Rams tweets etc. … 1/30

ACL injuries down 25 percent.
Achilles tears up 13.5 percent.

I wonder what the explanation is?

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zn wrote:

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ACL injuries down 25 percent.
Achilles tears up 13.5 percent.

I wonder what the explanation is?

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Achilles, it turns out, just cries a lot. Or, to use the vernacular, he tears up. Not sure why that counts against the NFL. He’s Greek.

The Greeks are a bunch of snowflakes. Always slathering themselves in olive oil, wrestling other men in the nude, and waging 10-year long wars over infidelity.

So when Achilles tears up 13.5%, you know something semi-gay is going on.

zn wrote:

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/01/30/rams-players-who-regressed-the-most-in-2025/88433085007/?taid=697cfc5094daca0001149f2a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

P Ethan Evans

The Rams will take a long and hard look at special teams this year after the poor season this unit had. They already changed special teams coordinators with Bubba Ventrone now at the helm and the jury is still out on what to do with kicker Harrison Mevis.

That leaves Evans, who didn’t look as good in 2025 as he had in years past. For one, Evans’ Pro Football Focus grade dropped from 79.1 in 2024 to 67.9 in 2025. His yards per punt remained steady (around 46 yards), but he had a much lower rate of punting the ball inside the 20-yard line (40.0%) in 2025 than he did in 2024 (54.5%).

C’mon. Evans is fine. What… he had one bad punt this year? Two?

I’m not looking for a replacement for Evans, if I’m the ST coach. There are bigger issues somewhere else.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

C’mon. Evans is fine. What… he had one bad punt this year? Two?

I’m not looking for a replacement for Evans, if I’m the ST coach. There are bigger issues somewhere else.

I think he trailed off.

It could have beeb asking him to do kickoffs. Some think that the new tricky kickoff style Rams used for a bit got to Karty too.

His production trailed off.

But when you get only 3 or so plays a week, one or two kicks that don’t work out can change everyone’s perceptions very quickly.

I do not think Evans is a weakness. If I was the new ST coach, I’d be focused on blocking, both on kicks and returns, and I would want to get somebody who is more reliable (and dangerous) as a returner.