RB Lance Dunbar & LB Connor Barwin will visit Rams Today

[jap]

It's going to be fun watching a totally different team.....Everything is different, even though there are some familiar faces...

This team needed an enema!

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Dunbar? Meh. Draft Ogunbawale instead

 

[12intheBox]

I don't get the Dunbar thing. What is he bringing to the team?

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Don't feel either way....I thought that was the old LB Dunbar for a second.
I wonder what this means for Malcolm Brown....and Aaron Green?
Connor Barwin is 30....coming off a 4 or was it 6 sack season....IDK....Maybe to mentor a rookie DE/OLB...help Quinn out...insurance....????

Barwin can still produce. The Eagles switched to a 4/3, and Barwin didn't fit.

 

[DrHavenstein]

Seems like Mcvay and Co. do all their signings/moves late in the day, I expect to wake up around 2am and hear that we've signed him to a two year deal.

 

[Ram_Rally]

I don't get the Dunbar thing. What is he bringing to the team?

Receiver out of the backfield

 

[Florida_Ram]

Love it! Hope we sign both of them - especially Barwin. Need more at the LB position.

Put me in the Barwin camp... He can be a solid contributor if used correctly. In Wade we trust


I would be very excited to have him added to Wade's "Toy Box"

 

[Riverumbbq]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkbZ1yhzW6A

 

[DrHavenstein]

Use Dunbar much like McVay used Chris Thompson last season.

 

[InnovatedMind]

Jamaal Charles is still out there...

Not saying he's a must... but think about the possibility of Charles coming in for Gurley, forming a thunder + lightning backfield... like Ware/Charles or Bernard/Hill...

This would be GOOD.

 

[Zero]

Receiver out of the backfield

We already have one in Gurley

 

[InnovatedMind]

We already have one in Gurley

Gurley is actually a pretty darn good Pass Catching Back.

 

[JackDRams]

Jamaal Charles is still out there...

Not saying he's a must... but think about the possibility of Charles coming in for Gurley, forming a thunder + lightning backfield... like Ware/Charles or Bernard/Hill...

This would be GOOD.

If only we had the $$$. I'd be stoked for that.

 

[InnovatedMind]

If only we had the $$$. I'd be stoked for that.

We don't have enough? He's a 30 year old RB with countless injuries... Don't think he'll get elite money. I mean, even Seattle gave LACY a contract before Charles.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Receiver out of the backfield

Benny Cunningham had as many receptions as Dunbar last season, and has more in his 4 years than Dunbar in his 5.

 

[TheDYVKX]

Benny Cunningham had as many receptions as Dunbar last season, and has more in his 4 years than Dunbar in his 5.

Doesn't account for injury or opportunity. Benny has been our only 3rd down option and has stayed relatively healthy for a while. Dunbar has had some unlucky injuries limiting his production and he's been competing for reps for a while in a good backfield.

Dunbar in the right situation is the next Dion Lewis to me. As a pure pass catcher, Benny doesn't compare. Dunbar runs routes like receivers and is faster and more explosive.

Benny is a better runner and blocker, but I guess we're not looking for those traits right now.

 

[bomebadeeda]

After seeing those Conner highlights....watching him run w/ Sproles......was pretty impressive. Yes, he was younger (Sproles has played on the same team last few years....) but Sproles still abuses LB on a regular basis. And if he can play near that leve, can give us another athlete on D. I would be all for the signing.

 

[OldSchool]

Jamaal Charles is still out there...

Not saying he's a must... but think about the possibility of Charles coming in for Gurley, forming a thunder + lightning backfield... like Ware/Charles or Bernard/Hill...

This would be GOOD.

Clear payroll to get him on the Rams. He's much more expensive than Benny who's more expensive than Dunbarr.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Doesn't account for injury or opportunity. Benny has been our only 3rd down option and has stayed relatively healthy for a while. Dunbar has had some unlucky injuries limiting his production and he's been competing for reps for a while in a good backfield.

Dunbar in the right situation is the next Dion Lewis to me. As a pure pass catcher, Benny doesn't compare. Dunbar runs routes like receivers and is faster and more explosive.

Benny is a better runner and blocker, but I guess we're not looking for those traits right now.

Gotta stay on the field to get those opportunities. I understand what you're saying though, and McVay is looking to spread the field, but we also need consistency. jmo.

 

[Shane Grandle]

Put me in the Barwin camp... He can be a solid contributor if used correctly. In Wade we trust


I would be very excited to have him added to Wade's "Toy Box"

I love that he has rushed from the left side most of his career! Just make the transition as smooth as possible