2010 Rams Preview: The Fifth Down blog
by Tevin T. Broner on Jun 30, 2010 1:00 PM CDT
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PrintHello everyone, I know that it has been a slow news day today so I decided to share this article about the Rams that I am sure you guys would like to read.
Now before reading this I will basically tell you before you read it that this author is condemning the Rams to a 4th place finish and basically saying that we will suck he, technically he didn't say that we would suck, and also for once someone didn't rank the Rams the last team in the Nfl. He did hit a couple of nails on the head though but, To me it just seems like he got the worst ideas of the Rams stuck them into a negative article and just said oh well it's about the Rams only two people will read it.
Well here is the said article St. Louis Rams 2010 Season Preview after reading some of this I could tell that he didn't know what he was talking about for the most part , but I will give him credit he did start off with a very interesting beginning. He did hit some points though I won't say everything that he wrote was false it was just that a somethings he said was, At least in my opinion especially about what he had to say about our defense
I am interested in hearing your opinion on this article if you don't want to read the whole here is an quote so that you get the idea of the way that the article is going which is what I found interesting the most.
What’s worrying is that St. Louis’s two young gems – end Chris Long and middle linebacker James Laurinaitis – have low ceilings. Long is a tenacious, fundamentally refined all-around force, but he lacks the quick-twitch athletic prowess of a premium pass-rusher. In short, he’s destined to be a terrific role player. Laurinaitis posted big tackle numbers as a second-round rookie last year, but only because someone had to make the tackles. Laurinaitis lacks lateral agility and top-notch physicality, and at 23, he has only average diagnostic skills.
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Tevin
You may want ot fix the link to the article.
Here it is
http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/st-louis-rams-2010-season-preview/
Sorry, about that
I checked it 3 times before I posted this and it worked. Then I tried replace it 5 times before it finally worked thanks for that.
by Tevin T. Broner on Jun 30, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I did not get too far into the article before I knew this guy did not have all his facts.
Here is an example
On the bright side, unlike the 2-14 Rams of ’08, the 1-15 Rams of ’09 at least had a semblance of direction and purpose. First-year coach Steve Spagnuolo was putting in his system and laying the franchise’s new foundation. G.M. Bill Devaney, hired in December 2008, was continuing the roster overhaul. Heading into this training camp, only nine players remain from the pre-Devaney era, and only three of them – running back Steven Jackson, defensive tackle Clifton Ryan and cornerback Ron Bartell – are starters.
Notice missing pieces, Atogwe, Hall, & Bell
If I were you, do not be the 3rd person to read this article :-)
Wow
Yeah, we could have had Marc Bulger as MLB, and he would have made the tackles, too, since SOMEBODY had to.
His comment right before that quote is ridiculous, too.
The Ram defense illustrates the importance of having playmakers in the N.F.L. Without playmakers, you wind up ranking 31st in points allowed and 27th or worse in every other key statistical category.
Obviously we don’t have any playmakers on defense, otherwise we wouldn’t be 1-15. Right? Perfectly logical. It couldn’t have been because the defense was on the field for 45-50 minutes out of every game, and they just get too tired.
Players will be more comfortable in their second year in this system, but in the end, aggression and trickery can only go so far.
Tell Rex Ryan that.
I admit, I didn’t disagree with as much as I thought I would in that article, but all of the things he says, “They need to do,” they’re doing, and intending to improve upon. I suppose if you’re not a Rams fan, you just assume they’re going to fail at improving.
THIS year's the year. I hope....
by thisguy on Jun 30, 2010 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
misinformed regarding the secondary
starting three backups at the beginning of the season? This one doesn’t even make any sense. His outlook on James. L is a hack job. I mostly agree with the offensive assessment though (except that Donnie Avery coudn’t start for another team. There are very few teams who wouldn’t love to have Avery as their 2nd.
If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.
All these cuts, changes, acquisitions and still NONE of the Sports talking heads like us for anything but the bottom rung.
I sure hope there’s some crow to be eaten about midway thru the season.
Sure but it's that way every year
They were saying the same thing after Miami went 1-15 in ‘07…then they turned it around and won 11 games in ’08. And nobody saw New Orleans going from an 8-8 team in 2008 to a 13-3 Super Bowl Champion last year. 99% of major media predictions are just rehashing last year instead of trying to figure out this year. It’s too hard and too complex.
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.
by 3k on Jun 30, 2010 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
It took until week 10 for anyone to take us serious
and even some didn’t after that!
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
wow
The young offensive line has no depth. None of the wide receivers or tight ends would start on a typical N.F.L. team. Steven Jackson has to carry the entire run game. Defensively, there’s an absence of pass-rushers. And the secondary will start three backups on opening day and be only slightly worse off than the linebacking corps.
didn’t know atogwe was backup…? or Bartell… seriously? or Butler? And o-line depth is our strength… the weakness being the uncertainty in how our young starters perform…..
Rasmus can hit lefties
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