{"id":88795,"date":"2025-02-28T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=88795"},"modified":"2025-03-01T12:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:17:35","slug":"rams-notes-3-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=88795","title":{"rendered":"Rams Notes: 3\/1\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87815\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-07-at-1.51.29-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-07-at-1.51.29-PM.png 530w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-07-at-1.51.29-PM-400x266.png 400w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-07-at-1.51.29-PM-70x46.png 70w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screen-Shot-2025-01-07-at-1.51.29-PM-150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">RamView contributors Tim Byrnes and Dan O. offer a breakdown on Shedeur Sanders and an updated Mock Draft with Matthew Stafford and Alaric Jackson back in the fold.<\/span><!--more--><\/h1>\n<p>By Tim Byrnes<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Stafford is back, but let&#8217;s take a final look at Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shedeur Sanders<\/strong><br><strong>Colorado 6-2\/223<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats: Yards, TDs, Ints, Rtg.<\/strong><br>-2024: 4,34 yards, (37\/10)168.2<br>-2023: 3230 yards, (27\/3)151.7<br>-2022: 3732 yards, (40\/6)160.4<br>-2021: 3231 yards, (30\/8)162.4<br>-17 rushing Tds<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br>-No bad games vs ranked teams.<br>&nbsp;510 yards with 5 TDs and zero picks vs 17th ranked TCU and 371 yards 4\/1 vs 8th ranked USC.<\/p>\n<p>-Projected by media anywhere from 1st overall to late 20s in Draft.<br>*Only minor injuries in college: a 2023 back injury and a 2024 concussion vs Nebraska<\/p>\n<p>-Doesn&#8217;t have much of a running game, but will surprise people.&nbsp;<br>With 4.7-ish speed, he&#8217;s not Prime, but he is slippery in the open field, as 17 career rushing touchdowns attest.<\/p>\n<p>-He has the short to intermediate routes, McVay likes, down pat.<\/p>\n<p>-Can fit the ball into tight coverage, but the numbers show longer passes have about 40% accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>-His &#8216;distance to target&#8217; is 107 out of 126 FBS QBs qualified at 8.0 yards per target.<\/p>\n<p>This matters because it balloons his pass numbers, and when you factor in nearly 7,000 yards and 70 Tds at Jackson State, the question of Deion hiding his son&#8217;s mechanics is valid.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87606\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Game-Day-RamCave-Joe-Torosian\/dp\/B0DFTLJVY6\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NIBTUTM7VEXY&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OX3pCLCYtWKKgr1wnnUs9O7ILx26KghRe3GQfESkPDF_gDPFS-WDaBmLr87CzpPQOHkL7DkkrIfaUS99yYbe4l04KVd7lNnXTPIqOBgYyk_4vZmtue8RM_g_boOEJkYaElZzskXs04n6wAetoeJfHNaJPzvdUDr2_E1udlwXTsXSAM5ut2RVAz_wY8eW6bu7aRF7uOnXKnDHQs2ux7dEfwD0LGNB1mZtgxhO-oy6bUM.LnhjliBBHUQZIEFromY5T4JrA-9b120Q9nfJlR0gKBs&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=joe+torosian&amp;qid=1740856564&amp;sprefix=Joe+Torosian%2Caps%2C192&amp;sr=8-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87606\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87606\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ramcavecoverkindle-230x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ramcavecoverkindle-230x300.jpeg 230w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ramcavecoverkindle-54x70.jpeg 54w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ramcavecoverkindle-scaled.jpeg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-87606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The season is over&#8230;Get your football fix with Joe Torosian&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Game Day in The RamCave.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>He has multiple arm angles, which allows him to hang under pressure, but he stays in the pocket way too long. He has had multiple 8-sack games where he has foot yips to nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>-He is good at Zone Reads but doesn&#8217;t recognize blitzes. He&#8217;ll be blitzed A LOT at the next level.<br>-He throws a pretty ball with good arm strength, but the accuracy drops significantly around 15 yards.<br>-He doesn&#8217;t lead his receivers well, with many having to slow down to garner a reception.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> In my opinion, his receivers make him look better than he is.<\/p>\n<p>And he&#8217;s long-winded, which means he talks a lot and will be noisy.<\/p>\n<p>With Matthew Stafford back for 2025, Sanders likely won&#8217;t be a Ram. But, if he&#8217;s there at 26\u2014and we&#8217;ve seen Hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks tumble in the first round\u2014the Rams would be compelled to take him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Sanders is a late 1st\/early 2nd round talent that will, because of who his father is and the dearth of top talent at the position, go early.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>By Dan O.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some players the Rams could target with both Matthew Stafford and Alaric Jackson inked on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-88796\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM.png 814w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM-246x300.png 246w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM-57x70.png 57w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM-768x938.png 768w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screen-Shot-2025-03-01-at-11.10.44-AM-123x150.png 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/>1. Love Nolen. Can\u2019t believe still available at 26.<br>2. Williams is big and strong very versatile.<br>3. Knight plays angry which I love. <br>4. Shough is my sleeper QB. Great size but injury concerns.<br>5. Williams is a player maker. Zone corner type player. Like him a lot. <br>6. Hawks is a big kid. Nice hands and tough to bring down. <br>7. Travis has great size. Like him at right tackle. High IQ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UDFA &#8211; Sleeper<\/strong><br>DL Thor Griffith from Louisville via Harvard<br>Strong and great motor. Good rotational type player.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RamView contributors Tim Byrnes and Dan O. offer a breakdown on Shedeur Sanders and an updated Mock Draft with Matthew Stafford and Alaric Jackson back in the fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88795"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88802,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88795\/revisions\/88802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}