Jared Verse on workout out with Aaron Donald pic.twitter.com/sLtrmkky69

— FootballByNikko (@FootballByNikko) July 25, 2025

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Adam Grosbard@AdamGrosbard
Jared Verse says Aaron Donald didn’t say hi when he showed up for their workout. AD told him to stretch before they went into circuits.

“Then he’s like, alright, you ready for the real workout? I’m like, bro, I’ve been here for 45 minutes, what are you talking about?”

More Verse: “His wife came in laughing at me. I told her to call the police — I’m not even joking, I’m dead serious — she wouldn’t do it. I tried to lie and say my mom was at my apartment and I had to let her in. He told me to give my keys to his assistant. So I wasn’t leaving”

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Jared Verse on what he took from his workout with Aaron Donald this summer and added to his own:

“It was definitely the mindset that, like, you gotta keep going. The one thing he kept saying throughout the whole workout … Think of the fourth quarter. Like, everyone’s good the first and the second, third, but what about the fourth? That’s you make your money? That’s where you make your money. He kept saying, he’s saying it loud and proud.”

Verse: “He was talking like me. I was like, damn, okay, I guess there’s levels to this (stuff).”

Verse on what it means to have that kind of mentorship from Aaron Donald:

“It was insane to see, like, that’s the level it takes to be in the discussions of best defensive player ever, best player ever. So to know that’s the level I have to reach on a consecutive basis, that’s what I’m striving for.”

.@RamsNFL @BradenFiske_ had 10 sacks as a rookie….very very hard to accomplish but he is a talented rusher and a complete football player who should take a big step this season. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/z2YcXEK2B3

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) July 24, 2025

Brock Vierra@BrockVierra
3 Immediate Takeaways from Rams Training Camp

1. Stetson Bennett is a much improved quarterback

2. Defense was ready to compete from sunrise with Nate Landman looking particularly impressive.

3. Jarquez Hunter. Relentless physicality

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Five Takeaways From Rams 2025 Training Camp Day One
The Los Angeles Rams got after it on Wednesday

Brock Vierra

https://www.si.com/nfl/rams/stetson-bennett-sean-mcvay-davante-adams-nate-landman

The Los Angeles Rams are back in full swing as they took to the practice fields of Loyola Marymount for the first time this season. After many great sessions of traing and competetion, here are my five main takeaways from day one.

1. The Rams have a special, cerebral player in Nate Landman. Landman continually snuffed out the run and play action, making critical decisions that prohibited the ball from being thrown downfield. Landman appears to be the difference maker that will take this defense from explosive to dominating.

2. Stetson Bennett looked fantastic. He was making smart decisions, solid throws, and outperformed Jimmy Garoppolo. I asked Sean McVay about his thoughts regarding Bennett’s performance.

“I thought he did a nice job. I was really pleased with Jimmy, I thought he had great command,” said McVay. “Then I thought Stetson came in and really managed the second offense really well. There was a lot of instances where he’s going against the first group. I thought he was good with his decision making, showed some good movement. I thought he changed his arm slot and was able to get the ball where the coverage dictated. I was pleased with Stetson. [Rams Quarterback Coach] Dave [Ragone] does an excellent job with our quarterbacks as a whole, and I thought both those guys did a nice job today.”

3. If Jimmy Garoppolo needs to play, the Rams would need to restructure their offense, making Davante Adams the priority target. Garoppolo didn’t have the best day but it’s also his first day throwing again. He needs to get into rhythm. However, it’s clear certain elements of the offense will not work when he’s in so if he does see the field, the Rams will need to change things up and looking at how often he targeted Adams, it would be the same approach the Vikings did with Justin Jefferson to unlock Sam Darnold.

However, Garoppolo did run in a touchdown and was immediately dapped up by Adams with both men smiling, so any thought that there are issues from their time with the Raiders can easily be put as false.

4. Jarquez Hunter is a bulldog. Keep in mind that this was day one and players were in jerseys and shorts, no pads. Hunter tried to run through the entire defense, sprinting upfield long after the play was over. He wants it badly and he’s taking no prisoners with Rams’ defenders having to corral him with the most effort they spent on run defense the whole day.

5. The Rams defense came to play. Jared Verse led the troops with boisterous noise as Quentin Lake added to the talk. The defense as a whole was firing, locking down the Rams in the secondary with Charles Woods in particular having an outstanding play.

Woods pressed Puka Nacua at the line of scrimmage, released at the perfect time, jumped the pass, but an easy pick-six fell out of his grasp. Not a bad day at all.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2025/07/24/la-rams-training-camp-practice-takeaways-day-1/85353270007/

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D.J. Humphries and Warren McClendon Jr. filling in at LT

Alaric Jackson was in uniform and took part in individual drills, as expected, but he wasn’t on the field for the team portion of practice. He’s dealing with blood clots and the Rams are being cautious with their $57.75 million left tackle.

