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nittany ramModerator
Neither one of these teams look like they belong in the playoffs.
nittany ramModeratorI know a WR that’s 6’2″ has a 6’7″ wing span and 13″ hands
Draft him and switch him to QB.
nittany ramModeratorChip is ego guy.
Wouldn’t it be funny if he went to SF?
Yeah, I’m not sure how that would work out for them. Seems like they might be replacing one ego guy with another.
It would make for an interesting contrast…the 9’ers with their college style gimmicky offense vs the physical ball control offenses of the Seahawks, Rams and Cards.
January 2, 2015 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Bringing Sam Bradford back to be the Rams starter is the definition of insanity #15341nittany ramModeratorBringing back Bradford is the definition of sanity.
I agree. Besides, Bradford isn’t being brought back to “be the starter”. He’s being brought back to “compete for the starting job” with a QB that, according to Fisher, is not yet on the roster. That’s not the same thing. It’s not being handed to him this time. However, I have little doubt that Bradford will win the starting job if healthy because he was a pretty good QB when he got hurt, despite his 79.3 career passer rating. Citing his career passer rating is misleading because it includes his numbers from when he was young working behind a patchwork o-line with lousy receivers. I’m more interested in how he was playing most recently, that is the way he was playing before his injuries. He was easily having his best season (94 passer rating?) when he tore up his knee against Carolina and everything looked like he was gonna be even better this year prior to re-injuring his knee.
nittany ramModeratorInteresting. What is it about Adam Gase that makes him so appealing? He’s the OC for the Denver Broncos so he basically has the easiest gig in the NFL because Peyton Manning pretty much runs the offense. So what is it about him that makes you think he is ready to be a HC for a team like the Rams?
nittany ramModeratorI wonder if people noticed.
Roberson played for Johnson, and Joyner player for Gaines.
Gaines was hurt, but Johnson wasn’t inactive.
I’ll have to check game snaps, but it LOOKS like Johnson was just plain demoted.
I dunno…Johnson still played a lot. I remember he got beat on a slant for a first down.
December 22, 2014 at 5:25 pm in reply to: CBS Sports 920AM – Aeneas Williams 12-22 – Podcast – Jim Thomas 12.22.14 #14510nittany ramModeratorwv wrote:
Maybe a Vet free-agent LB ?w
vTwo things, I want someone who could eventually take over for Laurinaitis and I am less and less inclined to spend ANY money on FAs. They almost never perform to their contract. imo I am still drafting an OT, but Shaq is a LB that I would be ok with.
Note that every week the announcers gush over Lauranaitis and how great he is. Only Rams fans seem to think he’s just “meh, whatever”. I think he’s just ok. Nothing more.
I would like to see a real analysis on JL’s play by someone who really knows linebacking and who understands the MLB’s role in GW’s defense.
December 20, 2014 at 10:30 pm in reply to: What's your "bet"? (feeling) (analysis)–Rams beat Giants? #14333nittany ramModeratorSo if you sit in front of the tv at 1:00 PM expecting a Rams game, forget it. Ain’t gonna happen.
I’m not sure if you’re confused about how time zones work or about how TVs work but that depends on where you’re sitting. If you’re sitting in front of a tv on the west coast at 1:00 pm then you will see a Rams game, assuming you have NFL Sunday Ticket and/or the game is being broadcast in your locality and you are tuned to the appropriate channel and the TV is switched ‘on’ and there is electricity running to the TV and you have the ability to see.
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December 20, 2014 at 3:15 pm in reply to: Breer predicting Cutler to Rams…others say, no it's to the Titans #14312nittany ramModeratorwv wrote:
I think i’d rather have
a big-armed, mobile, meat-headed rookie
than Cutler.w
vSo you’re saying you prefer a young meathead to a veteran meathead?
Cutler is this generation’s Jeff George. Million $$ arm, ten cent head.
He’s Jeff George with nice hair.
nittany ramModeratornittany ram wrote:
Is Quinn still the best player on this defense?Yes.
