Rams GM Les Snead gives his take on Terrance Ferguson's slow start: 'Not there yet'

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Allen2McVay said:
Maybe but ALL the TEs drafted around Ferguson are getting a decent amount of snaps.

From Mason Taylor, selected four picks ahead of Ferguson, to Arroyo, Fanin, Helm, Evans, Gadsen and Hawes (all drafted between the late-second and fifth rounds) ... everyone is seeing a fair amount of playing time. Some of those guys are on good teams.

It's very early; and Ferguson did miss valuable Camp time due to an injury ... Plus ... the Rams have three experienced TEs. Still, it would be nice to see Ferguson game-day active, with some role.
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Some thoughts:

The above is a super measured take. It does seem McVay wants TE's that are assignment sound and can block well in both run and pass before anything else. Two things a rookie will struggle with. If it were just using him as a pass catcher, I think he'd be out there.

But don't love that all those other guys are getting meaningful snaps.

BTW, Higbee's 1st season was pretty meh. And he really didn't get going till year 3 in this offense, 4 years into his career.

Also, historically, if an offensive skill player is injured his first year in camp for longer than a week in this offense, they usually don't see a ton of on field use the 1st year. Feels like there's been a number of those cases through the years.

Davis Allen showing up in camp and the beginning of the season is probably playing a role here too.
 
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Interesting enough, chances are once Ferguson starts playing and getting significant snaps they are either:
- sitting a team leader and head of the TE Room (Higbee),
- sitting a kid who is said to have had an strong off season and decent start this season (Allen),
- sitting the guy with a $22.5 million contract who already got his roster bonus (Parkinson).

All 3 of which has to know the offense better and experience with Stafford.

Might just take a significant injury or trade for Ferguson in 2025.
 
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Memphis Ram said:
Interesting enough, chances are once Henderson starts playing and getting significant snaps they are either:
- sitting a team leader and head of the TE Room (Higbee),
- sitting a kid who is said to have had an strong off season and decent start this season (Allen),
- sitting the guy with a $22.5 million contract who already got his roster bonus (Parkinson).

All 3 of which has to know the offense better and experience with Stafford.

Might just take a significant injury or trade for Henderson in 2025.
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Think you meant Terrance Ferguson not Henderson.
 
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Ferguson's time will come. And I believe it will be this year. Not concerned one bit. That injury in training camp set him back too far for Mcvay and Stafford to get comfortable with him.
 
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Our situation is different from the teams that drafted Bowers, Warren, McBride. Maybe I’m wrong but im not going to fact check, but I think those teams needed a starting TE right away and just plugged those guys in. We just signed Parkinson to a solid deal and we have Higbee under contract. They aren’t going to bench them right away.

Also, Higbee, a guy that’s been a pillar of our team for a long time, just got back from that gruesome playoff injury at the end of last year. McVay isnt going to let him go out like that and not let him play one full season before replacing him.
 
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RamsOfCastamere said:
Our situation is different from the teams that drafted Bowers, Warren, McBride. Maybe I’m wrong but im not going to fact check, but I think those teams needed a starting TE right away and just plugged those guys in. We just signed Parkinson to a solid deal and we have Higbee under contract. They aren’t going to bench them right away.

Also, Higbee, a guy that’s been a pillar of our team for a long time, just got back from that gruesome playoff injury at the end of last year. McVay isnt going to let him go out like that and not let him play one full season before replacing him.
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Rams tried to trade up for Bowers when Higbee was in his prime, do you think he would played right away had the Rams got him?
 
Deepest group of targets for the Rams since the GSOT days.
Ferguson just has so much raw talent, let's hope he gets there.
 
Soul Surfer said:
I hope he doesn't turn into Tutu Ferguson. :)
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If anyone would have said that Parkinson would lead the Rams in receiving, with 47 total yards, I'da said the Rams lost.
Tutu had no catches on what, 2 targets or so?
I like Tutu, but put a fork in him.
He's done.
Sure coulda used maybe a corner, or an O lineman with that $10M that we dropped on him.
Fergie is gonna make some noise with his mismatches, playing against safeties in the future.
Like in next game,
 
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kmramsfan said:
If anyone would have said that Parkinson would lead the Rams in receiving, with 47 total yards, I'da said the Rams lost.
Tutu had no catches on what, 2 targets or so?
I like Tutu, but put a fork in him.
He's done.
Sure coulda used maybe a corner, or an O lineman with that $10M that we dropped on him.
Fergie is gonna make some noise with his mismatches, playing against safeties in the future.
Like in next game,
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Keep saying it, but Atwell was a bad contract that made zero sense. Could have used that money towards a CB vs a WR that's talked about being used but collects dust so definitely agree with your post.
 
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Tutu's biggest problem has been McVay. That's not a complaint, it's an observation.
As for his health.. isn't Puka hurt again?
I think there's a lot of narrative stuff around Tutu that just won't die, but that's me. He runs good routes... catches the ball very well.. and is incredibly fast.
There are parts of being small that don't always fit with what McVay wants to have on the field at any given moment.. and, on top of that, right now he's coming off an injury.

Either way.. he's not a "problem."
 
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kmramsfan said:
If anyone would have said that Parkinson would lead the Rams in receiving, with 47 total yards, I'da said the Rams lost.
Tutu had no catches on what, 2 targets or so?
I like Tutu, but put a fork in him.
He's done.
Sure coulda used maybe a corner, or an O lineman with that $10M that we dropped on him.
Fergie is gonna make some noise with his mismatches, playing against safeties in the future.
Like in next game,
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Imagine a parlay of Stafford 5+ TDs, Adams 3+ TDs and Parkinson +40 yds receiving. Probably could have bought a nice car with a $100 parlay like that.
 
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