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4th coordinators in 4 years for Sam Bradford?

miketrap3 — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:59:08 -0000

So the Cheifs are a terrible football team. They will most likely be one of the worst teams in the NFL when everything is said and done. The rumors going around the NFL right is that they will bring in Marty Schottenheimer as a special consultant to help them rebuild their organization. Could that mean Brian gets a look as a possible head coach or offensive coordinator with a new young QB to groom? If you ask me I don't like to even think about the possibility of this taking place. I personally think this would be deflating. But I cannot imagine a situation where Marty wouldn't call his son to see if he would like to come to the Chiefs in some capacity.

WR... A theory... Cut them all

miketrap3 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:33:34 -0000

I know its drastic right. but honestly the moves I see the front office making, it smells of massive overhaul at the WR position. To the point where I can see the only WR from the previous regime surviving the cut being Danny Amendola. We have signed Steve Smith, bringing in Jericho Cotchery and Jerome Simpson, and I expect us to sign one of these 2 guys. Now say we choose Cotchery, We would have brought in 2 receivers with arguably the exact same skill set as Gibson. Safe to say Gibson is gone. Pettis, serving a 2 game suspension is not going to help anyone, better have a massive preseason and training camp. Salas, decent possession receiver, doesn't really do anything different then Amendola. Maybe a small advantage when it comes to YAC, but I think Danny is more then capable as our slot guy. DX has peanut brittle holding his knee together. Drops a ton of passes, and can't be an every down wide receiver because of his knee. These guys can't get separation, they are slow, they drop balls, they can't stay healthy. Start Over.

So let me tell you my theory for how we are going to fix the WR core. I predict they will keep 6 WR, so this is the plan.

Cuts-Gibson, Pettis, Salas, Alexander, and whatever other scrub who happens to call themselves a Ram WR. I think you can keep them around for camp but ultimately, they have to win a spot. Shockingly enough the one who I can see being the most impressive is Pettis.

So that would mean we have Amendola and Smith under contract. Next we sign one of the two receivers we brought in for a visit. Simpson or Cotchery, I prefer Simpson but I think with the suspension and everything the edge goes to Cotchery. He knows the offense and has worked with Shotty, the Jets loved him in the locker room and being a Jet season ticket holder he was always there for a big play when they needed them.

So now we are up to Amendola, Smith, Cotchery.

Next move I think we add a veteran WR who is used to manning the bottom end of a depth chart, but can give you a solid catch here or there when need be. Lets go with Jerhme Urdban. This move I believe will happen after the draft maybe after OTA, before training camp.

So now we have Amendola, Smtih, Cotchery, Urban.

Let's move to the draft.

Take Justin Blackmon at 6. I am basing this off of the fact that he will fall to us. Trich to the browns, MoClab to the Bucs and we get Blackmon, simple as that. I Don't want to start a debate in the thread about why we should or we shouldn't. He is the best WR in this draft, and whoever quotes Gil Brandt has no clue what they are talking about. Thats a guy that has Trent Richardson ranked 14 on his BIg Board. He is a beast and we should be happy to have him. We can get guards later on in the draft, so lets not reach for DeCastro. Did you know of the 6 pro bowl guards for the 2011 season only 1 was taken in the first round, at pick 32. The other five, 2nd round, 4th, 6th and 2 Undrafted. Blackmon will be the perfect WR for the Rams System, he has great YAC ability and is absolutely a complete WR.

So now we have: Blackmon, Cotchery, Smith, Amendola, Urban.

Again in the Draft. We will choose a Speedster WR. someone like Brian Quick, T.Y Hilton, A.J Jenkins, Tommy Streeter.

Undrafted players will also be Sprinkled in.

I think we need to revamp the WR core, start over. With an eye to the future, Replacing Cotchery with one of our First rounders in the next 2 years. Discuss

Wanna know where manning will end up

miketrap3 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:10:37 -0000

Kansas City, I think for manning it is a no brainier, they went 8-8 with Tyler Palko, Matt Cassel and Kyle Orten at qb. So clearly they have talent. They play in the afc west who I would argue is the weakest division in football, so can you say Playoffs? They have a ton of young talent, Charles, Bowe, Breaston, Baldwin, mccluster, moeaki, a decent ol with the 11 pick where they can take solid o line talent. 60 million in cap space. Mid west small market team a lot like Indy, I think Pioli will make a huge play for him. In Miami he has to play the jets and patriots twice a year, in Washington he would be in the same division as his bro, as well as the cowboys and eagles. The KC argument is that he wants to play in a dome and in warm weather. Ya think it matters to him if he is cold if he's makin it to the playoffs every year for the next three or four years. KC has a solid defense, idk the more I think about it the more I think it would happen. Think about how much the price for number 2 goes up if manning goes to KC and Flynn goes to Seattle? Miami, wash and Cleveland in a bidding war. Makes me all tingly thinking about it.