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vThat may still be true, but AD is having the better year.
And if it is true, it may not be for much longer. AD is just a rookie.
Imagine a defense where a guy like Robert Quinn is only the second best player on it.
That’s like trying to imagine a message board where zooey is only the second most annoying poster on it.
Wait. Wait. Scratch that. I saw how ridiculous that statement looked on the screen before my fingers could even type it.
More annoying than zooey. As if…
But my point about AD still stands, so admit that I’m right and let’s put this ugliness behind us.
nittany ramModeratorIs Quinn still the best player on this defense?
nittany ramModeratorI’d rather he coached somewhere other than the Big 10.
nittany ramModeratorAnd Lawrence Phillips’ missed block ended Steve Young’s career. Even though LP wasn’t a Ram anymore, I still like to think they played a minor role in that.
December 16, 2014 at 2:27 pm in reply to: Which game is more important to you to win? Giants or Seahawks? #13984nittany ramModeratorWhich game is more important to you to win? Giants or Seahawks?
That’s a hard question to answer; I am not even sure it’s a fair question.
I want them to win both.
A loss to the Giants would mean bad things. So you want a win there.
A win in Seattle would mean great things. So you want a win there.
Yeah I agree. Impossible for me to decide which loss would be more palatable. Trying to makes my head hurt. I feel like my memory banks are overloading like those alien computers on Star Trek that Kirk tricks into destroying themselves by presenting them with a paradox they can’t solve.
The correct answer is they have to win *every* game. Obviously that won’t happen but for me choosing between them is like trying to decide which of your children you would rather sell into slavery.December 15, 2014 at 11:02 am in reply to: What's your "bet"? (feeling) (analysis)–Rams beat Giants? #13913nittany ramModeratorWin this week against the Giants then go into Centurylink Stadium and destroy the Seahawks on the eve of yet another Superbowl run.
That would sorta kinda salvage something of the season.
Sorta.
December 15, 2014 at 9:44 am in reply to: qbs who have started for the Rams since the 1995 move #13908nittany ramModeratorThat list tells you all you need to know about the priority the Rams place on QBs. And by extension on winning.
Hopefully the priorities have changed under SK.
December 14, 2014 at 11:09 pm in reply to: Map depicting plans for the US invasion of Canada in the late 1920's #13891nittany ramModeratorThat’s kinda cool. Had it come to fruition I know that I’d be feasting on Whatchamacallit chocolate bars and staying home to watch football on the the last Thursday of every November. Two things that make me jealous of every citizen of the U.S.
Don’t be so sure. US invasions of Canada never worked out so well for the US. See the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
Maybe I’d have single payer healthcare and a Tim Horton’s down the street, two things I’m jealous of Canadians for.
nittany ramModeratorI highlight particularly tough (as it looks now) away games:
Home: Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay
Away: Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Washington
I think I would highlight all those away games except Washington. All those teams would be favored at home against the Rams anyway.
nittany ramModeratorPackers. Only team in the NFC that could keep Billichek from another title other than the Seahawks, and there’s no way I want the Seahawks in the Superbowl, so “go Pack go!”
nittany ramModeratorWelcome to the board, bnw. That’s interesting. I wasn’t aware that the Rams were responsible for all those QB changes.
Unfortunately, with the possible exception of San Fran, the Rams made all of those teams much better by injuring their starting QB’s.
And only a team as cursed as the Rams could manage to knock out their divisional opponents’ starting QB’s and make it harder for themselves to win the division.
They are their own worst enemy in more ways than one.
nittany ramModeratorIt’s pretty evident from some of the post game quotes that Arians does not like Fisher.
These comments should make this divisional rivalry even more interesting going forward.
nittany ramModeratorI wonder if those points given up numbers are adjusted for only scores allowed by the defense?
In other words, are all the points the offense gave up(pick six’s, fumbles returned for TD’s) taken out?
