Trump wants a lot of things that sound great to have, things that sound like he is leveling the playing field for poor little old USA, but really that’s all he does. And these are things even he as president cannot do on his own or doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of actually achieving because he has no plan, no path toward doing it. He thinks he is the world’s greatest deal maker, like all he has to do is sit down with Bin Laden’s ghost and convince him to disband the ISIS because it’s a bad deal for the USA. People need to realize that Trump is all campaign and no leadership, unless people just want to vote for the guy with the best rhetoric and sloganeering. Just like had praise for Hillary five years ago and just said things out of his ass because that’s how you do business, by telling people what they want to hear, how do you trust what he is saying now?

Herzog wrote:

Because of the offense he played in, I really can’t get a beat on him. He has a LOT of the qualities I like. Quick release, touch on his passes, accurate.

But this is the Rams. You have to factor in the enormous bad luck into the equation. So it goes to reason that if two quarterbacks are drafted high one year…. No matter what….. The OTHER qb will end up with the hall of fame career.

Only Vermeil could overcome the Rams cursed horrific bad fortune

The smart move would have been to draft them both. Too late for that, though…

I have read conflicting statements about which QB is more NFL ready.

This from Benoit:

As Jon Gruden, Mike Mayock, Greg Cosell and countless others inside the NFL have said: This (Carson Wentz) is the most pro-ready QB to enter the league since Andrew Luck. Keep in mind, Bradford has been a middling NFL quarterback and will be learning a mostly new system just like Wentz will. This will begin as an inherently equal QB competition. And all ties would go to the youngster.

And this from Greg Rosenthal, NFL.com:

In many ways, Goff feels like the “safer” selection opposed to North Dakota State product Carson Wentz. Goff looks more NFL-ready, and should have a chance to start the Rams’ first home game in Los Angeles since 1994.

Personally, I don’t care which one is more ready to play in September; I don’t expect that much from a 21 year old rookie QB. I want Goff to be ready to play in year 2 through 5, re-sign with the Rams and play another 4 years. I want him to be consistently ranked in the #5 to #10 range statistically, I want him to elevate the Rams to be a consistent contender to win the division and host playoff games in January.

Gosling used to be a member of the Mickey Mouse Club, so at least he worked in a pro-style corporate offense.

Well, not sure I understand what you mean by hits and misses if being a starter for two consecutive years is the benchmark for passing. Tim Couch started 59 games over 5 years for the Browns, for example. I would consider Bradford a miss because his performance with the Rams is the reason we moved up to #1 in this draft.

I think free agency is typically loaded with decent journeyman backups that started out as late round picks. Plus we got Keenum, who is a slightly above average journeyman backup / occasional starter.

What really bug me about the Mannion situation is the report I read saying he rarely practiced and usually ran the scout team. We know he got precious little playing time. Now Fish Snead are giving up on him?

As smart as Snead looked in trading the RGIII pick to Washington, I think he has basically made an equal number of mistakes to balance the books.

I think they take Goff. California QB for the LA market. Can you imagine the the LA fans getting excited about a QB from North Dakota? No way.

Agamemnon wrote:

wv wrote:

Its hard for me to believe they dont have a pretty good
idea of what he is likely to be, but…maybe not.

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I agree, cause Vermiel and Martz knew what they had in Warner. I think Fisher should too.

Yeah, I don’t know. Fisher said he is excited to watch him develop and move through his second year, meaning he wants to see more than he has already. The writer said Mannion rarely got reps in practice last year. He threw seven passes all of last season. If Fisher thinks he knows what he has in Mannion, he must have gotten all his info from watching him stand on the sidelines, holding a clipboard. Warner must have gotten more looks in practice; i don’t think he played much in the preseason because they were acclimating Green. I just hope they don’t replace Mannion without giving him a chance to develop, because from what I read here and from not seeing him play last year, Fisher and Snead have not.

This was posted on April 6, so I assume it is real or just the story line for the next episode of “Better Call Saul”.

zn wrote:

Hram wrote:

Have we all forgotten that after all this time we’ve yet to find a replacement for Massey. Come on people. Where are we going to get that position filled in the draft?

