You can see that he just didn’t approach that ball correctly. He choked it.

I saw most of the second half. Love Clemson’s QB. I can see him being the top pick next year.

Please, no Cook. I do not feel good about him, and this decision not to compete at the Senior Bowl just cements it for me. I think he feels like he’s elite and doesn’t have something to prove. I’d rather have someone who wants to compete. That’s the whole point of playing the game, and your QB needs to be the biggest competitor on the team.

Donald made it great. Everybody else on that line is good to very good, but better because Donald is dominant.

The St. Louis response to Kroenke’s claims was well done, but I doubt that matters. Goodell is greasing the skids for moves by any of these teams. It’s up to the owners now.

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I didn’t really like the pick much at the time, but thought, OK, he must have a ton of upside. I see very little upside. When I think about this team’s future, I never give Quick a thought. Maybe he’d be a decent 4th or 5th WR on this team next year, but I truly expect nothing from him. He’s just not a legit NFL receiver,

Wasted talent.

Would love to have a consistent threat at TE.

William Hayes made himself a lot of money with some dominant games at the end of this season. I wonder how much tread he’ll have left on his tires after this year. I would like to have him back, but another team might throw some extra dollars at him.

This may sound crazy, but I think I’d negotiate a new contract with Donald this offseason. Get him locked up long-term at today’s price. It wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for the Rams, although it would be early. He definitely deserves a raise, and the Rams can avoid having to worry about handing out an even bigger payday down the road.

Nice responses, guys.

On Mr. KroenkeCo, yeah, he might not take anything personally. But, I’ve seen some corporate whackos make irrational decisions based on being dissed. “Cross me? OK, now you pay.” They never think they do it to their own detriment. But, I think it happens. In this case, SK is turning the Asshole Owner up to 11. How many owners flat-out refuse to talk to local media? How many would refuse to take calls from the Mayor and the Governor?

Really.

The tenor changed suddendly at some point. It may have just been the exact time that he realized L.A. was doable, and nothing else. That, I could see as well. But, man, the way he’s crapping on the city on the way out … smells personal.

Stan has taken a scorched earth policy.

This is in “Only in America” territory.

Only in America can you spend public dollars on a stadium for a privately owned football team — a lucrative venture — and be made to feel like your offer is totally unworthy of consideration. And that the NFL team is not supposed to assume risk.

At the same time, you’re supposed to ignore that the other project underway is ENTIRELY privately financed.

As for fan support, that argument was inevitable. Of course, it ignores that the Rams were historically bad before its rise to nearly mediocre … unfortunately, that “52% improvement” took place as SK worked to move the Rams to California. The only reason attendance was way down this year is because people in St. Louis found something else to do than to support a team that is trying to move away.

Now, if the argument is, I can make more money for myself and the NFL in L.A., well, yeah, so could most other NFL teams in the nation. As a group, the owners will approved this move not because it’s the right thing to do, but because SK already is moving forward with the stadium. He’s taking a huge risk with huge reward upside. In STL, he’d be assuming risk with little reward upside … but then again, he could have poured his resources into a great stadium and development project in St. Louis if he wanted to. I know that SK was looking at various local options at some point a few years ago. He was considering building in the St. Louis area. This was during the back-and-forth with St. Louis leaders over stadium upgrades. SK made one real offer to update the Ed, which everybody knew would be rejected, because why spend $700M on that POS? In the meantime, he was working other angles, including the LA area. When SK leaked that the Rams had a site in Inglewood that could be big enough for a stadium, I wonder whether SK was basically announcing his intentions to move, or if he was expecting local leaders to match that plan with something in STL that was publicly subsidized.

Any way you look at it, you have to admit that it’s about impossible to keep a team in your City when locally you have to spend public money, while the out-of-town option is all private money. That’s a very, very hard sell, and somehow the local team playing point on the STL project put together a proposal — very unpopular among a pretty significant portion of people in Missouri, but still a proposal for an upgraded stadium.

And, really, any proposal wouldn’t matter, because the poison pill that will kill any stadium in St. Louis is that the original lease said that St. Louis needed to upgrade its stadium to the top tier of the NFL. Well, no, St. Louis is never, ever going to be able to do that due to the huge stadiums that have been build in recent years, and the financial situation of the City of St. Louis, where the top two issues are crime and poverty.

I think we can see the writing on the wall here. I don’t know how St. Louis gets a new football stadium and keeps the Rams. I say goodbye to them. And, if they’re here next year, attendance will be down again, of course, and they’ll be gone the next year. SK isn’t trying to help grease the skids for any other team to take the St. Louis stadium deal. He’s gonna burn down every chance on his way out, in order to increase his chances of seeking (MORE!) fortune in L.A.

I’m telling you now, if this all plays out the way it looks to me, I just don’t know if I can support the NFL anymore. I’ll see how I feel after the dust settles, but I’m pretty sick about this whole process at this point. Billionaires holding up cities for public assistance … only in America!

joemad wrote:

Dak wrote:

Good stuff from Alyo.

I also think it will be nearly impossible to keep both CBs.

yes, can’t keep everyone, but a big part of the solid CB play the past 2 seasons is because the Rams have had a very good pass rush.

Yeah, that’s a good point. I like Trumaine better because he’s become such a good tackler, and has a nose for interceptions. With the D-line causing havoc, you’re gonna get some throws that could be intercepted by a corner like that.

Good stuff from Alyo.

I also think it will be nearly impossible to keep both CBs. We will have to say goodbye to some good defensive players, unfortunately. But, there’s good depth, and that’s the good news.

joemad wrote:

Keenum is not the most accurate and missed some throws… but at the same time, Quick, Britt and Tavon need to the catch the ball when it hits their hands…..it’s been years since the Rams have a had a decent receiver that can make a fucking play by catching a ball….

Also, and other double digit penalty day….. the lack of penalty discipline cost the Rams some winnable games this season…

speaking of penalties, shouldn’t PI been called twice on the Hekker’s floater to Marquez on the fake punt attempt or the horse collar tackle on Tavon? WTF… too bad Hekker didn’t deliver a better pass on that, but geez, throw a flag on that…. (BTW, During programe warmups, Hekker was under center quite a bit)

The broadcast team talked about that pass interference on the Hekker throw. The officals (gasp!) missed a call!

The penalties is what got me, too. Damn penalties. How many times does this team hurt themselves like this?

Having said all that, really, the Niners just played better, and if they hadn’t stepped on their own feet several times in Rams’ territory, they could have easily won this game. The Rams didn’t score a single point after the half, and only scored a TD due to a great defensive play.

With Berman, take Tom Jackson. That dude is in the pursuit of 0% analysis.

Sometimes, I get tired of the same old routine. Take breakfast. I’ve been eating greek yogurt with berries and bananas, lightly sweetened, and granola for probably 2 years. This past week, I’ve decided to switch things up. Found this awesome whole grain and seed bread and strawberry preserves at Costco. Been eating that with a couple of hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. I might do that for the next two years, unless they stop making this bread.

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PA Ram wrote:

zn wrote:

Jason La Canfora‏@JasonLaCanfora

League continuing to seek ways to end stalemate on LA and secure 24 votes for one of the projects (Carson has far more votes right now)…

How is it a stalemate if Carson has far more votes?

That means that they don’t have 24 votes for either project.