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  • October 1, 2014 at 8:03 am in reply to: Rams News Recap: Sept. 30 #8784
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    znhater wrote:

    Thanks Rambill for all the articles u post.

    Welcome aboard!

    September 30, 2014 at 11:44 pm in reply to: 101, 9/30 – Wagoner, Sando #8777
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    Are the Patriots really this bad? Or was their loss to Kansas City an anomaly? Mike Sando tells us.

    September 30, 2014 at 7:20 pm in reply to: ZN #8753
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    Just a mistake. x Thanks for the heads up. I moved it.

    September 30, 2014 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Tick bite sent Rams' Wells to intensive care unit in hospital/PD #8745
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    GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

    Somebody tell Snead and Fisher that Zack Martin is doing just great at starting guard for the Cowboys.

    Grits

    Has anyone told Rams fans that Aaron Donald is doing great too? v

    September 30, 2014 at 9:16 am in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8717
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    The Patz lose their legendary OL coach (Dante Scarnecchia) and trade away Mankins, and suddenly Brady doesn;t look as good.

    I wonder if there’s a connection.

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    September 30, 2014 at 8:39 am in reply to: Tick bite sent Rams' Wells to intensive care unit in hospital/PD #8714
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    This summer’s tick-borne illness resulted in Wells sitting out the exhibition opener, although he did play in Game 2 (against Green Bay) and Game 3 (Cleveland) of the preseason.

    But combine that with left guard Rodger Saffold’s shoulder injury, and left tackle Jake Long’s rehab from knee surgery, and the Rams’ starting offensive line was rarely on the field together during training camp and the preseason.

    Yeah. OUt of sync in game 1. It showed.

    September 29, 2014 at 11:02 pm in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8706
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    Watching KC slaughter the Patz.

    Not sure how I feel about that.

    Kidding.

    Of course I know. g

    September 29, 2014 at 2:10 pm in reply to: informal poll #8684
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    PA Ram wrote:

    I am willing to pay for the pie.

    c

    Sorry.

    It’s free.

    You’re just going to have to accept that.

    .

    September 29, 2014 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Rams own free agents in 2015 #8683
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    PA Ram wrote:


    Barksdale is UFA and could be expensive to keep.

    Plus:

    1. So far anyway, Boudreau coached OL have been selling at a premium rate.

    2. If they sign Boudreau to a nice 4 M or more a year deal, that makes it the 4th OL with that kind of deal (Long, Saffold, Wells). Can you really have 4 linemen with expensive deals? Now chances are Wells is gone…but then, can you really have THREE linemen with expensive deals? (The “three” is more of a judgement call…4 I think is too many.) And do you want to have 2 OTs on longterm contracts when you just used the 2nd pick of the draft on a 3rd?

    3. As good as any ROT may be as an individual player, ROTs are easier to replace than LOTs and more expendable. So it gets into this–do you want to spend money keeping a right OT? Given the way the market for ROTs works (ie. there’s always more of THEM than there are left OTs).

    I obviously have no idea what the Rams are thinking. Just thinking out loud about different aspects of it.

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    September 29, 2014 at 12:57 pm in reply to: informal poll #8678
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    There’s pie.

    And plenty of it, too.

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    Eternal Ramnation wrote:

    >Easy home recipe take 22 and divide by 7. It goes on for ever so there is plenty for everybody.

    m

    September 28, 2014 at 11:06 pm in reply to: articles: defense? pass rush? Thomas, Wagoner etc. #8663
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    NERam wrote:

    Where’s the defense? Where’s the pass rush?

    WHERES THE BEEF?

    September 28, 2014 at 10:28 pm in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8661
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    Apparently, Dallas is really explosive and you’re not supposed to take them lightly.

    So it seems.

    At 5:04 in the 3rd quarter, Dallas 31 New Orleans 3.

    Seems Romo being a bit gimpy early led to them being underestimated.

