zn wrote:

And I think it was Brady who said this. His super powers that make him something more than just a solid receiver are “in the phone booth” type skills. Hands, sheer combative will, extraordinary body control, quick thinking, pure athleticism, timing, instantaneous reactions–-all combined, all in the phone booth space at the moment of the catch.

but again the same can be said for kupp. as well as this kupp had the same kind of physicality and attitude that made me worry about his durability. yet i don’t quite get the same feels as i do with him. and i’m not quite sure why that is. maybe it’s cuz kupp was much more of a technician. a professional. not that nacua doesn’t work at his craft. but when he’s out on the field it’s like he’s just having fun as opposed to kupp where it was much more cold and analytical. precise. i don’t know.

wv wrote:

Well, he’s definitely a throw-back. An old-school 70’s kindof receiver. Tough as nails, fearless, reckless. “A rolling ball of butcher knives”. Charley Taylor, Andre Reed come to mind.

some of it is definitely that. but there’s something more. kupp is also that same type of throwback receiver, but he didn’t evoke the same type of emotion. maybe it’s cuz he looks like an overgrown kid just out there playing football. i’m not quite sure what it is.

it was a bad call. oh well.

zn wrote:

Nacua is beyond ridiculous. It’s like virtually every catch now is clutch and shows off his hands and body control.

the only other rams receiver i felt this way about is isaac bruce. not even torry holt as great as he was. he just seems… inevitable.

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zn wrote:

It won’t be completely universal–there will still be some who, even after all these year, remain unable to get over the Bettis trade.

first but not the last time my heart was broken by the rams.

zn wrote:

The NFL has no plans to require natural grass fields across the league with the league’s chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills saying there is no “statistically significant differences” in lower extremity injuries or concussions that can be attributed to the type of playing surface or a specific surface despite widespread preferences from players for grass fields and complaints about surfaces such as the one at MetLife Stadium where the New York Giants and Jets play.

i’d like to see what an independent party would have to say about that.

could the players union sue the nfl and take it to court? honest question.

from what i can tell turf would cost the nfl 1-2 million dollars every ten years to maintain vs 1 million per year for grass.

compared to how much revenue each team generates that can’t be much. not only that but the chargers play in sofi. the bruins may very well end up playing there. why not split the cost?

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i’ll keep saying it. rams should sign stafford to at least a two year extension. three years is a long ways away, but i don’t see any reason currently that he couldn’t play until age 40. i could even see him playing until age 42. that’d give him ten years with the rams….

now obviously that’s assuming he’d even want to play that long.

he’s one of my favorites ever for sure. i just hope he’s able to play for a long time. his physical play worries me. if he can have a dozen productive seasons i’d be happy.

josaiah stewart and warren mcclendon have been the two biggest surprises for me this season. especially mcclendon. lessens the need to draft a tackle in 2026.

zn wrote:

IND sold Faulk short for a 2nd rounder. They made up for losing him by taking Edgerrin James, but that was them using a non-trade, homegrown pick to make up for losing Faulk, it wasn’t them getting something for trading Faulk. So for the Rams it was a steal, and for the Colts its was just “time to move on.”

yeah. my memory betrayed me there. i thought the james pick involved draft capital from the trade, but the trade didn’t involve a first rounder. my bad.

Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

The big trade – Stafford to the Rams. Goff and two no.1 picks and a 3rd rd pick to the Lions.

Lions ended up getting: Goff, RB Jamir Gibbs, and TE Sam Laporta and WR Jameson Williams.

The Lions did fine in that trade.

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They absolutely did, and so did the Rams. The Rams would still have only one Lombardi without that trade.

has there ever been a more mutually beneficial trade in the history of sports?

i’m being serious.

zn wrote:

Though this is one game where they really could have run more than they did. Rams got 152 yards rushing on 21 attempts, for 7.2 a carry. Everyone talks about the Carolina run game, but they just ran it more often. If the Rams had run it 40 times, as Carolina did, that would have been 288 yards.

rams definitely could have run it more.

the defense also couldn’t stop them on third and fourth downs. panthers were 7-15 on third downs. 3-3 on fourth downs. one of those fourth down conversions was for the game winning td i believe.

that and the turnovers. hopefully this is a timely wake up call for the last five games of the season.

it’s crazy to think the rams could have forbes signed through 2027.

and they got this guy for basically nothing.

they could also have a high first round pick next year. i’m thinking caleb downs. curl will be a free agent after this season. lake will be a free agent. durant a free agent.

rams just keep making the right moves. amazing.