Wednesday, March 3, 2010

It was good to see D'Marco Farr NFL Total Access last night

As we all know, D'Marco Farr was one of our several defensive tackles on our 1999 championship team along with Agnew and Zgonia. He was our pass rushing specialist. A kid born in San Pablo California (just a little north of Oakland), who idolized Hulk Hogan, and played his college ball at the University of Washington. I remember him playing nose tackle for the Huskies, decked out his #49 jersey, which I considered very strange. #75 looked a lot better on him. D'Marco was our martial artist and pass rushing specialist during between 1994 and 2000. He is now the color analyst for the Rams' radio broadcasts. I am glad he has stayed connected to the team.

So, on to the good stuff. D'Marco gave us five take home points we should talk about:
  1. Farr said he is almost absolutely certain that Marc Bulger has played his last snap as a Ram QB.
  2. When diagnosing Bulger's collapse in St. Louis, Farr shocked many by declaring that it was Bulger's complete lack of charisma and leadership that was his undoing.
  3. Farr has been given off-the-record inside word by the organization that we have three players on their spot sheet: Suh, McCoy and Bradford. The intent is to perform a completely unbiased mathematical summary of all their grades. The kid with the highest mathematic index value will be the choice.
  4. When asked to predict who the Rams would select, Farr answered "Ndamukong Suh" without hesitation.
  5. When asked what the Rams would do about a QB, he stated that we would pursue a veteran QB, and select a QB in a later round.
Let's take it point by point.

Marc Bulger has played his last snap as the Rams QB. I know it is true. I understand why we are not in a rush to release him, but the fact that he has cleaned out his locker tells all. I don't know why Devaney would continue to posture as if he might yet remain the QB. He may execute this charade to avoid a look of desperation. Why pretend? I don't think anybody doubts Bulger is done. Maintaining a charade is a waste of breath. It would take an incredible reversal of fortune for Bulger to remain with the team in 2010.

Marc Bulger failed because of his complete lack of charisma. I find this to be a surprising statement. Marshall Faulk credited Bulger with a little bit more than this. I do know that Bulger was once a confident QB, and his play over the past two seasons has shown a complete lack of confidence. I think his charisma withered away and died with his confidence. I think it needs to be stated that it was his lack of durability that really killed him. Lack of durability lead to injuries. Injuries lead to fear. Fear killed confidence. The death of his confidence killed his charisma. I would put this at the tale rather than the head of the list.

Off the record inside word says we will pick based on a strict mathematical grading system, not need. In this case, it is utterly obvious that we will select Ndamukong Suh. The scouts are united in stating that Suh and McCoy stand head and shoulders above the rest of the class. It is only the need-based theorists at ESPN who push the notion of Bradford... mostly because this is the off season and they have nothing to talk about.

The Rams will select Ndamukong Suh #1 in the draft. Thank God for that! It is a perfectly coherent stance with point #3. It's logical, flawlessly logical.

The Rams will pursue a Veteran and select a QB in a later round. This is the best possible plan. I love it. Let's just hope it is Michael Vick and Tim Tebow.

I should also mention that D'Marco favors trading for Donovan McNabb. Let us thank God that this is completely unrealistic notion. The only reason we are even discussing it is because a local St. Louis writer decided to fire a petard.

Also, MSNBC is reporting that the Rams have not had any conversations with the Eagles about McNabb. Read about it hear. Burwell is blaming copyist errors for an overstatement. He still stands by a weaker version of his petard. We'll soon find out it was absolute bullshit.