Hole at WR is a problem

[Elmgrovegnome]

Calling people little choo choo may make you feel more like more of a man, but it's a joke because - unlike you - at least Atwell has the balls to go on the field against NFL players.

Taking shots at guys because of their size is really cheap, even if it makes you feel better about yourself.

It's best to stick to football-related commentary.

Know your facts before spouting off, players are under contract and are not free agents until March 12th, the start of the new league year.

(BTW, please feel free to ignore my posts).

Coming on here and claiming that you know more than everyone else because 'You watch the games" is lame. Assuming you are the only one that knows what he's talking about is lame.

Your posts are inane. That's why I made fun of your hero. I should have known you wouldn't pick up on that.

And no, teams don't trade for free agents unless they get tagged by their team. No team will trade for a player whose contract ran out. You'd make a great GM .

 

[dieterbrock]

Know your facts before spouting off, players are under contract and are not free agents until March 12th, the start of the new league year.

Lol

 

[NorthernRam]

Coming on here and claiming that you know more than everyone else because 'You watch the games" is lame. Assuming you are the only one that knows what he's talking about is lame.

Your posts are inane. That's why I made fun of your hero. I should have known you wouldn't pick up on that.

And no, teams don't trade for free agents unless they get tagged by their team. No team will trade for a player whose contract ran out. You'd make a great GM .

I told myself not to respond to you ever again Elmgrove, but I just can't let your comments slide. You say a lot of things in this post that I've just never said.

I never said that I'm the only one who watches the game closely, but I do believe that a great many people judge players based on reputation and on inconsequential thinks such as whether they are bench players (hello Elmgrove).

Proof of that is the number of people who claim that Atwell doesn't get separation, when he in fact does so at a very high level. Others claim - without any evidence - that Atwell is prone to drops and doesn't catch contested balls well, ungrounded assertions made probably because of his size. While others mock the name Tutu and his small stature, and others have just never let go of the fact that we could have drafted a centre instead. To me, all of those factors are irrelevant.

By the way, I am fully aware of the various scenarios about tagging players and free agency rules. You don't think that GM's get feedback about interest in their players who are approaching unrestricted free agency, and that tagging and trading players are not a part of the discussions that go on.

How do you think they arrive at their decisions about tagging players, and in determining the market for their players?

You may be more naive than I thought, not GM material for sure.

Ever wonder why almost everyone is surprised that Atwell is back, in spite of his not being used very often, and being down in the wr depth chart? You don't think that the organization may have had a rethink based upon that outside feedback?

By the way, Atwell is not my hero. For the record, I don't have heroes. I just appreciate talent.

I'm a grown man, I don't do athlete worship.

 

[PhillyRam]

I told myself not to respond to you ever again Elmgrove, but I just can't let your comments slide. You say a lot of things in this post that I've just never said.

I never said that I'm the only one who watches the game closely, but I do believe that a great many people judge players based on reputation and on inconsequential thinks such as whether they are bench players (hello Elmgrove).

Proof of that is the number of people who claim that Atwell doesn't get separation, when he in fact does so at a very high level. Others claim - without any evidence - that Atwell is prone to drops and doesn't catch contested balls well, ungrounded assertions made probably because of his size. While others mock the name Tutu and his small stature, and others have just never let go of the fact that we could have drafted a centre instead. To me, all of those factors are irrelevant.

By the way, I am fully aware of the various scenarios about tagging players and free agency rules. You don't think that GM's get feedback about interest in their players who are approaching unrestricted free agency, and that tagging and trading players are not a part of the discussions that go on.

How do you think they arrive at their decisions about tagging players, and in determining the market for their players?

You may be more naive than I thought, not GM material for sure.

Ever wonder why almost everyone is surprised that Atwell is back, in spite of his not being used very often, and being down in the wr depth chart? You don't think that the organization may have had a rethink based upon that outside feedback?

By the way, Atwell is not my hero. For the record, I don't have heroes. I just appreciate talent.

I'm a grown man, I don't do athlete worship.

Self worship?

