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  • May 21, 2018 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Another Note – Stormy Daniels #86376
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    Hey Z.

    Sometimes you have to double-check links because at times they will appear as images and not text-based links. To correct that all you have to do is type something into the same line as the link (I put “link:”).

    None of this applies to tweets or vids.

    Anyway it’s the difference in this case between this and this:

    link: https://openargs.com/oa154-stormy-daniels-is-a-legal-genius/

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    OA154: Stormy Daniels is a Legal Genius

    May 21, 2018 at 11:26 am in reply to: post-draft general team assessments & rankings etc #86363
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    Star turn: Sean McVay and Los Angeles Rams could be box office smash

    Joe Curley

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2018/05/21/los-angeles-rams-busy-offseason-super-bowl-aspirations-sean-mcvay/616717002/

    LOS ANGELES — The steel is rising out of the dirt. The new 70,000-seat stadium, scheduled to open in 2020, is beginning to take shape in Inglewood, Calif.

    While the Los Angeles Rams are building their future home, however, they aren’t exactly building for the future.

    As a headline-grabbing offseason has reinforced, the Rams are responding to last fall’s breakout season by reaching for the Lombardi Trophy.

    During a wild three-week span in March and April, the club traded for all-pro cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib, signed all-pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and traded for three-time 1,000-yard receiver Brandin Cooks.

    As a result, the Rams’ Super Bowl odds were slashed from 18-1 to 9-1, according to Bovada.com. By May, the Rams were the third favorite to win the Super Bowl, behind last season’s participants, New England and Philadelphia.

    “We’re excited about the expectations and certainly don’t shy away from them,” said coach Sean McVay, who, at this time last year, was a relative unknown who’d just eclipsed Lane Kiffin as the youngest NFL head coach of the modern era.

    By November, McVay had pulled off a sudden turnaround that would feature a seven-win improvement, the first worst-to-first scoring improvement of the Super Bowl era and the franchise’s first playoff game in 13 years. The effort earned him coach of the year honors.

    But it’s only the beginning of the McVay era in L.A.

    “This league is too competitive, the players are too good,” he said. “You’ll get humbled very quickly if you kind of just rest on your laurels. I think that’s the exciting thing for us. Let’s focus on what we can do to evolve and improve every single day.”

    Much of the foundation of the Rams’ surprising turnaround last fall was laid in the spring.

    That’s when the team solidified its offensive line with the veteran free agent additions of tackle Andrew Whitworth and center John Sullivan. That’s when the team signed receiver Robert Woods, who would lead the team in receptions and receiving yards on a per-game basis. That’s when the team drafted rookies who would combine to make 26 starts, including receiver Cooper Kupp, tight end Gerald Everett and safety John Johnson.

    “I think there’s a confidence that we were able to at least lay and establish a foundation,” McVay said about 2017. “But I think what those players will also tell you is that (you) really have to wipe the slate clean. We have to earn it every single day.”

    The Rams have been even more aggressive this offseason, dealing a first-round pick to New England for Cooks, a second- and a fourth-rounder for Peters and taking on Talib’s $11 million cap hit.

    As Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff explained in February at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, the Rams’ strategy of swapping potential rookies for developed players is a reaction to the latest collective bargaining agreement, which reduced offseason practices and limited contact in 2011.

    “In the new CBA, you get such limited time with players,” Demoff said via The Boston Globe. “It’s great to have picks, but even if you hit on them, how they develop is so much harder now. You don’t necessarily have three years to develop these guys.”

    The Rams learned the lesson under ex- coach Jeff Fisher, who suffered through a series of losing seasons with a roster that, year in and year out, was one of the youngest in the league. Little more than a year after Fisher was fired, only 18 players who made the move with the team to Los Angeles remain on the roster.

    And the Rams are suddenly one of the NFL’s “it” teams.

    “We can’t fall into the hype,” defensive tackle Michael Brockers said. “We just have to put our heads down and grind.”

    Beyond the Super Bowl odds, the rising hype surrounding the franchise was confirmed by the release of the NFL schedule. The Rams will play in prime time five times this fall, including Monday Night Football against Oakland, featuring McVay’s chess match with mentor Jon Gruden, and Kansas City, in which Peters will face his former team. Showdowns with rival San Francisco and Super Bowl champion Philadelphia, respectively, will be showcased on Sunday Night Football. The matchup with Minnesota also was chosen to kick off Fox’s Thursday coverage in Week 4.

