zn wrote:

Why don’t you just move to Russia if you love the Seahawks so much.

Where do you think I’m posting from?

Zooey wrote:

I liked the chances of the Rams against the Vikings, the Saints, and the Eagles.

The Vikes beat them.

They beat the Saints.

The Eagles game was there for the taking, and the Rams’ inexperience cost them that game.

The Seahawks…well, the Rams nearly beat them in spite of 5 turnovers, including the Gurley fumble that fate could have turned the other way, and the Rams could have gone up big right there. Even so, they had the ball in the end zone as time expired, and could have won. They outplayed Seattle that day, except for 5 turnovers.

Now Seattle is down Chancellor, Sherman, Avril (again), and maybe Wagner. So although it is in Seattle, the Rams ought to have superiority in numbers. Superiority in talent on the field.

Both teams are going to want this game badly, obviously, so it will be an all out battle.

If that Rams lose, I will have to attribute their position in first place more to the mirage of a bad early start by Seattle than their own power as a team. I won’t doubt they are headed in the right direction, but I will see going 1-3 in these Big Games as evidence they don’t belong yet with the Big Boys.

They ought to win this game. Seattle is pretty badly damaged on defense, and the Rams are second in the league in scoring, and have a very good defense that should get the better of the weak Seattle OL. Wilson is a handful, and his receivers are good, and this will be close.

Seattle’s m.o. on offense is to snap the ball to Wilson who will then scramble around until someone gets open deep and then he chucks it to the open guy. It’s been very effective. My concern is a that a secondary down a starting corner will have difficulty covering receivers for an extended period of time.

When the Rams used a 4-3, Quinn, Sims, and Hayes could keep Wilson in the pocket while Donald and Brockers collapsed it. Not sure the current defense will be able to do that as well as they have in past years.

I still like the Rams’ chances though. The Seahawks haven’t faced a Rams offense this good since 2003 or 2004. I think the offense is better than it was the first time they met. Gurley is the new ‘beast mode’ and Goff is more comfortable in the pocket than he was when these teams met earlier in the year.

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Need to clean a lot of stuff up. First time this year they lost a game they had a lead in so late. That makes this loss especially hard.

Another heart challenging stressfest next week.

Vikings v Panthers mainly, but like you I flip around a lot.

InvaderRam wrote:

I think I saw that the Eagles were staying in SoCal this week so they wouldn’t have to make trips to the west coast on consecutive weeks. If so, does anyone know if they are dealing with the same issue.

I heard they were practicing at Anaheim stadium so I don’t think it’s an issue there.
no it’s not an issue for the eagles. the rams are right in the middle of it. not good.

Remember in 89 when the Rams flew across the country on consecutive weeks to play the Eagles and the Giants in the playoff?

And they whupped them both.

Pansy-ass Eagles…afwaid of a wittle jet-lag are we?

Of course, the irony of a team called the Eagles not wanting to fly isn’t lost on me either.

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zn wrote:

It also means that he needs to develop a more sophisticated wine tasting palette, and work on his french a bit, so the accent’s more natural (for small talk, comme vous le savez). Plus he needs to spend more time at art exhibits to elevate his sense of nuance.

Exactly.

That’s certainly what pushed him to the fourth round.

I heard he was unable to discern the difference between Cubism and Fauvism on the Wonderlich test.

Which is why I continue to have doubts about him.

joemad wrote:

the Philly loss in Sea…. is huge.

Winning in Tenn will not be automatic…

and Jimmy G completed +70% of his passes yesterday in Chicago and looked very good, drove his team for a game winning drive to win the game.

Let’s hope that that last game vs SF isn’t meaningful to the Rams…..

Rams need to win 2 or 3 of the next 4.

I think there’s a very good chance the Rams will be a wildcard team

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JackPMiller wrote:

Im going Rams 24 – Cardinals 10

Yeah, that’s about how I see it too.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

I hope that means we see more of this.

Yeah, I like Barwin but I was hoping to see more sack production out of the OLBs. Here’s hoping that Ebukam makes it difficult for Barwin to get back on the field after he recovers.

I want another Kevin Greene.

Plus there’s evidence to suggest that the asteroid impact ‘reignited’ the volcanism in the Deccan region of India on the other side of the world. The force of the impact traveled through the earth and ‘rerouted the plumbing’ which intensified the volcanic activity in the Deccan area causing the release of huge amounts of climate changing gasses.

It was speculated that the volcanic activity that occurred in this region 66 million years ago caused the mass extinction long before we knew of an asteroid impact. The fact that the volcanism in the Deccan region of India happened to intensify at the same time that an asteroid struck on the direct opposite side of the earth is just too big of a coincidence. It had to be linked.

India is almost directly opposite of the asteroid’s impact site in the Yucatan Peninsula. Perhaps if the asteroid had struck elsewhere, or at a more oblique angle, the force of the impact would have been less, or maybe it would have been directed away from the highly volcanic Deccan region?

Either scenario probably would have meant that at least some of the non-avian dinos would have survived.

As the season wears on, I’m becoming less and less impressed with Tyrunn Walker. They ran into his gap on that 25 yard run. I don’t think he is a fit for NT. He gets moved out of the hole too easily.

JackPMiller wrote:

I’ve been wondering, since we got beat by Minnesota. Media will keep saying we can’t beat the good teams. The teams that have winning record. The Saints have a much better team than Minnesota, and a better QB.

Minnesota beat the Saints the first game of the season.

Zooey wrote:

So…LOL at you, NittanyViking.

Laugh while you can.

We’re coming for you next.

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