Jalen Ramsey can’t help but wonder what could have been if he chose track and field over football. https://t.co/jfA9d7YUsG

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) June 29, 2021

2021 NFL offseason trade rankings: Rams’ push for Matthew Stafford headlines most impactful deals in offseason

Jared Dubin

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-offseason-trade-rankings-rams-push-for-matthew-stafford-headlines-most-impactful-deals-in-offseason/

The Rams do have a Super Bowl-ready roster, and now they have a quarterback with enough talent to lead it. They had to pay dearly to pick up Stafford while also dumping Jared Goff’s contract, and because they have such a star-laden team, that lack of depth could hurt them in future years. Their chance to win is right now. This year and next. That’s why the deal for Stafford was the most important swap this offseason.

Jalen Ramsey and Darious Williams were highlighted as one of the best cornerback tandems in the NFL. https://t.co/GbNOusOEvF

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) June 28, 2021

This article–Rams’ Matthew Stafford taking it slow, but making progress with new team–which is good, is in the Stafford in McVay’s offense thread (in a post dated June 22, 2021 at 12:22 pm). Link: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/stafford-in-mcvays-offense/page/2/#post-130611

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— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) June 26, 2021

Johnson & Johnson just agreed to pay a $230 million settlement for their role in the opioid crisis, which is less than 0.3% of their yearly revenue, and no one will go to prison. This is proof the War on Drugs has always been an excuse to enslave Black and Brown people.

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 26, 2021

from https://www.therams.com/news/nfl-com-s-adam-schein-hop-on-the-cam-akers-bandwagon

Earlier this month, NFL.com contributing columnist Adam Schein compiled his annual league bandwagons to jump on. Among his nine this year: Rams second-year running back Cam Akers.

“I am very high on the Rams this year, believing they will represent the NFC in the L.A. Super Bowl,” Schein wrote as part of his analysis. “Akers is a huge part of that. He became the guy at running back down the stretch last season, and it changed the Rams’ offense.”

Andrew Whitworth explains the events that unfolded before inking a deal with the Rams in free agency back in 2017 https://t.co/9Vh83kB2go

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) June 26, 2021

from Bucky Brooks, QB-coach combos under pressure: https://www.nfl.com/news/how-steelers-revamped-offense-will-benefit-big-ben-plus-qb-coach-combos-under-pr?campaign=Twitter_atn

#1 Los Angeles Rams

Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay

It’s Super Bowl or bust for the Rams after they shipped out Jared Goff as part of a deal with the Lions for Stafford. With Goff’s 42-20 record (and a Super Bowl appearance) in four seasons under McVay representing the bar, the pressure is squarely on the shoulders of Stafford and McVay to capture a Lombardi Trophy. Considering the 13th-year pro has zero playoff wins and only four winning seasons on his resume, the Rams’ quarterback shuffle is a roll of the dice that could backfire on a team looking to make good on its current competitive window.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/25/rams-sean-mcvay-nfc-championship-saints-noise-metallica/

[NFC title game vs. Saints] Sean McVay and his players won’t soon forget that contest for a number of reasons, one of which was the noise level inside the Superdome. On the latest episode of the “Flying Coach” podcast, McVay reflected on just how loud it was in New Orleans that night.

He compared it to being front row at a Metallica concert that never let up.

“By far the loudest game I’ve ever coached in,” he said. “It’s funny because we had played at New Orleans earlier in the year and so we figured, it was an unbelievable atmosphere but we still had the ability to communicate and get some of our longer intricate play calls and didn’t ever really feel like it was too much of an issue. Still operating on your silent count, different things like that. Maybe you can use your verbal cadence under center. So we were going to test our headsets out during warmups and I’m talking to Goff as they’re introducing their guys and I’m thinking, ‘Holy (expletive), we’ve got no chance of communicating the way that we did before.’

“It was like a Metallica concert sitting front row that never slowed up.”
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“It was definitely the loudest atmosphere. It for sure affected our ability to communicate. We had to streamline the game plan,” McVay added. “We had to eliminate a lot of the longer verbiage, wordy play calls. It was an adjustment but our guys settled in and did a great job of finding a way to get it done, but that was definitely unparalleled in terms of the noise and what we had there. it was a rockin’ atmosphere, that’s for sure.”

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For the 5th consecutive year, #Rams Aaron Donald dons the number 1 spot of the PFF50 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

After his rookie year, the lowest pass-rushing grade he’s earned is a 92.8 😳https://t.co/s4cTNHGKkH

— PFF LA Rams (@PFF_Rams) June 25, 2021

from https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/06/24/andrew-whitworth-on-matthew-stafford-you-can-see-how-hungry-he-is-for-success/

Whitworth sees the benefits of having a seasoned QB like Matthew Stafford to lead the offense.

“You know what, just being around Stafford, Matthew is one of those guys you can tell, [he’s] just a veteran QB who has played a lot of football and has been a really good football player in this league for a while and is just yearning to have some success,” Whitworth said on Thursday’s episode of the Jim Rome Show. “And you see it in him, how hungry he is, how hard he works, and also just how talented he is. So I think our whole football team is obviously really excited about the opportunity to take the field with him this fall.”

Whitworth added that no matter how talented a quarterback is, there’s no substitute for actual game experience.

“I think it’s pretty invaluable. It’s one of those things that you can’t — I don’t care what a quarterback’s done early in their career, you can’t replace experience and wisdom and the opportunity to see all these defenses,” Whitworth said. “And for Matthew, also, to play in a lot of different offenses. He’s had a lot of different schemes. He’s read things a lot of different ways. So he’s had that opportunity of experience where there’s things he can help young linemen with, there’s things he can help young receivers, backs, tight ends — just little tidbits that he can say, ‘Hey, against this coverage, this is what you’d want to do,’ that almost feels like a coach on the field a little bit.

“I think that’s that added level that a veteran QB gives you that’s just hard to replace. And a guy who’s as talented as him, I think, we’d be lying if we said we weren’t excited about our opportunity this season.”

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— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) June 24, 2021