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  • January 2, 2020 at 9:59 pm in reply to: What do you expect from these Wild Card playoff games? #110048
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    I think the most interesting NFC Championship game would be SF vs New Orleans.

    I think the most interesting Super Bowl would be Ravens vs 49ers. Or Kansas City vs the Saints.

    I never thought i would just take it for granted that someone is goin to beat the Pats in the AFC. But thats how it seems. Somebody is gonna do it this year.

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    January 2, 2020 at 8:28 am in reply to: now that it’s over — the assessments (Snead, Klein, etc.) #110027
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    zn wrote:

    Rams have only one option left with Todd Gurley: Trade him

    BILL PLASCHKE

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    Well that seems like the most idiotic article I’ve seen in a while.

    Who the hell is going to trade for a running back with arthritic knees?

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    January 1, 2020 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Must-read book: The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells #109996
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    Scott’s an interesting guy. Lots of vids with him, too. This one is old, but its the shortest one 🙂

    January 1, 2020 at 1:16 pm in reply to: Must-read book: The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells #109991
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    There’s lots of Vids on this:

    January 1, 2020 at 12:28 pm in reply to: Higbee #109962
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    InvaderRam wrote:
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    How come some offensive genius doesn’t figure out how to use two pass-catching TE’s on the field at the same time? Why cant we see Everett and Higbee and Kupp and Woods and Cooks on the field at the same time?

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    wasn’t the washington offense under mcvay a 2 te offense?

    that’s what i’d like to see.

    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/was/2016.htm

    they had reed and davis that year. both receiving threats.

    i feel like mcvay should have been exploiting this more.

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    What, if anything, do you blame McVay for this year? Anything? Did he do anything wrong ?

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    January 1, 2020 at 9:40 am in reply to: Jena Friedman #109976
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    December 31, 2019 at 11:15 pm in reply to: what’s goin’ on with Goff #109963
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    Well, Goff is a big subject. People have all kinds of different ways of talking about and evaluating QBs.

    Goff is never gonna be Mahomes. Or Russell. Or Rogers. Or certainly Lamar. (whatever the hell Lamar is) Those guys are entertaining as hell and they can do things Goff will never do.

    Is that annoying? Heck yeah.

    But can Goff win a Ring? Is he “good enough” to win a Ring? I say yes. I mean, geez, he almost won one last year.

    He’s not gonna win one without a really topnotch OLine though. Which will give him a Running game.

    Bottom line is, I dont worry about Goff. He’s got some flaws, but if Joe Flacco and Nick Foles can win rings….

    Course Roman Gabriel was good enuff too. And he never got a Ring. So there’s that.

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    December 31, 2019 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Higbee #109954
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    Cal wrote:

    Cooks’s speed makes him an important part of this offense. He just adds a dimension that Reynolds, Woods, and Kupp don’t offer.

    Having a healthy Cooks next year will make a difference to the offense next year.

    With Higbee’s emergence this year does anyone think the Rams could trade Everett? I believe next year is his last year under contract and it’s hard to imagine the Rams resigning him with Higbee’s contract.

    The Rams surely could use another 3rd or 4th round pick to help build some depth.

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    How come some offensive genius doesn’t figure out how to use two pass-catching TE’s on the field at the same time? Why cant we see Everett and Higbee and Kupp and Woods and Cooks on the field at the same time?

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    December 31, 2019 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Higbee #109942
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    I have lost interest in Cooks, but he isn’t going anywhere.

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    Lol. Well, I guess we know what his strengths and weaknesses are by now. He’s never gonna be Isaac Bruce, but when he’s healthy he can kindof be ‘the cherry on top’ of a good offense. Teams cant just ignore him. He ‘might’ make a big play.

    Higbee and Kupp and Woods really make an interesting trio going forward.

    The thing is though, they dont have “a real Gurley” anymore. I just think thats huge. Gurley was that special factor that teams just couldnt deal with. Thats gone.

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    December 30, 2019 at 9:56 pm in reply to: a pet peeve…Rams are NOT missing 2 #1 draft picks #109924
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    Yes.

    But that all kinda blows up if they cant sign Ramsey for more years. If it turns out they spent the picks just to rent him for half of one season….that would be bad.

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    December 30, 2019 at 1:59 pm in reply to: highlights, ARZ game, & (eventually) play break downs #109897
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    zn wrote:

    One of my favorite plays, 4:17 in on that highlights vid–Goff evades the rush and makes a great throw on the run to Woods.

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    Yeah thats why a lot of us liked his college tape. Cause he could throw accurately off-balance or seemingly-off-balance.

    He looked like aaron rogers on that particular throw, btw.

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    December 29, 2019 at 8:55 pm in reply to: reporters on the ARZ game #109863
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    zn wrote:

    Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
    Eric Weddle indicated he would not return to the Rams next season if they intended to bring him back as a backup. He said he expected that to happen and would understand. Said he’s having knee and shoulder surgeries.

