If by one dimensional you mean an high effort and chase type player, than I agree with you. It surely doesn't mean the ONLY thing he is a pass rush specialist. He can be effective against the run. I recall another high effort, chase type DE who made a pretty good name for himself starting with this organization. Grant Wistrom. And please, I am not saying Sam is the player that Wistrom was, just similar style who can be successful in this league.
Not sure why you keep harping on the whole wide 9 issue. He showed he doesn't have to be out there to get penetration. But the system calls for that technique (Long and Quinn use it quite often).Wistrom didn't have to line up wide of RT to make plays. And there are quite a few other high effort chase guys that have come out of college over the years that didn't make it, too.
Not sure why you keep harping on the whole wide 9 issue. He showed he doesn't have to be out there to get penetration. But the system calls for that technique (Long and Quinn use it quite often).
OR a one dimensional pass rushing LE who has to line up wide to make plays and can't play LB has limited fits in the NFL. That's possible, too.
At this point knowing now what we do,I am surprised as hell,you can of course give all the 3/4 teams some benefit of the doubt that he wouldn't be a fit, but I know he'd be an upgrade for several 4/3 teams at the bottom of their depth charts.Claimed players must be put on the 53. I'm totally not surprised no other team in the league wanted him on the active roster. All the old memes about "distraction" or "media circus" and Combine numbers are still around even though he has 4 games of preseason showing that he can very much play in this league.
Unless the Rams make room for him on their PS, I expect for Michael Sam to be out of the league... I'd love to be wrong about that because I think he showed he can play and I'd love to think of the NFL as a meritocracy, but...
Jim Thomas @jthom1 2mI need more Michael Sam news. 7 out of the last 9 RAMS news bits on RNR are about M. Sam on another website.That's not enough. I need to hear more.
GEEEZ!
yeah, it's kind a black eye for the rest of the NFL, in my opinion.I agree if the Rams don't grab him nobody is going to . I'm pretty disappointed in my favorite sport today.
I hope we are both wrong.
Jim Thomas @jthom1 2m
Michael Sam arrived at Rams Park several minutes ago for planned interview with Jeff Fisher Fisher.
There's a fix for you.Inhale it.
He may be offered a PS spot, or he may be telling Fish, a team that needs DEs has offered him a spot . . . .Jim Thomas @jthom1 2m
Michael Sam arrived at Rams Park several minutes ago for planned interview with Jeff Fisher Fisher.
There's a fix for you.Inhale it.
And more importantly, has he showered today?Haha. But when he arrived, was he driving or being driven by someone? Was he holding his chin up or not? How many minutes or hours do they predict he will be at Rams Park today?
if the latter is true, then I wouldn't blame them. It's gonna be a long season.Either he's not as good of a role player a lot of people thought he was or no teams want to take part of that media circus.
We need depth at other positions..namely QB.Please, Fisher. Put him on the practice squad. He's more than earned a spot on this team.