Wells could never survive in New England with all of our tick-borne diseases…Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and of course, the grand daddy of them all…Lyme Disease. A disease which I and about half the people of Vermont proudly suffer with. You won’t hear us complain about it though. And we certainly won’t be checking ourselves into any hospitals like some overpaid human turnstile.

Since the beginning of time it has been known that the best insight into a man’s character can be gained through his reaction to a tick bite. So now I think we know all we need to know about the type of person this…this Wells person is.

You created this thread as a ruse to see how many of your little sock puppets would reply. For that reason I will not respond in this thread. I refuse to indulge your flights of narcissism.

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zn wrote:

wv wrote:
Torry sez AustinD has brought “emotion”
to the team thats “been missing from the QB position”.

http://www.rams-news.com/torry-holt-on-why-penalties-have-been-an-issue-under-coach-fisher-radio-interview/

Bout the 9 minute mark.

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Man. Lol. I have always disliked that particular riff (Bulger if people remember caught the negative of that one). “Brought emotion.” I won’t let it poison my view of Davis that some people say that kind of thing …but to me, it’s like, completely mind-numbingly irrelevant

Yeah, that “emotion” stuff is over-hyped. How much emotion did Roger Staubach or Bart Starr bring to the huddle? The idea that QB’s need to be emotional and fiery to be good leaders is patently false.

Herzog wrote:

I have a theory. I think that you had a large amount of young, talented players learn how to do something one way….and started doing it really well by the end of last season. Instead of making that “second year in the system” jump….they were asked to do it completely different this year. Essentially seems like they started over. I was afraid this might happen and I am really upset about it

That could be the problem. It could be that the reason the Rams are still trying to learn a new defense three weeks into the season is because they didn’t really work on it enough in preseason. They were nothing but vanilla all through preseason games. They weren’t showing anything. They did that so they wouldn’t tip their hand I suppose but the downside is their defense isn’t sure of itself yet…THREE games into the season.

Sounds like a pretty nice guy. The league needs more Wistroms.

How cool would that be? Davis, the next Marc Bulger.

That would be great as long as he doesn’t get Bulgerized.

“I let my kids know that I want to maintain witness all the time. I want perfection. A couple times I lost it on the offense. My language was pretty bad. And I remember Austin coming in the office telling me, ‘You don’t want to lose witness to these guys.’

I think I saw Davis “lose witness” several times on the sidelines in last week’s victory over Tampa Bay. 😉

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I give him an “incomplete” until the end of the season. I think final grades should be withheld until the end of a coach’s third season.

Yeah, I think Hill would be better coming off the Bemch.

Figuring out who should start is gonna be a tough decision for Fisher.

I bet it involves a lot of algebra.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

I took some advice from Steve Savard who is a lot brighter than I gave him credit for. He said go back and watch it again. This time with no unrealistic expectations it didn’t look near as bad.There is some good stuff there. I didn’t mind Shotty’s play calling but the design of the TA plays still bother me.Both Gaines and Donald are going to be good to great.TJ is looking good.Quick is on his way. Hill was trying to get rid of the ball and didn’t have the legs to get it there.Up until that point he was doing good. The D held AP in check and how do you practice for stopping Patterson? Obviously you have to wrap up and hold on your not going to throw him down with arm tackles but the dude is a freakish runner who will continue to scorch many teams this year.

I agree with you for the most part. The Rams were in the game as long as Hill was under center. My only caveat is that it shouldn’t have been a “tough close game”. The Rams should have dominated a team like the Vikings at home. They shouldn’t have struggled against the Vikings while Hill was in the game if they are truly improving under Snisher. I think that is a valid criticism,

But I certainly don’t buy into Bernie’s reactionary, over-the-top Chicken Little act.

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Covering up brain injury info, bounty gate and now this…the NFL is making Haliburton, Big Tobacco and BP look good.

The difference being, public disapproval COULD lead to Goddell being replaced and at least a portion of a change in the culture.

Those other corporations? Yeah good luck.

We complain that the NFL is too corporate.

The actual corporations think it’s not corporate ENOUGH.

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Yeah, at least public opinion can have some impact on NFL policy.

But even if Goodell takes the fall for his role in all of this, the ultimate responsibility rests with the owners. Goodell is their representative. They will remain untouched by the fallout though.

Read somewhere that the CFL has joined the NFL in the banning of Ray Rice.

Rams embarrassed by Vikings 34-6

By Jim Thomas

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/article_23c2ce3b-3328-5e04-ba63-fe19931ef47a.html#.VAzJJpdj4Ts.twitter

If you wanted to pick the worst possible way to open a season, it would be difficult to top the performance put on by the Rams Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome.

