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Sam Rogers, the Rams’ ‘nonstop ball of butcher knives,’ is putting in long hours at training camp

Merlin
There were other players I wanted there, that's for sure. But it's pretty clear they hit on this guy big time. I worry that he'll get dinged up since he's kinda small, but this dude can straight ball. Catches it in stride naturally, sneaky athleticism running, physical. Outstanding fit for this offense.

I'll bet on Saturday he'll get some first half play calls and make the most of them.
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New helmet design

Leuzer
The Cardinal helmet is hideous. The 49ers and Rams just look a bit off to me. The Rams have always had a blue base and the 49ers have always had Gold. The only decent one was Seattle's and even that didn't blow me away.

Interesting takes, though. Can't say I've ever seen helmet designs like those.
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Turf Show Times by 3k; The Rams Are Now A Food Website

DaveFan'51 said:
" Let's not have any ' Bad thoughts' / 'Negative thinking' about the 1st game of any kind in the McVat Era!! Let's not send out "Negative Vibs!!"
Especially IF you want to WIN any of those Heavy Bets you and I just made at the ROD Book!!(y);):D
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The Sportsbooks look a bit lopsided early on. I may have to cut the generous odds on the popular outsider being backed ;). Fortunately people aren't betting on any of the options more than once. (Some options allow members to bet on them 3 times).
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Quick check-in on the WR depth chart

dieterbrock
Thomas doesn't count against the final 53 so we know that
Austin
Woods
Kupp
Reynolds
Are locks (I-word aside)
So the question is how many WR are on final roster? 6?
That would leave 2 spots for Cooper, Spruce, McRoberts, Germany, Justin Thomas, Shippen, Shakir Ryan ad KD Cannon to fight for.
I get that Spruce doesnt have the speed but McVay seems like he'll go with best player over best "fit", so it seems to me that Spruce has every bit as much chance as anyone.
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Can Sean McVay make Jared Goff a poor man's Kirk Cousins?

Loyal
FRO said:
There were a lot of Eli comparisons for those looking for a glimmer of hope after Goff's rookie year. The problem is it took Eli 5 years to get his QB rating into the 80s. I don't believe that patience exists anymore.

I would expect a season from Goff similar to Bradford's 2012 season. Goff should have a much better offensive line than the 2012 team, and I think 2017 Gurley is better than 2012 Jackson. I still don't like the Rams receiving corps though. I think Kupp is their best WR, but he's still a rookie. Time will tell. I think some putting lofty expectations on Goff will be disappointed. I'm expecting a solid season, and I'd be fine with that.
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If Donald gets off his @ss and gets to Camp, Wade's 3-4 will make our defense one of the best in the NFL, imo. Our special teams may already be the best in the NFL. As you say, our offensive line is probably the best its been in years with Whittworth and Sullivan replacing GRob and Barnes. Gurley, with ANY success with Kupp and Woods moving the chains, will go freaking off.....

9-7.
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Kayvon Webster locks down starting CB job for Rams

BonifayRam
fanotodd said:
Where is Littleton (LB)? The guy was the team ROY, excelling on STs and doing a pretty good job filling in for Forrest down the stretch. The guy reminds me of OTree the way he runs down plays (not OTree's entire game).

Just haven't seen his name mentioned in any camp reports. Curious if he's getting any reps and at which position/team.
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Cory is listed as first reserve behind Mark Barron who is the weak inside LBer.
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Training Camp (TUE Aug-08)

12intheBox
BriansRams said:
I'd like to add, I'm not one to be pessimistic about my Rams, but from what I saw at 2 days of training camp, I'm not optimistic that our offense will improve in the passing game.

I realize it's just training camp and they don't show everything (or anything) but our receivers just do not look like a threat, nor do we have much top speed deep threats. My worry isn't so much the receivers I guess, as it is the scheme, the route tree, and the pass protection. I hope I'm wrong! :)
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You are watching baby steps in action. These guys just got the offense - I think we need it to give it a full season before we can expect most guys to be fully immersed in this offense - but let's at least give it a preseason game or two.
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Beer Me!

DCH
I'm in Philly this week, so took the opportunity to head by the Tired Hands brewery. Nice stuff... a shiitake saison (weird), their standard saison (excellent), a "pink corn" lager (also excellent) and their Hop Hands APA (very nice). None of their super-hype "milkshake" beers are currently available, but oh well. The saisons were all great.
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New unofficial depth chart

Boston Ram
OldSchool said:
This rule really doesn't work for 1st round picks that they're referring to IIRC.

http://operations.nfl.com/football-ops/league-governance/2017-18-important-nfl-dates/

There are a couple of dates listed there that are important. The August 8th that is being referred to means if a player doesn't report by then his first year of free agency is a restricted year instead of unrestricted. First round picks have the 5th year option so I don't think that would apply to them or if it does it means that 6th year would be unrestricted? The big date we have to pay attention to for AD is November 14th which would be prior to our week 11 game. If players holding out including rookies that went unsigned they cannot play in the NFL in the following year. That's my understanding at least of the rules, granted we haven't had a holdout in ages so I'm not totally up to snuff on this.
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Thanks for the clarity, I agree its been a while since we have had to worry about this kind of stuff.
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Rams working out DE

A55VA6
jrry32 said:
Jared Odrick, Sen'Derrick Marks, and Vance Walker are all intriguing names to me. However, I understand why the Rams might choose Jackson over those three. Jackson has proven quite durable during his NFL career. The other three have all had recent injury issues.
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Marks is a pretty good player, imo. I'm somewhat surprised he's not on a roster right now, but maybe there's an injury I don't know about?
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Show your Rams Trivia knowledge!

DaveFan'51
Classic Rams said:
Don Klosterman (without googling).

From the 1973 media guide:

Don's professional career began as Cleveland's first-round draft choice. With Otto Graham the Browns' incumbant QB, Don was traded to the Dallas Texans, then to the Rams. In 1952 with the Rams, he played third fiddle behind a pair of QBs named Waterfield and Van Brocklin.

Don seemed like a very good GM from what I can remember and what I've read. The most recent story I read about him was from an e-book called The Super 70s. But it highlights one of the Rams' failed attempts to land a franchise QB. In one of the stories the Rams were wanting to sign Joe Namath after a few tryouts. Klosterman called Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman to inquire about Namath. Z was a Jets writer at the time and had some advice for Klosterman. "He can't play!" Klosterman replied "He looks good in practice." But that's just practice, Z answered. The next day the Rams signed him.
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You nailed it, Classic Rams! Here's a photo of Don!

Don Klostermann1x.jpg

Who know how far he could have gone as a QB, But A tragic auto accident left him with one leg paralyzed! He was a pretty good GM though!(y)
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