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Riverumbbq said:
How significant might this be ?

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Titans hire Sarah Bailey from Rams as new director of research, development

The Tennessee Titans hired Sarah Bailey as their new director of football research and development. The Titans announced the hiring Friday. Bailey spent the past six seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, starting as a football analyst in 2017 before being promoted to manager of football analytics...
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TLDR: Not very significant.
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So, I looked into this.

For the Rams, analytics are a Les thing, not a Sean thing. According to Les, game film is 90% of the evaluation process, with the remaining 10% to serve as confirmation of the 90%. So, apparently, Sarah was just a number cruncher, not a prospector.

The Rams started their anaytics department while in another city. It grew to a 3 person department. Last year, all 3 held a "manager" job title. Two of the three originals are still there. Sarah was the new 3d person who replaced another 3d person that no one remembers - i.e., the position has been replaced before.

Like the Rams' coaching staff, the front office uses marginally-descriptive job titles that suggest some overlap. While Sarah was providing analytics for the personnel department, the Rams hired Nicole Blake as "Analyst, Scouting Strategy". FWIW, while Sarah gets screen time in the background of the latest Behind the Grind, Nicole gets a lot of time in front of the camera.

Sarah's position was a replaceable position that might already have been replaced.

As a side note, one of Sarah's duties was to "[look] at the various measurements we collect to try to optimize players' gameday performance and minimize the probability of preventable injury." At the top, super-superficial level, it's not a stretch to remember all of the Rams' injuries and feel that at least some of them fell within her job area. That's probably unfair, but superficial optics are what they are.

Side note 2: Sarah's only other football experience was as an intern with the Chargers. So, she's tainted.

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www.sportskeeda.com

Who is Sarah Bailey? Meet Titans’ new Director of Football Research and Development

Sarah Bailey has been named as the Tennessee Titans' new Director of Football Research and Development.
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theathletic.com

Inside the Rams' major changes to their draft process, and why they won't go back to 'normal'

The Rams are leaning on virtual scouting instead of attending pre-draft workouts and events because it's working and more efficient.
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www.therams.com

Nerd's Nest: The Rise of Football Data

Over the last five years, there’s been a kind of data boom in the NFL. Teams now have more access than ever before to information that can assist each part of an organization.
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"I would like to point out, Christopher Dunn was a graduate student. I'm still on the team and he's off the team. So much for a diploma in the NFL. I hear Dunn applied for a job working behind the counter at 31 Flavors." Stetson Bennett on the release of Dunn.
 
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Not sure where else to put it, but Alec Ogletree just announced his retirement. Good luck to him in retirement.
 
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CGI_Ram said:
I hadn’t seen/heard this before.


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Sadly the other members missed the real reason Rodgers passed on a trade to the Patriots. There is no room between Robert Krafts butt cheeks for Rodgers nose since Belechick has a permanent 365 day time share there.

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dieterbrock said:
Interesting. Hasnt it been the Rams M.O. to announce all the rookie signings at once? Wonder why this year has been different?
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They’re waiting for the results of DNA, finger prints, urine test, and dental records to come back.
 
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Melvin Gordon blames McVay for no one paying RBs. Not sure where he's getting these McVay quotes from but pretty sure he made most of this up. The "don't pay RBs" mantra has been around well before Gurley. It may have emphasized it most recently but definitely not the cause.

"In my opinion, I think after Todd (Gurley) got paid and then (Rams coach) Sean McVay came out and said, 'I will never pay a running back again; I'll just use them and rotate them out,' I think after that statement was made -- and then I think they won the Super Bowl -- it was like everybody just followed suit, I think," Gordon said. "I kind of think that's where everything just started going downhill.

Melvin Gordon still wants to play, but knows market is tough for running backs in 2023

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Gordon's not wrong. The league tends to follow McVay's lead. But the league was already trending that way before the Rams paid Gurley so when McVay admitted the mistake it sort of cemented things.
 
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Merlin said:
when McVay admitted the mistake it sort of cemented things.
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Did he though? I know by cutting him obviously it's an admission of the mistake but I don't remember McVay out right saying that or saying he'd "never pay a RB again" according to Gordon.
 
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Psycho_X said:
Did he though? I know by cutting him obviously it's an admission of the mistake but I don't remember McVay out right saying that or saying he'd "never pay a RB again" according to Gordon.
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"Where Gordon’s claim gets questionable is in his statement about McVay. The Rams coach never came out and said he was never going to pay running backs again. It’s hard to find McVay saying something even remotely close to that."
McVay never utters unwise, unproductive statements of any kind like that.
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Melvin Gordon pins declining RB market on Sean McVay, Todd Gurley and the Rams

Melvin Gordon says the RB market declined after the Rams paid Todd Gurley. How right is he about that?
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