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wvParticipantwvParticipantSomethin i noticed. Every team in the NFC North finished above .500. Every team in the NFC South finished below .500.
NFC West of course had a 14 win team, and two 12-win teams. I dont think thats ever happened.
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vwvParticipantSo they didn’t dominate the entire way through the game, a win at season’s end is still a win. They needed it. Puka won the receptions title, I think, and Stafford most touchdown passes with 46. Very good regular season, overall, though it should have been even better with more wins, etc.
They should be able to beat the Panthers next week. Happy with the seeding there.
Dunno if its accurate, but the espn stat site has a three-way tie for reception lead:
Puka
JSN
Trey McbrideAll with 119 catches. Puka had the fewest targets of the three.
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vwvParticipantHigbee always makes a difference. He’s such an under-appreciated player nationally.
good point on higbee. higbee, puka, and hopefully a healthy adams. that’s a potent receiving trio. then sprinkle in everyone else as well as the running game. i take that offense over any other offense in the league. my main worry at this point is dotson. that one hurts.
Its a good team. Great offense if they have Dotson and Adams.
Its the defense though — There’s no Aaron Donald. No Vonn Miller. No Jalen Ramsey.
I’m glad they get a chance to avenge the Panther loss. I guess there’s four teams in the playoffs they have lost to – Panthers, Seahawks, Eagles, 49ers.
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vwvParticipantBack to Carolina
NFC
Seattle bye2 Bears host 7 Packers
3 Eagles host 6 49ers
4 Panthers host 5 Rams———-
AFC
Denver bye
2 Pats host 7 Chargers
3 Jags host 6 Bills
Pitt/Balt host 5 Texans========
Rams have the 13th and 29th picks in the draft.
wvParticipantHigbee always makes a difference. He’s such an under-appreciated player nationally.
I thought it would be a dogfight. But they pulled away, so I’m…as pleased as McVay. And McVay has an edge, you can tell if you listen to his post-game. He’s sayin all the usual cliches but he’s got some anger.
12 wins. If you had told me they’d get 12 at the beginning of the season, I’d have been satisfied. But this team did not play to its potential in the regular season. The Atlanta game. The Panther game. The first 49er game. I think they should have had 15 wins. I give the Eagles and Seahawks credit for their wins.
Stafford or Maye or Macaffrey. I dunno. It’ll be close.
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vwvParticipantRams 24
Cardinals 20.w
vwvParticipantStrange, old-school game between the 49ers and Seattle. Rams put up over 500 yards in Seahawks. 49ers had 173 yards at home.
Seattle is peaking, has the bye, and home-field. And yet this is so different than last year, when the Eagles seemed like a juggernaut. Just seems like the Eagles, Bears, Rams, Seahawks and 49ers. And maybe the Packers –are all within a field-goal of each other.
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vwvParticipantBrady Henderson@BradyHenderson
Per ESPN Research, the 173 yards the Seahawks held the 49ers to was SF’s fewest in any game under Kyle Shanahan, who became their coach in 2017. It was the only time since that season’s opener that they failed to top three points.Man, the NFC West has three awfully-good coaching/personnel staffs.
When Seattle can run the ball, Darnold’s weakness is obviated, to state the obvious.
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vwvParticipantGood to see McCaffrey have a bad final game. 23 rushing. 34 receiving. And a huge redzone pass bouncing off him for an INT.
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vwvParticipantTrinidad is only 6’1″ which i dont like, but i watched the highlights of the Ole Miss v Georgia game, and that kid has a real shot to be a good pro. He flashed a lot in that game against Georgia.
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vwvParticipantI really enjoyed Yorgos Lanthimos’ newest film: Bugonia.
Its a few degrees less weird than his other films, but he didnt write this one.
Compassionate doomer film.
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“…The film
Bugonia is named after an ancient Greek term for the myth of bees spontaneously generating from a dead cow’s carcass, symbolizing decay and rebirth, which ties into the film’s themes of conspiracy, corruption, and new life emerging from ruin. Writer Will Tracy also chose the name for its ambiguous, slightly unsettling sound, evoking insects, alien worlds, or illness, fitting the story’s surreal nature.”wvParticipantswag
wvParticipantDidnt realize Q.Lake signed an extension. He’s locked up through 2028.
42 million, 25 million guaranteed, or somethin like that.w
vwvParticipantSome things Maye has an edge on, fwiw:
Passer Rating:
D.Maye 112.9
Stafford 108.8QBR – Maye 76, Stafford 70
Completion Percentage:
Maye 71.7
Stafford 65.2Rushing TDs: Maye 4, Stafford 0
wvParticipantARIZONA
Offense
yds 19th
points 23rd
yds per pass attempt 26th
yds per rush attempt 17th
qb sacked percentage 25th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 22nd
turnovers 16thDefense
points 29th
yds 26th
yds per pass attempt 24th
yds per rush attempt 23rd
RZ efficiency (TD only) 27th
pressure percentage 29th
turnovers 17thRAMS
Offense
yds 2nd
points 1st
yds per pass attempt 3rd
yds per rush attempt 8th
qb sacked percentage 4th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 8th
turnovers 7thDefense
yds 17th
points 8th
yds per pass attempt 6th
yds per rush attempt 14th
RZ efficiency (TD only) 3rd
pressure percentage 7th
turnovers 5thCourse those stats on the Rams defense are for the whole year. But the last month or so, the stats are a lot worse.