This is a quandary, since, as you know, it is very difficult to trade up above the 1st pick of the 1st round. Not impossible of course, just difficult. And yet where else are they going to find someone worthy of the position and its history.

I have put all my moral and ethical objections aside and have decided it’s time to start cloning Massey. And turn the cloning machine up to 11 so he will be fully grown by the time training camp opens.

wv wrote:

I thot this was one of the most interesting things
I’ve heard Snead say:

“…We’re in the NFL, so it seems like whenever you talk about QBs, that’s the piece. If I get a little bit of a long answer, I can tell you this. We’ve done a lot of studies, as many as any team, about QBs and what makes a QB successful and all that, over the past couple years. The goal of this whole thing is to win games, so let’s just look at QBs this way. We’ve done a lot of studies since 2012 — and that’s when Jeff and I got to the Rams — about how teams win. There’s been 21 QBs since 2012 that have started 45 or more games. So if their team gives up 25 or more points, there’s only one of those QBs who has actually got a winning record, and it’s just over .500. I’ll let you guys do the research to figure that out. If your team gives up 17 or less than 17 points, all 21 of those guys have winning records. Now you get into a couple categories, 21 to 24 points, that you give up, 11 of those quarterbacks have winning records and 10 have losing records. If you give up 17 to 20 points, all but three of the QBs have winning records. So to win in this league, it’s a direct correlation to how many points you’re giving up. So what we’re doing in our search for consistency at QB is also doing the things we do well, and that’s defense. So in that 2012-15 period, we’ve given up, on average, about 20 points per game, which is about 12th out of all NFL teams. I think, to try to put this to a close, since 2012, we have had five starting QBs, and in each of those seasons — four seasons — we’ve had two guys actually start, sometimes three. So I think getting consistency at that position is one thing. Finding good players is another. To sum it all up, when Case Keenum came in he went 3-1 down the stretch. So he stabilized us. We had gone on a five-game losing streak and he goes 3-1 down the stretch. That’s a start there. We do like what Case brought to the table. That’s why we traded for him last year, to bring him back, and he helped stabilize the position. So my answer, it’s not just one variable to win in this league. There’s a lot. The QB is important, but there is a lot of other things that are important, too..”
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Whenever I read something like this I have to wonder whether the numbers (45 games, 25 points or more, less than 17 points, since 2012) were chosen specifically to make his point. Can’t tell if he is making excuses or if he believes in his own research.

Agamemnon wrote:

Fisher said in one of his interviews in LA, that the Rams might again be the youngest team in the NFL

I hope he doesn’t use that as an excuse for the next three years.

Whatever they choose as their regular home and road colors, now that they are in LA, they are more likely to wear the old blue and whites as their throwback uniforms. To my knowledge, they never wore those after moving to Saint Louis.

15. Los Angeles Rams: Leontee Carroo, WR, Rutgers
Before going down to injury, Carroo was outstanding at Senior Bowl practice, standing out above the rest of the wide receivers. His on-field production was just as impressive last season as he graded at +15.0 as a receiver on only 363 snaps. His 4.11 yards per route led all FBS receivers, just above Doctson’s mark of 4.03.

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I don’t get much information out of an analysis like this. I don’t care how he did in practice of an exhibition game; I don’t know what a +15 is or how it was derived; and I don’t know what ‘yards per route’ even is or why I should care about it. The numbers came from a quote posted in nj.com which was attributed to a PFF article, so the author is just recycling statements from others.

From the Rutgers website, Carroo played in 8 games as a senior with 6 starts, caught 39 passes for 809 yards and 10 TDs. He was productive when healthy, which was on and off last year. He had some of his best games against non-conference opponents but also had good numbers against the likes of Indiana and Michigan State. Rutgers did not qualify for a bowl game in 2015, maybe because Carroo missed four games. Rutgers ranked in the middle of the pack in many offensive categories among Big Ten schools, but maybe he was the best player on a fairly bad team.

Bill Murray looks like a zombie.