another possible sleeper i forgot about is jacob harris.

a long shot, but the rams are gonna need some second year players to come through next year.

when i watch aaron donald play, i imagine that’s what rams fans felt when they watched deacon jones and merlin olsen play.

zn wrote:

I would be happy to get Miller if that’s not the case. Imagine this D with an entire season of Miller and Donald together plus Howard and Jones both at ILB. Scott and Fuller at DB.

yeah. it’d be difficult. but for the reason you just mentioned above is why i want to see it happen.

and if brown were to emerge… that could be quite the treat.

they definitely need to draft more defensive backs. long is also freakishly athletic and has not been able to nail down a position. next year is the last year of his contract.  glad fuller is back but disappointed with burgess’ season.

and how do they replace whit? is signing noteboom enough? or are there other free agents available?

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wv wrote:

I saw a stat about how many snaps Aaron Donald took this year. It was, like, a million. With all the fierce effort he expends, against all the double-teams, play after play, game after game — and all the desire and pressure for that Ring, and all the pressure of being ‘the man’ and a leader — one would think the guy is totally exhausted. Maybe more than any player on the team. w v

yeah. he is the face of the franchise. in terms of greatness. in terms of longevity.

i guess that’s why they wanted to win it for him.

it’s rare these days for a defensive player to be the face of a franchise. i mean even before he won the super bowl there were whispers that he was the best player in the nfl. not just defense but all of football.

it’s funny. we’re seeing a whole new aaron that the public has never really seen before. when he finally got that ring it’s like years of tension building up inside him had finally been released.

they gotta bring von back.  he’s got tons of personality.  fun to watch.  fun to interview.  when he came out for the draft, i was hoping the rams could draft him.  now he’s actually a ram, and i don’t want to see him go.

and here’s his james corden interview from when he won a super bowl with the broncos.

Zooey wrote:

But it would have been a better look if he had walked over there and peered down, I guess.

yeah.  i mean.  there was a crowd of people down there.  so it’s not like he left her there to fend for herself.

it just doesn’t look good.  his wife’s response was a little more appropriate.  at least show some concern.  but the guy was blitzed.

juxtaposed to his reaction when kupp got speared.  it’s not the greatest look.

Billy_T wrote:

As mentioned in the other thread — I think it was. I confuse them these days — to me, it isn’t the grabbing. It’s Wilson basically tried to go through him to get to the ball. He got there before the ball was thrown. And I know it’s extremely difficult for DBs in most cases. The best do next to the impossible. But you can’t go through the receiver before the ball gets there. That’s should be a PI call.

to me it was not a foul. however, shannon sharpe made a good point. on the previous play hendo does get held on his route. i watched it again and the defender definitely grabs his jersey.

not to mention the missed call on the facemask on ramsey.

in the end the bengals got away with one (or two) and got burned by one.

Zooey wrote:

Well, all those guys are lubed up to the gills, and giddy about their victory. But even after the euphoria wears off, I think they are going to want to try to repeat. I don’t know about you guys, but personally, I’m in favor of a repeat.

i really want whit to come back.

it sounds like donald wants to come back.

recorded the parade today and watching it now.

wow.  pretty big turnout.  super excited.  and lots of old school rams fans with their kids.  and their kids’ kids.

very cool.

there’s a lot of talk about whether stafford is a hall of famer.  well for one thing his career is far from over.  he’s got a chance to put up some big numbers.  i was just looking at it 15 minutes ago.  it should get very interesting if he decides to extend with the rams.

but also.  how does a quarterback shine on a team like the lions?  there’s questions about why he never made pro bowls or all-pro teams.  well troy aikman made no all pro teams and 6 pro bowls to stafford’s one pro bowl playing on a star studded team.  and he makes the hall of fame?

and before anyone says well barry sanders and calvin johnson made multiple pro bowls and all pro teams as lions, it’s different for a qb.  qbs on losing teams are just viewed differently than other position players.  i could be wrong about that.

i think that if stafford plays…  seven more years with sean mcvay as his head head coach.  i think that it won’t be a question anymore.

speaking of developing lower round draft picks…

very impressed with ernest jones so far.

and holding out hope that bobby brown iii can make an impact next year cuz that guy had all the physical talent in the world.

zn wrote:

I just think the Rams had to run the ball regardless of the results because the alternative was to just let the Bengals defense tee off against the pass.

i agree.  and i think mcvay did a good job calling the game.  i mean what can you do when you’ve lost woods, obj, higbee, AND blanton.  i mean what can you really do?  you can’t just pass the ball every time under those conditions.  i think he needed to keep cincy’s defense off balance just enough to keep them from teeing off on stafford.  even on the last drive there were some timely runs that kept the chains moving.  kupp and akers both made some clutch runs there.

i think the mcvay one is overblown.

the donald one…  i hope not.  but it sounds a little more serious to me.  rodney harrison did an interview with ad.  afterwards he revealed that donald told him directly that he was seriously considering it.  if they won.

maybe he just needs time to decompress.  it was a long season.

i can’t take it.