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January 24, 2023 at 2:46 pm in reply to: divisional round aftermath & setting up conference games #142734
nittany ramModeratorYall may want to watch Skip Bayless suffer.
Oh, I do. My consolation for this lost season is that it was lost early. Watching the agony of Minnesota and Dallas fans ends the season on a sweet note for me. 49ers next to go down. Glory be.
The 9’ers losing in the NFC championship or Super Bowl in some embarrassing fashion would be a salve for the Rams 5-12 season.
I think back to the Super Bowl when the Seahawks had 1st and goal on the one yard line with time about to expire. I remember that popular video of the room full of giddy Seattle fans cheering and laughing, high-fiving and patting each other on the back. Dreaming of dynasties and gloating rights at work. Planning on where to hang the commemorative Super Bowl Champion memorabilia in their ugly-ass blue and fluorescent green man-caves…
Then…silence.
That’s what I want for 9’er fans.
nittany ramModeratorRest in peace, Ag. The board won’t be the same without you.
nittany ramModeratorThe call on Ramsey was BS.
Baker missed on a few passes.
The defense was good overall. The lone TD pass they gave up required an exceptional throw.
nittany ramModeratorRelieved that you are ok.
nittany ramModeratorNice job, Jack, but you made a mistake. You have the Rams making selections in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, but according to Bill Cowher, they don’t have any draft picks.
nittany ramModeratorThe only bright spot for Russell Wilson is that he won’t have to face a Rams defense again for four years. It’s not like he was having a banner year, but has any defense ever made a star QB look like a chump as routinely as the Rams defense has made Wilson look over the past 8 seasons? Doesn’t matter who the coordinator is, what scheme they run, who the players are…
I agree with wv. The Broncos didn’t look like they wanted to be playing on Xmas- especially their defense which has been stout all season. Could be they weren’t ready for the Rams’ heavy use of two tight ends and couldn’t adjust, but to me it looked like they weren’t giving their best effort either.
Akers finally looked like the back they drafted him to be.
nittany ramModeratorLet Baker Bake!™
nittany ramModeratorI suppose it depends on whether Donald and Stafford retire.
Obviously replacing the greatest defensive player that ever lived with similar talent is impossible for all practical purposes, and when Donald leaves you might see that the d-lineman and edge rushers that lined up next to him aren’t as good as they looked. So, a tune-up becomes a major overhaul.
And losing Stafford would set this team’s ability to compete for a Super Bowl back years.
nittany ramModeratorAnother thought – I see posts about how the Rams ‘sold their soul’ for that one Super Bowl, implying the ‘f’ them picks” philosophy isn’t sustainable for keeping a team on top.
I don’t agree. The Rams aren’t in the mess they’re in due to their draft strategy. I don’t think it’s possible for any team to have enough depth to overcome the injuries that have plagued the Rams o-line.
The strategy can be sustainable. You just can’t whiff on the draft picks you do have (Tutu, Long, and you can’t make bad personnel decisions (ex. sending Bobby Trees to Tennessee to make room for Robinson)…
nittany ramModeratorLost season due to injuries. I’m not sure this team would have been good enough to ‘run it back’ anyway given the personnel losses over the offseason, but it’s the injuries that keep them from being competitive. I see lots of people blaming McVay for poor play calling, not running enough…meh. I think it’s hard to call a game when the available personnel limits you to about 10% of your playbook.
On another note, Wolford does not look like he belongs on an NFL roster. Of course, he’s stuck behind the same woeful o-line that has made Stafford look horrid, but he hasn’t looked good in preseason or any other time since that “gritty but not pretty” performance in the playoffs two seasons ago. I don’t think developing QBs is something McVay is good at or has the patience for.
nittany ramModeratorO-line is the obvious issue. That’s not getting fixed this season though.
Also lack speed at WR. That gets fixed when Jefferson comes back and if/when OBJ resigns.
They also need better talent at RB. Henderson is ok, but he’s not starting material. Akers is horrible in pass protection and couldn’t find a hole if you handed him some sort of state-of-the-art, hole-finding device or whatnot.
Stafford might be hurt a little too.
nittany ramModeratorLast night’s outcome in SF is typical for when the Rams are healthy. It doesn’t surprise me that playing that game down a bunch of o-linemen, WRs, and DB’s didn’t improve their fortunes.
I knew that pick six was coming. You can’t target the same receiver every play against a defense of that caliber without them making you pay. Not that I blame Stafford. He’s got no running game, no protection, and only two serviceable receivers (Kupp and Higbee).
nittany ramModeratorThe 9ers being without Williams is a plus but the issue in this matchup always comes down to the o-line’s ability (or inability) to handle the 9ers defensive front.
nittany ramModeratorO-line played well today, which tells me that they may not be able to handle the good defensive fronts they’ll face, but at least they can handle the fair to middling ones. That’s something, isn’t it?
If you didn’t see the game and looked at the box score, Powell’s rushing average of -26 yards is a good reminder of the danger inherent in presenting statistics without context.
nittany ramModeratorI have a similar feeding process when around good seafood.
nittany ramModeratorScrew the 72 Dolphins and 85 Bears. If the Rams repeat after going through that meat grinder then they are the greatest team of all time.
nittany ramModeratorThis is about as good as one can feel about a 3rd round Guard, I’d say. I was hoping Cole Strange would drop, but this looks like a good Plan B.
