The X-Factor: Isaiah Pead to start? Tyson vs Ali.

[CodeMonkey]

Pead looks like a different guy now. Forget the past...he is hungry.

 

[FRO]

A lot of people on the Pead bandwagon. Hope he proves me wrong. To me if winning the division is our goal then at minimum we need to split the series with Seattle. With it being so tough to win up there with their fake crowd noise, we absolutely need to win this first game. In order to do that we need Cunningham and Pead to come up big for us. Pead needs to avoid the mental mistakes that have plagued him so far.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Pead looks like a different guy now. Forget the past...he is hungry.

Playing the other side of the argument; I worry he might have Trent Richardsonism... the "inability to see a hole".

 

[RhodyRams]

Just seems to me that Pead had a much quicker first step than Cunningham

 

[Prime Time]

Your time frame for both Mason and Gurley?

That all depends on how it goes in the first few games. If the running game is working then I agree with your time table for both players. Leave Mason and Gurley alone and give them time to heal.

If the running game is not working then expect both Mason and Gurley to be placed in the lineup earlier. I won't bother to guess the exact game for each because I'm not an "in-the-know" radio star like you. :shades:

Yeah, Tyson would knock Ali, the freak out.

Don't agree. Ali in his prime was magical. He handled my generation's version of the Raging Bull, Joe Frazier, two out of three times. Not to mention Sonny Liston and George Foreman. Don't know if Tyson was at the end of his rope when he faced Buster Douglas or didn't train properly for that fight, but he wasn't invincible.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8LZ8FjGN8

So the horn is a little annoying. Just sayin'

That's the point. It's a banned PD clown who has no other way to communicate other than annoyance.

How about that sound Charlie Brown's teachers or the adults make when they're talking? It's either a muted trumpet or trombone. Makes about as much sense as some of the posts I've read over at the PD.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFPXQkZE6hA

 

[-X-]

How about that sound Charlie Brown's teachers or the adults make when they're talking? It's either a muted trumpet or trombone. Makes about as much sense as some of the posts I've read over at the PD.

Love it.
I'm going with that from now on.

 

[DR RAM]

That all depends on how it goes in the first few games. If the running game is working then I agree with your time table for both players. Leave Mason and Gurley alone and give them time to heal.

If the running game is not working then expect both Mason and Gurley to be placed in the lineup earlier. I won't bother to guess the exact game for each because I'm not an "in-the-know" radio star like you. :shades:



Don't agree. Ali in his prime was magical. He handled my generation's version of the Raging Bull, Joe Frazier, two out of three times. Not to mention Sonny Liston and George Foreman. Don't know if Tyson was at the end of his rope when he faced Buster Douglas or didn't train properly for that fight, but he wasn't invincible.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8LZ8FjGN8






How about that sound Charlie Brown's teachers or the adults make when they're talking? It's either a muted trumpet or trombone. Makes about as much sense as some of the posts I've read over at the PD.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFPXQkZE6hA

You don't have to agree. I already sent Tyson your contact info.

 

[RamFan503]

BTW - Tyson with Cus D'Amato? Yeah, he probably knocks out Ali. Tyson with Don King? No effing way. And good Tyson would have knocked out Frazier, Holms, Norton, and Foreman in their primes.

 

[RamFan503]

How about that sound Charlie Brown's teachers or the adults make when they're talking? It's either a muted trumpet or trombone. Makes about as much sense as some of the posts I've read over at the PD.

This was exactly what I was thinking.

 

[-X-]

Don't know if Tyson was at the end of his rope when he faced Buster Douglas or didn't train properly for that fight, but he wasn't invincible.

He really had no direction after Cus died.
Worst thing that could have happened to him.

 

[Ram4life11]

I'd choose Pead, better vision, speed, explosiveness. Think he'd get 100 yards total, easy. BC, does not see the hole, feel sorry for his GF. BC, may be the better short yardage option, but he hasn't even proved that, not that anyone has, but...

