on the team's offensive struggles because
even though there's a long way to go,
there really isn't much. They can do
to make
chicken salad out of the chicken stuff that we've seen
the past few weeks here is
you've got to be able to run the football efficiently. And
then when we do not run the football efficiently, we're
having trouble protecting and being able to hold up and then
you can't give yourself a chance to let things develop
and so
you know, I love Matthews.
Stafford. He is competing and doing everything in his power
for this team. You need some help. And we got, we got to be
able to help him.
There were a lot more comments made by Sean McVeigh yesterday.
We posted something last night with his remarks and at one
point he was weird, he,
he kind of wants to start calling people out but he won't.
It's the one time he won't use anyone's name
frankly, but
like, he was kind of indirectly saying we know who's stepping
up and getting it done. We know who those guys are in. The
implication is
nobody else. Is it Stafford? Third, and it's cup
and everybody else is letting us down. That's basically as
message on offense, defense defense is fine.
He defense would be good enough to win games. If the offense
wasn't being completely, shut down, 19 points in two games,
played six days apart, total of 19 points, are you kidding me
and there's really nothing they can do. We know that they have
that FM picks mentality, but who's out there? I've made that
point last night like they need to make a trade for the
Equivalent of the Von Miller
on the offensive line
that guy's never available
to be traded. There is no offensive lineman that is just waiting
to be handed to a team
where he's going to come, make the difference all. And by
the way, offensive line, play a little more difficult than
defensive line play, because you are working in concert with
everyone else. And when your offensive line is bad
side to side, left tackle, the right tackle and all points in
between, if you get one really great player, Are
all those just avoid him and they'll attack the other
weaknesses, that's the thing. And I'll go to offensive line
a quality offensive line. A competent offensive line has to
be good all the way across because they'll find the hole
and they'll exploit it wherever it may be miles.
It's gotta be greater than the sum of its parts, right? It
always is like that and you always have to work in concert
with one another. That's what I'm saying though. You have
guys that the Rams would normally be playing in
a preseason game out there against the Cowboys in week 5.
That's why
it's not working the Rams.
Play anybody of consequence in a preseason game and they're
going out there with like the third Center. You got the third
guard, the fourth guard, and the guard leaves in the game.
Then you gotta put in another one. That's why it's not
working. But even so
you also have to have the skill players. Actually do something.
Where is Eric Allen Robinson? Has anybody seen him? Can we
get his face on a milk carton? What's going on there? Why
isn't this working? We've seen Alan
Robbins. We know he is a talented receiver. Why is it
that he's got? Three catches for 12 yards and he's catching
a one yard pass on a 5 yard pass and they don't go back to
him
at all. I don't understand why it's not working between him
and Matthew Stafford. And obviously the offensive line
not given Matthew Stafford time as a lot to do with it but my
goodness gracious. You need something out of that guy.
I know van Jefferson are missing
him to but Alan Robinson was signed to do something. He
ain't doing nothing.
Well in the belief was Allen Robinson has done pretty well
over the course of his career with a bunch of bag.
Quarterbacks you finally hear him up with a good quarterback
and he's going to explode.
Whether it's the offensive line, whether it's just taking
time for him to get properly integrated into the system and
get comfortable or whatever the case may be, it's just not
working and there's a possibility.
He's beyond the point of his own personal expiration date
that is just over there's always a chance that's going to
happen to because he has been around the game for a while.
Now dating back to the Jaguars. I think he came in the same
year as Blake Bortles.
I think 2013 is shhhh, he had some good years 23
years.
Good years, and it's just not happening right now. Here's
the other issue with the rims. And this is a point that Sims, and
I
have made in the past, as the Rams were
not only
giving up pics to get current established players, but paying
those players market value, contracts, the risk you take
is, if you do have a rash of injuries,
you're relying upon players
that are much cheaper than those, you would ordinarily be
getting to be your backups. You don't have a robust middle
class of second-stringer like the it's Pride themselves on
having back in the days when Tom Brady wasn't getting market
value
and they'd leverage that
to every other player that will who do you think you are? Tom
Brady, he's not insisting on market value. So you're able to
have these backups that were very good
because you were paying them,
they were happy to come be
second string because they were getting paid well
and they didn't have to go out and, you know, be banged up all
the time. They're getting good money to wait and when it was
time to play, they were able to play well. Rams don't have
that.
