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The part I don’t understand is “Sam Bradforize” Goff….. Bradford was never a bad QB. If you mean that Bradforizing is physically injuring a QB, then I get the point, but if you’re referring to Bradforizing to playing mentally bad or just playing bad, Bradford doesn’t fit that bill… He never was a bad QB, he was actually very good. He was ROY on a very bad Rams team.
I’d take Bradford the past 2 years over Keenum, Foles and even Goff any day of the week…
I’m not sure that even using Bradfordizing is a good analogy for QB abuse. Sam got hurt on 2 specific, but weird plays, over a 2 year span. The first was running OB on a scramble, and the next year, IIRC, he was just stepping forward in the pocket. No massive hit on either injury, just weird outcomes.
Now, Bulgerizing is probably a better analogy for getting beat up as a QB, dealing with broken ribs and other assorted pleasantries during that phase of him undergoing Bulgerization.
However, that didn’t occur when he was a rookie either, so if Goff were to go in too early and get beat up, Bradfordizing and/or Bulgeringing would not be a good tag. Gofferized, or All Goffed Up might be more apropos.
Geeeeeze…
“The Giants took the field looking jet-lagged, Rams the savvy travelers. That perhaps reflected the fact Los Angeles chose to fly overnight from Detroit the previous Sunday for a full week in England, while the Giants did most of their preparations at home before arriving Friday in London”.
Pretty sure I expected a bit of a snappier showing than what they put out.
I’m glad JJ is gone. He was too undisciplined. He also gambled too much. Unless he has gained experience that makes him gamble less than he is a liability against good teams and that is something the Rams can’t afford.
I agree with some of that. Yeah, he did gamble, and made some plays, and got burned some. I seem to recall he got some negative comments on being burned for long plays for blowing his coverage. But it turned that another Ram defender had blown HIS assignment, and Janoris was scrambling to catch the receiver. His athleticism allowed him to close the gap very quickly, making it “look” like he had the assignment.
At any rate, I’m not thrilled he’s gone. I understand about the finances, 62M is hard to ignore. But I definitely think his good outweighed the bad, and that this years secondary is weaker without him.
Saw a commentary somewhere that Gurley is playing too anxiously, and not waiting for plays to develop. Add to that 8,9,10 defenders on the line, and you have the makings of a major clog.
This might have a little to do with it, as well…
“It didn’t matter whether the Rams were passing or running — the offensive line, in particular the offensive tackles, couldn’t hold their ground for many of the plays. LT Greg Robinson was especially poor with a game grade of 30.0 as he allowed a sack, three hurries, flagged twice, and allowed multiple tackles in the run game. RT Rob Havenstein (37.2) and RG Cody Wichmann (40.3) didn’t fare much better as they both struggled to block anyone”.
Rams are three point favorites which is what you get for playing at home so Vegas sees these teams as evenly matched.
So do I.
Really hard to pick a winner but the Bills are coming off two dominating victories over the Cards and Pats whereas the Rams have been just squeaking by regardless of how good their opponent is.
Both teams are a work in progress but I think the Bills might be farther along the developmental curve right now so I give them a slight edge.
One minor consideration here, regarding the win over the Patriots. They were down to 3rd string QB, Brissett, who I think had a thumb injury, and I recall seeing somewhere that Gronk only had 1 catch. Nagging hamstring??? Anyway, point being, yeah, the Bills beat the Pats, but they were not THE PATS. Not to diminish the victory, they did beat them, and they did shut them out at home.
I think itll be a different story for the Bills when they run into Case-Hardened Keenum.
Wonder if the Bills headsets worked ok in Foxboro…
The player’s body clock (LA PDT time) will be 10 AM in Tampa Bay at kick off….they better not give up some early scores,
My bad……4PM EDT kick off, thus 1PM PDT body clock, 91 degrees with 80% humidity
They played Tampa a couple of years back, same September weather scenario. Hot and humid. I think they actually had the lead late in the game, and the Bucs came back to win it. Rams D was on the field, visibly sucking wind.
Not saying the heat is why they lost, but it certainly contributed.
I’m willing to go 9-7. Last year Keenum was one #30 away from closing out the year 4-0. Watching him in preseason this year, I think hes got enough to get them to .500, plus 1. Healthy Gurley, couple of promising receivers and Higbee, increased usage of Tavon.
You said barring injuries. I wish you would add a couple more “barring” factors.
Like barring any more 100+ yard kick off returns.
And barring any more special teams errors on punt returns, like letting the ball hit your leg and get recovered for a fumble, or failing to signal for a fair catch when a defender is 3 yards away from a high speed collision and the ball is still in the air.
And barring any passes that are thrown 15 yards over the receivers head.
And barring any excessive number of receiver drops.
And barring any drive killing or touchdown erasing penalties.
If these barrings are allowed, I’d feel a whole lot better about the 9-7…