    September 28, 2014 at 8:23 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8653
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    Well I agree with the Rams on sticking with Hill, if in fact they’re doing that.

    That’s a whole discussion in its own right.

    But–

    . and i’m not sure this offense needs the big armed quarterback. not the way this team is designed.

    First, one small disagreement. This team is designed to take advantage of personnel strengths—especially the qb. Other than the imperative to run enough to have a balanced attack, and to use play action, that leaves a lot of latitude.

    Think back to the pre-season and Bradford zinging in these undefendable 15 and 20 yard lasers. Then, they have a week to gameplan Davis, and all of a sudden, they look THAT way.

    One strength of Schott’s that many don’t see because they still don’t see how good he is (and IMO he’s pretty good)—he is not a top-down, impose the system kinda guy like McD. He is very good at extrapolating from what he has and making something out of it that fits.

    Well actually 2 disagreements. #2 —

    IR, it’s not true that YPA is a pure qb stat. The Rams would have had a better YPA than last year no matter who the qb was–because THAT is due to having outside receivers who can challenge defenses (ie. Quick and Britt). That right there is ALL the difference.

    Well that plus a running game.

    When Bradford had Stacy for 3 games in 2013, his YPA was in the high 7s. Against Carolina it was in the 8s. Those 3 games included 2 against top 7 defenses.

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    September 28, 2014 at 7:37 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8645
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    seriously though. he is a very athletic quarterback. or at least he looks more athletic than sam. and his arm is more than adequate. i really would like to see this guy get a real look. he might be the perfect qb for this offense. kinda like a poor man’s russell wilson.

    First…that bit on his hands is really good info, and it explains a lot. QBs with big hands can make some throws others can’t. I have not seen anyone else mention it before, so good work there.

    Now, as to the Bradford v. Davis thing….I don’t want to get into a Bradford v. Davis quarrel, though a fair and open-minded comparison makes sense.

    Assuming (1) a healthy return by Bradford, and (2) continued development by Davis (both things combined making this all purely hypothetical), then…

    …I would say:

    Davis is more athletic.

    Bradford can throw accurate lasers all over the field.

    To me, until they find someone who is both at least that athletic and has a strong accurate arm and a quick release, then, it’s 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. z

    Hill, meanwhile, I think has a bit more arm than Davis, but against both of them what sticks out is his sneaky smart quick decisive throws—-decision making. He’s like aw shucks, and yessir and yes m’am, and good golly, then you walk 2 whole steps away from him before you realize you’ve been cut.

    September 28, 2014 at 4:43 pm in reply to: informal poll #8640
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    nittany ram wrote:

    PA Ram wrote:
    I don’t normally reply to “informal” polls, of course. I like “formal” polls.

    When I eat at Dairy Queen I like to do it in full tux and tails. That’s just me.

    However…I have solved this little riddle and the answer my friends…is that as of this very moment there have been 11 different posters responding to this thread.

    You see,

    We can not count ZN’s original post as it is not a “response”. Very tricky of him. He does, however, respond to his own thread later.

    So…

    Posters responding in the thread:

    PA Ram

    Zooey

    ZN

    sdram

    NE Ram

    Ram Rock

    Invader Ram

    Crazylegs

    wv (by the way I just now noticed he dropped …”ram” from his name. Is he thinking of moving his allegiance to the Carolina Panthers? Let’s just say there are rumors)

    Eternal Ramnation

    Nittany Ram

    Since Zooey did not include me in his answer because I had not responded yet–I win and would like my pumpkin pie with some soft serve ice cream from Dairy Queen. I will be showing up wherever it is served looking very much like Mr. Monopoly as I’ll be wearing a monocle and top hat for full effect.

    Actually you lose. It is 10. If you had been paying attention you would have seen that I specifically said I would NOT reply in this thread. And as of this writing I have kept my promise. I have yet to post in this thread and I will continue to do so…not post in this thread that is.

