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znModeratorif memory serves I think that Kam Curl article actually showed up later.
I saw it was being held by the anti-spam so I “approved” it. That’s why it appeared.
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znModeratorHi. I just saw this, sry. I don’t often go to the “policies” forum so I missed this.
In terms of disappearing posts:
Here’s what happens with what you describe. Our anti-spam protection sometimes gets twitchy about posts with outside links. The solution to that is simple. Go down to the little chat icon on the lower right and leave me a private message, saying a post of mine got snagged by the anti-spam bot. I can then immediately “approve” it. Or you can just put a “help!” post on the board, saying anti-spam got me, and then when I “approve” the disappeared post I will delete the “help!” post.
In terms of tweets…CR, I know you know some of this, but read on anyway:
1 Make sure you have the right url. To get that you hit the time or date stamp on the tweet, which is usually at the top for recent tweets but sometimes at the bottom for less recent tweets. It’s whatever gives you either the time or the date of the tweet. When you click on that, the url appears in your own address bar. Copy that from your address bar– that’s the right url. I post some tweets in the next thread with time stamps circled in red.
2 Never post a tweet with your own prose in the same post. For some forsaken reason, the tweet won’t appear that way. Do it this way instead. Just post the tweet. Then if you want to add writing to the post, hit edit and go back and add your own writing. That way (for reasons that escape me) you will get both the tweet and your own added prose.
znModeratorAaron Donald UNSTOPPABLE: 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Highlights!
znModeratorBill Barnwell@billbarnwellWho is this year’s Kyren Williams? Williams’s development path certainly seems rare – a Day 3 pick who was anonymous as a rookie before a 1,114-rushing yard season in year two. Is it unprecedented?.Looking at backs who were: – picked between Round 5 and Round 7 since 1990 – had fewer than 150 rush yards and 100 receiving yards as a rookie Williams was the only one to run for 1,000 yards in Year 2. The one who came close mostly fall into Remember Some Guys territory..znModeratorMost yards after catch since 2021:
Austin Ekeler – 1,984
Deebo Samuel – 1,788
Travis Kelce – 1,681
Ja’Marr Chase – 1,630
Amon-Ra St. Brown – 1,608
CeeDee Lamb – 1,607
Cooper Kupp – 1,590
Tyreek Hill – 1,578
Chris Godwin – 1,498
Davante Adams – 1,421— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) April 11, 2024
znModeratorIMO Young hit a wall in the 2nd half of the season, just as Turner was stepping up. Let’s hope that was a rookie thing and he takes off in 2024.
“Go with your gut.”
A look inside drafting OLB Byron Young. 🎥 pic.twitter.com/edaln4b3Bl
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) April 11, 2024
znModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTSTThe highest-paid player on the Rams defense currently is Darious Williams at $4.6M Rams would have to trade into the top-10 for their first round pick to have a higher cap-hit than Williams..The Rams currently have $66M in defensive spending which ranks 32nd. However, $24.9M of that is Aaron Donald. Taking away AD, that leaves them with $41.1M in defensive spending. Next closest is the Chiefs at $76.6M. Gap b/w KC at 31 and LAR at 32 is same as KC and WAS at 9.znModerator@TurnerKobie is a man of many talents 👏 pic.twitter.com/lBCKFsgk1V
— Rams Tapes 🥶 (@RamsTapes) April 10, 2024
Kobie Turner has the voice of an angel🙌🏻🔥 @RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/nAZf8lOFza
— Ethan Shirazi (@Ethanshirazi24) April 10, 2024
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znModeratorEveryone tune in 👀 pic.twitter.com/1MpQzMnVqx
— Rams Tapes 🥶 (@RamsTapes) April 9, 2024
znModeratorRookie sack leaders each season since 2016 pic.twitter.com/BVix9jxqCG
— PFF (@PFF) April 9, 2024
znModeratorznModeratori like darius robinson. and i don’t necessarily believe in replacing like for like especially when you have kobie turner.
Yeah “replacing” is not the way to go w/ the front 7…you just load up and add a couple of different players to the front 7, picking the best one first obviously. So yeah a DE is a choice too.
znModeratorMost sacks since 2019:
TJ Watt – 76.5
Myles Garrett – 68.0
Trey Hendrickson – 57.5
Nick Bosa – 53.5
Maxx Crosby – 52.0
Aaron Donald – 51.5
Chris Jones- 51.5
Haason Reddick – 51.5
Khalil Mack – 48.5
Danielle Hunter – 47.5
Matt Judon – 47.5— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) April 8, 2024
znModeratorI had a fascinating conversation with @kurt13warner about the challenges of scouting, evaluating and projecting college QB's on the @Giants Huddle podcast. A must listen!
🎙️Watch: https://t.co/JYigJkbOHA
📲Subscribe: https://t.co/0BFXnZChKe
📺Youtube: https://t.co/49uKYkQVfT pic.twitter.com/J9URu86ke5— John Schmeelk (@Schmeelk) April 8, 2024
znModeratorAWESOME chat with @DianteLeeFB on 11 Personnel. We have a brief post-Aaron Donald existential crisis, then get right down to logistics and team-building – Diante has some fits and faves for the Rams draft…great stuff here:
🟢 https://t.co/MeptC3u4yi
🔴 https://t.co/mQUUfArzVU— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) April 8, 2024
znModerator𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: The #Seahawks outbid the #Rams in their trade for QB Sam Howell, per @SInow
“I know that there was a strong feeling on the Rams’ coaching staff that they wanted Sam Howell badly, they really liked him.” pic.twitter.com/FIUEiwwfll
— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) April 8, 2024
znModeratorfrom https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2024/4/8/24124598/rams-mock-drafts-most-common-picks
These four prospects I’m seeing all the time for the Rams in mock drafts:
DT Byron Murphy, Texas
A side called NFL Draft Plex has the Rams picking Murphy, which is probably the most common Rams connection in the draft right now.
