Assessing the Needs of the St. Louis Rams for 2012
by 3k on Jan 26, 2012 11:00 AM CST
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PrintAbout a year ago, I asked our battalion (or have we entered brigade status?) of readers what they thought the biggest needs for the Rams were with the 2010 season behind us.
It's that time again.
After the jump, you'll find a form where you rank each position from 1-10 (10 meaning we desperately need help, 1 meaning no changes are needed whatsoever).
How do you grade the Rams offensive tackles? Rodger Saffold has the look of a capable young player, but should Jason Smith be in the team's long-term plans? Guard and center are also going to be interesting positions to analyze?
How about defensive tackles and outside linebackers? Are they both 10's? I'll definitely be watching how the safety votes come in...
What about the specialists? Do Donnie Jones and Josh Brown still deserve our confidence?
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im really confused on how to fill this out
are we ranking them each individually on whether that need is a level 1-10
and is 1 the least and 10 the most needed or is it like…oh thats our number 1 need, this is our 2nd need etc..
10 meaning we desperately need help, 1 meaning no changes are needed whatsoever
So if you’re good with our DE rotation, that’s a 1. If you think we need 2-3 new outside linebackers, that’s a 8, 9 or 10
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Hey
3k, I graded mine with 10 being we need no help and 1 needing lots of help. Sorry!
I confused myself. That cool?
can you go ahead and re-do it?
Cause once we get a ton of responses, I come up with some data sets. If you want yours included, it’d be easiest to just re-do your answers.
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"my keyboard won't corporate, neighter will my smell check." - Knoxfan
I'd mention hanging chads
but I’m not going commando today
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by 3k on Jan 26, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
A quick off top question?
I’ve read we will have $40 mil in CAP in 2013, and have $10 mil now?
Can we make deals with FAs that pay say the league minimum this year, and more next year so we can access some of the 2013 CAP room now?
What do you think about picking guys off the wire this time of year?
Remember him. I’d take him as the first in a series of open door experiments this off season. Played his ass off at Pitt, just hasn’t found his nitch yet.
Wolf. Wolfgang Wolf
can he block like his Pa
I’ll take him then. We don nee no stankin safeties though.
Wolf. Wolfgang Wolf
a need is....
to get sam bradford on twitter! lets get it sorted people?!?
Haha
Has anyone heard how danny.A is doin
We might be down now but when we get back up u better move out are way are ul get RAMED!!!
by Ramzman18 on Jan 26, 2012 11:39 AM CST via mobile reply actions
haha makes a difference!....
this season sam was the ping pong ball
dannys is...
going to be in the uk for the superbowl to try generating some interest in the wembley game
I think a return guy is something that we've been missing and it's been overlooked IMO
That cheerleader didn’t do that hot, Danny wasn’t exactly lights out and that Hood guy had a TD but other than that hasn’t done anything.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
I don't think they're letting him go. Isn't he just a Rook and could be a decent WR and returner
Though I heard he has concussion problems
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by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2012 1:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
looking at last yrs needs...
im a little sick that none of those needs were addressed. dahl was a great addition to the line, but i didnt expect the others to perform so poorly that it would require another addition.
Who doesn't enjoy watching a niner get owned by a good stiff arm?
by unleash-the-beast#39 on Jan 26, 2012 12:57 PM CST via mobile reply actions
actually they "addressed" the needs
We needed an OLB, they signed Pop and forgot who else…but they didn’t do that well.
We needed a RB, they signed Caddy-fumble and Norwoody.
We needed a OL, they got Dahl, which was the only good sign.
So IMO it wasn’t that they didn’t address them, they just signed some shit FAs
Haikus are easy,
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Refrigerator.
guess i should have said that they didnt “successfully” address those needs, and hear we are a yr later still needing help at all those positions…sigh….
Who doesn't enjoy watching a niner get owned by a good stiff arm?
by unleash-the-beast#39 on Jan 26, 2012 1:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
and that other sack of crap called an olb was ben leber
Who doesn't enjoy watching a niner get owned by a good stiff arm?
by unleash-the-beast#39 on Jan 26, 2012 1:42 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
i just saw the most depressing news in my life as a rams fan
rams had the worst value at offensive lineman in NFL HISTORY. not sure if it was just someone’s opinion or if it was calculated… but the guy i talked to made it sound like their were stats to show this… dam
Wouldn't doubt it at all.
We had one of the highest paid O lines, with one of the worst outcomes. I don’t even know how it’s possible to fail so hard.
Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.
Jordan Poyer.
Haikus are easy,
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by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2012 1:37 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I definitely think we could use a new punter and kicker
Donnie has definitely regressed and Brown can’t hit the broad side of a barn. Drop both of them and go cheap
Baseball-Cardinals
Football-Rams
College Sports-MU Tigers!
I felt a lot better about this team until I filled that out.
Only four positions graded at a 4 or lower, and one of them was Kicker!
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Exactly. I think I had more 9's and 10's than < 5's.
I REALLY want a new starter at DT or OLB taken in the 2nd round.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Would you consider him the FS or SS? I could never tell with they way Spags shuffled them around.
I just lumped them together and said 5 for both.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Dahl and Butler drag the whole scale down.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
+1111 Totally agree
Dahl is good in run situations, but in pass coverage he’s a slower safety version of Justin King.
he is a FS
I gave a SS a high one too
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Where does Darian Stewart fit in?
I like that kid. I’d be happy with Stewart and Mikell as our safeties going into next year.
