wv wrote:

nittany ram wrote:
Is Quinn still the best player on this defense?

Yes.
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That 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.

I’d rather he coached somewhere other than the Big 10.

zn wrote:

Which 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.

That 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.

I 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.

Welcome 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.

I 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.

zn wrote:

<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.

We celebrate Kongmas in my house…

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wv wrote:

Tavon and Cook and Hill,
need to hold onto the ball.
I dont think the Cards can win
without turnovers.

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See 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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http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-30314290

Keep Barksdale, Britt, Kendricks and Harkey, sign Wisnewski, draft QB, LB, OL, win Super Bowl.

Eezee Peezee.

znhater wrote:

It’s just to me this should be a non issue.

That’s fine. As long as you acknowledge that there are a myriad of opinions on this subject that are equally as valid as the ‘non-issue’ viewpoint. Some of us find the term Redskin to be self evidently offensive due to its historical connotation. Yeah there are native Americans who don’t really care about the word but there are also native Americans and others who are offended by it and their opinions have to count for something too, right?

sdram wrote:

I like it when the Rams are able to keep the players they draft and develop.

I like it when the players the Rams draft and develop are worth keeping.

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You show the Rams going sack less against the Cardinals but they recorded three sacks that game. I think all of them were on Palmer. Remember it was
Barron’s sack that ended Palmer’s season.