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bnwBlocked
Why is Goodell dumping the disciplinary aspect
onto the vice president, Troy Vincent ?What in the world should the League do about this?
I have no clue. I mean deflating balls is a clear violation,
but it also kinda feels…oh…somewhat ridiculous and ticky-tacky.w
vIt’s a huge advantage. Look at how few fumbles the Patriots RBs have compared to the rest of the NFL. Much better grip on an under inflated ball. Brady says he likes throwing the under inflated ball too.
Brady should be suspended without pay for the entire season. Draft picks for 2016 should be forfeited. An asterisk should accompany their Super Bowl win last season.
Goodell passed it on to Vincent because he is too closely associated with Patriots ownership.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedHealthy teams win isn’t an earth shaking observation.
True, but the notion that Unhealthy teams lose,
sometimes gets minimized. Maybe. Yes? No?w
vYes, I agree.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
May 5, 2015 at 9:39 pm in reply to: now that the dust has settled a bit, how do you feel about this draft? #24165bnwBlockedKind of like balls to the wall play calling?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedI am saddened by this news. T-daddy was a thoughtful guy and I miss getting his take on all things politics and business management and coaching wrestling. He was so proud of his boys, his family and the Captain Moe. Here is a pic of T-daddy in high school that he and I had a good laugh over. (He is the guy standing.) My sincerest condolences to his loved ones. He will be missed. Happy cruising my friend.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedHealthy teams win isn’t an earth shaking observation.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
May 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm in reply to: now that the dust has settled a bit, how do you feel about this draft? #24155bnwBlockedI forget what the Q stood for.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedInteresting about Gurley but dang it that ACL can easily end up would of, could of, should of. Got lucky with Quinn and he was healthy.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedNice one.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedWell I learned tonight that ACL injuries do not register on rose colored glasses.
If they’ve healed they don’t.
If you are drafting into strength then you can reasonably have that attitude. But this isn’t drafting into strength. So many needs and RB wasn’t one.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedACL. Injured past two seasons. AP has clouded peoples perception of an ACL injury?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedWell I learned tonight that ACL injuries do not register on rose colored glasses.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedNo one buys a lame horse and expects great production. Why a young man who has been injured each of the past two seasons is considered different is a head scratcher. Mason ran well when finally given a chance. Does this mean when Gurley can play they platoon the position? A part time player first round pick? Another Tavon Austin-ish pick?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedI always enjoyed the Leslie and Gerald area years ago. Some seriously hot summer days though.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedbnw, I moved your vid to the “stadium wars” thread. Hope that’s okay.
It is not. A warrant has been issued for your arrest.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedHidden video released of conversation between Kroenke and John McClane of Dave Peacock’s staff at the recent NFL owners meeting.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedThe sad part is that St. Louis has a really good plan with a vision … and could have no team to make it happen.
I’m telling you, my friends, that my excitement for NFL football is at an all-time low. Just don’t have much interest in this year’s draft, and it’s hard to get excited for a team that’s got one leg out of here.
I feel the same way. None of it matters to me if the Rams move and that is Kroenke’s plan by design.
I cannot think of an example the equal of it. While teams have left strong fan loyalty before, and have done so brutally, there is no equivalent in terms of stadium issues. When the Rams left LA, they were playing in a baseball stadium. The Raiders were playing in a stadium built in 1923. The Browns had a dismal stadium situation. And so on.
No team has left a city with a brand new stadium in the works.
This city (St. Louis) is being force fed a shit burger with the works by the NFL. It is more than the team leaving. The last 30 years of the NFL and St. Louis is unprecedented.
Bidwill moved to AZ claiming he needed the additional revenue from sky boxes and concessions and parking. He needed a new stadium for those revenue streams. So he leaves blaming St. Louis and his team plays 20 years in an oven masquerading as a crappy college stadium.
St. Louis loses its bid for an expansion team to Carolina and Jacksonville while building a new stadium. Loses to Jacksonville. Hey NFL how has that worked out?
Rams relocate to St. Louis but the dickhead forever LA based John Shaw insists upon a top 25% stadium venue clause while making a freaking killing on the very revenue streams Bidwill was demanding 10 years earlier.
With LA without a team NFL teams use the threat of moving to LA to leverage better deals with their city resulting in an unprecedented stadium building boom throughout the NFL which in 20 years forces into effect the top 25% clause for St. Louis with a new team owner who can afford such a stadium in St. Louis but chooses to spend twice as much money to build a stadium in LA.
St. Louis is forced to build another stadium with no guarantee of a team for the second time in 20 years while LA has continued to refuse to do so despite having many times the population of St. Louis.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
April 30, 2015 at 2:22 pm in reply to: John McClain Talks Rams, Fisher and the Draft | Jason Cole | Torry Holt – audio #23424bnwBlockedHidden video released of conversation between Rams owner Kroenke and John McClane of Dave Peacock’s staff at the recent NFL owners meeting.
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The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
April 30, 2015 at 12:37 pm in reply to: your relation to this season is…? same as usual? losing interest? etc? #23415bnwBlockedIt’s appropriate to ask this before the draft.
Some people I think are disheartened because of the move.
Some are getting worn down by Fisher—they have doubts about him.
