BTW, yesterday I predicted

Seattle 36 Green Bay 16

• This reply was modified 10 years, 4 months ago by joemad.

I just keep coming back to the fact that the Raiders came and went from LA, the Rams left LA, meaning that the city has had a hard time keeping an NFL franchise there. I really don’t know what has changed in LA over the last 20 years to make a team want to move there, pay relocation fees (I think this still exists), build a stadium and start over with a new fan base. I simply don’t take the LA market as sure thing for the NFL otherwise a team would have moved there long ago.

consider the NFL ownership groups that left LA, Al Davis and Georgia F.

The LA market would support a team, it did in the past before the Raiders moved to LA from Oakland.

College football has consistently done well there and when the RAMS were the only show in town, they did too.

I predict 6-10.

As good and solid as Stacy was last year with the running game and how good the defensive line can be, the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years. Also, with a QB like Shawn that doesn’t have the arm strength or accuracy like Bradford, the margin of error in all phases need to be minimal…. this team seems to get flagged a lot.

I still haven’t forgotten the back-to-back games against Dallas and SF last year… that was ugly, and that had nothing to do with Sam Bradford, and he played in those games.

the RAMS do start off with a soft schedule and can gain some momentum for the season.

one of the many things I like and seen about Fisher is he game plans well for the entire season and gets the most from his young squad and With Clemmens, I was surprised they finished 7-9 last year.

c’mon Grits, no faith in Garrett Gilbert as the long term answer?

Correct, Andrew Luck is a once in a generation QB……

No 1st rounder from 2014 would’ve helped the RAMS this season………. Rams did the optimal thing this offseason with Bradford…. I assume they’ll do the same next year.

I really feel for Sam….. real bummed for him.

Sadly, He’s become the Sam Bowie of the NFL……

Thanks for posting that signage post…..I wasn’t aware of that.

I really want to see this game.

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy · 16m
Michael Sam draws the ire of Coach Gregg….#ramscamp

Are implying the “IRE” as in a Rastafarian from Jamaica… Or “Ire” as in a pissed off NFL coach?

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ALL TIMES EASTERN:

Saturday, August 23, 2014

12 AM: NFL PRESEASON GAME “2014 Preseason Game” – St. Louis Rams vs. Cleveland

Sunday, August 24, 2014
1PM PRESEASON GAME “2014 Preseason Game” – St. Louis Rams vs. Cleveland

Monday, August 25, 2014
8PM “2014 Preseason Game” – St. Louis Rams vs. Cleveland Browns

Thursday, August 28, 2014
3PM “2014 Preseason Game” – St. Louis Rams vs. Cleveland Browns

Saturday, August 30, 2014
7 AM NFL PRESEASON GAME “2014 Preseason Game” – St. Louis Rams vs. Miami Dolphins

I heard Cosell on local sports talk radio yesterday. basically what was shared on WV’s post from RFIP, no patience in the pocket, lousy progression readys, doesn’t see open receivers.

in the Saints game, I liked WR S. Bailey a lot, QB Shaun Hill, RB Benny Cunningham, the starting D-Line with the quick T.O..

didn’t like Greg’s kicking accuracy and the penalties….

do you guys remember that poster at the dawn of the public internet on the old blue and white Post Dispatch Rams Message board during the Tony Banks era …..the poster would simply reply….. “I totally agree”

Grits, “I totally Agree” with you post

• This reply was modified 10 years, 5 months ago by joemad.

back in 94 when talks of the RAMS leaving So Cal for Baltimore, Hartford or STL…. I remember thinking team value in these smaller markets…… no way that the RAMS would be worth more in the long term in these markets… that’s why I thought the RAMS would never leave So Cal for these markets….

Nonetheless…..Stan was instrumental in getting the RAMS to move to STL rather than Balt or Hartford………. not sure if Stan wanted a team in STL, or if he was looking long term for sole NFL ownership of the team, or both….. Congratss to Georgia and Shaw for stuffin their own pockets with a short term business plan.

Stan’s M.O. in team ownership with the Arsenal and The Nuggets is owning the venue that the team plays in.. If the CVC is broke, I would think STL is open to Stan owning the venue……… Despite Stan buying land in So Cal, i’m not sure if LA or the NFL is open to venue ownership in So Cal as Stan has with the Arsenal and Nuggets.

So Cal needs to lure and continue to sell the market value of having an NFL team in LA to Stan and allow Stan to own the facility for his RAMS to play in. …i’m not sure So Cal can group and ralley the local city entities to do that….

I think most business minded folks would see the benefits of having an NFL team in the 2nd largest market in the country opposed the 18th market, but it depends how motivated these places are to lure or to keep Stan.

5PM and 9 PM tonight for us westerners…… thanks for posting this….

these yearly team films that NFL films produces makes every NFL team look promising.

wow what a dickhead… in the interview he underestimated Warner, McGloyn and says Bradford lacks courage. Says Warner success was because of Faulk, where was Faulk with Warner played in AZ? This coming from a guy that when he was replaced at QB by the RAMS and the RAVENS each team won a Super Bowl,

cut by 5 NFL teams and lead the league in fumbles with 21 with the RAMS.

fuck him.