{"id":96736,"date":"2026-06-01T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96736"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:36:59","slug":"fanview-6-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=96736","title":{"rendered":"FanView: 6\/1\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_89497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89497\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-70x70.jpeg 70w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-144x144.jpeg 144w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/strong> <strong>Joe T., always working hard&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n<p>Kick it!<\/p>\n<p>As he was dying, Walter Jameson uttered, &#8220;Nothing lasts forever\u2014thank God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And neither do the rosters for your favorite teams.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m into Myles Garrett coming from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, I wasn&#8217;t into it for Byron Young, two #1s, and a 3rd\u2026and I especially wasn&#8217;t into it with Jared Verse replacing Byron Young.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out to be Garrett to the Rams for Verse, a 2027 #1, a 2028 #2, and a 2029 #3.<\/p>\n<p>Not against it \u2014as long as Garrett checks out as a locker room guy \u2014 he&#8217;s the meateater we were talking about back in January.<\/p>\n<p>Note: That #1 in next year&#8217;s draft is expected to be either number 31 or 32, and outside of quarterbacks, it won&#8217;t be a deep draft.<\/p>\n<p>My initial thinking is that McSnead believes Verse has topped out. And before paying him bigger bucks, they decided to give those dollars to a more established wrecker of QBs.<\/p>\n<p>It also tells me they&#8217;re high on Josiah Stewart and believe he pairs well with Byron Young as a running mate. And right now, both Young and Stewart are making third-round money.<\/p>\n<p>I was against Green Bay giving up two first-rounders for Micah Parsons. In every draft, you can find a wide receiver and an edge rusher\u2026but Parsons isn&#8217;t Myles Garrett. And if they believe this is the best Verse is going to be then the the price was right for Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams also have their future quarterback in Ty Simpson, so dealing a first-round pick is fine. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It also speaks to their absolute confidence in their scouting department. They know they&#8217;ll continue to find top talent outside of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>I like Verse a lot, and I&#8217;m not a big fan of Garrett\u2026 but feelings and nostalgia are not hang-ups with the Rams.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you have to make people cry.<\/p>\n<p>I had this column done three hours ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the old days, I&#8217;d write a hard copy column, and it would be relevant for days. Today, FanView was completely jejune before I could press publish.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so much more to this Rams story. The buzz on social media\u2014and it&#8217;s right\u2014is that the coverage guys they brought in (Trent McDuffie &amp; Jaylen Watson), and the depth along the front is such that double-teams are a high risk.<\/p>\n<p>Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske are going to feast.<\/p>\n<p>Early Winner in Myles Garrett Trade: The Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>Finally&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m rooting for Vegas, but if I had to put money down, I&#8217;d put it on Carolina in the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>Two plays stood out in the Spurs&#8217; Game Seven victory over the Thunder on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Luke Kornet&#8217;s block on Isaiah Hartenstein&#8217;s breakaway was amazing, and if a dynasty ensues, it will age into the realm of iconic.<\/p>\n<p>The other play came at the eight-minute mark when Keldon Johnson filled the lane on a fast break. Johnson met the ball at the spot for the layup. It was pure hustle, and great basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Who suffered the bigger loss? The Oklahoma City Thunder or Chet &#8220;Whereabouts Unknown&#8221; Holmgren? Kind of like his alma mater, Gongaga, Chet vanished in Game Seven.<\/p>\n<p>Question For UCLA Softball: With two out and two strikes\u2014how do you get caught taking strike three right down the pipe?<\/p>\n<p>The New York Mets have won five of their last ten and trail the Atlanta Braves in the N.L. East by just 13.5 games. They also have a better record than the Marlins, Giants, Rockies, Red Sox, Angels, Royals, and Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets are also just 5.5 out of a wild-card spot. Oh yeah, now it&#8217;s all coming together.<\/p>\n<p>#56\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sports seem to have gotten really political this first day of June\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1,303<br \/>\nEphesians 2:4-5<br \/>\njtbank1964@yahoo.com<br \/>\n\u201cRamView\u201d M-W-F<br \/>\nFollow Joe on X: @joet13b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Torosian Kick it! As he was dying, Walter Jameson uttered, &#8220;Nothing lasts forever\u2014thank God.&#8221; And neither do the rosters for your favorite teams. I&#8217;m into Myles Garrett coming from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams.<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96736","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=96736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96737,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96736\/revisions\/96737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}