Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
May 22, 2015 at 9:10 am in reply to: Why the St Louis Rams Offensive Line is Fine & a few articles from that site #25080
znModeratorUnfortunately for Rams fans, Bradford doesn’t have the quickest release.
Ooops.
===
===
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/166130/could-chargers-help-eagles-land-marcus-mariota
Before that, while playing in an unstable situation in St. Louis, Bradford managed a career passer rating of 79.3 and a record of 18-30-1. To Kelly, Bradford’s quick release, strong arm and potential all outweighed that
====
====Sam Bradford’s quick release a major reason Eagles, Chip Kelly prefered him over Nick Foles
http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2015/05/sam_bradfords_quick_release_a_major_reason_eagles.html
One word you almost always hear associated with Eagles head coach Chip Kelly? Fast.
The past two seasons, however, there was nothing fast about his quarterback, which is why it was out with the old and in with the new this offseason.
No, neither Nick Foles, who was traded to St. Louis, or Sam Bradford, the Eagles’ new quarterback, will set world records in the 40-yard dash.
But a big reason why Foles is now in St. Louis, and the Eagles are willing to take a chance on the often-injured Bradford, is the belief that their already quick offense will be able to go even faster.
“He’s smart,” Kelly said of Bradford after the trade. “I think he’s wired right.”
Kelly is hoping that despite all of the question marks surrounding Bradford — like his twice-torn ACL and the losing record as a quarterback — Bradford’s ability to diagnosis the play quickly will result in the offense moving ever faster with him under center.
So far, in Bradford’s 49 career starts, that has been the case.
In 2013, the last time Bradford played in the NFL, he got rid of the ball a blistering 2.67 seconds after the snap on average. By comparison, Foles got rid of the ball in an average of 3.11 seconds in 2013, nearly a full half-second slower despite the fact he was playing in an offense that was predicated on quick reads and quick decisions.
Here is a look at how quickly Bradford has gotten rid of the ball since 2011, when Pro Football Focus started keeping track of the stat:
2011: 2.59 seconds (12th in NFL)
2012: 2.57 seconds (10th in NFL)
2013: 2.67 seconds (20th in NFL)As you can see, Bradford has traditionally gotten rid of the ball very quickly, despite playing in a traditional west-coast offense, not one built around making quick decisions.
If he can stay healthy, Bradford’s ability to see what the defense is giving him and making the quick decisions Kelly craves from his quarterback could be huge.
Last season, Foles far too often held onto the ball, and it wasn’t always because a receiver wasn’t open. Although he was able to get rid of the ball in an average of 2.8 seconds, an improvement from 2013, it was still fall slower than Bradford has done it throughout his career. It was also slower than Sanchez, who attempted a pass in an average of 2.64 seconds last season.
In theory, if he is able to make it onto the field, Bradford should represent an upgrade in that department.
====
====
Bradford …. despite playing in a traditional west-coast offense…
Ooops.
znModeratorI saw it. Yup – Road Warrior on steroids and acid.
Its awesome to look at. Fast and furious — much like the GSOT
in the Viking playoff game.Long, long chase scenes. With no humor. Not like Indiana Jones
chase scenes.If Salvadore Dali took some speed, and made a movie, it might look
like this one.w
vPersonally, my only complaint (and it’s minor, really) is that I don’t like Hardy’s Max as much as Miller’s Max.
Miller’s Max was a burned out, cynical loner who knew he had more skill and resources than anyone he faced. In the end he doesn’t even help the refinery people because he cares…he does so because he has no choice. His signature line is “I am the best chance you’ve got.” He’s always bargaining. Contracts are big in that movie.
The Gyro Captain: Look, we had a deal. I show you the gas, and you let me go, right?
Max: The arrangement was I wouldn’t kill you.
The Gyro Captain: After all I’ve done for you…
Max: I reckon you got a bargain, didn’t you?Hardy’s Max is more of a burned out homeless guy. A homeless guy who talks to himself. He changes in the course of the film and identifies with Furioso out of sheer sympathy, and a chance for redemption by helping.
