Camp Report 08/08/23

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Rams camp 8/8/23

made it out to camp today for the last practice in Irvine.

JJ running drills on sidelines during 11 on 11s wearing number 43

Higbee seemed limited today

My standouts - Witherspoon and Tomlinson on D. Kyren Williams and Puka on O.

McVay stopped practice a couple times to gather everyone at midfield to coach them up. Ran practice about 20 minutes past the scheduled stop time.

looked like Davis Allen in shorts and t shirt catching balls on the far field.


Here’s my voice notes for the day.



Ethan Evans booming 60 yarders also doing good job of putting the ball out of bounds inside the the 20. He kicked one on the point of the ball putting a nasty spin on it that Tutu had trouble fielding but he ended up holding on.



7 on 7 Witherspoon breaks up a short pass over the middle by Stafford



7 on 7 Stafford rolls out to his left with McVay rushing him Stafford trows 10 yard pass to Kyren Williams



Nice catch by Zach Evans down the left side line about 25-30 yards from Bennett



nice off schedule throw from Stafford rolling out left hitting Puka down the left side line for about 30-40 yards.



11 on 11 Stafford pitch out left to Williams defense stuffs the run.



Nice deep pass from Stafford to Van Jefferson for a touchdown



Pass by Stetson Bennett out to the right 15 yards down field should’ve been intercepted by Jason Taylor did break it up though.



both first string and second string defenses are playing the run really well.



Nice catch by Demarcus Robinson at the front of the end zone from Bennett about 25-30 yards down the middle



Starting O line LT Jackson LG Steve Avila C Colman Shelton LG Joe Noteboom RG Rob Havenstein Good to see he’s back out there after the neck strain



Second string online LT Zach Thomas LG McCallister C Brian Allen RG Ancherum RT Bruss.



Brett Rypien with a scramble up the middle for about 10 yards



Deep pass from Bennett for McCutchen but great coverage by Tomlinson, and Lecounte came over to take a swipe at the pass, ball falls incomplete.



Cam Akers continuing to bull through people not shying away from contact



Now Brian Allen’s running with the first string offense



Stafford on his second or third option throws over the middle to Tutu Atwell but it’s broken up by Witherspoon good coverage by secondary



Ethan Evans live punt kind of a line drive kick fielded by Austin Tremmell but coverage team was right there to meet him



Tutu blanketed by Cobie Durant with Jordan fuller right there as well on a mid range throw down the right side by Stafford, incomplete



Starting team is practicing two minute drill Stafford with a quick 10 yard out to the left side good diving catch by van Jefferson, run back to the huddle spike the ball



10 yard pass to puka Nacua over the middle of the field crossing right to left gets out of bounds



Stafford with a short pass out left that looked off target to Brycen Hopkins bounced off his hands as he had to reach back but seemed Stafford was telling him that he should have stopped when he turned instead of continuing to run



Ball over the middle from Stafford tipped by Jordan Fuller intercepted by Quinten Lake and he falls to the ground to “end the game” and the two minute drill



Practicing field goals now with full team Tanner Brown hits what looks like about a 30 yard field goal then he hits from 35 then he hits from 40 hit’s again from 45 Missed Wide left from 50 then Makes it from 50. Kids got a pretty good leg it looked like he had room to spare from 50



Nice catch over the middle by puka Nacua being covered by Ernest Jones



Inside hand off cam acres try to bounce it outside but Defense strung him out nowhere to go



Stafford tried to stop throwing motion mid throw ball slipped out of his hand incomplete



Second string Ronnie rivers drops a short dump off from Brett Rypien looked like he was trying to run before he caught it



Nice wide screen type play on the right sideline to Royce Freeman looks like it would’ve worked pretty well



Brian Allen now running with second string again



Starting o line Aleric Jackson Steve Avila Coleman Shelton Tremayne Anchrum and Joe Noteboom at right tackle



another nice screenplay on the right sideline to Brycen Hopkins this time



Second string line Warren McClendon left tackle Zach Thomas left guard Brian Allen Center McCallister right guard Logan Bruss right tackle



Jonathan Taylor breaks up a 35 yard pass down the left side intended for Christian Sims from Stetson Bennett



Looks like it’s time for red zone drills full 11 on 11 Brian Allen’s back in the starting line with Joe Noteboom at right guard



First play, pass from Stafford to Van Jefferson over the middle hit him at the 10 probably wouldn’t of made it in the end zone



Next play handoff to cam Akers bounced out to the right side probably would’ve gained 3-5 yards



next play Williams up the middle for a couple, refused to go down



Next play another pass intended for Puka on the right side broken up by Witherspoon again



Next play pass to the right side broken up In end zone



Next play touchdown catch by Puka from about the 5 yard line to the middle right side of the end zone



Second string Rypien over throws Demarcus Robinson after a roll out to the left-hand side



Hand off up the middle to Royce Freeman looks like it would’ve gotten 5-6 yards



Rypien touchdown pass from the 13 yard line to Demarcus Robinson in the back of the Endzone



Swing pass to Royce Freeman on the right side not a bad play



Another touchdown from Rypien to Robinson in the front of the end zone on the left side



end of red zone.



