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Something to keep in the back of our Ram minds as we await the official first edition of the Rams 53 player roster is the dismal play of our special teams for the regular season warm up against the Vikings.....it could lead to some surprising releases & some additions based on improving the ST performance.

The reserve LB'ing & secondary units usually play a heavy hand but after watching all four preseason games I was NOT impressed with the play of these two units. It would not surprise me if no rookie DB's make the 53. On Lb'ers I keep hearing Cory Littleton or Josh Forrest but the only Lb'er that I see putting in solid play is MLB'er Brandon Chubb & the Rams as not in need of a MLB'er.

For instance ...Cam lynch's pre-season play while playing for Mark Barron was poor but I did not see another Lb'er outplay him. The only player who flashed in the WSLB'er post was when safety Mo Alexander played a few series in it & Gregg Williams quickly yanked him from the field after his short bright performance in Barron's post. Lynch play on the defense was poor but he is a proven ST ace!

We may see more of MO up close & personal (to the LOS) in the future:whistle:.
 
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Didn't know this was starting last night. Read the entire thread and still don't know the final roster. Not many surprises if any. Worse than a soap opera!
 
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12intheBox said:
If he can stay healthy - he can help this team.
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Health has been the issue, but he's been productive with shitty mediocrity at the QB position in the past. He's a solid WR and has more production than any other WR we have on roster, even more than Britt I believe.
 
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Athos said:
Health has been the issue, but he's been productive with crappy mediocrity at the QB position in the past. He's a solid WR and has more production than any other WR we have on roster, even more than Britt I believe.
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(y) I hope we jump on him if healthy
 
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gabriel18 said:
Crap . I liked Kush.
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I did too. While Kush & Rhaney seem to be real close with their blocking from the center, it was Kush's play @ OG posts that really separated him from Rhaney. Rhaney did edge him a small bit with his play @ center. But neither of them are solid OL players. Both are WWC's so both could be released & be easy resigns later on without too much of an issue.

I would imagine that since Boudreau is 5 deep @ OG with Saffold, Brown, Wichmann, Reynolds & Donnal, the big edge that Eric Kush had on Rhaney playing OG meant very little. I posted last week that it would not surprise me that in the first edition of this initial 53 roster that all three reserve back up centers....David Arkin, Kush & Rhaney would be released then re-address the reserve center after the dust clears.

Fact is Kush would be an outstanding Rams Practice Squad player
 
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Bonifay, you touched on something in your last post I think is quite telling. Yanking Mo. Barron is going to need someone to give him a breather and I think Mo is it. I think the Rams coaching staff has been trying hard NOT to show what they will be doing or have game film. GW especially doesn't want to show his hand on what he intends to do with personel and formations, and MO is going to be a big part of that. Remember that it was GW that insisted on drafting Alexander, and Mo has been under GW's personel development.

And on offense they have not even played Gurley and Austin, who will most certainly be given the ball more than any other O players. Playing their cards close to the vest. They are NOT going to give future oponents anything to gameplan on.

No one has seen who the 2016 Rams REALLY are.
 
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bubbaramfan said:
Bonifay, you touched on something in your last post I think is quite telling. Yanking Mo. Barron is going to need someone to give him a breather and I think Mo is it. I think the Rams coaching staff has been trying hard NOT to show what they will be doing or have game film. GW especially doesn't want to show his hand on what he intends to do with personel and formations, and MO is going to be a big part of that. Remember that it was GW that insisted on drafting Alexander, and Mo has been under GW's personel development.

And on offense they have not even played Gurley and Austin, who will most certainly be given the ball more than any other O players. Playing their cards close to the vest. They are NOT going to give future oponents anything to gameplan on.

No one has seen who the 2016 Rams REALLY are.
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bubbaramfan said:
Bonifay, you touched on something in your last post I think is quite telling. Yanking Mo. Barron is going to need someone to give him a breather and I think Mo is it. I think the Rams coaching staff has been trying hard NOT to show what they will be doing or have game film. GW especially doesn't want to show his hand on what he intends to do with personel and formations, and MO is going to be a big part of that. Remember that it was GW that insisted on drafting Alexander, and Mo has been under GW's personel development.

And on offense they have not even played Gurley and Austin, who will most certainly be given the ball more than any other O players. Playing their cards close to the vest. They are NOT going to give future oponents anything to gameplan on.

No one has seen who the 2016 Rams REALLY are.
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Not really sure what to expect with this back 7 Lb'er/secondary & just how all the elements will go together yet. As you can tell I was highly disappointed with our reserve Lb'ers this pre season left me really concerned after entering the pre season happy. Same can be said of the DB's play seriously :poop: performance in four games. It was as if Troy Hill & EJ Gaines were our only NFL caliber CB's. I did like the safety play when in one game we teamed both Mo @ SS & TJ deep. But CB Bryant was disappointing looked no better than the boatload rookie UDFA's safeties we piled up on.

Bottom line here I would not be surprised if we saw a ton of safeties Barron/McDonald/Alexander & Davis on the field together over a large cadre of Corners or Lb'ers.
 
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12intheBox said:
I'm sure there is some strategy involved there somewhere - it just seems like if we know who some guys who DID make the 53, then it's out there somewhere who didn't.

Then again, maybe we are all assuming too much with Mike Thomas's tweet, maybe the Reports are wrong or premature on Spruce and Hill and we really don't know a damn thing.
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I think we can only rely on reports of those who have been told they have been waived. Fisher tells each cut player personally, so he has to start early enough to have 22 unhurried conversations sufficiently before 1:00 PDT today. As has been surmised here, Hill and Seau probably happened first on camera for HBO production purposes. Once the conversation is had, I would think the cut player would want that to be known ASAP to allow another team to factor him into their plans before the cut deadline, if they want him, so those reports would seem reliable. The Rams probably can't control what those players say. But, obviously, not all cut players have reported the bad news and the Rams haven't announced all of them. Unless the club is trying to help a cut player get a job elsewhere, what does it gain from releasing cut/keep information before the deadline? None that I can see.

I guess we can't know anything for sure for 3 1/2 hours.
 
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Ramification said:
I think we can rely on reports of those who have been told they have been waived. Fisher tells each cut player personally, so he has to start early enough to have 22 unhurried conversations sufficiently before 1:00 PDT today. As has been surmised here, Hill and Seau probably happened first on camera for HBO production purposes. Once the conversation is had, I would think the cut player would want that to be known ASAP to allow another team to factor him into their plans before the cut deadline, if they want him, so those reports would seem reliable. The Rams probably can't control what those players say. But, obviously, not all cut players have reported the bad news and the Rams haven't announced all of them. Unless the club is trying to help a cut player get a job elsewhere, what does it gain from releasing cut/keep information before the deadline? None that I can see.

I guess we can't know anything for sure for 3 1/2 hours.
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I would normally agree - but where are these reports coming from that Spruce made it, that Thomas made it, etc? Seems like if cuts are still in the air - they wouldn't know. Organizational leaks?
 
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