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August 28, 2026 at 7:48 am in reply to: Gam thread, Chargers game (NFL network, 7 pt, 10 et) #165637
wvParticipant… quick release, good short and mid-range accuracy, and very rapid mental processing. The latter being the key to it all. They process things fast.
.Well thats what they say. The mental thing is sposed to be high level.
But until i see it against NFL defenses who have had time to study him, I will remain agnostic.
Definitely a promising prospect at QB. …He’s no Rueben Bain, though. He’s no Lemon.
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vAugust 28, 2026 at 7:26 am in reply to: Gam thread, Chargers game (NFL network, 7 pt, 10 et) #165635wvParticipantLooks like the Rams have more depth this year than in the past. So, i assume their practice squad will be emptied out as other teams jump on the players.
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vAugust 28, 2026 at 7:08 am in reply to: Gam thread, Chargers game (NFL network, 7 pt, 10 et) #165634wvParticipantTy Simpson did some things I havent seen a Ram QB do since…oh, Tony Banks, maybe. The kid impressed me. He’s got some speed. Some poise. Some ability to throw on the run. Seems to have good command of the offense. No bonehead plays. Very green, but Definitely better than Stetson Bennett, or at least he will be soon.
Question for me is still can he do it from the Pocket. If he was two inches taller he’d have been a top ten pick.
Reminded me a bit of Purdy.
I did not like the uniform-color clash of the two teams. Rams and Chargers have two of the best uniforms in the NFL and for some reason both of them together on the field looked bad. Is their some scientific explanation for this?
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vwvParticipantWhile I really disliked the Atwell pick when the Rams drafted him, I grew to appreciate the role that he played for the Rams. Barring injuries to other players, I won’t expect him to see the field much, but I’m glad that he’s back.
Maybe it means they werent crazy about the WRs they had on the roster. I would think Whittington or Mumpfield is getting cut?
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vwvParticipantCostas on the money thing in Baseball.
wvParticipantCowherd noted that the Saints and the Lions have two of the easiest schedules this year. He picked them both to win their divisions.
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vwvParticipant“…The Rams will take on $1.075 million of Atwell’s contract for this season, marking a difference of nearly $9 million from what they paid him last year. They will incur a cap hit of around $250,000 from Hunter’s deal as part of the trade.
==========================Damn. Thats fine by me.
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vwvParticipantcapitalism continues consolidating the onslaught
wvParticipantThis team has looked like the team to beat since the McDuffie trade. The Watson signing and the Garrett trade just put a cherry on top.
And Aaron Donald is coming back, too, so there’s that.
I still think its 50/50 whether he actually comes back. I also think its 50/50 whether he is still a game-wrecker even if he does come back. I also think its 50/50 whether he can ‘hold up’ over the course of a season, even if he is still a game-wrecker.
Having said that. IF he is still A.D. And if Myles is still Myles. And if Young and Turner enter their prime. And if Poona is still a run-stuffing-machine. And if Fiske is in the rotation. …well…Am i just a crazy-ram-homer, or could that be the best DLine in NFL history? Thats gotta be crazy, right?
We aint allowed to have that.
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vwvParticipantIn 99 they had the historically-easy schedule. It was even easier than the Pats schedule last year.
If they were to win it this year, they would be overcoming a historically-hard schedule. At least on paper, as of right now, its an ungodly schedule.
Hopefully, there will be some plane crashes, tsunamis, and maybe spontaneous combustions that work down the opposition.
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vwvParticipant“…Think of the sad, empty days from 2000 through to probably 2017 when Rams drafting was sometimes downright awful though mostly was just mediocre. Name another team that completely wasted 2 #2 picks in the 1st round in the space of 5 years on complete busts…”
Has McSnead ever had a Below-Average personnel-year ? By personnel-year i mean Draft + Trades + Free-Agency.
Have they ever had a lousy off-season ?
I keep waiting for them to have a truly miserable draft, but it aint happened. So often in the past i remember this or that GM being anointed a ‘genius’ and then they invariably had a terrible personnel-year. Maybe this is that year for Snead — maybe Myles Garrett is a bum. Maybe he’s one of them 9-year-wonders.
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vwvParticipant1,712 former NFL players died from 2008 to 2021.
