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Day 4, 7/30

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I got hooked up with my job and spent the day in a VIP tent.

View ended up being both great and bad depending on the time of practice.

It was the first day in pads and there were some fun drills for sure. Special Teams was the most fun to watch for some good hitting.

TG3 was on the field but not suited up. Whit played the whole time. I had the OL near me for a while and paid special attention to Allen. I would say he looked almost as tall as Blythe, the two of them have a very similar build actually. Where Allen seemed to stand out was during a drill using the slides. He seemed to have the most punch out of all the linemen (Noteboom’s punched seemed pretty weak actually). I also watched him on 11 on 11 and he seemed to work really well with Goff, unlike others with Bortles etc who seemed to have some shaky exchanges. All in all, Allen is not my biggest worry, Noteboom looks good, but wondering about the lack of punch.

I noticed that Higbee was a man among boys when the TEs were working out, he just looks huge and great. He also seemed to be playing in front of Everett and had a nice TD catch from Goff in 11 on 11. I wonder if Higbee is holding off Everett and knows his spot as top dog is being challenged, either way he is stepping up and looks great.

There will be no QB controversy from what I saw today. Goff seems in a different league than Bortles and Bortles seemed in a different league than the other two camp arms.

JoJo seemed to get a lot of work as a starting WR and made a few plays. He also stayed after working on punt catches from the jug machine. He seemed to get a lot of play today and seemed to make the most of it.

The Goff connection to Cooks looked natural and great, but there was one pass to Cooks that was low and difficult but that I believe he should have had, His hands still seem to lack strength for those hard catches. When it is placed in stride it looks amazing and that happened more than once. Timing seems better than ever. Later on Goff to Woods seemed to take over and timing looked great there too.

Both Brown and Henderson looked spry and had some good runs. Henderson had a great catch going up for it and think he has a lot of catching ability.

Weather was great and it was really fun watching Brokers and Whit playing with their kids on the field after practice.

All in all, things moved pretty quick and it seemed like an efficient practice. Seems to me that the offense is ahead of the defense right now (which makes sense).

That is mostly what I remember, I am sure others will have more. My first camp report is done

Day 4, 7/30

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Another energetic practice. Couldn’t ask for better weather, upper 70’s with a nice breeze. We first got a look at guys taking punt from the machine. Austin Proehl, Jo Jo Natson, Nsima Webster, Alex Bachman all got a couple of turns. they had 5 gunners coming at them as the ball was shot to them from the machine. Jo Jo still has the best juke moves and is quicker than the rest. I rate Webster not far behind him. The others, meh. At the end of the drill, Jo Jo fielded 5 punts before he dropped all of them trying to field the sixth. (two in each arm and one between his legs).

Gurley dressed but held out. LB Okow not dressed, tight hammy, was told he should go on Sat. in scrimmage with Chargers.

I think McVay wanted a quieter first part of practice as most position groups worked on technique and situationals. they didn’t really start going at each other till after the second hour with 7 on 7’s.

7 on 7. Woods from Goff, Henderson quick out. Kupp quick out. Goff looking sharp, getting ball out quick. Rookie Long with a nice breakup. Everrett with play action TD. Mundt TD vs 1st unit D. Austin Proel from Brotles nice play action catch. Brown wiith sideline grab for TD from Goff. Higbee gets one over the middle in traffic.

On to Red Zone drill. 2nd OL Evans LT, Demby LG, Nearly C, Kolone RG, Edwards RT. Bortles moved the ball, tucked it and ran for yds on one play, Henderson screen from Goff for TD for 1st team O. Kupp TD over middle.

Here I had my first technical issue. My pen quit working. Everything is now from memory not much more though some 11 on 11 with a lot of good contact.

Kupp got a long pass from Goff, Brown got some good runs and catches. Bortles connected to Thomas for a nice gain. 1st team D got to Bortles couple of times. Jo-Day with a sack (He was with 1st team all practice, Gaines with 2nd D.

69 is Sebastian Joseph-Day and he’s been starting at NT with Brockers on his left and Donald on his right. Gaines has been starting NT for the 2nd team D.

Day and Brockers are about the same size. Both look in terrific shape and giving the OL all they can handle. I really like what I’m seeing from the starting DL.

Webster can field punts. If he can show as a WR in pre-season he might have a chance to unseat Jo Jo as 6the WR.

Great practice. players were intense and they don’t get to do any standing around. No fights.

I think they are all off tomorrow and go to Costa Mesa a few miles down the roed to scrimmage and practice with the Chargers They start at 10am and I plan to be there.

Thursday will be an early report. I’ll try and post as soon as I get home.

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SIRIUS VISITS RAMS, SOME NOTES

Here’s what I heard so far….

Demoff said they studied the GSOT team that should have lasted 8 or 9 years, not 3. They try to learn from that every day so it doesn’t happen again.

