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    Williams spent an awful lot of time over there during their unit drills, more so than I would say any other individual unit

    You said in particular they were working on getting off blocks?

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    St. Louis Rams “Nexium Player to Watch”- WR Tavon Austin. Alex Marvez and Gil Brandt break down Tavon Austin, their 2014 St. Louis Rams “Nexium” Player to Watch.

    in reply to: reporters at practice, Day 15: Wagoner, etc. #4010
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    Fisher said left tackle Jake Long will not play this week against Green Bay but they are targeting next week against Cleveland to get him some game action. That falls in line with the plan for him from the beginning. … Cornerback Janoris Jenkins got back to work Thursday and though he might not play this week, he went through team drills and is close to ready. … Rookie center Demetrius Rhaney had the scariest moment of the day when he stayed down after his knee buckled on a field goal drill. Rhaney had to be taken off on a golf cart. Fisher said the initial indication was that Rhaney’s injury wasn’t as serious as first feared but he would still need an MRI. … Fisher also said right guard Rodger Saffold is “close” to returning from a stinger injury.

    The ups and downs of the long ongoing minor injury saga.

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    Coach Gregg very animated, watched the linebackers and DBacks drills a long time and very critical if it was not done to his liking.

    I wonder … Bush is a recent hire, right? The LB coach? Is it possible Bush isn’t doing things quite like Wms wants them done?

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    JT/Wagoner Tweets: Rhaney Carted Off with Knee Issue

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    Fisher indicated no structural damage to Rhaney’s knee but an MRI would still be done soon.

    Also, rookie C Demetrius Rhaney suffered knee injury during FG drill today, was carted off. Fisher said early indication that he’d be OK.

    Charges against LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar were indeed dropped. Dunbar, Fisher both pleased with that bit of news.

    Rams CB Janoris Jenkins (hamstring) returned to practice Thursday. Fisher uncertain whether he’ll play this week.

    Rams targeted midway through preseason to get Long back in games. Barring setback, looks like that will happen.

    As expected, Jeff Fisher confirms that LT Jake Long won’t play this week. Also confirms plan is to play next week in Cleveland.

    Snead accepted Seattle GM John Schneider’s challenge. He then challenged famous Rams fans Ty Burrell and Nelly.

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    Jim Thomas @jthom1

    Fisher on Bradford vs. Green Bay: “We’re going to play him a quarter maybe a little bit more.”

    Newly signed TE Brad Smelley also made an impressive catch in traffic on a deep ball.

    Emory Blake, by the way, made one of the best catches of the day on a long pass down the left sideline in double coverage.

    At advertised, Rams put extra emphasis on the run game Thursday.

    Longtime NFL QB Jeff Blake, now retired, was at Rams Park to watch his son WR Emory Blake practice.

    Rams GM Les Snead took the plunge in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Snead in turn has challenged rapper Nelly & actor Ty Burrell (Modern Family).Both are huge Rams fans.

    CB Janoris Jenkins (hamstring) practice Thursday. Fisher wasn’t definitive on whether he would play vs. Packers.

    FIsher said CBs Trumaine Johnson and Brandon McGee, who were held out of New Orleans game will play vs. Green Bay.

    Fisher says LT Jake Long will be held out until Cleveland game in Week 3 of preseason. All along Fisher had said team would point to. . .

    Rookie C Demetrius Rhaney suffered knee injury blocking on FG unit during Thurs. practice. Jeff Fisher says he doesn’t think it’s serious. ..but Rhaney will undergo an MRI.

    Demand up slightly for Rams tickets on the secondary market according to StubHub. Rams are 24th in sales this year after ranking 29th in ’13

    Biggest demand for home game is Dallas (Sept. 21), followed by Denver (Nov. 16)

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    i think that’s a great point. i’m even willing to bet that’s what they’re thinking.

    robinson, long, and saffold is a great start to an offensive line.

    Yeah and watch them draft another LOT candidate for guard. i

    The solution to traditional NFL depth issues at LOT? Start 4 LOTs. Slide em over when needed.

    Then your depth is mostly the cheaper, easier to find, more abundant ROT and OG types.

    Their motto could be “an Ogden a year keeps the qb upright.” Okay it doesn’t rhyme but it’s still a good idea. i

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    That is interesting.

