Ridiculously early 53 man roster after 1st preseason game

[WestCoastRam]

QB: Jared Goff, Case Keenum, Sean Mannion

'Nuff said. I'd be shocked if Rams go with two QBs with one of them being a rookie.

RB: Todd Gurley, Benny Cunningham, Malcom Brown, Chase Reynolds.

Green looked like he had some stuff and has a shot at the practice squad but don't think he does enough. Reynolds keeps his job. Fans will always discount special teams but this guy gets it done. People think Reynolds loses his job by being supplanted as a RB or a WR but Reynolds will only lose his job when he's supplanted as "best ST player on team."

Oline: Greg Robinson, Rodger Saffold, Tim Barnes, Jamon Brown, Rob Havenstein, Garrett Reynolds, Cody Wichmann, Andrew Donnal, Isaiah Battle, Eric Kush

Does Battle actually beat out Williams at tackle, not sure? Did Donnal look okay at RT today?? I could actually see Rams going with 8 here with Battle getting the boot to practice squad but they may likely carry 9 again due to Havenstein's injury.

WR: Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Bradley Marquez, Pharoh Cooper, Nelson Spruce, Brian Quick

Thomas was underwhelming today. Quick proves that his blocking on the edge in big formations is worth it.

TE: Lance Kendricks, Cory Harkey, Tyler Higbee

Hemmingway goes to the practice squad.

Dline: Robert Quinn, William Hayes, Aaron Donald, Michael Brockers, Quinton Coples, Eugene Sims, Ethan Westbrooks, Dominique Easley, Ian Seau

Ian Seau has a solid chance to unseat Longacre here.

LBs: Alec Ogletree, Mark Barron, Akeem Ayers, Bryce Hager, Cameron Lynch, Josh Forrest

One of the hardest parts was figuring out if one of the last guys on the roster was going to be a LB, DL, WR. Rams have gone light here before but keep Forrest for depth.

CBs: Trumaine Johnson, E.J. Gaines, Lamarcus Joyner, Coty Sensabaugh, Marcus Roberson

Maybe Troy Hill pushes Roberson and he had his moments but seems like an uphill climb. Practice squad guy. Coty Sensabum may prove he's a liability but he's not going anywhere. *Sigh*

SAFTIES: T.J. McDonald, Maurice Alexander, Cody Davis, Christian Bryant

Brian Randolph's injury probably will mean he won't make it even if he returns soon as lost reps will put him in a tough spot. The number's don't play out. CD and CB aren't great so we pray that TJ and Mo don't get injured.

SPECIALISTS: Greg Zuerlein, K; Johnny Hekker, P; Jake McQuaide, LS

Nothing to see here.

 

[Legatron4]

There's no chance Reynolds makes this team now. Fisher can't possibly see a spot for him ahead of Brown or Green. Those two guys are just too talented.

 

[WestCoastRam]

There's no chance Reynolds makes this team now. Fisher can't possibly see a spot for him ahead of Brown or Green. Those two guys are just too talented.

I hear you and Brown makes my squad. Green has talent but I can't stress enough that talent alone is not good enough to make a football team. Someone has to supplant Reynolds as the best ST player we have.

There was a coach who routinely kept talented bottom of the roster offensive players all the time and his name was Mike Martz. And his special teams were a league worst.

 

[Fatbot]

Hm I think the Rams need to choose between Marquez and Reynolds, they don't have the luxury to keep 2 special team only guys at this point in the roster development. Maybe neither. Somehow Aaron Green needs a spot, and also J.Cunningham or Laskey need to be on the roster as well to help the running game. That seems like too many TE but Higbee should be seen closer to the WR category at this point.

The DL rotation was interesting. Coples & Easely look to me the same mold, both gap shooters that are more like Donald skillset than Brockers. So you have to have either Longacre or big Cam on the roster. The only time Coples flashed well was that 3rd and 1 stuff when he had Longacre next to him to play the Brockers to his Donald. I did like Seau obviously, but his performance is reminiscent of Michael Sam. Racking up preseason sacks alone won't be enough to make the team, it's the roster fit/numbers game.

 

[ztoben]

There's no chance Reynolds makes this team now. Fisher can't possibly see a spot for him ahead of Brown or Green. Those two guys are just too talented.

Fassel would never let that happen. Way too important for a team that relies heavily on special teams contributions.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Maybe, MAYBE, Cameron Lynch improves from last season on special teams and makes Reynolds expendable. And maybe Reynolds is slipping. But I think that's the only way that Reynolds is gone.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Hm I think the Rams need to choose between Marquez and Reynolds, they don't have the luxury to keep 2 special team only guys at this point in the roster development. Maybe neither. Somehow Aaron Green needs a spot, and also J.Cunningham or Laskey need to be on the roster as well to help the running game. That seems like too many TE but Higbee should be seen closer to the WR category at this point.

The DL rotation was interesting. Coples & Easely look to me the same mold, both gap shooters that are more like Donald skillset than Brockers. So you have to have either Longacre or big Cam on the roster. The only time Coples flashed well was that 3rd and 1 stuff when he had Longacre next to him to play the Brockers to his Donald. I did like Seau obviously, but his performance is reminiscent of Michael Sam. Racking up preseason sacks alone won't be enough to make the team, it's the roster fit/numbers game.

I think the Rams have kept 4 TE's before but that was a tough cut. Not sure Cunningham has enough to stick there, nor Hemmingway. If they keep 4, does Hemminway show enough to supplant Cunningham? Have to go back and watch some running plays in the game to see how they did.

Yeah, I need to rewatch the Dline. Hard to get a reading on their play without looking again.

 

[Florida_Ram]

There's no chance Reynolds makes this team now. Fisher can't possibly see a spot for him ahead of Brown or Green. Those two guys are just too talented.