Rams need to be able to coach up.
Players who were either undrafted or taking late in the draft,
get them ready to go,
get them ready to play when they need to, and especially on
the offensive line. It's not working. That's the risk. You
take when you've got Aaron Donald and you're paying him,
ridiculous money, jail and Ramsey, Bobby Wagner, who had a
very good contract. Cooper cups, contract, Matthew
Stafford contract. They got a lot of highly paid players on
that team, and that puts more pressure on making sure that
your
lower paid players can get it done when you need them to,
Absolutely it does have been for the most part though,
the Rams have been able to do that, right? We are still talking
about the defending Super Bowl champions here and it certainly
doesn't look like the Rams are going to be able to be
the first repeat winner in one almost 20 years
but at the same time
they've been able to do it in the past it's just that right
now with the way this team is constructed, it is just not
working and it's funny because the NFC West right now is
completely up for grabs. I don't know what the best team
is in the NFC West because
All of those teams have some real significant flaws but
there is still a chance that the Rams can win this division.
They've just somehow got to figure out a way to Sure up
the pass protection
because if they can't do that, and if they can't run the ball,
then there's no way in the world. This team, even if it
gets to, the postseason is going to win a postseason game.
You look at this, I mean you guys guys let me do you might
as well just open the gate there and let the guy basically
right through the middle of the offense of my it's just you
can't. Function as an offense.
When that is the case, you can't do it.
It will not work.
Rob. Havenstein's been there a real long time. He's a good.
Right tackle, they just gave him an extension. Got Joe
Noteboom on the other side. He's trained behind Andrew
Whitworth. He did nice job last year in the postseason,
but he look at Andrew Whitworth thing, walking through that
door. All right, you know, John Sullivan ain't walking through
that door to play center. Yak in Orlando, Pace back to come
in and play offense of wide. All right, like
you Gotta figure it out somehow in order to stay competitive.
If you, especially if you want to sign Odell Beckham jr. For
the back half of the season,
I wouldn't sign with them. If I were him,
I would not return to the Rams.
Why would you? When you can sit away and jump on
board? A Content like it did. Last year, you pick the horse
that you think is going to win the race. If you have
the luxury of waiting until November, the middle
of November to pick your team, why would you pick the
Instead of another team
that seems to be far better equipped,
I'd take the Cowboys over the Rams right now.
Dad comes back. There was that question is C deal am ready to
be the number one
receiver and I know Michael gallops healthy, but I'd be
more comfortable if I'm obj playing for the Cowboys right
now, then the ramps because the Cowboys are going places.
The Rams, you know, and they look I don't want to write him
off after five games. But the thing is,
how are they going to get better?
Like you said, guys aren't walking through the door.
They're not going to wake up one day and have a better
offensive line.
Their only hope is the guys, they have will get better
through repetition and practice and effort, and trying and
working and maybe they can find a way to improve. Whether it's
some guy effect though.
Well, these are get some guys back. Like it's dinner is Brian
Allen, he should be back sooner than later, but that again
that's that's only one part of the issue.
That's right. And look Matthew Stafford, may be in multiple
Parts. By the time it's all said and done. You saw him on
the ground yesterday and
he Prides himself very quietly and he's,
you know, he doesn't,
he's not like Ben Roethlisberger
where he exaggerated his injuries and talks about them
and walks around with an ice pack on every joint on his
body. Like the Stay Puft Marshmallow, Man, he just gets
up
and kind of does the John Wayne
stride to the sideline, never complains.
Never Never
never talks about. And I said last week, he's probably got
five or six injuries. The team doesn't even know about the,
he's just dealing with that. He's not even getting treatment
for them that he just gritting it out and gutting it out
because that's how he is and
whatever number of injuries, he had going into yesterday's
game, he's got more today.
You could see, he was banged up.
And they've just, they've, they've always been very
reticent to be candid about Matthew Stafford health,
because he's very reticent to be candid.
About his health. But he always finds a way
to just keep going.
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