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Inside 411 From The Saints' Coaching Staff Right Before They Choked
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 32 Replies
[QUOTE="RamFan503, post: 1029556, member: 35"
Maybe I'll do a thread on my boss. Don't want to hijack @Selassie I 's thread too much.
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And I totally understand you need to tread lightly in those cases with people who are in the "know." Quite frankly I have a feeling that Reeves was a party guy, back then, if you were of the upper crust, you drank, but George Allen's favorite beverage was milk, so I am betting that factored in, but Allen was notorious for butting heads with owners. Reeves fired him twice (rehired him back) and Carroll Rosenbloom fired him after two preseason games in 1978 so I'm betting George was not easy.
Maybe I'll do a thread on my boss. Don't want to hijack @Selassie I 's thread too much.
[/QUOTE]And I totally understand you need to tread lightly in those cases with people who are in the "know." Quite frankly I have a feeling that Reeves was a party guy, back then, if you were of the upper crust, you drank, but George Allen's favorite beverage was milk, so I am betting that factored in, but Allen was notorious for butting heads with owners. Reeves fired him twice (rehired him back) and Carroll Rosenbloom fired him after two preseason games in 1978 so I'm betting George was not easy.
Jags vs Pats; unit matchups
- By Rmfnlt
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 21 Replies
#1] I don't trust any propaganda NE throws out there. For all we know, his hand could have fallen off and they wouldn't say a word. I understand the reluctance to divulge much, but they've played this game for years and, like many other things they do, it's gotten old.
#2] Oh, how delicious it would be if he really wasn't able to play. IMO, they pulled the GrabMyPole trigger too soon... wouldn't be be hilarious to see Hoyer try to win a game against that JAX defense?
Question for the Watkins and Tavon advocates...
- By Zaphod
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 64 Replies
I have to trust in McVay's opinion on what to do with either player.
Obviously, I don't believe that Austin was worth his contract in the Fisher offense, much less a McVay offense that is far more pragmatic and efficient. He doesn't even deserve to be mentioned near Watkins as a wide receiver threat.
But someone made an interesting point about what stats we expected from Watkins when we traded for him, and do you want to know what I was thinking? I wasn't thinking about potential stats, I was thinking, "holy shit, we're not going to be a basement dwelling offense anymore". I mean, I was thinking the same thing when they signed Whitworth and traded Robinson.
Same with the draft, I was wondering if we overpaid for offense and ignored some obvious needs on defense, especially after a system change there and such a highly touted corner draft.
Did we overpay across the board to improve the offense and sacrifice our defense? Sure, but the record supports that balance was in order
Now, my only curiosity, because like I said, I trust McVay, my question is at what point can we stop overpaying to improve the offense? To that point the OP isn't far off.
I think this team is a little short on draft capital to improve their offensive efficiency even if you think that Watkins isn't worth top WR money, and you know that you need depth at LT. If you consider monetary efficiency, you have to also consider the LB position as probably the sticking point in cost vs. performance after a base system change. I also think that while you're considering Watkins monetary worth to the offense since they've clawed out of the basement, you should probably also consider Johnson's value to the defense as our top corner.
Obviously, I don't believe that Austin was worth his contract in the Fisher offense, much less a McVay offense that is far more pragmatic and efficient. He doesn't even deserve to be mentioned near Watkins as a wide receiver threat.
But someone made an interesting point about what stats we expected from Watkins when we traded for him, and do you want to know what I was thinking? I wasn't thinking about potential stats, I was thinking, "holy shit, we're not going to be a basement dwelling offense anymore". I mean, I was thinking the same thing when they signed Whitworth and traded Robinson.
Same with the draft, I was wondering if we overpaid for offense and ignored some obvious needs on defense, especially after a system change there and such a highly touted corner draft.
Did we overpay across the board to improve the offense and sacrifice our defense? Sure, but the record supports that balance was in order
Now, my only curiosity, because like I said, I trust McVay, my question is at what point can we stop overpaying to improve the offense? To that point the OP isn't far off.I think this team is a little short on draft capital to improve their offensive efficiency even if you think that Watkins isn't worth top WR money, and you know that you need depth at LT. If you consider monetary efficiency, you have to also consider the LB position as probably the sticking point in cost vs. performance after a base system change. I also think that while you're considering Watkins monetary worth to the offense since they've clawed out of the basement, you should probably also consider Johnson's value to the defense as our top corner.
