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[shopson67]

If you're going to evaluate draft picks, include the ones that were traded. Who else had 1st round picks the past two drafts that secured them a Super Bowl win, acquired a franchise QB and rid themselves of Goff? The ones for Von get dipped a little because he ended up a rental.

The whole team is in a Super Bowl hangover, and we all should've seen it coming. From Von leaving, Donald noncommittal about returning, Whitworth retiring, OBJ injured, Woods given away in trade, not to mention the free agency losses and OL injury bug.

 

[Jermaine133]

I am curious if Cam Akers got into it with Mcvay over a lack of running game. Not that any RB could have a lot of success behind this Oline

Someone needs to confront Coach.

Looks like Cam didn’t get traded

I wouldn't be suprised if he told mcvay to feed them backs the damn ball so they can atleast try to make it somewhat balanced.

 

[Jermaine133]

Cmon Jermiane. No RB can run behind this line. Our Defense is pretty good but the offense can’t move the chains. Why? Oline

Are we supposed to have 5 secret good Olineman out there ready to go on the practice squad?

Lol at thinking Brad Holmes was the key to our drafting so good. He’s had way more quality picks than the Rams in 2 years and Our top 4 draft picks from 2022 are hurt!

Oh and this just in… Lions still suck

Aikers was not breaking tackles SJ, missing open lanes when the OL decided to block somewhat decent. Henderson is the same, not alot of power and also isn't breaking any tackles. So literally we swapped the devil for the witch. Our defense isn't terrible no, but it hasn't been great either, the names i listed are trash.... If they were that damn good then they would have found a way to tackle 1 fucking player...CM3, or Deebo. Either way they can't tackle. Last week's game showed that, and weeks before..

 

[Jermaine133]

You people are just bitching and moaning to bitch and moan I guess. You’re not going to hit on every pick and if you get 2 starters from every draft with ALL your picks that is good.


Fucking ground hog day in here once again.

You don't have to hit on all of them , just the obvious ones...

 

[SJ76]

I wouldn't be suprised if he told mcvay to feed them backs the damn ball so they can atleast try to make it somewhat balanced.

And I get that. Stafford has carried this team last year and this year it’s dumb. But I’m not sure Christian Mccaffrey could average 3 ypc behind these guys

 

[SJ76]

Aikers was not breaking tackles SJ, missing open lanes when the OL decided to block somewhat decent. Henderson is the same, not alot of power and also isn't breaking any tackles. So literally we swapped the devil for the witch. Our defense isn't terrible no, but it hasn't been great either, the names i listed are trash.... If they were that damn good then they would have found a way to tackle 1 fucking player...CM3, or Deebo. Either way they can't tackle. Last week's game showed that, and weeks before..

Think as a RB for a second. All your “plays” or where there are supposed to be holes, seem to be not there. So you have to counter and figure out how to break tackles. Maybe Akers anticipated those holes being clogged?

I dunno man Akers knows how to run the ball. Perhaps he’s as frustrated as we are

 

[SJ76]

You don't have to hit on all of them , just the obvious ones...

Obvious picks to me are in the top 10. Then it’s all guessing and luck

 

[chy1127]

Thank goodness we won the Super Bowl last year.

 

[Jermaine133]

Obvious picks to me are in the top 10. Then it’s all guessing and luck

Tutu should have been obvious, how could you pass up a 6-5 315 lb Monster of a C. McVay has a stiffy for Brian Allen who is trash at pass blocking btw, gave up 5/6 sacks up the gut last season.

 

[Jermaine133]

Think as a RB for a second. All your “plays” or where there are supposed to be holes, seem to be not there. So you have to counter and figure out how to break tackles. Maybe Akers anticipated those holes being clogged?

I dunno man Akers knows how to run the ball. Perhaps he’s as frustrated as we are

I believe it was week 4, or the last week b4 he was shut down and made "inactive". The commentary was slowing the running replays down and it clearly showed some cut back lanes, but Aikers decided not to take it and stutter behind G only to lose yds. It's plays like that where i'm wondering where the vision has gone. He's not the same guy it seems; to his defense though it also doesn't help when your dumb fuck coach keeps calling predictable plays.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

I believe it was week 4, or the last week b4 he was shut down and made "inactive". The commentary was slowing the running replays down and it clearly showed some cut back lanes, but Aikers decided not to take it and stutter behind G only to lose yds. It's plays like that where i'm wondering where the vision has gone. He's not the same guy it seems; to his defense though it also doesn't help when your dumb fuck coach keeps calling predictable plays.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

It was this one Jermaine.

