InvaderRam wrote:

is donald the face of this franchise? i think so. i like quinn. but he doesn’t seem to have the intangibles that donald does. i think donald is able to inspire those around him.

can certain players elevate the play of those around him? i know some people don’t believe in that, but i think donald does that.

i hope gurley can do that for the offense.

Well, right now the Rams have the best DE and DT in football. When was the last time that was the case? It was certainly true with Deacon and Merlin and an argument can be made for Youngblood and Brooks but the point is, it’s been over 35 years since the Rams have had this sorta talent on the DL.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

yeah. but you gotta remember this was the number one rushing offense last year at 172.6 yards a game at a 5.3 average. rams held them to a 3.9 average.

Yeah. 32 carries for 124 yards, 3.9.

And you know what else? In the 4 Fisher Rams home games against Seattle, Wilson has now been sacked 18 times.

Which might be part of the reason they run so much.

And he’s been sacked 31 times overall against the Rams according to the play by play announcer. You’d think he’d hate playing the Rams.

TSRF wrote:

When was the last time you saw the Rams lose the turnover battle but win the game?

It used to happen regularly during GSOT. Can’t say when it’s happened since then.

That was awesome. I take back everything I said about this team’s supposed lack of preparation. The defense hit the field in midseason form and the young o-line accounted well. How bout’ that Benny Cunningham, eh?

Foles showed toughness and poise and nice accuracy on his long balls (except for that bomb to Tavon – Tavon was open early but Foles mistimed his throw).

I couldn’t be happier with the way things played out. Hope Sims and TruJo are ok.

Cignetti? A+ for both scheme and play-calling.

Should the right to be racist and sexist be taken away from the homeless man?

That is my new tag line.

The Rams always play Seattle tough at home but I don’t like the prospects of their inexperienced o-line against that Seahawk defense – especially when the Rams are minus their two best backs.

The Rams defense usually takes 5 or 6 games to get up to speed and nothing about what I saw in preseason would lead me to believe that will be different this season.

Seattle 24, Rams 9.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by nittany ram.

If the Rams are forced to stay in St. Louis, I wonder how long it will take to repair their relationship with the fans. St. Louis fans will know the Rams are only there because they were forced to stay. I suppose the attraction of a shiny new stadium on the river will get some fans back in the seats but it could take a long time for attendance to get back to normal. Whether you want the Rams to play in LA or StL you have to admit that Kroenke has treated StL fans with little regard through all this. I wouldn’t be surprised if fans stayed away. I suspect attendance would be off for a while even if the Rams start winning.

Root for the Steelers to win despite an embarrassingly dismal performance by Roethlisberger. They win only because Brady and Belichick are nabbed just before the game in an FBI sting. They are arrested while trying to purchase illicit electronic surveillance equipment from an undercover agent.

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I think eventually we would end up in more-or-less the same place. But it would perhaps be worth a try, since we are certainly doomed given the trajectory we are on.

I mean, if you could get rid of everyone who thinks violence is a justifiable conflict resolution, it might change things. And the irony would be worth it.

Welcome aboard. Now who do we vaporize first?

I’m thinkin we start with all Religious-Fundamentalists.
For starters.
That should get us down to, what? 4.5 billion maybe?

Then we eliminate Patriot fans.

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Who gets to live?

No, I couldn’t just dissappear 6.5 billion people even though I think the world would be a much better place with them gone. Even if I knew they would be going to a better place. I couldn’t make that decision for them. Even if it meant getting rid of all those people who I think deserve to be gone – getting rid of those who are responsible for or willingly contribute to pain and suffering. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do what needes to be done.

I could kill all Pitt fans though.

But that’s only about 5 people, tops.

wv wrote:

From Nittany’s link:

“…The court is fully aware of the deference afforded to arbitral decisions, but, nevertheless, concludes that the Award should be vacated,” Berman penned in his 40-page ruling. “The Award is premised upon several significant legal deficiencies, including
(A) inadequate notice to Brady of both his potential discipline (four-game suspension) and his alleged misconduct;
(B) denial of the opportunity for Brady to examine one of two lead investigators, namely NFL Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jeff Pash; and
(C) denial of equal access to investigative files, including witness interview notes.”
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Looks to me, like all of that stuff has to do with the “procedure”
the NFL followed. Seems like the NFL could have easily complied
with Brady’s requests for discovery. Dunno why they didnt.

Btw, I dont care one way or another about Brady’s suspension.

And fwiw, my own view is the Patriots/Belichex/Brady will always
have a shadow now, no matter what the Courts or NFL does. The
fans of 31 teams will always kinda ‘wonder’ about the Patriots.

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If I’m not mistaken, each one of the Pats’ Superbowl victories has some controversy surrounding it. Tuck rule, spy-gate, deflate-gate…

Oline improvement and I’d like to see Tavon Austin do something offensively.

There is a simple solution. As humans become obsolete they can be used to feed those humans who are still essential.

wv, perhaps you should relax more. Don’t want your muscles to get all tough and stringy.

Of course, humans being replaced by automation wouldn’t be as big a problem if our population wasn’t multiplying exponentially.

Would love to see a negative population growth until we got down to sustainable, environmentally friendly numbers. Obviously I don’t want this to happen through disease, famine, genocide or war. I want it to happen because we finally wake up and realize we need to do it for the future of humanity and every other living thing on the planet.

zn wrote:

But they can develop together, which is IMO precisely what will happen.

Well, they may develop together. Next year this oline may be a team strength. But this is the year we were looking to for the team to make its jump to playoff contention (actually last year originally was, but Bradford’s injury and the prejudice of others conspired to keep up playoff-less). Right now its shaping up to look like another wasted year.