I am not complaining about that part.
I just personally liked the Miller Max better because this Max is too victimized and even comic. More Buster Keaton. For example his moments of high action effectiveness (like with the tank/car in the night…”that’s not his blood”…) come out of nowhere.
..
znModeratorMy answer?
Yes.
If for some reason he turns out to be a non-factor because he gets injured again. I will always say he was worth the risk and that they gambled on a good bet and lost.
On the other hand, I don’t think it will ever come to that. I think Gurley will excel as a pro runner, eventually, when they are sure he can play. I think he adds to the running game and to the passing game, like many have said. I think he makes them a tough play-action team. I think a rotation of Gurley and Mason is probably the best running back rotataion in the league and possibly one of the best in league history.
I think he’s better than Steven Jackson, and bless him, Jackson made a career out of getting yards in years when outside of him there was no offense at all.
znModeratorJustin Smith is gone; so is San Francisco’s 2011 magic
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article21427437.html
by Matt Barrows
The intensity of the game was written all over Eli Manning’s shirt.
What began as a crisp, white jersey had, by the start of overtime, taken on a darker tone. His left shoulder was a dirty brown. His entire left leg was caked in mud, as was his right knee. Bits of the Candlestick Park turf were lodged into the side of his face mask, the result of being slammed to the surface during the 2011 NFC Championship Game.
Justin Smith’s decision to retire likely was influenced by a reality check about the 49ers’ Super Bowl expectations.When did it happen? It’s hard to say. Manning absorbed 18 hits that afternoon at cold, damp, drizzly Candlestick, and was sacked six times.
The game marked the apex of Justin Smith’s career.
The no-nonsense defensive lineman was in his element that day. Giants-49ers was a throwback contest, a gladiator match, a tank battle, a heavyweight bout from the 1950s, power vs. power.
And Smith was the most powerful man in the stadium. As the weather and field conditions grew worse, he seemed to grow stronger. He, Ray McDonald, Aldon Smith and Ahmad Brooks tormented Manning, tossed him around, forced turnovers and, if it were not for two botched punt returns, probably would have propelled the 49ers to the Super Bowl.
“Still stings,” Justin Smith said Monday.
If you were to cull a Smith highlight reel, most of the clips would come from that 2011 season.
There was the early October play in Philadelphia in which Smith ran downfield and poked the ball from speedy Eagles receiver Jeremy Maclin. The forced fumble sealed a win and sent a message that the 49ers, at best a mediocre squad in previous years that would always find a way to lose similarly tight games, were now a contender.
“Justin Smith next stop HOF!” Jim Harbaugh, Smith’s coach at the time, tweeted Tuesday. “Utmost Respect & Admiration! 1 of Toughest to ever play. Made Gr8est hustle play I’ve witnessed!”
A week before the Giants game, Smith took down Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Brees’ protector, 320-pound Jermon Bushrod, with one arm in a divisional playoff game. If ever there was a play that captured Smith’s Herculean strength, that was it.
Smith and the 49ers have been trying to recapture that 2011 magic since.
They came close the next year. But Smith played with a partially torn triceps in the Super Bowl and was overmatched by Ravens guard Kelechi Osemele, who otherwise had a middling season. In 2013, Smith played with a shoulder injury throughout a season that ended with a last-minute Seahawks interception in Seattle in the NFC Championship Game.
Smith knew his body was breaking down. But he returned for 2014 because he and every other 49er felt as if they were on the cusp of a Super Bowl. It didn’t happen.
After a ho-hum 8-8 season, and now with all the offseason departures, it’s hard to imagine there’s anywhere close to the same expectation or excitement this year, which likely played a significant role in dousing the spark that kept Smith going in recent seasons. He realized the magic was gone.
Asked on radio station 95.7 The Game on Tuesday which games or moments from his career he’ll look upon with pride, Smith cited the 2011 season.