You could drive a Mack truck through that running lane and Akers completely misses it.

Yes, the OL is a mess, just as I said it would be prior to the season starting. But when they do block, the RB's are missing the holes, and it's not just Akers ( although his YPC are the worst of the bunch ).

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

This is just more dumb from you.

1) Sewell and Hutchinson were not difficult picks.
2) Robinson and Smith were not even in the Mcvay era.
3) turf show times are full of dumb hacks like yourself.
4) I asked this in the last post — who else has Holmes hit on besides the last 2 lotto picks?
5) we all know the Tutu pick was botched
6) you were already told our top 4 picks from 2022 are hurt. 5 Olineman are hurt

Again, go to the Detroit Lions board and read bud. Watch the games. And stop dumbing down the board

Holy crap SJ

Your opinion is the only one that's right in your mind. Everyone else is wrong but you, huh?

You can say Sewell and Hutchinson were not difficult picks, but how many times have teams botched top 10 picks in the draft ( Rams included which is why I mentioned Robinson and Smith ). I didn't say they were in the McVay era. Doesn't have to be. Just showing teams make the wrong choices especially in the top 10. Just have to look at draft history to see that.

I already mentioned 2 guys that weren't lotto picks- St. Brown and Rodriquez just to name 2. They also drafted a solid DL or 2. But their weakness is by far in their secondary which is why the defense ranks so low.

I'm not the only one who thinks the scouting department has been worse without Holmes and needs to be revamped. And just because you dismiss those articles as being written by hacks doesn't mean there isn't truth behind them.

But you do you.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

As far as Akers goes, I feel they rushed him back too soon last season.

They didn't need him for the playoffs as Michel was averaging 4.1 ypc last season, and Henderson was averaging 3.6 ypc.

But McVay force fed Akers throughout the playoffs and the SB even though it was clear he wasn't quite right ( 3.48 ypc in the playoffs ).

I feel either his achilles didn't heal right because they rushed him back, or he just isn't confident with his achilles and that is why he is hesitant to make the cuts he needs to make and just runs forward. He's just not shifty anymore.

If it is a healing issue, it may never come back. If it's mental, then eventually he will begin to trust it and it will return.

Time will tell.

 

[Retroram52]

It was the Dallas game posted above is where our lame Run game became the most evident as a major weakness but the real problem started a long time ago when Gurley left. That is when McShit-fer-Brains switched from a big back approach to these midget backs and he has not returned to a Gurley-type runner, who was also a good pass receiver out of the backfield, since. The Shit-fer-Brains twins by-passed Big O-lineman who were talented for a host of secondary players and some LBs in this most recent draft. It was not until the 7th round that the Twins took one of the few decent O-lineman left and that was Arcuri who remains on the PS.

To SJ76's point. Our overall neglect for finding and adding competent and talented O-lineman in the draft each year has been happening for some time now. The ones playing now mostly came by a trade or undrafted FAs and not by the draft. Because this, the O-line is a hodge-podge of undrafted and PS players, who are often easily manhandled by bigger more-talented D-Line players on the opponents squad and they are just not that good until they play as a unit like in the Panthers game.

This O-line has gotten progressively worse ever since McShit-fer-bRains removed Kolone from Center and inserted Allen for the Niners game in that spot especially in the Run game. Allen lived last year off of a lot of help from Edwards and Corbett. He has had neither this year for a goodly portion of the games and he has returned to his sieve-like, horrible, pass-blocking old self upon a return from his knee injury. He sucks at the Run game this year as well.

The O-line in the Panthers game that played pretty well in both the Pass and the Run was: Jackson (LT), Evans (LG), Kolone (C), Aboushi (RG) and Havenstein (RT). When McShit-fer-Brains inserted Allen for the Second Niners game, he sent a message to the rest that you can be replaced.

McShit -fer-Brains removed Kolone for Allen when Kolone was finally starting to emerge as a legit NFL Center and he allowed very few sacks and pressures especially in the Panther's game. Instead of keeping the chemistry going, McShit-fer-Brains destroyed it after the bye week in the Niners game where the remainder of that O-line from the Panthers game just plain quit. I wonder why?

