InvaderRam wrote:

well. police supposedly have footage of rice knocking her unconscious. that wasn’t released to the public.

i was also angry at how harbaugh responded to this whole thing.

“It’s not a big deal, it’s just part of the process,” Harbaugh said, via ESPN. “There are consequences when you make a mistake like that. I stand behind Ray. He’s a heck of a guy. He’s done everything right since. He makes a mistake, alright? He’s going to have to pay a consequence. I think that’s good for kids to understand it works that way. That’s how it works, that’s how it should be.”

maybe it should be a big deal. maybe i don’t know all the facts.

just not acceptable to me that it was a 2 game suspension. i realize people make mistakes. but in this case. i gotta agree with wv. guys are getting hammered for smoking pot and then this guy gets away with a 2 game suspension?

Yeah, I agree that Goodell’s response to a player knocking a woman unconscious is ridiculous and Harbaugh calling the actions of his prize thug a “mistake” would be laughable if it wasn’t so reprehensible.

10-6 plus wildcard game victory.

When the Rams took Sam that was one of my proudest moments as a fan. I’m glad Fisher and Snead understand there are bigger issues at play here than possible lockerroom problems. On the other hand, if Fisher really suspected that drafting Sam would lead to widespread dissention in the lockerroom, he probably wouldn’t have drafted him. The fact that he did means he must trust that his players would be fine with it. Says a lot about the quality of the people he drafts.

InvaderRam wrote:

well i think eli looked soft at the beginning of his career. his own teammate barber criticized him early on.

hopefully bradford answers his critics this year.

Yeah, Bradford’s body language and on-field demeanor have been criticized since day 1.

Is there anything to it? Does it mean anything? I dunno…

But the surest way to make everyone forget about all that is to play well consistently over the course of the season. Of course to do that he has to stay healthy as well. If he does that then the speculation about him being soft goes away.

Disney would simply re-market itself as the world’s largest water park and make another 30 gazillion dollars.

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I’d be interested in seeing a comparison of “games missed per season due to injury” between running QBs and pocket QBs.

And that sounds like a lot of work so you better get started now.

Chop chop.

I think under Williams, Jenks’ considerable talent will finally be utilized and he’ll have a big year. I also agree with Jack and think Tru-Jo could have a big year as well.

The original question was, if given 9 wins right now, would we settle for it? It’s not that I wouldn’t be happy with 9 wins given the strength of their division and schedule and maybe hoping for more than that is unrealistic all things considered. It’s just that I think there is a possibility they could do better.

Afterall, the 9’ers and Seahawks could suffer major injuries…maybe even along the magnitude we are used to seeing all too frequently. In that case, the Rams should certainly be able to do better than 9 victories.

Either way I wouldn’t want to set limits on what they can achieve. In July of 99, how many folks would have settled for 9 victories if it had been offered?

That season saw the emergence of Wendell Tyler and Vinnie Ferragamo. For me, the Superbowl loss didn’t sting so bad because the Rams’ future looked so bright. I figured there would be plenty more Superbowls to come….

Yeah, Bradford will land somewhere in that 6 – 12 category. I doubt he’ll ever be more than that. He’ll never be elite in the sense that Manning or Brady are elite but he could fall just beneath that level. I think he could be better than everyone in that second level exept perhaps Rothlesberger.