[Elvis]

Another ho hum day.

Crowd might have been a little smaller than Monday, but not by much.

Best part was hanging out with kayfabe (who i've known for a long time) and members i'd just met for the first time hacksaw, safer, and ramsman34. After practice we all went to The Pirate for some food and drink. Hopefully they'll be filing reports of their own since their football IQ is a lot higher than mine. But i had the camera...

Rams arrive, sign some autographs.

Les Snead watches from the owners box.

Saffold

Don't know if you heard, but there were a few incidents.

Owners box taking pictures of the festivities.

Dude on golf course stops to film the action.

Mannion and Keenum working on reading a defense.

But wait, there's more:

For some reason they ended practice early. Rams seemed like they were pretty happy with themselves when it was finally over.

Then more autographs.

And that's a wrap...

[Ramfan46]

Great pics, I was there too both days. Not sure it was even smaller yesterday. I walked up at 4:10 in the side entrance next to the Ram bleachers. No turnstyle or counter. The VIP area seemed to be more filled on the sides behind the Goal Post with the tents for food and hospitality. I know the bleachers were full. I was at the top near the 50 both days. So cool to see LA Rams fans en mass.

[BuiltRamTough]

Good stuff Elvis. You take good pics. I was there too and man was the brawl awesome lol. I envy STL man. Training camp is fun.

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

Here's Safer's camp report:

It was really fun to finally meet some of my Ram's Bro's! Whatta day!
After Ramsman and I had lunch and quaffed a few brewskis, we met up with Mr. Motes, Hacksaw and another Ram's fan in the bleachers. Great view to watch the fights from!
On Monday, Tru had been chirping a bunch and he was seeming to get under their skin. Come Tuesday, they completely tackled Tre and things got chippy. On the next play lber #57 of the Boys took a swing and there were some fisticuffs. But on the next play, after Greg Hardy had pulled GRob's helmet off....HOLY SHEIT!!! Big GRob was a man possessed! He charged Hardy and tried to literally "jump" him, but Hardy ducked and Greg wound up on his back, and from there things completely blew up. I think what got this going was that GROB KICKED Hardy's azz all day. Hardy had been a non factor and couldn't handle it.
Ok, there was some football played and I want to share my observations with you guys. On both days I watched our O for about 90% of the time.
OLINE--some things are changing, and getting better. Our 1st unit opened several holes that they couldn't on Monday. We looked much more like a power run team than we did on Monday. GRob is gonna be just fine. He really handled Greg Hardy on Tuesday. RHANEY has been moved from center (snapping with his RIGHT hand) to starting at LEFT guard in Rodger's place. Rhaney, has, hands down, already made our team. He looks natural at LG and he and Greg did well on switch offs, etc. BARRETT JONES started at center on BOTH days. He seemed to play about 70% of the snaps. I don't see the "we will rotate these three guys through" going on anymore. Barrett looked much better and did not give up as much ground in pass pro as he had been. Brown, at RG is already a stud. I don't worry about him at all. Big Rob H at RT is a guy I like. Ramsman and I disagree about his ceiling. Rob is NOT a mauler BTW. He uses his big body to turn and shield Dline much more than drive blocking them off of the line. But he does look to be effective at that. He still plays a bit high and needs more power in his legs, but he is a technician, so I think he will be able to get by with that this year, before he adds bulk and strength. If the Oakland game was a "4" for our Oline, then I'd give the starters a 7 this time out. I see us going with 9 or 10 Oline, depending on if the coaches feel we need to protect Wichman who is still injured. Right now, after the starters, Rhaney, Barnes, Battle (he IS a good pick-up and is holding his own vs. their #2 D/E's--NO WAY we risk him on the PS), and Reynolds must be our others. Battle is the only one of this group that cannot play at least three positions. Really versatile group! This would give us five OT's (including Rodger in a pinch); 5 OG's; and three centers. Plenty of depth. For the PS I think Donnel, LT Williams (he, too, is holding his own vs. #2 competition), Washington (if eligible) and Wichman. Foles looks good, but does make some bad decisions and threw a few behind his receivers. MANNION now seems to be our #2 QB because when we break down into groups, he and Foles go with the #1 Oline guys. For me, it's only a matter of how well he has learned our O, because I want him to be around Foles as much as possible. I was told our D looked pretty good, but did give up some big plays. Dez did not play either day, but I'm happy to report he was the recipient of a great right hand during the fight! (It's always a smart thing to run out in the middle of a bunch of fighting guys with helmets on, with yours off! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!) I'm very anxious to watch our guys vs. the Titans to see if our progress is consistent and real.
GO RAMS!

