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Well, I start with the DLine, RFL. The DLine could be the best and deepest DLine we’ve seen
since the 70’s. I mean, that is not pie-in-the-sky thinking. I think its
quite possible.I also think its quite reasonable to project a damn fine OLine,
with a top-tier running game. The key to me is keeping Saffold at Guard.
The guy can be an allpro guard it looks like. Paired with Greg Robinson
at guard — man, they can make war now in the middle of the line. This team
can hammer people.Plus, i think Greg Williams will make a positive difference
in his first year. Dunno about the second and third
but i think he’ll bring the fire this year.To me it all comes down to health. Saffold, Jake Long, Wells.
If the Rams stay relatively healthy, i think they can win two
or three more than last year. Sure. That’s not unreasonable.w
v11 sounds much more dramatic.
But, if it’s 9, that’s what it is. 9 would likely mean playoffs with the extra wildcard. Are they doing that this season?
Tough schedule and a tough division. Lots of large livers in the NFC West these days. 9 wins could be a huge step up for a young and coming bunch of Rams.
Glad you made it to the board,
SD.Nice avatar. That cant be south dakota.
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vIf any of you want to shrink your personal photos
into an avatar you can do it here.
Step one is to shrink them.
Then you download them to your computer.
Then you upload the shrunken-version with the ‘browse’ upload button.http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/
I think. I dunno.
w
vSo I checked out the Buzz and it’s gone…capooey.
What’s the long story of its demise?
The short story is that X sold the ROD board to “Oz”
and OZ, who also ‘owned’ the Buzz-board, simply…blew it up.
Without giving anyone notice. Just zapped it, and left
this group without their favorite board.Simply unethical behavior by Oz. No other word for it.
And now apparently the link to the Buzz board leads to — the ROD board.
I’m still kinda speechless.
He had every ‘right’ to blow up the board, but just because
you have the right to do something, doesn’t mean its the right thing to do.
He should have given people notice. There’s no justification or defense
for doing it the way he did it. It was low-down.w
vI didn’t like they way it went down but the timing was perfect as it was so slow as far as Rams news goes.The Buzz going down re-enforced the board unity for me anyways . We have a very special group here and I feel lucky to be a part of it.</span>
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I think its a special group too.
This site is not as user-friendly as the buzz-board,
but i have learned its the posters that make a board,
not the bells-and-whistles.w
vI dont agree with La that Tavon has ‘poor short area quickness from a standing start.’
Unless La means Tavon just looked dazed and confused. Cause thats how he looked
to me — he looked like he wasnt sure what to do when he got the ball
and was surrounded by defenders. He just looked like he was ‘thinking’
a lot to me. Unsure of what to do. Looked like a ‘mental’ issue
to me, not a ‘lack of quickness from a standing start.’Who knows though.
If it ‘was’ ‘mental’ then we’ll see a big improvement in year two, i
would assume.One thing Tavon has always liked to do is to — just stand still. And wait. Until defenders
are right on him, and then ‘whoosh’ off he goes. That seems like a kind of instinct of his.
If he’s not sure what to do, he…waits. That worked in college, and it works in the pros
on kick returns, but it dont work on bubble screens when you are surrounded.w
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Laram — on TavonHere’s the thing about Tavon…
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I think the Rams were surprised by two things. First let me say that every team in the NFL and college run bubble screens, or “stop routes” as they’re so affectionately called here.CP avg 10.7 ypc on bubble screens. (passes thrown behind the los)
Tavon Austin on bubble screens avg 2.7 ypc.
Here’s my point.
The Rams were surprised at how poor the edge blocking was (Cook), and how poorly Austin’s short area quickness was from a standing start.
He obviously was not going to break any tackles, and he simply was not making the first guy miss. Size matters especially in traffic, so its imperative that you create space by making the first guy miss.
This is exactly the reason I do not blame the OC or the coaches period, in the way they used him early.
I was astonished by it myself looking at the screen and seeing the first guy take him down.
Tavon himself said that the NFL was harder than he imagined, and I really don’t think enough of you are taking these factors into consideration.
It was a feeling out process for everybody.