Two things about me will never change. I will always root for the Rams, and I will always root against the Niners.
Ditto.
Stewart will never be a top safety in the league, but I think he’s serviceable enough that we can focus on some other positions.
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
I also agree about Stewart
He’s the one bright spot from the Spags regime, besides the obvious names
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
I know I will probably get ripped, but I'm not ready to give up on Josh Brown yet.
I mean he watched the QB get the crap knocked out of him play after play. I’d be nervous and screw up kicks too. He was good in the past. Lets see what the new staff can do with him.
You are probably right. I think many may have graded them lower more by salary than performance
The urge to find more CAP room by going to cheaper ST alternatives is a valid one
I agree, but we have nothing to lose by keeping him another year.
Next year is where we will have a bunch of cap money clear and I would really rather build on that egg and get a few big name F.A’s next year to compliment this years draft.
Biggest Need...
…is a Strength and Conditioning Coach! Our IR team could have beaten our starting team this year!!
"Do or Do not...there is no try" - YODA
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I want a RAMCHOP!!
I miss him… Don’t tease if you don’t please!
Just when Bugs thinks he's done with him, the Tasmanian Devil asks: "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxEtR0chhA (3min. 8 sec)
Pretty sure jswirb took over chop's duties.
But at least ’chop wrote lengthy write-ups and replied to our comments.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
yea, but did Chop
use spaces in between terrible points, or
CAPSLOCK, OR
strikethrough, or
mispelings?
he used CAPS i know that
he made similar points to nastradouche, no strikethroughs though and sometimes meespeling stuf, but who doesn’t
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Be nice !
Or I will “Unfollow” you. ROTFLMAO
Just when Bugs thinks he's done with him, the Tasmanian Devil asks: "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxEtR0chhA (3min. 8 sec)
Oh dang, that wouldn't be good!
It’d bring me down to like 35 followers :( you can see I’m very popular on the tweeter with my witty twits.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Haha did you seriously unfollow me then followed again?! LOL
Haikus are easy,
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by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2012 11:47 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I thought it was funny?
LOL
Just when Bugs thinks he's done with him, the Tasmanian Devil asks: "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxEtR0chhA (3min. 8 sec)
JANE, YOU IGNORANT SLUT
I TOLD YOU THE RAMS WERE GUNNA BE SHIT LAST YEAR
noBODY BLeafed me!
I sed it FIRST, I tells ya.
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Lexxi
Do not try to understand it. Just accept it and reverse order everything. LOL
Just when Bugs thinks he's done with him, the Tasmanian Devil asks: "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxEtR0chhA (3min. 8 sec)
by Da Rookie on Jan 26, 2012 5:17 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
We have a girl? Or just a nickname?
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by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2012 7:20 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Does anyone think Illinois Mike is ever going to be healthy?
Will he be a Ram in 2012? Do you want him to be a Ram in 2012?
When he retires. Not sure anymore, depending on FA and Draft. I want to want him, but not sure anymore – I’m sure he’ll tear it up on the next team he’s on.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
unfortunately, I don't think we can anticipate him staying healthy
He’s serviceable for half a season at best. I’m not sure if Fisher/Schotty plan on using 2 TE sets or not, but if they do I’d like to see us get someone in FA. Drafting someone, in my opinion, isn’t a priority, but I think that a solid TE (assuming they want 2) in FA could make a big impact on our offense……… if in fact we have an offense in 2012
Dude, we were supposed to use this "2 TE set" under McD
besides NE, no one uses it IMO, or at least can’t use it. Kendricks and some TE in the later rounds or FAs (that aren’t Finley or other spendy ones) are the ones we’ll keep. Shit, I thought Bajema could block, he couldn’t even do that well this year.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Unfortunately, the dude's got "UhOh" written all over him..
Been losing sleep over Rams football since 1999.
Steven Jackson is a beast, a legend, a HoFer and should be treated as such.
Never get into politics on FB, god damnit.
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Exactly. Even though I started out by saying "I don't give a shit about politics"
Haikus are easy,
but sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
by sergey606 on Jan 26, 2012 7:09 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
my aplogies
these Fat Tire Amber Ales are delicious. Though I did not see a ‘wins next season’ category above, the aforementioned brew allowed my mind to wander freely. I’m gonna go drive now
if I weren't driving right now
and if this beer weren’t in my hand, I’d rec this………….I mean wreck this……..car
4 god's sake - pull the car over
I could use a rec- but not in a car. Had one of those new year’s eve. Minor rear ender. Fortunately nobody got hurt.
Gabriel to Snow - TOUCHDOWN!
Was she cute?
You can pick your friends and
you can pick your butt.
But you can't pick your friends butt.
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by johnniewarthawg on Jan 27, 2012 6:38 AM CST up reply actions
Old enough to be my daughter so doesn't quite compute
And she hit me – so no fun.
Gabriel to Snow - TOUCHDOWN!
aforementioned
I think you have room for a couple more til it’s spelled:
a4fgm’geftionrfed, fuk, afromented, daam – oh fukit!
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If you thank 11 is hard, try findin the 900 key
dam Chinese phone ain;t got no 900 key
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that can't be right
plus I already started running. In only made it about 12 feet because I thought I saw a quarter on the ground…..still lookin
Hey, that's 5 aluminum cans where I come from
You can’t pass that shit up
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our biggest need is a new OC lol
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by Infemous on Jan 27, 2012 4:33 AM CST via mobile reply actions
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