V-8 engine roars and other great takeaways from Rams-Cowboys joint practice

(4) - DB Kamren Kinchens looks loaded for the 2024 NFL season

Yes, I have been a big-time believer in the upside of rookie defensive back Kamren Kinchens, and this rookie sensation has done nothing but confirm that he is a play-maker in the Rams secondary. That is pretty amazing stuff, considering he is fighting for playing time behind two other very solid safeties in veteran DB Kamren Curl and the can-do-it-all veteran safety, John Johnson III.

The Rams loved the way that Kamren Kinchens was able to snatch footballs out of the air as though they were purses hanging off the arms of little old ladies at a shopping mall. But now that they have him on the roster, they are discovering that his hard-tackling son-of-a-gun is elevating the overall performance of this secondary.

Kamren Kinchens hits hard. Really hard. So hard that he is getting noticed for his physicality in joint practices by NFL analysts looking for highlights to share about great catches. Instead, they all seem to point their smart phone cameras at Kinchens when he makes another outstanding physical tackle.

Many Dallas Cowboys reporters were equally impressed with the rookie's physicality. That is truly saying something, because this is the time of the NFL season with hyperbole and grandstanding claims about players with stars on their helmets. But on this day, the oohs and ahhs were all about the young defensive back with Horns on his helmet.

A rookie defensive back whose impact was like butting heads with a Big Horn ram:

I know that the team will start Kamren Curl and John Johnson III. But at some point, Kamren Kinchens will show up in such a big way that coaches will find it impossible to put him back on the bench. He is more than a ball-hawking defensive back. He is the type of safety who fans will cheer for once more.

And yes, we have more to go.