    The prime-time appearances present a significant contrast to the franchise’s recent history. Apart from the required Thursday night appearance, the Rams played in prime time just five times in their final six seasons in St. Louis and only once since returning to Los Angeles. The franchise’s only showcase in 12 seasons of Sunday Night Football remains the 2010 season finale against Seattle, which was flexed into prime time because it was a de facto NFC West title game.

    If taking over a team on a 13-year losing streak seemed like a difficult task, McVay will now attempt, in his follow-up campaign, to live up to the hype.

    “What you feel good about is you’ve been able to establish a rapport and you have a familiarity with a lot of these players,” McVay said. “We know what our coaches are about. Now it’s going into Year 2 of our offensive and defensive systems.

    “Just that comfort level where we know each other, we know what to expect. Now let’s continue to try to improve and evolve as we move forward.”

    May 21, 2018 at 8:31 am in reply to: The Coup has already Happened #86354
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    Zooey wrote:

    And here is a WaPo article that came out a couple of days ago giving more detail about the intelligence source Nunes tried to get information on from the Justice Dept.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-fbi-source-for-russia-investigation-met-with-three-trump-advisers-during-campaign/2018/05/18/9778d9f0-5aea-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html?noredirect=on&pwa=true&utm_term=.155af5e4c464

    I can’t read that without access. I suppose I could get access, but not today. As a favor, if anyone does have access to the Washington Post, could you copy that here? Thanks.

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    May 21, 2018 at 12:31 am in reply to: the 2018 defense … May thread #86351
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    that’s good and all but none of this works unless the rams have production on the edge. and while i have faith that ebukam and longacre and ogbo will come through, i still need to see it on the field.

    That’s a fair point.

    Here’s a possible view of that.

    My take is that they manufactured edge production last year out of nothing. A mostly (till the final games) ineffective Quinn, an effort guy in Longacre, an on his last legs Barwin, a rookie in Ebukam. They got 21 sacks from that bunch though 5 of them were from a resurgent Quinn at the end of the year.

    So I guess my point is, that was not an imposing bunch, but the Rams still managed to put guys in a position to be productive. As you well know they were 4th in sacks and 4th in sack percentage.

    I think that was all just Wade setting guys up and using Donald to make it happen.

    I think they can do that again though this time it will be with younger guys.

    But if an edge rusher DOES come through and play well consistently all season, getting into the (say) 8-10 sack range, then IMO it’s gravy and would just make everything that much stronger.

    But barring that, they have already shown they can just get by with their edge rushers, or they can as long as they have Donald forcing defenses to react to him.

    So I bet they can do it again.

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    May 20, 2018 at 10:20 pm in reply to: the uniform #86348
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    Yo NFL, do the right thing and say yes to the Rams throwback uniforms

    Vincent Bonsignore

    link: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/05/18/yo-nfl-do-the-right-thing-and-say-yes-to-the-rams-throwback-uniforms/

    We get it, the National Football League has a lot on its plate right now.

    Among them, trying to make the game safer and sorting out the national anthem controversy and figuring out what constitutes a legal catch or not and adapting to the potential new world of legalized sports gambling.

    So we’ll cut the powers that be a little slack if they’re not taking seriously the uproar going on in Los Angeles about the Rams god-awful mix-matched uniforms and a bunch of frustrated fans who turn to everyone and anyone for help.

    Including the NFL’s New York City headquarters, which holds the key to turning the whole embarrassing situation into a feel-good story with a happy ending.

    But rather than oblige, the NFL responds with a tone-deaf shrug of the shoulders as if to say: Them’s our rules, partner. Deal with it.

    Even though, you know, we’re only the second-biggest market in the country, and after kicking us to the curb for 21 years you’d think the NFL would bend over backward trying to do everything possible to ensure a positive, healthy, long-term reconciliation.

    Especially when, in this case, that “anything” is so incredibly easy and makes so much sense.

    All it would take, really, is a teeny-weeny little tweak to the current rules.

    As in, chilling out and letting the Rams wear their blue and gold throwback uniforms the next two seasons. Or until they roll out their permanent new unis upon opening their new stadium in 2020

    That’s it. A simple, painless yes to a request that will have a minimal, if any, effect outside of a bunch of very appreciative fans in Los Angeles.

    It’s a gesture about as harmless and innocuous as a cop pulling someone over for day-old expired tags, then letting them off with the promise they’ll head directly to the DMV to renew their registration.

    That minimal amount of effort and rule-bending would send a powerful message from the NFL to its hardcore, devoted customers. The ones that rob Peter to pay Paul to buy season tickets and team gear and stadium hot dogs and beer more than four times above the normal costs.

