Not Surprised

[29TheBest]

Well, every year when it comes to the Draft and Cut Down Day, I know it is going to be a slap in the face for the fans. It's almost like Sean and Les spend time figuring out how to piss off the fan base. This year seems to have been the biggest in some time for the cutdown day. Here are some of my takeaways on the roster and cuts..........

QB (3) Stafford, Garoppolo and Bennett. With Bennett's play we obviously had to keep 3 on the roster even though with Staff and Garop we should be able to go with 2.

RB (3) Williams, Corum and Hunter. With these 3 we can move forward as long as we have help on the PS and fortunately we have Schrader and Rivers who were not claimed.

WR (6) Nacua, Adams, Atwell, Whittington, Smith and Mumpfield. Why we resigned Atwell is beyond me, he has done NOTHING in his Rams career to justify a 10-million-dollar contract, let alone a guaranteed roster spot. IMO we could get the same production out of PS players Presley, Edwards or even released players Covey and Stoops.

TE (4) Higbee, Ferguson, Parkinson and Allen. I guess we have to carry 4 because of Higbee's health issues, maybe it's time to move on, with the way Ferguson looks, I would look to be moving Higbee while you could get something for him. Parkinson has done nothing to make me think he should be guaranteed a roster spot and the same goes for Allen. It's time to get rid of the norm and make some changes at this position. Can you imagine a 2 TE set with Ferguson and another highly talented TE talent? Maybe a Kyle Pitts from Atlanta who has underachieved so far in his career or a Michael Mayer of the Raiders, who I believe they are looking to move since they have Bowers. With 2 offensive weapons you could carry the rest as blockers.

OL (10) Jackson, Avila, Shelton, Dotson, Havenstein as Starters Humphries, Quessenberry, Limmer, Dedich and McClendon Jr. Hard to argue here, Humphries is a great backup for Jackson, I wasn't really in favor of a Shelton return, but I can buy the reason for bringing him back, especially with the way Limmer has performed in preseason, but getting bumped may have something to do with that, but not a good excuse. I have been up in the air on Dedich, but he has looked great this preseason and McClendon Jr has the versatility. Here is where I start, the Rams had the vision to bring in Lampkin IV and the kid does a fantastic job, a huge PFF rating and we can't find him a spot, this is a kid who looks to be something very special and all we did was give him a place to audition for the Eagles, who we want to beat and go to the Super Bowl. Then there is KT Leveston, here is a kid who played well in preseason, and low and behold, we trade him for a 7th round pick, how many 7th round picks will we have? I get we probably would have lost him if he were on waivers. but maybe we add a spot and PS Quessenberry and have spots for Lampkin and Leveston. We brought back Arcuri, Bowles and McMahon to the PS. This is the 3rd season I believe for Arcuri, when do we cut ties with these guys? I see potential in Bowles, but what has McMahon done, has he been in a game? I would take a feeler on some of the guys released from other teams or even Wedig instead of Arcuri.

DL (7) Ford, Turner, Fiske, Davis, Murchison, Johnson and Hamilton. Murchison really? Johnson deserves a spot based on his preseason but Hamilton did not impress anyone. Did we need to carry 7? I'll bet the last 3 would have cleared waivers and could have made the PS.

OLB (4) Verse, Young, Stewart and Hampton. I guess we have to carry 4, I was not impressed with Hampton in preseason, I think Jackson played better and should have been given the 4th spot.

ILB (4) Speights, Landman, Dolac and Reeder. I am all in with Dolac, I love this move, but his college stats should have been enough to get him drafted somewhere, but we lucked out. Ok this is the one that really has me going, we trade up to draft Chris Paul Jr. he does a very decent job in preseason, Reeder was an absolute HACK last year and doesn't play but beats out Paul, and NOOOO I am not buying your crap Sean about his versatility on special teams, Paul could have contributed there just as much. So instead, we will get to see Paul, twice a year with Jones and the Seahawks. GREAT MOVE Sean and Les!!!