Rams have a RB coach

miketrap3 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:34:29 -0000

So apparently the rams hired a running backs coach, I know we all have been waiting to hear about our coaching staff hires, well this on slipped through. The Rams have hired former Rutgers RB coach Ben Sirmans for the same position. So I pretty much know nothing about this guy and I live 35 minutes from Rutgers. If you guys know anything lets get a discussion goin. I know we are looking to add some young talent via the draft to our RB core. I wonder what Mr Sirmans brings to the table. Btw my favorite RB in this draft is Doug Martin, I think if we have 2 second round picks we should consider him with the latter of those 2.

Rams realistic offseason!

miketrap3 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:20:16 -0000

So I am typing this with the expectation that the Rams will be able to free up about another 10 million in cap room which would put us at about 20 Million, more then enough to sign 1 key free agent and a few role players. I will also give my thoughts on the draft. I can see the draft getting wild, with multiple trades for our team where we could amass a bevy of picks.

Our key free agent signing, Cortland Finnegan, so in this situation we shed barbells contract and we add a reliable corner that brings the toughness this team needs SOOOOO badly. Shedding Bartell saves the rams about 6 million in salary, signing Fin could cost around 9 so we can seriously up grade our cornerback position for around 3 million bucks. We keep Murphy, Fletcher, Gordy. Add a late round pick to the mix and we can feel pretty good about CB.

Some role playing free agents to keep an eye on these will be listed by position and I feel these are quality players that we could afford.

DT: Derek Landri, Amobi Okoye, Broderick Bunkly

OLB: Erin Henderson, Rocky McIntosh

WR:Braylon Edwards, Pierre Garcon, Stevie Johnson(will not come cheap, but would LOVE him as a Ram)

G/C: Mike Pollack, Will Montgomery

Of this group I will pick who I feel the Rams should sign, now I know all of these positions will not be addressed during free agency. I will just choose 4 of these players who I feel could help the Rams.

For DT, I think the Rams should go after Amobi Okoye, now I know what your thinking, but With our Defensive coaches maybe they can pull something out of the former first rounder, he is still very young considering he entered the league at 19. Between Greg Williams, Jeff Fisher, Dave Mcginnis and Mike Wauffle I think they might be able to pull the potential out of Okoye, would cost very little with a high amount of potential.

For OLB, Erin Henderson, he is young and a very solid player. May be a little pricey but he has pro bowl skills and is only 26 years old, could sign a mid level 4 year deal with us and be JL's right hand man for a while.

WR, I have been talking about this on this sight for a few days now, and honestly think it would be an awesome signing by the Rams, Braylon Edwards. He worked with Shotty in NY, so is familiar with the terminology and the system, something that can be of crucial importance with young players. We want the offense to have any advantage they can coming into this season.

G/C, Mike Pollack, he can play multiple positions on the line and is an upgrade from the current depth players we have.

Now to the draft, I will make this quick,

round 1 trade with cleveland for number 4 and 22, and number 37. It might seem like a lot but the Rams will have multiple suitors so it will drive the bidding up.

#4- Riley Reiff, I have been watching Rams videos lately, and watching Bradford get ping ponged all last year scared me half to death, sure up the line Damnit!!

#22- Zach Brown, Speaks for itself, have you seen our OLB? they are special teasers at best. Don't rule out another trade down for an additional 2.

#33-Mohhamad Sanu- Need a wide out and everyone says he has number 1 potential

#37- Brandon Thompson- DT big guy, stout against the run and can rush the QB, bring in some fresh talent to the DT rotation.

Round 3 pick 2- Kevin Zeitler- another big 10 linemen, how bad could that be?

round 4 pick 1- Lamichael James/Chris Polk/Isiah Pead- we need a quick shifty back who is young not a free agent type someone to grow with our coaches and their system, I have to assume one of these guys will be available.

Round 6:Omar Bolden, Cb for depth with a lot of upside.

round 7: Kicker, who ever the highest rated kicker is, I know its crazy but for gods sakes can we get rid of Brown.