    .

    This sounds suspiciously like a board war. You guys are longtime board vets…you know how it is supposed to work. You;re supposed to save that kind of thing for quarterback discussions.

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    September 28, 2014 at 4:41 pm in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8639
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    Eagles just blocked a 9er punt in the redzone and recovered it for a TD.

    I hope the St. Louis coaches watch this game, or something, cause, we don’t want the Eagles doing that to the Rams.

    September 28, 2014 at 3:35 pm in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8636
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    I can’t get interested. I keep doing paperwork instead of watching. The game that’s playing is….Bux/Steelers. I think at that point I had lost the remote, so, that’s the game the tv is piping to me as its non-audience.

    Maybe the 9ers/Eagles?

    Enh, we’ll see.

    September 28, 2014 at 10:28 am in reply to: informal poll #8622
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    sdram wrote:

    If you’re going to change the informal poll contest rules then I want a potato chip crust on my tomato pie too.

    Well I didn’t CHANGE them, per se. I took advantage of the bye to improve them a little. You know, just tinkering. All this came about after watching hours of film on informal polls and how they work.

    September 28, 2014 at 9:24 am in reply to: informal poll #8617
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    NERam wrote:

    Well, now, its actually Sunday, and not Saturday. Does this reply get counted???

    Yes. Sunday counts. It’s bye Sunday after a loss. I will even edit the original post to reflect that.

    September 28, 2014 at 2:01 am in reply to: player vids, 9/27 … Westbrooks, Barksdale, Quinn #8613
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    Westbrooks can’t make it through without cracking up.

    Barksdale is a Hendrix fan and guitar player.

    September 27, 2014 at 5:04 pm in reply to: informal poll #8600
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    nittany ram wrote:

    You created this thread as a ruse to see how many of your little sock puppets would reply. For that reason I will not respond in this thread. I refuse to indulge your flights of narcissism.

    There’s pie…. m

    Or, cake.

    September 27, 2014 at 12:01 pm in reply to: Cosell on 920 AM discussing the Rams #8591
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    insight into how the 49ers have played this year, and their unwise concepts for their last game. His alarm at the SFs inability to rush the passer was his first utterance.

    comparing Davis to Dalton, I thought, was a good one…not going to kill you with his toolset, but will certainly place the ball in a spot that the playmakers make plays.

    was positive on Quick, and surprised by the lack of pressure from the front four of our defense; thought that adjustments, and scheming for our guys by offensive coordinators had worked

    September 27, 2014 at 10:48 am in reply to: the economics of outside free agents in roster building #8589
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    ARTICLE: How were…successful teams constructed? How often was a free agent acquisition a true difference-maker on one of these squads?….32 of the 440 players (7.3%) were initially acquired via “substantial” free agent contracts—deals that were a minimum of 3 years in length and worth at least $15 million in total money

    7.3% of 53 is 3.9 players. The Rams have 4 of these. So the Rams percentage of High Market FAs on the current 53 is 7.5%. (The players are Cook, Langford, Wells, J.Long.)

    I’m not counting their own FAs, like Quinn or Saffold. This only covers guys they acquired initially through the FA market.

    ARTICLE: 60 of the 440 players (14.3%) were either initially acquired through a trade or via free agent contract’s worth less than $2 million annually.

