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[ANGELAKERAMS]

Is it possible the defensive decisions at LB (about 9 of your 10 gripes above) are in the hands of the DC?

Corum is the #3 RB right now. His only carries have been garbage time in a blow out. It's time to accept that the rhetoric that he was going usurp Kyren quickly was a miss. He's depth should Kyren get hurt as he is a very similar player generally.

Its funny to see the Atwell rhetoric is now shifting from "why they hell did they draft this little turd" to "why couldn't McVay make this work sooner" lol.

Barring a controversy, McVay is the head coach moving forward until he decides to not be. Most of the shortcomings this season have been direct results of injuries and shifting to depth players to try to keep the boat afloat. Even so, they've been in 3 close games against 2 postseason favorites and a Bears team on the rise and one blowout vs a division opponent.

Of course they shouldn’t have drafted Atwell, but they did. Thus, it is on McVay to find a way to use him and he has never done that. That’s on him, he made the pick.

Just like they were so excited at the draft to take Corum- and for what? So he can sit behind midget Rivers who has never done anything?

And trading EJ was absolutely on McVay. He gets rid of anyone that he deems is a problem. Jones wanted a new contract, Rams don’t pay for LBers, thus Jones was going to be a “problem”, and they traded him for garbage when they could’ve kept him and got a better como pick when he left in FA.

Those are all terrible football decisions, and they all land at McVay’s feet.

 

[shopson67]

It does not fall solely on the DC, its the collective bunch of dipshits that caused the problem. AD retiring was going to leave a hole no doubt, but trading a defensive captain away for no good reason at all, no backup plan along with the poor upkeep on that side of the ball is what got us here. Mcvay is the HEAD coach at the end of the day, so he should have a say in personnel. But if you waste a 2nd round pick on a guy who is sparingly used then thats coaching malpractice, wasting a 3rd on a RB who doesn't see the field when clearly other needs were there is coaching mal practice. Refusing to shift to the run game more and sprinkle little wrinkles here and there when clearly your team is hurting is coaching mal practice.

This guy has to take the blame for his mess and he needs to be put on the hot seat for allowing these personnel moves alone.

We all know McVay is an offense guy. Sure, he's the head coach, but has to be taking input from his DC (and GM) as to defensive player decisions.

Clearly there was a reason they traded him away, it just hasn't been released for public consumption.

You're working under the assumption that draft picks should be needs based only. They're building a roster with as much talent as possible, for needs now and beyond. Drafting a guy in the 3rd doesn't mean he leap frogs the contributors already on the roster that are making more than he is and have experience with the team and staff.

McVay absolutely deserves criticism, especially for the offensive game plan. But claiming he should be jettisoned for a LB trade is absolutely ludicrous.

 

[shopson67]

Of course they shouldn’t have drafted Atwell, but they did. Thus, it is on McVay to find a way to use him and he has never done that. That’s on him, he made the pick.

Just like they were so excited at the draft to take Corum- and for what? So he can sit behind midget Rivers who has never done anything?

And trading EJ was absolutely on McVay. He gets rid of anyone that he deems is a problem. Jones wanted a new contract, Rams don’t pay for LBers, thus Jones was going to be a “problem”, and they traded him for garbage when they could’ve kept him and got a better como pick when he left in FA.

Those are all terrible football decisions, and they all land at McVay’s feet.

Many here don't like Rivers. He has been effective in his limited use (10 carries for 51 yards through 4 games). Virtually all the RB touches have been Kyren's, which is appropriate. If they were to go to a heavier run scheme, then sure Rivers would get more use (and potentially Corum). Game scripts have not necessitated Corum to be involved yet. 21.5 touches (carries and catches) per game is not excessive for Kyren.

If you know the reason for EJ getting dumped (and it's at least partially about money), then it's at least partially on the GM, not exclusively McVay. Do we know that EJ wouldn't hold out waiting for his new contract? Maybe that's what pushed the trade.