Some notable position groups would look like this,

DT: Robbins, Bannon, Thompson, Okoye, Gibson

WR: Edwards, Sanu, Amendola, Pettis, Salas, Alexander

LB: JL, Henderson, Brown, Chamberlain, Poppinga

OL: Reiff, Saffold, Wragge, Dahl, Brown, Zeitler, Goldberg, Pollack

Let me know what you guys think, I am having trouble concentrating on anything else but this offseason, I am dying for the Rams to bring in some really exciting talent.

Some role playing free agents to keep an eye on these will be listed by position and I feel these are quality players that we could afford.

DT: Derek Landri, Amobi Okoye, Broderick Bunkly

OLB: Erin Henderson, Rocky McIntosh

WR:Braylon Edwards, Pierre Garcon, Stevie Johnson(will not come cheap, but would LOVE him as a Ram)

G/C: Mike Pollack, Will Montgomery

G/C, Mike Pollack, he can play multiple positions on the line and is an upgrade from the current depth players we have.

Now to the draft, I will make this quick,

round 1 trade with cleveland for number 4 and 22, and number 37. It might seem like a lot but the Rams will have multiple suitors so it will drive the bidding up.

#4- Riley Reiff, I have been watching Rams videos lately, and watching Bradford get ping ponged all last year scared me half to death, sure up the line Damnit!!

#22- Zach Brown, Speaks for itself, have you seen our OLB? they are special teasers at best. Don't rule out another trade down for an additional 2.

#33-Mohhamad Sanu- Need a wide out and everyone says he has number 1 potential

#37- Brandon Thompson- DT big guy, stout against the run and can rush the QB, bring in some fresh talent to the DT rotation.

Round 3 pick 2- Kevin Zeitler- another big 10 linemen, how bad could that be?

Round 6:Omar Bolden, Cb for depth with a lot of upside.

round 7: Kicker, who ever the highest rated kicker is, I know its crazy but for gods sakes can we get rid of Brown.

Some notable position groups would look like this,

DT: Robbins, Bannon, Thompson, Okoye, Gibson

WR: Edwards, Sanu, Amendola, Pettis, Salas, Alexander

LB: JL, Henderson, Brown, Chamberlain, Poppinga

OL: Reiff, Saffold, Wragge, Dahl, Brown, Zeitler, Goldberg, Pollack

Let me know what you guys think, I am having trouble concentrating on anything else but this offseason, I am dying for the Rams to bring in some really exciting talent.

Rams 7 rounds, trade with browns

miketrap3 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:48:07 -0000

So i will be doing these periodically, I have a lot of time during the day and a lot of it is spent researching the draft. I am going to throw another interesting mock together, let me know what you think. In this scenario the Browns give us #4, #22 and their second rounder for our 2nd and Brandon Gibson, figured I would just throw him in there. So on to the picks. BTW remember this is all hypothetical.

Round 1 #4- Matt Kalil- in this scenario the #3 pick is traded to Carolina to acquire Justin Blackmon who will shock everyone and run a 4.44 and be a sure fire top 5 pick. so we get Kalil and we get extra picks, seriously a win win.

Round 1 #22- Mohammed Sanu- Damn we need wide outs, so I figure this guy has a boatload of potential so lets role the dice at 22 where I think need meets value with Sanu.

Round 2 #33-David Wilson-Alot of people have Zach Brown going here but I really think he will be gone in the 1st, so I give Sam another weapon, David Wilson, but with the disclaimer that if Brown is available he should be a lock.

Round 2 #37- Lavante David- Solid Weakside linebacker should help JL and bring some Athletisism to the Linebackers. I have to put another disclaimer here cause if Brown is available and we take him we won't go OLB back to back so this pick would be Doug Martin out of Boise if we were able to land brown.

round 3- Kevin Zeitler, Add to that o line, would be solid with, Saffold at right, Dahl at r guard, Center? who knows, Zeitler and Kalil.

round 4- Billy Winn- DT from Boise, they have produced some pretty solid players of late.

no pick round 5

round 6- Omar Bolden, Early round talent Injuries make him slide, its a sixth round pick you can role the dice on a player with upside because hitting on a 6th rounder is not easy.

round 7- Darius Flemming OLB Notre Dame, seventh round, at the least he can contribute on special teams

Round 1 #22- Mohammed Sanu- Damn we need wide outs, so I figure this guy has a boatload of potential so lets role the dice at 22 where I think need meets value with Sanu.

round 3- Kevin Zeitler, Add to that o line, would be solid with, Saffold at right, Dahl at r guard, Center? who knows, Zeitler and Kalil.

round 4- Billy Winn- DT from Boise, they have produced some pretty solid players of late.

no pick round 5

round 6- Omar Bolden, Early round talent Injuries make him slide, its a sixth round pick you can role the dice on a player with upside because hitting on a 6th rounder is not easy.

round 7- Darius Flemming OLB Notre Dame, seventh round, at the least he can contribute on special teams

I hate to admit it but this Seahawks vid is sick!

miketrap3 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:18:11 -0000

I hate to admit it but this Seahawks vid is sick!

