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The only way anyone could know that McCain continued on to his target after being called back would be if there was someone else on the plane who witnessed it, survived the crash, survived being a POW, and then told the story after the war.
And the A4 Skyhawk was a single seater.
Myles Simmons@MylesASimmons
McVay said #LARams TE Gerald Everett is working his way back and is on track to play Week 1. I talked to Everett post practice and will have that write up this evening.HC Sean McVay says it’s unlikely OLB Obo Okoronkwo (foot) will come off PUP prior to the start of the regular season, which would mean he’ll miss the first six games of 2018. McVay noted Okoronkwo has been working hard to come back, but the issue is out of his control.
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Joe Banner@JoeBanner13
OBJ almost done, Donald almost done, Mack and Raiders not even talking. This is one of the strangest situations I have seen in over 20 years of being involved in NFL contracts. Would love to know what Raiders strategy is?==
Lester A. Wiltfong Jr@wiltfongjr
I really wish sports fans would learn the spectrum of adjectives that lie between the words great and sucksRAMS’ JOHN KELLY LOOKS LIKE LATEST UNDERVALUED RB
link: https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/08/26/rams-john-kelly-looks-like-latest-undervalued-rb/
The NFL has some odd tendencies in drafting running backs. Of course we’ve all heard the phrase “RBs are a dime a dozen”. And for a vast majority of them, yes. The talent pool at RB is stocked as full as any position in the league.
But the NFL also doesn’t play by these rules anymore, having drafted 8 running backs in the first round since 2015. The lucky eight?
2015 Todd Gurley, Rams
2015 Melvin Gordon, Chargers
2016 Ezekiel Elliott, Cowboys
2017 Leonard Fournette, Jaguars
2017 Christian McCaffrey, Panthers
2018 Saquon Barkley, Giants
2018 Rashad Penny, Seahawks
2018 Sony Michel, Patriots
The common denominator between these eight backs is their athletic ability in relation to their size. All who tested (Gurley did not) logged above average athleticism when scoring their tests against their size. And having accomplished peak production, it appears the NFL has their model of exceptions.“RBs are a dime a dozen, except we’re not going to treat them like they are.”
Enter John Kelly, the 176th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Kelly, who is a former Tennessee Volunteer, had a frustrating career behind an underwhelming offensive line that simply found creating rushing lanes too tough of a task do do with any consistency.
He’s not having those same issues thus far in the preseason, having logged 77, 56 and 64 rushing yards respectively in three games for the Los Angeles Rams. But Kelly had much better film, even with the line issues at Tennessee, than he got credit for.
His 2018 NFL Draft report can be found below:
Kelly showed that “tremendous balance and ability to sustain forward momentum/footing after contact” yesterday with this dazzling 15-yard touchdown romp.
JOHN. KELLY. 😳@JKShuttlesworth #HOUvsLAR pic.twitter.com/MIGUw0dQOt
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
So with evident gifts and abilities as a running back and an above average athleticism score when adjusting for his size, what caused a slide? It’s hard to say for sure. Kelly’s perception may have been skewed by a Pro Day only 40 time (he ran 4.65 and then in the 4.5s). Or perhaps whispers off the field caught up with Kelly.
Either way, he’s clearly outperformed Malcolm Brown this summer and is in all likelihood going to be the #2 back when the season opens.
Undervalued backs are as much of a certainty as death and taxes.
Arian Foster, C.J. Anderson, Priest Holmes, Fred Jackson all went completely undrafted. So, too, did Corey Clement, who can be John Kelly’s role model in 2018. Clement came in last year and eventually found himself in a key role for the Super Bowl Champion Eagles, having 6 touchdowns and being a key contributor in several big situations throughout the season.
Kelly didn’t have to go through the entire draft without hearing his name called, but he should absolutely have a chip on his shoulder as the 15th RB drafted. And Kelly, like Clement, will have every chance as RB2 to make some key plays for the Rams, who have a Super Bowl of their own in mind this season.
The final remaining hurdle for Kelly is to sustain his positive reps once the action transitions from the preseason to the regular season schedule. Barring a catastrophic injury to Todd Gurley, Kelly’s workload will be light, so he will need to make his chances count.
But as the second string back, Kelly will absolutely see the ball every Sunday. And he’ll look to follow the mold most recently set by Corey Clement to make a few teams wish they’d seen him in a different light last April.
I think the Deal will closely match Suh’s contract.
I hope you don’t mean in terms of amount.
In terms of structure, could be.
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