CB (5) Witherspoon, Williams, Durant, Forbes Jr. and Wallace. Hard to argue here other than Williams not performing well last year. Looking forward to the play of Forbes Jr. and the improvement of Durant and Wallace. I have been very hard on Kendrick, but I have to say he did look better this preseason, maybe being cut and brought back helped, but now we get to see him twice a year with Jones and Paul.

S (4) Curl, Kinchens, Lake and McCollough. Solid room, I am looking for better play from Lake, I don't think he played that well last year

ST (3) Evans, Ward, Karty. Evans has cremated the ball this preseason and Karty has been very accurate. Feeling very good with the kicking game. Hoping to see better play out of the special team players this year, last year was an improvement, but still not up to a super bowl contenders standard.

PS (16) OL Arcuri, Bowles, McMahon RB Schrader, Rivers TE Redman WR Edwards, Presley DT Heflin, Norton OLB Muhammad ILB Neal CB Lampkin, Green S Ingle (Human Missile), Valcarcel. Are there any better players out there? Why is Lampkin on the PS, he was absolutely hideous during the preseason. I am great with Schrader, Rivers, Bowles, Redmon, Presley, Edwards and Valcarcel, but the others have did not impress me enough, IMO if a better player can be found replace them. The Human missile made some highlight plays, but the rest of his game was not good.

To me, this team is getting very close to a team that can contend for a Super bowl for multiple years, but we have got to get away from this need to keep players around for some kind of loyalty. Sean definitely has his favorites, and I guess Paul and Lampkin were not on that list, but Reeder and Atwell were. This kind of mindset can be dangerous for a team so close to greatness!!!

Another thing.... Do we have a chance to trade for Anthony Richardson? If we have a chance to get him without moving any 1st's or 2nd, do we do this? Do we include Bennett in a Richardson trade? I think this kid could thrive under McVay tutelage, 23 years old 6'4" 245lbs, . The QB of the future and allow us to use our 2 1st's and 2nd on improving others area's. LT or RT, CB another TE?

[49RH8R]

Well, every year when it comes to the Draft and Cut Down Day, I know it is going to be a slap in the face for the fans. It's almost like Sean and Les spend time figuring out how to piss off the fan base. This year seems to have been the biggest in some time for the cutdown day. Here are some of my takeaways on the roster and cuts..........

QB (3) Stafford, Garoppolo and Bennett. With Bennett's play we obviously had to keep 3 on the roster even though with Staff and Garop we should be able to go with 2.

RB (3) Williams, Corum and Hunter. With these 3 we can move forward as long as we have help on the PS and fortunately we have Schrader and Rivers who were not claimed.

WR (6) Nacua, Adams, Atwell, Whittington, Smith and Mumpfield. Why we resigned Atwell is beyond me, he has done NOTHING in his Rams career to justify a 10-million-dollar contract, let alone a guaranteed roster spot. IMO we could get the same production out of PS players Presley, Edwards or even released players Covey and Stoops.

TE (4) Higbee, Ferguson, Parkinson and Allen. I guess we have to carry 4 because of Higbee's health issues, maybe it's time to move on, with the way Ferguson looks, I would look to be moving Higbee while you could get something for him. Parkinson has done nothing to make me think he should be guaranteed a roster spot and the same goes for Allen. It's time to get rid of the norm and make some changes at this position. Can you imagine a 2 TE set with Ferguson and another highly talented TE talent? Maybe a Kyle Pitts from Atlanta who has underachieved so far in his career or a Michael Mayer of the Raiders, who I believe they are looking to move since they have Bowers. With 2 offensive weapons you could carry the rest as blockers.

