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— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) November 14, 2018

zn wrote:

What are the odds they move the game?

It would be nice if they did.

I wonder if it wouldn’t be better for the Rams if they did play in Mexico City. Give them a chance to get away from all the current distractions in SoCal.

Of course, it wouldn’t be better if the field conditions in Mexico City are conducive to injuries.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Good win , the D is a mess. I wonder if Suh and Donald competing for sacks is resulting in their poor performance against the run?

I think that’s part of it. Maybe it’s by design, but I think Suh and Donald are abandoning their gaps to get to the passer, and offenses are taking advantage of that with the run.

This is the worst defense the Rams have had since Spagnulo was trying to piece one together with guys off the street due to all the injuries.

Pro Football Talk, Mike Florio: 2
Last Week: 1
Change: -1
“Defense wins championships. Which will make it harder for the Rams to win a championship.”

That oversimplistic axiom hasn’t been true for the last 2 or 3 Superbowls, if it ever was.

This Rams team can win the Super Bowl.

zn wrote:

Saints game. IMO Goff did his part, granting there was an errant throw or 2…but Brees had some of those too. Overall Goff came through. You don’t come from behind down 21 points to tie in a tough road game if your qb doesn’t come through.

Yeah, if your QB could put up these numbers every week, you’d win 99% of your games.

Comp/Att 28/40
Yards 391
Yards/att 9.8
TDS 3
Ints 1
QBR 82.1
Rating 115.7

He threw four bad passes that I remember. Unfortunately half of them came on the drive immediately after the Saints went up by three.

If the defense had held when they had the Saints pinned deep instead of giving up a 72 yard TD pass, who doesn’t think Goff would have put together a scoring drive to tie/win the game?

Bright side?

Fowler looked promising.

joemad wrote:

Saints secondary tackled a little better than the Rams did…

I think i’ve had it with Marcus Peters

Sean Peyton irritates me.

BTW game went the same way WVRam predicted…

Rams fall behind early and fall short on furious comeback…

The Rams secondary used to at least be good tacklers. Now that’s not even true anymore. Joyner just isn’t tackling like he used to.

And Peters? Forget it.

They miss TruJo’s physicality.

Amazing how bad the 8-0 Rams suddenly seem to be, based on what I’ve been hearing out of the media since the Packers game.

I guess the Packers showed the world how to stop the Rams offense, even though ultimately, THEY DIDN’T, as the Rams racked up 416 yards, and would have hung 36 points on that brilliant Packers defense if not for Gurley’s selflessness.

Yeah, the defense isn’t perfect, but they seem to get stops when they need to.

I just hope the Rams find some way to turn this dismal season around.

It’s been pure agony watching this trainwreck limp and stumble to 8-0.

I hate that too. As if the Rams’ window is closing after this year.

Their window is wide open and can remain so indefinitely as teams like New England and Pittsburgh have proven.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by nittany ram.

zn wrote:

NFL 2018 Midseason All-Pro Team

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-nfl-2018-mid-season-all-pro-team

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The fact that PFF failed to name the RB who leads the NFL in rushing yards and TDS to their All-Pro team invalidates everything that site has ever written, said, or thought.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by nittany ram.

wv wrote:

Reds**** ?

Ya know if you were more sensitive to the political ramifications of team-slurs, you’d know
Rav##s dont actually like that word. They prefer to be called “Lord God Birds.”

Just so you know.

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Yeah, well I refuse to call the Ravens that because they culturally appropriated that name from the real ‘Lord God Birds” aka Bicknell’s Thrush.

You’d know that if you were woke.

Agamemnon wrote:

zn wrote:

Is this a rental?

Cause 2nd contracts for both pass-rushing 3/4 OLBs and 3/4 DEs are around 17 M. Though Fowler could be less for a lot of reasons, but not a whole lot less.

If he shows something in the rest of 2018 that could be what he’s seen as being worth in 2019.

So do they pay that? Or say good bye and add a guy in the draft or free agency this off-season? Or both?

…

Probably a Rental, but who knows? IF he is really expensive, they get a 3rd round comp pick back. Maybe they keep him on a prove it contract for next year? It is a Gamble.

Yesterday some reporter, (Klein, Curly, Vinnie?) tweeted that the Rams really like him and are interested in signing him long-term but I can’t find it now.