zn wrote:

bnw wrote:

Don’t be so hard on the kid. This is the spellcheck not definition generation.

It means the kid can’t spell.

Kids not being able to spell is a problem for a teacher.

More so for the spelling teacher. That is why kids are socially promoted. I wish I had screen captures of the misspelled words for network TV news shows I’ve seen over the past year alone.

laram wrote:

bnw wrote:

wv wrote:

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Laramie

You can grind it out all day but it’s gonna take more plays which increases the odds for error.

If I have a superior pass game, I don’t need as many possessions.

We’ll see how it all plays out, but I’m usually pretty dialed in on the Rams.
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For someone who claims to be dialed into the Rams he’s missed the main goal (besides winning) of Fisher’s system. That is he wants a ball control offense to keep the other teams defense on the field and wore down by the 4th quarter. The assumption is our defense will be better rested and able to keep our offense within 7 points of the lead starting their final game winning drive while running out the clock.

I think even Ray Charles can see what Fisher wants to do.

Again a superior pass offense doesn’t need as many possessions to score.

Who were the rb’s for the last 5 SB winners? Quick name them??

Exactly.

Apparently Ray Charles sees a superior pass offense on the horizon? No one else does so grinding out scoring drives to keep a potent defense more rested for the final quarter makes sense to me.

Don’t be so hard on the kid. This is the spellcheck not definition generation. Hooked On Phonics would be proud.

InvaderRam wrote:

Then we must agree to disagree. Rams had the 10th pick overall. You think other teams found O-line help after the Gurley pick? I do.

that’s how teams stay mediocre. picking for need over quality. there was nobody on that offense that would keep a dcoordinator up at night. no one a defense had to game plan for.

at least now they have a chance with gurley to have that type of player. so i think it’s worth the risk.

Well we’ll find out. Addressing need via the draft isn’t a mediocre strategy. It’s how winners are made and sustained over time.

Zooey wrote:

bnw wrote:

Zooey wrote:

bnw wrote:

Again it doesn’t have to be an ACL. As serious an injury as an ACL. Any of those four enter the league as injured as Gurley? The Rams have such great need other places and RB wasn’t one. An injured one at that. Great expectations for TA which haven’t materialized is this deja vu? Is this what our draft board does for the offense? Will this extend the Rams streak of 11 years since a first round pick on offense has been worth it? This pick makes my stomach churn.

Whom would you have taken? Waynes? Peat? Parker?

I do not follow the draft unless our first pick is very early as to be reasonably predicted like Bradford first overall or Long at 2nd overall. RB was not an area of need. O-line immediately comes to mind.

Well, the next OL taken was Peat. And a lot of guys on this board don’t like Peat.

I don’t know, cuz I don’t watch college ball, and don’t watch film.

But my position is that criticizing the pick of Gurley is pointless if you don’t have a better idea.

I didn’t have Gurley on my radar AT ALL. He never occurred to me. But the only guys I liked the look of were already gone by the time the Rams picked.

So when they took Gurley, I looked around and saw nobody I could make a case for as a better choice. And the pick warmed on me.

Then we must agree to disagree. Rams had the 10th pick overall. You think other teams found O-line help after the Gurley pick? I do.

Zooey wrote:

bnw wrote:

Again it doesn’t have to be an ACL. As serious an injury as an ACL. Any of those four enter the league as injured as Gurley? The Rams have such great need other places and RB wasn’t one. An injured one at that. Great expectations for TA which haven’t materialized is this deja vu? Is this what our draft board does for the offense? Will this extend the Rams streak of 11 years since a first round pick on offense has been worth it? This pick makes my stomach churn.

Whom would you have taken? Waynes? Peat? Parker?

I do not follow the draft unless our first pick is very early as to be reasonably predicted like Bradford first overall or Long at 2nd overall. RB was not an area of need. O-line immediately comes to mind.

AP, ML,FT, JL. I wonder if any of them started their NFL with as serious an injury as an ACL? I wonder if any of them were projected as part time RBs?

wv wrote:

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Laramie

You can grind it out all day but it’s gonna take more plays which increases the odds for error.

If I have a superior pass game, I don’t need as many possessions.

We’ll see how it all plays out, but I’m usually pretty dialed in on the Rams.
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For someone who claims to be dialed into the Rams he’s missed the main goal (besides winning) of Fisher’s system. That is he wants a ball control offense to keep the other teams defense on the field and wore down by the 4th quarter. The assumption is our defense will be better rested and able to keep our offense within 7 points of the lead starting their final game winning drive while running out the clock.

I disagree with Costas due to the as you put it the “little bit of data” issue. It is the difference between the fluff of public relations and the substance of performance professionally in which integrity is expected. Brady’s performance was enhanced due to his lack of integrity. The NFL is not legally a sport. It is entertainment. Defategate proves better than anything else.

zn wrote:

The league punishes Tom Brady and the Patriots, not because of what they did but because it’s desperate to show itself as a rock of integrity.

Then they are ignorant of the meaning of integrity. MLB has integrity. Proving a conspiracy that has helped the passing stats of their QB and greatly lowered the rate of fumbling far below that of the rest of the NFL merits far greater punishment than a 4 game suspension for a proven conspirator who has profited handsomely because of it. What a joke.

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It sure helps to have the NFL commissioner in your back pocket.

nittany ram wrote:

Of course, he’s also gonna cheat again somehow so the league has to remain vigilant.

What a weird word to describe the NFL regarding this deflate gate. We are to believe the refs who checked the footballs before the game couldn’t tell at all the footballs had been deflated when the refs handle the football before and after each play? For an entire half? Only when the other team gets their hands on a Patriots football are the refs made aware? These same refs that are handling the other teams footballs too during the same half?

What won’t be looked into is the vigilance of the NFL in protecting the Patriots for 15 years.

zn wrote:

bnw wrote:

Yes, currently he is similar to the banged up wrecked versions of many former Rams RBs. That is all that can be inferred at this time.

Well this one is a judgement call and open to different views. I mean Peterson missed time with a knee, and Gore missed time with fractured hip. They came back and my bet is Gurley does too. Given that, who do I think he will be like? All the comparisons above work for me, except he also has a couple of things that are unique to him I think.

Banged up RB relying upon a questionable at best O-line. I’m not much excited about it. Some posts said he is getting caught from behind? What were his great attributes as a RB that gets the one in a decade spiel I’ve heard? Not as good as Bo Jackson, AP, Barry Sanders. Not as strong as Steven Jackson or Lynch. Not as elusive as Faulk. Sorry but I’m not seeing the case for the pick other than the low expectations for this team makes the gamble somewhat more palatable. Don’t forget he was playing on a great college team that steamrolled opponents. That isn’t this Rams team in the NFL. Then there’s the lets limit his play since he isn’t seen as durable enough to carry the load at RB so platoon him substantially with Mason and perhaps Cunningham too? I guess I need the Rolaids more than everyone else here although I don’t know why.

I hope for the best but I feel people are getting too far ahead with optimism considering he’s recovering from an ACL. If Mason ends up keeping the job what an expensive and waste of another first round pick.

Mackeyser wrote:

Understand… just for sending a text to the sideline, people have been suspended a number of games.

If Brady isn’t suspended at least 6 games due to this, the league has no compass.

This wasn’t a rule misunderstanding. He violated the integrity of the game.

In Baseball, if a pitcher changes the ball via scuffing or applying a substance, he’s not only ejected, but can be suspended and banned.

Would the Pats have won if they had these results at halftime of the AFC Championship game and ejected Brady like in a baseball game? Likely not…

Excellent comparison.