    The ones that tune in to games on TV each week in numbers that dwarf every other professional sports league and drive up network rights fees and help pay players and coaches and front office executives and league office personnel exorbitant amounts of money.

    To those fans, the ones paying everyone’s salaries and making sure the money train keeps churning down the tracks, the NFL would be saying: We hear you. We’re listening. We get it. And we’re going to do right by you.

    But I digress.

    Like I said, the NFL has a lot going on. So maybe they just haven’t gotten around to opening up all those emails from the Rams explaining their fans frustrations about the current uniform situation. The ones pleading with the league to give them more leeway to wear their throwback uniforms until they roll out a fresh new brand and color scheme in 2020.

    Or maybe, being all the way across the country in New York, the NFL just doesn’t appreciate the level of frustration fans feel upon watching their favorite team playing in mismatched uniforms that look like they were haphazardly yanked out of boxes from various different eras and thrown together right before kickoff.

    For whatever reason the NFL seems to be poo pooing the whole thing as no big deal. All the while hanging its hat on a bunch of silly, archaic rules that make the young fans they’re trying to impress – and the old ones they want to hang onto – scream.

    When the Rams returned to Los Angeles in 2016, after spending the previous 21 years in St. Louis, they came back with the uniforms they’d been wearing since 2000. Nothing against St. Louis, per se, but that uniform and color scheme wasn’t just a slap to the face of Los Angeles Rams fans who suffered for more than two decades without their beloved franchise, they were universally despised for lack of pop and the link they represented to the most woeful era in Rams history.

    On every level – from emotional to aesthetics – the uniforms were a terrible eyesore.

    The Rams, understanding the need for change to mark their new era in Los Angeles but also the immediate importance of appeasing their local fans, inquired to the league about wearing their throwbacks through the process of making a complete uniform makeover.

    The plan was to unveil the new look at the grand opening of their new stadium in 2019 – now 2020 after weather issues pushed back the opening by a year – but also create an immediate connection in their former home.

    Could the Rams have rolled out the new uniforms sooner? Yes. But they felt strongly it didn’t make sense to do it while playing at their temporary home at the USC color and logo dominated Coliseum.

    Makes sense.

    In the meantime, they pleaded with the NFL to relax its rule stipulating teams can only wear their throwback uniforms twice a year. This is important to note, as the Rams understood the vast majority of their local fans identify most with the uniforms they wore in Los Angeles and Anaheim from 1973 to 1994. Just as importantly, they knew how much fans truly despised the St. Louis era uniforms.

    If the league could just find it in its heart to do the right thing, the Rams surmised, everybody would be happy. Including, you know, fans that would happily shell out big-time money to update their team-gear collection with their beloved colors. Only this time with names like Goff and Gurley and Donald on the back rather than Dickerson and Youngblood and Slater.

    Talk about a no-brainer.

    But the NFL just shrugged its shoulders.

    No can do.

    The frustrated Rams did get league approval to replace their St. Louis era helmets with their late 1960’s navy blue with white horns helmets and decided to go exclusively with white jerseys – albeit the St. Louis style – at home. It wasn’t perfect, and upon close inspection, the helmets clash with the jerseys and pants. But it was a bit of an improvement.

    At home at least.

    On the other hand, when they played on the road against teams that wore “away” uniforms at home – the Cowboys and Jaguars come to mind – it meant the Rams donning their St. Louis era blue jerseys with the throwback white and blue helmets and either blue or white pants.

    The result was a uniform scheme that looked like someone went shopping at multiple thrift stores and threw everything together at the last minute. It was embarrassing, to say the least, and not worthy of a high school team let alone one from the NFL.

    No matter how much the Rams protested to the league about taking the field looking like some low-budget, third-rate team wearing hand-me-down uniforms yanked from bygone eras, the NFL simply shrugged its shoulders.

    A year later, nothing has changed. And with the 2018 kickoff just over 100 days away, it looks like the Rams and their fans will have to suffer through another season in uniforms the whole world is laughing at.

    That is unless the NFL would just do the right thing.

    It’s a harmless, painless OK. A no-brainer if there ever was one.

    Just let the Rams wear their throwbacks the next two years.

    May 20, 2018 at 10:15 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86347
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    May 20, 2018 at 9:10 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86346
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    May 20, 2018 at 7:15 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86344
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    May 20, 2018 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Good Trump bit by Sullivn #86343
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    Zooey wrote:

    Sullivan, btw, is one of several conservative writers who blame the fact that they voted for Trump on liberals who were just too obnoxious about Trump that they had no choice in the matter.

