Draft picks and Free agents

Time for Billy DeVaney and staff to hunker down and pick some winners from the college draft and free agent lists.

I sincerely hope they are as successful as Spags and the coaches have been at getting the mazimum out of the players once they have been selected and are on the squad.

The next couple of years can be very pivotal in continuing the turnaround of the Rams into an contending team.

Offense

I think the 2010 seaon was an overall positive because there was progress made towards restoring the Rams to a contender.

The organization is aiming at getting the team to that status and keeping it there over the long haul. One area still needing work is the offense in that they still need playmaker wide receivers and a solid backup for Steven Jackson. Along with that, I think they need to loosen up the playcalling and make it a more wide open offense.

The Rams are on their way, and they have an owner who cares passionately about how the team and players are performing

Overall Success

Looking back on the 2010 season, I think we can measure it as a very successful campaign. The team came a long way in improving their offense. That improvement absolutely needs to continue, mainly to sustain that offensive push throughout the second half right down to the last play of the game.

The defense has been ahead of the offense under Spagnuolo, and at least partly, that may because his background is in defense.

 I do think Shurmur needs to get more daring on his playcalling, and that in effect applies to Spagnuolo also, as I suspect he has a hand in the coservative play calls. That needs to be fixed, and if Shurmur wont do it, hire someone who will get it done!