“You just know you’re flying (to the) East Coast and you’re going to kick somebody’s a–, and that’s a good feeling,” he said. “I’ve been on those flights before, and it’s like, ‘Well, we’ll see what happens.’ But for about three and a half years there, we were all hopping on the plane and were like, ‘It’s go time.’ And that was just awesome.”
znModeratorDemoff strikes conciliatory tone on stadium project
By Jim Thomas
SAN FRANCISCO • Despite what seems to be an obvious preference by the Rams to play their football in Los Angeles starting in 2016, team executive Kevin Demoff found himself in the unusual position Wednesday of updating team owners on the St. Louis stadium situation.
All of the three so-called home markets — St. Louis, San Diego, and Oakland — were called upon to provide updates. And with Rams owner Stan Kroenke in attendance, Demoff did the, uh, honors Wednesday.
“Our goal was to update the membership on what’s happening in St. Louis with the task force, how we got to where we are, and the process,” said Demoff, the team’s executive vice president of football operations. “Hopefully we provided them some color around Dave (Peacock) and the group’s efforts.”
Peacock, a former Anheuser-Busch executive, is spearheading the St. Louis effort to build a $985 million riverfront stadium on the north edge of downtown. He and Clayton attorney Bob Blitz comprised the original two-man stadium task force appointed in early November by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.
Their ranks since have swelled with the hiring of numerous consultants, architects, designers and construction firms.
But the purpose of Wednesday’s exercise wasn’t a bells-and-whistles presentation designed to impress owners by three cities trying to prevent their NFL teams from fleeing to Los Angeles.
“It was a completely objective review of what had happened to date in terms of the lease and what the task force has done,” Demoff said. “The other two markets did the same, and hopefully that benefited all 32 owners to get a better understanding of what’s happening in each of the three markets.
“There were no slide shows about stadiums, there were no schematics. This was merely a very matter-of-fact presentation by all three teams of what’s happening in the home markets, really over the last few years. Each team had five minutes, so it was short.”
There also was time provided for questions and answers, but Demoff said he got no questions from club owners after his presentation.
“If you’re living in St. Louis and you’re a Rams fans, you probably know most of what was discussed,” he said. “Obviously, this is a broader audience.”
It was an audience of owners that to a large degree hasn’t followed every step of this process.
“They may be more focused on re-signing their quarterback than knowing the specifics of three task forces,” Demoff said.
When word got out that Demoff would make the St. Louis update, some Rams fans on the Internet message boards and Twitter wondered if he would put St. Louis’ best foot forward.
“There’s this perception that we have an adversarial relationship with the task force,” Demoff told the Post-Dispatch. “I think Dave and Bob would be the first to tell you that’s absolutely not true.
“We have worked with the task force. I really admire the work that they’ve gotten done to date. They’ve done a lot more work in the past few months than we’ve seen in St. Louis in a very long time.”
So after months of silence from the Rams on the entire relocation topic, Demoff struck a more conciliatory tone.
Perhaps the NFL has encouraged the Rams — as well as the Chargers and Raiders — to play nice. Perhaps it’s maneuvering to show that the Rams have cooperated in trying to get something done (for use when the time comes to meet relocation guidelines). Perhaps it’s simply a grudging acknowledgement of the work done to date by Peacock and Blitz.
“It would be disingenuous to say that they haven’t really laid the groundwork towards the first meaningful (stadium) proposal in St. Louis in a very long time,” Demoff said. “That doesn’t necessarily change the fact we’re gonna explore all the options and alternatives that exist, and that we may be on parallel paths in different markets.
“But we have a good core fan base in St. Louis. We’re playing football in St. Louis. We’re not just going to turn our back and say we’re going to dismiss the efforts that the task force has made.
“That wouldn’t be fair to what they’ve done. It’s not fair to Dave and Bob, and it’s not fair to the fans. Nor is it fair to the rest of the NFL. Our job is to be engaged with the task force, to give that proposal the best chance of it being built for us.”
