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znModeratorWith the release of our Gabriel to Snow tee this weekend, DYK that the Gabriel to Snow show officially went into business on 11/21/1965 when QB #18 hit WR #84 for a 40 yard touchdown score against San Francisco.#WeAllHaveHeroes pic.twitter.com/KZte3geajf
— Iconic Heroes (@IconicHeroesHQ) February 21, 2022
February 20, 2022 at 10:37 pm in reply to: annual coaches leave, coaches replaced thread…2022 #136829znModeratorBruce Feldman@BruceFeldmanCFBSOURCES: Jeremy Springer will become the Rams assistant special teams coach. He was the STC at Marshall last season and had recently taken the Ole Miss special teams coordinator job. ESPN first reported the move.znModeratorthis view of the Immaculate Reception is so amazing. I don't think a lot of people know it exists either. pic.twitter.com/zHwyxyU4dr
— alex (@highlghtheaven) February 19, 2022
February 20, 2022 at 10:05 pm in reply to: Flores, and the NFL “hiring minority HCs” discussion #136825znModeratorExactly. There are a number of minority coaches making key contributions behind the scenes that are routinely recognized by the top members of the organization, but few are getting promoted into power positions. Getting into those roles is critical to earning HC looks.. https://t.co/gyOZ1irgGl
— Bucky Brooks (@BuckyBrooks) February 21, 2022
znModeratorPretty much every rep between Ja'Marr vs Jalen pic.twitter.com/Earl3KPsdO
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) February 14, 2022
February 20, 2022 at 9:20 pm in reply to: annual coaches leave, coaches replaced thread…2022 #136822znModeratorIan Rapoport@RapSheetMeanwhile, the #Rams are expecting assistant HC Thomas Brown to return to their staff, while assistant QBs coach Zac Robinson will stay in LA with a better title. That leaves the vacant OC spot, with Kentucky’s Liam Coen as a top candidate.znModeratorDoesn’t hurt to see it again. 😎
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WE DID THIS, @AARONDONALD97!!
📺: #SBLVI on NBC pic.twitter.com/wEtNE5R7DU
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 14, 2022
znModeratorAnd I really believe his mid season breakdown was just him trying to do too much….which he clearly learned and stopped doing. If he has a whole year of not trying to do too much….his best years might been front of him.
There was also a narrative, which I think is true, that earlier in the seaon McV relied more on MS just slinging it and cut back on the jet sweeps, motion, and play action. Teams adjusted to that and the ones that could tee off on the Rams usually solid but sometimes physically manhandled OL took advantage of that. As a response McV put back in more of the play action and so on and relied less on MS just slinging it from start to finish.
A flaw I thought I saw with MS may relate to this. Underneath passes were not always as effective with him because he would wait a beat too long before checking down and that set up the underneath receivers to be stopped for fewer yards. That comes from him pressing and trying to look downfield for something to break. I would prefer it if he had a top inner clock and saw immediately that he should throw underneath before giving the defense time to spot it.
This of course all said just with the interests of painting the whole picture. I am not trying to downplay Stafford or to paint him in a bad light. He and McV both are both great but they both still have some flaws in their composition. Sometimes there were games where that got the better of them. But–they had a great stretch drive when it counted and MS is becoming one of the great 4th quarter qbs of all time.
znModeratorfrom The PFF 101: Highlighting the top 101 players from the 2021 NFL season
* https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-101-top-101-players-from-2021-nfl-season
2. DI AARON DONALD, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,261 | 2021 PFF Grade: 93.5
Donald has been the top-ranked player on this list in four of the last six seasons, and he almost made it once again. Including the postseason, Donald once again topped 100 pressures, accomplishing that feat in four of the last five seasons. What is perhaps most impressive about his performance this season is that he played over 1,000 snaps in the regular season and actually registered the most snaps PFF has recorded from an interior defensive lineman over a season. Donald still pressured quarterbacks at an elite level despite being asked to endure a historically high workload.
3. WR COOPER KUPP, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,301 | 2021 PFF Grade: 93.0
Kupp is both a phenomenal receiver and the beneficiary of the kind of deployment that makes it almost impossible for an opposing defense to take him out of the game. He lined up in the slot on 65.5% of his snaps, generating 1,402 yards from that inside alignment alone in the regular season. Kupp gained 3.45 yards for every route run from the slot, as that alignment makes it very difficult for defenses to just defend him with their best corner or play aggressive man coverage.
24. EDGE VON MILLER, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 939 | 2021 PFF Grade: 91.2
It once looked as if Miller’s star had started to fade, but a trade to Los Angeles and the chance of another Super Bowl reinvigorated him. Against Tampa Bay in the playoffs, Miller notched his first double-digit pressure game since Week 8 of 2019, and he showed that he still has some gas left in the tank. His perennial dominance against the run has stayed intact, and while he might not generate a league-leading rate of pressure in the future, he can still be extremely effective in that area.
