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— Michael English (@ScienceSkink) November 24, 2018

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.

Some Rams and Chiefs players are threatening not to play due to field conditions…

Link: http://www.ramsgab.com/2018/11/13/report-rams-players-threatening-to-not-play-in-mexico-city-due-to-field-conditions/

The issue is that soccer games and concerts have left the field a mess. The teams are aware of the situation, and the NFLPA is concerned and has been monitoring it closely.

NFL officials are expected to convene at the stadium Tuesday in a meeting that was previously scheduled to examine the playing surface and make a final decision about whether the game can and will be played there, sources said. If it is not, the game would be moved to Los Angeles.

These teams are mirror images of one another.

Neither defense will be able to stop the other team’s offense

It will probably look a lot like the Pats/Chiefs game from earlier in the year, or the Rams/Saints game last week.

I never bought into the “defense wins championships” mantra, but it can lose them.

This defense is not good.

zn wrote:

I didn’t see the “Saffold shove.”

What was the Saffold shove?

After an enraged Saffold drew the personal foul penalty, Goff tried to calm him down and Saffold sorta shoved him a little. It caught my eye at the time but Aikman didn’t mention it, but he did say Goff was doing the right thing in trying to calm him down.

canadaram wrote:

The Saints are the better team. Barring some unforeseen turnaround I expect a similar result vs. KC in 2 weeks. Seattle will also be tough next week. With the exception of the Niners game the Rams defense has looked below average since the they beat the Chargers. Today they were exposed by one the best offenses in the NFL.

The Saints were better today, but I’m not sure they are the better team. The Saints defense wasn’t fairing much better.

I think the results could be different if they met again, especially if it’s away from the friendly confines of their dome.

I don’t think the Chiefs are necessarily better either. They also have big problems on defense. That game will be another Madden-like contest.

The entire Rams defense looks a lot better on paper than they look on the field.

Too much talent to be this inconsistent.

What’s with all the presnap confusion?

Peters is horrible.

A lot of this has to be laid at Wade’s feet.

Proud of the way the team battled back, though.