wv wrote:

Most of my favorites are from the old days. I think sometimes players make a bigger ’emotional’ impression on people when they are young.

i think that’s it. when i watch him play it makes me feel like i did the first time i watched the rams and fell in love with this team.

InvaderRam wrote:

probably not a hofer among them but a very solid foundation for a winning football team.

oops. forgot about puka there….

zn wrote:

ROT: McClendon, 5th round pick in 2023. That has to be the best 5th round in NFL drafting history. Rams 2023 5th rounders: McClendon, TE Dennis Allen, Nacua.

well. that 2023 draft class as a whole.

steve avila
byron young
kobie turner
warren mcclendon
davis allen
puka nacua
ethan evans

no first rounder. my goodness.

probably not a hofer among them but a very solid foundation for a winning football team.

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we must have the best pair of guards in the nfl. i haven’t looked at the entire list, but dotson and avila both rank in the top 5.

and then you got mcclendon at right tackle who ranks 11th and jackson at 7th. both among all tackles.

even coleman shelton ranks 9th among centers.

wow. and avila is the highest drafted player among the five. he was drafted in the second round. a testament to the players listed as well as the oline coach.

stafford and williams should be buying these guys some nice christmas presents this year.

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6885625/2025/12/13/rams-offense-puka-nacua-film-breakdown/

How Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua powers the NFL’s best offense: Watch

Robert Mays

Dec. 13, 2025Updated 8:44 am PST

Since arriving in Los Angeles, Puka Nacua has been off to one of the most absurd starts for any receiver in NFL history.

He needs fewer than 200 receiving yards to move into the top four all-time in a player’s first three seasons. Most of the other players clustered toward the top of that list were first-round picks who came into their careers with sky-high expectations: Justin Jefferson, Odell Beckham Jr. and Randy Moss. Nacua wasn’t supposed to be one of those guys as a fifth-round pick who burst onto the scene seemingly out of nowhere. However, his historically dominant start has been a perfect example of what happens when a special player gets dropped into a special situation.

Where players land coming into the NFL goes a long way in dictating the shape their careers will take. Nacua has an ideal environment with the Rams staff in Los Angeles to showcase everything he can do as a player. It’s a beautiful relationship. No team does a better job of marrying multiple ideas within its offense, and no receiver in the league has the multifaceted skillset that Nacua does to bring those ideas to life.

Nacua is the most fearless receiver in football.

The middle of the field isn’t the viper pit it was in earlier eras of the NFL, but it still takes some courage to work that area of the field with little regard for the huge collisions that can still come your way. Nacua plays like those defenders don’t exist. He never slows down, never lets up and never flinches on throws into traffic.

Nacua and coach Sean McVay are a match made in schematic heaven, but the marriage between Nacua and quarterback Matthew Stafford is one of mindset. Stafford is willing to make any throw into any window at any time, and on the other end, he has a receiver willing to attack those throws, with little regard for his own well-being.

The Rams have turned into the league’s most potent offense thanks to a receiver and a quarterback for whom no throws are off the table. There is an audacity to Nacua’s game that we just don’t see from wideouts very often. It’s made him one of the most special players in football.

By Robert Mays
Senior Podcast Host / Writer

In my head, Puka Nacua has the same personality as Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso pic.twitter.com/9YceqxUUz9

— Jeff (@TheFantasyEng) October 2, 2023

seahawks played them really well. only thing stopping the seahawks was sam darnold.

if rams somehow lose homefield advantage and have to play seahawks on the road i worry. their defense looked good and smith-njigba really hurt them.

wow. what a way to respond. i mighta been a little worried at the beginning, but rams pretty much dominated from start to finish.

big test of course next week.

the faulk trade was a pretty good trade actually.

zn wrote:

WMcClendon 84.0*

this makes me very happy.

turnovers and rams d getting bullied.

tough loss. best part of today was falcons losing again. but i woulda preferred a rams w.

the above clip where stafford just whips the ball sidearm around the wall of linemen is unreal. just a natural thrower. i thought he was all arm strength before. and his arm is for sure a cannon, but it’s so much more than that.

zn wrote:

When Mayfield went out though, Tampa had nuthin, and Rams took their foot off the gas.

yeah. i was hoping for another td in the second half. maybe a long drive with a lot of kyren williams ending in a decisive td. but the buccaneers’ spirit had been killed anyway. so it’s all good.

zn wrote:

The injury bug has bitten: Sean McVay announced the Rams are placing Higbee, Havenstein and Lake all on injured reserve

i think mcclendon should be fine. i’m hoping this is an opportunity for ferguson to get more reps and step up. losing lake hurts.