 

[Memento]

I told myself not to respond to you ever again Elmgrove, but I just can't let your comments slide. You say a lot of things in this post that I've just never said.

I never said that I'm the only one who watches the game closely, but I do believe that a great many people judge players based on reputation and on inconsequential thinks such as whether they are bench players (hello Elmgrove).

Proof of that is the number of people who claim that Atwell doesn't get separation, when he in fact does so at a very high level. Others claim - without any evidence - that Atwell is prone to drops and doesn't catch contested balls well, ungrounded assertions made probably because of his size. While others mock the name Tutu and his small stature, and others have just never let go of the fact that we could have drafted a centre instead. To me, all of those factors are irrelevant.

By the way, I am fully aware of the various scenarios about tagging players and free agency rules. You don't think that GM's get feedback about interest in their players who are approaching unrestricted free agency, and that tagging and trading players are not a part of the discussions that go on.

How do you think they arrive at their decisions about tagging players, and in determining the market for their players?

You may be more naive than I thought, not GM material for sure.

Ever wonder why almost everyone is surprised that Atwell is back, in spite of his not being used very often, and being down in the wr depth chart? You don't think that the organization may have had a rethink based upon that outside feedback?

By the way, Atwell is not my hero. For the record, I don't have heroes. I just appreciate talent.

I'm a grown man, I don't do athlete worship.

My guy, you are really not helping your case here. You are insulting a lot of long-time posters with your posts, acting high-and-mighty when you’ve done nothing of the sort to earn it, etc.

If you’re a new poster, the best way to earn the right to talk this kind of way is to be respectful while doing so. You have not done that. At all. You have consistently acted like you are the smartest person in the room. Let’s be frank: nobody is the smartest person in the room, but the ones who definitely aren’t are the ones who never admit it, and act like they are anyway. You’re claiming that you know what the front office thinks when you’re just a fan like the rest of us.

By the by, I wanted Bolton over Atwell, but it’s no use at this point. Things happen for a reason. Atwell’s signed for at least one more year. But that doesn’t give you any right to act the way you’re acting.

 

[Jorgeh0605]

I got no skin in this game, but I do know that the notion of trading Atwell after the season was just not possible. The trade deadline for the league year was Nov 5th. You can't trade anyone until the start of the new league year March 12th, at which Tutu would have been a free agent. The only way to trade Tutu would've been to tag & trade him, which was beyond a possibility.

As for the WR corp as a whole, I'm happy we got Davante and Puka and really like the versatility of those two different types of WRs. Tutu has a real chance to solidify his role in the offense. Time to seize that opportunity.

 

[Faceplant]

Man, we need a yawn emoji...

 

[RamFan503]

Let’s get back to posting about topics and not each other - yeah?

 

[Classic Rams]

I told myself not to respond to you ever again Elmgrove, but I just can't let your comments slide. You say a lot of things in this post that I've just never said.

I never said that I'm the only one who watches the game closely, but I do believe that a great many people judge players based on reputation and on inconsequential thinks such as whether they are bench players (hello Elmgrove).

Proof of that is the number of people who claim that Atwell doesn't get separation, when he in fact does so at a very high level. Others claim - without any evidence - that Atwell is prone to drops and doesn't catch contested balls well, ungrounded assertions made probably because of his size. While others mock the name Tutu and his small stature, and others have just never let go of the fact that we could have drafted a centre instead. To me, all of those factors are irrelevant.

By the way, I am fully aware of the various scenarios about tagging players and free agency rules. You don't think that GM's get feedback about interest in their players who are approaching unrestricted free agency, and that tagging and trading players are not a part of the discussions that go on.

How do you think they arrive at their decisions about tagging players, and in determining the market for their players?

You may be more naive than I thought, not GM material for sure.

Ever wonder why almost everyone is surprised that Atwell is back, in spite of his not being used very often, and being down in the wr depth chart? You don't think that the organization may have had a rethink based upon that outside feedback?

By the way, Atwell is not my hero. For the record, I don't have heroes. I just appreciate talent.