In his place, McVay said Humphries and McClendon both got reps at left tackle, with McClendon doing a “nice job” at that spot. David Quessenberry is also a candidate to potentially fill in for Jackson or Rob Havenstein.

“We are hopeful that Alaric will be ready to go. … I thought Warren did a nice job. D.J. got a handful of reps,” McVay said. “Warren was able to play right and left [tackle]. He got a bunch of reps, so just talking to Ryan Wendell about that. So, Quessenberry’s another guy that we know can play. It was great to be able to have ‘Big Rob’ out here at the tackle spot as well. So, we’re going to continue to identify – that’s going to be a really important spot for us to be able to develop with an optimistic and a hopeful approach that Alaric is going to continue to work and be ready whenever he gets cleared.”

Stetson Bennett impressed Sean McVay

With Stafford sidelined, Bennett got more opportunities at quarterback behind Jimmy Garoppolo, who was QB1 in Stafford’s place. McVay liked what he saw from Garoppolo, saying he was “really pleased” with how he performed, but he was also impressed by Bennett.

Bennett worked with the second-team offense and it sounds like he did a nice job leading that group.

“I thought he did a nice job,” McVay said of Bennett. “I was really pleased with Jimmy, I thought he had great command. Then I thought Stetson came in and really managed the second offense really well. There was a lot of instances where he’s going against the first group. I thought he was good with his decision making, showed some good movement. I thought he changed his arm slot and was able to get the ball where the coverage dictated. I was pleased with Stetson.”

Between the Horns: Everything you need to know ahead of Rams Training Camp with @JB_Long, @DMarcoFarr1 + @MJD » https://t.co/KwHChs4owl pic.twitter.com/uWof9VkIfk

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) July 24, 2025

From The Insiders on @NFLNetwork: Puka Nacua joined the show, detailing his thoughts on the #Rams this year, why Matthew Stafford's arm is still special, and how much Davante Adams has helped him. pic.twitter.com/g9Dm3ktb5F

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 15, 2025

from Matt Bowen, Ranking the top 50 NFL offseason signings, trades, draft picks: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45787796/2025-nfl-offseason-newcomers-ranking-draft-trades-signings

1. Davante Adams, WR: Signed by Los Angeles Rams
Adams is an immediate upgrade over Cooper Kupp given his ability to still shake press coverage and separate as the “X” receiver. Opposite Puka Nacua, Adams can isolate to win one-on-one or attack the schemed voids in Sean McVay’s pass game.

With five straight seasons of 1,000-plus receiving yards, he is at the top of this list because he can elevate a Rams team primed to make a run in the NFC playoffs.

This is what makes Puka special. Guts, determination.

slant/bench route — not perfect throw but Puka sells out … love this guy pic.twitter.com/fNhdpgfHVb

— Jim Youngblood 53 (@53_jim70721) July 16, 2025

“He could be the missing piece.”
Braden Fiske on what Poona Ford brings to the Rams defensive line.#RamsHouse #LARams #PoonaFord #BradenFiske #NFLTrainingCamp #LAFB pic.twitter.com/CV4evg3fH7

— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) July 22, 2025

Rob Havenstein says he’s a full go for training camp despite offseason shoulder procedure. pic.twitter.com/UeCOmgZ6U4

— ryan anderson (@RLAndersonLAFB) July 22, 2025

wv wrote:

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wv wrote:

Yeah, he’s a monster, blah blah, but i totally resonate with folks that talk about how ‘refreshing’ it is to have a monster who just says the fucking THING that the rest of them wont say OUT LOUD.

The dems have exactly nobody like that.

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Enh, disagree a bit. There’s no putting perfume on this. Trump gets elected by lying to a gullible party base about the economic agenda. What he says aloud is the “culture wars” stuff that sucks in the gullible base.

I dont disagree with any of that, but i’m making a point about ‘how’ he appeals to people. He’s brilliant at doing a certain thing. And the Dems have no-one who can do ‘this thing’ I’m talking about. Bernie is the closest and he’s not really close. Its not about policy. Not talking about ‘substance’.

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I agree with that. The Dems are the “good cops” though the arrest is still questionable. The Dems are the party of “we’re competent at running this as it is.” There’s no central inspiring figure with vision and better ideas, in large part because the Dem party won’t allow it, though I think that Bernie, AOC, and Buttigieg are the peripheral version of what they’re missing. Though to be fair, a few of the Democrat governors are much closer to being there than almost all of the federal Dems.

wv wrote:

Yeah, he’s a monster, blah blah, but i totally resonate with folks that talk about how ‘refreshing’ it is to have a monster who just says the fucking THING that the rest of them wont say OUT LOUD.

The dems have exactly nobody like that.

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Enh, disagree a bit. There’s no putting perfume on this. Trump gets elected by lying to a gullible party base about the economic agenda. What he says aloud is the “culture wars” stuff that sucks in the gullible base.

Ari Meirov@MySportsUpdate
President Trump now says he will consider blocking the #Commanders stadium deal at the RFK site if the organization does not revert back to its Redskins name.