OL (10) Jackson, Avila, Shelton, Dotson, Havenstein as Starters Humphries, Quessenberry, Limmer, Dedich and McClendon Jr. Hard to argue here, Humphries is a great backup for Jackson, I wasn't really in favor of a Shelton return, but I can buy the reason for bringing him back, especially with the way Limmer has performed in preseason, but getting bumped may have something to do with that, but not a good excuse. I have been up in the air on Dedich, but he has looked great this preseason and McClendon Jr has the versatility. Here is where I start, the Rams had the vision to bring in Lampkin IV and the kid does a fantastic job, a huge PFF rating and we can't find him a spot, this is a kid who looks to be something very special and all we did was give him a place to audition for the Eagles, who we want to beat and go to the Super Bowl. Then there is KT Leveston, here is a kid who played well in preseason, and low and behold, we trade him for a 7th round pick, how many 7th round picks will we have? I get we probably would have lost him if he were on waivers. but maybe we add a spot and PS Quessenberry and have spots for Lampkin and Leveston. We brought back Arcuri, Bowles and McMahon to the PS. This is the 3rd season I believe for Arcuri, when do we cut ties with these guys? I see potential in Bowles, but what has McMahon done, has he been in a game? I would take a feeler on some of the guys released from other teams or even Wedig instead of Arcuri.

DL (7) Ford, Turner, Fiske, Davis, Murchison, Johnson and Hamilton. Murchison really? Johnson deserves a spot based on his preseason but Hamilton did not impress anyone. Did we need to carry 7? I'll bet the last 3 would have cleared waivers and could have made the PS.

OLB (4) Verse, Young, Stewart and Hampton. I guess we have to carry 4, I was not impressed with Hampton in preseason, I think Jackson played better and should have been given the 4th spot.

ILB (4) Speights, Landman, Dolac and Reeder. I am all in with Dolac, I love this move, but his college stats should have been enough to get him drafted somewhere, but we lucked out. Ok this is the one that really has me going, we trade up to draft Chris Paul Jr. he does a very decent job in preseason, Reeder was an absolute HACK last year and doesn't play but beats out Paul, and NOOOO I am not buying your crap Sean about his versatility on special teams, Paul could have contributed there just as much. So instead, we will get to see Paul, twice a year with Jones and the Seahawks. GREAT MOVE Sean and Les!!!

CB (5) Witherspoon, Williams, Durant, Forbes Jr. and Wallace. Hard to argue here other than Williams not performing well last year. Looking forward to the play of Forbes Jr. and the improvement of Durant and Wallace. I have been very hard on Kendrick, but I have to say he did look better this preseason, maybe being cut and brought back helped, but now we get to see him twice a year with Jones and Paul.

S (4) Curl, Kinchens, Lake and McCollough. Solid room, I am looking for better play from Lake, I don't think he played that well last year

ST (3) Evans, Ward, Karty. Evans has cremated the ball this preseason and Karty has been very accurate. Feeling very good with the kicking game. Hoping to see better play out of the special team players this year, last year was an improvement, but still not up to a super bowl contenders standard.

PS (16) OL Arcuri, Bowles, McMahon RB Schrader, Rivers TE Redman WR Edwards, Presley DT Heflin, Norton OLB Muhammad ILB Neal CB Lampkin, Green S Ingle (Human Missile), Valcarcel. Are there any better players out there? Why is Lampkin on the PS, he was absolutely hideous during the preseason. I am great with Schrader, Rivers, Bowles, Redmon, Presley, Edwards and Valcarcel, but the others have did not impress me enough, IMO if a better player can be found replace them. The Human missile made some highlight plays, but the rest of his game was not good.

To me, this team is getting very close to a team that can contend for a Super bowl for multiple years, but we have got to get away from this need to keep players around for some kind of loyalty. Sean definitely has his favorites, and I guess Paul and Lampkin were not on that list, but Reeder and Atwell were. This kind of mindset can be dangerous for a team so close to greatness!!!

Another thing.... Do we have a chance to trade for Anthony Richardson? If we have a chance to get him without moving any 1st's or 2nd, do we do this? Do we include Bennett in a Richardson trade? I think this kid could thrive under McVay tutelage, 23 years old 6'4" 245lbs, . The QB of the future and allow us to use our 2 1st's and 2nd on improving others area's. LT or RT, CB another TE?

