I read this decades ago. Still one of the best books ever written about football.

zn wrote:

Or the idea that the Rams played only 2 contenders so far. Depends I suppose on what you mean. So far they have played 2 4-3 teams (Minn, Seattle) and a 5-2 team (Chargers). GB is struggling for them but you can’t count them out.

The only good teams the Saints have beaten are the Reds****, Ravens, and Vikings. I’m not sure how that somehow makes them more ‘battle tested’ than the Rams.

PA Ram wrote:

They certainly needed to upgrade their edge rush so it is worth the gamble. Hopefully he can have an impact the rest of the year.

Yep. And it’s really not a gamble. If Fowler doesn’t work out, the Rams will only have lost a couple draft picks, but they will be getting compensatory picks anyway.

InvaderRam wrote:

also. i wonder what this means for ogbo. the pessimist in me says they were not impressed by all by ogbo. probably have to wait until next year.

Maybe.

But even if he was impressive, a rookie is a rookie. Hard to say what you have in him, and by the time they find out he can’t get it done, they wouldn’t have any options.

Fowler is a known quantity with upside if he stays healthy and get’s his “off the field” shit together.

Zooey wrote:

Fascinating how you leave the 1970s Rams defense out of that. Have you been drinking?

It’s about knowing your audience.

What would 9’er fans like you and wv know about the 70’s Rams defense? I’m surprised it was even in your rather tiny orbit.

I couldn’t use a 9’ers defense as an example of a defense that could completely stone an offense, because they never had one.

So I did the best I could.

Kudos for mentioning the great Rams defense of the 70’s, though. It demonstrates a knowledge of football history that rests squarely on the rudimentary level which is much higher than I gave you credit for.

The announcers mentioned that the Rams ‘utilize’ their TEs less than any other team. I presume they meant that they throw to them less than other teams throw to their TEs.

Many pundits including Rams podcasters and reporters seem to be of the opinion that TE is a weakness for the Rams.

Maybe they aren’t a weakness so much as McVay just likes to use use them differently.

Goff outplayed Rodgers in an ‘away game’ environment.

I’ll take it.

The Packers were in a dime defense for most of the game.

In an effort to slow the Rams’ offense down, defenses are loading up against the pass and inviting the Rams to run.

And it’s been working to an extent, but the Rams have been able to overcome it eventually. I wish the Rams were more effective running against it early though.

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Zooey wrote:

Is Green Bay the biggest game so far?

I’m thinking…probably not. They are about as capable of beating the Rams as the Vikings and Chargers were, and they are coming off a bye week. But I think the Vikes and Chargers – neither of whom have lost since the Rams beat them – are probably a notch better than Green Bay.

The Rams should win. But they should win every game. I mean…they will be favored in every game the rest of the season in the betting line.

A win sets up an 8-0 team going into New Orleans. That would be some kind of story.

I am in favor of that scenario, so put me down as voting Yes on that.

I don’t think Green Bay is very good. If they had a normal QB I think they would be in the bottom 1/3 of the league.

But they do have Rogers so they’ll be dangerous.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if the Rams won fairly easily.

LOL the weekly pendulum swing of emotion. Fans are so reactionary. The calls to fire Shanahan and Lynch because the team is losing in the wake of all those injuries are so ridiculous. They’re music to my ears but they are so over the top…

The team has been competitive in every loss sans this one, fer chrissakes.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

After today, the names Goff and Brock may forever be entwined in Rams lore as symbols of gridiron dominance and supremacy.

Well I’m not that big on football history, but, it seems to me the 85 Rams relied less on Brock than they did on that Dick Erickson guy. The running back. The one who got 1000 yards.

You’re thinking of Derick Ickerson, whose bizarre short-stepped, foot-dragging running style was nicknamed the ‘Icky Shuffle’.

I’ll let you in on a little secret. He never existed.

He’s a myth, like Bigfoot or The Beatles.

He was a story invented by unscrupulous front office execs who wanted to undermine Dieter Brock’s legendary status so they could install their sycophant, Jeff Kemp at QB.

Okoronkwo is wearing number 45?

You can’t be an effective edge rusher with a lame number like that.

OLBs should wear a number in the 50s or 90s. Never 40s. What? He thinks he’s some sorta’ full back or safety?

If he can’t demonstrate better numbering aesthetics than that, I have little hope Okoronkwo can be the player the Rams need him to be.

If they leave LA I doubt they would go Anaheim. They would run into the same issues they have in LA there.

I doubt they move to any other country either.

I doubt they move at all.

Sorry, but John Lithgow is no Herman Munster.