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znModeratorStock up, stock down from Rams training camp: Allen and Jackson rising, Lewis falling
* https://theramswire.usatoday.com/lists/rams-training-camp-stock-up-down-best-worst-players/
The Rams wrapped up training camp at UC Irvine on Tuesday afternoon, their 10th and final practice on campus. They now head back to Thousand Oaks as they prepare for their first preseason game, which is on Saturday against the Chargers.
There’s still time to sort out position battles and figure out who on the roster bubble will wind up making the team, but camp helped provide a lot of clarity on the Rams’ current collection of players.
Here’s a stock report from camp, highlighting those who are rising and pointing out players who are heading in the wrong direction.
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Stock up: C Brian AllenIn the final two days of camp, Allen managed to go from clear backup to current starter at center. He took first-team reps on Monday and Tuesday before Sean McVay told reporters at the end of camp that he would be the team’s starting center over Austin Corbett if they were to play a game right now.
McVay even went as far as to say he was one of the Rams’ standouts in camp. Now healthy again, Allen seems poised to start in Week 1.
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Stock down: OLB Terrell LewisLewis just can’t seem to stay healthy. He was held out of practice this week after his knee started acting up again, as McVay described it. The second-year pass rusher didn’t have his name called often during camp and is clearly behind Justin Hollins opposite Leonard Floyd at outside linebacker. It seems he’s destined for a similar role as he had last season, coming into the game situationally as a pass rusher.
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Stock up: WR DeSean JacksonThere were plenty of doubters and skeptics when the Rams signed Jackson to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million this offseason, but he’s looked fantastic in camp. Seemingly every day he’s making catches deep down the field for touchdowns, proving he still has that top-end speed and can threaten defenses. Expect him to play a big role on offense this season, assuming he’s able to stay healthy.
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Stock down: TE Brycen HopkinsThe Rams have shared plenty of highlights of Tyler Higbee and Jacob Harris making plays, and we know Johnny Mundt has been getting reps with the second team, looking like the No. 2 tight end. But Hopkins had a very quiet camp, similar to the way his rookie year went. He’s listed as the third tight end on the depth chart, but it’s hard to see him having much of a role this season, especially if Harris keeps rising the way he has.
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Stock up: ILB Kenny YoungYoung has emerged as a likely starter for the Rams at inside linebacker, which is a pleasant surprise. They need a steady player at that position after cycling through guys last season, and Young has previous experience as a starter with the Ravens. He still has to earn the starting spot and it remains to be seen who will be the Rams’ third-down linebacker in nickel and dime packages, but Young really stepped up in camp.
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Stock down: RG Bobby Evans(AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
McVay has said glowing things about Allen and Corbett, clearly stating that if Allen starts at center, Corbett will be the right guard. He mentioned that Evans is a guy they have confidence in to come in and play if needed, but he hasn’t earned a starting job on the offensive line. In fact, it might be Evans’ play that has led the Rams to move Corbett to right guard and bumping Allen up to the starting role. Evans is a good player, but he still has room to improve as a guard.
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Stock up: RB Xavier JonesMcVay said Tuesday that he thinks Jones is “going to carve out a role for himself” and someone the Rams are “expecting to count on throughout the season.” That’s high praise for the second-year back, and it seems he’s poised to emerge as Darrell Henderson Jr.’s backup. McVay added that Jones is aware and willing in pass protection, a crucial part of playing the position, especially if he’s going to be a third-down back for the Rams. Jake Funk has also done a nice job and impressed McVay, but Jones has received a lot of high marks from the coach.
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Stock down: ILB Christian RozeboomRozeboom is an intriguing player but one who’s fallen behind a bit at outside linebacker. Ernest Jones had a good camp, as did Young and Travin Howard. Micah Kiser and Troy Reeder don’t seem to be going anywhere, either, making Rozeboom the sixth linebacker. That’s probably not enough to earn a spot on the 53-man roster, unless he can vault Kiser, Reeder or Howard in the preseason. He could be destined for another year on the practice squad if he doesn’t make the 53-man team.
August 12, 2021 at 11:48 am in reply to: Rams on all-time top 100 NFL players list (Deacon is 16) #131487znModeratorAt No. 30, Merlin Olsen was a ‘gentle giant’ off the field and relentless on it
As we prepared this summer to honor all-time Los Angeles Rams great Merlin Olsen as No. 30 on The Athletic’s NFL 100, we asked fans who had memories of Olsen — no matter how large or how small — to share them with us.