    May 20, 2018 at 12:22 pm in reply to: Rams 2018 regular season schedule #86325
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    May 20, 2018 at 4:39 am in reply to: informal poll: how the Rams look now, expectations and/or realistic views #86320
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    I will say this. With all the talent they amassed, it is a great time to be a Rams fan.

    A lot is solid and real: Talib, Peters, Shields, Roby-Coleman, Joyner, Johnson, I think (though it’s controversial) Barron, Donald obviously, Suh, Brockers, Whitworth, Sullivan, Saffold, Gurley, Woods, Cooks, the special teamers. McVay and Wade.

    A lot is developing though there are positive signs. The LBs, the young OL, maybe the TEs, Kupp, Goff.

    (I know know Kupp came through last year but I still see a little “green” in him so far though that could easily change.)

    May 20, 2018 at 12:05 am in reply to: Allen: tweets & other bits on pick 111 #86319
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    well right now i got noteboom, allen, kiser, and ogbo pencilled in as future starters…

    gotta be the greatest draft in nfl history i figure…

    hahahaha.

    It could be a really good one, this draft.

    There might be another guy or 2 in there too.

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    May 19, 2018 at 11:48 pm in reply to: Here's the problem -as I see it #86315
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    waterfield wrote:

    I have many republican friends. Some are wayyyyyy to the right whom I don’t care for. Others are moderate. But to a person they ALL say they would vote for Trump again notwithstanding their distaste to the man himself.Their reasons? His policies.

    Notwithstanding the polls-I think this is a real problem. We are born with “self interest” and he preaches to that. We want what WE want-not what others need. The capitalistic system teaches us that our happiness is dependent on what we “gather” not what we can give. Trump’s claimer is “hey I may be an Ass hole but I can give you (not others in need ) more toys you can enjoy.

    So what can be done?

    While I have been an optimist for soooooo many years I no longer am. Not because of Trump but because of my “friends” who I talk to. Where in the world did they learn its all about “them”. Is there anything that can practically be done?

    Good post.

    There’s this though.

    There is a shift in the political wind. It’s happening. I don’t know how big it is, but it’s underway. And not just because Trump is a jerk, but…because of his policies.

    Granted there are enclaves like you describe where the old world is hanging on.

    But there are shifts takin place out there. ‘

    May 19, 2018 at 11:12 pm in reply to: Allen: tweets & other bits on pick 111 #86313
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    May 19, 2018 at 11:05 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86312
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    May 19, 2018 at 11:04 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86311
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    May 19, 2018 at 11:03 pm in reply to: old veteran Rams at alumni day — SJ, JY, Slater, etc. — there's even a vid #86310
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    May 19, 2018 at 9:01 pm in reply to: Aaron Donald … thread for May #86301
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    Time to watch this one again. It does not get old.

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    May 19, 2018 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Kiser: : tweets n bits n articles n vids n stuff #86293
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    *

    Kiser was awarded the Campbell Trophy after the 2017 season. You may not have heard of the honor, but it’s given by the National Football Foundation to the college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance.

    Informally, it’s known as the academic Heisman.

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    . On field, I was striving to be the best and then off field I was striving to be the best as well.

    “That’s just the kind of guy I am,” Kiser continued. “That’s what my makeup is all about and I want to keep doing that in the future.”

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    I turned six the Ravens had won the Super Bowl,” Kiser said. “I was very big into football and my dad got us the Super Bowl tape and every Saturday I used to watch basically the whole season from start to finish. I would watch it every single Saturday

    I have to root for this guy.

    Go Kiser.

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    May 19, 2018 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Kiser: : tweets n bits n articles n vids n stuff #86292
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    After Winning Campbell Trophy, Kiser Ready for Challenge of NFL

    Myles Simmons

    http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/After-Winning-Campbell-Trophy-Kiser-Ready-for-Challenge-of-NFL/1b6f3ef4-adfd-472f-8752-bd37e571e18a

    Rams rookie linebacker Micah Kiser is best known on the field for leading the ACC in tackles three years in a row. It’s a feat previously accomplished by now Panthers All-Pro linebacker Luke Kuechly.

    “I just play hard — that’s just what I do,” Kiser said this week. “You play linebacker, you want to make as many tackles as you can. So [I’m a] hard-nose player, [give] great effort all the time, and I was really smart so I could make a lot of plays.’

