I'm traveling and completely missed the game. Just saw the box score. What were some general observations? How were Bennett and Ty? How about Hunter? Hardly any reps for Connor's? Who stood out on D?
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I'd go to the thread that covered the game in real time, but that could be time consuming. In brief: Bennett played the first half, played well at times, and had a very good long drive the last two minutes of the half for a FG. Scored two TDs on the ground, showing flashes of speed. Ty didn't play badly, but they were up big by then so not too many throws. Hunter played probably his best game and had an impressive TD. Don't know why Connors didn't play much. Waters looked good in minimal time. But Wes Bailey on D had a great game. Sacks, pressures, tackles and a punch out fumble inside the Rams' five yard line. If he's not on the 53 someone will grab him. Plays ST too. He was the big takeaway from this game.
The big question now, especially because so many 53 man spots are clearly taken, is who do we lose when cut and who might realistically make it on to our practice squad
Bailey will not make it
Ty Hamilton will not make it
Keenan will probably not make it
Who else am I missing?
Cam Lampkin?
Which OL will not make it?! That is an important question given our depth concern at OT
We are deep at TE and WR and I don’t see too many problems maintaining that on our practice squad but Redman probably doesn’t make it
Shock/Horror!?… Tutu Atwell is a practice squad candidate. He’s probably getting cut in Miami. With his speed and knowing the system that would be a smart decision. Agree?!
Bailey will not make it
Ty Hamilton will not make it
Keenan will probably not make it
Who else am I missing?
Cam Lampkin?
Which OL will not make it?! That is an important question given our depth concern at OT
We are deep at TE and WR and I don’t see too many problems maintaining that on our practice squad but Redman probably doesn’t make it
Shock/Horror!?… Tutu Atwell is a practice squad candidate. He’s probably getting cut in Miami. With his speed and knowing the system that would be a smart decision. Agree?!
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The Eagles have amazing depth on the OL, sadly including Willie Lampkin, who is a poster boy for Final Cut dilemmas. I post this because maybe we could look to sign one of theirs this year. They will have to cut one or two good ones
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Willie Lampkin, Eagles' O-line backups pushed the Patriots' reserves around
Willie Lampkin, Markel Bell, Jake Majors, and Drew Kendall showed encouraging signs for the Eagles' depth in the trenches.
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I wonder if Bailey is similar to Young in that, even though he's older, still has room to grow as a player. With the tools.. maybe being in a room with those other guys is helping him refine his talent.
Went back and watched some Bailey highlights, honestly was not on my radar as being someone I'd need to pay attention to before the preseason and I'm fully on his bandwagon now. He is definitely my "if they cut him I'm going to be sad" player this preseason. Last year was Lampkin. Keir Thomas groin injury might be what gives Bailey a shot at a roster spot. Thomas has never been able to stay healthy in his career unfortunately for him.
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Murray has impressed against scrubs. Guard is the one oline position we're pretty good with depth though so not sure he'll make it. Definitely worth a practice squad spot though. Guess also depends on if Dedich can get back on the field before week 1. Oline is the hardest position I think to grade in preseason because everything is so vanilla and opposing dline/rushers are usually 1 trick ponies without many pass rush moves.
With 16 OL on the roster, it's interesting that the Rams are only playing 7-8 OL in the pre-season.
Only seven are listed above. Arcuri did not play lase week but Trost and Limmer did. That means only 7 or 8 played last week ... not sure about Bowles.
Combination of not playing starters or top reserves, plus injuries. However, that suggests ... other than Trost ... these guys are mostly competing for spots on the Practice Squad.
One thing for sure, the roster is deeper than it’s been in a while. Our RB room is nasty. Connors not getting hardly anytime last night scares me that McVay is going to try and stash him on the PS. He’ll get poached. WR room is in good shape too. Presley is a keeper but we don’t have a roster spot for him. He might get poached too this year. Good problems to have I guess.
I would tend to think the opposite, that him not playing means along with Rivers, Connors is safe? But who TH knows....
Acuri at 85.1 pass blocking grade reminds us this is preseason against 3rd/4th stringers.
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I count 9 of the Rams OL room played in the 2 preseason gms. Swing OT/OG Blaske, OC McMahon, Swing OT Henderson, OG/OC Bowles, OT/OG Hance & OG Murray played in both games. LT Arcuri, RT/OG, Trost & Swing OG Limmer played one preseason gm.
Agree with your suggestion with the exception of Austin Blaske who is by far the biggest surprise. Keagen Trost injury hurt him badly from being ready for any early regular season games. The big UNKNOWN is OC/OG Dedich availability to fill the back up OL position behind Shelton.
If there is a possible Dedich being PUP'd at the cutdown then the scramble this week is to determine who can play back up center if need be game one. That decision might have been already been made I don't know. McMahon- Limmer- Blaske- & Bowles have college starts at OC.
Yeah, I could have made it more clear by saying "7 or 8 per-game" but I thounght the following made it clear:
"Only seven are listed above. Arcuri did not play lase week but Trost and Limmer did.
That means only 7 or 8 played last week ... not sure about Bowles."
I can't disagree more with Blaine's OL grades. First of all, Blaine is nothing more than a guy pretending to be a sports reporter. No jounalistic background, no college, High-school GED.
I watched Acuri and he could barely handle an UDFA on most of his snaps. Good reason why he didn't get into the game til late. I hope he doesn't make the team. Several of these newer guys look better. Henderson is slow footed but handled his guy, better than a 14 rateing
I watched Acuri and he could barely handle an UDFA on most of his snaps. Good reason why he didn't get into the game til late. I hope he doesn't make the team. Several of these newer guys look better. Henderson is slow footed but handled his guy, better than a 14 rateing
we’ve had some luck with good canadian boys under mcvay
Wesley Bailey, easily. Got constant pressure, got a sack, and punched out a forced fumble on the goalline. AZ Hamilton got a pick and had solid coverage on a lot of throws. Lampkin was grabby, got a pass interference penalty and likely should've had more, but he managed a couple of PBUs. Alex Cook had a pick-six at the goalline. I personally wouldn't mind if AZ made the team over Lampkin; Lampkin's just far too grabby to be effective and AZ can play teams. "Big" Bill Norton (I'm calling that as his nickname, Big Bill) was pretty good for such a huge, seemingly unathletic guy (6'6", 334 lbs.). Keenan - and especially Ty Hamilton, who has put up nothing but bad tape, if not doing nothing to help - is going to have a hard time holding him off. Had a batted pass, got a bit of pressure, stuffed the run fairly well, and hustled a lot to get tackles.
Otherwise? Not many people standing out on D.
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I've seen enough of AJ Acuri myself.
They seem to have brought in some good competition this year to either cut him or put him on the practice squad again.
As long as we don't have to worry about him starting, we'll be all right.
We tend to think of younger age as better sometimes...
I also remember the rams had a QB, that was a bit older than most when he started his first game... Turned out to be pretty good at the QB thing...
I also remember the rams had a QB, that was a bit older than most when he started his first game... Turned out to be pretty good at the QB thing...
The youth movement hasn’t been part of the Rams roster building, post 2022.We tend to think of younger age as better sometimes...
I also remember the rams had a QB, that was a bit older than most when he started his first game... Turned out to be pretty good at the QB thing...
They seem to prefer the slightly older players because they have more starts and PT to show for their college careers. Ty Simpson being the exception, the Rams have leaned heavily towards the more experienced guys coming out and relied less on potential and high ceiling types.
It works out from a business perspective too. If a second contract is earned after the rookie contract, that will likely put the player past 30. A third contract becomes an easier decision, IMO.