i would go with what mcvay recommends. if he’s not sure, i wait.

if mcvay wants goff, sign him to the extension now.

i like ogbo. but i like almost all the draft picks. they can’t all be slam dunks can they?

rams could be relying on up to 3 players to start from that draft class.

and ogbo as a significant contributor.

if the rams pull it off, snead’s reputation goes through the roof.

only things maybe are he’s not long limbed. and he doesn’t have deep speed although i think 4.45 is fast enough.

zn wrote:

Gerald Everett went from being the 50th (out of 51 TEs) as a rookie to 4th in just one year

In half as many snaps in 2018, Everett outperformed his colleague Tyler Higbee in receiving, and looks to further improve as a key blocker for the #Rams moving forward

i wanna see everett in more of those 3 wr sets with cooks, woods, and kupp.

the 2 te sets too.

he seems to have surpassed higbee receiving and blocking.

Billy_T wrote:

Gurley, no doubt at this point, knows he has to share time, and will be all in.

i don’t think he’ll care.

the more i read about this guy the more i think aaron donald. not in terms of style of play or ability. but in terms of mentality.

i really like this pick.

still woulda like tillery too though. ha.

special teams dynamo. love that they continue to spend resources on all their units.

as long as he contributes on special teams i’m ok with that.

Billy_T wrote:

Are they due for the same constraints next year?

good question. i don’t know.

i don’t know about fit, but i’d try to sign brown on a one year deal.

suh too. i don’t know how you fit that under the cap…

Agamemnon wrote:

I think he might beat out Blythe.

hey if they can upgrade the oline and add a quality running back to take some load off gurley.

and then add a cornerback who could potentially start in the future. a lunch pail type nose tackle and a versatile safety. a special teams dynamo.

i’m good with that.

just to add to that article. the limitations to that article is that it’s only looking at tackles who’ve played a certain percentage of snaps for their team at tackle.

so he’s plotting points for tackles who can at least play in the league. so i think it stands to reason that there would not be a huge difference in play. there’s no control for variables.

i think a better study would be to take 50 tackles and let them play 16 games. then take those same 50 tackles. remove their arms. and then give them longer arms and let them play 16 games against the same teams.

…

ha!

zn wrote:

So. The Edwards/Noteboom wars have begun.

yes they have.

and it will be a long and brutal one.

well this is where i’m coming from.

edwards
6’6″
33 3/8″ arms
9 3/4″ hands
40 – 5.28 seconds
short shuttle – 4.77 seconds
3-cone – 7.69 seconds

noteboom
6’5″
34 3/8″ arms
9 5/8″ hands
40 – 4.96 seconds
short shuttle – 4.44 seconds
3-cone – 7.65 seconds

so height pretty much the same. joe is 1 inch shorter. he’s currently 322 pounds, but he weighed 309 at the combine – 1 pound heavier than david.

but the arms. noteboom’s arms are a full inch longer. the ideal length for a left tackle whereas david’s are about average.

but then you look at speed and agility numbers and noteboom is better in all numbers although their 3-cone times are about equal.

now this says nothing about actual play. and edwards might indeed have the better playing balance and feet. i just don’t know. i haven’t really seen either play much. i’m not even sure i’d be able to evaluate if i did.

but yes. the fact kromer sees both as candidates for the left tackle spot can only be a good thing. whether they can actually achieve that remains to be seen.

zn wrote:

Since watching him dominate first-round offensive linemen at the Senior Bowl, the Rams scouting staff had become enamored with Washington’s Greg Gaines.

i like the sound of that!