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Didn't see one yet so let's get the chatter started.
Safe to say the Rams have hit bottom and are moving in the right direction. Snead and Fish did a great job last offseason so I'm looking forward to 2013. Please kick in on any of the topics below as you so desire.
Front Office Moves - Watching the coaching carousel this year I'm really glad that we finally have some positive momentum and competent leadership in place. OC Schotty will be staying after flirting with Jax HC opening. Love him or not at least it gives Bradford some continuity. We've hired Rob Ryan as DC. The Rams went all of last year without a DC at all after Gregg Williams was banned for life. I think that Rob Ryan and Fisher have a relationship going back to Buddy Ryan. Someone can clarify there if you have more detail on their background. There is the question of Ryan's 3-4 defense because clearly the Rams personnel is one built for the 4-3 and I haven't seen where they are planning to change that. We will see I guess. My sense is though that he is a guy who Fisher likes as much as what he brings as far as a defensive plan. Oh, and I heard the guy was fat. Frank Bush is expected to take a position as linebacker coach. Bush was a LB coach for the titans and worked with Fish in Houston. So again, a guy he knows. So, not much really is changing coachwise. Other than that I did read where there was some shakeup of a number of long-time scouts.
Free Agency - Of course there is the question on Jackson, Amendola and Gibson. Safety is an issue but releasing Dahl should provide addition by subtraction. Mikel could be gone too so we are looking to beef up safety in a big way through free agency and the draft (shuffling players). There are a number of free agents at positions of need that the rams will be looking at incuding Safety, OL, WR and TE.
The Draft - We have two first round picks this year at 16, and 22 thanks to the RG3 trade. Rams will be looking to build on the offense but it wouldn't shock me in the least if we picked defense with that first pick..A lot of mocks have a safety to us there or at 1b which makes a lot of sense but I can honestly see Fisher grabbing DT there though if the right guy falls.
It would be fantastic if we could come out of the draft with starters at #1 WR, OL, Safety, OLB.
Let's get the discussion going.
Safe to say the Rams have hit bottom and are moving in the right direction. Snead and Fish did a great job last offseason so I'm looking forward to 2013. Please kick in on any of the topics below as you so desire.
Front Office Moves - Watching the coaching carousel this year I'm really glad that we finally have some positive momentum and competent leadership in place. OC Schotty will be staying after flirting with Jax HC opening. Love him or not at least it gives Bradford some continuity. We've hired Rob Ryan as DC. The Rams went all of last year without a DC at all after Gregg Williams was banned for life. I think that Rob Ryan and Fisher have a relationship going back to Buddy Ryan. Someone can clarify there if you have more detail on their background. There is the question of Ryan's 3-4 defense because clearly the Rams personnel is one built for the 4-3 and I haven't seen where they are planning to change that. We will see I guess. My sense is though that he is a guy who Fisher likes as much as what he brings as far as a defensive plan. Oh, and I heard the guy was fat. Frank Bush is expected to take a position as linebacker coach. Bush was a LB coach for the titans and worked with Fish in Houston. So again, a guy he knows. So, not much really is changing coachwise. Other than that I did read where there was some shakeup of a number of long-time scouts.
Free Agency - Of course there is the question on Jackson, Amendola and Gibson. Safety is an issue but releasing Dahl should provide addition by subtraction. Mikel could be gone too so we are looking to beef up safety in a big way through free agency and the draft (shuffling players). There are a number of free agents at positions of need that the rams will be looking at incuding Safety, OL, WR and TE.
The Draft - We have two first round picks this year at 16, and 22 thanks to the RG3 trade. Rams will be looking to build on the offense but it wouldn't shock me in the least if we picked defense with that first pick..A lot of mocks have a safety to us there or at 1b which makes a lot of sense but I can honestly see Fisher grabbing DT there though if the right guy falls.
It would be fantastic if we could come out of the draft with starters at #1 WR, OL, Safety, OLB.
Let's get the discussion going.
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