Did you see the vid of the Rams live when NE picked C.Strange? It’s funny.
Yeah. I thought it was funny, too, and I don’t think there was any offense, intentional or unintentional. There are always quality players who slip, and nobody knows in advance who they are going to be, so even at 104, the Rams were going to be studying dozens of players who might be pegged to go higher. I mean…you don’t eliminate the top 100, or even the top 50 players from your reports. Strange was evidently a guy they really liked who is from a smaller college, and could conceivably have gone undrafted until 104. There wasn’t any disrespect in any word those guys said about it. And this year, nobody even knew who the top 10 were gonna be. I thought it was funny, and I thought the Heist trailer was funny, and I think the Rent-a-Mansion is funny, and it looks like everybody is having a good time, so fuck the haters. Whatever.
When the video went viral McVay phoned Belicheat to tell him he meant no disrespect to the Patriots’ coaches or Strange.
But IMO he really did.
nittany ramModeratorI will never complain about drafting an o-lineman in the third round, especially if that o-lineman is from UW.
nittany ramModeratorI think the main problem is that too many Americans don’t get that democracy and capitalism are in direct opposition, and always will be. They’re permanently incompatible. Far too many seem to believe the two are natural fits, while some even believe the former can thrive when the latter is in place.
I know some people who think capitalism and democracy are synonymous – two words that mean the same thing. To reverse that, you’d have to overcome a century and a half of programming. Programming that stresses individualistic “self-made” fallacies that people are immersed in not only at work, but at church, school, in the media – everywhere.
Not sure how you change that. Certainly not at the voting booth.
nittany ramModeratorThe real blockbuster of the offseason.
This is the only tweet/vid I have seen that was posted by 3 different people, each in a different thread. Not complaining. Having a new record is something to be proud of.
Really?
Sure sounds like you’re complaining.
I know the wounds from the trade of Russell Wilson and release of Bobby Wagner still sting, but sheesh, man. Lighten up a little.
nittany ramModeratorThe First Amendment limits the government’s ability to “abridge” speech. There are no such restrictions on what Corporations can do. They can do whatever they want.
nittany ramModeratorThe real blockbuster of the offseason.
‘On the Clock’, A #RamsHouse Production pic.twitter.com/z5Yje8Xq3w
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) April 26, 2022
April 11, 2022 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138303nittany ramModeratorLes Snead has $7M of cap to work with
and i’m assuming they’ll have even more space if they extend donald?
nittany ramModeratorThe weirdest Rams memorabilia I have is something I found at a flea market…
Rams Nesting Dolls.
The irony is that Marshall Faulk is the largest (the one that contains all the other dolls) and Orlando Pace is the smallest.
In order it goes Faulk, Bulger, Holt, Bruce and Pace.
nittany ramModeratorBaseball?
Is that still a thing?
I lost interest when the Pirates traded away Andy Van Slyke…
April 5, 2022 at 4:00 pm in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138211nittany ramModeratori wouldn’t do this deal. if it’s even true.
Yeah it might be a bit much.
I think you have to look at how he played last season. If he played well his performance shouldn’t drop off that much the following season. Some CBs continue to play at a high level well into their 30s – Aeneas Williams, Robert Sherman, etc.
And who can forget Robert Sherman’s work on Mary Poppins when he was almost 40.
Cute.
I’ll have you know that Robert is Richard Sherman’s given name. Richard is sort of a nickname. Not unlike how people informally referred to John F Kennedy as Jack, or wv ram as wv doofus.
nittany ramModeratorYou know what’s funny? I mean, first class comedy? Seattle cut Bobby Wagner for cap reasons, and the Rams – Reigning Super Bowl Champs – signed him. That’s hilarious.
I applaud your brave front.
I know how much you must be hurting on the inside.
Laugh clown. Laugh.
April 5, 2022 at 10:21 am in reply to: Stephon Gilmore? and/or Tyrann Mathieu? updated: Gillmore signs w/ Colts #138201nittany ramModeratori wouldn’t do this deal. if it’s even true.
Yeah it might be a bit much.
I think you have to look at how he played last season. If he played well his performance shouldn’t drop off that much the following season. Some CBs continue to play at a high level well into their 30s – Aeneas Williams, Robert Sherman, etc.
nittany ramModeratorthe TOP FIVE teams in the NFC right now
As long as they remain healthy, I think the Rams might be better this season than last. The Bucs haven’t beaten the Rams since Brady’s been there. What has changed this year to make them better than the Rams?
I think the Vikings might be better than the Cards now that they have a good offensive coach in O’Connell. Lots of talent on that offense. I’m not sure the Packers are that good anymore. They have no one at receiver. I could see them finishing behind the Vikings.
nittany ramModeratorIt’s still so alien to me to hear pundits talk about the Rams as the NFL’s model franchise.
The wounds to my psyche inflicted by Georgia, Shaw and Zygmunt still haven’t healed, yet everything about this franchise now screams absolute competence- from the highest positions in the front office down to the kid who has to wash the towels. Who wants to bet that he doesn’t use just the right amount of fabric softener every time? C’mon, bet me!
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