One game out of contention

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September 28, 2015 at 8:02 am #31361

wv
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There’s only two 2-1 teams in the entire NFC.
One is Dallas and they are in first place in the East.
And one 2-1 team is in second — or ‘wildcard place’: The Vikings.
http://www.nfl.com/standings

So, thus, consequently, ipso facto,
the Rams are only one game out of
the playoff picture.

So, cheer up.

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v

September 28, 2015 at 8:07 am #31362
wv
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…oh, and the Cards are favored, at home, by 6.5 over
the Rams.

We have them right where we want them.

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v
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schedule

at Ariz
at GB
bye
Cleve
SF
At Minn
Chicago…
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September 28, 2015 at 8:27 am #31364

Dak
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If I was a betting man, I’d put all my available funds on the Cardinals covering at home. I see pain in the desert.

September 28, 2015 at 12:05 pm #31373

wv
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Dak wrote:

If I was a betting man, I’d put all my available funds on the Cardinals covering at home. I see pain in the desert.

I dunno. The Rams were one play away from beating Pitt.
And Arizona is not going to intimidate them; I mean, its a division foe
so they know them well.

I could see the Rams hanging in there and knocking Carson
out, and maybe stealing an ugly win. I aint predicting
it, but I could see it happening.

I know what the rams have ‘been’ but I am not quite
sure what they can ‘become’ this season. I know posters
are mad and disgusted and all — but my gut/mind still
sees a caterpillar struggling to emerge from the cocoon.
Ya know. A spiny, slimy, striped caterpillar. Emerging.
Slowly. Just my opinion. I know others see it
differently.

…wait….do caterpillars emerge from cocoons or
is that moths. What do caterpillars emerge out of?
I forget. I’m confused. Nevermind.

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September 28, 2015 at 12:54 pm #31375

NERam
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wv wrote:

I know what the rams have ‘been’ but I am not quite
sure what they can ‘become’ this season. I know posters
are mad and disgusted and all — but my gut/mind still
sees a caterpillar struggling to emerge from the cocoon.
Ya know. A spiny, slimy, striped caterpillar. Emerging.
Slowly. Just my opinion. I know others see it
differently.

…wait….do caterpillars emerge from cocoons or
is that moths. What do caterpillars emerge out of?
I forget. I’m confused. Nevermind.

w
v

Good analogy, using the emerging caterpillar. One small point, however.

History shows us, concerning the Ram-Moths, that early success in the emerging period, (such as getting one leg out of the cocoon), and then failing at consecutive attempts to get other body parts out, leaves the poor Ram-Moth with a 1-4 record during the emerging period.

And then, by the time other body parts finally make their way out, the emerging period is well on its way to closure. And the Ram-Moth faces another bleak, frigid winter and certain death, leaving those who cheer on the Ram-Moth to contemplate what might have been. And sadly, looking forward to the next emerging period.

And all the while, the Patriot-Moths, and the Seahawk-Moths and the Packer-Moths flit about happily, with their bellies full and knowing that another emerging period has been successful.

September 28, 2015 at 1:12 pm #31377

Agamemnon
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Myth: a cocoon and a chrysalis are the same thing. In fact, the chrysalis is a butterfly pupa, which is a hard skin which appears after the caterpillar’s final shedding of its skin when it’s attached to a leaf via a silk pad spun by the caterpillar. A cocoon is just a constructed silk casing used by moths and certain other types of insects.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/a-cocoon-and-a-chrysalis-are-not-the-same-thing/

Agamemnon

September 28, 2015 at 6:03 pm #31381

wv
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Agamemnon wrote:

Myth: a cocoon and a chrysalis are the same thing. In fact, the chrysalis is a butterfly pupa, which is a hard skin which appears after the caterpillar’s final shedding of its skin when it’s attached to a leaf via a silk pad spun by the caterpillar. A cocoon is just a constructed silk casing used by moths and certain other types of insects.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/a-cocoon-and-a-chrysalis-are-not-the-same-thing/

Ok, well that confused me, more than i already was.
A cocoon and a Chrysler are different? Like
we needed a scientist to explain that? Geez.

Anyway, back to my meta4 — do you think the Rams
are more like an emerging Chrysler or Dodge Dart?

Oh, and as to NERam’s post, all i can say is
the Past is the Past. This is a new team
with a new QB and new talent, and perhaps,
a different future. Perhaps.

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v

September 28, 2015 at 7:08 pm #31383

Zooey
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In any event, caterpillars don’t come out of them. They go IN them.

A butterfly comes out. Or a moth.

So if the Rams caterpillar is coming out, we got a problem.

September 28, 2015 at 7:23 pm #31385
InvaderRam
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the thing they gotta do. absolutely gotta do. is get this running game on track.

foles is who he is. this passing game is what it is.

but get this running game on track. and there’s a lot of potential there. and i think the rams can turn this around.

i just don’t have a clue how to do that. gurley is getting stronger. mason is getting stronger.

but this oline still doesn’t open many holes. how long does it take for this oline to gel? if it takes another 4 games, this team is in trouble.
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