AD on Chris Long’s YouTube podcast…   very cool interview.

InvaderRam wrote:

who’s the worst clunker in rams’ history under the les snead regime?

Can’t complain too much about Lester’s draft picks…..

Tavon and Tutu….

Tiny Tavon over DeAndre Hopkins, Robert Woods, Keenan Allen, and Goodwin….

Zooey wrote:

49erland is confident. My sportsradio attention is pretty limited, but from what I gather, all the local talkers think the 9ers have this. I do not sense Homerism as a factor. They talk like we talked in 99. You know the whole, “Rams haven’t played anybody yet” thing that we endured all year long? These guys have a bit of that. Especially when it comes to Brock Purdy. They have watched every game he has ever played, and they aren’t having any of the “Purdy is a system guy” bullshit. There isn’t even any debate about it, afaik, within the ranks of the sports talkers. There aren’t any skeptics. Across the board, 9er-watchers believe Purdy is Legit. If JoeMad is around, I’d love to hear what he’s hearing. He’s also a Bay Area NoCal guy, and Ozone. I dunno if they watch/listen to anything, but that’s my 2 cents from where I’m standing.

yes, KNBR was nauseating last week..  even levelheaded Greg Papa on his daily radio show was going overboard the past 2 weeks.

They seemed to forget that the Ravens thoroughly kicked SFs ass at Levi Stadium and that the 49ers got extremely lucky vs GB and Detroit in the playoffs.

I’ll be listening to KNBR all fricken day this week…….  i experienced 5 SBs for SF…. I’ve seen enough of that…. I’ve seen this bandwagon evolve the past 40+ years and I’m tired of it…

BTW, I’m a huge Greg Papa fan , he started here in the SF Bay Area in the mid 1980’s doing play-by-play for the Warriors; he’s done play-by-play for A’s, Giants, Raiders and now the 49ers.   Excellent radio show and broadcaster….  he has siblings in the industry…. I think his brother does Buffalo Bills games, or some pro team from New York.

I listened to Papa’s play-by-play yesterday on the transistor radio…..his KC Touchdown call in OT was far from his usual TD call… very somber.

Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

I have no idea, but i lean toward that KC defense and that Mahomes guy.

Purdy keeps playing like a real QB, but he isn’t Mahomes. It would be terrible if Purdy ended up being the “next Brady.” A draft afterthought who keeps on winning. I will be rooting for the KC Chiefs, even though I am tired of them.

better to be lucky than good.. Purdy boy had 2 picks dropped vs GB, one of those should’ve been a pick six.  His overthrown ball in the Lions game bounced off a Detroit mask and landed in his receiver’s hands.

When you win games like that, it seems like it’s destiny for him….. Taylor and her Swifities better put a stop to this in Las Vegas.

Dan Campbell wasn’t kidding on his opening press conference when he stated that they would bust knee caps….

Rams gotta score TD’s in the red zone. A TD in those trips wins the game…

Stafford had a very very good game, but too bad he forgot where play clock was located in Detroit…. those were costly 3rd qtr timeouts

Going into the  game, I thought the Lions’ biggest weakness was Dan Campbell’s game management.  Today McVay blew it… even the last time out that he had left was used after the 2 min warning… choked.

on to 2024….

I was there, I thought Goff was going to pull off the upset. Ramsey picked him off on the goal line dropping the Lions to 0-8.

Rams defense has really grown on me this season, but they have nothing close to Ramsey in the secondary.

Rams have had bad juju in Detroit. Remember when the GSOT lost to Gus Frerotte and Johnnie Morton to hand the 6-1 Rams their second straight loss???

One major Rams’ advantage this Sunday, the Rams’ coaching staff, specifically play calling in crucial moments. I’ve watched almost every Lions game since “The Trade” ….Dan Campbell takes foolish risks that cost the Lions a lot of  games in the Goff era the past 3 seasons.

Rams 28-19 Lions (Oct 24, 2021) Game Recap – ESPN

Stafford throws 3 TD passes, Rams edge Goff’s Lions 28-19

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — — Jared Goff was under immediate pressure from Aaron Donald when he dropped back late in a one-score game. He threw to the end zone while being dropped, and Jalen Ramsey picked it off.

