How to fix the running game

As we have so many needs to fill…but I agree that this Def. Needs to get addressed sooner than later. I would be a fan of grabin one in fa (if there is one) and drafting one of the many speedy cats in a middle round…what’s that Taiwan dudes name lol or Rogers

  I think we have too many other holes to spend that much on the RB position. Even if we do trade down as you noted, to spend this much solely on the running game at the cost of our passing game, the pass rush, pass coverage or run defense seems very narrow.
  Maybe it’s just a year too early. By next offseason, we should be in position to blow out a position like this. We might be a year too early though to make a push on the running game this year.

Goldberg was never intended to be a big power guard, That’s not even why we keep him. He is a rotational fill-in that can play anywhere on the line. That’s a talent that we don’t have anywhere else. Yes, we DO need a power guard, but not at the expense of Goldberg. Bell is the one that hasn’t performed up to contract.
SJax was pounded every year trying to break out of the OL’s traffic lanes, and only broke out a few times per game. We should have retained Darby, because he is a faster back and can get thru a hole faster than SJax. Plus he’s tough. He could get 30 touches per game and be ready for 30 more. BUT-if SJax can’t move the OL pile, how can we sham Darby for the for the same thing? Same thing goes for Toast. He can neverget more than 20 yds per game if he only gets 2 touches in 6 games. I’m more excited about our running game when we draft for the OL and THEN see what happens.

If SJax only got 4 or 5 touches per game and Darby got 24 touches, we wouldn’t be having this thing about Darby, but about SJax. It’s all about rhythm . It don’t click with just 4 or 5 touches.

We would be able to trade Jackson while he still has some value and invest in a youthful running back tandem that would grow with the rest of the youth movement. I know its unpopular to say anything slightly negative about Jackson, but his best years are clearly behind him, the wear and tear will catch up quickly, and his style is changing (dancing versus exploding through the hole). I do not believe our lack of running game calls solely on the line’s inability to push or the play calling for Bradford last season. Jackson is a Randy Moss scenario, but with one or two more decent years ahead of where Moss was last year.

Why trade our best leader? We already let Atogwe go. It’s not all about X’s and O’s. Also the Rams can’t trade their best playmaker on offense.

in the 3rd sounds good to me

Can you imagine how time flies? In a number of years we will be saying “Get rid of that Sam the Sham and get a QB!!” Oh my—

SJax is on his way out, and posters are even sayin it-

  Sjax is a known commodity. He is part of the reason why Bradford will be successful. Teams have to respect play action with Sjax around. Darby was a fine player, but he didn’t garner the respect of other teams. He was not a focus of pre-game planning the way Sjax makes teams plan for him on every play.
  Thoughts on how to gain further picks has merit, yet removing a power component at this stage will hurt the offense far beyond what could be gained by any late round RBs this year. Acquiring a free agent RB like Slaton will add to the backfield and not blur the ability or capacity of the running game like trading Sjax would do.
  Sjax is also an excellent receiver out of the backfield. Bradford would lose the best all-round offensive weapon he currently has available.
  Lastly, Sjax is a team leader and that has a value all its own that can’t be replaced by a rookie RB. The shortened training period this year means we will need all the veteran players we have, so much so that this years picks for every team have been effected. Project players aren’t going to be high on any teams list.
  A Sjax trade at this time…? No
  Build a two-back running game? We are half way there.

     But we probably can’t afford to add much more for the ground game, unless we do trade into more picks or free agency gets off the ground in time.

Don’t know ‘bout drafting two RBs, but we agree on the choices. I’d be happy with Williams, Vereen or mancrush BILAL. If Williams is there for the Rams’ third pick (slightly unlikely), I’d love that too.

At least not under Josh McD’s watch it wont. Here’s the problem. First off we don’t have a 6th round pick and we didn’t get any comp. round picks but we do have two 7th round picks so in all we have seven picks. Second McD is a very pass-oriented OC (thing WRs). And third, Spags is a very defense-oriented HC (think DEs, DTs, WLB, S, CB).

It’s already been established just about everywhere that the Rams top needs are: WR – DT/DE – WLB – OG – S/CB – RB (not necessarily in that order but those positions).

So lets just say this is how the draft goes for the Rams (or you could mix it up a little bit):

1 – WR
2 – DE or DT (or they could take one of each in two diff. rounds)
3 – WLB
4 – S
5 – OG
7 – CB
7 – RB

So there’s just are not enough draft picks to grab two Running Backs unless they forgo one of their other needs. And even if they do trade down to get an extra pick I still don’t see them picking up more than one RB.

Go Rams!

Maybe we could trade down and get him late in the first/ early in the 2nd?