No real links or hard evidence. Just conspiracy theory logic. 'this happened and then this happened and the 2 are related for sure'by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
He has a ton of NFL coaching experience and worked with very successful coaches like Andy Reid and Harbaugh. Perhaps they vouched for him. He was the Ravens asst head coach so Harbaugh must think a lot of the guy. No one knows how any of these guys will work out. So many things go into making a successful head coach. Organizational quality and stability is one of the top factors - which,by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Is there a market for Woods at 13mil a year? Not so sure. Rest of guys - same deal.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Football is not a game or even so much a sport as it is entertainment. You are paid based on what the market says and what kind of money can be made off of you being on that team. If you accept less - you're punishing everyone else at your position who has a contract coming up. Think that will play with the other members of the the union. You want people doing it for the love of the sport -by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
And their careers lasted a few short years. Spread out a few hundred thousand dollars over the rest of your life, post age 30. And for years the league fought them on health care, metal heath care, pensions, etc.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
No other major pro league works that way. You fight and scrap for every dollar you can get. Remember these guys are fighting against billionaire owners and a multi-billion dollar industry. I'm ok with them getting everything they can. Sort of how it works. Do miss the old days when players played for a team for years and years, and sometimes entire careers. But while it was great for a fanby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
You're talking a rebuild at that point. Finding a LT of Whitworth's quality is easier said than done. Some teams have been looking for years and years. Kind of like the Rams - before Whitworth. As far as everyone else - I could be on board with some of those cuts but not Cupp. He is one of the best slot guys in the league and is earning his pay. Higbee - maybe he was hurt all year, notby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
There was talk of keeping it the same and/or slightly lowering and spreading the losses out over several years. I expect that's what everyone wants (except maybe some of the cheap-ass owners)by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
I feel like the Rams have been pretty good at figuring out who to let walk - we've seen the parade and the results and I don't think too many fans are full of regret. Johnson is a big one, but we drafted 3 safeties relatively high in the last 2 years, so, in theory, we should be able to hold down the back end. A lot depends on Rapp's health (injury-prone) and Burgess' recover from knee injuryby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe not all the way to SB - but playoffs, maybe division, maybe more than one playoff win. All of these are much more realistic upgrades, aside from QB which is incredibly problematic. If you sell the farm for someone like Watson - do we become the current Seahawks - which is basically just the Russell Wilson show and not much else. Or the Packers before they embraced signing free-agents - jby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
That's a pretty significant injury. And some 'strains' that kept him out of some games? They must have been pretty bad or he has no pain tolerance - if a starting QB is missing games cause of a 'strain'by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Free agency begins in the beginning of April. Offseason programs start in April. June might as well be 100 years from then.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
And now they're a contender. Sorry, this guy was all hype coming out of college and has done nothing as a pro. And for a running QB his frame will not hold up.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
'Let's not draft someone because we may or may not have Goff'. Or 'let's not pursue another free agent QB because we may or may not have Goff'. Or - we'll run OTA's with a guy wearing a Goff mask and, oh, boy wait till he gets here and we really get cooking'. The season starts way before June 1 and waiting on your starting QB till then seems like it's likely going to end in disappointment.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Let Goff compete and if Wolford starts - there's no saying that he'll actually finish the year - whether it be from Injury or performance.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Someone with a blog? Not sure I buy all the things he's saying here. I think there's something going on at Rams Park - but how does this guy know?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Wouldn't that make the post June 1 designation null and void?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
No one really talks about this. Teams install their systems during OTA's and other parts of the off-season program. You're past the Draft and the Free Agency window - so who is going to sit around until June 2nd to figure out who their starting QB is? I don't think this is realistic. Any kind of handshake agreement would likely create all kinds of tampering issues. Does Goff do zoom callsby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Wins, playoff wins, it's not even close. Mariotta has an extensive injury history and can't read a pro defense. Winston can throw it all over but doesn't seem to care which team it goes to. Here's a formula - Bucs - Winston = Superbowl.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Not buying the hype with him. Bad team or no - he's been pretty poor as a pro. I know people out here like him cause of USC - but he's probably a solid back up somewhere.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Jameis Winston? Marcus Mariotta? These are 'upgrades'. They're both on the bench for a reason. Why do you replace a solid starting QB with someone else's back-up? The Rams have their own back-up they like - Wolford. See if he can earn the starting job and, if not, you've got a quality, inexpensive back-up. As far as the 2nd round draft able players - are any that much better than Wolfordby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
You have a 37 year old hall of fame QB with a small window for a championship and rather than bring in someone (WR) who can help push them over the top in the next year or 2 they draft a developmental QB. Kind of like the Eagles draft this year with Wentz still there and all the holes they have. Not sure who's running the show in GB but that's a huge slap in the face to the team's best playerby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
These coaches aren't chopped liver, they're coaching successful teams in the conference championships. Kind of puts all the McVay questioning into perspective. Some of it is deserved at times, but even the best coaches don't alway make the best choices. Remember Bellicheck going for it on 4th down against Manning and the Colts in the colts SB year? And what was his record with the Browns?by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Sullivan was a good center on the tail end of his career. He had trouble against more physical fronts - Chicago, NE. He didn't exactly shine in the Super Bowl. then he retired. So I think a younger, more physically dominating center is what we should aim for. Especially when teams are taking away the wide zone running and we are forced to run inside (where Akers can excel). Cooks was a grby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe more. Not saying any of them are more than depth and the fact that they weren't on the field much speaks to how the team perceives them.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
He's a pocket passer - upgrades at O-Line and WR seem much more attainable off-season goals based on draft capital and cap space. This may involve some painful moves - trading or cutting Higbee and /or Woods maybe. Not sure what the cap implications are. If Goff is given more protection and more potent weapons and still can't drive us far enough down the road - move on in 2022 and don't lookby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
that seems more difficult than upgrading the line and skill positions. Can't do it all in one year.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
Bucky doesn't seem to acknowledge that DC's know Goff's strengths and weaknesses and have schemed him. The roll out and throw to the flat was smoked out in several games late in the season and how is that an offense that can generate chunk plays and score a lot of points? There's a problem when you're QB who's a pocket passer is uncomfortable in the pocket. He's more comfortable rolling outby promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
You can see from this weekend what we're up against. If we're happy with a playoff win or 2 and no SB's then, yes, let's stay the course. But the goal is to win it all and that takes bold moves.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com
In the case of Watson - he may prefer Miami as he would need to make much more in California to equal the take home pay.by promomasterj - RamsFootballFans.com