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  • May 5, 2019 at 5:52 pm in reply to: UDFAS: videos & write-ups + (continually) updated list of Rams udfas #101002
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    May 5, 2019 at 5:49 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #101001
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    Jalen Houng@Jalen_houng
    @SoftliSEA how do you think Metcalf will react when PP, Talib, and Sherm all get their chance at him? All those guys are dogs, and live for competition.

    Tony Softli@SoftliSEA
    He brings some unique skill set to the field, there will be a learning curve no doubt. That will be his challenge playing in the grown mans league. #seahawks

    Warren Sharp@SharpFootball
    Crazy to think there are just 3 Offensive Coordinators that have been w their team more than one year:

    10 yrs: Pete Carmichael (NO)
    7 yrs: Josh McDaniels (NE)
    3 yrs: Ken Whisenhunt (LAC)

    Nearly half the NFL (15 tms) will have coaches in their 1st year calling plays w that team.

    ProFootballTalk@ProFootballTalk
    Free agency could get a boost on Tuesday when the compensatory draft-pick formula gets turned off

    May 5, 2019 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Tyreek Hill / Dom violence #101000
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    mike freeman@mikefreemanNFL
    Hill is on tape saying “you need to be afraid of me too, bitch” to a woman he once beat and choked while she was pregnant.
    The NFL is slow walking this hoping everything dies down.
    Nothing to do with process playing out. All about PR.

    May 5, 2019 at 5:30 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100998
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    May 5, 2019 at 5:29 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100997
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    May 5, 2019 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Rams take Dakota Allen LB Texas Tech 251 #100994
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    Dakota Allen thought he’d never play football again after arrest

    Dakota Allen thought he'd never play football again after arrest

    Dakota Allen was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round last weekend. However, he likely would’ve been selected earlier if not for a mistake he made three years ago.

    Back in 2016, he was arrested on a second-degree felony count of burglary when he and two others broke into a house and stole two cameras, a TV and a safe that contained seven guns. He was dismissed from Texas Tech and left with few options when it came to playing football.

    He enrolled at East Mississippi Community College where he would be able to continue his football career in hopes of one day making it to the NFL. But before going to EMCC, he thought he’d never play football again.

    “Oh, yeah. Absolutely,” Allen told reporters after the draft when asked if he thought his football career was over. “When I first left Texas Tech, I thought I was never going to play football again. That’s why I was so grateful and thankful for the opportunity that East Mississippi provided me. Then once I got that opportunity, I just took it and ran with it. I honestly can’t believe I’m an L.A. Ram.”

    Allen returned to Texas Tech where Kliff Kingsbury gave him another opportunity. He was a captain both years after going back to the Red Raiders and made 162 total tackles, playing 23 games from 2017-18.

    At the combine and in interviews with teams, he was understandably and predictably asked about the incident in 2016.

    “Normally when I talked about it, I was just open and honest, and I told them what I learned from it,” Allen said. “Their reaction to it was, ‘Everybody makes mistakes. As long as you learn from it, as long as you grow from it, and as you long as you don’t make the same mistake twice.’ So, that’s the most reaction I got.”

    Allen’s name has become recognizable, as evidenced by the day he was drafted. He appeared on Netflix’s “Last Chance U” series, which many fans on Twitter recognized him from. Even Sean McVay said, “Hey, isn’t that the guy from Last Chance U?” when Allen’s name came up.

    Allen is grateful and thankful for getting the chance to be on the show because EMCC allowed him to keep playing football.

    “Honestly, it was a weird experience, but also a great experience. People do recognize me from the show. They recognize me as sort of the good guy on the show,” Allen said with a laugh. “The whole experience was just amazing and I’m thankful for it because I was able to continue playing football.”

    Allen isn’t guaranteed to make the roster and even when he does, he’ll likely have to prove himself on special teams. But just getting the chance to play in the NFL is something he’s thankful for after his mistake three years ago.

    May 5, 2019 at 12:51 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100993
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    Billy_T wrote:
    zn wrote:

    “Pete Carroll marveling after first day with WR D.K. Metcalf about his quick feet and speed with his size. “He’s maybe more unique than we even thought.”

    Personally, and I’m probably on another one of those islands on this . . . I would have preferred a pick of Metcalf over Rapp. And I’m guessing the Rams considered it. But knowing they’re loaded at wideout, and safety not so much . . . I think that nixed that.

    He’s a 4.3 guy, with excellent athleticism overall, and nearly 6’4″. He’s gonna be able to do what Cooks can’t, as far as win contested catches.

    I think I’d rather have Metcalf than Cooks, though I the latter is a very good receiver, and tough, especially considering his size. He plays hard, and we don’t know if Metcalf will in the Pros. The Rams will get some answers twice a year or more. They’ll also face an even bigger receiver, Hakeem Butler, who if someone could draw up the perfect wideout from a physical standpoint, he’d be it.

