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Is the impact of all this corona business on the players doing their workouts and much of their prep on their own. Across the NFL you have teams trying to best-utilize remote approach on all the things they usually do this time of year, and I would guess that there will be an enormous disparity in the end result thanks to a few different elements.
1. To what extent are your players self starters?
This one to me is a big deal. People in general mean well, but they're also inherently lazy. Guys who get paid tend to put their feet up, most are not Aaron Donald. How does the Rams' roster stack up against the other teams in this regard? I do think the jettisoning of Gurley and Cooks will affect this too btw, it reminds guys of the tenuous nature of a job in the NFL and also of what the Rams' standards are. On a scale of 1 to 10 where are the Rams among their peer teams? We will never really know this of course but I think they're in that top group of teams so I'd go with 8.
2. How smart and flexible is your Head Coach and staff?
This is another really important thing this season IMO. Teams with the old school type head coaches probably are at a disadvantage compared to McVay. But McVay has also added young coordinators on both sides of the ball. Looking at this realistically and even trying my best to be objective I'd say the Rams are at the top of the pile. There's no other way for me to look at it tbh. So I'd go with 9 here and say that if there are any teams in a better situation for this current environment at the head coach and staff positions it is a miniscule list.
3. How intelligent and motivated are your rookies and new additions?
Looking at each of the Rams' draft picks with an eye toward the above, only one of them is a concern (Lewis). That is not to say he's going to squander his time or that he's a bad guy, but I don't think he's a shining example of what you want in this type of environment. He strikes me as a massively talented type who has never really tapped into it to where he can get the consistency going and that's a bad mix with today's situation. The rest of the draft picks, however, look like top shelf options for this current climate.
The vets, meanwhile, are probably on the lesser side of the ledger in what you'd ideally want. Robinson is a big boy and those guys you're always going to be worried about what they'll weigh when they show up to camp. If you have a camp. Floyd is an underachiever who has yet to live up to his exalted draft status. So in the final total for this I think the vets weigh the final score down. I'd go with a 7 here for that reason, largely based on a draft that has a lot of good locker room types that seem to have good motors.
Totalling it all up and I'd say the Rams are without a doubt in the top 5-10 teams in terms of being on the plus side of the impact of this corona era.
1. To what extent are your players self starters?
This one to me is a big deal. People in general mean well, but they're also inherently lazy. Guys who get paid tend to put their feet up, most are not Aaron Donald. How does the Rams' roster stack up against the other teams in this regard? I do think the jettisoning of Gurley and Cooks will affect this too btw, it reminds guys of the tenuous nature of a job in the NFL and also of what the Rams' standards are. On a scale of 1 to 10 where are the Rams among their peer teams? We will never really know this of course but I think they're in that top group of teams so I'd go with 8.
2. How smart and flexible is your Head Coach and staff?
This is another really important thing this season IMO. Teams with the old school type head coaches probably are at a disadvantage compared to McVay. But McVay has also added young coordinators on both sides of the ball. Looking at this realistically and even trying my best to be objective I'd say the Rams are at the top of the pile. There's no other way for me to look at it tbh. So I'd go with 9 here and say that if there are any teams in a better situation for this current environment at the head coach and staff positions it is a miniscule list.
3. How intelligent and motivated are your rookies and new additions?
Looking at each of the Rams' draft picks with an eye toward the above, only one of them is a concern (Lewis). That is not to say he's going to squander his time or that he's a bad guy, but I don't think he's a shining example of what you want in this type of environment. He strikes me as a massively talented type who has never really tapped into it to where he can get the consistency going and that's a bad mix with today's situation. The rest of the draft picks, however, look like top shelf options for this current climate.
The vets, meanwhile, are probably on the lesser side of the ledger in what you'd ideally want. Robinson is a big boy and those guys you're always going to be worried about what they'll weigh when they show up to camp. If you have a camp. Floyd is an underachiever who has yet to live up to his exalted draft status. So in the final total for this I think the vets weigh the final score down. I'd go with a 7 here for that reason, largely based on a draft that has a lot of good locker room types that seem to have good motors.
Totalling it all up and I'd say the Rams are without a doubt in the top 5-10 teams in terms of being on the plus side of the impact of this corona era.