Goff didn’t need a homecoming game to remind him it’s much easier to win when the Los Angeles Rams’ stars are on your side.

And Matthew Stafford is still loving his spot on the other side of the current chasm between the Lions and the Rams.

Stafford passed for 334 yards and three touchdowns against his former team, and Ramsey made an end-zone interception with five minutes left in the Rams’ 28-19 victory over Goff and winless Detroit on Sunday.

Stafford and Goff both acknowledged high emotions in the first game since they switched uniforms in a blockbuster trade last winter. Their postgame reunions with former teammates and coaches were uniformly warm, but their new teams stayed on the same season trajectories with the Rams’ (6-1) narrow win.

“Am I happy it’s over with? Yeah,” said Stafford, who passed for 45,109 yards and never won a playoff game in his dozen years in Detroit. “Got a lot of great friends, got a lot of people that I care about that are on that team or from that city, and just just glad to have this one over with. Can put the storylines away and just go out and play football the rest of the year, and just enjoy it.”

Goff passed for 268 yards and led the Lions (0-7) within striking distance of an upset before falling heartbreakingly short. Afterward, Goff chatted with his former teammates and exchanged pleasantries with coach Sean McVay, who slapped his former quarterback’s helmet after their hug.

“I didn’t think about it until after, but there’s a lot of guys I never saw after the trade,” Goff said. “Being able to see them and say hello and catch up for two minutes was good. It was healthy. And then once the game started, it was very as usual. It really felt like any other game.”

That was bad news for the struggling Lions and good news for the Rams, who hung on despite a litany of mistakes.

The Rams led 25-19 when Goff drove the Lions to the Los Angeles 12 while converting four third downs. But Ramsey came up with his latest game-changing play on his 27th birthday while Goff was being hit by Donald, the Rams’ other 2020 All-Pro.

“Those two guys are the best at their position for a reason, and made a great play on us,” Goff said.

Goff still hasn’t won an NFL start without McVay as his head coach, falling to 0-14. McVay declined to say much about his postgame conversation with Goff, but the coach praised his replacement.

“He was great in the clutch,” McVay said of Stafford. “And really, even when things weren’t going well, he just stays nice and even-keeled, and that’s what a great quarterback does. He’s our leader.”

Cooper Kupp had 10 catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns for the Rams, including the go-ahead score with 13:59 left. Van Jefferson also caught a scoring pass from Stafford, whose first TD pass to Kupp was the 300th of his NFL career.

“Detroit’s a tough out,” Stafford said. “Always have been, probably always will be. Just happy to get one.”

D’Andre Swift made a 63-yard catch-and-run TD on the opening possession for the Lions, who lost their 11th straight game despite jumping to a double-digit lead in a rare strong start. Kalif Raymond had six catches for 115 yards.

Austin Seibert kicked four field goals in a superb special teams game for the Lions, who also recovered an early onside kick and ran two successful fake punts.

But the Rams kept Goff’s offense out of the end zone in the final 57 minutes as they rallied from an early double-digit deficit and improved to 42-0 with a halftime lead under McVay.

“This is a different caliber team,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said of the Rams. “This is a team that’s been built over years, and they’ve got some weapons. We actually didn’t make as many errors as we’ve made. We gave ourselves a chance.”

The Lions’ opening drive produced their first touchdown in the first half since Week 2. Goff read a blitz and threw a short screen pass to Swift, who scampered through the secondary.

Detroit then got to snap the ball with a lead for the first time all season when it embarrassed the Rams’ special teams twice, recovering an onside kick three plays before punter Jack Fox completed a fourth-down pass.

Stafford eventually led three scoring drives in the first half, but Detroit led 19-17 late in the third quarter. Stafford converted two long third downs before finding Kupp for a TD early in the fourth.

Robert Woods, who had six catches for 70 yards, took in the 2-point conversion for a six-point lead.