29. CB JALEN RAMSEY, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,269 | 2021 PFF Grade: 84.4
Ramsey played a new role within the Rams defense this season, lining up in the slot or in the box on 42.7% of his snaps compared to just 23.6% the season before. The star cornerback responded with his best season since that incredible year in 2017, racking up 14 pass breakups and a career-high 26 defensive stops. Ramsey is an elite playmaker, and his new role puts him at the heart of the action more often.
43. QB MATTHEW STAFFORD, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,343 | 2021 PFF Grade: 86.1
Matthew Stafford in Los Angeles was a lot like Matthew Stafford in Detroit for most of the season, but the results were better because of everything around him. However, once the playoffs began, his game went to a different level. Other than Josh Allen, Stafford was the best-graded playoff quarterback and made big plays late in the Super Bowl to execute another signature game-winning drive and cap off his first season in L.A. with a ring.
53. T ROB HAVENSTEIN, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,236 | 2021 PFF Grade: 83.4
Completing a run of right tackles, Havenstein finished his season with a Super Bowl ring. He was outstanding as a run-blocker this year, posting his third excellent grade in that area in four seasons. As a pass-blocker, he allowed 31 pressures across 763 pass-blocking snaps and was excellent in the Rams’ victory over the Bengals to close the campaign.
97. C BRIAN ALLEN, LOS ANGELES RAMS
2021 Snaps: 1,181 | 2021 PFF Grade: 74.8
Allen got to end his season with a Super Bowl win, helping the Rams to overcome the Bengals in the big game. Allen allowed 25 pressures over the season when including the playoffs and earned a 79.5 PFF run-blocking grade.
znModeratorLike everyone else I am assuming AW retires, which means they have to sign Noteboom. LOT is just not a position you gamble with. In terms of the contract, he won’t come cheap. It is true that he does not have a lot of starting experience, but still, just given contract dynamics at the position, he will get something near the going rate for FA 2nd contracts at LOT. Finding a good LOT is like finding a qb–there just aren’t enough bodies to go around–so most likely they will have to pay (maybe as high as 20 M). They will be doing that at the same time they will be extending Stafford.
That’s why I tend to doubt they will have much money to work with.
znModeratorI wouldn’t think Powell would cost more than the vet minimum. The Rams picked him up after he had bounced around, right? And it’s not like he was great; he just didn’t screw things up. I’m happy to have him, but he’s kind of the bare minimum in production, isn’t he?
No he’s more than that I think. And he’s all they’ve got.
My take on this is based on the idea that they will not have a lot to spend. Not when they have to both sign a left OT and extending a qb.
If that turns out not to be the case, I promise not to complain.
znModeratorI’ve seen several posts about Donald lining up offsides on the final play. This is definitely not offsides. pic.twitter.com/hWNiizIWk5
— NFL Champs – Rams Fan ‘76 (@Tiz2Victory) February 20, 2022
znModeratorA coach and his QB. Nothing better than seeing @kurt13warner telling Dick Vermeil he made it to the @ProFootballHOF 🙌 #PFHOF22 pic.twitter.com/lToGVguR9Z
— NFL (@NFL) February 20, 2022
znModeratornot that anyone is asking me but von miller and obj.
You can assume questions go to us all!
We don’t stand on ceremony here.
My idea is that they need the firepower on offense and special teams, and that Miller would cost too much. So I voted Powell instead–some good bang for not that much in the way of bucks.
I would be happy to get Miller if that’s not the case. Imagine this D with an entire season of Miller and Donald together plus Howard and Jones both at ILB. Scott and Fuller at DB.
znModeratorAaron Donald & Tutu Atwell #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/v2LzZBh8Sh
— North Dallas Forty LosAngelesRams (@MattStaffordQB1) February 19, 2022
znModeratorJB Long calling the 2 big game ending plays on the radio.
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"You can build that man's statue at SoFi Stadium right now!"
🎙 | Super Bowl LVI wouldn't be complete without a @JB_Long Radio Call. pic.twitter.com/4nAYhjj2oB
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 19, 2022
znModeratorzn wrote: UFAs: Miller, Beckham, Williams, Michel, Corbett, Deayon, Powell, Mundt, Allen, Joseph-Day. That includes 5 or 6 starters. They can’t sign them all obviously. In fact, maybe at best just 1 or 2.
Who would you sign?
To be honest I am not really sure. Probably Beckham and Powell.
znModeratorRe-live Cooper Kupp historic performance through NFL films. Clutch first downs, 4th down conversions, & 2 touchdowns including the game winner. The connection between Stafford & Kupp was extraordinary. Kupp capped off the greatest year for a WR in NFL history – As Super Bowl MVP pic.twitter.com/LQKqj4pLdm
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) February 17, 2022
znModeratorRams have too many people to sign.
