Well for me, the statement “running qbs get sacked more” is perplexing.
I’m not sure what that ‘means’ to you.

I mean, would Roger Staubach have been a better QB
if he had stayed in the pocket all the time?
Would Elway or Steve Young have been better
without running ability? Would Russell Wilson be
better if he had no running ability?
Would Rothlisberger be more or less
dangerous if he had no running ability?

Obviously the ability to run is a ‘good thing’.

So, I’m not sure what your meta-point is here.

Steve Young, John Elway, Joe Montana,
Ben Rothlisberger, Roger Staubach…Ya know.
There’s running-quarterbacks, and there’s
running quarterbacks.

Some of the Running-QBs are just bad QBs.

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zn wrote:

I would disgree, but maybe not in the way you expect. First, yeah Softli was emphatic about Wilson very early on and called it perfectly.

BUT IMO you could put up to a dozen and a half qbs on that team, have them run the same offense, and they would do as well or better.

So I think you over-value him…but just by a bit. I am not in the “Wilson suxx” camp.

It’s like I said though. Put Luck on the Seahawks and they are a freaking dynasty, NOW. Put Wilson on the Colts and both he and they struggle a lot more than they did. Obviously that’s just an opinion, but I like putting it that way.

Who are the many other qbs, who in my mind could qb the 2013 Seahawks with the same results or better? (“Better” probably just meaning they pass more and so the passing attack is a bigger part of their game.)

Alphabetical order –>

Bradford
Brady
Brees
Cutler
Flacco
Foles
Griffen3
Kaepernick
Luck
Manning, E
Manning, P
McNown
Newton
Palmer
Rivers
Rodgers
Roethlisberger
Romo
Ryan
Smith, Alex
Stafford

..

Yeah, i value him more highly than you.

I remember how he played in that playoff game against Washington
when they were behind. He really impressed me, leading that team from behind in a playoff game.

I think you just dont like little hobbit quarterbacks.

This video supports your argument, not mine btw. But i still thot it was interesting,
how in those huge blowouts RW completed only 7 passes, etc:

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What was Wilson’s QB rating the last
two years? Just curious.

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rfl wrote:

Guys, the Rams Addiction lads raised an interesting question. What players do we hope/expect to emerge as special this year–O and D?

How about defense?

My pick is ‘Tree.

I think Robert Quinn will finally
break out of his slump and have
a big year.

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zn wrote:

RFIP

Quick was in the photo I posted yesterday along with Kendrick’s, tavon, sted and harkey. No Britt or Pettis, at least in the photo.

Harkey. I forgot all about Harkey. That guy is one of my favorite players
and i forgot all about him.

Last season it seemed like everytime i watched NFL Rewind Harkey was
blowing someone up, or making a solid block or catching the ball.
The guy reminded me of all those great role players the 99 team had.

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rfl wrote:

Good points, guys. I think there is a good overview here of team assets.

I don’t see too much discussion of the opposition, though. I do expect us to be better this year. But better might nevertheless lose ground.

I guess I’d boil it down to this. I expect us to improve by, say, 2, maybe 3 degrees this year. To post a winning record and/or make the the playoffs, however, we may need to improve by 4 or 5 degrees. It’s a steep up-slope.

Well, we’ll see.

Well as tough as the division is, its still just six games. And three of the six in St.Louis.
Ten non-division games.

I just think the Rams are gonna be a handful at home.

I also expect either SF or Seattle to have some rough-sailing this year.
I mean how often have we seen Super Bowl teams come down to earth
the next year.

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I am not on the Bennie Cunningham bandwagon myself.
On a good team, i think a guy like BC should be the third RB.
And thats what i expect this year. Stacy, Tre, BC.

If the coaching staff agreed that BC was ‘special’ then
they wouldn’t have drafted Tre. Right?
RBs arent that hard to evaluate, so
i would think they know what they are doing.

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InvaderRam wrote:

i agree with wv. the offensive and defensive lines will be the bread and butter for this team. much like the secondary is for seattle. i think that alone is enough to get them to 8 wins.

how much of an impact can gregg williams make? especially on the secondary.

how much of an improvement can the wide receivers make?

can bradford stay healthy the whole season?

answers to those three questions will determine how much better than 0.500 the rams can get.

I think your new fierce-crazed-avatar
looks like its been around Greg Williams all summer.
I’m guessing that avatar is worth at least one more win.

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Sando talked to many ‘experts’ about Sam and the other NFL QBs:
http://www.rams-news.com/mike-sando-talks-sam-bradford-and-nfl-qbs-radio-interview/

GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

I’m hoping we finally have QB this year (Bradford) who is able to take advantage of those stacked defenses. Of course much of that depends on the quality of play coming from the receivers. Most important the receives can adjust on the go and be on the same page with the QB in regards to hot reads and hot routes.

Grits

Its an interesting WR group. No big stars. Buncha young role players with different skills
and potentials.
I’d feel a lot better if Bailey was starting from game one.

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