First of all, I know how long these posts take so nice effort. My thoughts:

OFFENSE
QB - agree
RB - agree

WR - Atwell should have his best season as a pro. He's been underutilized but paying him $10 million tells me they have bigger plans for him. We'll see what that means but my money says he will have a career year. If you look at his stats he has improved every year since coming into the league. That being said, Puka will need a new contract soon so Presley and Edwards/Stoops might make the 53 as a cheap backup next year.

TE - I expect some turnover next year but I like our blend of experience and youth.

OL - I'm not super worried about losing Lampkin. Every team passed on him in the draft and the Eagles claimed him with the last pick in waivers. He wont be a factor if the Rams meet the Eags for the SB.

DEFENSE
DL - agree pretty much but it seems they have a strategy for depth and keeping players fresh.

ILB - The Chris Paul thing has been beaten to death and the bottom line is I trust McVay. He just wasn't good enough or wasn't a good fit. There might be some we not me stuff in there because McVay is huge on character. I'm not afraid of "seeing him twice a year" because he'll be on the PS. Not sure why people are obsessed with this guy.

OLB - agree pretty much but they must have liked Hampton a little more than Jackson.

CB/S - Not worried about seeing Kendrick twice a year either. And you are "looking for better play from Lake"? The dude played great and was the versatile leader of our secondary last year. Green dot guy.

ST - agree

PS - Sure, a few guys got poached but I love our PS and frankly I could see several of these guys on the 53 next year. Curl & Lake are FA's so maybe Ingle and Varcarcel get elevated. Presley for Atwell. Bowles and McMahon on the OL. Redman as a cheap replacement for Higs or Parkinson when T Ferg becomes TE1. Not many people are talking about it but I kind of liked watching our 3rd string DL out there. Maybe Heflin and/or Norton replace Murchison and Johnson next year.

MISC
I don't think McVay has favorites as much as he has a certain type of player he likes. You singled out Reeder and Atwell and they were both on the SB team. Anthony Richardson sucks so no thanks. We should get our QB in the 1st round next year and ideally Stafford plays another year to let him develop behind a Hall of Famer.

[Jacksnow]

Well, every year when it comes to the Draft and Cut Down Day, I know it is going to be a slap in the face for the fans. It's almost like Sean and Les spend time figuring out how to piss off the fan base. This year seems to have been the biggest in some time for the cutdown day. Here are some of my takeaways on the roster and cuts..........

QB (3) Stafford, Garoppolo and Bennett. With Bennett's play we obviously had to keep 3 on the roster even though with Staff and Garop we should be able to go with 2.

RB (3) Williams, Corum and Hunter. With these 3 we can move forward as long as we have help on the PS and fortunately we have Schrader and Rivers who were not claimed.

WR (6) Nacua, Adams, Atwell, Whittington, Smith and Mumpfield. Why we resigned Atwell is beyond me, he has done NOTHING in his Rams career to justify a 10-million-dollar contract, let alone a guaranteed roster spot. IMO we could get the same production out of PS players Presley, Edwards or even released players Covey and Stoops.

TE (4) Higbee, Ferguson, Parkinson and Allen. I guess we have to carry 4 because of Higbee's health issues, maybe it's time to move on, with the way Ferguson looks, I would look to be moving Higbee while you could get something for him. Parkinson has done nothing to make me think he should be guaranteed a roster spot and the same goes for Allen. It's time to get rid of the norm and make some changes at this position. Can you imagine a 2 TE set with Ferguson and another highly talented TE talent? Maybe a Kyle Pitts from Atlanta who has underachieved so far in his career or a Michael Mayer of the Raiders, who I believe they are looking to move since they have Bowers. With 2 offensive weapons you could carry the rest as blockers.