Sign me up for Green because of his age vs Reynolds... Problem is Reynolds may be too entrenched in FISHER'S MIND for SP Teams..

The thing is with Fisher is you can believe he may do something screwy with final 53 and surprise us by maybe keeping one less at a position other than QB that we don't expect... Hoping Green gets better the next 2 games and forces his way on.

 

[StealYoGurley]

Hm I think the Rams need to choose between Marquez and Reynolds, they don't have the luxury to keep 2 special team only guys at this point in the roster development. Maybe neither. Somehow Aaron Green needs a spot, and also J.Cunningham or Laskey need to be on the roster as well to help the running game. That seems like too many TE but Higbee should be seen closer to the WR category at this point.

The DL rotation was interesting. Coples & Easely look to me the same mold, both gap shooters that are more like Donald skillset than Brockers. So you have to have either Longacre or big Cam on the roster. The only time Coples flashed well was that 3rd and 1 stuff when he had Longacre next to him to play the Brockers to his Donald. I did like Seau obviously, but his performance is reminiscent of Michael Sam. Racking up preseason sacks alone won't be enough to make the team, it's the roster fit/numbers game.

Harkey is ahead of J. Cunnigham and Laskey we don't need more than 1 FB. We will be fine with Higbee, Kendricks, and Harkey and Hemmingway on the Practice squad.

Marquez and Reynolds are Fish favorites and play on most special teams, which is harder to replace than you think, and marquez plays a bit on offense.

Longacre and Cam play completely different positions I don't know how their positioning would effect Easily and Coples. It was interesting seeing Coples more on the inside with Westbrooks on the outside since it's been the opposite through camp, but it makes sense since Coples is bigger.

 

[Legatron4]

I hear you and Brown makes my squad. Green has talent but I can't stress enough that talent alone is not good enough to make a football team. Someone has to supplant Reynolds as the best ST player we have.

There was a coach who routinely kept talented bottom of the roster offensive players all the time and his name was Mike Martz. And his special teams were a league worst.

True. But I think you can always find guys to fill that role. Plus, Martz won games inspite of bad special teams.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Also of note: With Benny not only playing as the 3rd down RB but also as the 2nd runningback off the bench, I think we've seen the end of him being our primary kick returner. It will be Cooper's job to win right now and he's got a good start at it.

 

[hotanez]

I can't see how we keep only 3 TEs. We use lots of 2 TE sets and Harkey as a FB what if one of them gets hurt? I think we keep 4 of them.

 

[1maGoh]

There was a coach who routinely kept talented bottom of the roster offensive players all the time and his name was Mike Martz. And his special teams were a league worst.

I recall Martz winning significantly more games per seasonthan we currently do. Maybe there's a happy medium? If not, I'll take the approach that won 9-14 games a year, not the one that wins 6-7.

 

[WestCoastRam]

I recall Martz winning significantly more games per seasonthan we currently do. Maybe there's a happy medium? If not, I'll take the approach that won 9-14 games a year, not the one that wins 6-7.

I would too, but those seasons were often marked by having players that weren't part of his personnel decisions. Once he started keeping talented offensive players with little awareness and no ability to cross-train on special teams - nor, might I add, would he let certain players play special teams - the team started going downhill.

 

[…..]

As far as the Green vs Reynolds argument goes....

I thought Green was a standout performer last night and his 4 catches on 4 targets were an added bonus. I may be in the minority but I believe we can teach special teams, and cannot teach talent and vision. Train Green to do what Reynolds does. It aint that difficult. Reynolds doesn't stand out THAT much on ST anyway. He's living on borrowed time and a ST reputation that is weirdly grandfathered in.

jmo

 

[tomas]

Hm I think the Rams need to choose between Marquez and Reynolds, they don't have the luxury to keep 2 special team only guys at this point in the roster development. Maybe neither. Somehow Aaron Green needs a spot, and also J.Cunningham or Laskey need to be on the roster as well to help the running game. That seems like too many TE but Higbee should be seen closer to the WR category at this point.

The DL rotation was interesting. Coples & Easely look to me the same mold, both gap shooters that are more like Donald skillset than Brockers. So you have to have either Longacre or big Cam on the roster. The only time Coples flashed well was that 3rd and 1 stuff when he had Longacre next to him to play the Brockers to his Donald. I did like Seau obviously, but his performance is reminiscent of Michael Sam. Racking up preseason sacks alone won't be enough to make the team, it's the roster fit/numbers game.

Cam Thomas resembles a hippo,fatnormous i.e. cut-bait

 

[lockdnram21]

As far as receivers I still don't think they keep 3 slot receivers. My guess is Marques is gone.

Britt
Austin
Quick
Cooper
Spruce
Williams/ Mcroberts/Thomas

 

[rdlkgliders]

There's no chance Reynolds makes this team now. Fisher can't possibly see a spot for him ahead of Brown or Green. Those two guys are just too talented.

Green is pretty good on special teams and won't make the team unless they believe he can do what Chase offers on ST. most likely P.S
Brown looks like he is a genuine final 53 RB.
Seau to p.s Longrace squeeks in.
I think you nailed the WR's Spruce needs to be here more than any of the other rookies not named Cooper. Michael Thomas better beat out Marquez (doubtful) or he will be another P.S player

 

[Fatbot]

Cam Thomas resembles a hippo,fatnormous i.e. cut-bait

Ha, true, but there's no swimsuit competition in football. We're talking a #5 DT, if one is gonna make the roster at all might as well be a guy that can fill a need. I saw the interior run defense a bit concerning, the fat guy might be an option if something happens to Brockers.

Anyway, my comments were just riffing. I don't expect any drastic changes in the roster build. Just fun to imagine some possibilities in preseason, even if those preseason heroes always seem to disappear from football forever when the season starts.