Random Ramsdom: Nov. 23rd, 2009
by Eric Nagel on Nov 23, 2009 2:36 AM CST
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- Bernie Miklasz thinks the Rams offense is in the stone age. It's one thing to talk about the Rams needing a passing attack, but it doesn't quite work when you compare Kurt Warner and his wide receivers to Marc Bulger and the STL receivers.
- Bill Coats has his grades for the AZ game. He had no problems with Shurmur's playcalling. While I think it has gotten better, the ridiculous shovel pass was a perfect example of his...wackiness.
- Remember those questionable penalties? Well, the
perfect, infallibleNFL referees have their side of the story. - Will at Ramsherd asks, "To go? Or not to go?" That is the question.
- Wondering why Bulger was looking loopy during the last possession? It's probably due to a concussion. Thanks to Jeff at Ramsgab for forwarding the profootballtalk.com link.
Enjoy your overreaction Monday.
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Not enough restrictive contact to draw a flag?
He kept him from moving forward and held him from getting to the ball. Those were two terrible calls. You’d think at home they would stop giving the other teams all the calls, but no.
The 53 as one have become the 53 that won.
according to one of the commenters on that article
there wasn’t any contact at all.
I guess we see what we want to see…..
I’m also surprised they didn’t have to defend the defensive holding call on Ramsey? (Ramsey, right?) That was a joke of a call.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
I can't go back and look but I'm 93% sure that there was some significant contact.
If there wasn’t how could Avery not run 8 yards in that amount time?
The 53 as one have become the 53 that won.
It was definitely "significant".
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Bernie Miklasz
I don’t agree with everything Bernie has to say but I do agree that the Rams need to “draft and develop an elite quarterback” for them to get to a point where they aren’t simply wasting Jackson’s talent. He’s a HOF back struggling and fighting to get 1 win.
It takes a long time to “draft and develop” a quarterback, years, and the Rams need to commit to this right away. There’s already been enough wasted time.
It seems they aren’t commited in that direction though, as this week will be full of practices without Keith Null getting any time with the 1st team. I’m almost resigned to accepting the coaches opinion that he’s not close enough to good to spending any time developing him further.
Which sucks because we could have taken something else
like a better #2 RB, or CB, or LB, or even a different QB. The pick made no sense at the time and still doesn’t. If you wanted to get him after the draft you could have because no one was going to pick him in the 7th round either.
LeFevour and the Rams 2010 Superbowl Champions
Saying you're drafting an elite QB is one thing....
then reality smacks you in the face when you look at the options.
There are no sure fire guys who you can bet on at the top of this draft. But, I suppose it’s like that every year and you just have to roll the dice, commit to a guy, and give him the support to take over down the road.
Unless you’re talking about starting that QB right away. Because, I’m not positve I see any guys in the draft who I’d feel confident doing that with and the one that does instill that confidence shreadded his shoulder this year.
I have little faith in Claussen and McCoy and Locker (for what it’s worth). Although, out of that second group, I probably like Locker the best, but that’s not a ringing endorsement.
I do like the idea of going big D line with the first couple of picks and then looking for a guy like Lefevour after that. I lost some confidence in him after the BC game, but drafting Lefevour in the 3rd round is a lost less risky than drafting those 4 QBs mentioned earlier in the first.
Unfortunately, with Steven Jackson not gettin any younger, they have to get this right especially if they go QB in the first round. If they don’t, it’ll doom them if they want to win with Jackson in the backfield.
By going with D-Line or D-End in the first and second, you’re building a defense that can take some of the heat off the offense. But if you go QB, you’re doing so at the expense of the defense.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
draft and develop an elite quarterback = trade for and develop an elite quarterback
There are some young guys that only have a couple of years on them that could use a change of scenery. For example, Brady Quinn was once considered an elite QB, as much as anyone in this year’s draft. He hasn’t had the chance to develop properly yet and could still turn out to be elite on tis level.
I don’t know if drafting a guy is the way to go, if they have assessed someone as being worthy, or if trading for a Quinn would be the better way to go….but the need to do something fairly dramatic here is undeniable.
by CoachConnors on Nov 23, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
What about Rhett Bomar
He’s on the giants practice squad right now. The only wrong thing he did was something everyelite player at Oklahoma had done up to that point. Other Colleges as well, for that matter. He was also once concidered an elite prospect. He comes cheaper too.
I think it boils down to
Whos avilable when our pick comes up. We shouldn’t pass up on Suh to get a maybe franchise QB. Also, do we have the staff on hand whom CAN develop a QB. We need to get a QB immediately, through the draft. We should be scouring other teams practice squads for another backup to learn our system this year, so we have more than one whom we can afford and who knows the system. Cut bait with Null. That was a mistake when the pick was made.
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