Lance Dunbar

[Corbin]

Dunbar has the best hands of any back on the team. He doesn't offer Gurley's speed and explosiveness after the catch, but he does offer a few more options as a route runner. He's also a good pass blocker. Going into the season those were two areas that it seemed the Rams really needed. With Gurley's passing game improvements, it seems like Dunbar's main roles will be to give Gurley an occasional break on 3rd down and to offer a different look as a receiver. He used to play special teams. I'm not sure if that will still be the case.

Todd Gurley would like to talk with you.

 

[dieterbrock]

I had to look up to see if Davis has been activated. Looks like two games. I guess the Rams have been going with 2 RBs and Tavon as an emergency RB.

Do they activate Dunbar and sit someone else? I can't see them sitting Brown.

http://www.nfl.com/player/justindavis/2559163/profile

I dont even think Tavon qualifies as "emergency" RB. He's had his share of jet sweeps but has operated basically as an RB. Brown has been pretty good out of the back field himself.
All I know is that they were pretty high on him when they gave him all that $$, I'm sure they have a spot for him that wont take away from what has been working

 

[Ram65]

It will be interesting to see what happens. Things have changed since they signed Dunbar to that $1.5M contract. Gurley proving he can catch the ball and Brown playing solid as a #2. Now, the Rams are seven deep at WR. I don't see Dunbar as a special team player which would help him to be activated on game day. It will be interesting.

LOL If the Rams had to use Tavon every down as a RB that would be an emergency situation. I like watching Tavon out of the backfield a few times a game. Having him as the main RB would be interesting.

 

[BonifayRam]

Davis will get cut and probably get a PS spot.
Dunbar injury was a blessing for him to get a 53 spot

I am aware that pre season means very little but IMO Justin Davis looked real good & has a future here as a Ram. Led the team in pre season with 36 attempts for 147 yds @ 4.1 per run. Plus RB Malcolm Brown will be involved in Free Agency in March of next year. Davis looks like a keeper to me. But in truth we sure are loaded now @ RB with Gurley, Austin, Brown, Dunbar & Davis.

 

[A.J. Hicks]

I'd think they'd look to a roster exemption for him like they have with other players. Is he coming off the PUP?

 

[A.J. Hicks]

Check that. . . they have three weeks.


View: https://twitter.com/MylesASimmons/status/925125460551376896

 

[PressureD41]

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/3...lance-dunbar-upon-their-return-from-bye-week/

Dunbar activated to roster

 

[jjab360]

You got me lol

 

[Ramhusker]

I had forgotten we had him. It's like we just traded for him. I hope he adds another wrinkle to our O!

 

[OldSchool]

Bad title

 

[dieterbrock]

I am aware that pre season means very little but IMO Justin Davis looked real good & has a future here as a Ram. Led the team in pre season with 36 attempts for 147 yds @ 4.1 per run. Plus RB Malcolm Brown will be involved in Free Agency in March of next year. Davis looks like a keeper to me. But in truth we sure are loaded now @ RB with Gurley, Austin, Brown, Dunbar & Davis.

Which is why he should be signed to ps. Bring him back to compete in tc. We had similar thoughts about Brown and the other kid, Green? As soon as Bennie was gone they had a shot.

 

[den-the-coach]

Rams get a look at former Dallas Cowboy Lance Dunbar upon their return from bye week

Rams coach Sean McVay put his team back to work Monday after enjoying some time off during the bye week last. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

By VINCENT BONSIGNORE | vbonsignore@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: October 30, 2017 at 5:48 pm | UPDATED: October 30, 2017 at 5:55 pm

THOUSAND OAKS — The Rams welcomed a newcomer to the fold upon returning to practice on Monday after their bye week.

Well, not technically a newcomer as Lance Dunbar has actually been with the Rams since the off season. But a knee injury the former Cowboys running back suffered last season reared it’s ugly head during OTA’s and eventually landed him on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list while costing him the entire off season and training camp and the first seven games of the season.

That all changed on Monday when Dunbar was officially back at practice with the club for the first time all year. And now the Rams have 21 days with which to decide what to do with him: Activate him to the 53-man roster or put him on the season-ending injured reserve list.

With Dunbar reporting himself fit and ready to contribute, it seems much more likely he’ll be added to the active roster at some point. The Rams signed him to compete for the backup running back role to Todd Gurley, figuring his versatile running and pass-catching skill set lined up perfectly for the role. Provided he’s healthy, Dunbar brings fresh legs and provides another weapon for head coach Sean McVay to implement into the best scoring offense in the NFL.