The ignoring of Creed Humphreys, who McShit-fer-Brains had brought into Rams camp and was interviewed, in favor of an undersized, miniature, but speedy RB was the BEGINNING of the move away from the Run game which has continued to date. It seems that when McShit-fer-Brains finds something that works in our Run game, he tries it for a little while and then goes rushing back to the passing game probably due in part to the specifics of the contracts he and Snead handed out to receivers and Stafford that contain specific language in them for each player to achieve certain performance marks in order to get paid.

Back in 2020 when McShit-fer-Brains introduced and often went to the Jumbo offense which he used all year long was a productive new wrinkle to the Run game. Akers thrived in the Jumbo and so did Henderson along with Malcolm Brown. The O-line was a stalwart one as Whitworth anchored it. But once again, in 2021, McShit-fer-Brains abandoned the Jumbo and went to a normal Running game.

Fast forward to this year. McShit-fer-Brains inserts Skowronek as a FB and he was running the I-formation in the Falcons and Cardinals games. It was successful for our run game and then it disappeared in the Niners game and the Dallas game, both games we lost. Then it returned a little bit in the Panthers game and then disappeared in the Second Niners game. When it is run we do well. When it disappears, our offense goes to shit and we lose.

The obvious evidence that is consistently demonstrated in these games is a combination of factors that are glaring and have conflagrated to produce the mess we now have on offense and it has been personified by a frustrated RB in Akers, who McShit-fer-Brains promised would be addressed. Three games removed, nothing has changed and McShit-fer-Brains has done little to change the situation except tried to trade Akers only to find that teams wanted to get him for next to nothing or simply were not interested at all.

What is so frustrating to all of us including Akers is McShit-fer-Brains either outright refuses or is unable to understand that the game is in constant flux. You must adapt or die in the NFL because everyone sooner rather than later will find ways to figure-out what you are doing and craft 1000 ways to stop you. You become one-dimensional and thus highly predictable.

We are all tired of hearing the same old spin about McShit-fer-Brains' need to do a better job (usually after a loss) yet does nothing even with two weeks during the bye week. He talks and spins a good game but changes little and we lose another game.

Nothing changes and this is the frustration of Akers as well as others who see what McShit-fer-Brains can't or won't see.

 

[Retroram52]

The Rams are reverting to an old formula that served them well in the past. But the question remains will McShit-fer-Brains use any of his players they get. McShit-fer-Brains has yet to play McCutcheon, who last week was inactive. Clearly a good prospect, McCutcheon has not seen one down of Game day football. This is one glaring example of yet another failure in McShit-fer-Brains' approach to his roster and playing time for good players that the Shit-fer-Brains Twins find.

LA Rams now pivot from trades to waiver claims and free agency

The LA Rams roster still has some needs, and now the LA Rams will pivot from trades to submitting waiver claims and shopping free agency

ramblinfan.com

 

[Retroram52]

I believe the Rams are rushing players back too soon. All three players supposedly coming back from injuries are held out of practice due to tissue swelling. Allen and Jefferson are coming back from injuries and Kupp, who sprained his ankle in the Niners game, all have been held out of practice.

McShit-fer-Brains should sit Allen and Jefferson until their knees are fully healed and sit Kupp this week until his ankle stops swelling. Bring back Kolone at Center and let the O-line gel. Play McCuthceon in Kupp's place or get miniature boy out there and make him play if he so damn good.

Place Matt Skura at LG in place of Evans and keep him there and let the O-line gel.

Rams injury report: Cooper Kupp and Brian Allen DNP, Van Jefferson limited

The Rams are playing it safe with Cooper Kupp (ankle) and Brian Allen (knee) this week, holding both out on Wednesday due to injury

theramswire.usatoday.com

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

It was the Dallas game posted above is where our lame Run game became the most evident as a major weakness but the real problem started a long time ago when Gurley left. That is when McShit-fer-Brains switched from a big back approach to these midget backs and he has not returned to a Gurley-type runner, who was also a good pass receiver out of the backfield, since. The Shit-fer-Brains twins by-passed Big O-lineman who were talented for a host of secondary players and some LBs in this most recent draft. It was not until the 7th round that the Twins took one of the few decent O-lineman left and that was Arcuri who remains on the PS.