    But if there’s anything that separates Kiser from many of the players in his draft class, it’s what he said about being “really smart.” Sure, it’s tough to be a football player at any level and succeed without a proper above-the-neck approach. But the Virginia product takes that to a very high level.

    Kiser was awarded the Campbell Trophy after the 2017 season. You may not have heard of the honor, but it’s given by the National Football Foundation to the college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance.

    Informally, it’s known as the academic Heisman.

    So, yes, that was a big deal for Kiser and his family.

    “My parents raised me to do everything I can to the best of my abilities, so they invested in me going to good schools from an early age — great high schools, great middle schools,” Kiser said. “I went to a great University at UVA that had great influences and people to help me out. I took advantage of everything I had in my life and wanted to be the best at everything I was doing. On field, I was striving to be the best and then off field I was striving to be the best as well.

    “That’s just the kind of guy I am,” Kiser continued. “That’s what my makeup is all about and I want to keep doing that in the future.”

    It seems like it would be difficult to balance being so successful in both academics and athletics, but Kiser said his support system at Virginia enabled him to be successful in both areas.

    “I’ve been doing it my whole life really,” Kiser said. “I went to the Gilman School in Baltimore which is a pretty hard school, a college-preparatory school. But we also had great athletics as well, so I was balancing those then. Went to UVA and like I said, the athletic administration there is great at helping you, getting you the academic support you need. And the coaching staff is great. I had a lot of positive influences and a lot of great help, so they made it — I’m not going to say easy ,but they helped me along the way. I just took advantage of it all.”

    Kiser graduated from UVA with a bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs and is pursuing a master’s degree in higher education.

    “I’m halfway through that,” he said. “I’m very interested in athletic administration and hopefully when I get some time, I can go back and finish that.”

    But until then, he’s focusing on football — a game he loves and is quite passionate about.

    “I can remember early on in life when I was six years old, when I turned six the Ravens had won the Super Bowl,” Kiser said. “I was very big into football and my dad got us the Super Bowl tape and every Saturday I used to watch basically the whole season from start to finish. I would watch it every single Saturday and I would know all the players. For my sixth birthday, I got my own room and it was Ravens-themed. I got all the players autographs and just loved the game from an early age.

    “I played flag football, played tackle football since I was eight, played high school ball. Just always been around football and being on a team, being around the guys, and just working hard and being selfless to achieve something greater than yourself,” Kiser continued. “That’s what this culture here with the Rams is all about. It’s we not me and it’s the standard and that’s just all about being bought in for the team. Just how I came up and coming up here is a great fit.”

    May 19, 2018 at 11:28 am in reply to: Here's the problem -as I see it #86287
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    waterfield wrote:

    Why are students like the shooter, so alone, so unbalanced, so depressed, so filled with violence, so oblivious and carefree as to lives of others. Where does that come from ?

    Yeah I know what you mean. But presumably there have always been unbalanced, depressed, violent, and oblivious human beings. Some particularly famous ones were even emperors of Rome, for example.

    But this is the only country in the world where those types show up in the news quite often after using firearms to kill students in schools.

    May 18, 2018 at 11:32 am in reply to: Noteboom, articles & vids & scouting reports etc. #86262
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    The Noteboom stuff ended up in 2 threads, so I am consolidating that. This post is all tweets from April 27.

    Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
    Noteboom’s combine numbers 4.96 40-yard dash, 27 reps on the bench, 24.0-inch vertical leap, 102-inch broad jump, 7.65 3-cone drill, 4.44 20-yard shuttle. @DowntownRams @CVRamsClub

    Noteboom (at 4.96 seconds) was the fourth-fast OL in the 40-years dash at the Combine behind O’Neill, Harrison and Miller. @DowntownRams @CVRamsClub @TurfShowTimes

    He was eighth in the bench and tied with Quenton Nelson at 11th in the 3-cone.

    Alden Gonzalez@Alden_Gonzalez
    New Rams OT Joe Noteboom, out of TCU, played RT in 2015 and LT in 2016 and ‘17, never missing a game. He’s 6-5, 309; had an official visit with the Rams, played in the Senior Bowl and had a good Combine. Athletic; good technique, but concerns about his consistency. Might put on some extra weight in the NFL. On Rams, he’ll have time to grow.

    Rams return all five starting offensive linemen from last year, but their LT, Andrew Whitworth, is 36, and their RT, Rob Havenstein, can be a free agent next offseason. They need to build the next wave. Joe Noteboom is now a big part of that.

    Jon Ledyard@LedyardNFLDraft
    Big fan of Noteboom’s developmental upside. His drive-catch in pass protection is among the best in the class. Has to get stronger, but in a great spot to develop.