Notes about Olsen flooded in, in waves as giant as he was. But they also rippled with the same kindness.
Many remember Olsen as the Hall of Famer. The five-time first-team All-Pro defensive lineman who anchored one-quarter of the “Fearsome Foursome” in the 1960s and ’70s, who quietly accumulated 14 Pro Bowl berths, who sat offensive linemen up out of their socks, who held the wall and occupied the space that allowed the swords and arrows to fly all around him and at the poor quarterback on the other side.
“Back in the mid-’70s I had a teacher in junior college, became a friend, named Leon Donahue,” wrote Rory Copeland, in an email to The Athletic. “He played offensive guard for the 49ers and the Cowboys in (the) ’60s,” said Copeland. “I once asked him ‘Leon, who was the toughest defensive lineman you ever played against?’
“Without hesitation he said ‘Merlin Olsen. It was like wrestling a bear — a bear that never got tired.’”
Joe Marciano, a native New Yorker and lifelong Rams fan, once caught a game against the New York Giants deep in enemy territory at Yankee Stadium in 1970. The Rams were out of playoff contention that year, while the Giants just needed to beat the Rams to get to their first playoff appearance in seven years. That week, the New York City newspapers were out for blood. They splashed the headline, “All I Want for Christmas is Rams’ Soup,” as Marciano recalled.
“I was with a close high school friend who was a huge Giants fan,” he wrote. “What we witnessed in Yankee Stadium was Olsen totally dominating the entire Giants offense. He harassed (Fran) Tarkenton unmercifully all day long and shut down the middle of the line of scrimmage. This, all in a game that meant nothing to the Rams and everything to the Giants. The final score was 31-3 Rams.
“On the way home after the game, my dejected friend was very quiet, but he made one observation. He said: ‘It was all Merlin Olsen.’ I said, ‘What about Deacon Jones?’ And my friend said, ‘Not today. Today it was all Merlin Olsen. He’s the best I’ve ever seen.’”
Some remember Olsen through his illustrious acting career, with roles as the title character on the show “Father Murphy” in the 1980s, or as Jonathan Garvey in “Little House on the Prairie”.
“Merlin,” wrote Bob Rozinski, a Rams fan since 1961, of watching Olsen play these roles, “was the kind of guy that you wished you had as a member of your family.
“He was always portrayed as a gentle giant off the football field,” wrote Rams fan P.C. Lehmann. “On the football field, by all accounts, he was still a gentleman — but as my father used to say, ‘Until the whistle blew, he was a relentless man on the hunt, driven from something beyond.’ As a kid, I didn’t even know what that meant but it stuck with me.”
Copeland said that his friend, Donahue, agreed about Olsen’s quiet persona, which he’d switch to the other side when he needed to.
“He didn’t say much because he didn’t have to,” he said. “But, once, by the end of the third quarter Leon was dragging and before a snap, Merlin quietly said to him, ‘Leon, you gotta stop drinking so much beer.’ That’s all he said. And Donahue knew he was right.”
Olsen gravitated toward people, just as he pulled them into his own gravity. Jimmy Marchini used to bring his brand-new portable television (the 1970s model that plugged into his car’s cigarette lighter, thanks very much) to the Coliseum parking lot before Rams games so that fans waiting to catch sight of the players coming in could also catch that morning’s games. Olsen stopped by so often to talk a little football, and get the scores and matchups himself, that he came to know Marchini and his wife by name. Olsen loomed over everybody’s heads but was soft-spoken and kind-eyed — until it was time to head into the tunnel.
“There would come that moment when the smile would fade, his eyes would narrow, and he’d head toward the Coliseum; always with a gracious goodbye and a ‘See ya next home game’,” wrote Marchini. “You could easily see the transition in his countenance when he turned to enter the Coliseum. Game prep for Merlin began long before donning the uniform … The one thing my wife and I could be sure of, as sure as the sun coming up, was that Merlin was going to give it 100 percent that day.”
Jeff Vandee, a third-generation Rams fan, recalled his grandfather’s favorite Olsen story.