Got a bit defensive about extending Goff when interviewer said everyone knows it’s just a matter of when. Demoff said not everyone just you.

Talking about Watts Rams new uniforms, Kevin said a lot of people are asking is that new look for the 2020 Rams. He paused and said you’ll have to wait and see.

Les said they let Saffold (who is a very good OG) go so they could keep all the young guys intact. Rather do 2nd contracts (like Havenstein) than 3rd contracts. They are planning ahead. That’s what Noteboom and Allen were about. Sounded like part of the lesson learned from GSOT collapse.

Gurley said he feels good. Only needs 2 weeks to get in the groove since he knows his body well and how it works in TC.

Holt and TG talked a lot about offseason travel.

Goff up next…

Torry predicted Goff would throw 40 TDs this year. Jared said he’ll try to hold up his end.

Goff said the narrative around Gurley is unfair. He said nothings changed with Todd. Same guy. Just had a little soreness down the stretch.

Goff talked about how smart Kupp is. How he reminded him about stuff at the LOS.

Said he worked with Allen last year when Sully had days off, so nothing new here.

Said he excited to see how the young guys play, especially Henderson. Won’t know how good he is until they get pads on. Also the young guys on defense.

Torry said Gurley looks good from what he’s seen. Said he knows what an arthritic knee feels like and it hurts. It’s mentally draining as well. Thinks Rams have right plan to keep Gurley fresh. He thinks Henderson will help, also mentioned Kelly being a help.

Torry said he likes Long, very good in man to man, watching him at practice today.

Donald said McVay is the reason he’s happy to be an LA Ram.

Torry was slobbering all over Donald. Said he has everything, reached the top, and doesn’t slack one bit, keeps learning every day. Said AD will be in the class with Deacon and Merlin. The all time great Rams.

Kupp said he needs to relearn nuances.

Said he thought Goff was great last year but sees a major step up from him this year. His command of the offense and understanding coverages.

from NFL training camp winners/losers: Seven rookies creating a buzz

Gregg Rosenthal

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001037736/article/nfl-training-camp-winnerslosers-seven-rookies-creating-a-buzz

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On the upswing–

Les Snead, general manager, Los Angeles Rams: Early in 2017, Snead’s future in Los Angeles was very much up in the air. It was unclear how much say he’d have in hiring a new coach and whether that new coach could even choose to look elsewhere for a front-office partner. Fast-forward 30 months, and Snead received a contract extension through 2023 this week, alongside coach Sean McVay’s deal. Credit the Rams for believing this partnership can work, and credit Snead for adapting so seamlessly to the McVay era. St. Louis Rams fans don’t want to hear it, but this is one of the smoothest-running organizations in football.

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IMHO, it isn’t about pre-snap communications and audibles when there are unexpected looks. The audibles are still pre-planned, practiced stuff. McVay has shown to be a great schemer and his standard fare will beat the crap out of most teams/schemes even when they know it’s coming. The crappy games (the magic sub 80 QB rating games that we read about on here ad nauseum), appear to me are when the standard fare doesn’t work based on defensive scheme, talent that minimizes our strengths, or shitty weather (hello Chicago).

The next steps are less on Goff (again IMHO) than McVay to be an in-game adjuster. Goff is fully capable of executing when there’s something successful to execute. In the SB, facing 5 man fronts and quarters zone behind, we kept trying our standard fare (outside zone run, intermediate/deep routes). Screens and dink-and-dunk might have countered that…kind of what the Pats did to us. Hey, we’re in trouble, let’s throw a 5-yd crossing pattern to Edleman. We also finally got beat when Billy B/McDaniels inserted the FB in the 4th quarter. Several back breaking runs off that adjustment.

And it’s not a formation thing, as if go to more 12 personnel solves it. (Although I’d like to see some roster flexibility to “go jumbo and say we’re running right at you, fuck you stop it.”). Probably a very minority opinion, but McVay growing as an in-game coach is more important the perceived short-comings of Goff, Gurley’s knee, etc. And he didn’t like getting schooled in the SB, so I have full confidence he’ll get it done.

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— 💖WENDY WOO💖 (@Wendywoo_g) July 29, 2019

Day 3, 7/29

from 69RamFan

The battle for that 6th spot for WRs between Thomas and Hodges… it’s going to be a tough call…

Thomas looks good, catching everything… I think it will come down to who is better on ST….

As far as the UDFA rookie TEs, no one impressed me cause no one stood out,,, No. 84/Brookers, I don’t see him making this team…. He seemed to get throws being over thrown to him, or he might of not run the right routes…. But it was only one day for me to observe….

