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So first off I thought it was interesting that McVay gave up some good nuggets that tell us and infer quite a few things in his press conference. The first being that they went after "guys who love the game." And looking at each of them they are good character guys not one of them is an a$$hat. I am very happy about that.
McVay also specifically mentioned Rapp's ability to make a difference up by the LOS, his tackling and instinctive play in run support, and alluded to him sometimes playing a LB role. This tells us that some of you who wondered whether they might get after a safety to "convert" to LB were pretty close to the truth, maybe not exact but they did indeed covet tackling ability and it definitely relates directly to personnel package flexibility where he might give us a more sure tackler than Barron while also providing a more dangerous pass defense in his drops. Evero called him "the kind of player we want in this organization" and went on to spell it out: "smart, great athlete, plays hard, he's gonna be a great teammate, great leadership skills."
The press surprised me in how they didn't hound the two of them on the RB and Gurley thing as much as I expected them to. But it was Coach who alluded to the importance of resting players and number of snaps while not losing potency in the offense, and while he didn't specifically mention Gurley it's clear that's why this dude was drafted. Todd's snaps are going to go down during this season I think. Also our RB coach specifically mentioned Henderson's power and ability to plant his foot and get through traffic, so really I feel like while they did want a change of pace this was a bit of a sales job where they went and got a guy they believe can get the job done if the worst happens. Definite insurance pick to allow for maintaining the same offense in the event they don't have TG.
Re: David Long we heard McVay mention his ability to press and cancel routes by having good coverage skills. I am sure they targeted him, that he's not some guy they settled on, but I also suspect that Deandre Baker in round 1 was one of their early targets, probably along with a couple of the obvious DL types. Snead telling the story of how they met also allows us to infer how important his character was, that he was such a great kid and whatnot.
First thing out of Kromer's mouth irt Bobby Evans was that they had history with him with Zach working there for four years. He clearly likes what the kid has on the field, his flexibility, so you can see they envision him as the next piece in the pipeline. What we can clearly infer from all this is that the Rams are serious about "getting young on the OL" as McVay I believe it was had mentioned a while back, and that they also truly do love their two young second year starters. Ain't no doubt about it now.
Lastly I think what we are seeing is a reaffirmation of "We Not Me." Veteran players who do not live by that are not going to be around for the long term and we can probably predict some obvious future decisions with some accuracy.
McVay also specifically mentioned Rapp's ability to make a difference up by the LOS, his tackling and instinctive play in run support, and alluded to him sometimes playing a LB role. This tells us that some of you who wondered whether they might get after a safety to "convert" to LB were pretty close to the truth, maybe not exact but they did indeed covet tackling ability and it definitely relates directly to personnel package flexibility where he might give us a more sure tackler than Barron while also providing a more dangerous pass defense in his drops. Evero called him "the kind of player we want in this organization" and went on to spell it out: "smart, great athlete, plays hard, he's gonna be a great teammate, great leadership skills."
The press surprised me in how they didn't hound the two of them on the RB and Gurley thing as much as I expected them to. But it was Coach who alluded to the importance of resting players and number of snaps while not losing potency in the offense, and while he didn't specifically mention Gurley it's clear that's why this dude was drafted. Todd's snaps are going to go down during this season I think. Also our RB coach specifically mentioned Henderson's power and ability to plant his foot and get through traffic, so really I feel like while they did want a change of pace this was a bit of a sales job where they went and got a guy they believe can get the job done if the worst happens. Definite insurance pick to allow for maintaining the same offense in the event they don't have TG.
Re: David Long we heard McVay mention his ability to press and cancel routes by having good coverage skills. I am sure they targeted him, that he's not some guy they settled on, but I also suspect that Deandre Baker in round 1 was one of their early targets, probably along with a couple of the obvious DL types. Snead telling the story of how they met also allows us to infer how important his character was, that he was such a great kid and whatnot.
First thing out of Kromer's mouth irt Bobby Evans was that they had history with him with Zach working there for four years. He clearly likes what the kid has on the field, his flexibility, so you can see they envision him as the next piece in the pipeline. What we can clearly infer from all this is that the Rams are serious about "getting young on the OL" as McVay I believe it was had mentioned a while back, and that they also truly do love their two young second year starters. Ain't no doubt about it now.
Lastly I think what we are seeing is a reaffirmation of "We Not Me." Veteran players who do not live by that are not going to be around for the long term and we can probably predict some obvious future decisions with some accuracy.
