Our reactions to the ARZ game

Zooey wrote:

I actually left the TV to go do some other stuff right when Garappolo came i

Garappolo did not throw a single pass after he came in. They ran the ball 5 times with Ronnie Rivers for 27 yards to kill the clock and then Garappolo took the knee a couple of times.

Remember Howard Balzer from St. Louis? He covered the Cards in that city before the Rams. After the Rams moved back to LA he was hired in Phoenix to cover the Cards again.

This is the sardonic tweet he sent as the game was ending:

Howard Balzer@HBalzer721
Even Ronnie Rivers averaging 5.1 yards per rush

Anyway I know what you mean about Nacua. In he many ways he does not have the superb level of route running and finesse we expect from elite receivers, cause we’ve been spoiled (starting with the 80s, it’s been Ellard, Anderson to an extent, Bruce, Holt, Kupp, Beckham, and now Adams). But he is so clutch and has magnificent hands, he works sideline catches better than anyone, and is tough as they come. So he’s absolutely a pure receiver, just not the magic dancer kind–he’s more like a TE in a receiver’s body. Either way, he and Stafford have an uber level connection and he just comes through, he has hands like magnets, he adjusts his body in mid catch like nobody else, and there’s usually a lot of physical impact involved, either him being hit by defenders (or running into them) or hitting the ground outstretched to take the crash on the length of his body while protecting the ball. He doesn’t have perfect receiver skills in some respects but in other respects he has other high-end receiver skills in spades.

I like the vid of Verse on the sideline open mouthed speechless in astonishment at Nacua’s TD catch against Seattle:

@nfl

bro didn’t know how to act 😂 #jaredverse #pukanacua #losangelesrams #nfl #micdup

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