Bosa, Kittle, Aiyuke, Jennings, etc… they missed key impact people.

But Mac Jones is a good qb in Shanahan’s offense… this Niner offense looked like shit last week against JAX with Purdy… Mac Jones was sharp yesterday.. and he delivered with a game winning drive vs AZ 2 weeks ago…

For some reason, Shannan and Saleh know how the prep for and crack McVay.

WV, a lot of shitty regular season loses… that same 1989 year against the Bills. Everett rallies late to take lead only to lose it in the last minute.

99 against Gus Ferrelotte and the Lions.

Everrett’s first game against the Pats in 86 only to lose on a stunning Hail Mary from Tony Eason…. and in Philly 2 weeks ago… all regular season heartbreakers….

YOU REMEMBER THE LOSSES MORESO THAN THE WINS…

FUCKING RAMS! I love them!!!

Shanahan is now 11-7 vs McVay.

Rams came out flat footed…..Shanahan dominated the first half with scrubs at the skill positions that the Rams left wide open.

Rams could be undefeated if the kicking game would execute.

Better team didn’t win, but perhaps the better coaching staff did.

It’s a shame the blocked kicks happened because special teams actually played really good….

Knuckle ball lob kick-offs that Philly never really figured out.. but after 4 successful FGs that resulted in 12 points, the Eagles figured out how to block them.

Rams should’ve blown em out in the first half… if only the drives resulted in TD’s instead of FG’s.

Can’t wait for the playoff rematch, because the better team didn’t win today.

Rams are very good and will only get better.

A good Colts team in LA next week..

McVay will have them ready.

That TV map sucks for the 2nd week in a row.

I guess the 49ers don’t want the Rams game to be televised at the same time (as their SF @ NO game)in the SF bay area.

Thus, we get the low game on the totem pole from CBS….. Carolina at Arizona….in the afternoon… that’s fucking ridiculous…

Greg Cosell is awesome. he loves the Rams front 4 and Stroud took the most 3rd down sacks last season.

I’m sure Shula’s game plan will account for this.

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This is the BEST uniform in the history of the NFL and somehow the Rams fucked it up.

so true, Rams went Cracker Barrel on us.

i was looking forward to this American Underdog Kurt Warner movie. It was a big letdown.

I love sports movies, i can rewatch some of these movies over and over….. Invisible, (Vince Paple Movie) Heaven Can Wait, Rudy, Hoosiers, Any Given Sunday, The Wrestler, Raging Bull etc……. and my all-time favorite, The Bad News Bears…

American Underdog was flat, no memorable scenes nor good characters…

My favorite scene from Invincible, specifically, the sports interview youtube link below:

URL = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyklDsubPjw

“Horses can be a positive and approachable symbol of law enforcement, fostering trust and engagement with the public.”

canadaram wrote:

The Vikings have back-to-back games in London?! I did not know that was supposed to happen.

Irish Celtics and Londoners would be ticked with this comment. London and Dublin are as different as Toronto is to NY.

BTW, the Vikings should play their Euro games in a Scandinavian country….

Rams making deals with Raheem Morris in the ATL… Magic Beans indeed!

Did my Harley Davidson example throw a wet blanket on this thread?

I think it’s timely for an import duty discussion.

The Harley Davidson example was specific to a US scope of products, industry, and company that had plans in place to address the trade imbalance with the Japanese imported sport bikes. e.g., Harley’s US business was not sustainable in the early 1980’s without the help of increasing import duty on Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki et al…….

Trump is shot gunning import duty on everyone and everything outside the US with no real plan on what alternative sources to source or build US versions of these impacted imports. … .. .

the question is why is he placing an import tax on everything?

zn wrote:

joemad wrote:

Too bad Bradford got hurt in Carolina and again in Cleveland…, Fisher could’ve been a contender.

Fisher wasn’t McVay, and there was always something a little (I dunno, for lack of a better word) “greasy” about him, but to be fair and objective, he would have done better than he did from 2012-2015 if he had both a healthy qb and a healthy OL at the same time for more games than he did. 2016 was just a mess though.

