Hoomanawanui could return; Can he have an impact against Seattle?
In desperate need for anyone who can catch passes, the St. Louis Rams have something to look forward to this week with the anticipated return of TE Michael Hoomanawanui.
Buggered by injury, Illinois Mike has played in just 7 games for the Rams, but he's been productive in those games. The rookie TE had 13 catches on 22 targets for 146 yards and 3 touchdowns. His 1.7 percent DVOA (per Football Outsiders) is better than the Rams other tight ends, Billy Bajema and Daniel Fells, who both have negative DVOA.
And how does he figure into the matchup against Seattle? Seattle, with a solid group of linebackers, does pretty well against opposing tight ends. Seattle has the 4th best DVOA against tight ends, -13.6 percent DVOA. Tampa Bay must not have received the memo since TE Kellen Winslow had 7 catches for 98 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Seattle this week.
The good news for the Rams here is that Seattle pass defense has been weak against receivers, which Bradford took advantage of in their last meeting, completing 23 of 41 passes for 289 yards, 2 TD and 1 INT.
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he will make an impact, can’t wait to have Uh-Oh back!
I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?
He'd make a huge difference
if for no other reason that he’s a legitimate receiving threat. I’d love to have him at 90% or more by game time
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Draft Day comments
I can recall on deraft day everyone was saying WHO is he, another draft bust. We wasted another pick on a real loser. Give Mike some time and he will make it to star level that the other teams have to defend him. Right now No one knows what he will become. Looks like the FO has a winner in this draft choice.
great news
but have to say here.
sounds like footbll outsiders is awesome.
BUT WTF IS DVOA??? and what is with the – and + ratings etc.?
i try and understand what you’re saying as it sounds and looks right but wtf does it all mean? lol
Bradford to Onobun!
Defense-adjusted Value Over Average
“The statistic measures the success of a given play compared to the league-average level of success for that play given the situation at the time (score, time remaining, down and distance to go, location on the field, caliber of opponent, and so on). The formula is calculated using every play of the season, and provides rankings for teams, individual units (offense, defense, special teams), and individual players… …A DVOA rating of 0% is equivalent to league average performance. An above-zero number represents an above-average offensive performance, and a below-zero number represents an above average defensive performance.”
-Wikipedia.
+ is good
- is bad
got it?
it’s like one of those baseball stats
I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?
wow that's pretty in depth.
so it only counts the success of the player within that particular play compared to others?
so Oh Oh on a comeback compared to VD on a comeback etc.?
thanks for the answer.
and I literally know nothing about Baseball at all so sorry lol
Bradford to Onobun!
oh so it's like WAR
as in wins above replacement? Except instead of 2.0 WAR being league average, it’s 0%… that makes it much easier – thanks SERGEY606
DONNIE FUCKING JONES FOR PRO BOWL!
by stlcardsfan4 on Dec 28, 2010 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
wow
probably the best explanation of that I’ve ever heard….good job!!!
I like how I just copy/pasted
chunks off of wikipedia and put them together, and it apparently makes a lot of sense.
You’re welcome.
I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?
Awesome
This guy pretty much cam out of nowhere with his solid TE play. Future is bright for this one. and i love hearing announcers butcher his name. that means hes doing something to get noticed.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no PLAYOFFS."
Winston Churchill
They really need to learn to say "Uh-Oh"!
cause that’s what I yell every time he touches the ball
I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?
ME TOO!!!!!!
My kids call him Uh Oh now too.
:)
He’s not in Illinois anymore.
I’ll try to get ahold of Al Michaels or Cris Collinsworth to make sure they use the correct nickname.
I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.
I think we should get the Nickname spread out
to the point where the stadium yells “Uh-Oh!” when he catches a ball
it won’t be as good as Housh, but still.
I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?
It won't be as good as
“BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE!” either. But then again, nothing will :(
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
It gives us another 3rd down threat besides Amendola
Huge difference maker when healthy. It seems like on the rare occasions when both DX and Uh-Oh are healthy we have a pretty decent group of out there. In spite of Bajema’s 2 TD game I still think he’s got awful hands, and Fells is OK but not someone you can rely on to make a game changing play like Uh-Oh.
I really hope
He’ll be OKAY to play this Sunday night. Whenever he gets the ball, he seems to have it beyond 10 yards… something we don’t often do.
If I get paid a dollar for every time Bradford says "you know," I'd be a millionaire!
Oh wow, if he was on the field at qwest would be a huge huge huge help to get
Sam in the groove. Big target with sure hands…man, with him, amendola, and dx in there and then having to deal with Jackson….whoa I am getting chills!
All I want for Christmas is a Pete Carroll scowl on week 17!
Now's the time to utilize HoHo, DX and Amendola to the max...
And to let SJax run up the middle, off tackle, to the outside, pitch out and reverse.
Clayton > Avery
any day.
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Uh Oh taking an OLB up the seam....
This will open up the dink and dunk just a little bit more. Let’s face it, we’re going to see more of the same D & D. I thought Fells picked up a couple of receptions against the fuckin n*ners, didn’t he? It may not help as much as we hope. I’d really like to see Uh Oh line up at FB or maybe catch some outta the backfield.
ESPN today they were asking people who they liked
in the NFL… they said “… we’ll skip the NFC West”
Pooch punts should be illegal inside an opponents 38 yard line.
I'll kill then,
I’ll kill them all!
"I kind of stepped my swagger up. You look at the Madden game and the swagger's so low, maybe they'll bump me up. Before it was a meatball flex, so you've got to liven it up a little bit." - Animal Jr.
Do we want him to try to come back this week
and maybe get hurt again, or wait one more week and be completely healthy and ready to roll in the playoffs?
I believe Mike might just be the missing link that the Rams are looking for. The seven games he featured he was the talisman hence having that in mind, the bad season that Rams have experienced might just be over especially with the posed return of Michael.
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