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Hey everyone, been a while. Twitter is dumb as shit these days and I miss having real convos about the Rams. So I wanted to stop in and share my thoughts and questions as we start our 2024 quest to win our 3rd ring. So here we go.
I still have so many questions about this Rams team as we close out the pre season. Specifically our defense. I think the Dline is still a year away from being really good. Was Kobie Turner a product of AD? I can’t imagine Verse and Fiske will come in and be all pros year 1. Can Bobby Brown stay healthy? Byron Young could be in for a big leap. After those guys it gets really muddy. Maybe Nick Hampton can step up as a rotational guy.
I have no idea what the plan is for our LBs. I don’t believe you can be confident going into week 1 with Rozeboom and I guess Omar Speights? Especially if EJ does get traded. I don’t know if I can bare another season watching Troy Reeder flail around again. The depth at that position is especially bad. Can any of these guys cover George Kittle? Or stop McCaffery in his tracks? McVay has to be aware of this.
The secondary is certainly stronger than last year but it still makes me nervous as hell. Darious Williams is a decent cover guy and can tackle. But can he 1v1 any of the top guys in the league? Will that be Tre Whites job? Is there any chance he actually stays heathy for an entire season? Hopefully Durant can improve and again after those guys it’s a free for all. Gotta have 4 good CBs in today’s NFL. Kam Curl should be a monster but JJ is getting older and kinda slow. Our STAR position Quinten Lake needs to really show out. I’m thinking long term into the season, can any of these safeties take on Travis Kelce, George Kittle or Mark Andrews come playoff time?
As for the offense, health is my only concern. I am very confident we can score 30ppg if that’s the case. Stafford needs to be on whatever he was late last year and in 2021. The LT spot is probably my biggest concern. Hopefully Noteboom can just run away with the position like we always wanted.
All in all, I’m just still pretty confused at the off-season strategy. I know it’s been said that 2025 is the main goal. But that’s such a crazy risk with Stafford. One thing I admired about Jeff Fisher(please don’t shoot me) is that he always tried his best to construct the roster to beat the Seahawks because they were the main threat in the division. I have no idea what the gameplan is to stop the Whiners this year. I can’t believe McSnead thought that secondary would be good enough. But yeah, those are my thoughts and questions going into the season. Have at it.
I still have so many questions about this Rams team as we close out the pre season. Specifically our defense. I think the Dline is still a year away from being really good. Was Kobie Turner a product of AD? I can’t imagine Verse and Fiske will come in and be all pros year 1. Can Bobby Brown stay healthy? Byron Young could be in for a big leap. After those guys it gets really muddy. Maybe Nick Hampton can step up as a rotational guy.
I have no idea what the plan is for our LBs. I don’t believe you can be confident going into week 1 with Rozeboom and I guess Omar Speights? Especially if EJ does get traded. I don’t know if I can bare another season watching Troy Reeder flail around again. The depth at that position is especially bad. Can any of these guys cover George Kittle? Or stop McCaffery in his tracks? McVay has to be aware of this.
The secondary is certainly stronger than last year but it still makes me nervous as hell. Darious Williams is a decent cover guy and can tackle. But can he 1v1 any of the top guys in the league? Will that be Tre Whites job? Is there any chance he actually stays heathy for an entire season? Hopefully Durant can improve and again after those guys it’s a free for all. Gotta have 4 good CBs in today’s NFL. Kam Curl should be a monster but JJ is getting older and kinda slow. Our STAR position Quinten Lake needs to really show out. I’m thinking long term into the season, can any of these safeties take on Travis Kelce, George Kittle or Mark Andrews come playoff time?
As for the offense, health is my only concern. I am very confident we can score 30ppg if that’s the case. Stafford needs to be on whatever he was late last year and in 2021. The LT spot is probably my biggest concern. Hopefully Noteboom can just run away with the position like we always wanted.
All in all, I’m just still pretty confused at the off-season strategy. I know it’s been said that 2025 is the main goal. But that’s such a crazy risk with Stafford. One thing I admired about Jeff Fisher(please don’t shoot me) is that he always tried his best to construct the roster to beat the Seahawks because they were the main threat in the division. I have no idea what the gameplan is to stop the Whiners this year. I can’t believe McSnead thought that secondary would be good enough. But yeah, those are my thoughts and questions going into the season. Have at it.