Why not keep Anderson and Gurley for some Thunder and Lightning. Let Anderson pound the middle and utilize Gurley more in space and pass routes. Follow the NO model with Ingram and Kamara.
Rams signing C.J. Anderson
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I love it. I really don't care how we win, but I have always been fond of ground and pound since the 70's. Add play action with Woods, Cooks, and maybe Reynolds and it should be a winner.
Like the three kinds of people in the world: those that make things happen, those that watch things happen, and those that wonder what happened.
You da man, C.J. Anderson! BTW, C.J. has Panther fans wondering why they didn't use him more:
https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/12/c-j-anderson-big-game-rams-raise-questions-panthers/
https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/12/c-j-anderson-big-game-rams-raise-questions-panthers/
SteezyEndo
The Immaculate Exception
I say we keep him... Dude is an integral part of this McVay offense. He fits well with this team...
I know, I know. I fan can dream tho. Give us at least until FA starts before you crush all our hopes & dreams.
Worst case - he is priced out of the Rams' reach, and they get a 5th or so comp pick for him, maybe even a 4th. (in the 2020 draft)
Yea and he was not on the team the last time the Rams played Philly and NO. This could make a difference and no team beats McVay's team twice in a season.
That seems unlikely. Somewhere in the 5th to 7th round range is more likely. But yeah, I'd like to keep him too if he can be had fairly inexpensively.
Yes, 4th is unlikely - but he's shown he can be a dominating RB - so a short but high value contract is possible.
I doubt a 7th round pick, because if the offers are so low the Rams would likely find a way to keep him.
CJ is like a bowling ball with arms and Gurley is like a race horse. The NFC title can be won on the ground if the Rams O-line repeats their performance. Plus we get an extra day of rest.
There are a lot of backs that are built like CJ, but CJ has some things many backs don’t have that McVay loves.
#1. High football IQ
#2. Super quick feet and great vision at the point of attack
#3. He runs extremely well between the tackles..better than Gurley.
I say do whatever it takes to keep him on the Rams, it makes our running game better than the Seaturtles and will make our play action impossible to stop.
#1. High football IQ
#2. Super quick feet and great vision at the point of attack
#3. He runs extremely well between the tackles..better than Gurley.
I say do whatever it takes to keep him on the Rams, it makes our running game better than the Seaturtles and will make our play action impossible to stop.
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Hall of Fame
If we keep using both backs and win the SB, pay the man. Gurley and CJ is proving to be a deadly combo.
He keeps Gurley fresh which is huge. TG can score from anywhere on the field but sometimes it’s hard when you are involved every single play. Even on a lot of the play action, Gurley is still running like it’s an actual running play. Add that to all the shots he takes throughout the game. It’s easy to get worn down.
With both of them getting touches, they stay fresh (and hungry because you know they both want to get more carries). Plus both these guys are an absolute pain in the ass to tackle. By the 4th Q, the defense is ready to tap out.
With both of them getting touches, they stay fresh (and hungry because you know they both want to get more carries). Plus both these guys are an absolute pain in the ass to tackle. By the 4th Q, the defense is ready to tap out.
Interesting tidbit on CJ ... before he got into football, he tried his hand at acting and even got a scene in a movie:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZASXqTfAi4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZASXqTfAi4
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/01/14/d...ms-chiefs-coaching-carousel-kyler-murray-mmqb
C.J. ANDERSON AND THE SOUL OF THE RAMS
By Albert Breer
If you told C.J. Anderson a month ago that he’d be tearing up divisional playoff weekend? Would he have believed you?
“I thought [2018] was over,” the Rams running back said, just after midnight on Saturday, following L.A.’s 30-22 win over Dallas. “It was late in the year, teams had their backs that they’d been having all season, that’d been on their roster. I thought my résumé, just being a very productive back in 2017, would get me a fair deal and get me an opportunity to compete for a starting job next year, and I was going to bank on that.”
In fact, when the Rams called in mid-December, in the wake of an injury to Todd Gurley, Anderson was moving his stuff out of the house he’d rented in Charlotte (for his stint with the Panthers) and shipping it off to his permanent home in Texas, and planning to head to Florida to do some work for his foundation.
It’d be hard to blame him for taking that approach. An April cap casualty in Denver, where he’d rushed for 1,007 yards in ‘17, Anderson signed with Carolina in May. But by midseason in Carolina he was collecting cobwebs, as Christian McCaffrey piled up yards, and he was cut on Nov. 12. Anderson hooked on with Oakland on Dec. 5, didn’t play that week, and then was cut when the Raiders needed to go find an offensive lineman.
In nine games this year before signing with the Rams, Anderson had 24 carries for 104 yards, total. In three games since joining L.A.:
• 20 carries, 167 yards against the Cardinals.
• 23 carries, 132 yards against the Niners.
• 23 carries, 123 yards against the Cowboys.
What the Rams learned about Anderson from the first two of those games assured him his role for the third, even with Gurley back in the lineup. And so did this: From the jump, the coaches were impressed with how ready Anderson was for everything they threw at him.
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/REX/Shutterstock
“It’s the type of player of I am,” Anderson said. “I had a lot of amazing vets [as teammates]. One of those amazing vets is Peyton Manning, who was probably the best when it came to preparation and playing his game. And I got to learn from him in the first three years of my career. I got to learn from him as much as I possible could, and you know, I feel like it’s a disservice if you don’t take something from really Hall of Fame vets.”
On the Rams’ first three possessions on Saturday night, Anderson played the closer in spelling the returning Gurley. And his presence—remember, he was really brought in initially to be the equivalent of a temp—gave Sean McVay and his staff the artillery to keep jamming the ball down the throat of an aggressive Dallas front.
