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October 1, 2026 at 8:23 pm #166502
wvParticipantCalculations.
Its not just concussions.
October 3, 2026 at 9:53 am #166535wvParticipantI enjoyed this. Also…Electric Football !!
“…the benefit of the fullback is…the passing game”
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vOctober 3, 2026 at 10:03 am #166536wvParticipant490, Cannae, McVay, McDonald…the famous Chief/Ram game…
October 3, 2026 at 11:28 am #166538wvParticipantFrom the vid above.
Seahawks got pressure 35.6 percent of the time (3rd )
They blitzed only 21.4 percent of the time. ( 25th)
“No other team has done that in modern history”
Seahawks also doubled the average NFL number of times they rushed only 4, but one of the 4 was not a lineman. (‘SIM’ pressure.) Ie., dropping a lineman into coverage and rushing a CB/S/LB.
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vOctober 3, 2026 at 11:50 am #166542
znModeratorVic Fangio’s young bul@Birdz4Lz
Its a trickle down effect when your team is bad in the trenches on OQB’s clock/progression scanning is sped up after repeated pressure, leading to pressing plays & out-of-whack rhythm
Weapons who been giving their all to get open now losing trust, begin running lethargically
October 3, 2026 at 8:39 pm #166550wvParticipantextraneous information
October 4, 2026 at 7:58 pm #166584
joemadParticipantI’m surprised that this is allowed by the NFL and The Rams… I’m in LA and the freaking 49ers are on local radio
The 49ers broadcast their games in LA on KABC 790 AM
Kronke has to put a stop
The San Francisco 49ers broadcast on KABC 790 AM in Los Angeles because KABC is an official regional affiliate station in the San Francisco 49ers Radio Network.
• Corporate Ownership: KABC 790 AM and the 49ers’ primary flagship station, KNBR in San Francisco, are both owned by Cumulus Media.
• Regional Reach: NFL teams often secure regional AM/FM broadcast affiliates along major transit corridors (like the 101 and I-5) to reach out-of-market fans and travelers across California.
Would you like to know the radio stations for the 49ers in other parts of California, or how to stream the broadcasts online?October 6, 2026 at 9:24 am #166663wvParticipantI suppose this is part of football history. More on C.T.E.
October 6, 2026 at 1:54 pm #166673wvParticipantIs the Guardian Cap a ‘scam.’ Sigh. This is a must-listen. NFL still being the NFL.
October 6, 2026 at 6:00 pm #166685wvParticipantCTE. We dont sell cigarettes to children – should they play tackle football?
October 10, 2026 at 7:58 am #166748wvParticipantA scorpion gave the Rams a super bowl. Unless this is A.I. bullshit. I dunno.
October 10, 2026 at 8:26 am #166749znModeratorUnless this is A.I. bullshit. I dunno.
The reason @kurt13warner's career never made a stop in Chicago is very unfortunate for Bears fans. pic.twitter.com/P8lxRDJDAQ
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) February 5, 2021
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from Kurt Warner tells crazy story of how a bug bite led to him signing with Rams over Bears: https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2021/02/05/rams-kurt-warner-bears-bug-bite-story-signing/80690699007/
It sounds ridiculous, but Warner has a true story to tell, and he shared it on Pardon My Take this week. In short, a bug bite prevented him from working out with the Bears before he signed with the Rams in 1998.
Here’s how he told it, which sounds like something out of a book.
“So I’m playing Arena Football and obviously I’m waiting for my chance. So the Bears call me and said, ‘Hey, we want to bring you in for a workout.’ As soon as I get off the phone, I go running into my wife and I’m like, ‘Honey, the Bears, they’re bringing me in for a workout this Friday. I’m flying, I’m going right now.’ And my wife just kind of gave me this look and I’m like, ‘What’s the problem here? Why are you not excited for me? We’ve been working for this forever.’ And she goes, ‘Dude, we’re getting married on Saturday.’ Blew off my whole wedding, didn’t even think about it because I just wanted to work out for the Bears. So I had to call the Bears back and say, ‘OK, sorry, I know it sounds stupid, but forgot all about my wedding. I can’t work out this Friday, but any other time.’”
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Warner and the Bears decided that he would work out the next week in Chicago, but Warner’s wife gave him a look again after rescheduling because they would be on their honeymoon. So while on his honeymoon, he and the team rescheduled again for a time when they got back from Jamaica.
This is when things get crazy.
“The night before we left, I woke up the next morning and my throwing elbow was swollen about the size of a grapefruit,” he continued. “To this day, we still don’t know what it was that bit me. They said it was maybe a centipede or a spider. They really don’t know. Of course, I had to call the Bears back again and go, ‘OK. You’re not going to believe this. Yes, the first time it was my wedding, the second time it was my honeymoon. And now, I got bit on my throwing elbow by something in Jamaica,'” Warner said. “And you can only imagine what was going on on the other end of the line, going, ‘Who is this dude? Like, we’re trying to give him a chance to make it in the NFL and this is what he comes up with three times?’
“And so, basically, after that, they hung up and they never called back and I never got the workout. And then about two weeks later is when I got the call from the Rams and flew in and did the workout and they ended up signing me.”
As you’d imagine, the story is better when told from Warner’s perspective, which you can see below.
October 11, 2026 at 11:31 am #166782znModeratorIt may be current but it’s history.
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Sunday thoughts on Colts Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon pic.twitter.com/mRFLP0JtEl
— Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) October 11, 2026
October 11, 2026 at 12:05 pm #166784wvParticipantIt may be current but it’s history.