“It was the late ’60s early ’70s and he was on his way home from work and decided to stop for a beer, (at) a local watering hole in Long Beach called Mr. C’s,” he wrote. “During these years, Long Beach was a popular hangout location for many Rams players. My grandfather, while having a drink, got into a heated discussion with former Rams linebacker Myron Pottios. Not sure who started the fight, but it turned into ‘let’s take it outside’. As both men stood to head for the door, Merlin, now aware of the situation, stepped between the two men to calm the situation and have them separated. From my understanding, Merlin was highly respected amongst his NFL peers … Merlin was a gentle giant and peacemaker.”
Tom Bradford, a Rams fan since he was 15 years old, remembers a night at the old Palomino Club in North Hollywood, Calif. — where Bradford and his wife were celebrating her birthday.
“Shortly after we were seated, in walked the entire Rams front 4 (this was the year that Jack Youngblood supplanted Deacon Jones)!” he said. “They sat down just a few feet from us. I went on and on to my wife about who they were. I didn’t think it would be cool to bother them. (But) all of a sudden she just got up and walked over to their table and talked with them … Merlin Olsen gets up and follows her back to our table where he sat and talked with the two of us for probably 10 minutes. A little football, but mostly he asked us about us. Truly a gentle, kind man that simply didn’t fit his demeanor on the football field as one of the ‘Fearsome Foursome.’ I’m 74 now, and I can still mentally picture it today just as it happened then.”
Little moments stick with people. Everyday things, small memories, things passed down and cherished, can keep a person with us forever. That’s football; that’s life.
Lisa Olsen, Merlin’s niece on her father’s side, carries so many of them with her. Merlin Olsen passed away from cancer in 2010, at age 69.
“He was just Uncle Merlin,” she said, when speaking with The Athletic via phone in July. “Just super sweet to his kids, never ever acted like he was ever anything more than the rest of us …
“I remember his hands. He’d go to show us something, as a kid, and it was just like, ‘Dang … they’re just massive.’ But he was so kind, and gentle, and warm and genuine — you just felt that more than the physical feeling of (him). He would always make sure, if he was talking to you, that he’d always get down right by you. … He was so huge that he could have felt scary, but never. And his smile … oh, it could just completely melt your heart in an instant.”
Merlin Olsen opened a Porsche/Audi dealership in Encino, Calif., and when Lisa Olsen moved from Boise, Idaho, out to southern California in her 20s for her first big job, Olsen looked out for her. One of her prized possessions from that time? A license plate frame that Merlin gave her from the dealership that had his name on it.
“I keep him with me every day — since 1985,” she said.
Olsen, now 54 and the CFO of a gasket company in Long Beach, Calif., keeps the license plate frame on every car she owns, to this day. Sometimes, she’ll be at the grocery store and every so often, someone older will stop her, having watched her drive in.
“I haven’t seen one of those in a long time,” they’ll say, and Lisa will tell them a little bit about her uncle. She said whoever approaches her also usually has a memory of her uncle, from watching him play or even meeting him by chance — just like the people who wrote in for this piece.
She said they’ll always smile — she knows the one; that wistful smile people get when they’re missing somebody, missing their uncle, their pal, their colleague, their favorite player who just happened to be a damn good person, too. That smile of sweet, sad nostalgia that comes when people who love this game miss the way they felt back then, when they watched one of the greatest to ever play dig his cleats into the Southern California grass.
But this is how we keep the ones we love with us, pieced together in our minds and hearts. And it’s what connects us — strangers, family, players, writers, friends — ever still.
znModerator"I've never been fired before," Anthony Lynn told @LATimesfarmer. Nor had Jared Goff, who once shared a city, a building and L.A. success with Lynn. Displaced in L.A., the two are looking to reclaim their football reps in Detroit. Sam speaks with both. https://t.co/OBNCwViWMJ
— Chris Stone (@LAT_ChrisStone) August 12, 2021
August 11, 2021 at 8:46 pm in reply to: Nurses fired for not getting COVID-19 vaccine explain their rationale #131478znModeratorIf an adult gets sick w/ Covid after foregoing vaccination (other than due to an auto-immune issue or related medical issue), they should go to the end of the line, not the front, if hospitals run out of room. Listen. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/raN9uByVyj
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) August 11, 2021
znModeratorHey, Joe.
I’m not sure anymore…
I affiliate with the “none’s”.