As for the RBs, I really didn’t notice either Kelly or Davis, but I did notice Henderson…. Lining up wide for a route on drills… Same for Gurley…

QBs, Goff looks great, sharp and on target, whereas Bortles looks good,

The O-line, today’s starters, was LT/Noteboom, LG/Demby, C/Allen, RG/Blythe, RT/RHav…

Demby was playing with the second unit at RG during camp day 2,,, but today he was with the 1st unit at LG… Also at the Center position on QBs underneath the center drills.

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Oh My God! Legends day was incredible. I had no idea it was gonna be like it was. There were 50 Rams legends there today just milling around, signing autographs. I’m sure you all probably heard Steven Jackson was there, signed a one day contract to retire as a Ram, so many great Rams of the past. And then after practice several players came over to say hi and sign including Gurley, Hekker, Zeurlein, McQuaid and SJ.

Practice was probably the least interesting part of the day.

I thought today was a padded practice, some players were in pads but some were in shorts so i’m not sure what it counted as. It was a low key practice, the last half hour was at walk through speed. Many veteran days off: Whitworth, Weddle, Matthews, AD, Brockers, Talib.

I watched Gurley a lot. He looked good, like himself. Maybe a couple times walking he seemed to have a hitch in his giddyup but really looked good got no sense of him being damaged goods. They are really managing his reps.

My good buddy Jake McQuaid said tomorrow is gonna be the first real padded, got get ’em practice and i will be there.

Among the alumni that were there that i can rattle off off the top of my head: Henry Ellard, Preston Denard, Torry Holt, Mike Jones, Reggie Doss, Nolan Cromwell, Dennis Harrah, Irv Pankey, Dickerson, Everett, SJ, Ivory Sully, Greg Bell, LeRoy Irvin, David Hill, Bob Andrews, and a lot more i’ll hopefully remember when i look at my pics.

There was also a stadium virtual reality thing for Inglewood that was amazing. I hope it’s accurate ’cause i’m gonna love my seats if it is.

DAY 3, 7/29

10 Observations from Day 3 of 2019 Rams training camp

Myles Simmons

https://www.therams.com/news/10-observations-from-day-3-of-2019-rams-training-camp

1) The Rams were in “shells” for Monday afternoon’s practice — meaning shoulder pads with shorts or pants with no leg pads. With that, many of the club’s veteran players like left tackle Andrew Whitworth, defensive tackle Aaron Donald, safety Eric Weddle, cornerback Aqib Talib etc. were given a veterans day off. Head coach Sean McVay said the Rams will have on full pads on Tuesday before Wednesday’s full team day off.

2) Before the special teams portion of practice started, wide receivers JoJo Natson and Austin Proehl were fielding punts from the JUGS machine. Natson was Los Angeles’ primary punt and kick returner at the end of last season, while Proehl was a member of the practice squad.

3) The offense and defense came together for half-field drills early on in practice. During those, wide receiver Cooper Kupp displayed his strong route-running ability — and a strong route concept — with a catch over the middle. Kupp was initially lined up in a stack on the left side with wide receiver Brandin Cooks, made a cut to the inside, and got easy separation to make the catch.

4) Running back Darrell Henderson seems to do something impressive every practice, and on Monday that was making a one-handed grab to pull in a swing pass on a short route to the right side.

5) At the end of the half-field drills, quarterback Jared Goff connected with wide receiver Josh Reynolds on a deep route down the middle of the field for what would’ve been a touchdown. Reynolds put a double move on the defensive backs and Goff put the ball just within reach of the wideout, who stretched out to make the grab.

6) Running back Todd Gurley received the first play of the first 11-on-11 period with a handoff up the middle. He showed pretty good burst and explosion on the play. With pads on, defenders were fitting but not really popping too much.

7) Outside linebacker Dante Fowler had a couple of impressive periods on Monday afternoon. During the first 11-on-11, he got into the backfield to stop Natson for what would’ve been a loss on an end around to the defense’s right, showing his speed and strength. Then he burst in off the edge on the defense’s left to get a pop on Henderson. His speed really makes a difference.

8) Reynolds used his 6-foot-3 frame again in 11-on-11 drills, making a catch from Goff off play action. On an intermediate route over the middle, Reynolds stretched up to make the catch, reeling in what initially looked like it could be an incompletion. That’s an element Reynolds can bring that’s unique in the WRs room.

9) Fowler continued his strong practice with a very athletic interception along the right side of the line of scrimmage in 11-on-11 drills. With the first-team defense going against the second-team offense, Fowler leapt up and picked off a short pass before it could go anywhere.

10) Later in practice, the offense went through a “move the ball” drill with the music turned up loud on the practice field in order to emulate adverse atmospheres on the road. The offense was even going no huddle at times, so the emphasis was clearly on communication.

Steven Jackson officially retired as a member of the Rams today after signing a one-day contract

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— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) July 29, 2019