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znModeratorMight Rams be interested in bringing back Todd Gurley? Nope
SAM FARMER
https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2021-07-26/rams-bringing-back-todd-gurley
What the Rams plan to do at running back has yet to be determined.
What they don’t plan to do is more clear.
In his first face-to-face meeting with reporters Monday, coach Sean McVay dampened speculation of a reunion with free agent running back Todd Gurley, once the centerpiece of the Rams’ offense.
“I don’t think that’s something we’re exploring right now, just the veteran route,” said McVay, in search of answers at the position in the wake of the season-ending torn Achilles tendon Cam Akers sustained while working out last week. The Rams open training camp Wednesday at UC Irvine.
“Todd has obviously been a huge part of a lot of good things for the Rams. I know for me personally, I’m very grateful for all the good things that Todd did and what it meant for our team’s success and the leader that he was.”
After the Rams released him, Gurley signed with the Atlanta Falcons before last season and wound up running for 678 yards and nine touchdowns. Recently, Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson told TMZ Sports that re-signing Gurley would be a “no-brainer” for the Rams.
McVay didn’t permanently close the door on the possibility — “To say that you would never do it, you don’t want to pigeonhole yourself into that…” — but said he’s focused on the running backs currently on the roster, in particular Darrell Henderson.
“He’s the most established guy in that room,” McVay said of the third-year back who ran for 624 yards and five touchdowns last season. “You can see when he gets the ball in his hand and puts his foot in the ground, there’s a burst and he’s sturdy too.
“I think he is a complete back, very similar to how you’ve heard me talk about Cam. Our biggest challenge is not figuring out if he’s capable of doing it, it’s finding that sweet spot of, all right, how do we maximize Darrell Henderson while also getting some of these other guys involved?”
All that will be worked out during practice, and in games that count. McVay is sticking to his philosophy of resting starters in preseason games.
“I can promise you,” the coach said, “you’re not seeing Darrell Henderson in the preseason.”
A major part of establishing a running game is getting the right combination of blockers up front. Of primary concern is who is snapping the ball to new quarterback Matthew Stafford. Center Austin Blythe signed a free-agent deal with Kansas City, leaving a void at the position.
Still on the roster is Brian Allen, who started nine games in 2019 but has been sidelined for much of the last two seasons because of a knee injury.
The plan is to slide Austin Corbett from right guard to center.
“I feel really good about Austin’s ability to do that,” McVay said. “We know he has played really high-level ball at the guard position. Brian Allen has played good ball for us too. I think we’re really in the midst of figuring out what is the best collaboration and collection of those five guys looks like.”
He added: “When we line up the first-team period, Austin will take that first rep.”
znModeratorCorbett is expected to be the team’s starting center this year after Austin Blythe left in free agency, but he hasn’t yet earned that spot. He’ll face competition from Brian Allen and Coleman Shelton in camp, McVay said, but he will get the first-team reps when practice does begin.
So essentially, it’s his job to lose right now.
“I feel really good about Austin’s ability to do that,” McVay said. “We know he’s played really high-level ball at the right guard position. And Brian Allen is a guy that’s played good football for us, too. I think we’re really in the midst of figuring out what is that best collaboration and collection of those five guys up front look like. I was really pleased with what Brian Allen did throughout the course of the spring. I was really pleased with what Austin Corbett did. so we’re going to figure that out, and I think Coleman Shelton is another guy at the center spot that, man, we’ve always really liked what he’s done. He’s got a good poise about himself, but getting more opportunities to physically illustrate what he can do on the field is something that I’m excited about. But when we line up the first team period, Austin will take that first rep, but he could start at right guard, he could start at center, Brian Allen is definitely going to get an opportunity to compete and I think he’s earned that, so we’ll see what it looks like.”
znModeratorSean McVay says all Rams staff is vaccinated and “close to 100 percent on players.” He says team expects to have close to 100 percent vaccinated by the start of the season. Adds that Reggie Scott and Les Snead have spoken a lot with players, helped educate on info and protocols.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) July 26, 2021
znModerator#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has indicated to people close to him that he does plan to play for GB this season, sources say. That is the expectation. Many factors at play, but with GM Brian Gutekunst saying he is “hopeful” for a positive outcome, there is a glimmer of optimism.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Ernest Jones, Jake Funk, Austin Corbett, & a ton more vids #131116znModeratorznModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Early leader in training camp quotes is ILB Ernest Jones. Asked him about personnel people’s praise of how he negotiates traffic in the middle; he said, “that’s just God-given talent. That’s just a smoothness inside the box that I play with. When I need to be aggressive andneed to press things, I can do that – but if I can slip and slide you, I’ll do that too.
“I see myself slipping through, making a bunch of plays behind the LOS and impacting (opponents) – making them have a fit when it comes to playing No. 50.”
znModeratorEXCLUSIVE: Frito-Lay worker Brandon Ingram was severely electrocuted on the job, disabled and denied medical care.
Now Brandon, his wife, and children are being stalked and secretly filmed by company agents.