Right now the Rams can draft, they have the qb, McV is wired in both at the Xs and Os level and the culture building level–how far he goes is all a matter of team health. As long as they have a qb.

Vermeil though did build a team from nuthin. So I don’t know who I put at #1/#2.

Indeed. this is the Rams’ Golden Era, as long as the Rams have McVay and Snead, the Rams have a chance. These guys understand the meaning of continuous development of creating an ongoing winning organizational culture. They know how to put their teams in position to get some luck to execute in crucial times and to win big games, both on the road and at home….. DV also has/had that ability…Robinson to an extent, but they just didn’t have a highly functional front office back in the 1980’s and 1990’s….

As fans, all we ask is to have meaningful games to follow late in the season, McVay and Snead provide that.

If Robinson had good drafts… it wouldn’t matter…. John Shaw wouldn’t pay. I really liked Robinson… too bad the 19080’s Niners were one of the reasons that the NFL implemented a salary cap.

do you folks remember when Jim Haslett knocked the candy bar out of Richie Incognito’s hands on the sidelines?

Too bad Bradford got hurt in Carolina and again in Cleveland…, Fisher could’ve been a contender.

BTW, i went skiing last month with my kid and stayed at the Econo Logde (free continental breakfast!)

Anyway, the motel room had a college football channel, and they were broadcasting an old NCAA game titled “Matthew Stafford vs the Kentucky Wildcats” that was the actual title of the show. Thus, we watched.

Rich Brooks was coaching Kentucky and is facing the Bulldogs in an amazing Matthew Stafford comeback. I turn to my kid and ask.. “Do you remember Jerome Bettis?” “because that jack ass HC for Kentucky traded him from the Rams to Pittsburgh”.

Darnold to Kupp…

i was thinking he’d rejoin Goff in Detroit or hook up with Mahomes in KC.

Rams will face Kupp twice per year….

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44254640/sources-wr-cooper-kupp-join-seahawks-3-year-deal

Former Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp has reached agreement on a three-year, $45 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.

Kupp was released by the Los Angeles Rams at the start of the new league year Wednesday, ending his eight-season run with the team.

He joined the Rams as a third-round pick in 2017 out of Eastern Washington, as part of Sean McVay’s first draft class, and emerged as one of the game’s best pass-catchers from the slot in the years since.

He had 62 receptions as a rookie, then topped 90 in both his third and fourth seasons.

But his best season came in 2021, when he won the receiving triple crown by leading the NFL in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947) and receiving touchdowns (16). He made his only Pro Bowl and was named the NFL’s Offensive Player of the Year.

Kupp capped that season with eight catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns in the Rams’ Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals, which earned him the game’s MVP award.

After the season, Kupp signed a three-year contract extension worth $80.1 million.

But Kupp has dealt with injuries in the three seasons since, playing in just 33 games. In 12 games during the 2024 season, Kupp had 67 catches for 710 yards and six touchdowns.

After the season, Kupp announced that the Rams were trying to trade him despite his desire to remain with the team. But with him being owed $20 million this season, no other team was willing to make a trade, leading to his release.

For his career, Kupp has 634 receptions for 7,776 receiving yards and 58 total touchdowns (57 receiving).

it’s always better to trade someone 1 year early, than 1 year later.

But Cooper Kupp made some big time catches despite lower that his usual productivity last year.

Kupp was instrumental down the stretch when the Rams faced must win games, and part of the reason of the Ram’s slow start last year was because of his injury… in the 2 games prior to his injury he had already had 18 catches…..

Kupp delivered on some big time catches in crucial moments… (both Viking games, 1 clutch catch in that playoff game) the shootout in Buffalo etc…

I hope that the Rams and Kupp find a way to have him play next season…

Regardless of what happens, Kupp will always be a great eternal Ram. A very special player in their return to LA.