Myles Garrett return status

[RamsSince1969]

Rams haters on social media celebrating like "ding dong the wicked witch is dead". Hey, if the Rams do win it all in February, it will make this dark beginning of the journey even more remarkable. GO RAMS! Locking arms with my Rams ROD brothers to weather the storm.

 

[XXXIVwin]

I wrote in the vent thread:

To me it's all about Garrett's health.

I trust McVay and all the leaders on this team to bounce back and fight like hell.

But we paid a huge price for a superstar in Garrett, and we need him to be healthy. Here's hoping the medical staff is smart with him.

To me, Garrett looked like a guy who just wasn't ready to be out there yet.

BTW-- I was hinting that MG might need surgery. But I didn't want to say it outright because I thought someone on here might respond with the "Don't you put that evil on me" meme.

Bottom line-- in the long run I think this is good news for our Rams. Our new superstar player got a relatively minor injury that in all likelihood can be surgically repaired and will "only" miss several weeks.

Patience, grasshoppers. The most important thing-- as it is every year-- is for the Rams to be peaking at playoff time.

 

[TexasRam]

I fully expected to see this news this week.

Get the knee fixed.

It’s on the coaches now to adjust.

Sit in the 7 deep zone and we are likely starting 1-4.

Grow some balls and play an aggressive scheme and we can find ourselves 3-2 to start off.

The games are winnable after that even without Garrett so 4 or 8 games is irrelevant.

After the murders row first 5 games:
Cards
Raiders
Chargers
Commodes
Cards
Packers
Chiefs

After this we go after the division with games vs Niners and Seattle 2x with Donald and Garrett.

 

[blackbart]

Ok so when is the surgery happening? Tomorrow isn’t soon enough, let’s get this shit done snd get his recovery started.

 

[TSFH Fan]

Sort of curious when the injury actually happened.
Not that an NFL player has ever tried to hide a private time injury to make it appear it happened at camp.
Would be disappointing to find out that it happened during one of his post-trade video workouts.

Oh, well. Next man up.

 

[RamFan58years]

The stellar "sports science" team on the Rams has had a rough week. Had to have known about his knee before the trip that they planned.

 

[snackdaddy]

I fully expected to see this news this week.

Get the knee fixed.

It’s on the coaches now to adjust.

Sit in the 7 deep zone and we are likely starting 1-4.

Grow some balls and play an aggressive scheme and we can find ourselves 3-2 to start off.

The games are winnable after that even without Garrett so 4 or 8 games is irrelevant.

After the murders row first 5 games:
Cards
Raiders
Chargers
Commodes
Cards
Packers
Chiefs

After this we go after the division with games vs Niners and Seattle 2x with Donald and Garrett.

We got a couple corners that can play man coverage. But Shula did not want to play it. They were in man on 12 percent of the plays. And soft zone the rest. Its no wonder Purdy had so many throws under 2 seconds. And why the pass rush was non existent. If the plan was to use the new guys in a soft bend but don't break zone I don't see why they wasted a pick for that.

 

[DragonOfBlood]

I would be very surprised by that. McVay teams tend to bounce back and play their best after big losses.

I figure they have to be just as pissed off as we are. Our boys hate SF too.

I'd be surprised as well, but I wouldn't be surprised by 1-4 with the win coming from the Giants. This schedule is brutal and there isn't much room for error.

 

[DzRams]

So glad we drafted young talent to step in and contribute this season! Our first and second round picks were amazing in the season opener, and I can't wait to see what they bring to the table for the remaining games.

Maybe you needed blue font?

I know you're being sarcastic, but the Rams offense needs an injection of young talent a lot more than the defense does. The D is already much younger. If our offense doesn't find a way to score more than 7 points, we won't be winning many games even if Garrett were healthy.

 

[JonRam99]

We got a couple corners that can play man coverage. But Shula did not want to play it. They were in man on 12 percent of the plays. And soft zone the rest. Its no wonder Purdy had so many throws under 2 seconds. And why the pass rush was non existent. If the plan was to use the new guys in a soft bend but don't break zone I don't see why they wasted a pick for that.

It's "decisions" like this that makes me think the NFL is rigged. Anyone who knows anything about football knows that you need to make adjustments to the D during the game. I get it, there were more 149er fans in the stands so it's really their turf, but if this was just an exhibition game I wish the NFL would've just said so.
But as to the op, I think they basically had to run him out there for marketing purposes. MG was on every flyer for this game. And considering that AD99 took a while to decide to come back, I think he knew MG was injured and wants to be there for us while MG is out. He'll rack up some stats and then share the spotlight with Myles.
Just a theory... I guess if AD99 re-retires that tells us he DIDN'T know about MGs knee & he ONLY came back to play with him.
Either way, the season isn't over, unless Shula fails to change. If he can't bring himself to allow his new all pro MAN coverage corner play MAN coverage, then this all new amazing D will be a dud. Even when MG comes back, are we going to continue to make an all world DE play OLB?? These are 2 different positions. OLBs are often asked to drop into coverage. I fully expected Shula to adjust to these new players but so far I don't see it.

 

[RamDino]

For the record, I loved the Myle's Garrett trade and would do it again on a heartbeat. This is just a case of bad luck.

He will be back in 4 weeks and will be fine.

And AD is coming back. That will help.

As many of you have noted... I also have concerns about the offense.

 

[RamFanWA]

AD99 - just wanted to feel needed....

 

[XXXIVwin]

Nm

 

[Mojo Ram]

Unfortunate. McVay’s Rams always respond to adversity though. I feel like the D will get better each week.

It’s our slow motion offense that I’ll be watching. Nothing but Puka and targets who look like they’re running in quicksand.

 

[dang]

0-5 is a real possibility if the team decides to play the way they played against the 49ers.

I’m predicting the Rams will be between 16-1 and 0- 17 this season.

 

[AZRams]

I think this season is done. Not a wise move trading Verse, now the defense is messed up and moral can't be great either. If this season is Stafford's last he should take McVay and Snead out the door with him when he leaves. What a waste.

Um…WTF?

 

[Ram_Rally]

What sucks is that even if all goes well from this point on, we might not see AD & Garrett playing together, at their best, until November or at minimum late October.

As long as we're seeing it in January

 

[lilshapta]

Maybe you needed blue font?

I know you're being sarcastic, but the Rams offense needs an injection of young talent a lot more than the defense does. The D is already much younger. If our offense doesn't find a way to score more than 7 points, we won't be winning many games even if Garrett were healthy.

Yeah, my post applies to both sides of the ball. We don't have #3 WR or back-up OL if someone goes down. We also don't have any legit LBs because landman and speights are horrendous in coverage. Speights is also horrendous in run defending. He is like troy reeder 2.0.

We drafted a backup QB and a TE #5 with our first two picks, neither of which will contribute this year which is absurd

 

[RAMSinLA]

Um…WTF?

It's in English dude, read it again.

 

[DzRams]

Yeah, my post applies to both sides of the ball. We don't have #3 WR or back-up OL if someone goes down. We also don't have any legit LBs because landman and speights are horrendous in coverage. Speights is also horrendous in run defending. He is like troy reeder 2.0.

We drafted a backup QB and a TE #5 with our first two picks, neither of which will contribute this year which is absurd

There's not much difference in a backup QB versus a backup OL or #3 WR. None of those positions are expected to contribute much this year.