bringing Baker, Mayfield to the LA Rams serious.
Yeah, I think it's just a chance to evaluate, you know
you're always looking for competition at every position,
you know, and you're looking for in a chance to evaluate
talent and that was the goal. The goal is to try to bring
somebody in here that can continue to add and provide
depth
but also compete and we felt like that was the right
decision to make. And
you know, We feel good about our room in the quarterback
that we have for the future of the Los Angeles Rams, which is
Matthew Stafford. But, you know, Phil obviously, pretty
good about somebody to come in here and compete at a high
level for us.
The future is Matthew Stafford. But really you have to wonder
how long that future is going to last. He's mid-30s, he feels
like an old mid third is an old murder T's, right? Taking a lot
of pounding
over the years and we don't know how much he's taken. We
don't know how many injuries he had because he is the exact
opposite of Big Ben all due respect. But
We know we know on one hand, you got the Stay Puft,
Marshmallow Man with an ice pack on every joint on his body
during a training camp
practice. On the other hand. You got Matthew Stafford who
you know, just has a slight hitch in his giddyup.
Put some dirt in late November. Yeah,
don't tell anybody, I mean, just go, just go, it's
football. Yeah, I'm hurt. Yeah, you know, I can't, my arm
doesn't work, right? I'm still going to find a way to throw
the football. It's you just get to a point where you physically
can't do it
anymore. This This
placement of him on injured. Reserve is kind of a microcosm
of what may happen when his career ends, you just get to
a point where no matter how badly you want to do it, you
physically. Can't do it. And that day may be coming sooner
than
we realize. Yeah, you know, I do agree with you in the fact
that he is yet more wear and tear on and then we've seen
from most franchise type quarterbacks.
That's the unfortunate thing about one. He got into League
super young right. He was playing as 21 years old, 21
year old
think he drafted at 20 or just turn 21
so he's Been around longer than we think. And yeah, he took
a beating there with the Detroit Lions.
They never had a great offensive line. As we've
discussed, they never had a run game, it was all him, it was
him hanging in the pocket and throw inside arm lasers down
the football field
and just getting crushed doing it. And then really, since he's
been with the Rams, he's been crushed a lot to it took a lot
of hits last year that offensive line was not
the strength of their football team.
It was kind of the thing, they managed to make happen
and then this Year. It was an absolute disaster. So
yeah, from the ramp standpoint, I think it makes a lot of
sense. Would it shock me if the Rams are better next year?
Absolutely not. Would it Shock Me with in being better, that
week 5, Matthew Stafford gets hit a lot, the game and has to
miss two or three games, and they need Baker, Mayfield
to come in of that. You know, marriage works your the last
five weeks. Absolutely not either. And I think that's
where it, you know, it makes sense for them to
Matthew Stafford turns 35 on February 7. So for a couple of
months he's the exact same age as Russell Wilson. Now that
used to be more stunning
than it is now because Russell Wilson. Feels like he's a guy
who's who's aging more quickly than it should as a franchise
level quarterback,
you mentioned the offseason and what's to come. And next year,
we've reached the excuse making portion of the season for
the Rams into of the things that came out from Sean McVeigh
earlier, this
week. Number one,
It was a factor.
Not having Matthew Stafford available to throw in
the offseason program, shop? Denies finally admitted that. Yeah,
how can it not be? Why do we practice? That's right. McVeigh
said, why do we practice in the offseason? What's the point
Aaron Rodgers?
Why do we do it?
Why are we there? Well,
so you're you're ready to go when the season starts and also
the turnover and the short turnaround
you play until the middle of February you lose Kevin
O'Connell and we're seeing
The value Kevin O'Connell possibly brought to the Rams
last year given what he's doing with the Vikings this year and
you don't have as much time. Remember the year that
the Panthers made the Super Bowl and they
dramatically revamp their offseason program just because
you know, they're guys are beat up. They're tired and you're
riding the wave of winning the Super Bowl and everybody says
how great you are and you're in LA and you get
this big giant ring.
That looks like it weighs 15 pounds mean.
Yeah, it's hard.
It's hard to turn it around
and reset. And off you go and you're starting quarterback,
wasn't able to throw and then
he didn't throw him in management training camp.
That's where I was going to say. This went beyond OTAs and
all that. I mean, we were, we were talking about pitch count
and oh, well, look, he,
he, he went a few days without us talking about his elbow
hurting. Is that that was big news in the middle August. So
how could that not affect? Yes,
that's hundreds. And hundreds and hundreds of reps
that went by, you know, the Wayside there. Because you
We had a manage, the quarterback and we couldn't get
some young guys. You know, ready in time. And there's just
yeah it was too. It was an ultimate Super Bowl, Hangar
hangover
and the Party City
where you're right
old, and an older team that is not very deep,
right? Lost some key players in the offseason,
you know, middle class players, that help their team, let alone
some stars and then, you know,
oh, our quarterbacks banged up. Up our big free agent signing
and
Robinson, didn't show up at wide receiver. Really
our offensive lines worse than we thought
and it's just all gone the wrong direction for the Rams
this year. So yeah, now it's all about just rebuilding
retooling and thinking about the future, and that's why they
make this move.
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