Zooey wrote:

Statistically, the Rams were better on D last season through Week 5, clearly.

Their 4 wins, however, were all against the NFC East, the worst division in football, and they lost to the only team that had a winning record.

This season, their 4 victories are all against playoff teams from last season. Just on the basis of difficulty of schedule, you would expect the D to give up more in this stretch than they did last year.

And now a soft stretch for the Rams. Maybe we can invite Nittany back in 4 weeks to post again, once he’s finished serving his suspension.

I wasn’t suspended. I’m a Covid inactive.

The biggest diff between this year and last year is the play of the secondary. I think they miss JJ and Hill. They also played a lot more man coverage last year. D Williams excelled at that. He hasn’t really distinguished himself in the soft zone approach they use now.

Rams excelled in all phases of the game today. They look unbeatable.

Pretty clear they are be the best team in football.

Perhaps the best team ever.

MAY-be the 85 Chicago Bears or 26 Frankford Yellowjackets could beat them on an off day.

MAY-be.

Zooey wrote:

Jared Goff on full display.

Making great throws, making wtf throws, dropping the ball, forgetting to watch the game clock. It’s all here, the good and bad.

You know, Rodgers presence of mind to hurry the snap in order to get a free play on 3rd down contrasts with Goff letting the clock run out on him TWICE in the same game, in the 6th year of his career.

For me, Goff may be the most frustrating player the Rams ever had.

So good in so many ways, so not so good in so many ways…

He almost but not quite but kinda sorta but not really gets it.

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Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

I was at that game.

In 99 they lost three games, and I was at two of them.

What the hell were you doing in Detroit. Who the hell goes to Detroit.

Friend of mine was from there. He was a Lions fan so he and I and a couple other guys drove there for the game. It was about a 6 or 7 hour drive from where I lived in PA at the time.

The night before the game we went to the top of the tallest building in Detroit. It had one of those outside elevators – the kind that’s like riding in a big glass bubble. One of my friends was nervous because he was afraid of heights but we talked him into it. Apparently none of us including himself realized just how afraid of heights he was – especially when confronted with an unobstructed, panoramic view, and what that meant regarding gravity’s potential to do nasty things to his body because at about 400 ft up he turned white, became drenched with sweat, and collapsed in a fetal position at the back of the elevator. When we got to the top and the doors opened we couldn’t convince him to get up. It wasn’t until a group of people had to step over him to get on the elevator that he moved at all.

Until that the high-light of the trip had been the herd of rats that we saw frolicking in and under a dumpster outside of our hotel.

Not sure what McSnead sees in the current o-line that would preclude adding more depth through the draft. There was nothing about the play of the o-line last season that said to me, “the o-line is perfect just as it is so let’s draft an undersized Tavon Austin clone instead.”

wv wrote:

Taniel@Taniel
just over this past one week:
—New York legalized marijuana & adopted nation’s strictest law against solitary confinement
—Virginia legalized marijuana
—New Mexico ended qualified immunity (& almost there on weed)
—Washington State restored voting rights to tens of thousands

Solitary confinement is horrible.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-criminol-032317-092326

Abstract
A robust scientific literature has established the negative psychological effects of solitary confinement. The empirical findings are supported by a theoretical framework that underscores the importance of social contact to psychological as well as physical well-being. In essence, human beings have a basic need to establish and maintain connections to others and the deprivation of opportunities to do so has a range of deleterious consequences. These scientific conclusions, as well as concerns about the high cost and lack of any demonstrated penological purpose that solitary confinement reliably serves, have led to an emerging consensus among correctional as well as professional, mental health, legal, and human rights organizations to drastically limit the practice.

To paraphrase Ian Malcolm, a 17 game schedule is the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas.

Of that list I would induct Tina Turner, Iron Maiden, Devo, Todd Rundgren, and The Foo Fighters – in that order.

My list is based on the importance of each act on their particular rock n roll genre.

Interesting how so many of the nominees for the Rock n Roll HOF aren’t rock n roll performers. It’s like nominating Bill Russell for a bust in Canton.

I don’t eat jelly much, but when I do it’s grape.

And I prefer a more secular jelly.

I’m a strong believer in the separation of church and jelly.

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— Laura Apollo (@lauraapollo) February 20, 2021

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/02/19/jerry-jones-gas-company-jacks-prices-during-texas-power-crisis

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by nittany ram.

So, what you’re saying is the Rams are about to go from a Hav, to a Hav not.

Click on this – interesting thread…

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zn wrote:

They converted third and longs frequently in 2020. Though “frequently” is a relative term–even the best doesn’t even reach 39%.

There’s actually a site that keeps stats on third and long. Goff threw them 48 times and converted a third of them, which ranks him 8th in the league. He was better at that than Brees, Watson, Rodgers, Wilson, Ryan, and Brady.

Ah but, Stafford btw ranks 1st. He converted 38.7% of 62 attempts. He was better at that than everybody.

Those numbers are here: http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Passing&range=NFL&rank=047

And it’s nice that Stafford is ranked first on that stat. 😎

Thanks for confirming what I always suspected…

You hate Goff.