12 years of Catholic school (French Canadian nuns from 1 to 8 and the Jesuits for 9 through 12) kind of beat religion out of me.
He is my oldest brother, first son for my dad. Maybe my dad fucked him up. Maybe his wife, who seems very religious is warping him.I went to a Jesuit high school too.
znModeratorWho will start at outside linebacker with Leonard Floyd? Justin Hollins and Ogbo Okoronkwo are competing for the job. Terrell Lewis is again dealing with a knee issue. https://t.co/3tGpR9pKpE
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) August 11, 2021
znModeratorLMU93
best 5 O-Lineman on the field. That’s what it’s always about and why I also want to see both get work at center in preseason.
I really believe this is less about just Allen vs. Corbett at C and more about Corbett/Evans vs. Allen/Corbett at C/RG. That’s really what they’re figuring out
This is not a done deal yet. I’d give it two more weeks before it is. They will know their starting OL right after the 2nd preseason game.
znModeratorNFL: don’t get too excited near your opponent after you make a play it’s taunting
Bill Belichick: pic.twitter.com/RFK6JhWSkT
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 11, 2021
znModeratorCameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Darious Williams missed practice yesterday with “a little bit of an ankle,” while Van Jefferson was held out due to COVID issues that McVay believes was a false positiveznModeratorHere's a close look at the goofy narrative that Kirk Cousins got criticized too much and Lamar Jackson didn't get criticized enough for not getting vaccinated. https://t.co/IPq6WWcmQ2
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021 at 8:40 am in reply to: Rams news: Woolford won’t play in p.s., Allen now starter at OC #131461znModeratorMaybe they don’t have a star at every position, but they have a deep rooster. imo</span>
It’s a very interesting team, no question. Right now the biggest holes appear to be at LB, though maybe someone steps up. They might have a very very good DL. IMO the OL will be fine…the problems at OL won’t surface until 2022.
…August 11, 2021 at 7:15 am in reply to: Rams news: Woolford won’t play in p.s., Allen now starter at OC #131456znModeratorMatthew Stafford, Devlin Hodges and Bryce Perkins will have to carry the team through the preseason games with Wolford out.
Except the last we heard, Stafford will not play at all in the p.s. We will get to see a lot of Perkins. Some Rams fans are fairly high on Perkins. We’ll see.
August 11, 2021 at 7:12 am in reply to: Rams news: Woolford won’t play in p.s., Allen now starter at OC #131455znModeratorfrom Brian Allen has reassumed the role of starting center in Rams training camp
It seemed the Los Angeles Rams offensive staff’s plan all offseason was to roll with Austin Corbett at the starting center position and Bobby Evans as his replacement at right guard. That was the belief up until Monday, when Brian Allen had clearly assumed the role of starting center, with Corbett back at right guard, as he had been all of 2020.
The Rams released their unofficial depth chart on Tuesday, with it listing Corbett at starting center and Allen on the second team, but I wouldn’t put any stock into that. Head Coach Sean McVay appeared on Rams camp live today with LA Rams broadcaster J.B. Long and was asked “Do you have more answers or questions regarding who is going to snap that first football to Matthew Stafford against the Chicago Bears?”
Here was McVay’s response:
I think we are starting to get some clarity on that, Brian Allen is really starting to assert himself and Austin Corbett has been outstanding at the right guard position. Bobby Evans is another guy we expect that if need be, he can play at a high level; but Brian has really done a nice job and were going to continue to evaluate it but if we were to play right now he’s (Allen) has done a good job and would be our center.
In his presser following Tuesday’s practice, McVay noted that if you are looking for one of those “stand out” players of training camp this year, Brian Allen would be that guy, according to Turf Show Times’ Kenneth Arthur.
Allen last appeared in the 2019 season where he started nine games for the Rams but since then he has been struggling with injuries. It was a struggle for him in that 2019 season but McVay has reiterated on multiple occasions that he has done a nice job in camp.
znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Jacob Harris has me believing the Rams TE room has a chance to improve, not regress, in 2021. And even as I type that, I’m incredulous. Mundt’s performance also factors into that statement.Rookie LB Ernest Jones continues to show up more and more often. A red zone INT during 7-on-7 work.
Whatever cautious expectations I may have had for Desean Jackson and his potential role, he’s easily surpassed them in this Rams camp.
