Xavier Smith is Back
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Holy crap we are thin at receiver now.
With injuries to Puka, DA, and Whittington, looks like:
Depth chart of Tutu, Konata, rookie CJ, and X Smith. After that, maybe Bachman or Pressley?
Wow, our TE's and running game better step up.
With injuries to Puka, DA, and Whittington, looks like:
Depth chart of Tutu, Konata, rookie CJ, and X Smith. After that, maybe Bachman or Pressley?
Wow, our TE's and running game better step up.
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How do you look Staff or AD in the face and don't at least add one vet? I'm baffled by that part as the Rams can still make the playoffs at this point. Our defense better clamp teams the fuck up big time as well. Gonna take some big improvements to get the win against Packers and Chiefs.
This is just a guess, but might be a case of any vet they bring in will take a few weeks, or longer, to get ramped up in the offense, understanding it, to where at that point Adams & Ferguson will be back.
I also think McVay thinks its more important, in this timing offense, that a receiver needs to be where he should be at all times. If he isn't, and is not on the same page with Stafford, the result is turnovers. Not to mention Stafford maybe getting hit as he has to hold onto the ball longer, and overall dysfunction, etc...
So he prioritize knowing the offense to avoid those issues, even if its with lesser players.
Look at last year, how he and Adams struggled early to get on the same page. Now, we expect a guy to step in here with no prior experience in the offense or with Stafford, and contribute in week 1 or 2? BTW, I think that is also why he doesn't trust rookies in his offense.
It's why I thought at best they bring back Van Jefferson, and why the Xavier Smith move was not surprising.
The question gets deep because it *may* be that Fergie is out longer than anticipated also. The question now is what does CJ Daniels and Smith bring to the table and can they grow up fast? TEs are getting healthy but what does Klare bring to the table and does Stafford get rhythm with all these guys.
Anyone noticing a sudden drop with Mumpfield this year? He just isn't playing to last years level...or is it just me???
LOTS OF WORK TO DO IN GETTING THE OFFENSIVE MACHINE GOING!!!
Anyone noticing a sudden drop with Mumpfield this year? He just isn't playing to last years level...or is it just me???
LOTS OF WORK TO DO IN GETTING THE OFFENSIVE MACHINE GOING!!!
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I was coming in here to say this. I watched McVay's show from this week and he was asked about Davante and said "sooner rather than later". And here's the thing....McVay is trying to sell this "one week at a time" thing, but existentially I think he knows our season is over if both those guys are out for more than a game or two. He's been WAY too calm about Puka's injury....from his conference Monday to the McVay show, you would never know our entire offense is down for a significant amount of time (on the show he even said "hopefully we get Puka back at some point", which means we have no idea how long he'll be out).
The ONLY thing that makes sense is if there's a tentative plan to have Davante for Green Bay, or at worst, Kansas City.
El Chapo Jr
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But then at the same time you're banking that he's fresh off of injury and just hits the ground running....that's crazy to me. Hopefully the defense steps up big time because they're going to need it
El Chapo Jr
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So you're telling me he couldn't at least bring in one vet (one that has actually gotten playing time recently) with Xavier? I'm not buying that one, that was a pretty lame effort but it is what it is at this point. Got to roll with what we have. I do like your Van Jefferson idea though, that's the description of the type of vet I'm talking about
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Plus the team is really tight up against the salary cap and have potentially pushed quite a bit into next season via voidable years on current players already.
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Sure at the cost of 2027. But all three issues combined may explain the outcome.
1) Adams & Ferguson back after the bye
2) Salary cap
3) Familiarity with the offense
Another may be finding someone that wants to come in and play for at or near the vet minimum.
Brandon Aiyuk = Odell Beckham of 2021. Go get Aiyuk as he is a great fit and plays in a similar scheme. If the Rams do not do that I am going to be extremely disappointed.
Last year all of us screamed to add corners and the Rams ignore it and paid the price. This year, please do not ignore the obvious.
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I'd be shocked if he didn't go to Washington to play with his college teammate.
Most likely, unless his ultimate goal was to be with a relevant team plus being able to screw over your former team. Also that backwards hat wearing mutant of a Head Coach is going to be fired in Washington as the organization will be going in another direction.