Poll: Willie Lampkin Fullback packages this year?

[TheTackle]

NFL coaches and scouts spoke to Lampkin about moving to full back. That is a fact. It’s well reported. But hell, we know better than those professional idiots even though nearly everyone here hasn’t even watched him

He has been training at Full Back and Center all offseason

I was super excited we signed him and remain so. The boy can play and could potentially be an amazing Full Back/ Half Back i.e. a true difference maker on the field (as opposed to a player who warms the bench).

That’s not to say he can’t play Center or Guard, it’s just Full Back / Half Back, and special teams, could be his best route to playing time.

If I had to bet then it’s always best to bet against an UDFA but perhaps he is the exception because if it were not for his height and weight he could have gone 1st round. If you have watched him block then you will know he’s something special.

 

[Tumak61]

We actually drafted two Fullbacks in the first round if I remember correctly. John Cappelletti, and Bettis. That's a heck of a backfield.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Carrying a fullback on the gameday roster would necessitate leaving someone else off for what, perhaps 2-4 snaps total vs another player who can backup a dedicated spot on offense or defense.

Maybe if he ends up being a ST standout.

Math sure doesn't feel like it's mathing.

Will be fun to see him this offseason and see what happens.

 

[Allen2McVay]

Carrying a fullback on the gameday roster would necessitate leaving someone else off for what, perhaps 2-4 snaps total vs another player who can backup a dedicated spot on offense or defense.

Math sure doesn't feel like it's mathing.

If Lampkin is an interior-OL, with the flexibility to play fullback on a couple short-yardage plays per game, then the question is whether the Rams have 7 or 8 OL active on game-day.

After the five starting OL, there has to be an least one reserve OT (probably McClendon at this point); plus
one reserve interior OL (probably Limmer at this point). Should the Rams have one more OL up on game-day, that 8th OL could be Lampkin.

 

[WestCoastRam]

If Lampkin is an interior-OL, with the flexibility to play fullback on a couple short-yardage plays per game, then the question is whether the Rams have 7 or 8 OL active on game-day.

After the five starting OL, there has to be an least one reserve OT (probably McClendon at this point); plus
one reserve interior OL (probably Limmer at this point). Should the Rams have one more OL up on game-day, that 8th OL could be Lampkin.

Agree, I think this is how he makes the roster, not as a fullback but as a backup Olineman who can maybe give you fullback snaps.

Can he make it as a gameday backup OL is the question.

 

[dieterbrock]

Can we at least stop calling it a fullback and just call what it is? A jumbo package with a 6th lineman.
There is no way McVay is putting a lineman in the backfield.
Baby steps, lets hope we see some 12 this year

 

[TheTackle]

If we do play more 12 personnel then a Half Back becomes a more viable option in west coast schemes. He would make an excellent option for a jumbo package. There are plenty of ways you can use a talented blocker who’s great on the move and in space

 

[Allen2McVay]

Agree, I think this is how he makes the roster, not as a fullback but as a backup Olineman who can maybe give you fullback snaps.

Can he make it as a gameday backup OL is the question.

Absolutely. He's not a Fullback ... and ... almost certainly will not become a Fullback.

The Rams have said nothing (that I have seen) about a position switch; and McVay doesn't use a Fullback.

It's as noted by you and @dieterbrock. If Lampkin makes the Team (or the Practice Squad) it will be as an OL but he may be an option as a 6th-OL / Lead-blocker in short-yardage / goal-line situations.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Can we at least stop calling it a fullback and just call what it is? A jumbo package with a 6th lineman.
There is no way McVay is putting a lineman in the backfield.
Baby steps, lets hope we see some 12 this year

I'm gonna laugh my ass off when McVay has Ferguson playing solely F receiver this year and when some reporter mentions more 12 personnel he'll correct them and call it 11 1/2.

 

[den-the-coach]

Little Willy, Willy won't go home
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home

 

[methomas50]

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[Sol Surfer]

Little Willy, Willy won't go home
Little Willy, Willy won't go home
But you can't push Willy round
Willy won't go, try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Willy, Willy won't go home

I was worried you were having a stroke there for a minute.
You don't smell burnt toast, do you?

 

[den-the-coach]

I was worried you were having a stroke there for a minute.
You don't smell burnt toast, do you?

 

[Sol Surfer]

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If you do feel like you have a medical emergency coming on, don't forget that, Love is like Oxygen.

 

[Merlin]

I was worried you were having a stroke there for a minute.
You don't smell burnt toast, do you?

Den is cultured. So his smell would be a bad chardonnay.

 

[den-the-coach]

don't forget that, Love is like Oxygen.

If you get too much, you get too high.