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September 2, 2014 at 10:10 am in reply to: State of the Rams as Week 1 arrives…reporters & commentators opining #5868
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ModeratorI can see victories on the road against Tampa Bay, Washington and San Diego. Given San Fran’s troubles, there’s no reason to think the Rams can’t beat them in St Louis at least.
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ModeratorI liked what I saw from Keenum in that video but Andre Johnson is simply unreal.
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ModeratorIf he isn’t starting, he might as well get ready to replace Jake Long.
I would agree, except I think the Rams expect him to crack the starting lineup at some point this season. I doubt he rides the pine all season long.
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ModeratorSam not picked up by NFL team, Bills’ Eric Wood tweets ‘Blame ESPN’
In response to reporter wondering how Sam didn’t catch on, Bills lineman writes to ‘blame that on espn. No one wants the distraction.’
BY DANIEL O’LEARY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, September 1, 2014, 2:18 AM A A AAt least one Buffalo Bills player thinks he knows why Michael Sam did not catch on with an NFL team after being cut Saturday.
Eric Wood, an offensive lineman for the Bills says to “Blame ESPN” in response to a reporter wondering why Sam didn’t catch on after a solid preseason performance.
Ross Tucker, an analyst for NBC and Sirius XM NFL Radio among other outlets, wondered aloud via Twitter: “Michael Sam performed much better than most expected and still isn’t even on a practice squad?”Wood tweeted in response: “blame that on espn. No one wants the distraction.”
Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team – in the seventh round by the Rams this summer – was not signed to the Rams practice squad after being cut. ProFootballTalk.com had the find.nittany ram
ModeratorOverall would it be accurate to say Robinson has been the most disappointing draft pick? We knew there would be issues with his pass blocking but according to PFF his run blocking hasn’t been exactly stellar either. The talent is there and there’s no reason to panic yet – but everyone had him penciled in as the opening day starter.
It’s got to be a little disheartening when the number two pick in the draft can’t crack the starting lineup.nittany ram
ModeratorThe Rams *should* win this game. They are better than the Vikes at every position except RB and maybe WR.
And they are at home.
But yeah, this game worries me too.
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ModeratorI predict 6-10.
As good and solid as Stacy was last year with the running game and how good the defensive line can be, the RAMS need to stop to the run and they haven’t in years. Also, with a QB like Shawn that doesn’t have the arm strength or accuracy like Bradford, the margin of error in all phases need to be minimal…. this team seems to get flagged a lot.
I still haven’t forgotten the back-to-back games against Dallas and SF last year… that was ugly, and that had nothing to do with Sam Bradford, and he played in those games.
the RAMS do start off with a soft schedule and can gain some momentum for the season.
one of the many things I like and seen about Fisher is he game plans well for the entire season and gets the most from his young squad and With Clemmens, I was surprised they finished 7-9 last year.
Well, I think the Rams can stop the run. As has been pointed out here, the Rams were the best team against the run over the second half of last season and barring injury this defense looks to be an improvement over last year’s unit.
If they can finish 7-9 with Clemens then I see no reason why they can’t finish 9-7 with Hill. Hill is a much better passer and he has an overall better team around him than Clemens had.
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August 27, 2014 at 10:09 pm in reply to: Strauss: Bradford's injury is a turning point for franchise #5334nittany ram
Moderatornittany ram wrote:
I count myself among those who think the Rams can win with Miller.Was that a slip? Or a joke?
Cause of course the Rams qb is not Miller…it’s Chandler. Or it has been anyway ever since Ferragamo went down.
Yes that was a slip. It happens. But what I don’t need is a lecture on the history of Rams QBs from the likes of you. I was following this team back when Roman ‘Crazy Legs’ Rubley was throwing touchdown passes to Jack Sleet.
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ModeratorI’ll be pissed if they let Bayer go. He may be the Rams best receiving TE. He doesn’t have Cook’s athleticism but he’s more consistent…more reliable.
Of course I realize the kid has only three preseason games to his name, but still…
August 27, 2014 at 6:22 pm in reply to: Strauss: Bradford's injury is a turning point for franchise #5327nittany ram
ModeratorThis is not a turning point for the franchise. For this team in its present incarnation? Perhaps. But not for the franchise.
For the franchise Bradford’s season-ending injury is just a continuation of the luck they’ve had since a rookie named Tom Brady drove the Pats down the field against the Rams prevent defense resulting in a game winning field goal. So this is not a turning point – it’s just the same ol’ same ol’.
That said, I count myself among those who think the Rams can win with Miller.
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ModeratorWell, the Rams have rallied around a back up QB before with some success…
This really sucks though.
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ModeratorI don’t think performances/outcomes of preseason games impacts players confidence one way or the other. However, I would like to see the run defense tighten up.
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ModeratorDamn shame.
It does sorta make my point though that we’re due for some health while the others are due for some injuries at critical positions. SF & AZ have experienced some already and Seattle is a Marshawn Lynch pileup away from being a totally different team.
