Terrell Lewis thread

[So Ram]

Like most of you guys i can’t wait to see him, he has some real potential and we just have to hope that it will translate on the field.
He was a real threat with Bama, so i hope that he’s gonna be one for us.

when healthy ? What I know from him right now is he has a NFL body that translates well.
Robinson is the guy I wanted to see put on a Ram jersey & don’t think he has even practiced with the team?

 

[TheTackle]

He played all of last year, right? I expect to see great things

Based on last week: Obo clearly deserves to start over Ebu. He should have had two sacks. He had already tackled Jones before Fox finished the play.

Hollis over Young? I read that Staley had him playing weak side ILB in Denver

Lewis is the wildcard

 

[SeminoleRam]

We have potential stars at LB on a team full of pro bowl talent. Perhaps we should remain patient.

Ebu and Young are both excellent back ups - to my eyes. Good not great and prone to being out played

Kizer OBO Hollis (and Terrell in practice) have all flashed.

Floyd is legit and should be signed long term

Mathews is on the street.

I expect our LB play to improve barring serious injury as the competition thins and the best players take more snaps

Would be thrilled to see the Rams sign Floyd to an extension but I don’t know if they have the money (Salary Cap) to pay him what he will probably be wanting. But, IF, It can be done (Within Reason!), Snead will probably find a way!

 

[Classic Rams]

He played all of last year, right? I expect to see great things

Based on last week: Obo clearly deserves to start over Ebu. He should have had two sacks. He had already tackled Jones before Fox finished the play.

Hollis over Young? I read that Staley had him playing weak side ILB in Denver

Lewis is the wildcard

We all saw Ebu have the game of his life vs the Chiefs in '18. After that it's been consistent mediocrity. Sometimes he seems to be in the right place in the opposing offense's backfield, but whiffs. Too many other times he's not generating any pressure. It's only a matter of time before we see Obo starting in that spot. And though it may be unlikely that Lewis unseats Floyd at the other side this year, a future with him and Obo starting at each edge looks terrifying... for other teams.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

We all saw Ebu have the game of his life vs the Chiefs in '18. After that it's been consistent mediocrity. Sometimes he seems to be in the right place in the opposing offense's backfield, but whiffs. Too many other times he's not generating any pressure. It's only a matter of time before we see Obo starting in that spot. And though it may be unlikely that Lewis unseats Floyd at the other side this year, a future with him and Obo starting at each edge looks terrifying... for other teams.

The weird thing is Ebu always seems to 100% ball out in effort, but always seems to get moved out of the play.

 

[Rams43]

We probably need to tap the brakes on expectations for Akers and Lewis this week.

Akers is still recovering from a very painful rib cartilage injury. A terribly painful thing for a RB constantly colliding with 200+ pound super athletes often running at full speed. And knowing full well where to hit him, if possible. I’d recommend phasing him in slowly, 10 snaps or less.

Lewis needs to earn his snaps, IMO. Meaning that I would give him a few at a time to see how he performs. If he does well, as we all hope, then he should get more and more snaps until he’s a full fledged starter like Floyd. Frankly, Lewis has a lot to prove as to his health and NFL readiness.

A word about Ebu. He has not played up to the standards of an NFL starting edge. Period. Staley’s scheming may be a part of his lack of pressure numbers, but even when he’s coming he isn’t getting there. And he kinda sucks at setting the edge, frankly. He’s constantly being washed out or erased by blockers. He is our weakest link on D, being outplayed in the same Staley system by Obo and Hollins. Even Polite has looked better overall.

 

[Memphis Ram]

View: https://twitter.com/RamsNFL/status/1314953909513854977

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

So long Eric Banks, we hardly knew ye.

 

[oldnotdead]

Ebukam is an OLB SAM period. In that role, his impact was often subtle but meaningful. Many times a scrambling QB or RB was forced to turn back into the oncoming pursuit because of Ebukam's hard edge. So maybe he didn't make the tackle but his play made that tackle possible. Staley doesn't play a true 3-4 in any normal variation so in that regard he has eliminated that SAM position. In doing so he's wasting one of the best SAM LBs in the NFL. Samson will move to a team like Baltimore that uses that position and he will be very successful.