    14.3% of 53 is 7.6 players. The Rams have 6 of these. So the Rams percentage of Low Market FAs on the current 53 is 11.3%. (The players are Hayes, Joseph, Hill, Carrington, Britt, & Dunbar),

    September 26, 2014 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Cosell on 920 AM discussing the Rams #8569
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    He has a chance to be a quality NFL starting quarterback. He understands where to go with the ball, he understands why plays are called, he’s decisive with his reads and his throws, I thought he did a very good job. Arm strength? A little better than average, He doesn’t have a gun, But he doesn’t have an average to a below average arm. He’s not a drive thrower. The ball doesn’t come out with great velocity. He certainly has a good enough arm to make NFL throws. The question would be, the times you do need to make those stronger armed throws. But other than that I think he’s actually played very very well. If he keeps it up do you build around him? I’m not sure he’s a build around guy. He’s more like an Andy Dalton. You have to get the players around him, He’s not a big-time thrower. You’re not going to talk about him the way you talk about Joe Flacco. Or certainly not an Andrew Luck. You’re not dealing with that caliber of player. But if you can get a solid OL, a consistent run game, continue to build at receiver, And you need a defense to go with that as well. But I think you can build a Cincinnati Bengal type situation.

    September 26, 2014 at 10:42 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8567
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    Crazy thing about Davis for me is this. Back in his rookie yr in ’12, I was really high on him. He looked really good in preseason. Thought he had a chance to develop into a good #2 QB. And for a while thought he could maybe one day become a good starter if he continued to get better and improve his overall game.

    But last yr all of that drastically changed. He looked godawful in preseason and wasn’t even able to beat out Clemens to be the #2. I’m not one to dump a player so fast, but I really had no other choice after we cut him. Seemed foolish to believe he could even become a competent backup at that point.

    Then came this offseason when we re-signed him. Didn’t think much of it. Thought he would of gotten cut after the preseason. But lo and behold, even though he wasn’t great, he played well and showed flashes of the QB we saw back in ’12. But for some reason, that still didn’t grab my attention nor change my current opinion about him.

    Then as we all know, Bradford went down in the 3rd preseason game. Tore his same ACL again. Out for the season. Davis was then a lock to make the team. By then him making the team to me was just by default, despite his good performance in the preseason. Still didn’t change my current opinion about him.

    After Hill got hurt against the Vikings, Davis came in and played poorly. That even furthered my disbelief in him. So much so that I thought we were doomed if Davis started against the Bucs, and actually thought Hill gave us a much better shot at winning. But after Davis’s great performance against the Bucs, I had to eat crow on him. At least for that game.

    It’s crazy what 1 game can do, but after re-watching that game, I found new hope in Davis and it brought back a lot of those same feelings and thoughts/fanhood of him like it was in ’12. His second consecutive great performance against the Cowgirls last week officially brought me back on his bandwagon.

    It’s still crazy to think a 3rd string QB who we cut last season has brought so much hype and people believing he has what it takes to be a starter in this league, but that’s what has happened. And you can count me in as one of those people who believe that, albeit only after 2 games. I believe in him again. I believe he can be a starter in this league. But how good he can be for me at least, remains the question.

    Maybe he”ll prove to be a good starter and our long-term answer at QB. Or maybe he devolves over the course of the season and shows he isn’t starter material, but merely a serviceable backup. I obviously hope for the first, but we won’t truly know until he plays more.

    September 26, 2014 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8560
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    I think with Cosell, we hear what we want, or what will drive the narrative we already have in our heads.

    What I heard was: Cosell likes Davis but his ceiling is as a second tier QB, with no game history except for these two games. Good but not great. Can be really good, but he’s not gonna hit top shelf.

    Now, Davis is making about a half a Million in salary and, correct me if I’m wrong, but his contract is up after this year. So basically we have two QB’s on one year deals (a point that’s been brought up concerning keeping Hill).

    How much are we paying Davis if he plays the year out (as a starter) and we go 7-9 gain (that’s generous but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt)? Do we pay him starter money after one average season? Or do we keep him as a back up and pay him back-up money? [Note: Davis is a restricted FA in 2015]

    Again the question is: What do the Rams see as his future? Starter or Back-up. All signs point to back up. I’m pretty sure they don’t want to shell out even what a Kyle Orton (5.5 mil/year), Chase Daniel (3.3 mil/year) or even Drew Stanton (that nobody in AZ) is getting which is around 2mil/year contract to keep Davis.

