Rams cuts begin

[So Ram]

Forrest is an ILB in the new scheme Ebukam will be an OLB...IMO Forrest sticks.

Cool -- will be interest ....
What about Hager ? Is he just a Fisher guy ?? He was like a 7th rd pick anyway ?

 

[den-the-coach]

Cool -- will be interest ....
What about Hager ? Is he just a Fisher guy ?? He was like a 7th rd pick anyway ?

Not sure about Hager...It could come down to him and Forrest with Ogletree, Barron & Littleton making up the other ILB's IMHO.

 

[kurtfaulk]

He tried to come here with his schtick but got told by the many ROD members to GTFO and I'm glad many here feel the same way I do.

did he? when was this? did he call himself 3k? i could imagine how anything he said would've gone down like a lead balloon here. haven't been to tst in years because their articles were ridiculous.

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[DaveFan'51]

Not sure about Hager...It could come down to him and Forrest with Ogletree, Barron & Littleton making up the other ILB's IMHO.

Coach, with the Rams converting to a 3-4 "D" just how many LB's do you see the Rams carrying on their Roster!?

 

[OldSchool]

Coach, with the Rams converting to a 3-4 "D" just how many LB's do you see the Rams carrying on their Roster!?

You didn't ask me but let's assume 3 ST with Hekker, GZ and McQuaide. Go with a 25/25 split with the rest. Say 7 DL, 8 LB and 10 DB (6 CB 4 safeties). Offense 3 QB, 4 RB, 3 TE, 6 WR and 9 OLine. Just off the top of the head.

 

[den-the-coach]

Coach, with the Rams converting to a 3-4 "D" just how many LB's do you see the Rams carrying on their Roster!?

8 with less defensive linemen because they should only need six or seven of them.

1. Ogletree
   
2. Barron
3. Quinn
4. Barwin
5. Forrest
6. Littleton
7. Ebukam
8. Open

 

[Soul Surfer]

OLBs and ILBs jobs and skill sets are so different in a 3-4 that I would guess 4 of each with at least one of each stashed on the practice squad. IMO.

So Barwin is a lock.
Quinn is a lock because of his versatility to also play DE.
Ekukam deinately.
Price could go either practice squad or 53 depending on his performance in Camp I would think.
Westbrooks might want to step it up with all the competition they brought in but the guys they brought a are smaller than he is.

So I think would also depend on their versatility on where they can play 3-4 DE as well as OLB.

Inside?
Ogletree is definitely a lock.
I would think that Barron is a lock as well.
The other two inside linebackers?

No can tell.

Quite a glut of players there to choose from.

 

[Riverumbbq]

OLB - Quinn, Barwin, Ebukam, Price
ILB - Ogletree, Barron, Forrest, Hager

LB'er's Carlos Thompson, Cassanova McKinzy & Folarin Orimolade go to practice squad. jmo.

Pre-draft rankings from PFF :

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Overall Name Position Position Rank School
1 Myles Garrett Edge 1 Texas A&M
3 Derek Barnett Edge 2 Tennessee
10 Solomon Thomas Edge 3 Stanford
14 Carl Lawson Edge 4 Auburn
15 Jordan Willis Edge 5 Kansas State
20 Haason Reddick Edge 6 Temple
26 Tim Williams Edge 7 Alabama
28 Taco Charlton Edge 8 Michigan
36 Charles Harris Edge 9 Missouri
41 T.J. Watt Edge 10 Wisconsin
46 Joe Mathis Edge 11 Washington
47 Takkarist McKinley Edge 12 UCLA
67 DeMarcus Walker Edge 13 Florida State
69 Trey Hendrickson Edge 14 Florida Atlantic
71 Deatrich Wise Jr. Edge 15 Arkansas
74 Dawuane Smoot Edge 16 Illinois
76 Derek Rivers Edge 17 Youngstown State
80 Ejuan Price Edge 18 Pittsburgh
90 Tarell Basham Edge 19 Ohio
98 Vince Biegel Edge 20 Wisconsin
102 Tanoh Kpassagnon Edge 21 Villanova
126 Ryan Anderson Edge 22 Alabama
142 Samson Ebukam Edge 23 Eastern Washington
159 Avery Moss Edge 24 Youngstown State
172 Hunter Dimick Edge 25 Utah
194 Tyus Bowser Edge 26 Houston
196 Daeshon Hall Edge 27 Texas A&M
209 Garrett Sickels Edge 28 Penn State
220 Devonte Fields Edge 29 Louisville
238 Alex Barrett Edge 30 San Diego State
246 Ifeadi Odenigbo Edge 31 Northwestern
247 Keion Adams Edge 32 Western Michigan
290 Al-Quadin Muhammad Edge 33 Miami (Fla.)
291 Ken Ekanem Edge 34 Virginia Tech
293 Pita Taumoepenu Edge 35 Utah
294 Keionta Davis Edge 36 Chattanooga
295 Dylan Donahue Edge 37 West Georgia
296 John Stepec Edge 38 Toledo
298 Ja'Von Rolland-Jones Edge 39 Arkansas State

Ebukan graded at #142 overall, we got him at #125

Price graded out at #80, we got him at #234

 

[DaveFan'51]

OLBs and ILBs jobs and skill sets are so different in a 3-4 that I would guess 4 of each with at least one of each stashed on the practice squad. IMO.

So Barwin is a lock.
Quinn is a lock because of his versatility to also play DE.
Ekukam deinately.
Price could go either practice squad or 53 depending on his performance in Camp I would think.
Westbrooks might want to step it up with all the competition they brought in but the guys they brought a are smaller than he is.

So I think would also depend on their versatility on where they can play 3-4 DE as well as OLB.

Inside?
Ogletree is definitely a lock.
I would think that Barron is a lock as well.
The other two inside linebackers?

No can tell.

Quite a glut of players there to choose from.

It will make for an exciting Camp Battle!!:snicker::shades:

 

[DaveFan'51]

Price graded out at #80, we got him at #234

Now I see why certain ROD members, like @JackDRams where raving what a steal he was when the Rams picked him!! He was a great Value pick!