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wvParticipantOh good. A short highlight video for a change. Sometimes those 40 minute Stafford highlights videos are just too long.
Like the 27 minute video: “every Stafford TD pass against Seattle in 2026.” It just goes on. And on. And on.
Yes, well still, that last one to McCutcheon was a heckuva play-fake.
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vwvParticipantOne issue clouding this with almost all Rams qbs is tenure. How long they were in the position. Warner was an all-season starter for 3 years. Bulger, 7 years. Everett, 8 years. Bradford, 4 years. Goff, 6 years.
Grabriel–11 years.
Warner is such a legend, it ‘feels’ like he was there a lot longer. At least it does to me. Bulger does not feel like a 7 year starter to me.
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vwvParticipantNamath. I had high hopes.
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this is a really deep draft at CB. It’s not as flashy at the top as some CB drafts, but it’s solid. Rams need to add more than one anyway. They may not get the best one but they need to get at least 2 good 1s, and they can.It will be interesting to see their strategy. (its easy to trust them, given their draft success in the past). I mean, Someone special might drop down to 13 or be in range for a small trade-up. What do they do, then? Stick with CB or would they take a difference-maker at another position?
Maybe they take 3 CBs. I dunno.
I dont want Ponds, the 5’9″ kid. Great athlete, but i am still scarred by the 79 Super Bowl. I dont want anymore teeny-tiny great-athletes at CB.
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vwvParticipantI didnt see this posted, so I’ll put it here.
Best of DBs at combine:
wvParticipantSo, if Jimmy G ends up in Arizona with Mike LaFleur, what do the Rams do about back-up QB ?
If stafford were to go out for a few weeks, do they trust Stetson Bennett as the guy?
Every game matters in a possible-ring year, as we saw this year. Home field and the bye could be on the line again, with one loss at the wrong time.
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vwvParticipantAs did I.
I did not know that Bill Munson played for the Rams. Not sure how I forgot/didn’t know that.
A little surprised to see Bulger at 2. I would not have guess that, either.
.I knew about Munson because his picture was on an old electric-football game i once knew.
Bulger. Sigh. Bulger, Bradford and Everett — all three kinda sorta engender mixed-up-feelings in wv-brain.
I would say its as simple as not-winning-a-ring, but then Gabriel does not engender any mixed-up-feelings in my brain. So, I dunno.
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Los Angeles Rams
Munson was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round, seventh overall pick, of the 1964 NFL draft.[1] As a rookie in 1964, he started eight games for the Rams, leading them to a 2–4–2 record in those games.[1] On December 14, 1964, he connected with Bucky Pope for a 95-yard touchdown against the Green Bay Packers,[5] ranking as the longest pass play in the NFL during the 1964 season. The following year, he started the first 10 games for the Rams, compiling a 1–9 record, but missed the final four games due to a knee injury.[1][6] Munson eventually lost the starting quarterback job to Roman Gabriel and saw only limited action as a backup for the Rams in 1966 and 1967.wvParticipantTalking heads: Kyler to the Rams? Anthony Richardson?
Umm, No.
I dont want a short-QB, and i dont want a QB who cant hit the side of a barn.
I think people think McVay can work magic with QBs because of Baker Mayfield’s reset with the Rams. But Baker is a top-flight QB. Kyler and Richardson are something else.
Btw, i dunno what i think of McVay as a QB-developer. Stafford was Stafford. And Goff…?
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vwvParticipantBobmills: “The last 5 SB winners (Rams, Chiefs, Eagles, Seahawks) all were paying their QB near top money for the position at the time.
Can we please stop with this excuse that it’s hard to win since the QB makes a lot of money.”
Well Darnold was getting around 40 mill this year. I think thats probly what i’d call second-tier money these days.
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vwvParticipantThey both missed the Rams…and so did I
wvParticipantGastritis news
wvParticipantFastest 40 time by a tight end, ever, at the combine.
wvParticipantAccording to the comments, Caldwell wasnt at the Senior bowl and is not a great route runner. Another Cincy WR was at the Senior Bowl. Cyrus Allen.
Still, 6’5″ and 4.32 — someone is gonna draft him.
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vwvParticipanti have been known to watch some of these little criterion-closet vids.
“peaceful wise resistance” vs “feral urges”
wvParticipantI keep reading that the Dolphins at 11, and the Cowboys at 12 are looking to add a CB.
