Every Todd Gurley rushing TD in the Sean McVay era! 🐏 (via @NFLThrowback) @TG3II pic.twitter.com/VlBzOAARup

— NFL (@NFL) August 3, 2019

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You forgot this one pic.twitter.com/sl00hilYGo

— Ramsquatch (@1stdownrams) August 3, 2019

Daniel Jeremiah@MoveTheSticks
Interesting trend to monitor from my tour— offenses have been falling in love with 12 personnel (1 RB, 2 TE). However, I spoke to 2 DC’s & they said they will stay in nickel vs that grouping this year. Basically daring teams to run the ball. Can your TEs block?

Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
Noteboom & Allen have absolutely looked the part of starters. And neither seems phased by the responsibility/mental aspect. The question is will it carry over to the games? The #Rams feel good that it will.

Rapp was getting first-team sub defense package reps yesterday, which is a great sign. It looks like he’s already worked his way into a situational role.

Edwards and Evans have shown promise. Barring injuries the plan is for them to spend their rookie years in Aaron Kromer’s lab. Not sure how it’ll work out with Thomas but I’d be shocked if he wasn’t an an NFL roster this year.

The defensive run fits have been good. Provided guys follow through with good tacking when the games start, good chance the run defense is better than last year.

does this offense have a chance to be even better than the previous two years? Yes. Specifically situationally/more diverse/and against certain defensive looks that gave them issues last year

I think #Rams fans are gonna love Darrell Henderson

Clay Matthews? Erick Weddle? No question you feel their presence.

position battle between Hager and Kiser? Kiser is the starting Mike linebacker in base defense. He’s been looking really sound

Fowler? A guy I’m really looking forward to seeing in games. He’s flying around on pass rush in camp.

Greg Gaines? It’s early in his process but for now, anyway, he’s behind Sebastian Joseph-Day as the base NT. SJD has really taken hold of that position. It has to transfer over to games, of course, but he’s looked good

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InvaderRam wrote:

I think that’s a bs narrative.

i think there’s an assumption that goff really is a product of the system.

i don’t personally buy that. but that’s the perception, and maybe along with that, he won’t be able to carry the team when he takes up more salary cap space.

again. i don’t agree with that. i think he’s not close to reaching his peak yet.

We are on the same page with this

InvaderRam wrote:

depending on how noteboom performs this season, i’m hoping he eventually becomes the replacement for whit.

and what better way to transition than to play alongside him for the season.

Yeah, and (small reminder) Whitworth started out playing guard himself. He was drafted in 2006, played a bunch his first 3 years (mostly at guard), but did not become the settled starter at LOT until 2009.

Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
I think right now, just based on what I’ve seen, Joesph-Day is playing better than Greg Gaines.

Taylor Rapp got a lot of work today with the #Rams 2-deep defense & figured into some 1st-team defensive packages. He has presence about him, & at least at the times I focused on him he was exactly where he was needed to be in run fit/man or zone coverage.

I can see the #Rams being a better overall team than last year – especially by the end of the season – yet not equal to the 13-win regular-season total. It’s a fine line, but I think the long-play is very much a focus this year.

Sosa K@QBsMVP
Dante Fowler Jr and Clay Matthews are really starting to heat up here

Goff 👏 to 👏 Higs 👏
#RamsCamp pic.twitter.com/jlZPpY0kf9

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) August 2, 2019

Thoughts? @wingoz’s Top Five(ish) NFL QB’s pic.twitter.com/s4dNG4TprI

— Golic and Wingo (@GolicAndWingo) July 25, 2019

AlbaNY_Ram

To an extent Noteboom and Allen are unknowns. But to say we know nothing about them would be a bit inaccurate.

We know this regarding ‘Boom thru the 2018 preseason: “Only 11 rookie tackles have 0 QB pressure allowed this preseason. Of those 11, only three have more than 16 pass blocking snaps. Leading the way with most pass blocking snaps and 0 QB pressures allowed is #LARams’ Joseph Noteboom with 71”. And since Whit never played thru the 2018 at least some of those snaps came against other teams’ starters, including Jadeveon Clowney and J.J. Watt. https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2018/08/29/nfl-rams-joseph-noteboom-stats-pff-pressure/

‘Boom also “… played in relief of Whitworth during the Rams’ 2018 regular season finale, and didn’t give up any pressures on 47 total snaps.” https://www.profootballrumors.com/2019/07/is-the-rams-offensive-line-a-concern

We also know that ‘Boom and Allen got first team reps in practice all last season when Whit and Sully got their veteran days off. That was at least one practice a week.

