Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 989770)

In my opinion Mickey Loomis is a PR guy first and a football guy last. In light of that, I was thinking about how he would do PR cover for Ram going on IR, to soften the blow. Before Lattimore went on the IR he made a symbolic signing of Jason Pierre Paul for one week as a big name, even though Pierre Paul had not had more than a sack or two in years and was irrelevant. Then he announced Pierre Paul's elevation to the active roster at the same time as sending Lattimore to the IR.

So, I think I figured out how Loomis did PR cover for sending Ram to the IR. He probably knew it was going to happen well ahead of time, and time was running out to announce it so Ram could have surgery. So, Loomis passed Kamara in the hallway and noticed the slightest sniffles, like basically 50% of the country has right now. He turned to Kamara and said "your not practicing today, you are questionable." Walla, a couple days later the news is "Ram is going to the IR, but Kamara is now expected to play!" and instead of "not again" the narrative is "you win some you lose some."

I don't like Loomis, but I will admit he is good at PR. If we had someone good making all the football decisions, I would not mind keeping Loomis around to manage PR stunts when something the hard football choice isn't popular.

Originally Posted by BakoSaint (Post 989773)

"When you take a cast off from the Raiders and think he is your franchises savior that is a big mistake." - Terry Bradshaw