Rams tweets etc. … 9/2 – 9/5

I’ve been saying it for a while. Young was Darnold’s achilles heel last year against the Rams D. Darnold did better when he could escape to his right unimpeded. Young was too fast to allow that. That is, until he had to play hurt, which includes the last 2 Seattle games.

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Byron Young made his greatest impact of his career last year

The Pro Bowler has a unique opportunity to garner even less (blocking) attention this year with the storm of Garrett & Donald. In a contact year for BY, the stats could be even more inflated. This Dline sure is loaded! pic.twitter.com/whf0fY2X9y

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) September 3, 2026

wv wrote:

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I’ve been saying it for a while. Young was Darnold’s achilles heel last year against the Rams D. Darnold did better when he could escape to his right unimpeded. Young was too fast to allow that. That is, until he had to play hurt, which includes the last 2 Seattle games.

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The Young issue definitely helped Darnold. But i also think Mike McDonald made adjustments after the Darnold-fiasco in the first game. For starters, i think they really worked on their run game.

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I didn’t mean to give the impression that Young was the only factor. The biggest factor by far was the Rams exposed secondary. But Young was A factor.

#Rams DT Braden Fiske was in a meeting when the Myles Garrett trade happened on June 1.

It hit hard because his best friend Jared Verse was the one getting traded out.

He tells me how that day unfolded: https://t.co/OW9PKeY2KD pic.twitter.com/NPYsmDtAwP

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 4, 2026

Brendan Kruse@BrendanKruse
In 2021, when the Rams were within one score in the fourth quarter, Stafford completed 76.9% of his passes, averaged 11.2 yards per attempt, threw 6 TDs and 0 INTs, and posted a 151.1 passer rating.

PFF@PFF
Best big-time throw to turnover-worthy play rate last season

Joe Burrow 9.00
Matt Stafford 2.23
Jalen Hurts 2.08
Jordan Love 2.00
Josh Allen 1.81

Scott Kacsmar@ScottKacsmar
#NFL had a record 7 new division winners in 2025.

None of those 7 teams are favored to win the division in 2026.

Everyone but Philly. We’ve never seen anything like this.

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If you had to pick a team to win the NFC, but you couldnt pick Seahawks or Rams,
who would you go with?

I think the Eagles scare me the most.

Lions? Bears? 49ers? Packers? Cowboys? Giants? Vikings? Panthers? Saints?

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I would have to see if the apparent progress in Dallas is real. That makes Eagles/Dallas games kinda interesting.

Brendan Kruse@BrendanKruse
Matthew Stafford reached 40,000 career passing yards in just 147 games … the fastest any quarterback in NFL history has ever done it.

Stafford threw for 4,446 yards, 29 TDs and only 10 INTs in 2017 — one of the best efficiency seasons of his Detroit career — without Calvin Johnson. Marvin Jones and Gden Tate were his top receivers that year.

Of the top 25 greatest WR seasons of all time, Matthew Stafford has been the QB behind 4 of them – something no there QBS can say. Peyton Manning is closest and was QB for 3 of them.

Of Stafford’s 74 wins in Detroit, 31 required a fourth-quarter comeback. That’s nearly 42% of every game he won there.

Stafford once led 8 fourth-quarter comebacks in a single season [2016]. The Lions won only 9 games that year.

Stafford’s first career comeback win came at age 21, when he threw for 422 yards and 5 TDs — while playing through a separated shoulder on the final drive.

In his first Rams season, Stafford had a 126.4 passer rating in the fourth quarter with 12 TDs.

Stafford has 50 career game-winning drives, fifth-most in NFL history … more than Dan Marino, Brett Favre, John Elway and Aaron Rodgers.

Stafford ranks 4th all-time in fourth-quarter comebacks and 5th all-time in game-winning drives — behind Tom Brady.

In 2021, when the Rams were within one score in the fourth quarter, Stafford completed 76.9% of his passes, averaged 11.2 yards per attempt, threw 6 TDs and 0 INTs, and posted a 151.1 passer rating.

Stafford’s 2021 playoff run included three straight game-winning drives to beat Tampa Bay, San Francisco and Cincinnati and win the Super Bowl