(Well aware that external skepticism doesn’t have anything to do with August contributions.)
File this one away and we can circle back to check it in 2022…
I’ll be surprised if Matthew Stafford doesn’t enjoy career-best levels of separation and YAC from his Rams targets this season.
Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Little blurb from Sean McVay: It’ll almost be like playing ‘Where’s Waldo’ for the opposing offense, in terms of finding out where Jalen (Ramsey) will be.znModeratorCompetition is the name of the game 😤 @JacobHarris87 pic.twitter.com/oELgzb105e
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 10, 2021
znModeratorHoldenCantor@HoldenCantor
Sean McVay just now on Rams camp live said if they were to play the bears right now, Brian Allen would be the starting center.znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Bryce Perkins threw one up to the corner of the end zone during goal line period.
“Surely that is too high,” I thought. Then I saw Jacob Harris jump up…up…up…TD. Whoa.znModeratorbubbaramfan
11 on 11 had a new look on OL. Brian Allen was at C and Austin Corbett RG, but not always. Evans got snaps in at RG and Corbett got snaps in at C. Didn’t see anybody else play LG, LT and RT other than Edwards, Whitworth and Havenstien.
2nd team OL had some changes also. Anchrum was the only one to play RT, Shelton and Evans played RG, Kolone got a lot of snaps at C along with Allen. Brewer and Noteboom always at LG and LT. Didn’t see Aleric Jackson out there at all today.
I’m guessing thery’re still trying to get a feel for thier backup OL. Evans seems to be demoted. Shelton didn’t help his cause with bad snaps at C. Kolone didn;t mess any up helping his cause.
My take: Allen has bulked up and gotten stronger. He looks 10-15lbs heavier and much thicker than 2 yeas ago when I last attended a TC. He gets off his snap very well and has held his own against SJD, Gaines and A’Shawn. He’s opening holes in the run. Corbett is a better G than Evans and it looks like at this point Allen is as least as good as Corbett at C. This is NOT the Allen we saw 2 years ago.
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
The Rams switched most first team C reps to Allen with two days left in camp, after initially moving Corbett from RG to all C work through the spring/summer. He’s trending back toward RG now. Says a lot at once about
– Allen in pads
– Best option at RG
– Yes, perhaps the run gameznModeratorWolford is back. He is not in pads but will likely get an on-field workout today considering he has his cleats: pic.twitter.com/YnalbgOEzV
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) August 10, 2021
znModeratorThe Greatest Show on Turf will soon be complete in Hall Of Fame Gold. One man remains. 2022 has to be the year for Torry Holt @AllHands81 the lone WR of the “2000s All-Decade Team” yet to be inducted. His time is now! @ProFootballHOF, the campaign marches on #Holt22HOF pic.twitter.com/Oi0HsarAKr
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) August 10, 2021
znModeratorAlec Ogletree was in Chicago visiting his friend Robert Quinn and came to Halas Hall to watch Jasmine Camacho-Quinn win her gold medal. He was able to chat with some coaches there and the #Bears decided to sign him. Five practices later, he has six interceptions.
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) August 10, 2021
znModeratorRams have released their first unofficial depth chart:
▪️Corbett at C
▪️ Reeder/Young starting ILBs
▪️Hollins starting at EDGE
▪️Woods, Kupp, DJax top 3 WRs
▪️Hopkins>Harris at TE
▪️Kupp listed at PR and Calais at KR— BGrisakDTR💭 (@bgrisakDTR) August 10, 2021
znModeratorI hope you and WV continue your dialogue, and if you have the time, get more specific?
There’s very little chance of that. Time. I have to be satisfied with “position statements.”
znModeratorMcVay liked the way the Rams’ defense played [against Dallas], but it was a different story with the offense. He didn’t call out any players in particular, but he did say the offense can be much better than it was on Saturday.
“Offensively, I think we can be a lot better,” he said Monday. “I think there were some good things that we flashed, but it’s a different front – the way that we’re hitting blocks and doing some different things was new. We didn’t game plan it, but I still expect more from that group. I think we’ve got enough guys that have played a lot of football that want us to be sharper in our overall execution from one snap to the next. You might have a good play, but the good offenses, they consistently stack good plays after one another. And I didn’t think we did as good a job as I expect us to do.”
znModeratorDo the LA Rams have a center controversy on their hands? It seems that Brian Allen has re-entered the starting conversation https://t.co/WnuW1yCwnM
— TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) August 10, 2021
znModerator(I’d add another link for that, but it likely won’t make it past the spam check.)