The Rams will apparently take advantage of the 21-day window before deciding whether to activate him.

“I think what’s great about that timetable we have is it gives us a chance to evaluate him, see how he handles it,” said McVay. “Just today, kind of just glancing, it looked like he was moving around pretty good. Everything that we’ve gotten from (Director/Sports Medicine & Performance) Reggie (Scott), as far as just where he’s at physically – very encouraging. He’s done a great job with his rehab and how the effects what we do on the roster is something that’s going to be determined moving toward the latter half of the week and (General Manager) Les (Snead) and I will sit down and talk about that.”

Dunbar said the last seven months have been frustrating, especially after thinking the injury was behind him upon reporting to OTA’s, only for him to suffer an immediate setback.

But he’s back now, and hopes to bring some of what the Rams were expecting from him over the second half of the season.

“Just a playmaker. A hard nosed guy that can do whatever they need me to do,” Dunbar said. “Catch the ball. Run the ball. Like to make plays. Be a playmaker.”

He’s especially eager to be a part of McVay’s offense.

“In this offense, he can just insert you in any play,” he said. “The offense is designed to make plays so any back that’s in the game has opportunities to make plays.”

TV STAR

While the Rams had the week off – and believe it or not McVay, a notorious workaholic actually allowed himself a chance to kick his feet up and chill out – that didn’t mean the young head coach didn’t get some work in.

With his wheels always spinning of course he was already plotting ways to beat the New York Giants this week and figure out ways to keep the Rams on track, but he also landed a pretty sweet gig as a guest analyst with the FOX NFL pregame show — which films in West Los Angeles — on Sunday.

“Yeah, it was fun. It was a great group of guys,” he said. “I had met a couple of them. Obviously, I had a lot of respect for some of the players and meeting Coach (Jimmy) Johnson, getting a chance to talk to him. That’s the one thing that I would say is probably the best part about this job – is the platform it provides to get exposure to special people like a handful of those guys that I got a chance to meet yesterday – kind of pick their brain. They had some fun with some of the gameshows, we had a good time with that yesterday.”

And as prepared as McVay usually is, FOX caught him off guard when former NFL great Michael Vick — who played for McVay’s hometown Atlanta Falcons back in the day — appeared on a segment wearing McVay’s Marist High football jersey.

McVay was a four-year starter at Marist as a quarterback and defensive back and led Marist to a Georgia State Championship in 2004 while being named the Georgia 4A Offensive Player of the Year.

“I was caught off guard. I didn’t realize they were going to do that,” McVay said. “Mike was a guy I was huge fan of just growing up in the Atlanta area as a mobile quarterback kind of changed the way that people had to defend him, because he was so electric as a runner and then he could beat you with his arm as well.

“They really got things going there. It was cool, because I had never got a chance to meet Mike before and just talking to those guys and Greg Jennings. I had met Tony Gonzalez through some mutual friends already, but being able to meet those players and then talk to Jimmy Johnson, you talk to Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw – that a fun experience to be able to have to continue to meet and learn from those guys.”

[www.ocregister.com]

 

[den-the-coach]

Interesting to see if they activate Dunbar, Malcolm Brown has filled that role admirably and I would like to keep Justin Davis on the roster based on his upside. Dunbar can return kicks too, but Cooper has done an outstanding job in that department. McVay envisioned Dunbar filling the Chris Thompson role when signing him, but Gurley & Brown IMO, much more valuable.

 

[bubbaramfan]

With the slow development of Everett and Higbee, I can see McVay slipping Dunbar in a t TE.

 

[DaveFan'51]

The Rams will apparently take advantage of the 21-day window before deciding whether to activate him.

I like this "Window" a lot can happen over the next 21 Days!

 

[Legatron4]

 

[Ram65]

I thought he was out. Time to earn that contract. He isn't the big back to give TG a break he can get some plays running and passing. Interesting to see how he does.

 

[James Otto]

Dunbar caught 21 passes in 3 games before he was hurt in 2015, including a 100 yard receiving game. He is McVay's Chris Thompson.

 

[DR RAM]

Rams might need Dunbar in 2 wks going up against the poor pass defense of the Texans. Rams made not need to run or pound the ball with Gurley & Brown but just throw it.

 

[LACHAMP46]

I think he'll be effective....if he knows the offense.