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vDecember 31, 2025 at 7:24 pm in reply to: Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #160685wvParticipant“in the Rams five losses they have been outscored by 17 points. That is the 2nd smallest margin by a 5-loss team in NFL History.”
“last five games, Rams defensive rankings:
PPG 28th
Op.Yards per play: 29th
OP 20-yard plays: 26th
Op passer rating: 25thwvParticipantwvParticipantOf course there is hope. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Of course not.
As for starting with the Eagles instead of Tampalina, you’re crazy…
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold…if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive…
…proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart;…He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian:’
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.w
vwvParticipantSeattle 1.5 pt favorites over 49ers.
Tampa 2.5 over Carolina
Rams 8.5 over Cards
Ravens 3.5 over Steelers
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #160667wvParticipant“McVay teams are 2-8 against playoff teams in cold weather”
wvParticipantI can’t recall a Rams receiver that has caused me to rewatch catches to figure out just how he held onto a ball as often as Puka has.
I hadn’t thought of that, but that is exactly right. Its not just the quantity with Puka, its the quality.
The ‘numbers’ after 16 games. Puka is 70 yds behind JSN :
Puka 109.3 yds per game.
JSN: 106.8JSN: 1709 yds
Puka: 1639 (in 15 games)wvParticipanti do have one reason for hope. if lake can come back healthy. not sure where the tweet is, but there was a stat showing the defensive performance pre lake and post lake injury. if lake comes back healthy, i think the rams defense could start to perform much better.
Yeah, there’s reason for hope. Lake and the rest coming back. Course we dont know just how ‘ready’ they will be when they come back. And Philly may get to rest their starters next week, I think.
At this point, I am not even rooting for the Rams to get TampaLina. If they are gonna have to win 3 road games, I’d just as soon start with the Champs and go from there. ‘Earn this.’ Ya know.
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vDecember 30, 2025 at 5:30 pm in reply to: Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #160664wvParticipantAs for partial refereeing, anybody with a basic understanding of human psychology would not publicly belittle people who have the power to take revenge with impunity. As to whether that is happening or not, I have no knowledge, but if I were a referee who was offended, I would rule any close Puka catch incomplete, knowing in video review, the ref gets the benefit of doubt. And I might call him for offensive PI any time he stuck a hand on someone. But I wouldn’t call penalties to spite the entire Rams team. But… you know… I also wouldn’t waterboard anybody, but there are humans who do.
Are you saying the refs are gonna waterboard Puka? Because I think enhanced-interrogation should only be used on players whose endzone celebrations are clearly unpatriotic, or possibly unamerican.
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vDecember 30, 2025 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 12/27 – 12/30 … w/ some Baldinger #160621wvParticipant1st & Tuna@1standtuna
Rams win next 2 : CAR/TB
Rams lose 1 or both: PHI/CHINot sure that is accurate.
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vDecember 30, 2025 at 2:57 pm in reply to: Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #160653wvParticipantCowherd in his Herd Hierarchy vid said if the Rams play the Eagles, the Eagles strategy should be to “throw to AJ Brown 15 times, because the Rams cant match up at all.”
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vwvParticipantStephon Diggs charged with ‘felony strangulation’
wvParticipantThis loss apparently especially bothered people. On our board, when things go bad, posters often don’t vent, instead they withdraw.
Yeah, its an annoying team. I think the 49er, Panther and Falcon losses were super-annoying. The Eagles and Seahawks are truly powerful teams and the Rams played up to their levels. Those losses were gut-wrenching — But those other 3….they need kicked in the ass.
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vDecember 30, 2025 at 1:12 pm in reply to: Atlanta game — tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #160647wvParticipantNick Wright, predictably, makes the argument for Stafford as MVP. (btw, that is his son, who does the podcast with Wright)
wvParticipantJust shooting from the hip here, but sometimes i think Stafford is too aggressive. Sometimes. I mean, he’s ALWAYS aggressive. Like Favre. Its just how he is. But sometimes — sometimes — when conditions are problematic, such as OLine injuries. Maybe the better approach would be, to run the ball, be conservative and not take chances, at least while the early part of the game unfolds. I dunno.
I love Stafford, but i think a guy like Brady or Montana had more arrows in their quiver. Favre and Stafford just seem like…if Martz were a QB.
I could be totally wrong about this. Just a fan-impression.
I’m definitely not ignoring the Oline issue. I’m saying a QB maybe needs to reign it in BECAUSE of the Oline issue.
The Carolina game and Falcon game have cost Stafford an MVP. And maybe even a Hall of Fame jacket. Damn. McCaffrey or Drake Maye are probly the top two choices now.
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