Random Ramsdom, 6/11: Rams speed it up for Bradford
by Ryan Van Bibber on Jun 11, 2010 8:58 AM CDT
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New pages in the playbook, different blitz packages...St. Louis Rams rookie QB Sam Bradford is getting plenty of new material this spring, courtesy of the Rams coaching staff. They're keeping him on his toes, it'll be interesting to see how he puts it together when the pads come out this summer. No pressure.
What does DT Chris Hovan offer the Rams? Uh, not much according to this scouting report.
Is the NFL rule that keeps rookies from practicing with their teams until after final exams, as is the case with Rams draft pick Mardy Gilyard, really necessary? On one hand, I can see that, ideally, it provides a small motivation to finish school, for the seniors at least. Gilyard withdrew from school for the spring semester, so he's been kept off the field in spite of the fact that he's not currently taking classes.
How would you like to be Lane Kiffin? Taking a dream job at USC only to have the previous administration's gaffs set the program back more than a few years.
About that mock draft contest...I'm on it, but give me some time to get it done.
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Kiffin had to know
I seriously doubt Lane Kiffin was blindsided by the sanctions. This investigation has gone on for years and am pretty sure USC honchos had a good idea what was coming. If they didn’t make this part of the dialog when hiring a coach, shame on them and also Kiffin for not doing his homework.
My life's unique distinction is being one of the very few who bought (and suffered through) Rams season tickets in Anaheim from '86 to '94. Boy, I miss those days.
why would he take the job knowing that sanctions were coming?
unless they didn’t think the NCAA’s punishment would be quite as severe as it turned out to be. It’s strange deal for Kiffin.
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by Ryan Van Bibber on Jun 11, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Sam Bradford scored 36 on Wonderlic Test
His brain and highly accurate arm will make Sam first year successful.
how many points is the wonderlic out of?
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
by Brandon Birkhead on Jun 11, 2010 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
50 ... but it isn't a reliable test for success.
Some great QB’s scored low and some awful ones scored high.
Alex Smith is a very smart person and has a decent arm, but he’s not a great QB.
I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.
by Midasknight on Jun 11, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Can a 5th Grader Score High on the Wonderlic?
Most of your QB’s average 24. Wonderlic, Inc. claims a score of at least 10 points suggests a person is literate. Rich Eisen scored a 35 in 2009. The average score for an NFL player is 20. I like how that fits in right between clerical worker (21) and security guard (17), seems about right.
Kiffin Is actually smart
I mean he did ok last year, But if the seniors and juniors will probably leave he will have a chance to get his kind of players and he won’t have any super high expectations that he had at Tennessee and Pete Caroll originally had with USC.
by Tevin T. Broner on Jun 11, 2010 1:16 PM CDT reply actions
Just in
Jason smIth has a stress fracture in his toe and will miss the rest of ota’s
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NFL&id=5218
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
SHEEEEEET
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
And now setterstrom has an elbow injury!
Yes! So far so good on the injury front
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
The Hovan thing tees me off again.
Here’s a guy from a 3-13 club that was so bad on the D-Line they drafted TWO, not one, but TWO DT’s. We seem to be trying to assemble a crew of old guys worse than the ones we dumped; Hovan, Robbins, Fraley, Diggs. Maybe Ryan Leaf and Deion Sanders are still available? Like that kinda writing Van?
I wondered the same thing about Hovan.
Still, given where we are right now, what do you think management should do? This is real life so we can’t go back and have a “do-over”. No fair going back to say what we should have done. Starting with today, what should management do to improve the team? It’s not an easy question, but I’m interested in what you think since you say you try to be realistic about the situation.
You ask a good question.
There is no magic Time Tunnel to jump into and go back and pick a DT in the 3rd or 4th round, nor are stars like Peppers available any longer. (didn’t Julius get $12M/yr while Atog wants $7M/yr and there’s no doubt who’d have been the biggest impact player) So, unfortunately, like regular people who make errors in judgment, the Rams (and Spags) will have to suffer the consequences. As will the fans.There is one thing to be considered though; since the wizard prognosticators say we’re 31 or 32, our 2011 draft choices are probably perceived to be worth a lot. Maybe some team would trade us a real DT for a 2nd and/or 3rd.
You ask a good question.
There is no magic Time Tunnel to jump into and go back and pick a DT in the 3rd or 4th round, nor are stars like Peppers available any longer. (didn’t Julius get $12M/yr while Atog wants $7M/yr and there’s no doubt who’d have been the biggest impact player) So, unfortunately, like regular people who make errors in judgment, the Rams (and Spags) will have to suffer the consequences. As will the fans.There is one thing to be considered though; since the wizard prognosticators say we’re 31 or 32, our 2011 draft choices are probably perceived to be worth a lot. Maybe some team would trade us a real DT for a 2nd and/or 3rd.
This is soon to be the new Over the HIll Gang every player they get is a D-
Spagnolo should have stay with the Giants or go back to the Eagles to be with Andy R.
every ones reject ends up here ,this team is more messed up then ever before ,i see another year of head scraching and wondering WTF is gong on,if Spags thinks he is such a good coach that he can take every ones rejects and make them champions well hes welcome to try it but he only has this year to do it ,if this coaching staff makes it thru this year,with no RB help for S.J. with no real #1 WR with no real improvement on the DL
with no added help for J.L. at LB. And last but not least with no security on the OL injuries starting already ,now to top if off this is the icing on the cake every one they bring in is a hasbeen ,add the fact that Atogwe is gone and Barron who was the only OL we had injury free ,this is looking more every day like the sure road to disaster .But if i had to throw blame around i guess it would have to start with B.Devaney he is running this show for now,but i dont think he will be for too much longer,if im wrong his team will win a lot of games and if im right we will be drafting first again with a new FO
Unless we show no signs of improving
I think we give the front office one more year. They weren’t given much to start with and it takes more than two years to fill 22 positions with good players, especially since we couldn’t sign any real free agents this season.
Onubon > Gates
Yes but its the front affice that did not sign any real free agents this season
so will the new owner see it the same way and say oh let me give them another year to play with my millions and watch another 1-15 season ? I wouldn’t bet on it
Did the current owners give them the money to sign pricey free agents?
Unless you know the answer to that question, you don’t know whether the lack of big free agent signings was their choice or the result of not having the money to do it. Don’t talk about all the money they saved by dropping Bulger and the rest. They didn’t have that money to spend unless the owners told them they could. Bashing them without knowing the rules under which they were operating makes no sense.
The facts are bashing them not me lol
Maybe they had money to spend and maybe they did not but they sure had draft picks to trade and move up and take what we needed and not the junk they keep bringing in
or even now to trade for a RB or WR or DT or OL we need all those positions to be solid,you in fact mentioned Marshawn L. and I totally agree with you ,im not worry about the FO they are sure to get what they all deserve lol and soon and that will be a swift kick in the ass by the new owner for not spending his money wisely,at least thats what i think ,unless Bradford starts from day one and dazzles every one and we are winning games having the best rookie QB year in history ,that might save there jobs
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