Did The Ram's Get Worse This Offseason? A Tevin Rant

by Tevin T. Broner on Jul 28, 2010 1:09 AM CDT

I was doing a little digging last night, and I saw Mike Sando did an article on the St. Louis Rams. I won't lie Mike Sando is one of my favorite writers for Espn (even though he stays in seattle)and when he writes about the Ram's you I have to read it because most of the time he is accurate, but reading this article Are the Rams really any better? - NFC West Blog - ESPN really had me a little disheartened because most of what he said was on the money. Although I think they undervalued our rookies, At least they don't think that we are going 1-15..

In my personal opinion I think that the St. Louis Rams underachieved last season. With less than average talent all around the board, and rookie coaches in almost every spot it would be hard not to underachieve, and last but not least you had the injuries. While we do have many question marks left from last season, It's looking more likely that we will win more than 1 game next season and that is always a good thing. The St. Louis Rams found a few young gems last season like, Brandon Gibson and Laurent Robinson who came and contributed and should be making another step this season, plus our rookies should come in and help out rather on special teams or to give players a rest.

I'm not expecting Super Bowl ring this coming up season, nor am I expecting to finish in the top 5 this season I think that the front office has done enough this off season to give the Rams a chance in most of our games. We signed a few veterans and although they aren't elite many of them used to be starters or good role players and for a team lacking in talent adding depth this off season will make it so it won't be a serious dip in talent, Think of it this way if injuries hit the Rams again next season would you rather have Mardy Gilyard or Jordan Kent in the game, it's little bits of the puzzle like that, that will make this team respectable.

With that being said it,s time to put the dismal 2009 season away, and look towards the more promising future. I think this season will test our team more than than it did last year with all the youth still on team, but we have most of our core on the team now and if you aren't excited about training camp and preseason coming up then I don't know what to say to you. This is the best time for us to get our hopes up, I mean hell you never know we could make a turnaround like the 2008 Falcons, You never know in the NFL, oh and I think that the St. Louis Rams improved this season but time will tell.

The season begins anew for the St. Louis Rams Wednesday, are you ready for some football?

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Definitely didnt get worse...just didnt get a whole lot better

by Buck Nasty87 on Jul 28, 2010 1:22 AM CDT reply actions

takes an extremely short term stance

Sure, opening day we wont be better than we were last year. But 1/2 way through the year I expect improvement. Saying that Bradford won’t be better than the three headed QB monster is short sighted at best. That is like saying that Peyton Manning (rookie) wont be better than Jim Harbaugh. The author also goes on to say that Chris Long wont ever amount to anything. I don’t think Im being defensive by calling the article presumptious.

If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.

by gomer7 on Jul 28, 2010 8:39 AM CDT reply actions

I think the key to that article

was “short-term”, “doesn’t believe in improvement from those who were rookies last year” and “won’t expect contributions from rookies this year.”

I realized about 3-4 questions in that he wasn’t going to like anything the Rams did this offseason. He also talked about Spags not having talent on the D-line like he did in NY, but as I recall, those NY guys were no-names until Spags put them in his system.

All this stuff is easy to go with if you don’t think our team is designed to get better and that nobody learns anything as time goes on in the NFL.

THIS year's the year. I hope....

by thisguy on Jul 28, 2010 9:35 AM CDT reply actions

If our roster didn't change at all, we'd still be better this year.

Every player who has not already peaked will be better this year than last year. The Rams have a very young team so they have a lot of players that are ascending. Even with zero roster changes, the Rams will be better than last year.

I can take a beating ... I'm a Rams fan.

by Midasknight on Jul 28, 2010 12:16 PM CDT reply actions

"Then you've got a bunch of no-names, and Mardy Gilyard, a rookie (how often do rookie receivers produce?)"

Just last year alone…
Percy Harvin, Hakeem Nicks, Jeremy Maclin, Michael Crabtree, Austin Collie, Mohammed Massoquoi, Johnny Knox, and a few others that I would consider successful.
Rookie Receiving Stats

Onubon > Gates

by Carneros on Jul 28, 2010 12:32 PM CDT reply actions

The defense should be better this year.

For most of the guys it will be their second year in the system, so the plays should be reactionary and they should be comfortable with Spags system. The offense should be better too, with a new QB and an improved offensive line, and hopefully we will find our number one reciever mybe Robinson, or Avery will step up, heck mybe even Danario Alexander.

by brians rams on Jul 28, 2010 1:00 PM CDT reply actions

Couldn’t agree more with the article. I think he has been reading my articles/comments on here. : ) I have basically written this article over and over. And might I add that, our team should start getting better right around the time that all of our decent draft picks become free agents. Awesome!

Ignorance is bliss and way too many people are happy.

by Everett 11 on Jul 28, 2010 6:21 PM CDT reply actions