The Rams wound up controlling the game as a result, running 76 plays to Dallas’s 55, and piling up 30 first downs and 459 yards despite Jared Goff throwing for just 186 yards. Gurley had 115 yards on his 16 carries, to add to Anderson’s output. Which, of course, wound up being plenty to quiet a Dallas team that had been talking about snatching the Rams’ soul during the week.
“I heard the ‘soul’ comment,” Anderson said. “I also heard the ‘Oh, C.J. Anderson, he had two games against the Niners and the Cardinals’ comment. You don’t look into that. I let my game speak for itself. Obviously the O-line took that personally. So we just let our game speak for itself. Every team is going to have a player, whoever that is, that’s gonna jawjack. And, of course, we have some jawjackers on our team too.”
I asked C.J. Anderson about #McVayMania on the coaching carousel, and what’s impressed him to this point about his new head coach. His answer will make Jets fans feel pretty good: “What people miss is him at 4:30 in the morning. When I pull up and I see his car already parked—and I’m there at 5:30—you know the preparation that Sean goes through.
Super cerebral. Smart. Understands the game. I think the biggest thing he does, he listens to the players. He listens to myself and [Andrew] Whitworth and what we say. And Jared [Goff], even though he is the ultimate play-caller. I think that’s what people want and what people are trying to grab.
There’s only one other coach that’s been like that for me, and that was Adam Gase. [McVay] and Adam Gase are probably the two smartest coaches I’ve been around when it comes to planning and preparation and trying to put their matchups together and their team in the best position.”
C.J. ANDERSON AND THE SOUL OF THE RAMS
By Albert Breer
If you told C.J. Anderson a month ago that he’d be tearing up divisional playoff weekend? Would he have believed you?
“I thought [2018] was over,” the Rams running back said, just after midnight on Saturday, following L.A.’s 30-22 win over Dallas. “It was late in the year, teams had their backs that they’d been having all season, that’d been on their roster. I thought my résumé, just being a very productive back in 2017, would get me a fair deal and get me an opportunity to compete for a starting job next year, and I was going to bank on that.”
In fact, when the Rams called in mid-December, in the wake of an injury to Todd Gurley, Anderson was moving his stuff out of the house he’d rented in Charlotte (for his stint with the Panthers) and shipping it off to his permanent home in Texas, and planning to head to Florida to do some work for his foundation.
It’d be hard to blame him for taking that approach. An April cap casualty in Denver, where he’d rushed for 1,007 yards in ‘17, Anderson signed with Carolina in May. But by midseason in Carolina he was collecting cobwebs, as Christian McCaffrey piled up yards, and he was cut on Nov. 12. Anderson hooked on with Oakland on Dec. 5, didn’t play that week, and then was cut when the Raiders needed to go find an offensive lineman.
In nine games this year before signing with the Rams, Anderson had 24 carries for 104 yards, total. In three games since joining L.A.:
• 20 carries, 167 yards against the Cardinals.
• 23 carries, 132 yards against the Niners.
• 23 carries, 123 yards against the Cowboys.
What the Rams learned about Anderson from the first two of those games assured him his role for the third, even with Gurley back in the lineup. And so did this: From the jump, the coaches were impressed with how ready Anderson was for everything they threw at him.
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/REX/Shutterstock
“It’s the type of player of I am,” Anderson said. “I had a lot of amazing vets [as teammates]. One of those amazing vets is Peyton Manning, who was probably the best when it came to preparation and playing his game. And I got to learn from him in the first three years of my career. I got to learn from him as much as I possible could, and you know, I feel like it’s a disservice if you don’t take something from really Hall of Fame vets.”
On the Rams’ first three possessions on Saturday night, Anderson played the closer in spelling the returning Gurley. And his presence—remember, he was really brought in initially to be the equivalent of a temp—gave Sean McVay and his staff the artillery to keep jamming the ball down the throat of an aggressive Dallas front.
The Rams wound up controlling the game as a result, running 76 plays to Dallas’s 55, and piling up 30 first downs and 459 yards despite Jared Goff throwing for just 186 yards. Gurley had 115 yards on his 16 carries, to add to Anderson’s output. Which, of course, wound up being plenty to quiet a Dallas team that had been talking about snatching the Rams’ soul during the week.
“I heard the ‘soul’ comment,” Anderson said. “I also heard the ‘Oh, C.J. Anderson, he had two games against the Niners and the Cardinals’ comment. You don’t look into that. I let my game speak for itself. Obviously the O-line took that personally. So we just let our game speak for itself. Every team is going to have a player, whoever that is, that’s gonna jawjack. And, of course, we have some jawjackers on our team too.”
I asked C.J. Anderson about #McVayMania on the coaching carousel, and what’s impressed him to this point about his new head coach. His answer will make Jets fans feel pretty good: “What people miss is him at 4:30 in the morning. When I pull up and I see his car already parked—and I’m there at 5:30—you know the preparation that Sean goes through.
Super cerebral. Smart. Understands the game. I think the biggest thing he does, he listens to the players. He listens to myself and [Andrew] Whitworth and what we say. And Jared [Goff], even though he is the ultimate play-caller. I think that’s what people want and what people are trying to grab.
There’s only one other coach that’s been like that for me, and that was Adam Gase. [McVay] and Adam Gase are probably the two smartest coaches I’ve been around when it comes to planning and preparation and trying to put their matchups together and their team in the best position.”
I really liked the signing at the time, but if I told you I had any inkling of the kind of results he brought with him, that would be a lie...