OFFICIAL 2026 Training Camp Thread
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methomas50
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A hidden in plain sight reason the running game was so effective last year.
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Look at my boys, my beautiful boys!
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Stetson Bennett IV ‘capitalized’ at Rams camp with backup QB role in reach
Bennett, who the Rams selected in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft, spent the past two seasons as the contingency plan behind Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo. Now, he could be Stafford’s direct backup.
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ST can really swing momentum in big games. No matter how good a team is, special teams can fuck you.
I just think your bottom feeders of each room should be reserved for teams. That's where you get your best return on the roster. Everyone knows how great McVay is. But no coach is perfect, and he'd be even better if he'd allow stacking things to ensure ST is strong. Also one of these years Snead needs to draft a fucking return specialist. Someone with real juice and instincts in traffic.
3 guys in the top 10. That’s impressive, no matter who you are.
My boy Allen just might be holding on to his job and get re-signed. I know the Rams can’t give everyone a new deal, but that might just pertain to the stars this go round. Wasn’t he on every 13 personnel snap last year? Does he play STs?
I don’t recall.
I remember there seemed to be a problem with Stafford and Adams trying to hook up at the beginning of of the season. It felt like the Rams were forcing it. My frustration disappeared once they figured it out. They’ll be starting the season on the same page THIS year.
I think there are many on this board who are very much underestimating Parkinson. He was huge last year.
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Dudes first year with us was just okay but even then he was showing as a blocker and since then he's been fantastic he's just not a smooth runner, has a limited route tree and people never watch what the Y-TE is doing other than when they have the ball in their hands which is like 1/4 of what they do on a football field.
Notable Lower-Output / Off Games in 2025 (Passer Rating Under 88.0)
| Jan 25, 2026 | @ Seattle Seahawks (Playoffs) | L 31–27 | Struggled down the stretch in the postseason matchup with a 62.9 passer rating. |
| Jan 18, 2026 | @ Chicago Bears (Playoffs) | W 20–17 | Grinded out a playoff win despite a sub-par passing day, posting a 67.4 rating while managing a right index finger sprain. |
| Dec 14, 2025 | vs. Detroit Lions | W 41–34 | Won a high-scoring shootout against his former team, though individually limited to a 63.2 passer rating. |
| Nov 30, 2025 | @ Carolina Panthers | L 31–28 | A tough road slip-up ending in a 64.3 rating performance. |
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I think it'll be an interesting decision.
Parkinson is massive and, currently, the best inline blocker.. and has become a very solid target. Davis is, as another poster described, a swiss-army type blocker.. and really good at it. The question for the future is who will be that inline blocker? I see an easy path for Klare to be a move TE like Allen.. but am not as sure any of the other TEs can do what Park does. I'm excluding Higs because I think this is probably his last go-around.
Inline role will probably be Parkinson & Higs.
The kids will duke it out for the move role. But overall I suspect the plan is to rotate the hell out of them and then ride whoever is the hot hand in the pass game. Sort of a RBBC approach. Call it TEBC.
The kids will duke it out for the move role. But overall I suspect the plan is to rotate the hell out of them and then ride whoever is the hot hand in the pass game. Sort of a RBBC approach. Call it TEBC.
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I didn't see it personally but there seems to be some hub-bub from Rams about Fergy growing into the Y-TE eventually.
Maybe it's not that I don't see it but that I think he'd be better utilized if we have a guy who regularly plays Y so that Fergy can move around the formation more (including some Y).
Robinson mentioned that there was some thinking that Klare might become a do it all TE - including Y - which was the first I heard of that. He strikes me as a move only but that's what I was thinking about Fergy.
I think the future's pretty bright with these guys however it shakes out.
Maybe it's not that I don't see it but that I think he'd be better utilized if we have a guy who regularly plays Y so that Fergy can move around the formation more (including some Y).
Robinson mentioned that there was some thinking that Klare might become a do it all TE - including Y - which was the first I heard of that. He strikes me as a move only but that's what I was thinking about Fergy.
I think the future's pretty bright with these guys however it shakes out.
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What do you mean "struggled down the stretch" in the postseason matchup?
If you meant he struggled at the end of the game, I disagree. The Rams last two possessions he was 10 of 15 for 135 yards with a TD. That's a 117.4 QB rating. In the entire second half of the game he was 14 of 20 for 249 yards, 2 TD 0 Int...a 145.6 QB rating. What am I missing or what did I misread?
His QB ratings in those games you cited were:
Seattle (Postseason) 127.6
Chicago (Postseason) 67.4
Detroit (Wk 15) 101.6
Carolina (Wk 13) 85.9
And the Chicago and Carolina games were in bad weather.
Stafford has never been good in bad weather games.
Statistically.
But he was good when he had to be. Helluva pass to Davante.
That OT drive to win the game? From the Rams 22 to the Chicago 24.....3 of 6 for 43 yards. Rams on the ground? 3 rushes, 11 yards (3.7)
In that Carolina game his QB rating was 85.9, not 64.3. But even that is misleading. If he throws 1 pick instead of 2, with all the other numbers the same it's a 100.7 QB rating. You can't judge a QB's game by QB rating alone. Especially Stafford. He's not Rodgers....he doesn't give a shit what his rating is, he just wants to win the game.
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If the measuring stick is perfection than yes he struggled.