>I agree with him on the Colts owner, but Cowherd’s never-ending celebration of big-money and corporate-culture makes me ill. He’s a fan of Bill Maher. He attacked Momdani during the NY election and mocked his ‘free busses’ idea. Etc, and so forth.
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vOctober 12, 2026 at 5:01 am #166809znModeratorKurt Warner@kurt13warner
the best “pure progression” offenses are based in defender read concepts, that they just give you a starting point!I def think there is an argument they make QBs think less, but is that a good thing & does it help QBs?
The argument “defenses are too hard” so we have to do this, is a dumb reason for doing it, IMO! But I def think you can design an offense always to give a QB starting points and teaching them when to stay there and when to get off right away… but at end of day that is reading coverage and not pure progression in its truest form!
Love to hear why you are for it and how it the big picture it makes a QB better?
Chris Ferguson@Cferg_17
I was Liam Coen’s starting Quarterback at the University of Maine.Although we installed “Pure Progression” Pass plays, I was never taught to just read 1, 2,3,4. I was always taught to read coverage and have my answers. I was never left to guess through a progression. It was always who can I eliminate now, where is the weak spot in the zone, who is the conflict defender, where is my best matchup, where is my hot, and simplifying the progression. We knew the coverages week in and week out, which led us to making faster/easier decisions on the field.
Kurt Warner@kurt13warner
Love this & exactly what I talked with TL about this week! They do a lot more defender read concepts – even if it’s called “pure progression”! And again I use the term “pure progression” in its purest form, if you are reading coverages and eliminating things based on it, that is full-field/defender read stuff, which is what I believe in!October 12, 2026 at 12:44 pm #166825wvParticipantDid you know – Matt Stafford was part of a 19 game losing streak.
Lions were 0-16 in 08. Drafted Stafford in 2009 and started him game one. Lions lost first three.
Stafford had 6 INTs in his first four games in 2009.
They won 2 games that year.
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vOctober 12, 2026 at 5:27 pm #166827
ZooeyModeratorDid you know – Matt Stafford was part of a 19 game losing streak.
Lions were 0-16 in 08. Drafted Stafford in 2009 and started him game one. Lions lost first three.
Stafford had 6 INTs in his first four games in 2009.
They won 2 games that year.
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vWow. Scary. He has 6 INTs in his first four games this year, and has won only 2 games. Coincidence?
October 12, 2026 at 5:53 pm #166829wvParticipantWow. Scary. He has 6 INTs in his first four games this year, and has won only 2 games. Coincidence?
Look, I’m not predicting the Rams will go 2-15.
I’m just saying, time will tell.
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vOctober 13, 2026 at 9:35 am #166849wvParticipantMike Ditka, the player. I did not realize how good Ditka was, back in the day.
“nobody knew what tight end was”
October 13, 2026 at 10:28 am #166854wvParticipantSuper Bowl One.
Jet packs. Shit-show.
October 13, 2026 at 11:12 am #166856wvParticipantWhat do Evander Hollyfield’s ear and Super Bowl One have in common?
According to Sports Illustrated, they are part of 25 sports ‘lost treasures’ …
The Super Bowl one vid above: “both NBC and CBS telecast Super Bowl One. (there were only 3 networks at the time), but after the game both networks taped over the game. (tape was expensive so it was a common practice). That is why there is no full network tape of the Chiefs vs the Packers: Super Bowl One.
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vOctober 14, 2026 at 9:17 am #166896wvParticipantThe Super Bowl one vid — NBC did a half-time interview of Bob Hope. It runs too long. NBC misses the second-half kick-off. So….officials made the Packers Re-Kick the second-half kickoff. Lombardi was livid. He played the game ‘under protest’ because of this.
The game was 14-10 at half-time, btw. Chiefs D-line was ‘the best unit on the field’ according to some.
Fred ‘the Hammer’ Williamson, a trash-talking DB for the Chiefs knocked two Packer WRs out of the game, before he, himself, was knocked unconscious, and broke his arm, near the end of the game. At that point many of the Packers sang “If I had a Hammer…”
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vOctober 14, 2026 at 9:44 am #166899wvParticipantAikman grew up in Southern Cal, a Rams fan. Liked Ferragamo, Haden, Harris…
October 15, 2026 at 7:00 am #166938znModeratorOctober 14, 1973
The Harold Jackson Game
Jackson and John Hadl — the Rams' potent new receiver/quarterback combo — smoke the Cowboys' secondary at the L.A. Coliseum, building a big lead and hanging on late for a 37-31 win.
Jackson catches four first-half touchdown strikes from… pic.twitter.com/3K4egEJQ91
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) October 14, 2026
October 15, 2026 at 3:20 pm #166948wvParticipantThe Brian Flores lawsuit documents: “polished and a good presenter, despite growing up in Brownsville Brooklyn (same as Mike Tyson). He was able to build a strong friendship with a billionaire’s son which gave him opportunities to socialize and learn how to build relationships with white collar and upper class individuals”
October 17, 2026 at 11:57 am #166971znModeratorOctober 17, 1994
Joe Montana's Final Magic Act
"Lord, you can take me now, I've seen it all."
The Classic Chiefs-Broncos MNF Duel
John Elway gives Denver the lead with 1:29 left, Montana then directs his team 75 yards for the win.
ABC's Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan… pic.twitter.com/86lY2t1azK
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) October 17, 2026
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