wv wrote:

All i know is, what was going on, on that field, was NOT
the kind of football that goes on when i watch the Rams.

Atlanta and New England play Pro Football.

What exactly do the Rams play?

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ATL was 1 for 8 on 3rd down conversions.
Penalized 9 times.
4 penalties resulted NE 1st downs.
relinquish lead in the 2nd half without scoring…

That’s pretty fucking close to Rams football……

I liked the fake victory formation play at the end of regulation….almost worked…

Great game

New England 41
Atlanta 17

the last president that lost the popular vote but won the Whitehouse was GWB………

1985 Rams defense ranked 4th.

Tied for #1 with Bears on average yards per play that season (4.4 yards per play)

Ironically, Kevin Greene left LA because Knox switch back to 4-3 based D and went to Pitt to play 3-4.

Pats favored by 3. I’m very surprised that number is that low. I expect that number to grow to 5 or 6.

Folks are comparing the ATL to the GSOT… 1999 GSOT defense was ranked 4th. 2001 it was ranked 7th…

ATL D is ranked 27…..

NE D is ranked 1

BTW, GSOT 2000 defense was dead last, so much for MAX Q….

Regarding color combo in the SB, the last 3 SB’s have been ugly

SEA VS DEN = UGLY
SEA VS NE = UGLY
DEN VS CAR = UGLY
NE VS ATL = NOT AS UGLY.

Too bad the ATL dumped the Tommy Nobis red helmets. I liked those old Gritz Blitz ATL helmets….

Faulk has a good eye for coaches. You know why he retired before the 2006 season? Because he had some dealings with Linehan and didn’t think he was ready to be a leader.

I didn’t realize that. Faulk is cool, I couldn’t stand Scott Linehan either….

We’re way overdue for a good program, I think McVay can do it.

this weekend I kept my wood stove lit for 62+ hours consecutive hours…….. uninterrupted, my new personal record…… I kept feeding it season almond throughout the night on Saturday and Sunday nights….

a question to all the firewood stacking, woodstove burning hillbillies… what is the longest uninterrupted fire have you had going in your woodstove?

Holding on the 2 point conversion….. that’s a shame……

Pitt at NE

Good games today…..I miss watching the Rams in the playoffs…. it’s been a long fucking time….

Houston roughed up Brady, but NE is a team that can overcome their mistakes.

Oseweiler is not a good QB…

I’m rooting for a KC GB SB….

URL = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/12/purdy-millennial-mcvay-should-throw-perf-fleek-into-rams-49ers-rivalry/

Purdy: Millennial McVay should throw perf fleek into Rams-49ers rivalry

The grandson of a beloved Bill Walsh aide will write another chapter in the two teams’ joint NFL history

SEAN McVAY … Interview: Monday … Current job: Washington offensive coordinator … Background: Turns 31 on Jan. 24. Grandson of 49ers Hall of Fame executive John McVay. Served as Washington’s offensive coordinator the past two seasons, ranking 17th and third in total yards. Coached Washington’s tight ends 2010-13. Got NFL break under Jon Gruden as Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant wide receivers coach in 2008. Spent 2009 with UFL’s Florida Tuskers. Did you know: He would be youngest-ever NFL head coach, and only third hired before age 32 (Harland Svare, 1962 Rams; Lane Kiffin, 2007 Raiders). Others interested: Los Angeles Rams

By Mark Purdy | mpurdy@bayareanewsgroup.com |

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2017 at 5:33 pm | UPDATED: January 13, 2017 at 3:13 am
While the 49ers continue to take a deliberate path on their search for a new head coach — which is tied to their deliberate search for a new general manager and deliberate search for a new Paraag Marathe personal barrista — their rivals in Los Angeles moved more quickly to fill their vacancy.

Thursday morning, the Men Of Horned Helmets announced that their clipboard leader would be Sean McVay, who is 30 years old and touted as the youngest head coaching hire in modern NFL history.

(By the way, was just kidding about the Paraag personal barrista, though it sounds like something that Jed York’s right-hand man would certainly enjoy as he’s doing whatever he’s doing while being criticized rightly or wrongly for stuff I’m not sure he’s doing or not doing but what the heck.)

I think the McVay decision is a risky one for the Rams but a very inspired one. It’s risky because of his age and inexperience, of course. But let’s also be fair to the guy. McVay is not going to be a 30-year-old NFL head coach. His birthday is later this month. By the time he performs and real coaching activities, he will be 31.