May 21, 2015 at 11:11 pm in reply to: Brady to be suspended…which will happen…when? a May-July saga #25060znModeratorDarrelle Revis has no sympathy for ex-teammate Tom Brady: ‘[The Patriots] have a history of doing stuff’
Darrelle Revis has a healthy professional respect for nemesis-turned-teammate-turned-rival Tom Brady, but he’s not shedding any tears for the golden boy quarterback at the center of the Patriots’ latest cheating scandal.
“Everybody’s blowing it up because it is Tom Brady,” Revis told the Daily News Wednesday in his first extended comments on the Deflategate fallout. “I understand that. But if (the NFL) feels he did the crime or he did something and they want to penalize them, then that’s that. (The Patriots) have a history of doing stuff. You can’t hide that.… Tom was there when they did that stuff in the past.”
Revis, the centerpiece of Bill Belichick’s defense last season, made it clear that he was unaware of any wrongdoing by Brady and his alleged air-pressure-releasing accomplices that prompted the league to suspend the signal caller for four games and slap the Super Bowl champions with a $1 million fine and loss of two draft picks, but suggested that the franchise’s rule-breaking history likely played a role in this latest punishment.
“New England’s been doing stuff in the past and getting in trouble,” Revis said. “When stuff repeatedly happens, then that’s it. I don’t know what else to tell you. Stuff repeatedly happened through the years. You got SpyGate, you got this and that and everything else. Obviously in those situations in the past, they had the evidence. So they did what they needed to do.”
Revis, one of the savviest players in the league with great perspective, disagreed with the Players’ Association’s insistence that Roger Goodell recuse himself from Brady’s appeal. The union, Revis smartly maintained, has nobody to blame but itself for agreeing to a structure in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that gives the commissioner so much power. His take: Don’t whine about it now.
“He’s the judge, jury and executioner,” Revis said of Goodell, who danced around whether he’ll recuse himself for the Brady appeal when asked at the league meetings in San Francisco on Wednesday. “Everybody signed off on it…. Why didn’t we stand up when it was time to stand up? You can talk about it after the fact, but we all agreed to it. So (the union’s) got to point the finger back at (the union).”
There’s a sentiment that Brady, an ambassador for the game with a previously pristine image, was handed too harsh of a punishment in the absence of a smoking gun.
Although the circumstantial evidence led league officials to conclude that Brady was aware of the deflating shenanigans, Revis believes that the only way Brady’s suspension should be amended is if new information not contained in the Wells Report is uncovered.
The three-time Super Bowl MVP’s stature and prior spotless record shouldn’t be any consideration, according to his former teammate.
“If I fail a drug test, then I fail a drug test. If I get a DUI, I get a DUI,” Revis said. “If Tom gets caught with a DUI, it’s a DUI. …. If they are saying that he did what he’s done, then the suspension is the suspension. I’m not the commissioner and don’t make the rules. If they want to change (the suspension) based on new information or new evidence, then okay, but it should have nothing to do with Tom being the face (of the NFL).”
Brady’s former teammates have predictably been his apologists during the scandal (with the exception of ESPN analyst Damien Woody), but Revis doesn’t play that game. He admitted that Brady “is going to go down as one of the greatest – if not the best – quarterback that’s ever played” and “he’s definitely a Hall of Famer,” but can’t say for certain if the man is a cheater.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t care. It doesn’t matter. If people want to judge him as a cheater, that’s their opinion.”
Revis has taken plenty of heat from Patriots fans, who have behaved like scorned ex-lovers after the top cornerback in the league signed a blockbuster five-year, $70 million deal with the Jets this offseason. He’s back to being Public Enemy No. 1, which feels perfect given the animus that prompted the Patriots to whine to the league about tampering charges that resulted in a hollow and harmless $100,000 fine last month.
So forgive him if he isn’t losing sleep over Brady’s fate.