Jeez, I think its safe to say this puts the how to cheer video the Rams came up with to shame.

Multiple trade Mock draft?

miketrap3 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:37:23 -0000

TSTers I love the NFL draft, I think being a Rams fan the past few years its been the draft that gives us hope. Maybe this year is the year we find a Jared Allen in the 6th round or maybe a Marquis Colston in the seventh. I have an interesting take on this draft because I feel as if it has been a long time since a team has had the power to effect a draft with trades like this Rams team. I am happy to have Jeff Fisher in charge of this team, I think he will be able to identify talented players and draft them. So here is what I would do if I was the Rams GM and had the power to wheel and deal.

Round 1 pick 2: Trade, I think Cleveland will come to their senses and realize they cannot compete in the AFC North with a QB like Colt McCoy. Pittsburgh has Big Ben, Baltimore has Flacco, and now Cincinnati has Dalton. Cleveland already has a franchise tackle and a solid o-line, shockingly enough they also have one of the better defenses in the league. So for them making sure a team like the Redskins is unable to move up to get RG3 they give us a call. so here is what the Rams get- Round 1 pick 4, Round 1 pick 22, round 2 pick 37 round 3 pick 68. I don't think it is too much, RG3 is a special player. Imagine game planning against a deadly accurate Mike Vick. so here are the picks.

R1-Pick 4: I am assuming Kalil is off the board, so I think Riley Reiff is the pick, gatta protect Sam. I think we let Loyyd walk (btw we will receive a solid compensatory pick for Loyyd) and sign Braylon Edwards to teach pick 22 and our other WR the offense. He is a cheaper option that we can use $$ on a DT or CB.

R1-Pick 22: Kendall Wright, I know this is a new direction but I love Wrights route running and his speed.

pick 33: Trade!! shocking right but giving the Rams an extra round one pick it allows them to move a little with the first pick in round 2, which is always a sought after pick. They trade with the Jags so they can get Sanu to help out Gabbert. This gives the Rams an extra 2nd round pick next year and a 3rd and 5th this year. so now we have round 2 pick 37 and 38. round 3 pick 66, 68,72.

R-2 pick 37(from browns): Lavonte David, OLB oh how bad we need OLBs.

R-2 pick 38 (from Jags): Dantari Poe, DT, HUGE MAN, huge run stuffing potential.

R-3 Pick 66: Bobby Wagner, OLB More linebackers to help out JL

R-3 pick 68 (from browns), Kevin Zeitler, G Solid Wisconsin O-linemen, Cant really go wrong with big 10 linemen

R-3 pick 72(from Jags) ,Marvin Jones, WR at 6'3 he could be the tall WR that has knees that work!, plus we can let him develop a lil with the addition of Edwards and Wright

R-4pick 97, .Iseah Pead, RB/KR man do we need explosion on offense and more importantly the return game!

R-5 pick 136 (from Jags), Omar Bolden CB, A head scratcher to take an injury prone CB but if he can stay healthy has first round talent.

R-6 pick 163, Marc Tyler, RB at 5-11 230 he is big and can be SJ39's back up, and be around for a few years as the 3rd RB.

R-7 pick 192, Blair Walsh, K, 7th round pick the best kicker in the country to replace Brown, he misses way to many field goals.

So lets recap, I think the Rams will sign 1 big name FA and it will not be a WR I think it will either be Finnegan at CB or Concentrate most of there resources on signing the mountain of draft picks they just acquired and go from there.

so in this scenario we get: 2 WR, ! LT, 2 OLB, 1 G, 1 CB, 1 DT , 2 RB, 1 K

We will also have 2nd round picks next year, which is nice.

I think we let Loyyd walk btw we will receive a solid compensatory pick for Loyyd maybe a 4th? We sign Braylon Edwards to teach Wright and Jones the offense. He is a cheaper option that we can use the $$ on a DT or CB.

My WR depth chart btw- Edwards, Wright, Amendola, Jones, Salas, Pettis. Inexperienced but Edwards and Amendola give Sam some solid players to throw to, I also think Kendricks will be solid next year and give illini mike another chance, to buy Wright, Jones and Pettis time to develop. Salas will back up Amendola.

I guess this is another best case scenario type of draft but How do you feel about the picks??