Health and execution will be the keys to our success.
Well, these season ending injuries are forcing me to imagine what it would be like if someone like Quinn was lost for the year. I just want preseason to be over.
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ModeratorIf Quick and Britt come through it will be SO huge for the Rams.
I’m all aflutter with anticipation.
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ModeratorHis lack of maturity may be the biggest hindrance to him becoming a good QB.
Yeah, he can’t read defenses worth a lick but many college QB’s come into the league with that problem. There are a lot of gimmicky offenses used in college these days in which reading defenses isn’t a priority. That can be learned. It’s just a matter of studying film, taking instruction from coaches and practice.
But maturity is different. Seems like most of the players that lack it coming into the league never get it.
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ModeratorNo that’s cool. I’m glad you did and thanks for the info.
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Moderatormax
It appears that the only recourse a defense has now is not to let the QB make accurate throws by either getting tremendous pressure or knocking him out of the game somehow. I wonder how that will affect defenses that have better secondaries than DLs. You’d think they will have a harder time.
There could be an unintended and unwanted consequence of this rule change. If getting pressure on the QB becomes even more important then you will see more blitzing which will result in QB’s getting hit more which could lead to more QB injuries.
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Moderatornittany ram wrote:
When the game’s on the line, he’s not that reliable.
Jake Long, Wells, Brockers, Laurinaitis, Jenkins, and Bradford were all out.
How do you expect JZ to hit them all without a decent supporting cast?
Do you even follow football?
Great kickers elevate the players around them. Even the most casual observer of football knows that.
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ModeratorBut! Earlier in the same monologue, Quill tells Drax that Gamorra’s violence didn’t bother him, and lists the women who have assaulted him. He points to one scar and says “see that? I got that from a smoking hot Rayjack girl who stabbed me with a fork.”
Hmm, very observant of you. Perhaps Drax just took what he said at face value and therefore thought that Quill was stabbed by a woman whose temperature was so high she was smoking.
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ModeratorMy wife and I saw it too. We both really liked it. I would say it is among the best marvel films I’ve seen. For me, Avengers is still tops but I would rank GotG just beneath it.
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ModeratorOh yeah, well the Q were transcendent beings and they retained humanoid emotions and failings…
Lucy became sorta like a Q. Like a humorless, expressionless Q traveling through time and space…
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July 29, 2014 at 8:43 am in reply to: articles on Bradford & on Warner on Bradford (including Thomas) #2772nittany ram
Moderator”I think we have a great chance to be really good.”
See, this is why Bradford isn’t a true leader.
A true leader would’ve said, “I think we have a good chance to be really great.”
See the difference there?
Yeah, it’s subtle perhaps but it’s the difference between being George Patton and Dick Van Patton.
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ModeratorYeah I saw the “%10 of the brain” thing in the trailer and just went…enh. Didn’t see it.
If what you say is true, and I don’t doubt it, that’s a lotta wasted talent. Besson, Johansson…
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Johansson wasn’t good but it wasn’t really her fault. Her part was the same ol’ hackneyed role you often see in sci-fi movies such as this. As she gained access to more and more of her brain she became more automaton-like. Her character loses her depth and humanity. Much of her role involved staring blankly and speaking in a flat, emotionless tone. I find it boring that sci-fi movies always depict beings with higher intelligence as being Vulcan-like. It’s like they assume a sense of joy or wonder or sadness could not coexist in a super-smart being.
Spoiler alert….
In the end she merges with a computer and so she exists in the world wide web. Her body is gone and another character asks where she went. He immediately receives a text that says…”I am everywhere.”
So, that makes her what, about the 50th character in a sci-fi film to merge with the global network of computers? It must be getting crowded in there.
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Moderatorwell. 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.
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ModeratorIt was bad, PA. Really bad. And I often go out of my way to give movies the benefit of the doubt but I think I might have suffered some form of PTSD after seeing this. I don’t know when or even if I’ll be able to take a chance on another film.
Heck, I screamed like a little girl in a snake pit when I accidentally bumped into a bin full of 5 dollar DVD’s at Rite Aide today.
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Moderator10-6 plus wildcard game victory.
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ModeratorAre they actual ravens – or are they crows? There’s a difference, you know…
http://www.differencebetween.net/science/nature/difference-between-crow-and-raven/
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ModeratorWhen 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.
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ModeratorWhen I saw the title of your post, “Watkins vs Robinson” I thought you going to try to compare Rok Watkins to Greg Robinson for some reason…as if the two were comparable.
I was all set to trample your post into the muck like a herd of stampeding tapirs.
But I see I was mistaken. You were actually talking about Sammy Watkins, not Rok Watkins.
So now I look like the fool.
Well played.
I guess you think you’re pretty smart with your fancy Morgantown education, dontcha’ Mr. Sassypants.
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Moderatorwell 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.
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