“If he had nothing to do with it, then hey…” Revis said. “There’s really nothing you can say. There’s people in the world that get convicted all the time that didn’t do the crime. That’s just the history of how stuff goes sometimes.”
Revis isn’t the only one not feeling sorry for the golden boy.
znModeratorNew coordinator Frank Cignetti promises to get Tavon Austin more involved, which shouldn’t be difficult considering the pint-sized playmaker’s limited role under Brian Schottenheimer.
This is of course a big controversy.
I don’t see it as TA being under-used. I see it as TA not being able to do enough yet.
I am not sure what the “under-used” argument is even based on. I mean, do people KNOW Tavon can do things they didn’t ask him to do? It seems to me only a coach could know that.
The Rams have a rare quandary at defensive tackle, with three starters for two spots.
(I believe I now speak for everyone as I impotently chastize a national sports writer and his ignorance of the Rams.) No what the Rams have at DT is called A ROTATION. They have always had that at DT under Fisher.
znModeratorThe disagreements I’ve seen on the internetz
about Running vs Passing, always tend to sound like
“magnifcation of minor differences” to me, btw.Well I don’t see them so much as “magnifications of minor differences.”
I see them more as EXAGGERATION of INCONSEQUENTIAL differences.
But I suppose you will now ruthlessly fight to the finish, just to uphold your imperfect view in the face of a legitimate challenge.
Typical.
znModeratorHere’s what I got out of this. The article measures passing efficiency. According to them, “efficiency for passing and rushing is defined as yards gained per attempt on offense minus yards allowed per attempt on defense.”
So remember, it’s not about passing a lot. You can throw very little and have a high passing efficiency. (In fact, Seattle is a perfect example of that).
The way the stat is defined, you can run a lot, have a very good defense, and come out with a high passing efficiency.
Yet the article does not talk about (1) how defense contributes to passing efficiency (which clearly it DOES), and (2) how RUNNING THE BALL contributes to passing efficiency (which, also, clearly, it does).
Instead it appears to approach it this way—compare rushing offense to passing offense. But its own metrics should immediately clue people in that that’s a false dichotomy. So IMO the guy should look at how and why rushing the ball CONTRIBUTES to passing efficiency.
What I got out of that article is not, “pass a lot.” What I got out of that article is that passing DEFENSE is more important than RUSHING defense.
Cause, again, you can be a play action team with a strong running attack and a good passing defense, and if if you throw the ball effectively, you can then be ranked high in terms of passing efficiency.
May 21, 2015 at 6:20 pm in reply to: How do you feel about a starting tackle pair of Robinson & Havenstein? #25048znModeratorAnd if your going to invite us to open up and expose our vulnerabilities, and then just bludgeon us with your Vulcan sensibilities, then I’m going to ask you to leave this thread.
May 21, 2015 at 3:49 pm in reply to: How do you feel about a starting tackle pair of Robinson & Havenstein? #25042znModeratorIf Barnes starts, it’s a bad sign, and if it’s Jones or Rhaney, it’s a rookie. Basically.
I don’t know about that on Barnes. That is, I don’t think anyone knows just yet. The complaint about Barnes is that he was physically overmatched when he played at the end of 2013. However, he reported to camp last summer bulked up and stronger. We didn’t get to see him, though, because he got injured (twice). So it’s possible he took a step. I don’t rule it out, anyway. On the 3 centers we don’t know (yet) what they have.
May 21, 2015 at 1:49 pm in reply to: How do you feel about a starting tackle pair of Robinson & Havenstein? #25038znModeratorAnd three rookies?
Well to be annoyingly exact, it’s not 3 rookies. The center will be Barnes, Jones, or Rhaney, none of whom of course are rookies.
AND this team likes its placeholders. They have several candidates to hold down the guard spot until Brown is ready. Or, ready-er. That’s anyone from Washinton to Bond to Reynolds to Unknown Player to be Named Later. I mean think of who they have used at guard so far since 2012—Turner, Smith, Williams. Is there someone on the roster at least as good as them? Could be, sure.