    Meanwhile, the Rams DBs play with tennis balls, without attacking refs over it.

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    I’m sorry, but this guy pisses me off. What a waste of a pick.

    He has publicly displayed no reason to hang in with him hoping for a return to health. I’ve never even seen a fan camp report that said he looked like the advertised product.

    I suppose the team might know something we don’t know, but it must have come from indoors workouts or some such.

    I’d just cut him. Hell, no one else will sign him. We could always let him try out with us next year.

    We still need a young guy to grow into the starting OC slot.

    Not sure what you mean. In the off-season, he did build himself up; when Wells was out, he did split time with Barnes playing center with the 1s.

    This injury, the back, is a new one. The older injury, from college, was a foot.

    So yeah it’s disappointing but you seem angry about it for some reason.

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    in reply to: Are the Vikings already looking past the Rams in week #1.? #3974
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    Hey Snow. And/or everyone. Don’t use the “link” feature in posting a link. It just screws it up. Just paste the link right into the post box. It will be fine. I edited in one that will work–that’s all I did, just pasted it in without the link feature.

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    Just a couple of comments that stood out to me

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    will Laurinaitis be ready for week 1. I think he’d be ready for this week if the trainers would let him. Most likely he plays in the third preseason game (@ Cleveland) and goes from there.

    As for J. Long, he is expected to play vs. Green Bay.

    As for Rams OL, if you can sit here and tell me that Long, Wells, and Saffold each play 14 games (or more) I’d say the Rams will have one of the top 10 o-lines in the league. Maybe better.

    Jenkins has had a hamstring injury.

    What is going on with Barret Jones? Undisclosed injury.

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    yeah. long and wells need to stay healthy. but what’s most encouraging is robinson’s development at left tackle. i think he could be a starter as soon as this year if they needed him to be. but hopefully not. i think by next year he could already be a better left tackle than long. straight up. it’s only been one preseason game, but his athleticism and power already stand out.

    Which leads to an interesting possibility for next year. Just thinking out loud here. Barksdale goes (FA), Long moves to ROT and GR takes the left. At that point you just need a guard, and guards are easier to replace than LOTs.

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    i’m excited to see this offensive line. i think it will have a bigger impact than any other offensive group. the running game. and then off that the play action. pass protection. i’m excited to see how quickly this group can get it together. that should be the identity of this offense. the line.

    Here’s some more buzz that feeds into that.

    Barnes is apparently stronger. Got a little manhandled last year so if he has upped his game, that’s good.

    Joseph is apparently fine.

    Which brings us to the crucial “3rd left OT” issue. It’s a continuing problem with teams–finding a back-up LOT. Cause if a guy is a good LOT, he ain’t gonna be a back-up for long. Most good LOTs are taken high in the draft, so maybe you can develop a lower pick there for a couple of years and he can be good depth, but honestly, this is not common.

    So the Rams solution is interesting, though I am not sure they sat down and planned this out. Someone good enough to be a very effective LOT is a starting caliber lineman. If he is a vet, and good enough to start, teams will compete for him; if he’s a draft prospect, and he looks good enough, he gets snapped up. So. If a decent 3rd LOT is going to be a guy who is good enough to start, and that means it’s hard to find one as a back-up…well, then, start 3 LOTs on your line. s

    The Rams are now 3 deep at LOT. Obviously–Long, Saffold, Robinson. And actually observers are saying Robinson looked more comfortable at tackle last Friday than guard. I take that to mean Robinson is not far off as a left OT, apparently.

    They have Joseph to fill in at guard, and it seems Barnes to fill in at center, plus 3 starting caliber LOTs.

    If any of that about Barnes and Joseph holds up, then this team can lose up to 2 guys on the line before they get down to the dreaded “developmental and/or journeymen” types who populate most teams depth charts at OL.

    And maybe Bond is another guard.

    And if they find one more guy among the remaining young hopefuls, then, IMO that is as deep as an OL can get in the NFL.

    And that’s all IF there are injuries. If Long and Wells stay healthy, you’re right, this is a team-defining kind of OL. IMO as good a line as the Rams have had since the GSOT days. Different from that line, but as good if not better in a lot of ways. (To me the differences between that line and this one is summed up by the differences between Pace and Robinson.)

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    He’s going to his primary option with the ball the overwhelming majority of the time. But to his credit, the ability to do that has at least something to do with making the right reads at the line.