[Ramzee]

Much nicer vantage point than mine and way better pics too! lol

Nice job!

[Elvis]

And here's ramsrams34's take on scrimmage:

I echo ALL of Safer's sentiments and observations. It was a great time. A lot of RAMS fans with So Cal ties have animosity towards St. Louis Rams fans - I just do't get that, but it is what it is.

On Havenstein; he IS a technician more so than a mauler. He uses his hands well and waits to set up his blocks most of the time, or when the scheme/play call allows. When he does have to engage quickly, he lacks balance which probably comes from his weak base and that fact that he plays too high too often.

He is light in the a** which make his anchor in pass-pro a liability, As Safer noted yesterday, he shouldn't be facing team's elite pass rushers on that side which should help. He will need help for TEs/RBs in obvious passing downs, IMO.

If I were a DC, I would attack him in pass pro for sure as I feel he is the weak link in pass pro.

I am not so sure about B. Jones at center and will be watching him closely against Tenn. He did help open some nice holes in practice yesterday but got worked over against Oakland.

I also liked Rhaney. Pead, yes Pead impressed me - much less tentative than he was against Oakland. He had a number of nice runs against the Dallas and looked fast if not explosive. I hope things pan out for this kid and with Watts suspended for the first 4 game, Pead might just make the team once again.

We didn't get to see the D as they were on the other field but I am simply not worried about that side of the ball.

Here's is my overarching though on this team:

If they get caught in too many obvious passing situation, the O-line simply isn't good/experienced enough yet to win in those situations and keep our D off the field.

The addition of Gurley is SO obvious to me now, especially looking at our other backs. Yes, Mason is good and can be electrifying. Bur he is small, smaller in person than what he looks like on TV. Gurley looks like he will be able to create yards with power when daylight simply isn't there.

Bennie Cunningham is a nasty football player..Period. He looks to punish LB's. While not a feature back, he is the best in pass pro, can catch and can get tough yards. We are really set at RB as soon as Gurley gets in the mix.

Special Teams play and returns changing field position and generating points will be the biggest reason this team has a winning record or doesn't IMO. This is simply because we cannot get into a pass heavy shootout with anyone. The O-line just isn't ready for that yet. But if we can tilt field position with both D and ST's and get scores from those two areas, this team will have a chance to beat some teams that are better than us: (AFC north, GB, AZ, DET). Other teams that are not dynamic (Sea, SF, TB, Wash, Cle, Chi, Minn to a degree) we should be able to play straight-up and not worry about getting into a one-dimensional, shoot out type game with.

My review of our team is more global but really hinges on our o-line and creating field position victories and hidden points, so to speak, with ST's and defensive returns.

I also feel that this is EXACTLY how Fisher sees it. the great thing is, our St's are awesome and our D has a knack for creating To's and can win on third down more often than not.

But, our schedule is no joke.

Like Safer, I will be watching our O-line all preseason more than anything else.

Lastly,

Too many dropped passes yesterday. Although, in 1 on 1's we tore Dallas up. But, they probably did the same to our D as that drill is heavily slanted toward the offense, as is 7 on 7.

GO RAMS, regardless of future location Smile But, I do have an opinion on that as well, lol - for another time.

[TSFH Fan]

"Yes, Mason is good and can be electrifying. Bur he is small, smaller in person than what he looks like on TV."

When I saw Mason walking next to Stedman was when it really struck me how small Tre is. Sted was noticeably all around bigger. Tre definitely looks smaller live than on TV.

But, it's about the size of the fight in the dog, not the size of the dog in the fight, right?
Go Tre, Go Ram!


War Eagle?

[Elvis]

Safer found this pic:



If you click it full size, besides seeing a dead man walking, up in the back row, just right of the light poll you can see Ramsman34 (wearing shades looking to his left) kayfabe (wearing a Rams baseball cap), me (with my camera in my face) and then, though he's blocked, Safer...

[OldSchool]

Safer found this pic:



If you click it full size, besides seeing a dead man walking, up in the back row, just right of the light poll you can see Ramsman34 (wearing shades looking to his left) kayfabe (wearing a Rams baseball cap), me (with my camera in my face) and then, though he's blocked, Safer...

I know it'll come as a shock but the guy who did that is just some douche bag guy from reddit. I was reading his post there and his other comments and he's an idiot St Louis fan.

Thanks for the 2 guys reports on camp that was great!