Take a long hard look at that last drive of the Bills. That game was won but then lost by Staley's playing prevent (i.e. trying not to lose and not to win). That is what is in store for the Rams when they face better competition. It isn't the personnel, it's the scheme. A top defense simply doesn't allow the opposition to simply march down the field overcoming huge sacks. It was exactly what I predicted would happen with this defense. Look long and hard at that loss because it wasn't an aberration rather the norm with this scheme. It's not the players just like Kromer's foolish scheme made the o-line look inept. Now with a proper scheme and good coaching, the 0-line is fine with the exact same personnel. You can't be a true SB competitor with his prevent defense all game long.

 

[AvengerRam]

Ebukam is an OLB SAM period. In that role, his impact was often subtle but meaningful. Many times a scrambling QB or RB was forced to turn back into the oncoming pursuit because of Ebukam's hard edge. So maybe he didn't make the tackle but his play made that tackle possible. Staley doesn't play a true 3-4 in any normal variation so in that regard he has eliminated that SAM position. In doing so he's wasting one of the best SAM LBs in the NFL. Samson will move to a team like Baltimore that uses that position and he will be very successful.

Take a long hard look at that last drive of the Bills. That game was won but then lost by Staley's playing prevent (i.e. trying not to lose and not to win). That is what is in store for the Rams when they face better competition. It isn't the personnel, it's the scheme. A top defense simply doesn't allow the opposition to simply march down the field overcoming huge sacks. It was exactly what I predicted would happen with this defense. Look long and hard at that loss because it wasn't an aberration rather the norm with this scheme. It's not the players just like Kromer's foolish scheme made the o-line look inept. Now with a proper scheme and good coaching, the 0-line is fine with the exact same personnel. You can't be a true SB competitor with his prevent defense all game long.

You keep claiming it’s the same OL personnel. It’s not. The top 5 OL in snap counts in 2019 were Whitworth, Blythe (mostly at OG), Edwards, Havenstein and Allen. Of those 5, only Whit and Blythe played more than 2/3 of the snaps. The scheme has certainly been tweaked, but so has the OL.

 

[tklongball]

Ebukam is an OLB SAM period. In that role, his impact was often subtle but meaningful. Many times a scrambling QB or RB was forced to turn back into the oncoming pursuit because of Ebukam's hard edge. So maybe he didn't make the tackle but his play made that tackle possible. Staley doesn't play a true 3-4 in any normal variation so in that regard he has eliminated that SAM position. In doing so he's wasting one of the best SAM LBs in the NFL. Samson will move to a team like Baltimore that uses that position and he will be very successful.

Take a long hard look at that last drive of the Bills. That game was won but then lost by Staley's playing prevent (i.e. trying not to lose and not to win). That is what is in store for the Rams when they face better competition. It isn't the personnel, it's the scheme. A top defense simply doesn't allow the opposition to simply march down the field overcoming huge sacks. It was exactly what I predicted would happen with this defense. Look long and hard at that loss because it wasn't an aberration rather the norm with this scheme. It's not the players just like Kromer's foolish scheme made the o-line look inept. Now with a proper scheme and good coaching, the 0-line is fine with the exact same personnel. You can't be a true SB competitor with his prevent defense all game long.

Ebukam is one of the best SAM LBs in the NFL.

That is Comedy Gold, my friend.

 

[rdlkgliders]

YET we are still 5th in sacks. Can you imagine

 

[Stl2La]

Ebukam is an OLB SAM period. In that role, his impact was often subtle but meaningful. Many times a scrambling QB or RB was forced to turn back into the oncoming pursuit because of Ebukam's hard edge. So maybe he didn't make the tackle but his play made that tackle possible. Staley doesn't play a true 3-4 in any normal variation so in that regard he has eliminated that SAM position. In doing so he's wasting one of the best SAM LBs in the NFL. Samson will move to a team like Baltimore that uses that position and he will be very successful.

Take a long hard look at that last drive of the Bills. That game was won but then lost by Staley's playing prevent (i.e. trying not to lose and not to win). That is what is in store for the Rams when they face better competition. It isn't the personnel, it's the scheme. A top defense simply doesn't allow the opposition to simply march down the field overcoming huge sacks. It was exactly what I predicted would happen with this defense. Look long and hard at that loss because it wasn't an aberration rather the norm with this scheme. It's not the players just like Kromer's foolish scheme made the o-line look inept. Now with a proper scheme and good coaching, the 0-line is fine with the exact same personnel. You can't be a true SB competitor with his prevent defense all game long.

Ebukam is not even close to one of the best SAM backers in the nfl. Hell hes probably not even one of the best linebackers in the nfl with the name Sam lmao

Kromer’s foolish scheme? He’s without a doubt one of the top Oline coaches in the nfl. Not sure what your credentials are in that area but would be interested in knowing since that’s a bold statement.

