Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Matt Harmon and NFL analyst Nate Tice discuss their concerns for the Los Angeles Rams due to the amount of player injuries the team is dealing with going into Week 3. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Matt, your take was the Rams of Los Angeles will finish last in the NFC West.
Why are we feeling about that right now?
Yeah, let me go ahead and double down on that right now.
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Here’s, here’s some real 301 level analysis for you people.
If all your players get hurt, your team’s gonna be bad.
Um It’s, it’s honestly, I, I, if I was a Rams fan, I don’t know how I wouldn’t be going insane right now with the way this season.
So I honestly, if I was Sean mcveigh, I don’t know how I would be going insane right now.
You know, much has been made, you know, mcveigh is like reinvestment coaching and, and, and get, you know, get finding himself as a coach again and, and investing in these young players uh after potentially wanting to walk away from the game after 2022.
And if I was him, I’d be like, oh God, maybe never mind after, after the way this season has started, man, because how could you not be so frustrated that you remake your whole identity in the off-season as this power football team, you know, with these receivers who block these receivers who are very, very singular, you know, Cooper Cup, I have always said since he’s coming to the league has one of the most singular receiver roles in the NFL.
Nobody really plays a position quite like Cooper Cup.
Um And then obviously, pua last year, he has al almost 1500 yards and it’s not doing it in these like phenom ways.
It’s, it’s almost being like a dirty work type of player.
And then you double down that this off season, you get another running back in the draft, you invest in the offensive line and three weeks into the season, it’s all gone to, man.
I mean, you’ve got to ask you their IR list is outrageous.
I they’re gonna start running out of spots, man.
I mean, Steve A beal is on Ir um Connor mcdermott’s on IR backup, a backup tackle.
They’re talking about putting Cup on Ir Pua is on Ir um, you know Joe Nou who is a backup tackle, he’s on Ir Jonah Jackson’s dealing with an injury now too.
It’s like, oh thank God, we get a LA Jackson back off his suspension.
We we freaking need him here.
So this take is twofold as to why I’m doubling down one.
It is.
Yes, I’m just concerned that the Rams are already out of players and we’re walking into week three.
I’ve really loved what I’ve seen out of the Seahawks.
I know you were, uh, higher on them maybe than I was this season.
I think you picked them to go to the playoffs.
I did not, uh, after the first two weeks of the season, I’ve definitely been extremely impressed with what I’ve seen out of Seattle and obviously with the way the Rams are going.
Yeah, I, I think they finished last in the division.