Because I saw a stat at several sites that said if you counted only those points given up by the defense, then the Rams are second only to Seattle in points allowed.
nittany ramModerator<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>nittany ram wrote:</div>
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Everybody wanted to talk all that stuff about how great their defense is. I think they saw a good defense tonight, it was in red and white,” Arians said before talking about his 143 rushing yards. “We blocked them. I think they had been reading their press clippings way too much.”Why is Arians so hostile? Makes me root against them going forward.
Arians was fuming all game long. Maybe this is carry over from that. Plus he lost yet another QB. Perhaps he’s pissed because he knows he’s one n’ done in the playoffs. I mean, they were gonna be in trouble with Stanton at QB let alone the third stringer.
<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>I read/heard something where he said they lost out on the playoffs last year cause the Rams beat them on a FG. His comment/s reminded me of something Fisher might say. </span>
Lol and now he’s lost two QBs against the Rams thus greatly reducing any chance he had in the playoffs.
He must HATE the Rams by now.nittany ramModerator<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wv wrote:</div>
Everybody wanted to talk all that stuff about how great their defense is. I think they saw a good defense tonight, it was in red and white,” Arians said before talking about his 143 rushing yards. “We blocked them. I think they had been reading their press clippings way too much.”Why is Arians so hostile? Makes me root against them going forward.
Arians was fuming all game long. Maybe this is carry over from that. Plus he lost yet another QB. Perhaps he’s pissed because he knows he’s one n’ done in the playoffs. I mean, they were gonna be in trouble with Stanton at QB let alone the third stringer.
nittany ramModeratorI don’t think the Rams were outcoached, although the Cardinals do have an excellent coaching staff. I think this loss was simply a matter of execution. The offense couldn’t execute mainly because the o-line couldn’t get it done. Wells and Joseph are simply horrible. Robinson is learning on the job and making mistakes. Sims said it himself, “doesn’t matter what play you’ve called if the o-line doesn’t block”. That was the story of that game. The Rams o-line was overmatched by Cards front 7.
nittany ramModeratorWe celebrate Kongmas in my house…
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nittany ramModeratorBiggest concern about tonight’s game?
How well can the Rams o-line hold up against a really good front seven? They’ll have to play much better than they did in Washington last week where they gave up 4 sacks and didn’t open up a lot of holes for the running game.
I don’t think some of the gimmicky plays that the Rams use like that jet sweep they run with Tavon will work against a disciplined defense like the Cardinals. To create running lanes they’ll have to do it the old fashioned way. Put a hat on a hat and move them out of the hole in coachspeak.
On the other hand I don’t think the Cards (or anybody except maybe the Seahawks) can afford to stack the LOS against the Rams anymore. With the emergence of Brit and Bailey the passing game is something defenses have to contend with.
The Rams o-line is the only worry I have right now. There’s really no other weaknesses on this team. Perhaps there are some areas that could be improved but I wouldn’t consider any of those areas a weakness….ummm except maybe place kicking. The jury’s out on that.
nittany ramModeratorTavon and Cook and Hill,
need to hold onto the ball.
I dont think the Cards can win
without turnovers.w
vSee I disagree with that. To win, I think the Rams will have to turn the ball over at least once, maybe twice.
Think about it. They have gone two weeks without a turnover. That’s not like them. That’s not like them at all. In fact, I propose that the concept of going a third week without a turnover is so ‘alien’ to them, that they will begin to question their deepest held beliefs and suffer the associated aungst that accompanies the feeling of not knowing your place in the greater order of things. You can’t concentrate on football after being cast adrift in a cold and unknowable universe.
To prevent this the Rams will have to commit a turnover and the sooner the better. Prolly best if they had two before halftime.On the other hand, if the Cards can hold the Rams to less than two turnovers, I think they have an excellent shot to win this game.
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nittany ramModeratorCool pic. Isn’t that Hadl in the background? I thought he was gone before Cappy was drafted.
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