Happy Belated ZN! I was hoping it was this Saturday

I think Newton holds up better than Manning, defense being both teams strength.

I watched a couple of minutes of the Cheats Vs. Chiefs. Brady got knocked down instant flag storm, roughing the passer. Smith was hit late and much harder about 3 times and no flag. I told myself nope I seen this before.Might be less home cooking because it’s in Denver but it’s sure to bring up some bad Ramemories but Denver does match up with them well.

mfranke wrote:

Sorry to pretty much repeat the same thing I just posted at Rampagers:

I’ve got nothing but relentless negativity that would not be good for this or any other list or forum.
This team and this league have proven utterly unworthy of anyone’s support, in St. Louis or otherwise.
As for me, my fall weekends are going to be a lot different from now on.

To me, city and team are inseparable. I became a Rams fan in the name of proving that St. Louis was a good football town.
You know what? I was right.

–Mike

I’m sad to see you go Mike.You were a bright spot in all 16 games this year and that includes 9 losses.I have a suggestion and
only that but if and when you are ready. How about reporting on this asshole super rich owners class using your super power plus channeling the negativity into something useful ? Just a thought. Thanks for making those dreaded post loss periods a little better!

Zooey wrote:

The thing is, the NFL doesn’t want the Raiders in LA.

No matter what else happens, they are pretty deeply committed to that.

So that just leaves the Rams and the Chargers, and how that is going to work.

Maybe I’m wrong. But we shall see.

Please welcome your….. St.Louis Raiders

zn wrote:

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

. If a coach has no accountability

This is all “record” v. “context.” In my view he DID turn the corner, but 2014’s OL and qb injuries, plus the 2015 qb meltdown, delayed that.

That’s not not holding him accountable, that’s looking realistically at what happened. I am a context guy and always have been. To me the “just look at the record and shoot” method is just…nothing. I’m like Will Smith in the first Men in Black, during the test to determine who gets to be a MiB. Remember the shooting scene with the simulation? Quote below.

And Jack, I don’t see how inappropriately racializing the issue is even a tiny bit relevant. That’s just some talking head going off the rails.

Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y’know, he’s just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin’ in the gym and bust me in my ass while I’m on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I’m realizing, y’know, he’s not snarling, he’s sneezing. Y’know, ain’t no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I’m thinking, y’know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She’s about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I’d say she’s up to something.

ZN I’m not saying hold him accountable for the injuries , I do think he bears some responsibility for the “meltdown” though . I’m talking about all kinds of stuff, GRob’s head is swimming his rookie year and Fisher does the musical chairs with him. Starting 2 rookies and the still raw GRob and what the hell lets change to the zone blocking scheme that nobody’s run before. The penalties the penalties the penalties .Showing up in Wash.,Balt and S.F. with that team the one that looks like it doesn’t have a coach. MN,Balt, Wash, S.F. winnable games that weren’t won. The Bears game, that was ridiculous. Then there’s that Fisher thing where he brings in Cook and Britt from the after the contender day’s at Ten.Never did like Sherman as WR coach one constant is they never seem to run to the sticks and can’t catch it anyway especially when its 3rd down. Slants were rare as hen’s teeth but on the rare occasion they threw one it was unstoppable. Dedicating to run the spread in 13 and bailing a couple weeks in even though they were scoring enough points to have gone undefeated with ’15’s D. My view is it’s been misstep after misstep. He did build a contender but that team followed the same graph as the GSOT and was a lot less fun to watch. IOW the contender is singular not plural or multiple. My questions were serious though what is his job what is he accountable for what would warrant his firing?

Forecast for MN Sunday 4 degrees with windchill -teens so don’t put money on this one. If you want to go , they can’t give the tickets away,nobody wants to sit in the cold for 3 hours.

Kroneke cares about money not winning if and when he puts those two together Fisher is gone. You can give the guy 10 years if he gets above .500 it’ll be just dumb luck.

Honestly what difference would an OC make with Fisher as Coach ? Norm Chow could only muster the 21st Offense in the league one year! Fisher has said over and over he wants to run the ball take shots through play action and play great special teams. I don’t care who you get , there’s only so much you can do with those parameters. Boras has improved the OL and the last thing they need is another big shakeup .

Agamemnon wrote:

Who is Michael Bennett? Should I care?

He’s the superstar DE on the DL that had zero sacks today.

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He musta missed it when Gurley zoomed by him

Merry Winter Solstice !

I finally got a French feed going on the Britt bomb drive. I was thinking what the hell is this? the Bananas were killing the tomatoes. I watched later in entirety on my phone and GRob had a nice block on the first TA TD.They do have to be able to throw it for 5 yds. on 3rd down though. How many games could’ve been won with just that? ZN was right they did squeeze out a couple of wins and two games left. Well they have now equaled last year’s record at the very least. I tried to log in on the chat but sadly lost my feed O’ francez and failed to keep the diehard streak alive.

Some folks place more value on past performance. 2008 was a long time ago, more relevant for my view is 2009 through 2015 . The offense is historically bad.Injury has a lot to do with it but I think the philosophy of keeping it close and hoping someone can “make a play” and win it is fatally flawed in that it results in more injury opportunities on defense and even crappy offenses are always in it so luck plays a much bigger part in games with inferior opponents.