    It’s a little eerie that ole Fast Eddie saw that right off. In fact, his ability to make smart pre-snap reads is one of Warner’s key strengths as a qb, and if anything in the superbowl run years in ARz, he had refined it to a fine art.

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    in reply to: Camp Report 8/12/14 … + some follow-up #3944
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    Nice updates. Thanks.

    You’re welcome, and it’s easy. Anyway, I probably extended the last follow-up a couple of times since you posted that.

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    If we are to do anything this year, it has to happen in the real season, of course. But I think that, if it is real, we’ll start to see stretches of potency from the group in the pre-season. We need to see Bradford developing bonds with Britt, Quick, and Bailey. If we do see it becoming real, that will be a big indication. If we don’t through all 4 games, there will be reason for concern.

    Anyway, that’s what I am looking for–units of potential galvanizing into real forces.

    Fair enough.

    This isn’t exactly the terms in which you are speaking, but, it’s my angle on it. I don’t know how far up the WRs can step this year, but even if it’s just some, they together with the running game make it a better offense than last year…and last year they had enough to beat some non-NFC west division winning teams with Clemens at qb.

    I am just spinning off my own direction now, which in posting circles is still actually considered a direct response. im

    But then at the exact same time, having put in my optimistic 2 cents, it’s true that it’s a hard to team judge right now in any exact terms because 2013 was different seasons. The Richardson games without defense, the Bradford/Stacy games with defense, the Clemens/Stacy games with defense but at the end without Long. Bailey showed flashes in half the season, Austin disappointed at first and then flashed a lot and got hurt, the defense started out miserable against the run then became very good against the run. We don’t know how much of the secondary was Walton. We don;t know whether the reports on Britt and Quick foretell how they will play this season. The OL may be injury prone, it may not. It may be deeper than usual even if it is injury prone, but hard to say how deep. I think Bradford has already played well, but then at the same time, it’s hard to gauge his ceiling. I keep going back to 2012 for points of reference, but it’s a different team in a lot of ways from that.

    I think it was John Clayton who said that with a team like this, promising but not proven, you just need one defining confidence building moment to get them to come together. For example in 99, for many, and probably for the team, that moment was the SF game. For a lot of onlookers it was the Titans game, when they showed heart fighting back, even though they didn’t pull it out.

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    Wow! Incredible blast from the past. Amazing.

    The times are obviously very different but you raise similar kinds of concerns about team chemistry.

    Given what I tend to look for, I am not sure I will see the kind of chemistry that tells me a lot until an important regular season game. I thought they had a lot of that going in the 2012 SF game, the one that ended in a tie. But that team has since been hurt and/or inconsistent. So I wait for a future defining game. Not sure we will see that in August.

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    Wow, talk about a blast from the past! Is Eddie still with us somewhere? His posts were some of the best.

    Last I heard, which was a long time ago, FE got off the net because his then (and for all I know still present) girlfriend challenged him to choose between the net and her. As much as I liked his posts, he made the right choice. im

    Jimi might know more…maybe he has run into FE over the years.

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    Reminds me of a post you wrote in Sept. 99 after the Detroit pre-season game. That was Warner’s first p-s game as a starter after Green went down:

    THIS TEAM RALLIED, BY RAMMED FOR LIFE (Sept 3)

    http://www.geocities.ws/ramsezine/preseason99/this_team_rallied_by_rfl_93.htm

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    Not sure what to make of Torry publically stating his opinion on a player like that. It’s not his usual style to be so specific. Doesn’t he help out in OTA’s or something?

    I wonder if he’s indirectly trying to light a fire under Tavon’s ass. Or maybe he’s just being candid.

    Well, near as I know, no, he is not engaging in any kind of coaching situation with the Rams; he’s not helping out in camp, or any of that. He is simply expressing an opinion as a broadcaster. IMO, where TH goes wrong is that he judges Austin solely and simply as a wideout. My own view is, it’s not accurate to judge him solely and simply as a wideout–he’s something different.

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    Some follow-up. Ongoing. I will keep adding to it via edit.

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    [Jones]…His situation has nothing to do with attitude or ability (although some might argue that). He has an injury, and its not related to the lisfranc injury. Other than that, I can’t say how long he may be out, or what his status is.

