FA and Cap Outlook

[Memento]

You just keep on wishing for a FB. I'll keep on wishing our first pick is a CB. Who knows one of us will be right eventually maybe? And I'm not criticizing any of the FB's mocked to us for whatever off season they may all be great players. But McVay, Shanny, LaFleur etc run variants of the same offense. There's one flex position in each of their offenses and for Shanny that's a FB or 2nd TE. For McVay that's a 3rd WR it's just what his offense is and his variant of the Mike Shanahan offense. For whatever reason he prefers the offense run that way and it doesn't call for a FB everything we've seen from him from day 1 is the antithesis of a FB oriented run game. He may change it may be this year but there is absolutely nothing in what McVay has said and done since taking over the Rams should lead people to think he wants a FB.

Running back, but yes.

 

[Merlin]

Or that gut feeling could just be the Chipotle burrito u ate for lunch.

Does he have chipotle out there in the corn fields?

 

[OldSchool]

Running back, but yes.

Running back is a totally different beast this conversation started around FB's.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Running back is a totally different beast this conversation started around FB's.

HB, TE or FB, ... what most fans want imo is a hybrid player that can play all these positions while effectively blocking along the way.

 

[OldSchool]

HB, TE or FB, ... what most fans want imo is a hybrid player that can play all these positions while effectively blocking along the way.

And a hybrid like that is something McVay has yet to use his entire time here. That's my point. If he drafts a RB it's somebody with speed can make all the runs and can block. This hybrid FB/TE is a fantasy of some fans that McVay has shown absolutely no desire to use. That's a Shanahan player not a McVay player.

 

[Memento]

Running back is a totally different beast this conversation started around FB's.

It did, but Badie's a running back.

 

[OldSchool]

It did, but Badie's a running back.

Meh he's from some small school

 

[Neil039]

Mack to the Chargers…..WOW

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...rs-set-trade-khalil-mack-los-angeles-chargers

 

[Neil039]

NFL.com quick link to each division. The 49ers have a ton of players who are FAs.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2022-nfl-free-agency-notable-departures-for-all-32-teams

 

[TSFH Fan]

And a hybrid like that is something McVay has yet to use his entire time here. That's my point. If he drafts a RB it's somebody with speed can make all the runs and can block. This hybrid FB/TE is a fantasy of some fans that McVay has shown absolutely no desire to use. That's a Shanahan player not a McVay player.

"[H]as yet to use" and "shown absolutely no desire to use" are probably too overbroad for my taste

Four pictures in this first set that you can click through:

View: https://imgur.com/a/Nm1ReVk


View: https://imgur.com/a/XO931lS


View: https://imgur.com/a/m3aqAwR


View: https://imgur.com/a/zuJUVM6


View: https://imgur.com/a/IvDUkkb


Sure, it's just one game from 2019, but it's the only one I can remember.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqzY3eTKYM

 

[OldSchool]

"[H]as yet to use" and "shown absolutely no desire to use" are probably too overbroad for my taste

Four pictures in this first set that you can click through:

View: https://imgur.com/a/Nm1ReVk


View: https://imgur.com/a/XO931lS


View: https://imgur.com/a/m3aqAwR


View: https://imgur.com/a/zuJUVM6


View: https://imgur.com/a/IvDUkkb


Sure, it's just one game from 2019, but it's the only one I can remember.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqzY3eTKYM

Oh excellent in 5 years 4 plays all in one game that show a TE in the backfield that totally means a FB will be drafted in the 3rd round likely even this year.

 

[ottoman89]

I will be honest. I'm surprised we haven't heard a whisper out of the Rams camp.

 

[CGI_Ram]

I will be honest. I'm surprised we haven't heard a whisper out of the Rams camp.

They are saving it up for a big reveal.

 

[Mackeyser]

This wait is AAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

 

[sloramfan]

actually, for whatever reason, this feels like every other year, EXCEPT LAST YEAR, when the news of stafford couldn't be stifled...

like new rookie draft pick contracts.. they all sign the same day...

it's excruciating for us as fans, but it's how the rams do business... and i do like the way they take care of business...

go rams

slo

 

[Allen2McVay]

This post is from Tuesday Night:

Looking for two things from the Rams in the next few days.

An announcement from Whitworth; and a Team announcement regarding the up-dated Coaching Staff.

Would expect both before the end of the weekend.

I have quite a track-record on such predictions ... between 21%-to-22%.

Well, I really nailed this!!!

My record for accurate Rams' predictions now stands at 19.365%

 

[ottoman89]

My gut says we get some Rams news yet tonight. It might be the beer, but my beer belly has a feeling of it.

 

[Merlin]

So reviewing the positional lists at this point a few of them stand out in relation to the rest...

1. Safety. Honey Badger is still out there I believe. Boy would that dude help us.

2. TE. Gronk is still available last I checked. He was #2 I believe in production for inline TEs last season. Not the threat he was in the passing game but still a plus contested catch guy and a very good blocker.

3. CB. Gilmore is still available. Would be an insane addition to this team.

Edge I really don't like what's left. Prefer they draft some young legs and roll them out in rotation.

 

[ottoman89]

So reviewing the positional lists at this point a few of them stand out in relation to the rest...

1. Safety. Honey Badger is still out there I believe. Boy would that dude help us.

2. TE. Gronk is still available last I checked. He was #2 I believe in production for inline TEs last season. Not the threat he was in the passing game but still a plus contested catch guy and a very good blocker.

3. CB. Gilmore is still available. Would be an insane addition to this team.

Edge I really don't like what's left. Prefer they draft some young legs and roll them out in rotation.

Honey Badger was a big problem for KC from what I've heard. Always our of position and free lancing. But I'd take a chance on him.

 

[wolfdogg]

My gut says we get some Rams news yet tonight. It might be the beer, but my beer belly has a feeling of it.

Shit. A belly full of busch lite can only mean bad news. Like AD being traded news. Quick, start drinking real beer. The season my depend on it.