    It was the wrong year for a receiver like that to fall into their laps. The Rams have bigger needs elsewhere. But Metcalf was likely the BPA over Rapp, if that’s the criterion and not “need.”

    I agree with all that. We know the value Cooks has. But we also know that if you force the offense to rely heavily on him (eg. if Kupp is out and the defense doubles Woods), then he can’t become the well-rounded dominating receiver that he’s not. As a dedicated deep threat receiver he certainly has more to his game than either Avery or Givens did, but, he has something of a ceiling to him too I think.

    May 5, 2019 at 11:12 am in reply to: Rams 2nd pick, Darrell Henderson, RB #100989
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    from NFC West draft grades: Cardinals get sexy, Seahawks get a steal

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001029286/article/nfc-west-draft-grades-cardinals-get-sexy-seahawks-get-a-steal

    BIGGEST SLEEPER: Darrell Henderson, RB, Memphis
    Los Angeles Rams, Round 3, No. 70 overall

    How worried are the Rams about Todd Gurley’s balky left knee? Sean McVay, Les Snead and Co. haven’t publicly stated anything alarming about the highest-paid running back in football, but actions speak louder than words. And while L.A.’s decision to match Detroit’s offer sheet for restricted free agent Malcolm Brown back in March was slightly notable, the Rams’ aggressive trade up for Henderson last Friday created a legit stir. Insurance policy or not, Henderson does project as a perfect fit in McVay’s outside-zone running game. This one-cut back is an absolute home run hitter. In 2018, he averaged a whopping 8.9 yards per carry — for the second consecutive season, by the way — while piling up 1,909 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. According to Pro Football Focus, Henderson averaged 6.2 yards per carry after contact(!!), nearly a yard more than any other player in college football averaged last season. Henderson’s film is fun to watch, and McVay will have fun deploying him as a change-of-pace terror (or more?).

    May 5, 2019 at 11:08 am in reply to: draft "grades" & reviews #100987
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    from 2019 NFL Draft class rankings

    Gennaro Filice and Dan Parr, NFL.com

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001029943/article/2019-nfl-draft-class-rankings-cardinals-redskins-titans-thrive

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    For the third straight draft, the Rams didn’t make a first-round selection. L.A. actually came into Thursday night with the penultimate pick of the first round, but the Rams traded out, kicking off a dizzying game of musical draft slots in which the organization didn’t make a single pick in one of its original spots until late in the fifth round. But it’s hard to argue with the draft class produced by Les Snead’s pick-swapping extravaganza. NFL scouts-turned-NFL.com draftniks Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks waxed poetic about Rapp throughout the entire pre-draft process, 40 time be damned! Jeremiah had Rapp as his No. 39 overall player, while Brooks ranked the Washington product as the second-best safety in the class. Snead got him near the end of Round 2. That’s a bona fide value pick for the secondary, and it wasn’t the only one! Long produced some eye-popping numbers, both as a player at Michigan and as a physical specimen at the combine. According to Pro Football Focus, the corner logged 595 coverage snaps during his three-year college career, giving up a grand total of 18 catches (on 60 targets) for 130 yards. Then in Indy, Long recorded the top marks in the three-cone drill (6.45) and the 20-yard shuttle (3.97), displaying the kind of next-level agility that comes in quite handy at the cornerback position. Snead got him midway through the third round, after eight other corners had already been picked. In Round 4, the Rams hopped on Gaines, a 312-pound, high-motor plugger who enthusiastically takes on blocks and blows up running lanes. Sounds like a fine running mate for Aaron Donald. On offense, Snead added quality depth in the backfield (Henderson’s the most explosive running back in this entire class) and the offensive line (Evans and Edwards were both three-year starters on stellar college O-lines). Prudent planning, considering Todd Gurley’s health and the offensive line’s offseason attrition (as well as Andrew Whitworth’s age). A center might’ve been nice, though.

    May 5, 2019 at 10:36 am in reply to: Saw “End Game” #100986
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    Zooey wrote:

    Me, too.

    But I didn’t understand the trash cans.

    The trash cans are actually cryogenic chambers where Bruce Banner stored his parents years before.

    Tony Stark designed them.

    May 5, 2019 at 10:33 am in reply to: Saw “End Game” #100985
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    nittany ram wrote:

    In this case when Thanos travels to 2023 from 2014, he is still traveling into the future. Since the future cannot alter the past, the timeline prior to 2023 is unchanged.

    The whole problem with the “if you travel back in time the future is now your past” argument is that it defines time travel entirely as the experience of the individual traveller.

    Which makes no sense.