Now granted I did not just describe the 70s or 80s Rams OL.
But it is at least better than “3 rookies.”
May 21, 2015 at 1:21 pm in reply to: Joe Barksdale agrees to terms on one-year deal with San Diego – INTERESTING. #25036znModeratorJim Thomas @jthom1
Joe Barksdale contract has been filed with league. It’s for 1-year, $1.095 million, with incentives that could max it out at $2.095 million.
Barksdale get a $350K signing bonus; $745K base salaries. The additional $1 million in incentives deal with playing time.
Rams offered more to Barksdale way back when, but not as high as the $4 million per year that I mentioned a few days ago.
May 21, 2015 at 10:11 am in reply to: How do you feel about a starting tackle pair of Robinson & Havenstein? #25023znModeratorSo far…
…gloomy weather.
znModeratorWhich brings us back to the birth of this board (even though it went through 3 separate iterations).
.
znModeratori don’t know if i should post that link or the original link. i’ll be posting the original link.
Yeah the procedure on articles is, always post the link to the actual article. No matter where you find it.
znModeratorThat was an interesting read.
Is that your way of saying I should post more threads?
No, but I wouldn’t mind if you posted more threads. It was my way of saying that was an interesting read.
znModerator
znModeratorsincerely doubt they have him doing any qb coaching. No one is going to have 2 qb coaches–you would think they would just get in each others’s way.
And…
others don’t agree with that view.
—>
KARRAKER: it’s probable that Garcia will work in a de facto “assistant quarterbacks coach” role. Though this position has not historically been common in the NFL, it’s grown in popularity in recent years, and the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins employ coaches with the official title of assistant quarterbacks coach. Numerous others employ one with the ambiguous title of “offensive assistant”, which Garcia will have with the Rams.
WAGONER: The extent of Garcia’s duties are unclear at the moment but it stands to reason he’ll be helping Weinke working with the team’s four quarterbacks.
znModeratorSt. Louis Rams Add Jeff Garcia to Coaching Staff
by Patrick Karraker
The St. Louis Rams have reportedly decided to make a late addition to their 2015 coaching staff, as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Jim Thomas reported late Wednesday that the team is hiring former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia as an offensive assistant.
The 45-year-old Garcia, who played 11 seasons for five teams, interviewed for the Rams’ quarterbacks coach job in February but was passed over in favor of another former NFL QB, Chris Weinke. Garcia has been working as the quarterbacks coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL while also acting as a private quarterbacks coach for players such as Mark Sanchez.
It’s probable that Garcia will work in a de facto “assistant quarterbacks coach” role. Though this position has not historically been common in the NFL, it’s grown in popularity in recent years, and the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins employ coaches with the official title of assistant quarterbacks coach. Numerous others employ one with the ambiguous title of “offensive assistant”, which Garcia will have with the Rams.
Though it’s important to avoid having too many voices confusing the players, it could be a major plus for the Rams to have as many hands on deck as possible at the quarterback position this year. With Weinke coaching quarterbacks for the first time at the NFL level, tasked with the responsibilities of helping newly-acquired Nick Foles learn the offense, helping rookie Sean Mannion adjust to the NFL, and continuing to work with two younger signal-callers, Austin Davis and Case Keenum, who will be competing for a backup job, the Rams may need all the help they can get. Garcia, who actually has a bit more pro coaching experience than Weinke with his CFL stint, should be a positive addition because he can provide an extra pair of eyes and an experienced voice on the practice field.
znModeratorRams add Jeff Garcia as offensive assistant
By Nick Wagoner
http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/18614/rams-add-jeff-garcia-as-offensive-assistant
SAN FRANCISCO — Former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia finished as runner-up to Chris Weinke for the St. Louis Rams’ quarterback coach job in February. But just because he didn’t get that job doesn’t mean there’s not room for him on the staff.
