i still like funk a lot. but this trade was necessary. none of the running backs are gonna last a full 17 games.

don’t know if the running game will be dominant. but it should be solid. i feel a lot better than i did 24 hours ago.

well.

no surprise cuts there i don’t think.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

And… bear in mind… only about 10% of his TD passes will come on 50+ yard plays, so we’re looking at 350 – 500 TD passes this year. Of course, the Rams will also score some TDs on the ground, and I expect the defense will have a big year, too.

All-in-all, it’s a spectacle.

I like Stafford, which I’ve said many times. But, as I also said, for many years I used to do the numbers on long passing plays. That’s passes that are long in the air, not including RAC yards.

And. No one has ever done 10%. That’s actually an unthinkable number. I’ve never seen anything even close to it.

As a rule, the numbers go up if you look at passes of 20 yards or more in the air. At 30 yards or more the numbers go way down.

… so you’re saying more like 150-200 tds for the season?

why are you so down on the rams?

well. shit.

apparently he injured his surgically repaired thumb today on a helmet.

supposed to not be too bad. but it makes me nervous.

zn wrote:

Terrell Burgess having a great day today.

if i remember correctly he was starting to come on right before his injury.

zn wrote:

Eric Banks and Michael Hoecht are the first two DL out to do extra work pre-practice with assistant DL coach Marcus Dixon and DL coach Eric Henderson. Will be keeping an eye on those two through next couple weeks.

High praise from A’Shawn Robinson for second-year former UDFAs Eric Banks and Michael Hoecht, by the way – says he really has seen them grow and put the work in.

i like both guys but especially hoecht. they have some serious athletes on the dline.

i’m so… annoyed.

mostly i feel really bad for akers. i think he had a chance for a really huge season this year.

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.