To SJ76's point. Our overall neglect for finding and adding competent and talented O-lineman in the draft each year has been happening for some time now. The ones playing now mostly came by a trade or undrafted FAs and not by the draft. Because this, the O-line is a hodge-podge of undrafted and PS players, who are often easily manhandled by bigger more-talented D-Line players on the opponents squad and they are just not that good until they play as a unit like in the Panthers game.

This O-line has gotten progressively worse ever since McShit-fer-bRains removed Kolone from Center and inserted Allen for the Niners game in that spot especially in the Run game. Allen lived last year off of a lot of help from Edwards and Corbett. He has had neither this year for a goodly portion of the games and he has returned to his sieve-like, horrible, pass-blocking old self upon a return from his knee injury. He sucks at the Run game this year as well.

The O-line in the Panthers game that played pretty well in both the Pass and the Run was: Jackson (LT), Evans (LG), Kolone (C), Aboushi (RG) and Havenstein (RT). When McShit-fer-Brains inserted Allen for the Second Niners game, he sent a message to the rest that you can be replaced.

McShit -fer-Brains removed Kolone for Allen when Kolone was finally starting to emerge as a legit NFL Center and he allowed very few sacks and pressures especially in the Panther's game. Instead of keeping the chemistry going, McShit-fer-Brains destroyed it after the bye week in the Niners game where the remainder of that O-line from the Panthers game just plain quit. I wonder why?

The ignoring of Creed Humphreys, who McShit-fer-Brains had brought into Rams camp and was interviewed, in favor of an undersized, miniature, but speedy RB was the BEGINNING of the move away from the Run game which has continued to date. It seems that when McShit-fer-Brains finds something that works in our Run game, he tries it for a little while and then goes rushing back to the passing game probably due in part to the specifics of the contracts he and Snead handed out to receivers and Stafford that contain specific language in them for each player to achieve certain performance marks in order to get paid.

Back in 2020 when McShit-fer-Brains introduced and often went to the Jumbo offense which he used all year long was a productive new wrinkle to the Run game. Akers thrived in the Jumbo and so did Henderson along with Malcolm Brown. The O-line was a stalwart one as Whitworth anchored it. But once again, in 2021, McShit-fer-Brains abandoned the Jumbo and went to a normal Running game.

Fast forward to this year. McShit-fer-Brains inserts Skowronek as a FB and he was running the I-formation in the Falcons and Cardinals games. It was successful for our run game and then it disappeared in the Niners game and the Dallas game, both games we lost. Then it returned a little bit in the Panthers game and then disappeared in the Second Niners game. When it is run we do well. When it disappears, our offense goes to shit and we lose.

The obvious evidence that is consistently demonstrated in these games is a combination of factors that are glaring and have conflagrated to produce the mess we now have on offense and it has been personified by a frustrated RB in Akers, who McShit-fer-Brains promised would be addressed. Three games removed, nothing has changed and McShit-fer-Brains has done little to change the situation except tried to trade Akers only to find that teams wanted to get him for next to nothing or simply were not interested at all.

What is so frustrating to all of us including Akers is McShit-fer-Brains either outright refuses or is unable to understand that the game is in constant flux. You must adapt or die in the NFL because everyone sooner rather than later will find ways to figure-out what you are doing and craft 1000 ways to stop you. You become one-dimensional and thus highly predictable.

We are all tired of hearing the same old spin about McShit-fer-Brains' need to do a better job (usually after a loss) yet does nothing even with two weeks during the bye week. He talks and spins a good game but changes little and we lose another game.

Nothing changes and this is the frustration of Akers as well as others who see what McShit-fer-Brains can't or won't see.

Yeah, Retro, nothing is going to change unless McVay changes.

And history shows if McVay does change something, it doesn’t stick and he reverts back to his old self.

I am glad McVay got us the SB win, but he is insanely frustrating most of the time.

 

[Retroram52]

The biggest problem he now faces is his refusal to change things as he and his team are figured-out by everyone else just like in 2019. He won't change and he'll kill his chances to make the Snooperbowl because of it.

 

[SJ76]

Tutu should have been obvious, how could you pass up a 6-5 315 lb Monster of a C. McVay has a stiffy for Brian Allen who is trash at pass blocking btw, gave up 5/6 sacks up the gut last season.

Yeah we’ve already agreed to the Tutu pick and Mcvay drinking koolaid at times. Tutu was obvious not to pick.