This is the most disturbing Frito-Lay story we’ve covered. pic.twitter.com/1bNixsckEt
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 26, 2021
znModerator#Rams rookie TE Jacob Harris at the podium yesterday during training camp interviews. pic.twitter.com/IqHlwVxxdK
— DOWNTOWN RAMS [DTR] (@DowntownRams) July 26, 2021
znModeratorCrazy that Frito-Lay workers had to go on strike nearly 3 weeks just to win the right not to have to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week
Now they can "only" be forced to work 12 hours a day 6 days a week
Going from 84 hrs a week to 72 hrs sounds like a 19th century labor victory https://t.co/5leo3T3WOm
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) July 25, 2021
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znModeratorTutu Atwell worked out with Teddy Bridgewater and got in throwing sessions with him in Miami this offseason. https://t.co/uhlE5Co5vv
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) July 26, 2021
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue, from https://theathletic.com/2729638/2021/07/25/what-we-learned-as-new-rams-including-qb-matthew-stafford-and-rookies-reported-to-training-camp/?source=emp_shared_article
• Atwell weighs 155 pounds, he confirmed. But the Rams would like him to add about 6 pounds and play at 160-161, he added — no easy feat, considering his metabolism.
“It’s tough, I have a fast metabolism — it burns fast,” he said, laughing. “It is what it is … I try my best, the coaches know that, so we’re just going to do what we’ve got to do.
• Harris, who rotated into quite a bit of first-team reps in the spring with veteran Tyler Higbee not practicing, said he’ll continue to be the versatile tight end/receiver hybrid the Rams hoped he could be when drafting him this spring (he’ll also compete on special teams, likely in all four phases).
“It was something that I was ready for, and I didn’t take any of those reps for granted,” he said. “It was a blessing to be out there in general … to be in there with the ones, they run a little bit faster. Being able to hear the signal calls and to be out there in full phase like that, it was good.”
Harris won’t add much weight, he confirmed, because the Rams want to keep his explosiveness and speed where it is and don’t want a ton of extra bulk. So when it comes to the blocking he may do when aligned at tight end, he’s focusing on gaining the right leverage — playing smarter where he may not always win the physical contest.
znModeratorWe are nearing a point at which this plastic pollution crisis will be irreversible. Individuals can make choices to be plastic free, but true responsibility lies with producers.
Companies must #EndPlasticPollution pic.twitter.com/xvp9qRvbLP
— Nirere Sadrach 🇺🇬 (@SadrachNirere) July 22, 2021
znModeratorznModeratorznModeratorznModeratorznModeratorznModeratorThe Rams lost John Johnson in free agency and replacing him will be no small task. https://t.co/UWozX7jOPd
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) July 25, 2021
July 25, 2021 at 10:29 am in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #131086znModeratorBecause of segregation, Einstein refused to speak at white universities and almost exclusively went to black colleges at the end of his career.
"The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it." pic.twitter.com/CRtNpNf9nu
— Gritty is the Way (@Gritty20202) July 21, 2021
znModeratorXavier Jones highlights are ridiculous. Don’t understand how he went undrafted but I can understand why he made the Rams roster. Also, he kept scoring in the Rams scrimmages at SoFi. pic.twitter.com/WWrbpMH1t3
— HoldenCantor (@HoldenCantor) July 25, 2021
znModeratorA #NFL team called today interested in working out & signing a free agent client. When they found out he wasn’t vaccinated they were no longer interested. The rules the #NFL implemented in reality mandates the vaccine for back end roster type players.
— Chad Speck (@a3Chad) July 24, 2021
znModeratorSry, I didn’t look close enough. Sometimes I just rush things and grab and post. 😎
But don’t be so hard on me. If it weren’t for me, no one here would know yet that the Rams managed to get Von Miller from Denver to be the Rams edge rusher–all for just a 3rd rounder. That’s according to Peter Keng on the Sports Illustrious site.
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znModeratorBruce Arians: Buccaneers will fine unvaccinated players $14,000 for every protocol breach. https://t.co/lELS9jp4wn
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 24, 2021
znModeratorBreaking: At least 59 dead, 1300 missing, after heavy rain caused severe flooding in western Germany. pic.twitter.com/4RHJLzVkmN
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) July 15, 2021
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Climate scientists shocked by scale of #floods in large parts of Western Europe. Over 100 people now known dead, 100s missing.
In the middle of a pandemic.
The #ClimateCrisis is not a single crisis but a host of interlocking ones, all accelerating fast. https://t.co/47SnBpZy3n
— Tom Scott (@Tom___Scott) July 16, 2021
znModeratorAlbert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. #PiDay
It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc² pic.twitter.com/iKLhzAio4t
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 14, 2021
znModeratorTHIS IS SO VILE!
His name is Nick Fuentes and he is a Holocaust denier.
He literally laughs as he denies the possibility of killing 6 million Jews in 5 years.THIS IS HATE SPEECH!
Report him and get his ass off of @Twitter @jack @TwitterSupport— KID VICIOUS🔪 (@kirkacevedo) June 29, 2021
July 24, 2021 at 5:04 am in reply to: Nurses fired for not getting COVID-19 vaccine explain their rationale #131061znModerator"This is not just a disease of the elderly and frail"
Younger adults admitted to hospital with Covid almost as likely to suffer from complications as those over 50 years old, study says https://t.co/QwIiKVBrWP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 16, 2021
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