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I just after this yearhave not really thinking Long is that great. Yes he is a good player but wonder if he was really a 1st rd pick.
This.Well, he used to face a lot of double teams and chips but you would think with the emergence of Quinn, teams can't afford to do that too much and his numbers should of improved the second half of this season but I didn't notice so......... I know the guy has a non-stop motor and gives it his all every down but I would like to hear his name called a little more during games.
Why does it seem like Rams fans want to look for problems/issues or say they are overrated w/ their players?
I think your delusional to think that JL is just the best player on a D on an untalented team. I think you need to re-examine that evaluation. James is a great leader and very rarely misses tackles. He lacks ideal coverage ability against the more speedy TE and backs, but the dude has great instincts and without a doubt, if he played for a team like the 9ers, it would be his name known over Willis.long is just overrated in the st louis media and with rams fans. Most people probably don't know who he is unless they are hardcore football fans. He is a decent player and onther player of his caliber is jl55. They were just the best players on D on untalented teams.
In that draft he was worth the 2nd pick. He had the highest upside of the top rated players. And he has lived up to his draft status, he is a very good player. Yeah, people can look back in hindsight and say we should have took Clady or Mayo. Thats wasn't going to happen. They didn't grade that high. Dorsey would have been interesting at #2. Playing in a 4-3 from day one.
The pick should have been Ryan. Lots of teams didn't like him that high. And with Bulgers contract I understand why they didn't take him. But it would have changed the Rams going forward. I'm not saying he would have been better than Bradford. But it would changed where the Rams picked in the seceding drafts. No Jason Smith.
Well, he used to face a lot of double teams and chips but you would think with the emergence of Quinn, teams can't afford to do that too much and his numbers should of improved the second half of this season but I didn't notice so......... I know the guy has a non-stop motor and gives it his all every down but I would like to hear his name called a little more during games.
Chris Long is every bit as good as Aaron Kampman, what are you talking about? I think the problem with some Rams fans (or fans in general, for that matter) is that they overrate other teams' players because they don't watch them as often as they do their own players, all they see are the highlights.People said he was always double teamed but I don't really agree with that. Sure, I'd see it throughout the game but it wasn't nearly as much as people claimed. When the Rams selected him, I thought he'd be an Aaron Kampman type player at his peak. I don't think he reached that and I'm not sure he ever will. He probably would have been better suited as an OLB on a 3-4 team.
This isn't a new thought for me. While i love his fire, he is not a 2nd overall type of guy. He plays his ass off and im glad we took him for more reasons that his sack total. But he had to switch sides to become effective. But as ive examined it more over time. He is a great run defender. He will never get 20 sacks a season, hell he may not hit 15. But i promise that RT is sore after the game. I think he is necessary.
long is just overrated in the st louis media and with rams fans. Most people probably don't know who he is unless they are hardcore football fans. He is a decent player and onther player of his caliber is jl55. They were just the best players on D on untalented teams.