I'm a grown man, I don't do athlete worship.

 

[brucebruce]

I told myself not to respond to you ever again Elmgrove, but I just can't let your comments slide. You say a lot of things in this post that I've just never said.

I never said that I'm the only one who watches the game closely, but I do believe that a great many people judge players based on reputation and on inconsequential thinks such as whether they are bench players (hello Elmgrove).

Proof of that is the number of people who claim that Atwell doesn't get separation, when he in fact does so at a very high level. Others claim - without any evidence - that Atwell is prone to drops and doesn't catch contested balls well, ungrounded assertions made probably because of his size. While others mock the name Tutu and his small stature, and others have just never let go of the fact that we could have drafted a centre instead. To me, all of those factors are irrelevant.

By the way, I am fully aware of the various scenarios about tagging players and free agency rules. You don't think that GM's get feedback about interest in their players who are approaching unrestricted free agency, and that tagging and trading players are not a part of the discussions that go on.

How do you think they arrive at their decisions about tagging players, and in determining the market for their players?

You may be more naive than I thought, not GM material for sure.

Ever wonder why almost everyone is surprised that Atwell is back, in spite of his not being used very often, and being down in the wr depth chart? You don't think that the organization may have had a rethink based upon that outside feedback?

By the way, Atwell is not my hero. For the record, I don't have heroes. I just appreciate talent.

I'm a grown man, I don't do athlete worship.

Dude, your communication style needs work. All I read is the last line, and it's not a good look, no matter if you made salient points beforehand. I might even take it out of context, but that's really your fault. You think you're being direct, but the opposite is happening.

Don't worry about being piled on. after a decade lurking it happened to me when I started an account to join in on the fracas. There's a natural phenomenon of some established forum members who think it's open season on newbs. it's the internet. Just don't take it personally and dont hold grudges.

no need to try to win every point either...just move on, take a jab back if you want but then "like/cheers/laugh" the same member's comments if you agree to wipe the slate clean until the next dolt move.

i seriously have zero clue who has been a prick to me after a week because I hope they do the same towards me when I have a bad day on ROD. "water off a duck's back" is the only way to enjoy a community where you'll run into the same people every day.

 

[brucebruce]

^^^ way too many sentences

 

[dieterbrock]

^^^ way too many sentences

May be, but well said nonetheless
I'd only add that one should be sure they know what they are talking about when being argumentative

 

[RamFan503]

May be, but well said nonetheless
I'd only add that one should be sure they know what they are talking about when being argumentative

Good luck with that on an internet board. Not sure your add is actually helpful in this case. That’s honestly a pretty high bar when you’re talking about trying to put your thoughts to text in essentially a conversation. I regularly see people take things in completely different ways than intended.

This statement should be taken to heart by everyone on this board though.

"water off a duck's back" is the only way to enjoy a community where you'll run into the same people every day.

I particularly like this one as well:

no need to try to win every point either...just move on, take a jab back if you want but then "like/cheers/laugh" the same member's comments if you agree to wipe the slate clean

 

[dieterbrock]

Good luck with that on an internet board. Not sure your add is actually helpful in this case. That’s honestly a pretty high bar when you’re talking about trying to put your thoughts to text in essentially a conversation. I regularly see people take things in completely different ways than intended.

Well, coming from a poster who took their lumps over making an incorrect statement, and being indignant about it, I think its a fair.
Alas, back to football talk and a long ass wait until Tutu can prove that his supporters and the Rams were right to believe in him

 

[RamFan503]

Well, coming from a poster who took their lumps over making an incorrect statement, and being indignant about it, I think its a fair.
Alas, back to football talk and a long ass wait until Tutu can prove that his supporters and the Rams were right to believe in him

And knowing when to let it go is a really cool trait.

Cheers.

 

[Ramstien]

I look at it like someone may have a different point of view then I do, this does not mean one of us is right and the other is wrong, we just look at things from a different perspective. If someone disagrees with something I post, I try to move on and not get into a pissing contest with them because it is pointless, and nobody wants to read that crap.