MONSTER KUPP

Kupp’s immediate connection with Stafford is becoming historic: He is the first player in the Super Bowl era to record more than 800 yards receiving and nine TDs in his team’s first seven games.

OLD FRIENDS

Along with the numerous reunions for Goff and Stafford, stalwart defensive tackle Michael Brockers also had warm pregame meetings with several ex-teammates. He spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Rams.

INJURIES

Rams rookie CB Robert Rochell injured his knee in the first half.

Lions LB Trey Flowers injured his knee in the second half. … DB AJ Parker injured his shoulder in the second half.

UP NEXT

Lions: host Eagles on Sunday.

Rams: at Texans on Sunday.

Carson Wentz vs Sam Darnold won’t be bad to watch…

I don’t see the Rams starting Stafford or Kupp or AD… do you?

I don’t see the 49ers starting Purdy, Kittle or Deebo.

Ben Skowronek, Tutu, Austin Trammel, Royce Freeman, Ronnie Rivers….  this is your chance to shine. ….

that’s too bad, i wanted to see Kyren’s mom get to snatch another ball from an opposing fan in the stands…..   She rightfully snaked that ball away from Saquon Barkley fan last Sunday in East Rutherford…..

A 10-7 record would be nice to see.

That’s right zn, the Rams choked, thankfully the Giants choked even more…

East coast road wins are never easy…

Yes, Stafford made great throws and created / extended plays .  He’s been playing great.

Jones early sack got the defense rolling

Fuller’s pick kind of sealed it.

Saints don’t quit, they had late game fireworks against the Lions and Jags that came up short. Saints are not a bad team.

Rams looking pretty complete….. but do you folks have confidence in this kicker? Not me.

JackPMiller wrote:

zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

I feel if we win our last 5 games, making the playoffs, would be great, but not a guarantee we make the playoffs. But, it will give us a chance. Winning 4 out of our last 5, we will need help, to make it into the playoffs. I’m going off, on what I see.

Not sure if this is clear in the discussion but the Rams have 4 games left, not 5. To me it looks like they get in if they win 3 of their last 4.

My bad. My brain is not there. There are 4 games. I do feel we need to win 4 straight. Winning 3 out of 4, we still will need some help. No guarantee.

i may have added to this 4 vs 5 game ambiguity on my game reaction thread to the Raven’s game.   I stated that the Rams play Washington next week, thus  next week, the Rams are in position to win 4 of their last 5 games that they played. e.g, if the Rams beat the Commanders next week, they can claim that they have won 4 of their last 5 games that they recently played.

The Rams should’ve won that freaking game yesterday. Minnesota scoring 3 points to seal a win in Vegas yesterday didn’t help the Rams either.

Go New York Tackle Football Giants… they need to beat the Packers tonight.

These segments are very very cool.

Ellard states that he returned punts early in his career to get chances to touch the ball more often since they had Dickerson in the backfield is a very nice way of saying our QBs sucked before the Jim Everrett era…..

200+ receiving yards against Dickerson’s Colts….and he felt bad for Dickerson.

#80 Ellard

You’re right IR, Joe Flacco was picking the Rams apart, until he got picked.

Rams Oline played great today….I don’t recall Stafford getting sacked today against that great Cleveland pass defense.

Rams face the original Cleveland Browns next…. The Ravens in Baltimore. Bring ’em on

Crows used to piss me off, loud gawking. swarming packs, ….. they’d tear up patches on my lawn to eat grubs, especially this time of year,  but the destruction they do to my manicured grass usually turns out to be beneficial to my lawn with the help of their natural lawn aeration ability.

I have some odd crow experiences…., they’re a trip, but we coexist… i pretty sure that the resident crows in my neighborhood know me and for the time being they actually like me….but i don’ think they always did like me… i suspect that they must’ve known that i owned a Crosman 760 as a kid and that I might have had an impact on prior crow generations.

Based on what you shared, i’m going to talk them much more frequently.

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I don’t know how the Rams won that game

Glad that kicker for Seattle missed.

on to Arizona

4-6

Ryp got ripped

Rams cut his ass