If Whitworth retires, which he probably will, then they need to sign Noteboom.
Stafford has to be extended.
Beyond that, which is going to be expensive enough, they have a long list of both UFAs and RFAS.
UFAs:
Miller, Beckham, Williams, Michel, Corbett, Deayon, Powell, Mundt, Allen, Joseph-Day.
That includes 5 or 6 starters. They can’t sign them all obviously. In fact, maybe at best just 1 or 2.
RFAs:
Shelton, Howard, Gay, Reeder.
RFAs are cheaper but they add up. If they don’t sign Allen they need Shelton, Howard is a find and combined with Jones would make a great ILB duo, and Gay is the best kicker they’re had since back when Zuerlein was still good.
znModeratorThe Rams obviously have no shot at any blue chip draftees, and maybe no red chippers, either. I don’t know when they first pick, or how many picks they have. They will be looking to add a lot of bodies, and sift through them in camp. That strategy made them champions, so I’m on board with the McSnead train.
Interestingly enough though they get real value out of the lower rounds. Think how many of their guys were low picks. Which is of course the way they have to go with a team that is built around a handful of stars who take up half their cap.
The only high pick they spent on their OL, for example, is Havenstein (2nd round). They have a FA plus a 3rd (Noteboom), a 4th (Allen), 2 5ths (Edwards and Corbett),a 7th (Anchrum), and 2 UDFAs (Shelton and Jackson). (Corbett was a 2nd rounder they traded a 5th for).
It’s possible that next year’s safeties are Scott (7th) and Fuller (6th).
February 19, 2022 at 10:55 am in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136725znModeratorOne drive to win #SBLVI, and Matthew Stafford and @CooperKupp came through. (via @NFLFilms) pic.twitter.com/cndMbrQL25
— NFL (@NFL) February 19, 2022
February 19, 2022 at 1:12 am in reply to: annual coaches leave, coaches replaced thread…2022 #136704znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueThe Rams were able to block O’Connell and the Vikings’ interview request for DBs assistant Jonathan Cooley in effort to keep him on staff. Even more important with Evero departing.February 18, 2022 at 11:17 pm in reply to: annual coaches leave, coaches replaced thread…2022 #136700znModeratorMike Klis@mikeklisMore movement from Fangio staff: Per sources, Chris Beake, a Denver assist coach since start of 2013 season, is new LBers coach for Super Bowl-champion Rams. Son of former Broncos GM John Beake, Chris was Broncos defensive pass-game coordinator in 2021.znModeratorThis vid pretty clearly shows Jalen running with Chase 5+ yards after Burrow is in the grasp of AD (for all the Bengals fans) https://t.co/8TNXQFaRao
— Rams24/7 (@Rams24_7) February 19, 2022
February 18, 2022 at 10:43 pm in reply to: annual coaches leave, coaches replaced thread…2022 #136697znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueRams/McVay looking at a couple of candidates for OC vacancy as they work through filling that spot. Hankton, Coen now among known external possibilities..There will likely be some re-shuffling happening on the Rams’ staff through the weekend alongside hires/departures. If you see a new name attached to a certain position, does not necessarily mean the previous assistant is leaving. Also going to move quick w combine/FA close..Ian Rapoport@RapSheetThe #Rams requested to interview #LSU passing game coordinator Cortez Hankton for their vacant OC job, sources say. Sean McVay searching far and wide. Hankton now has the same job Joe Brady did at LSU, and before that, he led UGA to first in the SEC in yards per pass attempt.znModeratorAndrew Whitworth wore a t-shirt of @CooperKupp in high school at the @RamsNFL parade! 😂
📸 @JourdanRodrigue pic.twitter.com/GiW8XmLW9G
— NFL UK (@NFLUK) February 18, 2022
February 18, 2022 at 7:16 pm in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136688znModeratorznModeratorOur game-winning drive was the longest fourth-quarter go-ahead touchdown drive in Super Bowl history.
See other records + more from SBLVI. ⤵️
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 18, 2022
znModeratorThe Rams struggled to run the ball in the Super Bowl. But on the game winning drive Cam Akers pulled out this 8 yard run to get the ball inside the Bengals 10. It was the longest run for the Rams all game. pic.twitter.com/u1BBPfF2kA
— 𝕋𝕠𝕞 (@TL_LARams) February 18, 2022
znModeratorJohn Lavallo@johnlavalloListening to Brycen Hopkins on NFL Radio and he said on the final drive he was convinced the no-look pass was coming to HIM bc 9 was looking right at him.Eric Cohen@ecmusicagencyBoth the FIRST and LAST drives by the Bengals ended with Joe Burrow incompletions on 4th and 1 from the Ram 49..J.B. Long@JB_LongPretty remarkable isn’t it how 4th & short defined that game, when you mix in the Kupp jet sweep? -
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