Don’t let that hinder things. Always just post. It’s all easily fixed. I see that the link is posted…but for the future, if you’re worried about the spam monster and don’t like any delays then just message me via the “chat” message app down to the right and put the link there and I will post it.
I am here to protest and serve.
😎
znModerator— SportsGrid (@SportsGrid) August 10, 2021
znModeratorfrom Rodrique: https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2018/11/kareem-orr/
Kareem Orr
Orr had a great week of camp, no question, and it culminated with a play in the red zone against the Cowboys’ second-team offense in which Orr broke up a would-be touchdown. With rookie Robert Rochell still recovering post-wrist-surgery, Orr will probably get a lot of playing time in the preseason and the Rams will get a long look at him against non-teammates, too — especially as they evaluate their depth situation at corner.
Player- Kareem Orr
Position – Cornerback
School- Chattanooga
Height – 5’11
Weight- 195 lbNFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kareem Orr, DB, UT-Chattanooga
* https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2018/11/kareem-orr/
Diamond Report
He might not be the tallest corner in this draft but he is definitely not undersized at almost six foot. He is a strong muscular with exceptional vision & ball skills. He is tough athletic with the lateral vertical talent that matches up with many DB’s several inches bigger than Orr.
In pass coverage have seen him play both inside & out with efficiency has the tenacity to play nickel if need be with the long speed along with the confidence to play on the outside. Plays off coverage very well, breaking in front of routes cutting them off for an INT or gets his hands in the way. Quick twitch player recognizing calls and playing the ball making interceptions, batting balls down or sizing up an RB on a screen. He has no problem diving leaping or jumping to break up a play. He is a hardnose defender with a knack for being around the ball.
On run defense/ tackling, Orr is a strong tackler like a scud missile goes low takes out the legs of Relentlessly tracking down players or keeping them in front of himself squares his shoulders using his strength & quickness to bring guys to the turf. Versatile DB that is a sound effective hitter that can be a stud in run support.
Be great at a slot position or has also played plenty of safety in College. He could play outside but his ability to get out in front of a wideout is tremendous. Has the power & toughness to take down much bigger players like TEs or big backs. He has the quickness, awareness tenacity to be a special talent in the nickel for the right D scheme. For many years to come. Or be a very good strong safety as well that can stay on the field on all downs.
His Great tackling ability could make him an asset on special teams too. A DB willing to go up and make a big play. Great timing on pass plays as well, as the vision needed in the run game. Can diagnosis plays well and reads the QB’s eyes.
My final summary is that Orr is an athletic quick twitch tough DB that has the speed & versatility to entice many scouts to give him a shot in a camp this spring. I see Orr as a late round or Undrafted Free agent that could make an in=midiate impact both on special teams & adding depth to an already strong secondary. The right DB coach could make 6 Pick Reem a household name.
znModeratorVeteranRamFan
CAMP REPORT AUG 9
Seeing Allen at C and Corbet at RG was a shock. But even more shocking was all the different looks the O line had. It was almost like they had a pass blocking line when it was a pass play and then changed out everybody on the O line for a run play. Lots of players getting lots of different looks.
K. Orr is something else! What a great pick up by the Rams staff. Pass break ups, pass defended, almost intercepted one on Higbee.
Van Jefferson is light years ahead of last year! He runs great routes, gets good separation and when he is covered tight, high points the ball and comes down with the contested catches. Some of his moves are impressive. He’s breaking a lot of DB’s ankles out there.
Jake Funk is just fun to watch! He ran one in from about 8 yards out, good cuts, balance and fast. No one really touched him. I guess we could give credit to the O line for it’s blocking scheme.
D Henderson broke off a long run due to some excellent blocking that created a huge hole up the middle.I think today the D won. Had a few sacks, a couple of tipped balls and plenty of pass break ups. The O had it’s moments as previously stated, but I felt today was the first day that my Rams may actually be human and not all have super powers! We’re going to win a lot of games but we will also lose some in the process. My prediction? 13-4 at the best and 11-6 at our worst.
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