Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

I dunno how the Lions got ‘this’ far with all those injuries on defense. Wouldnt surprise me if they won the NFC next year.

Agreed. I believed the injuries would catch up with them in the playoffs, and they did. And I think you’re right about next year. They probably would have won it this year, if not for those injuries.

Except they will likely lose both coordinators, other assistant coaches and a few key free agents. They could be the favorites again next year but I think it’s more likely that they fall back a bit.

19 appearances is pretty impressive when you consider that for the better part of two decades during the Super Bowl era the Rams were among the worst teams in football.

zn wrote:

roberto clemente@rclemente2121
ahead of today’s game, the number of times each team has played in the divisional round (super bowl era) – this year’s divisional round teams highlighted in blue:

My dream:

The Rams beat the Eagles…
The Commies beat the Lions…

The Rams host the NFC Championship game.

It can’t be played in LA due to the fires, and Arizona’s stadium isn’t available.

So the game is played in Santa Clara.

The Rams win the game that sends them to the Super Bowl in the home of the San Francisco 49’ers.

That’s poetry.

Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Thanks a lot, Jinx.

Maybe try completing a pass to a Wide Receiver once or twice. I hear that’s all the rage with modern offenses.

That’s so passe. The “in” thing to do is to hold the ball a long time, move out of the pocket to the left, and then throw back over the middle to a covered receiver.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Nice discussion with Big Whit about the Rams, playoffs, etc. Some good insight here.

NR–that’s a nice big and long, good vid. I suggest it deserves a thread in its own right. Would you do that? It can stay here too, no harm in that.

No problem.

BTW, I appreciate it but you don’t have to ask. Going forward feel free to move it.

Apparently Dan Campbell issued some Bulletin board fodder. After the game against the Vikings he hugged head coach Kevin O’Connell and said that he’d “see him in two weeks”. Obviously this would only happen if the Vikings beat the Rams.

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions/dan-campbells-postgame-message-to-vikings-coach-kevin-oconnell-is-turning-heads

This blatant dismissal of the Rams and their chances against Minnesota shall not go unpunished.

zn wrote:

This is all happening, reportedly, because Rams coaches and front office staff are all crazy diehard fans of the movie, The Purge.

Which of course is just a blatant rip off of the Star Trek episode “Return of the Archons”.

How did Kyren Williams not make the Pro Bowl?

wv wrote:

Rotten Tomatoes 300 best films of all time. Fwiw. (Not sure how their algebra works, since movies with 100 percent rankings are below some in the 90s.)

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-all-time/

Yeah, that algebra is definitely sus. They have Top Gun: Maverick in the top 10.

InvaderRam wrote:

zn wrote:

They could do a lot between now and September and field a real contender in 2025. Need to draft and/or sign an OT, a CB or 2, an ILB, and probably a fast receiver. Which is all do-able.

they need to re-sign stafford too.

i’ll be continually worried until they actually re-sign him.

Resign Stafford, or go all-in for Sam Darnold?

Zooey wrote:

So if the Commies beat Atlanta, the Rams clinch. Yes?

Precisely, thus rendering your precious Seahawks’ trip to SoFi next week a waste of time.

Bwahhahahahahaha…

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

So the Bills are crushing the Jets, i see.

…i still dont get how this works. Because there are still games next week. I would have thought the algrebra could all change again with next weeks games. ( assuming the Rams lose to the Seahawks and end up tied)

w
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If the “3 teams win” scenario works, then the Rams clinch now. This weekend.

Otherwise, they have to beat Seattle next week.

Today:

Bengals won.
Bills winning, by a huge margin.

Is it true the Rams HAVE to beat Seattle next week? I know that would have been true if they lost to the Cards, but I think that victory means they would likely still win the division even if they lost to the Seahawks based on SOV. I mean, I saw that after the Rams beat the Cards that the Seahawks’ chance to win the division dropped to less than 1%. If it’s that low, how could beating the Rams propel them to the division title? I think for that to happen, they need to beat the Rams, and have a bunch of unlikely circumstances fall their way.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 2 days ago by nittany ram.

Verse only had 9 sacks in both his junior and senior years at FSU. He’s incredibly disruptive, but maybe he just isn’t a sack guy.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

The Rams can clinch this week if:

1. The Rams win and Seattle loses or ties.

2. The Rams win plus 4 of the following 6 teams win this week (Strength of Victory tiebreaker):
Vikings, Bills, 49’ers, Commanders, Bengals, Browns

3. The Rams tie and Seattle loses.

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐀@BuiltForLA
I was under the impression that a Rams win would secure the division by itself.Is that not accurate?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Not accurate. Need a little bit more than just a Rams win to secure the division

Rams House Official YT@RamsHouseOffic1
What does sov mean?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Strength of Victory. Combined win total of all the teams you’ve beaten

Justin@JLrams7
So rams need 4 of those 6 teams on option 2 to win ?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Correct

Three of those six teams are favored to win (Bengals, Bills, Commanders).

Obviously the 9’ers have no chance to beat Detroit, so that’s a dead end.

But the Vikings could beat the Packers at home, and the Browns have a chance against the Dolphins only because the game is taking place in Cleveland. Miami hasn’t played well in the cold.

The offense has sorta been stuck in the mud the last couple weeks. I’m going to attribute that to being outside, on the road, in poor weather conditions. There’s probably more to it than that. The lack of speed on offense as Rex Ryan suggests rings true.

But I think they will light up the Cards and Seahawks – provided the Rams haven’t clinched already.