    Eric Galko@OptimumScouting
    As I mentioned earlier, multiple NFL teams graded #TCU OT Joseph Noteboom highly. #Rams were one of them, surprised he didn’t go earlier.

    They get an offensive tackle they believe can be a high-end swing tackle, and good insurance behind Andrew Whitworth.

    In my Day 2 Mock, I put #TCU’s Joseph Noteboom early in the second round. Multiple teams have him as one of the top OTs in this class.

    Good chance he doesn’t make it to the middle of round two.

    Thurman Thomas@thurmanthomas
    Noteboom… Smart and nasty.

    Vincent Bonsignore@DailyNewsVinny
    One other thing on #Rams pick of TCU OT Joseph Noteboom: there’s a ton of respect in their building for O-line coach Aaron Kromer, who I’m certain chimed in. Between input he provided and the confidence they have in him on the development side, I imagine the conviction was real

    Jim Everett@Jim_Everett
    Da Boom hit da books! Kromer is going to give him a Masters in OL technique. #AthleticToo

    Josh Norris@JoshNorris
    Love the Rams selection of Noteboom.
    Possibly planning for life after Andrew Whitworth. Hit elite 20 yard shuttle score.

    Kent Lee Platte@MathBomb
    Noteboom posted an elite #RAS with fantastic numbers everywhere but vertical jump where he posted one of the worst scores of the class.

    Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
    Just wrapped a press conference with Snead and McVay. They expect Noteboom to provide depth at both left and right tackle — “That’s no problem for him,” Snead said — and have the chance to eventually succeed Andrew Whitworth at LT.

    Noteboom steps in behind Andrew Whitworth, with Aaron Kromer as teacher.

    Noteboom was a four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection. “He’s a very impressive person. We’re excited about Joe,” McVay said.

    Notebook was a four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection. “He’s a very impressive person. We’re excited about Joe,” McVay said.

    Snead said “bringing in a ‘let’s call it’ offensive lineman that we could develop for the future” was one of the scenarios they discussed entering the day. “When you wait until 87, there’s a lot of players (discussed).” Some were there. Some were gone.

    Snead said Noteboom “won the combine” with his performance.

    “You saw that athleticism obviously at TCU. When he goes to Mobile… it translated down there. When a guy goes to the Combine and does what he did, that does show me… there’s upside there. There’s skills in that body that can ascend.”

    Snead on why the Rams traded down from 87 to 89 overall: “We had players on the board that we liked. We felt like Joe would fall based on the teams in front of us that we were going to move behind.”

    Myles Simmons@MylesASimmons
    Snead/McVay at the podium. Snead touts Noteboom’s 40 starts as one of the reasons why #LARams wanted to pick him up. McVay says, ““He’s a very impressive person. … We’re excited about Joe.”

    During the presser, Snead said there probably isn’t a young tackle walking into a better situation with being able to learn behind Whitworth, Havenstein, and under OL coach Aaron Kromer.

    McVay says part of drafting Noteboom is being able to add depth. The fact that Noteboom can play right and left tackle adds to his versatility.

    McVay credits Snead and his staff for the team’s draft prep, as this was a scenario that they thought could happen and it did. Adds team feels really good about Noteboom and where things stand for tomorrow.

    Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
    Joseph Noteboom, on working with Andrew Whitworth: “I know a lot about Whitworth. I’ve watched a lot of him. I’m excited. I’m going to take in everything he’s telling me. That’s the perfect guy to learn from.”

    And yes, you probably guessed it, Joseph Noteboom played in the Les Snead Senior Bowl in January.

    There are still a couple sixth-round picks the Rams don’t own, but I presume they’re working on that.

    Ryan Kartje@Ryan_Kartje
    “Yes. Finally, the NFC West champions get a pick in the draft,” @Rodger_Saffold tells the crowd after waking up just in time to reach the podium.

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    Gary Klein@LATimesklein
    Noteboom on Rams: “It’s fantastic just knowing all the pieces they’ve added, what a great young team it is. And Coach McVay. I think it’s the perfect spot.”

    Rams looking to build depth behind Andrew Whitworth

    Kristen Lago@kristennlago
    “What a great, young team it is. I think it’s the perfect spot.” — Joseph Noteboom on being drafted by the #LaRams

    “I think they have an explosive offense which we had at TCU. Just athleticism, coachability. Just do whatever they want me to do, help the offense out and try to score many points.”
    — Noteboom on what he hopes to bring to Los Angeles

    The newest #LaRams left tackle will get to learn under 12-year veteran Andrew Whitworth. Noteboom said he “knew a lot about Whitworth” from watching him on tape.