The Rams and Byron Murphy II still seems like an obvious fit — unless another team beats LA to the punch.
There is never anything “obvious” about the 19th pick in the draft. WalterFootball has the Rams picking Murphy too.
Aaron Donald has retired, which is a bummer because the Rams had a great chance to make a Super Bowl run. Donald will obviously need to be replaced.
Byron Murphy has been impressive as both a run defender and a pass rusher. The only negative is that he lacks length.
Everything always comes back to Aaron Donald retiring. Let’s keep in mind that the team knew AD was retiring but didn’t address the position in free agency. Is that because they’re just certain that they can get an adequate player in the draft or is it that the team isn’t overly concerned with getting a defensive tackle? It could be the latter, which implies that the Rams are just as happy with a day two pick, which they did with Kobie Turner in 2023, as a first rounder. It could be Murphy or Newton, but it doesn’t have to be a front-seven player at all.
Marcus Mosher of The 33rd Team has the Rams picking Murphy too.
DT Johnny Newton, Illinois
NFL Spin Zone has the Rams picking Newton.
“With Aaron Donald retiring, the Rams have a huge need at DT, so they’ll try to fill that with Johnny Newton, who can help them in the present and in the long-term. Newton joins a young but very talented defense.”
The Huddle has it too.
EDGE Laiatu Latu, UCLA
Josh Edwards of CBS has Latu, as many mock drafters do.
Los Angeles explored the idea of trading for Brian Burns a few years ago and, if it had its druthers, it would like to have a respectable pass rusher to plug in opposite Byron Young, who had a really promising rookie season.
Here is another mock with Latu to the Rams. The Chicago Sun-Times has Latu to the Rams.
EDGE Jared Verse, Florida State
CBS’s Bryan DeArdo mocked Verse to the Rams on Sunday. An ESPN writer named James Meche has Verse also.
“Naturally, I would take an interior defensive lineman to replace Aaron Donald but that might be too easy. How about getting a top edge rusher in the class?”
I don’t see how this is any less “easy”!
At least Chad Reuter, who is always always always wrong it seems, has the Rams picking Chop Robinson. At least it’s original.
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znModeratorWhere the team truly showed up huge is the way the offense suddenly found the means to grind it out with a second-half lead. Unlike the recent past, when the team was unable to grind it out to win games, this offense found the strength of will to move the chains despite the defense knowing that a running play was coming
To prove that point, just check out the list of how effective all 32 NFL teams were at running with the football in 2023 with a second half lead:
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worst offenses running the ball with a 2nd half lead (EPA/run)
-0.63 – CAR
-0.38 – LAC
-0.27 – CLE
-0.26 – NYG
-0.22 – LV
-0.21 – HOU
-0.20 – TB
-0.20 – DEN
-0.20 – MIN
-0.19 – CIN
-0.18 – NE
-0.18 – KC
-0.17 – PIT
-0.16 – NYJ
-0.16 – GB
-0.14 – DAL
-0.13 – WAS
-0.12 – NO
-0.11…— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 7, 2024
znModeratorDarius Robinson, DL, Missouri
PLUSES
— Very strong upper body; when Robinson gets into the blocker's numbers with his hands, he can just collapse his opponent, and he has a great shock move to bring the blocker in and then just shed him aside.
— Freaky wingspan allows him… pic.twitter.com/EgxtHAP4Sh
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) April 8, 2024
April 7, 2024 at 6:38 am in reply to: “the draft” thread … ie. not “the Rams draft” thread … #150199znModeratorAs I finish the later round OL prospects this class the center group has become the clear-cut best I’ve seen over the last four drafts of watching all the OL.
Over their rookie contracts, I don’t think it’s crazy to say we can see as many as 10 guys start games at the pivot.
— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) April 5, 2024
znModeratorOffseason News: Former #Rams RB Todd Gurley speaks on Kyren Willims per @LAFBNetwork pic.twitter.com/rSOASwIpvf
— LA Football Network (@LAFBNetwork) April 7, 2024
znModeratorJack was also a frequent presence in the game-day chat room.
RIP Jack.
znModeratorRIP Jack. He was also a frequent presence in the chat room during game.
znModeratorLatu is clear EDGE1 in this class imo https://t.co/jKof2Lhtjj
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) April 4, 2024
znModeratorthe Stefon Diggs saga in Buffalo
in 2020 the Bills traded for Diggs
they gave up a 1st, 4th, 5th & 6th
they paid him as the #6 most expensive WR in the NFL at the time
in 2022 they signed him to an even larger $96,000,000 deal
all told, from 2020-2023 the Bills paid him…
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 3, 2024
znModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTSTThe difference drop off after the top-5 edge rushers to that next tier and the depth at DL is why the Rams have to prioritize EDGE over DL in round 1. Huge drop off between Chop Robinson, Latu, etc. and Trice, Kneeland compared to Murphy to Fiske, Orhorhoro, etc.znModeratorChiefs signing QB Carson Wentz to one-year deal. (via @RapSheet) pic.twitter.com/ataLakaDuL
— NFL (@NFL) April 2, 2024
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ICYMI: Carson Wentz signing on as Patrick Mahomes' backup with Chiefs, his fifth team in as many yearshttps://t.co/MwqXq6Icoq pic.twitter.com/qAhezXKwOJ
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) April 2, 2024
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