The Rams hired Garcia as an offensive assistant earlier this month, adding him to a staff that now has three coaches with a history of playing and/or working with quarterbacks. The extent of Garcia’s duties are unclear at the moment but it stands to reason he’ll be helping Weinke working with the team’s four quarterbacks.
Garcia revealed his new position in a tweet Tuesday.
After an offseason in which the Rams did a major makeover of their quarterback room — in which they deleted Sam Bradford and Shaun Hill, retained Austin Davis and added Nick Foles, Case Keenum and Sean Mannion — it’s clear the team has designs on getting more production from the position.
Weinke replaced Frank Cignetti as quarterbacks coach after Cignetti was promoted to offensive coordinator. Garcia and fellow former NFL quarterback Steve Walsh were also candidates for the job at the time.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher made it clear he wanted a coach with playing experience for his young crew of quarterbacks and that he was impressed with Weinke, Garcia and Walsh before deciding on Weinke.
Garcia spent last season as the quarterbacks coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Rams fans probably remember him well from his days playing the position for the San Francisco 49ers (and others). Garcia had been searching for NFL coaching opportunities throughout the offseason, openly discussing his desire to take over available NFL quarterbacks coach jobs in Philadelphia, Oakland and San Francisco.
Garcia last played in the NFL in 2011 but his season with the Alouettes is his only year coaching. He spent seven years in two stints with San Francisco and also played for Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Houston during his career. Along the way, Garcia went to four Pro Bowls and posted a passer rating of 87.5.
znModeratorBut we don’t run that system….so not seeing the relevance there.
Not clear what you;re responding to there, H.
West Coast Offense.
w
vYeah Garcia gets to learn him a new system.
Too bad there’s no one around from the 99 team.
“Hey Jeff…remember the Oct. 10th game from that year? Weren’t you intercepted like, 3 times? Anyway. Our current system is based on the Rams system from that year.”
May 20, 2015 at 2:17 pm in reply to: ProFootballTalk: The PFT Crew make predictions for the Rams, #24981znModeratorfrom off the net
==
Rampage2K-
Jason Taylor says Rams are a playoff team….Watched PFT on NBCSports …They were discussing the NFC west today and Ross Tucker said he expects Gurley to struggle this year behind our o-line and Taylor said he couldn’t disagree more …says Rams will make the playoffs this year.
znModeratorBut we don’t run that system….so not seeing the relevance there.
Not clear what you;re responding to there, H.
znModeratorMore urgency to finalize STL stadium funding
By Bernie Miklasz
The well-connected Daniel Kaplan of the SportsBusiness Journal has an interesting nugget on the NFL’s apparent decision to move up the timeline for franchises that wish to file for relocation to Los Angeles (Rams, Raiders, Chargers). As many media outlets have reported, the window for filing could open in December.
But here’s what caught my attention: Kaplan mentioned that a full NFL owners’ meeting is possible for this summer … and that St. Louis would be the reason for it.
“The prospective summer owners meeting would largely revolve around the proposed St. Louis stadium, which is further along than the efforts in California,” Kaplan wrote. “Whether that meeting occurs depends in part on progress in St. Louis, and the recommendation of the (owners’) LA committee.”
My two quick takeaways on that:
1. If the NFL is planning a special summer meeting to discuss St. Louis, that’s a positive sign. It means that the NFL is taking the St. Louis stadium effort seriously … very seriously.
2. This also could put the St. Louis task force on a faster timeline to lock down stadium financing. Co-chairs Dave Peacock and Bob Blitz were hopeful (and confident) of having everything in place by the fall. But if this summer NFL owners meeting happens, I’d have to think this puts pressure on the task force to speed up the pace for finalizing the stadium plan.
Peacock and Blitz wouldn’t necessarily have to have 100 percent of the funding in place this summer. If the NFL is confident that Peacock and Blitz will get this done, they’ll be given a little leeway. But if the NFL owners vote on relocation sooner than expected (early next year?), a significant delay in securing STL stadium funding could be damaging.