And we know that these guys have been with the team over a year, have had a full offseason under the guidance of the Rams’ strength and conditioning coaches, and have been thru OTA’s twice.

And finally we know that the Rams’ coaching staff have been evaluating these guys for 15 months (and longer if you count all the evaluations that lead up to the 2018 draft). They did not sign a single OL FA this year, nor did they draft an OL capable of challenging either ‘Boom or Allen. In fact, they went the exact opposite direction by not resigning Saffold (which I imagine they could have done if they wanted) and by not picking up Sully’s option.

The direction taken by the Rams regarding the OL speaks volumes about their opinion about ‘Boom and Allen … and even if what we as fans know about these guys is limited I am confident that the team has a ton of data to draw on. Their confidence in these guys makes it easy for me to have confidence in them as well

bubbaramfan

I watched Gaines and Jo_Day closely today. Both have skills to bring. Gaines takes on blockers and stuffs the middle, Day has more side to side skill is quicker and a much better penetrater. Day is as big or bigger than Brockers.

Something new I saw today. Several times the D went with only Brockers and Donald as DT, then 5 LB’s, Fowler, Mathews, Littleton, Kiser, and Eubekam, with variations of Lawler, Fox, Howard and Young. Both on running plays and passing situations.

Rams starting secondary is sick. Talib, Peters, Rob-Coleman, Weddle and Johnson, with Hill, Long,Christian and Rapp.

I can’t wait for pre-season games so I can watch backups vie for roster spots.

In today’s scrimmage the coaching staff made sure they got a good look at everyone. Except Okowronkwo, Guy needs to mend and stay healthy or he’s gonna get cut.

Writing is on the wall for Justin Davis.

Thomas is playing like he knows this is his last chance.

Higbee looks bigger and is really getting after it.

Whitworth is a supreme technician. He knows his opponent inside out and makes it look easy.

Adding Long and Rapp have made Rams backfield super deep.

Howard Balzer@HBalzer721
Expect official announcement later today on special Centennial Class @ProFootballHOF. Call it 20 in 2020.

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State of the Hall. Gold Jackets everywhere. pic.twitter.com/oIw4IvT2Js

— Howard Balzer (@HBalzer721) August 2, 2019

bubbaramfan

Demby is getting a lot of work at various positions on the line. He even took snaps with the 2nd team at C.

Fox has also been getting a lot of snaps. @ OLB and DT. He looks quick and strong.

Mike Thomas has gotten in the mix. He looks like he’s worked out over the off season.

Whitworth still looks great. He makes it look so easy, not a lot of wasted effort, guy just knows how to play a guy.

Starters have all looked good. backups and LB won’t shake out until end of pre-season.

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oldnotdead

Demby got a lot of snaps at OG and center and he looked pretty good. This type of workout really doesn’t show much in terms of blocking, but you can see how he moves, and he looked good when he did.

David Edwards played both at OT and OG and it was clear that he’s basically an OT. He can play at OG but IMO only in relief. Edwards is very long at 6’6″ with 33 3/8″ arms which makes it hard for him to keep his pads low when he’s at OG. His technique has to be different at OG to compensate for his length by relying upon his arm length to fend off the defenders.

Bobby Evans played both OT and OG and looked equally comfortable in both positions. He is built like a classic OG, at 6’4″ with 34 3/4″ arms at 312 lbs. This guy looks like a LG and has the feet and length to play both OG positions and RT.

IMO we are going to see more oline changes next year. Noteboom LT, Evans LG, Allen C, Demby RG, Havenstein RT with Edwards as the swing OT. This will give them a very mobile oline with good size when they need to dig in. I like what I’ve seen so far in the young guys. But it will be interesting to see how they actually stand up in a game. But I think they have the makings of a very good oline.

