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Winning a SB was fun! Let’s do it again!
Stafford critics have become scarce as hen’s teeth, haven’t they?
Stafford will extend this year for about 5 more years and it will be on a semi-friendly deal. Not cheap, of course, but semi-friendly. He will retire a Ram and ultimately be voted into the HOF with 2-3 SB wins in his pocket.
McVay gets a juicy raise and long extension on his contract. He ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Snead also gets a well deserved raise. Heck, doesn’t he deserve an Executive of the Year award, too? I mean, what more does he gave to do?
Michel did a great job but he’s a goner. Rams will draft an inexpensive RB every year for the foreseeable future. They learned their lesson with Gurley, I think.
Boom will be extended and take the place of the departed Big Whit.
Speaking of Big Whit, could anybody write a better story for him in his final year? Wow! I see a TV career ahead for him if he’s interested.
I honestly don’t know what Rams are gonna do about Allen and Corbett. I keep waffling back and forth. I do feel reasonably sure that maintaining and maybe even improving that OL will be a very high priority. I believe that lesson has been well learned. I’m still sick about not drafting Humphrey. That’s one of the biggest self inflicted wounds of the Snead/McVay era. Sigh…
Rams should have one of best DL’s in league even after losing SJD. I bet they keep drafting there just to keep the pipeline full, though.
I make a Miller extension a 90% probability. Just makes too much sense for all parties.
I make an OBJ extension at least 60% likely, although it might be a short and incentive laden one because they say that he’s unlikely to play until November. Both Miller and OBJ were playing at an elite level and Snead is all about acquiring or keeping such players.
Speaking of OBJ, let’s not assume that he’ll be out as long as players with his injury back in the day. New surgical techniques are now available and Akers is Exhibit A for a possible 5-6 months recovery period. No reason to think that OBJ won’t devote himself 100% to rehab like Kupp and Akers did, is there?
TE this offseason is gonna be interesting to watch. My guess is that they let Mundt walk and draft a TE somewhere in this reportedly deep TE class. Hopefully, Blanton and Hopkins in the playoffs was not a mirage. I’m reasonably sure that Blanton is legit for this O, but Hopkins still has to win me over.
I’ve got a hunch that this Harris kid is gonna blossom this year and McVay is gonna have a hard time leaving him on the bench. Nice problem to have, huh?
Rams will draft an ILB at some point on Day 3. Probably won’t get snaps in his 1st year but hopefully will contribute along with Jones in year 2. Jones was a good pick but ILB is still a work in progress if we want to compete against top teams.
Rams will draft BPA with their 3rd rounder but CB might be their guy if it comes down to tiebreakers.
When you think about it, there seem to be few holes on this team even after expected UFA losses. I foresee light and targeted FA acquisitions other than the above mentioned Miller and OBJ and then the usual sprinkling of our 8 picks on players that Ram scouts have discovered at many different positions. Rams are among league’s best at this.
Extending Gay and Powell on ST seems like a no brainer. DeCamillis pulled the fat out of the fire and ended the last third of the season with a very fine ST corps in all phases. No reason to think that they won’t pick up this year right where the left off last year.
I have very few concerns about losing asst coaches this offseason. Heck, make that ZERO concerns. This has been going on every single offseason since year one of the McVay regime. And every single offseason McVay has hired terrific replacements, with the sole exception of Bonamego. Yeah, Morris and DeCamillis both gave me early season scares but both came around and had their respective units firing on all cylinders by the latter part of season and throughout the playoffs.
I just reread my post here and I may sound like a cockeyed optimist but I really think optimism is justified for these Ram players and coaches. As I look around the NFC I see NO team that the Rams should fear. Respect, of course, but no team that I consider superior to our Rams. Not one.
That’s a really good feeling, man.
Stafford critics have become scarce as hen’s teeth, haven’t they?
Stafford will extend this year for about 5 more years and it will be on a semi-friendly deal. Not cheap, of course, but semi-friendly. He will retire a Ram and ultimately be voted into the HOF with 2-3 SB wins in his pocket.
McVay gets a juicy raise and long extension on his contract. He ain’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Snead also gets a well deserved raise. Heck, doesn’t he deserve an Executive of the Year award, too? I mean, what more does he gave to do?
Michel did a great job but he’s a goner. Rams will draft an inexpensive RB every year for the foreseeable future. They learned their lesson with Gurley, I think.
Boom will be extended and take the place of the departed Big Whit.
Speaking of Big Whit, could anybody write a better story for him in his final year? Wow! I see a TV career ahead for him if he’s interested.
I honestly don’t know what Rams are gonna do about Allen and Corbett. I keep waffling back and forth. I do feel reasonably sure that maintaining and maybe even improving that OL will be a very high priority. I believe that lesson has been well learned. I’m still sick about not drafting Humphrey. That’s one of the biggest self inflicted wounds of the Snead/McVay era. Sigh…
Rams should have one of best DL’s in league even after losing SJD. I bet they keep drafting there just to keep the pipeline full, though.
I make a Miller extension a 90% probability. Just makes too much sense for all parties.
I make an OBJ extension at least 60% likely, although it might be a short and incentive laden one because they say that he’s unlikely to play until November. Both Miller and OBJ were playing at an elite level and Snead is all about acquiring or keeping such players.
Speaking of OBJ, let’s not assume that he’ll be out as long as players with his injury back in the day. New surgical techniques are now available and Akers is Exhibit A for a possible 5-6 months recovery period. No reason to think that OBJ won’t devote himself 100% to rehab like Kupp and Akers did, is there?
TE this offseason is gonna be interesting to watch. My guess is that they let Mundt walk and draft a TE somewhere in this reportedly deep TE class. Hopefully, Blanton and Hopkins in the playoffs was not a mirage. I’m reasonably sure that Blanton is legit for this O, but Hopkins still has to win me over.
I’ve got a hunch that this Harris kid is gonna blossom this year and McVay is gonna have a hard time leaving him on the bench. Nice problem to have, huh?
Rams will draft an ILB at some point on Day 3. Probably won’t get snaps in his 1st year but hopefully will contribute along with Jones in year 2. Jones was a good pick but ILB is still a work in progress if we want to compete against top teams.
Rams will draft BPA with their 3rd rounder but CB might be their guy if it comes down to tiebreakers.
When you think about it, there seem to be few holes on this team even after expected UFA losses. I foresee light and targeted FA acquisitions other than the above mentioned Miller and OBJ and then the usual sprinkling of our 8 picks on players that Ram scouts have discovered at many different positions. Rams are among league’s best at this.
Extending Gay and Powell on ST seems like a no brainer. DeCamillis pulled the fat out of the fire and ended the last third of the season with a very fine ST corps in all phases. No reason to think that they won’t pick up this year right where the left off last year.
I have very few concerns about losing asst coaches this offseason. Heck, make that ZERO concerns. This has been going on every single offseason since year one of the McVay regime. And every single offseason McVay has hired terrific replacements, with the sole exception of Bonamego. Yeah, Morris and DeCamillis both gave me early season scares but both came around and had their respective units firing on all cylinders by the latter part of season and throughout the playoffs.
I just reread my post here and I may sound like a cockeyed optimist but I really think optimism is justified for these Ram players and coaches. As I look around the NFC I see NO team that the Rams should fear. Respect, of course, but no team that I consider superior to our Rams. Not one.
That’s a really good feeling, man.