    — “It’s perfect, I’ll learn from a Pro Bowler, a veteran,” Noteboom said.

    Quick story on the Rams No. 89 overall pick — Joseph Noteboom. The left tackle closed out his college career with 40 straight starts and was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2017

    “Joe is a lucky man. I don’t think any other lineman will be in a better situation.” — Rams general manager Les Snead

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    May 18, 2018 at 11:19 am in reply to: Noteboom, articles & vids & scouting reports etc. #86260
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    CraigMatson sez:

    Noteboom is very similar to an old style Cowboy pick or Raider pick. Size speed guy with upside.

    Must have impressed them with his savvy some way .

    TCU ‘s program has produced some pretty prepared young men for the NFL systems going back a few years. If we consider the pick we should also consider the program they run and how they turned the corner about a decade ago now. They aren’t exactly Iowa or Texas A&M but they have been /are pretty solid with coaching techniques and in sending good talent into a few NFL camps recently. That would include a few OL men too .

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    Flipper336 sez:

    Great pick for the Rams. Needs a year to bulk and add strength but his feet are as good as any other OT in the draft.

    Noteboom impressed me with his technique and quickness. Extremely fast set, solid foot spacing and base, + knee bend, not a waist bender/plays with a flat back, outstanding mirroring defenders. Lightning quick adjusting to a second or even third defender. Hands are fast with great placement but lack power. Not a mauler by any stretch but effective tracking second level targets.

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    PaulButcher59 sez:

    I thought he faired well In his one on ones against Marcus Davenport at the senior bowl. His good feet help him handle speed rushers amd will only get bigger and stronger. also love his durability starting in 40 straight games.

    He also worked out at RT and C and did well so he brings some versatility to the table.

    If he can be a solid starter in a year or two he is a steal late 3rd and it also doesn’t put the Rams in a position where they feel forced into selecting an OT high in next years 2019 draft.

    An academic all American. Arm length and 40 time are Kent Hill Alex Barron like.
    I’m reading he’s late off snap and doesn’t show his real natural strength on field.

    Well we got a lump of clay I guess.
    Let’s see what they do with him.
    I could see him playing LG and Saffold playing LT in a pinch.

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    alyoshamucci sez:

    Really like Joseph Noteboom. I liked him all year and was really surprised at how low he graded out.

    I liked Crosby better … but I’m not stunned and I think he does have higher upside.

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    Hram sez:

    Athletic ability of an early pick so if he can be taught (he seems coachable) then he has the chance to be a good LT. I thought they might go Crosby, but they probably like Joe’s upside better.

    I bet they take at least one more online man in the 6th since they will have so many opportunities.

    Bets for the 4th round? I’m going to say two linebackers or edge rushers and a DB.

    Unless Crosby drops, he could play guard or tackle, provided he tackle if healthy and would push Havenstein and brown even his rookie year imo..

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    InvaderRam sez:

    i’ve known about this guy for awhile. i saw his name still on the board but was so focused on edge rushers that i didnt realize he was still available.

    never seen him play, but his numbers really stand out. has it all.

    i’m hopeful, but i also realize the stats regarding third rounders don’t favor him. still. maybe he can eventually be the rams’ right tackle.

    left tackle? if that were to happen. yeah. big time hit.

    i read that he had a strong senior bowl practice. good stuff.

    athletically, he profiles as a left tackle. i’m hopeful. at one point. months ago. i was wondering if the rams could trade back and get him in the second round. now. they got him in the third round after trading back. he must be a project.

    May 18, 2018 at 11:01 am in reply to: Demby: tweets n bits n articles n vids n stuff #86255
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    May 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm in reply to: post-draft general team assessments & rankings etc #86242
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    from: NFC West projected starters: Rams the division’s new juggernaut

    Gregg Rosenthal

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000933220/article/nfc-west-projected-starters-rams-the-divisions-new-juggernaut

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    Los Angeles Rams
    QB: Jared Goff
    RB: Todd Gurley
    WR: Brandin Cooks
    WR: Robert Woods
    WR: Cooper Kupp
    TE: Gerald Everett
    LT: Andrew Whitworth
    LG: Rodger Saffold
    C: John Sullivan
    RG: Jamon Brown
    RT: Rob Havenstein

    DE: Michael Brockers
    DT: Aaron Donald
    DT: Ndamukong Suh
    OLB: Matt Longacre
    ILB: Mark Barron
    OLB: Samson Ebukam
    CB: Marcus Peters
    CB: Aqib Talib
    CB: Nickell Robey-Coleman
    S: Lamarcus Joyner
    S: John Johnson

    » Don’t necessarily expect Brandin Cooks to get the targets of a traditional No. 1 receiver. The Rams will want more production out of Cooks than Sammy Watkins gave them last year, but the yardage could still be split evenly between Cooks, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp.