    But its no coincidence. . .that he hasn’t been at Rams Park, nor was he on the sideline at Fridays game.

    The PUP list is only for players who haven’t practiced at all during the current training camp. The only option at this point will be to place him on IR, if it gets to that. Either way, it doesn’t matter, unless he is placed on IR, he would still count against the 90 man camp roster. I will add this. His injury is NOT related to the previous foot injury. But since the team has not released any info, I am not going to say more than that.

    I am sure they know what is going on, and have been asked to keep it under wraps until the team announces it. I have been told by TWO independent and very reliable sources what is going on, and in both cases have been asked to keep it to myself.

    The team does not to have to discuss or release any information about training camp injuries, until the rosters are being finalized. In this case, Jones cannot be placed on the PUP list, as he has already participated in training camp, therefore, unless they place him on IR, as was the case with Brodine, he is still going to count against the 90 man camp roster.

    [Could they IR Jones now as a player to bring back later?]…that designation has to be made at the time of placing that player on IR. If they burn that prematurely, and say Laurinaitis is re-injured, but not seriously enough to IR him for the season, they would be screwed.

    [That is,]…if they designate someone, and then another player gets injured, who is more valued, or won’t be out for the entire season, they lose the opportunity to choose which player they designate.

    If his injury is NOT serious enough to place him on injured reserve, what could they possibly have to gain by announcing his status? Which in this case may be one of the reasons no announcement has been made. They are not required to disclose injuries until the rosters are announced. Not saying this is the case, because I have no idea one way or another, if it applies to Jones or not.

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    In the past two days, both Long and Scott Wells have taken virtually all of the 1st unit reps. This includes extended work in the run blocking drill yesterday. [Long]…looks no worse for wear. There is still some timing issues in his sets, but the knee doesn’t look to be an issue at all. I expect that he and Wells both will play some this weekend.

    The other thing that needs to be pointed out, Scott Wells wasn’t experiencing any lingering effects from his previous leg injuries. He contracted an illness before training camp, and needed time to get physically stronger. I only point this out, because I know most people think he is just one more injury waiting to happen.

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    Laurinaitis most likely will miss at least the next 2 PS games, with a possible return in the final game in Miami. While not considered to have a “serious” ankle sprain, you don’t spend a week in a walking boot for a minor sprain either. As others have said, if this were a regular season game, as he has shown for EVERY game of his career, he would be out there. But there is zero reason to push it with him, or Brockers, for that matter and risk further injury.

    Bates is still getting all of his reps with the second unit, Dunbar has assumed the role with the 1st unit @ MLB. with Armstrong filling in at WLB. The guy who seems to be benefiting the most , moving up to 2nd unit reps at this point, is Lawrence Wilson. He is now taking Armstrong place @ WLB with the “2’s”

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    McGee has missed the majority of practices the past week, didn’t play in the game Friday, and is just now returning to the practice field. So to really try to gauge a true depth chart is virtually impossible.

    That being said, Joyner is getting the majority of his reps at the Nickel spot. . . .there are instances where he stays on the field with McDonald coming off, if the offensive personnel dictates it. For example an extra TE is lined up in the slot. Again, I am not reading a whole lot into this, except to work on Joyner’s cover skills against bigger receivers.

    Now that McGee is practicing [with Jenkins out], he took the 1st team reps opposite Johnson, at CB. With Joyner coming in at Nickel.

    Gaines is lined up outside in the “regular” sets with the 2nd unit, and slides inside to Nickel when needed. These are the ONLY TWO guys at this point working at the Nickel position, and I don’t see that changing. That includes McLeod NOT taking a single rep at Nickel.

    If I were to put a true Depth Chart together, assuming EVERYONE is back and healthy, it would be Jenkins and Johnson, at CB, with Joyner as the Nickel.
    2nd Unit would be McGee and Gaines at the CB, with Gaines sliding to the Nickel and at this point, Woodard coming in as the next CB.

    [Woodard]…At this point, I would say Gaines has passed him up. I think they [like]..Woodard enough that he will prevent guys like Roberson and Reid from any serious consideration. He has his moments on coverage, at least in practice, but then as was the case last year, and again last week, he seems to make a play come game time.

    The thing that concerns me with him, is the same thing that pops out at me regarding the “other guys” below him on the depth chart. They just don’t show up on Special Teams.