They committed silly penalties. Couldn’t stop the run. Got outplayed on special teams. And couldn’t really do anything on offense. Seven weeks of build-up led to one of the worst Rams season openers in years — an embarrassing 34-6 loss to Minnesota to open 2014.

Any time you start a season with your third-string quarterback in there to start the second half, you’re in trouble. Such was the case Sunday. Quarterback Sam Bradford obviously is out for the season with a knee injury. His replacement, Shaun Hill, was done by halftime with a thigh injury. So that left Austin Davis in charge when the Rams started the third quarter down 13-0.

For the most part, the defense did its part in the first half, keeping Adrian Peterson in check and making quarterback Matt Cassel throw the ball downfield at his own risk.

But the Rams’ offense was basically non-existent in the first half. Yes, Brian Quick established himself with several early catches, but he also took the Rams out of a scoring opportunity, being called for a facemask penalty for getting his hand in the grill of Vikings cornerback Captain Munnerlyn after a 21-yard catch.

The 15-yard penalty midway through the second quarter backed the Rams up to the Minnesota 46. They appeared to get the first down back a couple of plays later on a 14-yard catch by Chris Givens. But Givens was called for offensive pass interference, so the play was called back from what would’ve been the Minnesota 27 to the Rams’ 49.

The result was a punt.

Wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson was the Vikings’ top runner in the first quarter, doing his damage on the “jet” sweep, plays where the wide receiver goes in motion and then takes the handoff as he passes the quarterback in motion.

A 13-yard gain on a jet sweep by Patterson, coupled with a dubious roughing the passer call against Robert Quinn by referee Ed Hochuli helped the Vikings take a 3-0 lead on a 52-yard field goal by Blair Walsh.

The Rams missed a chance to tie the game on their second possession when Jeff Zuerlein’s 50-yard field goal sailed wide left with 1:09 to play in the first quarter.

Facing a fourth-and-1 from the Minnesota 31, Fisher opted for a field goal instead of going for it. Taking over at their 40 after the miss, the Vikings needed only one play to get in Walsh’s range — a 23-yard jet sweep by Patterson, who was aided by two missed tackles by the Rams on the play.

The result was a 46-yard field goal by Walsh and a 6-0 Minnesota lead 44 seconds into the second quarter. The Rams’ defense kept Minnesota in check for much of the second quarter, but after taking over at their 25 with 1:38 to go in the half, a scrambling Shaun Hill — running to his right — threw into double-coverage towards the right sideline.

Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson made an athletic, leaping interception, keeping his feet in-bounds as he came down.

Minnesota took over on the St. Louis 35 with 1:09 to play in the half. This time the Vikings didn’t settle for a field goal. On second-and-1 from the St. Louis 8, veteran Greg Jennings got behind rookie E.J. Gaines for a touchdown on a throw from Matt Cassel and a 13-0 lead with 21 seconds left in the half.

Austin Davis took over in the third quarter at quarterback, replacing starter Hill, who left with a thigh injury. Davis led the Rams to a 56-yard field goal drive, cutting the lead to 13-3. But the Rams had to punt after their second possession of the half.

Patterson applied a dagger on the very next play after the Rams’ punted. Lining up in the backfield, Patterson did his best Peterson impression by taking a handoff to the right, cutting back towards the middle and then zigging and zagging his way to the end zone for a 67-yard TD.

Rams defenders fell like bowling pins along the way. No less than five Rams had a chance to bring Patterson down on the play and whiffed on tackle attempts.

The Rams couldn’t recover from that, as feeble as their offense was Sunday. Davis had trouble getting the ball out quickly, and the Vikings’ front four could ignore the run and just head upfield in the direction of the quarterback.

A roughing the punter penalty by Chase Reynolds in the fourth quarter set up Minnesota for yet another touchdown, on a seven-yard pass from Cassel to tight end Kyle Rudolph, who beat free safety Rodney McLeod. That made it 27-3 Minnesota, with 6:27 to play.

But wait, it gets worse. The Rams were down near the red zone, threatening to finally reach the end zone, when safety Harrison Smith stepped in front of a Davis pass and returned an interception 81 yards for a TD. Davis led tight end Jared Cook on the play, but Cook settled in the middle, giving Smith the opportunity.

So with Smith’s “pick 6” it was 34-3 Vikings and hard to tell which was louder — boos from the Rams’ fans or shouts of “Let’s go Vikings” by the Minnesota faithful on hand.

I hate Sack City.

I like “Sack Louis”.

It’s reminiscent of the “Blitzburgh” nickname Pittsburgh used in the 90’s – early 00’s.