Zooey wrote:

And white folks posting, “I can breathe.”

i can’t believe i’m actually going to defend mark davis a billionaire…

but reading the explanation of why he tweeted that. i can understand it. he was echoing the words of george floyd’s brother philonise who apparently said, “we can all breathe again.”

so i can understand why he said it and am not completely aghast. yes. he should know the history behind those words and at least admitted he understood why people would be offended when it was explained to him.

but yeah. i agree. how many times has this happened and it wasn’t filmed?

i think this is bullshit.

sorry for my language. but i don’t believe it for one second.

zn wrote:

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Like Snead mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’m pretty excited about a couple of those younger DL who were hidden on the practice squad last year. Eric Banks and Michael Hoecht in particular.

jonah williams too.

i don’t know who’s fault it is. probably a combination of both.

i do think mcvay could have made it work. but he didn’t want to.

we’ll see if it works.

wv wrote:

The jury is out on whether McVay is right about any
or all of that, but it does sound like the
young-aggro coach didnt ‘handle’ his
quarterback in a way that would bring out the best in Goff.

McVay is no Dick Vermeil. Course DV needed Martz.

would martz have handled it better?

zn wrote:

With a hired nutritionist, throwing coach and personal trainer outside of the Rams’ facility, Goff put in the work required of most starting NFL quarterbacks. But when compared to Wolford, who some refer to as Baby Brees, it fell short.

Wolford arrived early during the week for practices — 6:30 a.m. — and stayed late, even when he was on the practice squad. “Just a different animal,” a league source said.

“He’s addicted like McVay,” a team source said.

The energy around the practice facility shifted when Wolford took over.

that’s the only thing that disappointed me about goff. when they drafted him, those are the things i wanted to hear about goff. that he was addicted to football. oh well. i still like him.

totally forgot about the jackson mcvay connection.

zn wrote:

NFL media deals worth $10 billion a year, per @AP.
That is over $300M per team, just from media.

The player Salary Cap is now $182M, may not reach $300M for many years. What a business..

i don’t get it. why is the salary cap so low now?

zn wrote:

Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers
Before you completely disregard the idea of Woods being traded, consider this:

You’d be saving at least $11.9M this season. That’s… a lot. Think they have plenty of faith in VJ12 (who is costing you $1.28M this year) and want to bring in a field stretcher. It could happen. …

he’s probably gone. love bob. but you already have kupp and van jefferson. you have higbee. you have hopkins. where else can you save money?

Zooey wrote:

Something is wrong.

That’s all I got.

yeah. i’m not feeling good about this off-season. not sure what’s going on.

hope mcvay doesn’t have a vermeil-like meltdown.

don’t know if he’s feeling the pressure of trying to win a superbowl…

Herzog wrote:

Ok…. I’m officially worried. That dude was good

yeah. i’m not feeling too optimistic about next season.

zn wrote:

Morris’s Ds through the years

Tampa, defensive backs (coordinator was Monte Kiffin_

2007, ranked 2nd (3rd in points)
2008, ranked 9th (10th in points)

Tampa, as head coach

2009, ranked 27th (27th in points)
2010, ranked 17th (9th in points)
2011, ranked 30th (29th in points)

Washington, as secondary coach (coordinator was Jim Haslett)

2012, ranked 28th, (22nd in points)
2013, ranked 18th, (30th in points)
2014, ranked 20th (29th in points)

Atlanta, as Asst. HC/Def. Pass Gm. Coord. (coordinator was Richard Smith)

2015, ranked 16th (14th in points)’

Atlanta, defensive coordinator

2020, ranked 29th (19th in points)

not super-impressive.

JackPMiller wrote:

Stafford just turned 33. It is rare that QBs go into their 40s. At best, Stafford will retire in 4 years. That is a guess.

i think he needs at least five highly productive years with the rams before i can say it was a good trade.

wv wrote:

I dont always agree with Lavar Arrington,
but i always enjoy listening to his smooth, articulate perspective.

that was a very good listen.

made me think. the one thing that could appeal to jj watt. and if i was the rams’ front office this is how i would sell it if they really want to sign him. is the opportunity to play alongside aaron donald. two guys. two peers. very few players have ascended to the heights that these two players have reached. and the opportunity to not only play with one another. but to practice with one another day in and day out. to learn from each other. to push each other. well. that would be very special…

or you can go play with your brother in pittsburgh.