For example, if it’s necessary to have a public vote to sign off on the city’s portion of the stadium funding, the timing would be crucial. If a vote doesn’t occur until late fall (early November) it could raise NFL doubts about the firmness of the St. Louis funding. And a November vote may not be in line with the league’s preferred timing.
At this point it’s difficult to know. But I think we know this much: in the quest to finalize the St. Louis stadium funding, sooner is better.
St. Louis-area Rams fans have to hope Peacock-Blitz can complete the stadium financing puzzle as quickly as possible. It’s still the most crucial and necessary step for keeping the Rams here.
znModeratorThat was an interesting read.
znModeratorEx-49ers QB Garcia joins Rams coaching staff
By Matt Maiocco
http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/ex-49ers-qb-garcia-joins-rams-coaching-staff
Former 49ers quarterback Jeff Garcia is returning to the NFC West.
The St. Louis Rams hired the Gilroy native to the position of offensive assistant, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported late Tuesday.
Garcia interviewed with Rams coach Jeff Fisher in February for the opening at quarterbacks coach. Fisher hired 2000 Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke, the former director at IMG Academy, where he has worked with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Ryan Tannehill and others, Fisher said.
But Fisher said at the NFL scouting combine he was equally impressed by Garcia – so much that the Rams created a coaching position for Garcia three months later.
“It was almost as if he was getting ready to go out and play a game,” Fisher said in February. “He’s just that guy. He’s so competitive. Throughout his career, people said he couldn’t do what he did. He takes great care of himself. He’s passionate about the game. He loves the game. His dad was a coach. It’s in him.
“He understands the system, the West Coast system and how it’s morphed. He’s familiar with it. He understands how difficult it is to see. Back there, taking snaps, it’s hard to see. But he also understands the game and preparation and loves competing.”
Garcia earned selections to the Pro Bowl four times in his 10-year NFL career, including three consecutive seasons while with the 49ers. He still holds the 49ers single-season record with 4,278 passing yards in 2000. He was undrafted out of San Jose State and did not get his first NFL opportunity until Bill Walsh gave him a chance with the 49ers after five seasons in the Canadian Football League.
Garcia, 45, has worked with high school, college and such professional quarterbacks as Mark Sanchez, Tyrod Taylor and Matt McGloin in San Diego in recent years. He spent several months last season as quarterbacks coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.
Although interested in joining the staff of new 49ers coach Jim Tomsula, Garcia was not granted an interview for any coaching position with his former team.
In December, Garcia told CSNBayArea.com he would like to work with Colin Kaepernick, who chose instead to spend 10 weeks in Arizona mostly with quarterbacks coach Dennis Gile with weekly visits from Kurt Warner. Garcia said his goal was to transition from an independent instructor into a position with an NFL team and, ultimately, become a head coach.
znModeratorAlbert Breer joined Kevin Wheeler to talk about the situations in each of the cities leading to a team in LA, the Rams proposal in St. Louis vs. the other markets. why Kroenke still has a clear advantage, Mark Davis not wanting to come to St. Louis, SD working to get something done in SD, and why St. Louis still should have hope for the NFL in this city.
znModeratorI assume he can help Mannion learn the game.
w
vI sincerely doubt they have him doing any qb coaching. No one is going to have 2 qb coaches–you would think they would just get in each others’s way. Plus of course if they did have TWO qb coaches one would quite simply have to take orders from the other, and why would Garcia take that job?
My bet is that Garcia does some film stuff, quality control stuff, brainstorming input stuff, maybe “as needed” drill work stuff, that kind of thing. IMO you don’t get a qb up to snuff by giving him mixed messages, and on the other hand you don’t hire a guy like Garcia to just make himself into the qb coach’s bot.
znModerator
Chris Long @JOEL9ONE · May 18Lucky enough to get Justin Smith’s jersey b4 he hung it up. Looked up 2 his effort, durability, toughness. So violent, disruptive. HOF to me
===
I;m actually going to kinda miss ole Justin Smith.
-
AuthorPosts