That still makes him a risk. McVay has been a semi-successful NFL offensive coordinator with Washington. That means he has been in front of the offensive unit to install plays and direct traffic. But it’s a huge jump to suddenly be in charge of the entire team. And while the Rams have a young roster, professional football players are a tough audience to impress, especially if you are (A) no older than them and maybe even not as old as some of them and (B) have never played in the NFL yourself.

McVay falls into both of those categories. He needs to look out for the players in the back of the room who might be snickering and throwing spitballs. Otherwise, his first season is going to be a long one.

At the same time, as I said, the choice is inspired. McVay has a fine football heritage and classic football genes. His grandfather, John McVay, was one of the most respected football men ever. After coaching the New York Giants, he joined Bill Walsh to solidify the 49ers front office during the team’s golden era. I covered the team during those years. Walsh not only used McVay as a sounding board and trusted confidante, he benefited from the sway that McVay held with owner Eddie DeBartolo. More than once when DeBartolo wanted to fire Walsh, McVay calmed the waters and kept the machinery humming. A 49ers Hall of Fame member, he’s now retired and living in the Sacramento area.

Sean McVay did spend some time around the 49ers while growing up, although this tells you how young he is: McVay says it was a thrill when he was “a kid” to be around 49ers players such as Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens. They played long after the team’s last Super Bowl.

As another interesting side note, Sean McVay is a graduate of Miami (Ohio), which is not only the alma mater of his grandfather but also of John Harbaugh, Bo Schembechler, Ara Parseghian, Paul Brown and many other famous coaches. (It’s also the the alma mater of my wife and my two sisters, who didn’t really care much about football but led me to make many visits to the campus and learn the school’s athletic lore. Coaches are a big deal there.)

Mainly, I am excited about McVay’s hiring because it will inject a little oomph into the 49ers-Rams rivalry which, let’s face it, has seen better days and could use more adrenaline. I’m not sure who the 49ers will hire as head coach but he’s bound to be older than McVay (although not quite as old as the other two division coaches, Pete Carroll and Bruce Arians, who are more than twice as old as the Rams’ new youngster).

Can you imagine the taunts McVay will face when he comes into opposing stadiums? And if he turns out to be a true head coaching genius, think of the conversation and why-didn’t-we-think-of-that second guessing that will provoke among the 49ers and other teams.

I just believe that as the NFL’s first head coaching millennial, McVay will bring some real fleek to the NFC West. (“Fleek” is a millennial slang word that means stylish.) So I declare this to be the perf move by the Rams. (“Perf” is millennial shorthand for “perfect.”)

(Full disclosure: I do not speak millennial dialect myself. So I picked up these words from an online slang dictionary.)

I also know that somewhere in Sacramento, there’s a very, very proud grandfather.

Mark Purdy is a sports columnist for the Bay Area News Group. He joined the organization’s Mercury News in 1984 and has covered 14 Olympic Games, more than 30 Super Bowls and more than 20 World Series. He concentrates mostly on the Bay Area’s professional teams but covers all sports. He was there for the first Sharks’ game at the Cow Palace in 1991 and documented the team’s 2016 Stanley Cup playoff run.

Norv Turner is the missing link….

i was surprised to hear this yesterday…

Raiders had a good balanced offense this year…. if the Raiders would fire anyone, I would think that Ken Norton would get the pink slip not Musgrave…. he must have pissed-off Del Rio…..

I remember him from Oregon… he was a very good college QB…….

How did American voters become so easily mislead? Well, weve discussed the system and corporate-propaganda a gazillion times.

To me it was gender. I don’t remember much from my Jr HS years, but I’ll never forgot our Social Studies teacher asking us to name the most discriminated group of people in world history….it was women…

Bottom line, folks voted for an unqualified asshole over a more competent woman for the job… a fucking pussy grabbing 6 time backrupt shithead over a woman.

I don’t want to hear shit about Clinton’s alleged criminal past, because folks have been after the Clintons for 30 years and if they would have had ANY evidence of crime she’d be jailed today and out of public office for the past 20 years….

Even Trump isn’t and CAN’T follow up on his debate promise to hire a special prosecutor on HRC because no crime has been committed.

Fucking sad….

PA Ram wrote:

Holy crap there are some really smart people on this board.

I don’t know how the heck I slipped through the door but it’s very cool to read about these things.

this is indeed the smart classroom… and I definitely lower the bar here……….it’s a very cool place …..