 

[“Turbo set!”]

We can't rely on this defense. That is why we run the scheme we do. It has to be a "bend but don't break" defense.

We rely on the offense to put up points on the board.

 

[jrry32]

You keep claiming it’s the same OL personnel. It’s not. The top 5 OL in snap counts in 2019 were Whitworth, Blythe (mostly at OG), Edwards, Havenstein and Allen. Of those 5, only Whit and Blythe played more than 2/3 of the snaps. The scheme has certainly been tweaked, but so has the OL.

That's the claim because he decided last year that Kromer is the root of the problems and won't back off that opinion. Some people just keep digging once they get in a hole. I'm blown away that O'Connell has fixed our problems despite the fact that he has no experience coaching OLs, no experience scheming running games, and isn't the person who is primarily responsible for what we do on offense (that's Sean McVay).

What has fixed our OL is a combination of improvement from young OLs, more experience and chemistry from guys who gelled down the stretch last year, better scheming from McVay, and our two OTs not playing through injuries (or in Havenstein's case, missing most of the season). It's plain as day to anybody who is willing to look at things remotely objectively. But if you admit those things, you can't deny Kromer some credit in the OL's improvements. He's a top 5 OL Coach in the NFL, and we're quite lucky to have him. I remember the Loney and Boudreau coached OLs. Thank god for Kromer.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

That's the claim because he decided last year that Kromer is the root of the problems and won't back off that opinion. Some people just keep digging once they get in a hole. I'm blown away that O'Connell has fixed our problems despite the fact that he has no experience coaching OLs, no experience scheming running games, and isn't the person who is primarily responsible for what we do on offense (that's Sean McVay).

What has fixed our OL is a combination of improvement from young OLs, more experience and chemistry from guys who gelled down the stretch last year, better scheming from McVay, and our two OTs not playing through injuries (or in Havenstein's case, missing most of the season). It's plain as day to anybody who is willing to look at things remotely objectively. But if you admit those things, you can't deny Kromer some credit in the OL's improvements. He's a top 5 OL Coach in the NFL, and we're quite lucky to have him. I remember the Loney and Boudreau coached OLs. Thank god for Kromer.

Blythe played through injuries last year also.

 

[den-the-coach]

But if you admit those things, you can't deny Kromer some credit in the OL's improvements. He's a top 5 OL Coach in the NFL, and we're quite lucky to have him. I remember the Loney and Boudreau coached OLs. Thank god for Kromer.

That's a given and that is also why, I didn't panic when they didn't draft an OL until the last round. I knew the Los Angeles Rams had one of the top OL Coaches in the NFL and I trusted he would coach his unit up and have them ready.

 

[Rams43]

That's the claim because he decided last year that Kromer is the root of the problems and won't back off that opinion. Some people just keep digging once they get in a hole. I'm blown away that O'Connell has fixed our problems despite the fact that he has no experience coaching OLs, no experience scheming running games, and isn't the person who is primarily responsible for what we do on offense (that's Sean McVay).

What has fixed our OL is a combination of improvement from young OLs, more experience and chemistry from guys who gelled down the stretch last year, better scheming from McVay, and our two OTs not playing through injuries (or in Havenstein's case, missing most of the season). It's plain as day to anybody who is willing to look at things remotely objectively. But if you admit those things, you can't deny Kromer some credit in the OL's improvements. He's a top 5 OL Coach in the NFL, and we're quite lucky to have him. I remember the Loney and Boudreau coached OLs. Thank god for Kromer.

What jrry32 just said. He just nailed it.

 

[OldSchool]

View: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1315705050082074625



View: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1315707019765014529

Love big Whit

 

[FarNorth]

View: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1315705050082074625



View: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1315707019765014529

Love big Whit

Here's bit more of Jordan Rodrigue's tweets on Lewis (which got broken up into three). FYI, she is an outstanding reporter and writer:






Jourdan Rodrigue

@JourdanRodrigue
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Terrell Lewis, who grew up in the DC area, is smiling hugely talking about getting his first NFL snaps in and especially on the field he grew up watching. He says even the bus ride was so exciting for him - and he knew the staff was working him back into speed re. his specific

rotation. He says game speed felt fine for him but he feels personally that he left a few plays out there in his first game back. “I can’t believe I let Alex Smith get away from me..."
https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue
1h

(This was the play that Lewis one-armed the tackle...he says the rain got to him at that point and he couldn’t see so kind of lost Smith)