As far as NT is concerned, SJD played with the 1’s but that’s really all you can say. He got zero penetration when they played 11 on 11. At least once I saw him blocked by a single OG and he couldn’t get off the block. The OG simply stood him up and that was that. He needs to show more if he wants to stay with the 1’s. Maybe it was the nature of the practice but there were times it looked like he was waiting to see if the play came to him. Which could be the case if they were playing a two gap scheme, but they weren’t. Hopefully he will get into attack mode when they play their preseason game.

Gaines looks like a rookie, trying to adapt to the speed of the NFL and the differences in technique. Flaws in technique are amplified at this level. He clearly needs work and I think he will improve markedly by the end of TC.

Eric Weddle loved Rams-Chargers practice: 'It was incredible work for us' https://t.co/Y6AdjWWjqr

— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) August 2, 2019

max

SIRIUS VISITS RAMS

Bill Polian on SiriusXM just now

they had Jack Youngblood on for a few minutes and talked about some fun stuff when he played and then the current SB and Jack said as he was watching the game it looked like we were in over our heads, just not ready for the big stage. Jack said “oh, no, we aren’t ready for this”. Polian said he totally agreed especially on offense and that it was so tough to face the Pats for the first time in on that stage. Very understandable and McVay will learn from it.

Just remember the Youngblood story. He said in the late 70’s he wanted to go back home to Florida and get back to his roots, and he had a sit down with CR. He said, boss I would like to be traded to Tampa. And CR paused and looked sternly at Jack and said, Tampa doesn’t have anything I want. And that was the end of the meeting. Jack got up and left.

from oldnotdead

Noteboom looked very good with his movement on runs to the right. Both he and Allen have looked just fine so far. IMO Allen will be an upgrade to Sullivan. Allen is quicker with much better overall speed to get into the second level, which is something the center must do in this scheme. The same can be said with Noteboom, he appears more mobile and quicker than Saffold. Whit is just amazing. The dude just doesn’t age. He might want to come back next year too. Whit is totally energized and a complete technician at his craft.

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Bubbaramfan

Scrimmage With Chargers in Costa Mesa

Just got home form Rams-Chargers scrimmage from Costa Mesa.

Some impressions of Chargers TC. Not as fan or kid friendly as Irvine. Chargers set up has 2 fields with bleacher stand on only one side. No stands in the end zones and no access at all to the far field. Of course that’s where they put the Rams for warm-ups, and a lot of the 11 on 11 Ram offense vs Charger defense was on the far field . The only way to see was with strong binoclulars. I missed a lot because the action was so far away.

Had punts with gunner drills. One guy stood out to me . Nick Scott. Guy flat out gets after it with two defenders trying to slow him up before he can get downfield. Good luck with that, he beat them every time.

Gurley was full practice, was in on some plays but was only targeted a few times. Brown was mostly starting RB. after they ran position group exercises for the 1st hour they got into 7 on 7 and then 11 on11 without tackling. Teams looked pretty even with offenses getting the best of defenses.

We had Chargers offense vs Rams defense in front of stands, Far field 100 miles away was Rams off vs Charger defense, I couldn’t see that far and no fan access to that field.

Rivers and his O are good. He picked apart defending LB’s over the middle to TE’s mostly. Rams have to figure how to defend that or its going to be a long season.

Starting Ram D is not bad, with good rush. 2nd team got tore up. Don’t know what other folks are looking at but Jo-Day is a player and is a better NT than Gaines at this point, Day with the 1st, Gaines with the 2nd. A lot is going to change once the get some games in and coaches can look at tape vs other teams.

Things I think after 5 TC days and a Scrimage vs another team.

Rams offense is better than at this time last year. Goff is bigger and stronger and looks more confident.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with Gurley. I’ve watched him run, catch the ball, make hard cuts. If he’s hurting he’s not showing it. The OL looks solid. Whitworth looks great. Noteboom and Allen stood up well against Chargers 1st team D. I have no ideal who they want as backup C. Neary, Demby, Hrynkwicz?

Rams DL looks very good. Must mention that they went with just 2 DT and 5 LB’s several times today. Brockers, Donald, Fowler, Eubekam, Kiser, Littleton and Mathews. Brockers looks bigger and was getting off the line and penetrating. Mathews got a sack. Fowler got a sack. Jo-Day not losing out to Gaines any time soon.

Most everything else has already been coverd. Oh, Greg the Leg was nailing it from60+.

Back at Irvine tomorrow.