    » Gerald Everett played far less than Tyler Higbee as a rookie, but tight end is a notoriously difficult position in which to make a quick impact. Everett’s explosiveness as a receiver should get him on the field more.

    » The Rams tried to address their lack of offensive line depth in the draft, but it’s fair to say that 36-year-old Andrew Whitworth remains one of the most irreplaceable players on the team. General manager Les Snead has a lot of work to do because so many of his starting lineman are nearing free agency.

    » Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has a lot of options for how he can line up this loaded defense, but a three-man line of Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh and Michael Brockers looks ferocious. That trio should make unproven outside linebackers Matt Longacre and Samson Ebukam become far more well-known.

    » The linebackers don’t need to be that special playing behind perhaps the stoutest line in football and playing in front of perhaps the best secondary. Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib both play a gambling style that fits perfectly in Phillips’ scheme. Lamarcus Joyner and John Johnson are an underrated duo at safety who will provide cover on the back end. The entire group has a tenacious playing personality.

    » There are virtually no position battles on Los Angeles for starting jobs, which is one sign of a team ready to contend for a Super Bowl. Phillips still needs to figure out his second inside linebacker and second defensive end, but those spots are unlikely to top 500 snaps.

    May 17, 2018 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Kelly: tweets n bits n articles n vids n stuff #86239
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    Matt Waldman’s RSP: RB John Kelly (Tennessee)

    If Walter Payton wasn’t a mutant, his tape would have looked like the portfolio of John Kelly.

    John Kelly understands angles as a cutback runner and after contact badass.

    John Kelly’s stance as s runner is like a coiled spring.

    John Kelly knows it’s better to walk down the hill and $&@? them all up than to run down it and just get one….

    John Kelly will be competent in zone or gap.

    John Kelly doesn’t just catch easy targets.

    John Kelly’s burst and speed is adequate but not going to stand out in the NFL.

    May 17, 2018 at 10:25 am in reply to: Aaron Donald … thread for May #86232
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    May 17, 2018 at 1:01 am in reply to: inside of a proton endures more pressure than anything else we’ve ever seen #86228
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    The pressure in the proton’s center averages a million trillion trillion times the strength of Earth’s atmospheric pressure

    Hunh.

    That’s a lot.

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    May 16, 2018 at 1:23 pm in reply to: UDFAs — tweets, articles, etc. #86222
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    https://draftnastymagazine.com/tag/curtis-mikell/

    Curtis Mikell 5’8 170 CB-Senior

    The diminutive Mikell has always overcome his size with zeal and fire. Additionally, he’s adept at climbing the ball to fend-off potential catch opportunities down the field for bigger opponents. In this game, he used his bail technique to keep vision on the quarterback before going up to deflect a post pattern away from the Wildcats 6’3, 214-pound sophomore WR Tavin Richardson. His vision came up big when mid-pointing a seam route from the outside-in to nearly pick off another pass when in three-deep zone. He also showed the ability to turn-and-run on a go route when in off-man coverage versus one of Kentucky’s faster wideouts in Isaiah Epps. His tackling stood out when defending smoke screens to the Kentucky wide receivers.

    May 16, 2018 at 11:50 am in reply to: Rams in PFF/ESPN-Insiders position group rankings #86220
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    The NFL’s best position groups

    Pro Football Focus
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    RamsDynasty sez:

    According to them we have the 2nd best roster

    Assigning 3 points for the top unit, two for the 2nd best and 1 for the third, the Rams have the 2nd best roster with 8 pts behind only Philly with 11 pts, NE is 3rd with 6 and Vikes and Saints have 5 pts.

    I am not liking being that far being the Eggles but I can’t really argue it either (except for rb, don’t see why they are so high). They have multiple units on both sides of the ball ranked (OL, RB, TE, Edge, Interior DL) while the Ram’s only ranked groups are on defense and ST (Interior DL, ST, 2ndary).

    Funny how the highest scoring team in the NFL didn’t have a single group on offense even get a bronze. I think for TG3 alone our RB should be ranked, I wouldn’t trade ours for the eagles or the falcons.

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