Back to mid field



O Line Jackson Avila Shelton Noteboom Havenstein



Noteboom pulls to lead Cam through hole on the left-hand side



Stafford Semi rollout reset to the left throws back to right for Puka but he fell down would’ve been wide-open for big gain



Offsides Bobby Brown. D line Young B Brown E Brown and Hoecht



Kyren Williams getting skinny up the middle for about 7 yards gets a high five from McVay. Then McVay either chewing out or encouraging the defense after that run



Stafford short pass over the middle to Higbee broken up by Rozeboom



Higbee seems limited today that’s only the second snap I’ve seen him and he seems a little out of sorts



Bad snap by McCallister over Bennett’s head Daniel Hardy got up limping after play a little bit but he’s staying out there



Nice pass on the run by Bennett over the middle to Austin Trammell cutting across the field from left to right being covered by Cameron McCutcheon



Off schedule deep pass by Bennett down the middle of the field for Burmeister overthrew him Tyon Davis leaped up ball hit him in the chest and he dropped it



Stetson Bennett rolls out left no where to through would’ve been a sack by VanValkenberg. practice over



Stafford staying out running sprints on the sideline all by him self



Xavier Smith staying out catching passes from the jugs machine



Puka Nacua doing a Rams interview with Cameron and Stu


Demarcus Robinson out signing autographs Xavier Smith out signingh autographs Number 43 out signing autographs and some other defensive player
 
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Awesome stuff, dpjax. Heh had to laugh at this one though!!

"7 on 7 Stafford rolls out to his left with McVay rushing him Stafford trows 10 yard pass to Kyren Williams....."

So is Coach Mac chasing Staff now?!?!

~ArkyRamsFan~
 

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Awesome stuff, dpjax. Heh had to laugh at this one though!!

"7 on 7 Stafford rolls out to his left with McVay rushing him Stafford trows 10 yard pass to Kyren Williams....."

So is Coach Mac chasing Staff now?!?!

~ArkyRamsFan~
Yeah the o line and d lines were doing drills together on the other field so I guess McVay felt he had To provide the pressure.
 

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How does that meet the goal of starting the 5 best players by excluding Havenstein?
Oh I’m not interpreting this as the best lineup. It’s intriguing how they cross train and move guys around. We lost a lot of guys last year, so we have to see what’s the 2nd/3rd/4th/5th best lineup if one or more individuals miss time.
 

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How does that meet the goal of starting the 5 best players by excluding Havenstein?
My guess is it is part of the training for the swing tackle. Joe has to get reps in on the Right side. I don’t necessarily see it as Havenstein moving to the 2’s although I hazard a guess that that would make one ROD member quite happy.
 

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BOOM BOOM POW -

Does Bruss get cut ?? How many lineman do The Rams keep ?

Thanks for sharing
Don’t see him being cut. They may have decided to try grooming him as Havensteins eventual replacement.
 

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Don’t see him being cut. They may have decided to try grooming him as Havensteins eventual replacement.
Agree - they’ll just not put him on the game day roster.They’ll keep 4 O’lineman on the practice squad.
The number I’m wondering about though is the total lineman on the 53.

In 2017 18 The Rams went light on Offensive Lineman.

Game Day ?

Jackson,Avila,Allen,Anchrum,Havienstien - then Shelton & Boom

Bruss on 53

4 lineman on practice squad (new rule has & is awesome) with the expanded. P-Squad.

—There it is & Oldschool gets a chicken dinner.(WINNER)
 

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Yes he was surprisingly, but I’m telling you Noteboom looked really good on that pull to clear the way for Cam!
Thank you & excellent reporting. Appreciate you stepping up.

First day out Noteboom was playing LT. He went from the Left Side & pulled following like Hopkins all the way to the RT spot turned & sealed.
-That was impressive,I was calling it out load & I said to the guy next to me.You see that,that was pretty nice (yes?) yes.

The starting plus 2 lineman won’t play at all in the preseason. They’ll get there work in during the 2 scrimmages.
 

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Ethan Evans booming 60 yarders also doing good job of putting the ball out of bounds inside the the 20. He kicked one on the point of the ball putting a nasty spin on it that Tutu had trouble fielding but he ended up holding on.

Practicing field goals now with full team Tanner Brown hits what looks like about a 30 yard field goal then he hits from 35 then he hits from 40 hit’s again from 45 Missed Wide left from 50 then Makes it from 50. Kids got a pretty good leg it looked like he had room to spare from 50
Great Report, also good news about Evans & Tanner Brown. Brown does seem to have the leg to kick up to 55 yards, so he could develop moving forward, but missing one and then coming back and booming the 50 yarder is a great sign for Brown.
 

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Since this was the last open practice,it’s going to be interesting with the numbers at each position.

QB - 2
RB - 4(5)
WR 6
OL 8
TE 3
DL 7
OLB/DE 4
Lb- 3
S/DB’s 4
CB’s 5
K/p/ls
Those are the numbers I’m forecasting that forecasting
 

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Havenstein has had a strained neck and hasn't practiced much this week so I'm sure they are just resting him while giving Boom ample experience being the swing tackle if needed. Wouldn't read into it much.
 

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Yeah the o line and d lines were doing drills together on the other field so I guess McVay felt he had To provide the pressure.
Or we’ll sign McVay to a contract to strengthen our Edge.