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With Lance blowing and Murray with a knee issue

oldnotdead
I've been saying this for months, it's not news to me. The Cards are the Cards enough said. The Niners will take a step back this season. Purdy will come back to reality as the young inexperienced player he in reality is. The only real threat in the division are the Seahawks. But I'm not convinced their defense has improved that much. I think like a lot of teams rebuilding they will suffer from depth issues and in many ways have the same inexperience issues the Rams have.

The Rams have the best QB and WR in the division. They have a damn good RB in Akers and a very good TE. Jefferson has proved himself a solid #2 WR and now they have Puka and an emerging Atwell. All this behind an improved OL. The bottom line is that the Rams have the best offense in the NFCW and one of the best in the NFC period.

If the defense can simply play average this is a playoff team. If the defense emerges as a top 10 unit they are a Lombardi contender. The biggest impediment to this defense is how Morris plays his guys. If he gets out of Pleasant's way and allow him to play the secondary aggressively and the best players on the roster and not just Raheem's buddies, this team can be within the top 15 this year. If they are the Rams are a contender this year.

I expect their starting CBs will be Durant and Tomlinson with Witherspoon and Rochell as the second rotation. Starting safeties will be Johnson and Fuller with Lake as their #3 safety. In nickel I expect Tomlinson to drop into the SCB position to be replaced by Rochell or Witherspoon on the outside. If they play 3 safeties they should play Quentin Lake as he has better speed than Fuller.

When he was with Staley, Aubrey played the DBs in a read and anticipate style allowing them to jump the routes at the break. If he is allowed to play them that way again this secondary is good enough to surprise people. I'm not too worried about Witherspoon because if they play a double high concept he will be covered over the top. Staley played a quarters concept with a man component. It will be interesting if Aubrey plays this secondary the same. He played an awful lot of man coverages in preseason to see who and who can't play that style. Durant and Tomlinson definitely can. Rochell can but it was clear he didn't develop along those lines under Morris so he will take longer to round into form. Witherspoon has the athleticism to play in man coverage. His problem is inconsistent technique. His lapses result in breakdowns in his coverage. If Pleasant can correct that, Witherspoon could be a FA steal with at least 4 more good years left in him.
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OL through 2 games

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MachS said:
This is why many of us have been pissed at the lack of attention the OL has received early in drafts. You dont find talent like Avila in round 4, and given all the misses lately in the middle rounds it's nice to have one young potential elite OL talent to build around.
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That's not true tons of examples look at Seattle last season they got a great starting rt in the 3rd.
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Floyd, Ngokue (and others) vs. youth movement at EDGE

Ram Ts
The organization really needs both Young and Turner to hit and become above average NFL starters. The dearth of players along the DL/OLB is so bad in this team outside of AD. Especially the youth.

Hopefully a couple of the others will develop over there next 1-2 years.

We should be scouring the waiver wire for potential quality young guys cut that play along the front 7 D to bring in.
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A few notes on re-watch of Rams Raiders....

blackbart
Faceplant said:
How is this disagreeing with me? Sounds like you are saying that the Rams drafted him to play, what we are now supposed to believe, was the wrong position. So far, the move to LT has not gone any better. Knowing all of that, how is that not them getting this wrong...at least from what we know so far? Not trying to pick a fight, I am just asking, because it sounds like we kind of agree?
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No worries.

I have a hard time thinking he is really at 100% after such a devastating injury. Couple that with switching positions and I’m more of a mind to give him a chance to figure it out than thinking what we have seen in 1+ preseason games is the final product.

The Rams policy of picking players out of position is hopefully over with this year’s draft.
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GAME DAY Pre-Season Game 2 - Raiders & Rams

Psycho_X
WestCoastRam said:
Square was getting some praise from a couple different watchers the last few days.
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Yeah he was a missile out there running around. Was very sticky to his guy. Of course, he was playing against bottom of the barrel talent so who knows how that'd translate but I'd love to see him get extensive time this next game because I've seen enough of our other linebackers to know we need someone else.
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