zn wrote:

Warren Sharp@SharpFootball
LAC, while fighting to make the playoffs, sat Melvin Gordon till he was healthy
PIT, fighting to make the playoffs, are sitting James Conner till he is healthy
It’s odd that the Rams, who already locked up the NFCW, aren’t resting a clearly not 100% Todd Gurley till he is healthy

I wonder if that’s because the Rams are so “play action pass” dependent.

Well, if you sacrifice depth for stars, then your stars better play like stars.

The biggest problem the Rams have faced is that outside of Aaron Donald, their defensive stars have played like journeymen.

The Rams felt (and I agreed at the time) that they had pretty good depth other than at LB entering the season.

The Rams may not have good depth on the o-line, but the o-line hasn’t been injured. Entering the season nobody figured a healthy o-line would be a weakness for the Rams this season, but that’s what’s starting to happen.

But right now, the Rams look like they need a rebuild. They need help on the d-line, OLB, ILB, CB, Safety and on the o-line.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Cowboys v Colts.
Pats v Steelers.

On paper I should be counting the NE/Pitt game as a top interesting game.

I can’t though. I’ve lived in NE long enough to see the entire Brady/BB dynasty emerge and stick around. To me it’s like trying to feed a zoo lion on hay. I can’t bring myself to be interested. Whatever energy I have regarding the Patz has to be used to restrain myself from yelling “I don’t care about them one bit!” every time someone says to me “hey how about those Patriots, you see the game?”

I’m only interested in Pats games when they have a chance to lose.

Chiefs, Chargers…<Yawn>

The Rams beat both of those teams.

I would feel better about stuff if I thought the Bucs could beat the Saints.

Zooey wrote:

What did Spielman say?

He said today the Rams have been exposed as the frauds that they are.

Then he raised is fist into the air, yelled “Hail Satan!”, and jumped through the window of the broadcast booth and plummeted to his death on the seats below.

You know, just the standard football rhetoric.

Nice.

zn wrote:

Yeah it’s not true though. Seen that stat before, it circulates. But this year in their opening game GB came from behind to beat the Bears, who have a winning record.

The old stat was that it was 35 games, but that was before this year.

I don;t know why whoever wrote that forgot about the Chicago game.

…

Did Chicago have a winning record at the time Rodgers beat them?

I’ve seen the stat presented with the caveat, ‘at the time Rodgers played them”…meaning the stat only includes teams that had winning records at the time he played them. It doesn’t include teams that had a winning record sometime before or after Rodgers played them.

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12 of those top 20 players are still active, and another 4 of them stopped playing 3 years ago or less.

That suggests QBs haven’t gotten better, it’s just gotten easier to put up big numbers.

Matt Schaub isn’t better than Roger Staubauch.

Derek Carr isn’t better than Johnny Unitas.

Andy Dalton isn’t better than Dan Marino.

The passer rating may be fine for comparing contemporary QBs, but it’s worthless for comparisons across time.

It says more about how the game has changed than it does about a QB’s abilities.

Have the Chargers done anything for the victims of the shootings or fires? I haven’t heard of them doing anything. Meanwhile, the Rams have pretty much taken over the city.

Of course, eventually this could all change, but right now, LA has two Super Bowl contenders, but it barely realizes one of them even exists.

‘Yet as he stood near the Rams’ 25-yard line, nearly a full football field away from the touchdown the Rams had to have, Goff looked about as frazzled as a guy about to take a big chunk out of his buddy’s checking account by sinking a two-inch putt.’

An apt description by Vinnie.

The camera showed Goff’s face while he stood on the sideline waiting to take the field after the commercial break after the Chiefs went ahead.

Either he was unfazed or he has the best poker face in the league. This wasn’t the first time his cool demeanor has been mentioned, but he had never faced a challenge this big before either. This was being billed as the game of the year for weeks, and given the tragedies this team was in the midst of over the last couple weeks, it could be forgiven if Goff’s face gave away the immensity of the challenge before him.

But he had the same, calm, inexpressive look he always has – like a Vulcan.

And seeing him that away gave me confidence that he could drive the field and get a TD. It calmed me down, as I was pretty upset after the Rams managed to blow that lead. And it’s obvious based on all the articles describing Goff’s coolness that it has the same effect on his team.

I don’t know, but I’ve always preferred calm, cerebral players and coaches over the rah-rah types. McVay is a nice blend of the two. He has the best qualities of both. Goff is a steely-eyed missle man. I wouldn’t trade him for any other QB right now.

Turns out the Rams do have good TEs.

Up to now they were just under-utilized because there aren’t enough footballs to go around.

One Seattle douche thinks that if the Rams don’t win it all this year, they never will because they are in “salary cap hell”.

The Rams are $36 million under the 2019 cap right now, and thats with Donald, Gurley, and Cooks signed to long term deals.