Are you kidding me? Still under the influence on the way to practice?

JackPMiller wrote:

Bad news. I don’t trust Rhaney.

Can’t be worse than Barnes.

I am not a Barnes lover and have been calling for the Rams to draft a Center for 3 years now…that said, according to PFF Barnes had a solid game last week.

Not sure if it was just an anomaly or he was getting it together.

Good read…thanks for posting

O found it very interesting that Weinke said it was the processing the info that kept him out…I was kind of thinking that because athletically it’s not even close between him and Keenum.

I don’t think he had to do too much work with the 5 step drops…I don’t recall CK taking very many 5 step drops from center, usually if he lined up behind Barnes it was either a handoff or a quick 3 step drop and pass. Throw an extra back in the backfield and it’s a handoff 100% of the time, at least I can’t recall 1 time they had 2 backs in the backfield and passed.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

As I recall every time we have seen Fisher make a qb change, he said just after the benched qb’s last game “we’re not changing qbs.”

Yeah, on the radio today a couple of guys were talking and said that Fisher said Keenum was the guy still on Monday, but on Tuesday morning, he sudden tells Keenum and Goff that it’s Goff, so Stan or Les must’ve got to him, or job pressure, or something.

Noooo.

Fisher says whatever he has to say to the press, and runs his business indoors. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn later that this date was targeted during the bye week. But you don’t say anything to Keenum, and you don’t say anything to Goff, and you certainly don’t say anything to the press until you’ve told both Keenum and Goff. That’s just basic. And you don’t tell Keenum and Goff until the beginning of the work week. Any other course would be foolish, imo.

Agree…Fisher was even kind of hinting around to that following the bye weeks by saying things like “It could be next week, it could be the week after” when before the bye he was saying things like “He’ll play when he’s ready”.

I also don’t buy in to the conspiracy theories. I think Fisher has too much clout to be bullied and pretty much the only guy that could try and bully him in to moves would be Stan K. and I don’t see him as that kind of an owner.

Zooey wrote:

sanbagger wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I have read this several places, and I don’t agree.

Well…I don’t agree with the concept either…but to disagree that it’s gonna happen is just a little naive.

I read too many threads daily that no matter what they do it’s wrong…so, I already see the blood in the water.

Doesn’t bother me one bit because I firmly believe Goff wasn’t ready to start the season and even if he has a bit of a rough go of it, it won’t convince me he’s a bust…hell I don’t think GRob;s a bust even if he doesn’t work out at LT and I haven’t written that off yet.

I am not saying it won’t happen (i.e. if Goff does well, people will complain that Fisher didn’t start him earlier). I am only saying that criticism will soon be dropped because people will get excited by the Rams winning, and will soon forget to blame the coach for the fact they had to wait.

OK…looks like we’re gonna find out. Doesn’t matter to me anyway cause I’m more interested to see if he can help the team.

I’ve been thinking the main reason for holding him back was time to get rid of the ball. For all of CK’s shortcomings getting rid of the ball quickly wasn’t one of them.

The O-line is credited this year for all of a sudden being able to pass block but not run block…a complete 180 from last year….I tend to believe that was all CK and the O-line pass blocking is, to quote the Talking Heads, the same as it always was.

That’s what I’ll be watching for and expect a couple of shots downfield but mostly short stuff, quick reads and throwaways galore. Just keep the turnovers to minimum Jared.

PA Ram wrote:

Fisher can’t win here. If Goff sucks, fans will be jumping off the top of the stadium. If he’s great, they will want Fisher’s head for waiting so long to start him.

That’s a fact…it’s a lose-lose for Fisher.

I will say, it’s probably a good idea he is starting Goff because I think the fans in Cali would be brutal to CK from the first possession and they MTL will be a little more forgiving to Goff…for a while at least.

PA Ram wrote:

I wish him the best. I would expect they will want to do a lot of tests before he’s cleared to do anything. When my son was around 12 years old he had a seizure. Scariest thing I ever saw. He only had that one. But, you want to talk about panic? I didn’t know anything about seizures, got on the phone with 911 and tried to breathe and calm myself until the ambulance got there. I know now about putting things in their mouths but at the time I didn’t. I put my finger in his mouth and he almost bit it off. They decided it was a type of childhood seizure problem that would probably go away. It seems that’s what happened.

But it was terrifying.

I hope Robert Quinn is okay. No football game is more important than his life.

In my business I do a lot of travelling and one of the guys I worked with suffered from seizures….had one on the plane once and had to make an emergency landing…anyway, he was grounded and not allowed to travel.

Then he made some behind the scenes arrangements and worked out a trip to Hawaii, had a seizure in his Hotel room while nobody was around, and passed away.

This is serious business and I really hope the guy gets any and all tests to ensure the constant head knocking is not causing him to have them.

Yikes

In my mind the most important thing is to determine if the hits he’s taking from football is aggravating the existing condition.

I would want medical advice before he’s allowed to continue with his career.

I have talked with a few SD guys and the feeling is they are gonna revisit the Mission Valley Stadium project.

Everybody knew they weren’t gonna get the 2/3 vote required for a downtown stadium but the number they were hoping for was 50%…they received 43% and that was a let down for sure.

I also have read that Spanos wants out of Mission Valley at all costs and they still owe 50 mil from past renovations.

My gut says it isn’t a done deal yet…they just might get something worked out to remain in MV if they can fix the flooding issue.

I’ve been to that stadium twice and I didn’t think it was a dump. I would rather go the games at MV then downtown just because of traffic. When they have a baseball game traffic is a nightmare I couldn’t imagine if the held a football game there.

nittany ram wrote:

So that’s what passes as highlights for the Los Angeles Rams these days.

Here’s a few more:

Tavon catches a 5 yd out

Gurley doesn’t get hit in the backfield

Rams get positive yardage on screen pass

Robinson doesn’t hold on off tackle run

Did they actually run off tackle? Been so long since I’ve seen them run outside I need to look at that hi-lite so I can remember what that looks like.

Does a jet sweep count? Oh that’s right, we seemed to have lost that page of the playbook this year.

I missed the game, so I’m just goin off what I’ve read but I can say I’m glad they came away with a W but why do I feel as though it was another loss? Not much to be excited about after that hollow victory.

I saw a hi-lite on ESPN where they showed Fisher giving out game balls in the locker room after the game and I just looked at that and shook my head.

Thanks for the stats man…I love looking at those.

Hekker with a 78 yard punt???? That guy is gold.

I missed the game, was in a golf tourny today, and the Jets are sanbaggerettes team soooooo….kinda glad they pulled off a W even if it was a field goal victory cause that…Whatever, I received from her was pretty sweet.

Gotta catch up on what happened but right now I’m wallowing in the W

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Cool story..thanks.

Man did that bring back some memories….Ferragamo and Haden. I was so tired of Haden then Ferragamo comes in and throws it downfield…ahh was that sweet. Then he goes to the CFL..grrrr.

I don’t think we are anywhere near a controversy…it’s just a matter when not if for when Goff takes over. Then, as always, it reverts back to if he will succeed and be what we hope. We all want a Tom Brady but will take a Phil Simms at this point.

zn wrote:

Billy_T wrote:

It’s not like Air Coryell or any of the revisions like Martz’s.

Yeah it’s a multi-tinkered with variation but its roots are Coryell.

They also brought in Groh to tinker with the passing game and he gets his roots from Adam Gase who got his roots from Bill Walsh….definitely a variation of a West Coast offense.

I agree it is a multi-tinkered system. As it gets passed down the system changes.

I actually like the changes I’ve seen and have attributed them directly to Groh.