    [Roberson:]…Of all the UDFA DBs he probably has the best cover skills. But I just don’t think they are in a position to keep a 6th CB if he doesn’t want to tackle, which has prevented him from showing up on ST. And maybe I am wrong in how I look at it, but if you aren’t running with the 1st or 2nd unit on any of the ST, you aren’t in the mix.

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    in reply to: Brandt on Sirius at Rams camp; Marvez tweets from camp #3904
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    Alex Marvez @alexmarvez

    Rams once again projected to field NFL’s youngest roster for 3rd straight season. At 34, backup QB Shaun Hill oldest player

    DE Robert Quinn expects more double-teams coming off 19-sack season. Hopes that creates opportunities for others

    WR Kenny Britt says he’s finally fully recovered mentally & physically from torn ACL suffered in 2011. Looks great in camp

    8 d-linemen locked into roster spots. Team will carry 10-11. No cinch Michael Sam sticks

    Offensive benefit of Gregg Williams’ return as DC: Sam Bradford getting rid of football quicker in practice

    Don’t expect LT Jake Long (knee) to play Saturday vs @packers. Return coming later vs Browns or Dolphins

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    Some follow-up.

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    [Progress back from injuries]…Its so hard to gauge that sort of thing. Yesterday Jenkins and Saffold were doing side work with Reggie, today they weren’t. Today Jenkins took part in some of the unit drills, then shut it down.

    As far as Laurinaitis, I have heard, (unofficially), that he may not play at all the rest of the Preseason, but should be ready for Sept 7th.

    Brockers hasn’t done anything since the scrimmage, so I have no idea. He seems to be walking fine, but my guess is they are gonna take it slow and easy with him. Don’t need a repeat of his rookie year, starting off with an ankle sprain and all but ineffective the first half of the season.

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    McDonald and Alexander have NEVER been on the field at the same time, they are definitely playing the same position. He just is still catching up from missing all of the OTAs, and its obvious he isn’t there yet. I wouldn’t hold out much hope for him and McD ever playing together.

    Davis is clearly the FS in this scheme as is McLeod. So…Davis and Alexander do NOT switch it up. Depending on the specific call, Williams may send Davis on a blitz or rotate him up in coverage, but they are playing two distinctly different positions.

    If [anyone is]…hoping to hear that Alexander may challenge for the starting job along side McDonald, you can put that idea to rest. I isn’t happening this year….Alexander will be this years version of Ray Ray on Special Teams. If he is lining up at Safety after Sept 1st, it will be scary. The athleticism is there, but his read and reactions aren’t at this point.

    [Person at center]…He looked comfortable. I have been expecting this actually. He has experience doing it. And actually if you pay any attention to these things (which I obviously do), in the pregame warmups, he was snapping to Hill, while Rhaney snapped to Davis. Wells was with Bradford, and Barnes with Gilbert.

    Barnes …is much improved, both physically stronger, and much more comfortable. Barnes is a non issue right now, and Rhaney doesn’t look ready.

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    [Quick]…I get it. He hasn’t lived up to the expectations of the MEDIA and MOST of the fans. But that doesn’t change what I see. Which is the most talented WR on the roster.

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    Thanks Coach.

    I think you predicted Person would get some snaps at center.

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    “They want to run it more than they passed it, so that means there will be less opportunities for (the receivers). Where can (Austin) help the ball club if he’s not getting a lot of opportunities on the offense?”

    I’m not sure that’s necessarily true. I think they will pass it plenty. I have less of a handle on this part of it but I also think they will rotate WRs, so it’s not certain he will be crowded out in a numbers game. I do think they fully intend to set up a fair number of big strikes, and Austin can do that, as we know. I don’t think this will be Seattle. In 2012, Bradford was tied for 7th in the league with Manning for the number of passing plays of 20 yards or more. I expect that to continue…in principle, a play action offense with Stacy should not be that different from a play action offense with Jackson.

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    I heard the rapper known as Drake got the Toronto Raptors fined $25,000 because he talked to Kevin Durant who is going to be an UFA at the end of the year about playing for the Raptors next season. Drake is just a fan. That means if I bumped into Patrick Willis, and said something about playing for our Rams, I would be worried about the consequences of what might happen.