    Time is not simply the subjective experience of an individual. Social systems have time too. As does the material universe. Your own individual experience does not alter that.

    So as of right now, 2014 Thanos went to 2023, and won’t be returning. That means that he no longer exists from 2014 on. There’s no Thanos in 2015, 2016, etc. because he cannot be there. That means that whatever Thanos originally did in those years now no longer happened, because he is now no longer there to do them. That is, all the historical events that took place in the material universe and in the lives of trillions in galactic history no longer include the specific events he caused. It only makes sense to say that the historical narrative of that world without Thanos would be different than the one that included him.

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    May 5, 2019 at 3:04 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100984
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    The problem isn’t just the four-pick jump wasn’t worth falling back 29 picks in the rest of the deal, but that the Patriots at No. 101 took a tackle that could very well be better than Evans in Yodny Cajuste.

    Unless of course Evans ends up as a guard.

    And AK knows his guards.

    Classic example of abstract rankings not accounting for “team & scheme fit.” As I sometimes say, if you had access to the top 100 players list from all 32 teams, chances are great no 2 would be the same, or even all that similar. There’s a good chance that if you combined all 32 top 100 lists, you would end up with a list with more than 200 names on it.

    And besides, “Cajuste” is a name that echoes Rams PRIOR drafts (Goff, Ebukam, Noteboom, Okoronkwo, Demby). THIS Rams draft was all about boring mainstream names (Henderson, Evans, Edwards, Long).

    May 5, 2019 at 2:57 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100983
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    from 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking all 40 trades

    https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-nfl-draft-ranking-all-40-trades-from-cardinals-poor-return-for-josh-rosen-to-the-first-round-deal-at-no-1/

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    39. Rams add Gurley insurance
    Rams get No. 70 (RB Henderson)
    Buccaneers get No. 94, 99
    I’m not surprised the Rams would want to bring in a plan B at the running back position after Todd Gurley dealt with injuries at the end of last year. I’m just surprised how big a price they paid to do it. They lost the value of the No. 167 pick to make the move, and I’m not sure about overpaying that much to go get running backs in this era of the NFL. I like Darrell Henderson as a prospect, but after bringing back Malcolm Brown, I think the Rams would have been smarter just keeping their pair of late third-round picks and going a different route at running back.

    38. Rams, Patriots make another deal
    Rams get No. 97 (OT Evans), 162
    Patriots get No. 101, 133
    The Rams initially got No. 101 by moving down in the second round in a deal with the Patriots, then got impatient once the end of Round 3 drew near and traded it back to the Patriots to move up a few spots for tackle Bobby Evans. The problem isn’t just the four-pick jump wasn’t worth falling back 29 picks in the rest of the deal, but that the Patriots at No. 101 took a tackle that could very well be better than Evans in Yodny Cajuste.

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    17. Rams jump for D-line help
    Rams get No. 134 (DT Gaines), 243
    Patriots get No. 162, 167
    Good value here for the Rams thanks to getting that extra pick back in the deal, and Greg Gaines is a solid prospect who can help offset the loss of Ndamukong Suh to free agency. After they missed out on the top D-line talent in Round 1 and decided to trade back, Gaines was a solid fall-back option who didn’t come at a prohibitive price.

    May 5, 2019 at 2:19 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100981
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    Jim Nagy@JimNagy_SB
    Rookie mini-camp is an exciting time for NFL staffs but there are some “oh, crap” moments where teams immediately know a player they just drafted isn’t what they thought he was. I was with a team once that took a skill player in Rd. 3 and we knew right away it was a bad pick.

    May 5, 2019 at 2:16 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100980
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    Zooey wrote:

    Anybody else notice zn slipping in a little of his Pro-Seahawks agenda?

    I am actually kind of concerned by Metcalf!

    But then on the other side of the coin there’s also this:

    Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
    At the age of 30, Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin might be unable to play again due to the cumulative effect of multiple injuries, per sources. There is a real chance that Baldwin, one of the Seahawks’ best and most popular players, has played his last NFL down, a source said Friday.

    May 5, 2019 at 1:28 am in reply to: Anybody watching Game of Thones? #100977
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    nittany ram wrote:

    His laptop should be buried under a couple thousand ice cubes.

    Everyone knows white walkers post from cell phones only.

    I won’t comment on people who CLAIM to know their GOT but then invariably slip up and reveal the opposite.

    I bet you’re one of those who thinks Arya, not Bran, is the 3-eyed albatross.

    May 5, 2019 at 1:12 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100976
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    May 5, 2019 at 12:09 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100970
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    wv wrote:

    Cooks is good, but I hope he is working on catching the ball in contested-catch-situations. A committed professional would be working on his weaknesses.

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    I don’t think there’s much he can do about that, WV. I think it’s just a flaw of his.

