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You know what’s looking like now with the SF game?
It was a wake-up call.
New team leadership. They acted dramatically on it, called a players only meeting, and they turned that game into a wake-up.
You know what it’s also looking like. The offensive changes were enough so that they were essentially learning it again. Less carry over from last year. Now they are picking it up and getting in stride. More 2nd nature.
Yes, that could all be true. Makes sense.
Seems like their changes set the running game back more than they anticipated. After what looked like a ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ moment regarding the running game in the second half of the Bucs game it looks like the tunnel collapsed against Arizona.
But, interestingly, going back to last season, Gurley has had only one 100 yard game in his last 12 games. And he’s had only two games where he averaged at least 4 yds/carry. So maybe his troubles have nothing to do with any changes made to the offense over the offseason. Maybe the Rams running game is just inherently weak due to what…poor run blocking, defenses not respecting the Rams passing game? Both? Neither?
Fine dining tonight.
I remember as a kid melting provolone cheese on them and eating them in a sandwich. They weren’t bad that way.
Oh, but I’m sure they’ll be just as good plain with salad greens.
I like chicken with malt vinegar and some hush puppies.
Me too except exchange chicken with fried fish.
Fine dining tonight.
I remember as a kid melting provolone cheese on them and eating them in a sandwich. They weren’t bad that way.
Oh, but I’m sure they’ll be just as good plain with salad greens.
I think it’s probably a generational thing too. Kids today grow up with so many things screaming for their attention. It’s different. Also–fantasy football has changed things a bit. People can be actively involved managing their own teams and so team loyalty isn’t what it used to be. They can follow through stats. You have the Madden games which offer another football like diversion with active participation plus a million other games.
Then there is the internet itself. There is the free streaming.
There is the cost of going to an actual game.
And don’t forget the cost to support a team through merchandise. Not cheap stuff.
It’s lots of things–but I’m not so sure the NFL’s plan to take over the world will work.
Corporations believe growth–one way or another. The reality is there is no such thing.
What’s after the world?
Space? Alien populations?
It can’t grow forever–and people, generations and their interests change.
Quite frankly I don’t think there’s enough interest in American football to expand overseas like the NFL is rumored to want to do. Especially considering how cost prohibitive it is to attend a game. And what will happen to the fan interest when the Munich Muskrats post losing records for 3 or 4 straight years?
Well, i guess there’s just no votes to be had in talking about the poor. Ya know. Itz all about the ‘middle class’.
Well, there’s two memes that the middle and upper class believe about the poor that are so ridiculous it’s impossible to fathom. Yet they believe them anyway…
1. The poor have it easy.
2. The poor are poor by choice (ie they don’t want to work).
I see those ideas repeated endlessly in conversations among friends and coworkers and on social media.
As long as that sort of attitude exists among the ‘haves’ the politicians trying to win their votes won’t see a percentage in talking about the ‘havenots’.
To me this comes down to whether you think Fisher and his offensive coaches are Idiots,
or not. I mean, Fisher and his coaches see the kid every day, And they see Keenum every day.Its just not an issue to me, yet.
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Well a coach can be wrong or misread something without being an idiot.
That said, I happily differ to Fisher and his staff about when Goff should start. I have no reason to think they are misjudging Goff’s readiness. It’s not an issue to me, either.
However, they could be, and it wouldn’t mean they’re idiots if they are. No one including the coaches expected Prescot, Siemian or Wentz to play as well as they have. And even though he’s not a rookie, I’m sure Chip Kelly didn’t foresee Gabbert being so bad.
Coaches misjudge players all the time. They can really only make educated guesses about their readiness. We really won’t know if Goff is ready to start until he starts.
One thing that has dogged the Rams over the years is a lack of players willing and able to make the key play at the key time.
In two weeks, two players have stepped up to provide the necessary play to seal the win.
Ok, they’ve proven they can come through in the clutch.
How about letting us have a victory that’s already been decided by the middle of the third quarter? Maybe a nice 4 TD lead with 7 minutes or so left in the third?* My ol’ ticker could use a break for chrissakes. It’s constantly being bathed in trans-fats as it is. It’s been a real trooper up to now but I don’t want to push it.
*I was going to ask for a win that’s already decided by the end of the 1st quarter, but you know…baby steps.
Nittany,
Congrats!!
Will we be able to see your essay online?
And that is a pretty cool title. I have a feeling HBO is going to bid on the rights, and soon. The Night of Direct Oral Anticoagulants has the sound of classic Film Noir.
;>)
Thanks Billy. It will be available online but you may have to be a member of the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science to see it. I may be able to copy and paste it from my account. It’s no big deal, really. It was a ton of work though. Then rewrites and editing to satisfy Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2.