You mentioned it yesterday, Pead can run that wheel route, plus, who would you rather have run the screen? Cig gave us a screen game, already love him for that, and a screen could kill the Hags. You want a home run, or 7 yards? You choose.

Pead is also, not only a backup KR, as is BC, but a backup PR, which I hope we don't need.

Pead has big play ability? How big plays have you seen from him. If I'm not mistaken he has never had over a 30 yard carry or catch..
Benny has had many more explosive plays than Pead, even before Pead had Acl injury..
Know need to down any of the backs, especially when your not basing things on facts.
I want them both to get a number of carries, I don't really expect much from either of them based on our OL, and the Seahawks D..
So any big plays is a bonus

 

[RamFan503]

He really had no direction after Cus died.
Worst thing that could have happened to him.

Don King is about the worst thing that could happen to any boxer. He completely ruined Mike. Under Cus, Tyson was not only unstoppable and unavoidable but he was a student of the game and very respectful. He respected the sport and the boxers before him. That all changed when that POS King stepped into the picture.

 

[DR RAM]

Pead has big play ability? How big plays have you seen from him. If I'm not mistaken he has never had over a 30 yard carry or catch..
Benny has had many more explosive plays than Pead, even before Pead had Acl injury..
Know need to down any of the backs, especially when your not basing things on facts.
I want them both to get a number of carries, I don't really expect much from either of them based on our OL, and the Seahawks D..
So any big plays is a bonus

Thought I was giving my opinion, not defending it. Know need to down backs? I don't understand what you are saying. I'm expecting more from us than you, based on what you said. I think BC starts, and Pead gets carries. I think we can beat the Hags.

If it were me, which was the question from the OP, I'd start Pead.

 

[RamWoodie]

Pead is not going to start! Primarily because he's shown in the past he allows things to affect him mentally.

Based on the Rams depth chart, he's currently behind Mason and Cunningham because we know Gurley won't play until about the gth game or so.

Pead will have to make the best of any opportunities he gets when he's put in on offense! That's just the way it is given his past...and I'm a Pead supporter!

*I think the guy run with attitude.

*He can run, catch, and block pretty well.

*He can go the distance anytime.

However...Pead has to show he's no longer fragile mentally. I think that's what the staff want's to see...and I think he can be traded for something around the 4th round *if* the Rams would look to trade him.

That's my thoughts...but we'll see.

 

[RamFan503]

Know need to down any of the backs, especially when your not basing things on facts.

Didn't see him "downing" any of the backs and I believe what he did was offer an opinion. And Benny has had a total of 507 yards in two years. That doesn't make for "many more explosive plays" in my book. He had one explosive play in 2013 and his longest run last season was 20 yards. I still like Benny and he was my pick for #1 RB before the 2013 season. But it does look right now like Pead has a step on him and looks to be more explosive and better able to find the holes and creases.

 

[wmc540]

A lot of people on the Pead bandwagon. Hope he proves me wrong. To me if winning the division is our goal then at minimum we need to split the series with Seattle. With it being so tough to win up there with their fake crowd noise, we absolutely need to win this first game. In order to do that we need Cunningham and Pead to come up big for us. Pead needs to avoid the mental mistakes that have plagued him so far.

Week 1 is in St. Louis

 

[CodeMonkey]

Playing the other side of the argument; I worry he might have Trent Richardsonism... the "inability to see a hole".

I don't see Trent Richardson at all with Pead. They don't compare to me. Zac Stacy, maybe I would see it. Pead is a lot quicker and more elusive. Trich is good for a 1 yard fall down. It's pretty amazing how that guy was exposed after being traded to Indianapolis. Everybody just assumed it was Cleveland that sucked.

 

[DaveFan'51]

Think Fisher already named BC the starter, but I expect Pead to see a lot of carries, maybe even split their carries.

Yeah, Tyson would knock Ali, the freak out.

OH YAH!?! I think it would end-up being called "Rope-a-Dope 2.0!"!!

 

[iced]

i'm betting Gurley becomes the guy after the bye

 

[Dodgersrf]

Pead's vision is worse.

It wasn't the other night. He looked like a stud. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.