Yeah, I’m skeptical of hacksaw’s analysis. I don’t think PFF is wrong in rating him among the very worst tackles in the league. Boudreau said he holds a lot because he has bad footwork allowing the rusher to get him off balance which forces him to grab. Footwork and technique have always been his issues. No one questions his athleticism and potential but I don’t think the Rams coaches would reward an improving player who was “lightyears” better in pass pro from the previous season by benching him.

I don’t want to cut GRob. Move him to guard and let him maul people in the running game.

zn wrote:

Well see also, it’s pretty much enough that he doesn’t condemn it.

Well, you support what you don’t condemn. By allowing the white supremacists to feel empowered by his rhetoric he is supporting their cause whether that was his original intention or not. (It was). Whether he believes everything the white supremacists believe may be open to debate, but they share a common goal. They have the same vision regarding what this country should look like.

The movie “Conspiracy” was an excellent film that was based on a transcript of a meeting that German officials had to discuss how to implement Hitler’s “Final Solution”. The attendees’ copies of the transcripts were supposed to be destroyed but the Allies found one after Germany fell.

The belief that ‘the Jew’ was inferior was held by most of the attendees but not all. However, they all shared the conviction that ‘the Jew’ had to be eliminated, whatever the means. That is what mattered.

Christ even Bernie voted for Matis. You’d think he at least would have voted against every nominee just on principle. Elizabeth Warren, the new face of the progressive movement? Wudda’ joke. I don’t know why I continue to hold out hope that the democraps could actually be useful someday. Gutless weasels. They talk tough on Twitter but when it comes time to take a stand they scurry away like roaches when the light’s switched on.

Those of us who oppose Trump are on our own as the dems in Congress cower under their desks.

wv wrote:

I disagree with what Nittany will say, whenever
he joins in though. Just on principle.
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wv has made many insightful contributions in this thread and others. His commentary is a valuable component of these discussions. He also dresses well and does not smell funny.

Billy_T wrote:

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The thing is, the author just didn’t need to make that point via a putdown of the women’s march. It actually makes zero sense to attack it from that angle. Shit. He should be applauding the activism, the passion, the enthusiasm for mass opposition to the status quo.

I agree.

The author also doesn’t seem to think that the danger to women’s rights posed by the Trump administration is, in itself, worth marching for. It’s 2017 and women’s issues are still being marginalized – even from those on the left who should be their allies…

Anyway, that’s why I called him a sexist ass.

Symbolically wearing your genitals on your head is surely an arresting image, but it is misplaced and duplicitous when one has not opposed the systematic brutality of the American empire’s ravaging around the world under Obama and Clinton.

#NFL source: #Rams UFA CB Trumaine Johnson an even better fit for Wade Phillips defense than previous #Rams defensive scheme

— Vincent Bonsignore (@DailyNewsVinny) February 4, 2017

Mackeyser wrote:

Is it possible to become a theocratic fascist state?

I mean, we’re a fascist state NOW.

But do fascist states come in flavors?

My brother has dreamt of the US becoming a military theocracy for years. Looks like he may get his way.

The last person I knew who had the sniffles and a slight fever died of Ebola…

Herzog wrote:

Seems kind of thin skinned to be insulted at the order in which people are interviewed.

I dunno. Shanahan may end up being a great HC but the more I read the more he appears to be a prima donna.

I’m not saying the Rams dodged a bullet by not getting him but I am happy with the way things worked out.

Avatar would seem a much more obvious choice.

zn had the best analogy for that movie I have ever heard. He called it “the Iroquois vs Halliburton”.

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Good. The Niners hire a GM with no talent evaluation or scouting experience at all.

Matt Millen redux.

InvaderRam wrote:

zn wrote:

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Wasn’t that one of the unnamed source’s points, that the offense was the same ?

zn wrote:

According to Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole, the coaching staff said, “It’s the same [offense] he was in as a rookie. You tell me the difference.”

That’s incorrect. Boras changed the terminology so they had to go through a learning process.

In terms of just the general approach to offense, overall yeah it was similar.

The hard part about learning a new offense though isn’t the plays it’s the terminology.

For example imagine this–how long would it take for you to drive without overthinking it if suddenly overnight they they changed all the symbols, colors, and words for traffic signals and signs. You would get back to normal after a bit but at first it would be more hesitant.

Well they changed terminology during a move. The move just means less focus. How much less? Who knows, but it had an effect, I think.

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but then you take a guy like britt where it didn’t seem to affect him much.

i also think a lot of it is not just the playbook but also game planning and playcalling. i’m guessing boras just sucked at that.

Yeah. It seems like Boras could put a decent plan together, but then couldn’t adjust when the defense countered his plan. He had no answer for that.