About 20 percent of those players’ brains were studied. Of those 338, CTE was diagnosed in 315.
Yes, 93.2 percent of those studied brain donors had CTE.
It’s difficult to overstate how concerning that is.
======================================I cant believe any parent would let their kid play football anymore.
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vAugust 26, 2026 at 8:44 am in reply to: around the Rams — season previews coming out of the preseason #165590wvParticipant“historically great…one of the best teams that didnt win a super bowl”
wvParticipantDwight Freeney talks about AD.
wvParticipantSo, should an NFL player, on the Rams practice squad making, say, 50,000 dollars or whatever,
be able to go back to school and play for 700,000 dollars for Notre Dame or UCLA ?I dont got a problem with it.
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The “criminal tools” is the only point of interest in this story for me, and this is all I have found so far (The Athletic):I have never even heard of a ‘criminal tool’ statute. If the A.I. thingy below is correct then i suppose a plastic baggie could be a criminal tool. Or a condom. Or a bazooka.
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A.I.
Legal Elements of the Charge
To be convicted of possessing criminal tools under laws like Ohio’s criminal code, prosecutors generally must prove three things:You had a substance, device, instrument, or article in your possession or control.
The item was either designed for criminal use or commonly used for criminal purposes under suspicious circumstances.
You held the item with the specific intent (purpose) to use it to commit a crime
wvParticipantWill Kittle miss week one in Australia ?
wvParticipantI hadn’t thought of this aspect of the college NIL-money-thing. Borderline NFL players will now be going BACK to college to get NIL money.
wvParticipantRodrigue feeling ‘cynical’ about the Browns QB choice.
wvParticipant49ers Owner was arrested and plead no-contest to something or other involving ‘criminal tools’ and prostitution. You can google it.
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vwvParticipantI see Shanahan plays his starters in the preseason:
Regarding preseason game 2: “Not all of them, but I expect a number of starters to play, unlike last week,” Kyle Shanahan said. “I haven’t told them yet, but they’ll find out soon, but yeah, you guys will see a number out there.”
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vwvParticipantDeshaun Watson. He’s been named the week 1 starter I see.
I watched him this preseason. He was awful. I mean he was inaccurate, and slow.
I cannot believe he’s starting for any team in the NFL.And thats leaving aside the 27 women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
Cleveland is nutz. Their coach and owner and GM should be waterboarded.
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vAugust 24, 2026 at 5:52 pm in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165557wvParticipantHe’s Canadian. Not to stereotype too much, but Canadians just have modestly sweet dispositions.
So if he becomes the edge rusher he promises to be, he will also be the one who extends a hand to help the quarterback up afterwards.
Hmmmm. Canadian. A nice Canadian. Well has there ever been a nice Canadian who was a topnotch pass-rusher in the NFL?
What we need is a savage, menacing pass-rusher from the dystopian united states. Maybe someone from the wastelands of Detroit or the rusting ghost-towns of western pennsylvania.
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vAugust 24, 2026 at 9:16 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165546wvParticipantGreg Rosenthal ‘confounded’ by Rams approach with Ty.
wvParticipantA24 production. Janet Planet. I’m not sure whether its a quiet-masterpiece or, the dullest film in the Universe. There’s definitely something gorgeous about the visuals though.
Reviewers all say its about a mother/daughter relationship. I dont think thats what its about. But i have no idea what, if anything, its about.
The movie has stayed with me. For better or worse.
wvParticipantAikman on the sideline ranting about Switzer
August 23, 2026 at 10:07 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165529wvParticipantI watched some old interview-clips of Wesley when he was at Louisville. He almost seems to nice to be a pass-rusher/special-teams-guy. I’m glad he’s nice, but i hope he has the tiger in him to be an NFL disruptor.
wvParticipantI have always loathed liberal Ta-Nehisi Coates. But he’s, apparently, made a ‘little’ progress in his thinking. Maybe. I dunno.
August 23, 2026 at 8:05 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165517wvParticipantSaints may have been ‘tired.’
August 22, 2026 at 6:42 pm in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165510wvParticipantI saw the first half and I think Stetson is exactly what he has always been: a mediocre QB who will throw a lot of INTs.
Saints need to bring Jim Haslett back. Or Bum Philips.
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