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    May 4, 2019 at 11:55 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100969
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    May 4, 2019 at 11:52 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100968
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    May 4, 2019 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Mongolian throat singing/slash/metal music #100958
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    I am surprised this didn’t get much play. Give it a shot. It has attracted a lot of attention on other places. It has a slow build up so give it a minute or so.

    May 4, 2019 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Scott Ritter Does Not Love Joe Biden #100956
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    Back in the run up to invasion days, when we were all busily digging up reports debunking the “Iraqis have WMD” narrative, Ritter’s name kept showing up.

    May 4, 2019 at 2:00 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100955
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    May 4, 2019 at 1:06 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100951
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    Andrew Brandt@AndrewBrandt
    Remember John Dorsey walking out in post-Draft minicamp, taking one look at a 5th round pick and telling me “We f—d up with that one. He can’t play.”

    Russell Lande@RUSSLANDE
    I still remember a few scouts coming in after Lawrence Phillips first practice with Rams and they were stunned how stiff and upright he was, which scared them a ton.

    Evan Silva@evansilva
    I think there was a similar story about Rams No. 2 overall pick Jason Smith out of Baylor I believe. They knew right away he didn’t have it

    Beto@_BMule
    I get offended when Rams fans try to equate Darrell Henderson to what Chris Thompson was for Washington. Henderson is better and should have far more production. If he’s Thompson then that’s a let down straight up.

    May 4, 2019 at 1:06 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100950
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    May 4, 2019 at 1:05 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 5/4-5/5 #100949
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    May 4, 2019 at 12:26 pm in reply to: Anybody watching Game of Thones? #100946
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    nittany ram wrote:

    I can picture him dying with his head cradled in Arya’s lap or something.

    I like Arya’s first re-encounter with the Hound.

    Hound: You left me to die.
    Arya: I robbed you first.

    May 4, 2019 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Hmm. FA available #100944
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    Billy_T wrote:

    Are they due for the same constraints next year?

    Next year, at this point, before the 2019 (and 2020) rookies are signed etc, the Rams have nearly 65 M in cap space. That’s assuming a 200 M cap. The 135+ in contracts already on the books includes huge cap hits from Donald, Goff, Gurley, and Cooks. That’s also with Weddle and Matthews counting against the cap, and it’s not clear that either one or both will play next year.

    But, the 2020 free agents include Fowler, Whitworth, Brockers, Talib, Littleton, Peters, and Higbee. It’s not clear how many of those 7 will play in 2020, or which ones the Rams will sign. It absolutely won’t be all of them.

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    May 4, 2019 at 11:03 am in reply to: Rams take Nick Scott Safety Penn St at 243 #100939
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    Nick Scott seemed off the NFL’s radar, with one exception

    https://lancasteronline.com/sports/football/nfl/penn-state-s-nick-scott-seemed-off-the-nfl-s/article_ac91b384-6ad4-11e9-8566-37b0930f5006.html

    Nick Scott was watching the NFL scouting combine on television March 4, and wishing he was there, when his relationship with the Los Angeles Rams began.

    Scott, a Penn State safety who grew up in Lancaster, was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida training for a shot at a pro career. After a workout, he went back to his hotel and turned the TV to NFL Network. Defensive backs, Scott’s peers, were testing at the combine.

    Scott’s phone rang, an unfamiliar number. It was John Fassel, the Rams’ special teams coordinator.

    “I’m here in Indy, sitting in the stands,’’ Fassel said. “I’ve got your highlights up, and I’m wondering why in the heck you’re not here.’’

    Scott had been a foundational special teams player at Penn State, special teams captain in 2017 and defensive captain in 2018. But most media outlets that rate potential draftees didn’t even have a rating for him.

    Fassel, and the Rams, were exceptions.

    That March day, on the phone, Fassel told Scott, “I’m going to to everything I can to get you drafted for the Los Angeles Rams.’’

    They chose Scott in the seventh round, with the 243rd pick.

    When Fassel called this time, Scott said, “What’s up, coach? You kept your word. I appreciate it.’’

    The Rams have nine safeties on their roster, including a veteran free agent, Eric Weddle, signed in March, and a second-round pick in this draft, Taylor Rapp.

    Special teams appear to be Scott’s meal ticket for now.

    “I do see myself as a safety first,’’ he said, “But I have a lot of experience, and a lot of passion, for special teams. It’s a phase of the game I’ve really grown to love.’’

    May 4, 2019 at 10:19 am in reply to: Hmm. FA available #100934
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    Interestingly, the Rams have been linked in the past to 3 of those 5 players. They made a run at Groy in 2017. Buffalo matched on him (if memory serves). They flirted with Wisniewski at one point too, in the Fisher days. And of course Suh vacationed in LA as a Ram last year (though he did show up in the post-season).

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