This is annoying.
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vwvParticipantGreen Party plumber beats Labor and Far Right in election.
wvParticipantEdge rushers in the top 15
wvParticipantAaron Donald at #13 has to be the greatest draft pick in Rams history.
I know they got Deacon Jones in the 13th or 14th round – something absurd – but that was well before there was anything like the scouting that exists today.
From memory – I think most of the Rams’ HOF players were drafted higher than that. I guess there’s an argument for Kurt Warner, but Donald had longevity with the team which counts for something. I dunno. Just spitballin’.
I dunno. Aaron Donald is too small, and Marshall Faulk cant run inside. Thats all i know.
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vwvParticipantHmmm. I wonder what the secret is to “best cinnamon toast.”
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vwvParticipantI like the Poona pick.
Poona and Puka.
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vwvParticipantAnd those videos are now gone. The Account has vanished.
This one is still up, fwiw
wvParticipantGreg Cosell said in a vid it wouldnt surprise him if there were only about ten or eleven players with actual first round grades this year.
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vwvParticipantGreg Cosell reads The Great Gatsby and Moby Dick to learn about three tight end schemes.
wvParticipantJoel Klatt on Cowherd had the Rams taking a Guard at 13:
Vega Ioane , Penn State, 6’4″ 323 lbs.
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Overview
Prototypical guard for physical run schemes with thick limbs, a broad frame and plus core strength. Ioane plays with excellent contact balance and technique on both base blocks and double teams. He uses his hips and hands for leverage and displacement when drive blocking. However, he lacks athleticism and foot quickness to operate effectively as a move blocker. He pass sets with good posture and a firm punch and can anchor against power. Though quicker at a lighter weight in 2025, he will struggle with twitchy interior defenders who cross his face in the run game and attack his edges in protection. Despite scheme dependence, Ioane projects as an early starter with a high floor.
StrengthsPrototypical guard build, with thick limbs and a broad frame.
Plays with impressive core power, body control and contact balance.
Creates leverage with upward hand strikes and rolls hips under his hands.
Uses grip strength and chopping feet to stay tight as a drive blocker.
Size and power create momentum to wash out angle blocks.
Punches with tight hands and good pop.
Snaps off twisters with good force.
Firm inside hand with ability to set quick anchors against power.Weaknesses
Below-average lateral quickness and range as move blocker.
Loses track of stunting linemen crossing his face.
Lacks fluidity getting from block to block on combos.
Below-average adjustments to moving targets.
Gets beaten to the punch by twitchy interior rushers.
Lacks reactive quickness to make sudden recoveries.https://www.nfl.com/prospects/olaivavega-ioane/3200494f-4145-1705-abd0-88b0de9bf2ad
wvParticipantThere was a whistle. This is acknowledged. And that’s the issue. The issue isn’t the call, it’s the rule. According to the rule, in this situation “immediate continuing action” is in force even if there is a whistle. But the problem is, a defense will stop playing at a whistle and not everyone is in a position to know that was a backward pass. A defender risks a flag if they continue to play and make contact after a whistle.
No one is disputing the call. They’re disputing the rule.
I see. Well, there’s pluses and minuses to the Rams proposed changes. I kinda like a chaotic scramble for a busted up lateral. I dont think I’d want the rule to be changed to where only the QB can recover the ball.
I wonder how the Rams proposed change would affect those crazy end-of-game lateral-fests.
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vwvParticipantWonder what happened with Aubrey Pleasant? He didnt keep a job with McVay and he didnt get a job anywhere else.
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vwvParticipantBlack history month Nikes.
wvParticipantwvParticipantIt does seem strange Ty would be turning down 5 million dollars to stay in college, unless someone assured him he would go in the first round.
I’m not sure there’s ever been a first round where only one QB was picked. With all the great college teams across this great-dying-land of ours, its hard to fathom the fact that there is only one great-QB-prospect. Did they all become figure-skaters?
I dont want a ‘developmental’ QB in the first round. I either want 2 high-impact players in the first round or trade down and get some more picks.
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vwvParticipantOne of the biggest calls/plays in NFL history. And they got it right. (unless the whistle blew, and i didnt hear a whistle)
Fans will remember it forever, like the Tuck-rule-play, and the Holy Roller and the non-call PI against the Saints.
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