[JackPMiller]

How is this team going to look like? Players are getting cut, what used to be a strength now could be a weakness.

Now I wonder, what will this team look like, not this year but two and three years from now? Can I feel excited, or should I worry?

Does McVay trade some of us and Goff to a Pats board for Jimmy G? Even worse, a Washington board, for Kirk Cousins? Ugh? Just kidding. But the way the Rams are working, it would not surprise me.

[OldSchool]

We're less than 48 hours into free agency. I'd suggest a chill pill and let the people who get paid to build our favorite team do their work but I doubt anybody would listen. Feel excited because we have a coach with a bright mind who has a plan and is working towards implementing that. We have the best damned DC in football don't worry about the defense! And what strength is weakened? Our D? We traded a guy who we had starting that should be a rotational piece and nothing more. We cut a DE who was a rotational piece because he failed a physical. We cut a Center who we all agreed wasn't worthy of starting. We cut a TE who's nickname was Handbricks. We signed a LT who's a multi time pro bowl and widely regarded by Bengals fans as the leader of their locker room and the best guy ever to wear their uniform. We signed a good WR who put up decent numbers as a number 2 WR in one of the heaviest run offenses in the NFL to an incentive laden deal. If he actually earns all of that contract we'll be happy to pay him the money. But the biggest thing about that WR is that our Offensive minded guru of a head coach thinks he's good. I'll take McVay's opinion of Wood's over any pundit whether he be a professional journalist or the arm chair message board variety.

TLDR we've only just begun the off season. Panicking now is beyond pointless. But I know that won't stop people from doing it and telling us how much smarter they are than McVay and Phillips.

[Haden]

We're less than 48 hours into free agency. I'd suggest a chill pill and let the people who get paid to build our favorite team do their work but I doubt anybody would listen. Feel excited because we have a coach with a bright mind who has a plan and is working towards implementing that. We have the best damned DC in football don't worry about the defense! And what strength is weakened? Our D? We traded a guy who we had starting that should be a rotational piece and nothing more. We cut a DE who was a rotational piece because he failed a physical. We cut a Center who we all agreed wasn't worthy of starting. We cut a TE who's nickname was Handbricks. We signed a LT who's a multi time pro bowl and widely regarded by Bengals fans as the leader of their locker room and the best guy ever to wear their uniform. We signed a good WR who put up decent numbers as a number 2 WR in one of the heaviest run offenses in the NFL to an incentive laden deal. If he actually earns all of that contract we'll be happy to pay him the money. But the biggest thing about that WR is that our Offensive minded guru of a head coach thinks he's good. I'll take McVay's opinion of Wood's over any pundit whether he be a professional journalist or the arm chair message board variety.

TLDR we've only just begun the off season. Panicking now is beyond pointless. But I know that won't stop people from doing it and telling us how much smarter they are than McVay and Phillips.

Normally, I would echo the OP's feelings if this was Fisher. I have zero confidence in Fisher and am glad to see his guys go. I DO have confidence in Phillips and I like McVay's bright offensive mind. I think the arrow is pointing UP!!!!

[PARAM]

We're less than 48 hours into free agency. I'd suggest a chill pill and let the people who get paid to build our favorite team do their work but I doubt anybody would listen. Feel excited because we have a coach with a bright mind who has a plan and is working towards implementing that. We have the best damned DC in football don't worry about the defense! And what strength is weakened? Our D? We traded a guy who we had starting that should be a rotational piece and nothing more. We cut a DE who was a rotational piece because he failed a physical. We cut a Center who we all agreed wasn't worthy of starting. We cut a TE who's nickname was Handbricks. We signed a LT who's a multi time pro bowl and widely regarded by Bengals fans as the leader of their locker room and the best guy ever to wear their uniform. We signed a good WR who put up decent numbers as a number 2 WR in one of the heaviest run offenses in the NFL to an incentive laden deal. If he actually earns all of that contract we'll be happy to pay him the money. But the biggest thing about that WR is that our Offensive minded guru of a head coach thinks he's good. I'll take McVay's opinion of Wood's over any pundit whether he be a professional journalist or the arm chair message board variety.

TLDR we've only just begun the off season. Panicking now is beyond pointless. But I know that won't stop people from doing it and telling us how much smarter they are than McVay and Phillips.

I think Jack created this thread because:

a) he is worried
and
b) he was curious to know if anybody else shared his view
and
c) to start a discussion

The most important line in your post (which was an excellent post btw) is "we're less than 48 hours into free agency". I do this every year. I have NFL Network on, I go to ESPN for a couple of minutes and back to NFLN. I click on Ramsfansunited, then ROD, then LASportsFans, then the Herd, then RRF, then I go back and do it all over again. Endlessly. On day two, I do it all over again. On day three, again. Every day I finally turn off the PC and TV, pick up my kindle and start reading. Currently, it's "Hollywood's Team", a book about the Rams in the 1950's.

Point is, our wondering, hand wringing, frustration, elation and any other feeling we may develop isn't going to make them move any faster. Go out to lunch. Take the kids to the park. Paint the workshed. Any new information will be there when you check in again.

[JackPMiller]

I think Jack created this thread because:

a) he is worried
and
b) he was curious to know if anybody else shared his view
and
c) to start a discussion

The most important line in your post (which was an excellent post btw) is "we're less than 48 hours into free agency". I do this every year. I have NFL Network on, I go to ESPN for a couple of minutes and back to NFLN. I click on Ramsfansunited, then ROD, then LASportsFans, then the Herd, then RRF, then I go back and do it all over again. Endlessly. On day two, I do it all over again. On day three, again. Every day I finally turn off the PC and TV, pick up my kindle and start reading. Currently, it's "Hollywood's Team", a book about the Rams in the 1950's.

Point is, our wondering, hand wringing, frustration, elation and any other feeling we may develop isn't going to make them move any faster. Go out to lunch. Take the kids to the park. Paint the workshed. Any new information will be there when you check in again.

I'm out of my anxiety meds. And the pharmacy is a little behind on them, as they need to order from the main company.

[Hacksaw]

I'm out of my anxiety meds. And the pharmacy is a little behind on them, as they need to order from the main company.

[BobCarl]

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[aeneas1]

How is this team going to look like? Players are getting cut, what used to be a strength now could be a weakness.

Now I wonder, what will this team look like, not this year but two and three years from now? Can I feel excited, or should I worry?

Does McVay trade some of us and Goff to a Pats board for Jimmy G? Even worse, a Washington board, for Kirk Cousins? Ugh? Just kidding. But the way the Rams are working, it would not surprise me.

three years from now? 70%+ of the roster from 2014 will be gone once the 2017 season starts, my guess is it will be close to the same for the 2017 roster, i.e. 70%+ will be gone by the start of the 2020 season as well, such is life in the nfl...

[snackdaddy]

How is this team going to look like? Players are getting cut, what used to be a strength now could be a weakness.

Jack, have you been watching this team? There were no strengths.

[Elmgrovegnome]

In three years time the defense will be completely different. They may keep Donald, Tree, and Mo, or Barron. The corners are all the wrong kind. The line will be shuffled, New OLBs will be on the team.

The offense will have Goff and Gurley, Woods, Cooper, and a few of the Olinemen.

Overall it will be a nearly completely different team. As long as they succeed I don't care who they get. I no longer get emotionally attached to players. I am too old for that.