Some (like me) are still the same optimistic idiots they’ve always been every other off-season.
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I’d be an optimistic idiot too if not for the impending move. I don’t know when the draft starts and I’m OK with that.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedThe sad part is that St. Louis has a really good plan with a vision … and could have no team to make it happen.
I’m telling you, my friends, that my excitement for NFL football is at an all-time low. Just don’t have much interest in this year’s draft, and it’s hard to get excited for a team that’s got one leg out of here.
I feel the same way. None of it matters to me if the Rams move and that is Kroenke’s plan by design.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedNFL home base is in NYC.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlocked“The Rams named a construction group Monday to build their structure along the north riverfront, but questions of financing and land approval linger.”
The Rams?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlocked1. Elite. Rare talent who also comes through. Or, for a draftee, a rare talent who looks like he will come through–has the intangibles plus the ability, looks like. Examples: Donald, Quinn, Warner, Pace, Faulk
2. Pro bowl talent. One of the 4-5 best at his position. Can verge on elite. Examples: Bruce, S.Jackson
3. Above average talent. Possible pro bowl. Should start quickly in year one. Above average career. Examples: Bulger, Fletcher, C.Long
4. Above average producer. Possible pro bowl. May not have all the raw physical skill you want but thrives on intangibles and technique. Examples: Laurinaitis, Proehl, Kendricks
5. Good starter. Should start within 2-3 years. Solid career. Examples: McCollum, Mike Jones
6. Average. Dependable but more as a cog in the system. The middle class. All good teams have them. Examples: McCleod, Gibson
7. Below average. Can get by with him if necessary but not a strength. Examples: Bajema, Vobora
8. Borderline NFL talent, camp body. Examples: endlessThis excludes guys where you’re not sure yet who could go up or down. And busts–guys who have obvious talent but can’t make anything out of it.
This is confusing since it rates players based upon potential or career apex. In other words you’re mixing two scales. Draft scale for potential in which the elite talent can still be a miserable bust. Player scale in which the players you listed are only at their particular ceiling, the height of their career. My 2 cents.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedI took notice is our game against Green Bay is on CBS, not Fox. That looks weird to me.
That is strange. A typo maybe?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedLast ‘home’ game on NFL network more than three weeks before the regular season ends so the empty seats and Kroenke Sucks signs can be carefully censored.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedI consider these to be the highlights.
When during all of this process do the owners get blamed for failing in their markets?
by Tom Bateman 3:21 PMBingo! I’ve frequently wondered why owners aren’t held accountable in these cases because of continued bad football.
And continuing on that theme Mr. Bateman, the Rams messed up the LA market in the late ’80s and ’90s, so the league allowed them to move to St. Louis and enrich themselves. So now they’ve messed up the St. Louis market 20 years later, now the league should allow them to move to LA and enrich themselves again? Why is that a good idea? Why should there be a reward for market incompetence?
by jthomas 3:23 PMAND
Hi Jim
The other NFL owners have always been jealous of the sweetheart deal the Rams received in coming to St. Louis. For twenty years they’ve reaped in revenue from the gate, concessions, advertising, etc. while paying only $250,000 in rent for the season, which is $200,000 less than the league minimum for one seldom used player on the roster. Do you think any of the other owners will view it as ungrateful to take revenue Kroenke has accrued from that deal and spend it on building a stadium in another market without offering a dime towards his current market’s stadium concerns? Or are they just licking their chops at the prospect of assumed large profit shares from the Rams in L.A.?
by mike 3:28 PMAgain, I don’t think Stan Kroenke has the votes yet to gain league approval for a move.
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The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedWill Kroenke install better plumbing in his Inglewood stadium?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedProbably a feint for the upcoming draft?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
bnwBlockedBradford injured again?
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
April 19, 2015 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Grayson, Hundley, Petty, Carden etc. … the qbs this year #22879bnwBlockedI would hate to see the Rams reach for a QB in the second round at the expense of another player. Getting Foles saved them from reaching for a guy early, IMO. If it was Bradford, Davis and Keenum they might have to roll the dice and hope. Of course Foles CAN get hurt, but he doesn’t have Bradford’s history at least. And this group of QBs doesn’t make you stand up and take notice. Last year was the year to grab one and they didn’t(not counting Gilbert). This year these guys will go higher than they deserve. But I would not take one in round two even if that means missing on Petty or Hundley or Mannion. I’d even be iffy in round 3 but we’ll see what it looks like.
Sometimes positions just don’t fall your way for a particular draft.
It’s a great wide receiver draft and a good lineman draft. That’s where I’d look.
Offensive line and wide receiver picks make most sense for need and perceived quality in this draft class so I agree and hope for Foles to remain healthy.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
April 17, 2015 at 6:18 pm in reply to: ESPN Reporter Britt McHenry Berates A Towing Company Employee #22801bnwBlockedBritt McHenry had a bad day. Maybe she’ll grow from this experience. She must have parked where she wasn’t wanted.
Well, I can understand anger and calling someone a Bozo,
or scum-sucking-cretin. That sort of thing.
But her little diatribe revealed an inner ugliness
that I dont like. I would not cry if espn canned her.w
vI like your phrase “inner ugliness” and agree.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
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