    It doesn’t matter what the emotional tie is to Davis. The decision will be made economically.

    September 26, 2014 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8559
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    Davis should have to lose the job. And thus far, he’s done nothing but lock it up.

    Though there are still issues I see with Davis that defenses might use to adjust and give him issues…but he’s getting closer and closer. He’s really proving me wrong and I couldn’t be more proud.

    I think his field vision is limited by his size to an extent which is why we see him do that sort of jump pass when he has to dump it over the OL/DL to a check-down. It’s dangerous if teams start to drop defenders into that zone and fool him into thinking there’s no one there like Dallas did twice. We’ll see if he learns from that mistake and finds a way to fix the issue.

    Additionally, his footwork can get sloppy and his pass outside the numbers lack zip which makes ball placement extremely important..(although he’s been stellar at putting the ball where it needs to be on those throws).

    Results speak to an entire skill-set…not one isolated attribute. However, that one isolated attribute could prove to be part of the problem if Davis ends up being “figured out” by defenses. Will that happen? I don’t know. Haven’t seen enough yet and that’s something that will likely improve with experience.

    The key for him will be working on his core muscles. That’s what Tom Brady did/does. You really want to strengthen your abdomen. That core rotation makes a big difference when it comes to arm strength. Another key will be precision with his feet and driving hard off that back foot on longer throws.

    September 26, 2014 at 9:50 pm in reply to: gifs of Sims's 2 penalties #8558
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    wv wrote:

    Dallas didnt have to cheat last year.

    That’s the new team motto.

    September 26, 2014 at 5:24 pm in reply to: 101, 9/26… Holt #8551
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    wv wrote:

    Torry sez AustinD has brought “emotion”
    to the team thats “been missing from the QB position”.

    http://www.rams-news.com/torry-holt-on-why-penalties-have-been-an-issue-under-coach-fisher-radio-interview/

    Bout the 9 minute mark.

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    Man. Lol. I have always disliked that particular riff (Bulger if people remember caught the negative of that one). “Brought emotion.” I won’t let it poison my view of Davis that some people say that kind of thing x…but to me, it’s like, completely mind-numbingly irrelevant

    September 26, 2014 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8541
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    GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

    Why didn’t people question Andrew Luck when he came into the league right away and was doing what veterans do at QB and winning games? Why is Davis being questioned like this.

    Grits

    Because Andrew Luck was a highly regarded top player who was pretty much widely acknowledged to be the most pro-ready qb to come out in the draft for years. Plus he actually was a rookie, unlike Davis this year.

    Davis was a spread qb, and often high college production from spread qbs does not translate to the pros. Scouting reports kept mentioning his arm. If he had more going for him, then he might have been drafted by somebody in a qb-starved league.

    He did have some big fans after the 2012 pre-season, including WV Ram. He was virtually promised the #2 spot in 2013, and actually lost it by his play.

    Luck never once looked as bad as Davis did as a 2nd year guy in 2013. Not once. Not in the pre-season, not in games. It was a completely understandable cut.

    He was cut and no one picked him up in a qb starved league because he looked that bad. (Well Miami did, for a couple of minutes.) St. Louis only re-signed him in 2013 because he knew the system. They also signed Brady Quinn, but he got injured. He even started out slow last spring. The Rams drafted someone in 2014, clearly with the intent of replacing him.

    And then he came through at a high level in 2 games…so far (though he has yet to play a top defense that has film on him, and that’s a big test). He may rise, he may fall. He may be the next Montana, the next Bulger, the next Fitzpatrick, the next Jamie Martin, or the next Matt Flynn, or the next Tyler Thigpen. So that’s my view. I reserve judgement on him until I feel more certain about who he is. That’s fair. and I didn’t believe in Bulger at first either (with Warner, I was convinced by game #2 against Atlanta).

    And you are misunderstanding some things people are saying about Davis by the way.

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