What's the latest on Pead?

[Ebonemalone]

Pead being benched out of nowhere REALLY screwed me in fantasy. Bad start to an even worse night!

 

[Ebonemalone]

I just don't think we have the talent in the RB corps that we need at all. I know some of you hate hearing it but we will more then likely draft a RB high next year.

1st!

 

[iced]

I've been hopin to see a studly top 15 rb in the draft next year - haven't seen any highly rated rbs yet though

 

[Stranger]

Tell me, what was the real reason we let SJ go? Was it because:

1) mgmt wanted RB-by-committe and SJ wanted to continue to be a feature back?
2) SJ wanted to go to a contender?
3) other?

Mixture of all three. Other being that they wanted to hand the team over to Bradford.

I agree; they wanted Bradford to take on 'the' leadership role... to see how he would respond. It's still an open question.

I also think they were trying to remake the offense to be explosive. Jackson is not explosive anymore. He can pile up yards through chipping away and occasionally busting off a 30 yarder. But, he is a smart vet who can block and catch as well.
I think the Rams had visions of all the explosive passing plays (seems ironic now) setting up a running game with younger faster backs. There is also the thing of paying an "older" RB with a lot of miles on his tires money.
Im sure it looked great on paper. I even drank that kool-aid.

I am just trying to re-assess this current regime's strategic philosophy, and it now seems that releasing SJ will turn out to be a horrible blunder. I don't really want to think this way, but I am now wondering if we what we're seeing, and have seen, is arrogance rather than insight by this current Rams FO.

 

[Selassie I]

Releasing SJ looks like the correct call as is stands right now. He's be standing on the sidelines for us too if he were still here.