Zooey wrote:

So if the Commies beat Atlanta, the Rams clinch. Yes?

Precisely, thus rendering your precious Seahawks’ trip to SoFi next week a waste of time.

Bwahhahahahahaha…

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

So the Bills are crushing the Jets, i see.

…i still dont get how this works. Because there are still games next week. I would have thought the algrebra could all change again with next weeks games. ( assuming the Rams lose to the Seahawks and end up tied)

w
v

If the “3 teams win” scenario works, then the Rams clinch now. This weekend.

Otherwise, they have to beat Seattle next week.

Today:

Bengals won.
Bills winning, by a huge margin.

Is it true the Rams HAVE to beat Seattle next week? I know that would have been true if they lost to the Cards, but I think that victory means they would likely still win the division even if they lost to the Seahawks based on SOV. I mean, I saw that after the Rams beat the Cards that the Seahawks’ chance to win the division dropped to less than 1%. If it’s that low, how could beating the Rams propel them to the division title? I think for that to happen, they need to beat the Rams, and have a bunch of unlikely circumstances fall their way.

• This reply was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by nittany ram.

Verse only had 9 sacks in both his junior and senior years at FSU. He’s incredibly disruptive, but maybe he just isn’t a sack guy.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

The Rams can clinch this week if:

1. The Rams win and Seattle loses or ties.

2. The Rams win plus 4 of the following 6 teams win this week (Strength of Victory tiebreaker):
Vikings, Bills, 49’ers, Commanders, Bengals, Browns

3. The Rams tie and Seattle loses.

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐀@BuiltForLA
I was under the impression that a Rams win would secure the division by itself.Is that not accurate?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Not accurate. Need a little bit more than just a Rams win to secure the division

Rams House Official YT@RamsHouseOffic1
What does sov mean?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Strength of Victory. Combined win total of all the teams you’ve beaten

Justin@JLrams7
So rams need 4 of those 6 teams on option 2 to win ?

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Correct

Three of those six teams are favored to win (Bengals, Bills, Commanders).

Obviously the 9’ers have no chance to beat Detroit, so that’s a dead end.

But the Vikings could beat the Packers at home, and the Browns have a chance against the Dolphins only because the game is taking place in Cleveland. Miami hasn’t played well in the cold.

The offense has sorta been stuck in the mud the last couple weeks. I’m going to attribute that to being outside, on the road, in poor weather conditions. There’s probably more to it than that. The lack of speed on offense as Rex Ryan suggests rings true.

But I think they will light up the Cards and Seahawks – provided the Rams haven’t clinched already.

Two out of the three compelling games are in the 4 o’clock window (Bill/Lions, Steelers/Eagles).

They should’ve flexed one of those games into the 1 o’clock time slot. All the early games suck.

By 11:30 pm EST the Rams will be in first place. Bet the house on it.

First time in Stafford’s career he’s gone 5 straight games without an INT.

Best performance by the defense this year. Great against the run and pass.

Greenlaw getting hurt helped the Rams’ running game. KW started rolling when he went out. Apparently Greenlaw’s back-up refused to go into the game, said he quits, and walked into the locker room in the third quarter. I love it when the 9’ers are self -destructing.

Stafford continues to make plays when they need them. He’s as reliable as death and taxes.

Zooey wrote:

BTW, did anybody get a good look at the XP that Karty missed? They didn’t show a replay of it. I thought the snap/hold was botched, but…no replay or comment from Tom the Genius Brady.

Someone said it was a bad snap.

Missed kicks are so commonplace with the Rams I guess the networks don’t bother replaying them anymore.

I’m fairly disgusted in their performance today. I mean, this game was a gimme. When you play a decidedly inferior opponent, you got to put them away.

Maddeningly sluggish starts have been the Rams’ MO this season, so I wasn’t surprised it took the offense awhile to get on track, but letting the Rams end their NFL record streak of not being shut out in the first half of 129 consecutive games is inexcusable – not that I knew that was a thing prior to the announcers mentioning it…

I have more to say, but the Mrs just got back and wants to take me to lunch so it’ll have to wait.

wv wrote:

So, once again, a team played its best game against the Rams.

And, Philly is being touted as a super team. Maybe.

But watch the Eagles come out and play like shit, and Lose next week.

Because the football gods hate the rams.

w
v

That’s because the Rams game is every other team’s Super Bowl, and there’s always a letdown after the Super Bowl.

87 years of uninterrupted excellence comes with a price tag – the Rams have a huge target on their back.

The combination of Barkley, that o-line, and that d-line is almost unfair. To quote Commissioner Gordon, “the sum of the angles of that triangle are too monstrous to contemplate”.

I’m disappointed, but somethimes you just gotta tip your hat to the other guys. If the Eagles play their A game, I don’t know how anyone beats them.

BTW, who else is getting tired of the Rams having to use silent counts in their own building in these prime time games?

Mine is from “The Thing with Two Heads” with Rosey Grier and Ray Milland.

wv wrote:

I dont think captive-dolphin-orgies have anything to do with the rams red zone problems. I want that on the record.

w v

Do you even watch football?

wv wrote:

I am in favor of the Rams dominating and obliterating the Dolphins. I vote for that. w v

Bacon and Mckeever gotta shut down Jim Kiick.  That’s the key.