OL (10) Jackson, Avila, Shelton, Dotson, Havenstein as Starters Humphries, Quessenberry, Limmer, Dedich and McClendon Jr. Hard to argue here, Humphries is a great backup for Jackson, I wasn't really in favor of a Shelton return, but I can buy the reason for bringing him back, especially with the way Limmer has performed in preseason, but getting bumped may have something to do with that, but not a good excuse. I have been up in the air on Dedich, but he has looked great this preseason and McClendon Jr has the versatility. Here is where I start, the Rams had the vision to bring in Lampkin IV and the kid does a fantastic job, a huge PFF rating and we can't find him a spot, this is a kid who looks to be something very special and all we did was give him a place to audition for the Eagles, who we want to beat and go to the Super Bowl. Then there is KT Leveston, here is a kid who played well in preseason, and low and behold, we trade him for a 7th round pick, how many 7th round picks will we have? I get we probably would have lost him if he were on waivers. but maybe we add a spot and PS Quessenberry and have spots for Lampkin and Leveston. We brought back Arcuri, Bowles and McMahon to the PS. This is the 3rd season I believe for Arcuri, when do we cut ties with these guys? I see potential in Bowles, but what has McMahon done, has he been in a game? I would take a feeler on some of the guys released from other teams or even Wedig instead of Arcuri.

DL (7) Ford, Turner, Fiske, Davis, Murchison, Johnson and Hamilton. Murchison really? Johnson deserves a spot based on his preseason but Hamilton did not impress anyone. Did we need to carry 7? I'll bet the last 3 would have cleared waivers and could have made the PS.

OLB (4) Verse, Young, Stewart and Hampton. I guess we have to carry 4, I was not impressed with Hampton in preseason, I think Jackson played better and should have been given the 4th spot.

ILB (4) Speights, Landman, Dolac and Reeder. I am all in with Dolac, I love this move, but his college stats should have been enough to get him drafted somewhere, but we lucked out. Ok this is the one that really has me going, we trade up to draft Chris Paul Jr. he does a very decent job in preseason, Reeder was an absolute HACK last year and doesn't play but beats out Paul, and NOOOO I am not buying your crap Sean about his versatility on special teams, Paul could have contributed there just as much. So instead, we will get to see Paul, twice a year with Jones and the Seahawks. GREAT MOVE Sean and Les!!!

CB (5) Witherspoon, Williams, Durant, Forbes Jr. and Wallace. Hard to argue here other than Williams not performing well last year. Looking forward to the play of Forbes Jr. and the improvement of Durant and Wallace. I have been very hard on Kendrick, but I have to say he did look better this preseason, maybe being cut and brought back helped, but now we get to see him twice a year with Jones and Paul.

S (4) Curl, Kinchens, Lake and McCollough. Solid room, I am looking for better play from Lake, I don't think he played that well last year

ST (3) Evans, Ward, Karty. Evans has cremated the ball this preseason and Karty has been very accurate. Feeling very good with the kicking game. Hoping to see better play out of the special team players this year, last year was an improvement, but still not up to a super bowl contenders standard.

PS (16) OL Arcuri, Bowles, McMahon RB Schrader, Rivers TE Redman WR Edwards, Presley DT Heflin, Norton OLB Muhammad ILB Neal CB Lampkin, Green S Ingle (Human Missile), Valcarcel. Are there any better players out there? Why is Lampkin on the PS, he was absolutely hideous during the preseason. I am great with Schrader, Rivers, Bowles, Redmon, Presley, Edwards and Valcarcel, but the others have did not impress me enough, IMO if a better player can be found replace them. The Human missile made some highlight plays, but the rest of his game was not good.

To me, this team is getting very close to a team that can contend for a Super bowl for multiple years, but we have got to get away from this need to keep players around for some kind of loyalty. Sean definitely has his favorites, and I guess Paul and Lampkin were not on that list, but Reeder and Atwell were. This kind of mindset can be dangerous for a team so close to greatness!!!

Another thing.... Do we have a chance to trade for Anthony Richardson? If we have a chance to get him without moving any 1st's or 2nd, do we do this? Do we include Bennett in a Richardson trade? I think this kid could thrive under McVay tutelage, 23 years old 6'4" 245lbs, . The QB of the future and allow us to use our 2 1st's and 2nd on improving others area's. LT or RT, CB another TE?

Very nice assessment. Well thought out.