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The only way to salvage this McSnead approach next year is going to taking cleaning out the experiments, projects, and underachievers, period. I'll say it now so you can thank me later. You can't unload the Ramsey, Kupp, Stafford contracts if you tried and I won't get into the weeds on how to unload any of these players but first and foremost McVay must address the OLine, addition by subtraction.

PREDICTION:
Aaron Donald will retire. I'm surely not the first to mention this but we'll sooner see OBJ in a Rams uni this year than AD after 2022. He's gone. Get used to it.

Brian Allen is a smart, fairly athletic signal caller with a keen sense of McVay's offenses and communication with Stafford and other QBs. He's also a SWINGING GATE and hasn't made a block on a pro-bowl DT....ever. see ya.
All the projects must go and I mean gone. Losing Corbett and the injuries to Noteboom, Havenstein, and others was painful and even though both have underperformed at times I'd bring them back and start seriously looking at REAL Centers, Guards, and backup OT next year. Maybe Anchrum can salvage a seat and Jackson was playing OK until he also got hurt. Bobby Evans, Acruri, Chandler Brewer, so long.

How do we get there? It's time to say good-bye to the many, many failed projects. My god, I thought I was watching Jeff Fisher coach this team in Tampa yesterday. Say good-bye to Tu Tu (Tu Tu Small) Atwell, Van Jefferson, Robert Rochelle, John Wolford, Terrell Burgess, Terrell Lewis, Taylor Rapp, and shed the Allen Robinson and Bobby Evans contracts. Van Jefferson is a step faster than Michael Thomas who continues to drop passes for other teams now. I don't think I've ever seen VJ catch a contested ball or really fight for one.

Higbee will likely be traded but I'd like to see players like Lance McCutcheon WR, Thomas Keir OLB, Christian Rosenboom ILB and Brandon Powell get shots in the starting lineup and for god's sake get these guys some pre-season reps. They started out slow getting slaughtered against a Buffalo team who can't beat the Jets. For some reason we stock piled a ridiculous number mediocre Offensive Linemen, CBs, and LB's and 3 QB's while leaving gaping holes throughout the roster at TE, RB, and WR. I suppose the hope was some would rise to the occasion. I named 3 that were left on the practice squad.

The last step will hopefully take care of itself. SOMEBODY HIRE RAHIM MORRIS as HC. He is really a great guy and he helped the Rams win a SB but I've never liked the prevent, soft-zone, bend-don't -break style of Defense and he seems to love it. It has finally and horribly caught up to us and it took a 45 QB to rub it in our faces. A new DC could do wonders but it won't change Aaron Donald's mind. He must be counting the days.

I think it’s not that dire. Fix the o line and I think we are good shape. Easier said then done though.

ramsww wrote:The only way to salvage this McSnead approach next year is going to taking cleaning out the experiments, projects, and underachievers, period. I'll say it now so you can thank me later. You can't unload the Ramsey, Kupp, Stafford contracts if you tried and I won't get into the weeds on how to unload any of these players but first and foremost McVay must address the OLine, addition by subtraction.

PREDICTION:
Aaron Donald will retire. I'm surely not the first to mention this but we'll sooner see OBJ in a Rams uni this year than AD after 2022. He's gone. Get used to it.

Brian Allen is a smart, fairly athletic signal caller with a keen sense of McVay's offenses and communication with Stafford and other QBs. He's also a SWINGING GATE and hasn't made a block on a pro-bowl DT....ever. see ya.
All the projects must go and I mean gone. Losing Corbett and the injuries to Noteboom, Havenstein, and others was painful and even though both have underperformed at times I'd bring them back and start seriously looking at REAL Centers, Guards, and backup OT next year. Maybe Anchrum can salvage a seat and Jackson was playing OK until he also got hurt. Bobby Evans, Acruri, Chandler Brewer, so long.

How do we get there? It's time to say good-bye to the many, many failed projects. My god, I thought I was watching Jeff Fisher coach this team in Tampa yesterday. Say good-bye to Tu Tu (Tu Tu Small) Atwell, Van Jefferson, Robert Rochelle, John Wolford, Terrell Burgess, Terrell Lewis, Taylor Rapp, and shed the Allen Robinson and Bobby Evans contracts. Van Jefferson is a step faster than Michael Thomas who continues to drop passes for other teams now. I don't think I've ever seen VJ catch a contested ball or really fight for one.

Higbee will likely be traded but I'd like to see players like Lance McCutcheon WR, Thomas Keir OLB, Christian Rosenboom ILB and Brandon Powell get shots in the starting lineup and for god's sake get these guys some pre-season reps. They started out slow getting slaughtered against a Buffalo team who can't beat the Jets. For some reason we stock piled a ridiculous number mediocre Offensive Linemen, CBs, and LB's and 3 QB's while leaving gaping holes throughout the roster at TE, RB, and WR. I suppose the hope was some would rise to the occasion. I named 3 that were left on the practice squad.

The last step will hopefully take care of itself. SOMEBODY HIRE RAHIM MORRIS as HC. He is really a great guy and he helped the Rams win a SB but I've never liked the prevent, soft-zone, bend-don't -break style of Defense and he seems to love it. It has finally and horribly caught up to us and it took a 45 QB to rub it in our faces. A new DC could do wonders but it won't change Aaron Donald's mind. He must be counting the days.

Evans, Rapp, are unrestricted Free Agents, at the end of the year.

I would keep Robert Rochelle, he was a mid round pick. Van Jefferson has played well for us, when he is 100% healthy. I believe if we can fix the OLine, Jefferson should be better. With Allen Robinson, I'd keep him for one more year, that's due to his contract, and it will kill us, if we let him go. Higbee, we will have to see. I would not be shocked, if Matt Stafford retires, as well, after this year.

The rest, I can agree on

My gone list
Akers, Higbee, Robinson, noteboom, Allen, Wagner and Floyd.

Come next season Stafford will be 35. Kupp and Robinson 30. Havenstein 31. Henderson will be a free agent.

On defense Wagner will be 33. Donald 32. Ramsey 29. Gaines, A'Shawn Robinson, Hill, Long, Rapp will be among the free agents. I doubt Akers will be on the team next season.

This team is going to be old soon. Injuries tend to happen more often after 30. We can't keep all the free agents. We have limited draft picks. We're going to have to rely on late round picks and undrafted free agents at some point. The time to pay the piper has come.

Don't get me wrong. The all in approach and "Eff them Picks" worked. We got a championship that we will always remember. It was worth it. Now we get back to being one of the 31 teams who don't win it all. Maybe they can thin out the dead weight and rebuild in a couple years for one last run before Stafford retires.

AD is here as long as MCV is here. He wants another chip. Came back to get one. As long as the off-season goes well , he ain’t goin anywhere. And the structure of his deal says as much.

ramsman34 wrote:AD is here as long as MCV is here. He wants another chip. Came back to get one. As long as the off-season goes well , he ain’t goin anywhere. And the structure of his deal says as much.

This looks like a 2 year rebuild to me. I'm not sure Donald sticks around for that. Just my opinion.

Yes, and please start REALLY developing Perkins.

Perkins arm is an over cooked noodle. He has no future as a starter in the NFL IMHO.

ramsww wrote:Yes, and please start REALLY developing Perkins.

azramsfan93 wrote:Perkins arm is an over cooked noodle. He has no future as a starter in the NFL IMHO.

Very true