    He sounds optimistic that a deal will get done.

    “We in good talks right now,” he said. “I got a lot of love with the Rams and the organization. I had some conversations with Mr. Kroenke, the owner, with Sean (McVay), with (Kevin) Demoff, with Tony (Pastoors), with some of the other veteran guys around. So just looking like we can be back, so we’re good. We’re good.”

    Donald turned 30 last year but he showed absolutely no signs of slowing down. He had 12.5 sacks, 25 QB hits and a career-high 84 tackles, earning his seventh consecutive All-Pro selection and eighth Pro Bowl nod.

    Aside from some added aches and pains, Donald doesn’t feel like he’s slowing down at all. If anything, he thinks he’s still getting faster and is in better shape now than he was in years past.

    It sure doesn’t sound like someone who’s going to retire at the age of 30.

    “I was just with my guy on Wednesday training, and I always ask him after I work out, I say, ‘Whatchu think?’ He texted me back, like, ‘You got about three, five more years with how you’re moving.’ I feel good. I really do feel good,” Donald said. “I feel quick, I feel explosive, so I don’t feel like I’m slowing down. If anything, I feel like I’m getting faster. I feel like I’m in better shape. I keep telling people, I get better with age. I don’t slow down. I just feel like I’m getting that much stronger. I look better with age and all that.”

    Donald’s latest workout video confirms that he is still fast despite it only being April. He looks like he’s in midseason form already.

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    April 4, 2022 at 7:38 pm in reply to: people on Stafford, post super bowl #138187
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    and that niners defensive back who inexplicably spears obj while he’s on the ground.

     

    i mean i’ll take it.  but the rams got some breaks.  the niners were beating the rams up that game.

    April 4, 2022 at 7:33 pm in reply to: people on Stafford, post super bowl #138186
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    well against the niners he threw what absolutely should have been an interception.  if that niners defensive player catches that ball, this offseason would be very different.

    April 4, 2022 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Wagner has agreed to terms #138184
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    and they had to come from behind to beat the niners in the nfc championship game.

     

    and also they got a little lucky when that niners player dropped an interception that fell right into his lap almost.

    April 4, 2022 at 7:25 pm in reply to: Wagner has agreed to terms #138183
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    zn wrote:

    Stu Jackson@StuJRams Rams GM Les Snead said he sat with head coach Sean McVay, defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and the rest of the defensive staff to figure out schematically how they could use both Ernest Jones and Bobby Wagner.

     

    i hear a lot of talk about how the rams can’t keep both jones and wags on the field together because the system doesn’t allow for it.  i don’t buy it.

     

    if jones is who they think he is, both will be playing a lot of snaps.  and it wasn’t like rapp was lighting it up anyway.

     

    if jones isn’t, then wags plays the majority of snaps and they play a scheme similar to what they have in year’s past.  but they’ll have a hall of fame caliber talent manning that position unlike in year’s past.

     

    Zooey wrote:

    If it means anything at all, it means that the Rams take the 49ers seriously.

     

    yeah.  even though the rams won a super bowl on a great pass rush, they struggled against teams like the niners and titans.  and they had to come from behind to beat the niners in the nfc championship game.

     

    still hope they can find that edge rusher though.

    April 3, 2022 at 7:43 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 3/31 – 4/3 #138162
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    i don’t think the defense will necessarily be worse. but i just remember seeing that pass rush go off in the playoffs. and how effective it was.

     

    but it was also vulnerable to certain types of teams. and i don’t think that will be a problem next year with wags back there.

     

    and i still think the rams could find another pass rusher. i think hollins could be that guy. garrett. a draft pick. if they can find that guy the defense should be real good.

    April 3, 2022 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 3/31 – 4/3 #138154
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    or chandler jones.  but he was already gone.

    April 3, 2022 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 3/31 – 4/3 #138153
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    i’m in the miller group too.  him leaving just sucked.  it really sucked.  bad.  i’d rather have the unstoppable pass rush.

     

    but i don’t know about clowney.  i’d rather go wags and then see if garrett or hollins develop.  it’s a deep class for edge.  it’s almost a consensus that edge is the deepest position this draft.  so draft another guy and see who emerges.

     

    but yeah.  if i had my choice, ida preferred the rams bring miller back.

    April 3, 2022 at 12:52 am in reply to: Rams tweets … 3/31 – 4/3 #138138
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    nittany ram wrote:

    As long as they remain healthy, I think the Rams might be better this season than last.  The Bucs haven’t beaten the Rams since Brady’s been there.  What has changed this year to make them better than the Rams? I think the Vikings might be better than the Cards now that they have a good offensive coach in O’Connell.  Lots of talent on that offense.  I’m not sure the Packers are that good anymore.  They have no one at receiver.  I could see them finishing behind the Vikings.

     

    i gotta say that i’m a little worried about the rams offense.  oline will be significantly different.

     

    there might be a slight improvement in the skill positions with allen robinson.  might be.  and even then it won’t matter if the oline isn’t right.

     

    and in coaching there’ll be significant change.  i’m actually a little optimistic there, but it’s still a question mark.

    April 2, 2022 at 6:16 pm in reply to: Wagner has agreed to terms #138130
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    Zooey wrote:

    I think their biggest need now is CB and secondary depth.

     

    someone at the herd said that this draft was deep at defensive back and edge rusher.

     

    fits in perfectly with what the rams need.

    April 2, 2022 at 5:16 pm in reply to: Wagner has agreed to terms #138128
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    zn wrote:

    I honestly think BW makes this defense something fairly different from what most of us expected. (A good version of different.) It may be that they have to scheme up a pass rush and blitz more than we’re used to.

     

    yeah.  i agree.

     

    and if they can find a legit stud pass rusher (easy of course right?  haha), this defense would be spectacular.  like all-time i’m thinking…  if they can find a legit stud pass rusher to pair with donald.

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