    Well, you should be fined for talking to Patrick Willis.

    About anything.

    Heck we’ll fine you ourselves.

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    I’m concerned Bradford really didnt elevate the team, against the
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    Rams don’t take the Saints all that seriously.

    Last 3 games, they started back-ups against them. Feeley, Clemens, Hill.

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    Some follow-up.

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    Brockers tweaked an ankle the day before the scrimmage at the dome, tried to come back and participate in the scrimmage and sprained it pretty good. So he has been held out since. I would guess that if the season were starting on Sunday, he would play, but its not so why not be careful with him?

    Langford looked fine, if you are asking about his “health” . They were in shorts and shirts, so nothing remotely close to anything physical up front yesterday. But he was moving fine, and taking regular reps with the 1st unit.

    Laurinaitis is out of the walking boot, but did not participate in ANY of the practice. He observed portions from the sidelines, then went back inside.

    Saffold and Jenkins did some side work with Reggie Scott (Head Trainer), so I would venture a guess they are closer to returning. Brockers is a tough call. And one where I would think caution would be the proper course of action ..

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    My take on Gilbert, is he continues to get plenty of reps, so based on that, he is definitely ahead of Davis.

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    [UDFAs]…This roster has developed to the point that there just isn’t room to “keep em all”. I am not concerned about exposing guys to the PS, if they aren’t good enough to make OUR TEAM. The PS is way too fluid throughout the season. And who’s to say, if we “lose” someone like Roberson, we won’t find someone off another teams PS, who is better? How many players have been claimed by this regime in the past two years who have come in and are still here?

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    …the gassers are nothing new. They ran them last year for the very same thing.

    Its just their way of making the guilty players a little more accountable, and trust me, Mr. Dill was not getting a whole lotta love from the other O-linemen for his performance on Friday night. Needless to say, they ran more than any other unit yesterday.

    The thing about Fisher’s teams, they are always gonna play with an edge, and some penalties are always gonna be tolerated. To me, its the presnap (and in the case of Dill) post play penalties that have to be addressed. How many drives on offense have been stalled because a 2nd and 5 turn into a 2nd and 10, or worse yet, a 3rd and 3 turn into a 3rd and 8 because of a false start? Same thing in reverse on the defense, with the off sides penalties. Becoming drive SUSTAINING penalties?

    Eliminate those, and the rest become just part of the game.

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    [Does J Long look like he can play this Saturday?]…all things point to that being a likely scenario. he and Wells both, took the majority of reps in yesterdays 11 on 11 stuff, with Long squaring up vs. Quinn all day long. He had his hands full and was really working hard to stand up against him. He didn’t look to be favoring the knee in the least, and they didn’t seem to be concerned with the amount of stress he was putting on it.

    Saffold did some work on the side with Reggie Scott yesterday, which is a pretty good sign that he is close to returning.

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    I was at field level watching the team drills all day, and anyone who questions Bradford’s arm strength needs to see it from that close. Talk about a WOW factor.

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    Yes as of right now I am. I do have some things going on out of town but I hope to put them off and get on down to the Dome

    What stood out for you personally at the Saints game?

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    The #Ferguson situation should wake people up. It’s time to finish what civil rights leaders have started.

    newyorkist ?@Newyorkist 4m
    “What’s happening [w policing] in #Ferguson isn’t different from a lot of municipalities out here..” –@AntonioFrench http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/08/11/exp-st-louis-alderman-talks-teen-shooting-death.cnn.html

    ryan van bibber ?@justRVB 5m
    And here’s the cop calling people “animals” http://us.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-teen-shooting/index.html … RT @AntonioFrench: Right now in #Ferguson https://vine.co/v/MYZmwD9Dqhu

    The Dream Defenders ?@Dreamdefenders 5m
    “@NefariousNewt: #Ferguson is devolving into chaos, because the police are acting more like combat fire teams than public servants.”

    in reply to: Jimi & others, twitter reports from practice (8/11) #3823
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    I don’t have a whole lot more to add from what I had on twitter.

    The defensive coaches did run their charges through a lot of drills emphasizing taking good tackling angles using cones, not giving up contain and taking the right shoulder when engaged.

    Gregg Williams in particular was working and watching the linebacker drills.

    It looks to me as if most of the walking wounded are about ready to return.

    Are you going to the GB game?

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