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June 15, 2026 at 11:55 am #164470
znModeratorfrom Albert Breer: https://www.si.com/nfl/albert-breer-takeaways-rising-quarterback-salaries-myles-garrett-kyler-murray#inline-text-19
Nicole Blake has moved up the ranks quickly with the Rams.
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After graduating from Duke, Nicole Blake entered the NFL’s rotational program, then went to get her MBA from Stanford. During the 2020–21 academic year, her first there, she took a class taught by ex-Sixers GM Sam Hinkie, who brought Demoff in to speak at a time when all class sessions happened over Zoom. Blake was part of the presenting group in the class, and as her group presented, Hinkie sent a message over to Demoff saying that Blake wanted to work in the NFL. One problem: The message, intended to be private, went to the whole class.
It was the sort of screwup that was pretty routine for the time. But soon enough, Demoff connected Blake with Snead and Pastoors, telling them how smart she was and that she loved football and, “if we’re a good organization, we should be able to figure this out.”
She interned with the Rams in the summer of 2021 and was hired the next year to work alongside Jake Temme under director of scouting strategy James Gladstone. Last year, she essentially replaced Gladstone when he landed the Jaguars’ GM job and took Temme with him to be Jacksonville’s senior VP of football analytics.
That rise, of course, seems pretty meteoric—from business school four years ago to being a top-level executive for an NFL power. But it has been earned, too. Blake has shown a lot of the things Gladstone did in being able to blend scouting, analytics and coaching into a collective vision for what the Rams are looking for. She also has provend herself a great communicator with a great demeanor, and she has earned the full respect of McVay.
Nicole Blake has moved up the ranks quickly with the Rams. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Anyway, I had someone tell me last week when I was asking around about her that she’d be the NFL’s first woman general manager.She’s definitely not the only one in the running to earn that distinction. But to those she has worked with, she has shown over and over again she belongs on that list.
June 15, 2026 at 3:00 pm #164475znModeratorAdam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Atlanta Falcons defensive end James Pearce Jr. returned to the team’s Flowery Branch training facility today for the first time since being charged with aggravated battery and fleeing law enforcement on Feb. 7.. Pearce is expected to take part in this week’s mandatory minicamp, but he is not anticipated to address the media.Me note: this is of course the player Atlanta traded up with the Rams to get in 2025. That’s the #1 pick that landed Ty Simpson for them.
June 15, 2026 at 8:56 pm #164479znModeratorRams Wire@TheRamsWire
Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.June 16, 2026 at 12:18 am #164480
ZooeyModeratorRams Wire@TheRamsWire
Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.WTF do they call it, if not home?
June 16, 2026 at 12:27 am #164481znModeratorRams Wire@TheRamsWire
Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.WTF do they call it, if not home?
If it were ONLY the Rams. That is, no Chargers. (He wasn’t very clear.)
June 16, 2026 at 12:43 am #164482ZooeyModeratorRams Wire@TheRamsWire
Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.WTF do they call it, if not home?
If it were ONLY the Rams. That is, no Chargers. (He wasn’t very clear.)
Am I to understand that if it were up to the Los Angeles Rams, SoFi would have natural grass, but the fucking Chargers won’t have it? And they have a vote?
The Chargers, last I understood, were leasing their presence at SoFi for $1/year. And THEY have the final say in this?
That doesn’t seem right to me.
June 16, 2026 at 12:55 am #164483znModeratorAm I to understand that if it were up to the Los Angeles Rams, SoFi would have natural grass, but the fucking Chargers won’t have it? And they have a vote?
No.
It’s that with 2 teams in the same stadium, you do not have any non-home games to repair a grass field and keep it in shape. SO-FI hosts an NFL game every single week and therefore there is no breathing space to tend and keep up a grass field.
June 16, 2026 at 1:04 am #164484znModeratorSūmerSports@SumerSports
2025 QB EPA/play when blitzed (min. 100 plays):1. Drake Maye: 0.33
2. Jordan Love: 0.32
3. Lamar Jackson: 0.30
4. Matthew Stafford: 0.27
5. Caleb Williams: 0.27
6. Bo Nix: 0.27
7. Jared Goff: 0.24
8. Trevor Lawrence: 0.22
9. Dak Prescott: 0.16
10. Josh Allen: 0.15June 16, 2026 at 7:01 am #164486
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Albert Breer says he’s heard that if only the Rams called SoFi Stadium home, the field could be grass instead of turf.WTF do they call it, if not home?
I interpreted as more of the usual bullshit. Its not about the chargers, its about all the other activities that take place there. The plastic grass makes it easier to make money on all the other stuff. At least thats what they usually say.
The players of course, have the power to organize, dismantle capitalism, and get themselves concussions on natural grass, but they have been distracted by….all that money they make.
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vJune 16, 2026 at 10:45 am #164494znModeratorI interpreted as more of the usual bullshit. Its not about the chargers, its about all the other activities that take place there. The plastic grass makes it easier to make money on all the other stuff. At least thats what they usually say.
Outside of football season, So-fi books events an average of 30 to 45 major non-football events annually. That’s according to one source (another source has an implausibly larger number). According to yet another source, that’s a lot more non-football events than you see in other NFL stadiums around the league. But then, major MLB stadiums like with the Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox host multiple non-baseball events annually, and they all use grass not turf.
30 to 45 major non-football events annually is a lot, but in addition to that, as I say above, So-fi is the only other stadium (besides MetLife in NY) that hosts a football game every single week of the season. The Rams themselves, according to Farrar, would make it a grass stadium if they had a normal NFL schedule, where half the games are away, so the stadium is not in use every single week. Baseball shows that you can host other major events outside the sport and still have a grass field. The problem with football is that the game damages grass fields, which requires maintenance. Maintenance is harder if every single week your stadium hosts a home game.
Now it could be that the Rams who told Farrar that are just making excuses. Can’t rule that out. But still, I think the “home game every week” model does cause issues.
June 16, 2026 at 1:07 pm #164495znModeratormore on this
from Albert Breer, https://www.si.com/nfl/albert-breer-takeaways-rising-quarterback-salaries-myles-garrett-kyler-murray#inline-text-65
SoFi Stadium (named Los Angeles Stadium for the World Cup, which is another story) hosted the U.S. team on Friday night and the grass glittered for the Americans’ rout of Paraguay. The translucent roof, believe it or not, allows for enough sunlight to effectively grow grass in the indoor stadium. And I’ve heard that if the stadium were a one-team stadium—if it had been just the Rams there—then they very well may have gone with a grass surface.
June 16, 2026 at 2:03 pm #164497ZooeyModeratorOn television, during the World CUp, they have been calling it Los Angeles Stadium, not SoFi.
June 16, 2026 at 4:51 pm #164501wvParticipantOn television, during the World CUp, they have been calling it Los Angeles Stadium, not SoFi.
Yeah, somewhere around here there’s a vid saying the World Cup powers-that-be required the corporate names to be eliminated on all the U.S. stadiums.
Its fantastic.
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