    Sosa K@QBsMVP
    The day we found out the structure of his deal – as well as the selection of Taylor Rapp – all but guaranteed Eric Weddle would be gone after one year. I’d say it worked out, but it’s time to move on.

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    I hate losing all that wisdom, experience. I hated losing the Center John Sullivan for the same reason.

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    December 29, 2019 at 8:01 pm in reply to: reactions to the ARZ game #109854
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    Patriots lose to Miami. Cowboys get booted out of the playoffs. Vikings Lose. Rams finish with a winning season. Not a bad day.

    Now fix the damn OLine.

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    December 28, 2019 at 9:55 pm in reply to: around the league & tweets & highlights … 12/27 thru 12/29 #109811
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    zn wrote:

    ESPN Stats & Info@ESPNStatsInfo
    Joe Burrow has


    – 7 passing touchdowns, an LSU single-game record and tied for the SEC single-game record.

    – Tied for the most pass TD ever in any bowl.

    – 403 passing yards.

    All in one half.

    LSU leads Oklahoma 49-14 at halftime….

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    Damn. That’s approaching Higbee status.

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    December 28, 2019 at 8:16 pm in reply to: any thotz on the Arizona game? #109809
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    zn wrote:
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    The Rams season ends in bleak existential despair.

    Phoenix Cardinals – 42
    Los Angeles Rams – 40

    A cold, random, meaningless ending to an 8-8 season.

    I’m sure there may be an alternative universe where some of that will happen.

    In ours, though, the Rams will dominate and win.

    Rams are especially good against teams that cannot bring pressure, and ARZ is 23rd in pressure percentage.

    Gimli: Let them come. There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.

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    Well they have a pass-rusher. I forget his name. But he’s got, like, 499 sacks. Thats more than Higbee has.

    I’ve danced circles around you, logically.

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    December 28, 2019 at 5:23 pm in reply to: any thotz on the Arizona game? #109805
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    Loss of Ramsey is significant, I would think. The D is totally different without him, i guess.

    As we all know, Higbee has revolutionized the entire sport even more than Lamar Jackson — but that all ends on Black Sunday. The Cards will do to Higbee what the Pats did to Faulk in the Super Bowl. They will mug him at the Line of Scrimmage. They will squash him…like a grape… in a refinery fire. Or somethin.

    McVay suffers more nausea. The Rams season ends in bleak existential despair.

    Phoenix Cardinals – 42
    Los Angeles Rams – 40

    A cold, random, meaningless ending to an 8-8 season.

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    “Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.”
    ― Jean Paul Sarte

    December 28, 2019 at 5:06 pm in reply to: Adolph Reed on Glory, and Free State of Jones #109804
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    From the article:

    “…The race voices I’ve discussed express a particular class perspective among black Americans, one that harmonizes with left-neoliberal notions of justice and equality. That harmony may help explain why those racial voices—like the black political class in general—are so intent on disparaging the social-democratic politics associated with Bernie Sanders, even though a 2017 Harvard-Harris survey found that Sanders was far more popular with African Americans than with any other demographic category except declared Democrats. He boasted a 73 percent favorable rating among black voters—higher than his approval numbers among Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and considerably higher than those for whites or even 18-34 year-olds…”

    December 28, 2019 at 8:25 am in reply to: Adolph Reed on Glory, and Free State of Jones #109796
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    reed:https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-trouble-with-uplift-reed

    September 2018

    The Trouble With Uplift

    Occasionally, on a boring flight, I’ll rewatch the Battle of James Island scene from the magnificent 1989 film, Glory. The scene depicts the first engagement of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the first Northern regiment of black troops organized by the Army of the United States to fight against the Confederate insurrection. James Island was a fateful battle outside Charleston, SC, on July 16, 1863. I pulled up the clip on a recent flight and was moved yet again by the powerful imagery of black men finally able to strike a blow against the slaveocracy. Imagining what that felt like for the soldiers of the 54th is always intensely gratifying.

    Watching it this time, I remembered how startled I had been when Glory was released to learn that many people, including blacks and people on the left, dismissed or even disparaged the film as a “white savior narrative”—a phrase that is now a routine derogation of certain cross-racial sagas of resistance to white supremacy. In Glory’s case, this complaint arose mainly in response to the (historically accurate) depiction of the regiment’s commanding officers as Northern whites.
    This objection left me dumbfounded. After all, the 54th Massachusetts was a real historical entity. As a compromise to ensure political support, it was stipulated that its officers be white. Nonetheless, prominent abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass and the free black community of Boston, were enthusiastic about its formation and instrumental in recruiting its ranks.

    The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

    Notwithstanding some artistic license (e.g., including freed slaves within the 54th, when it was actually composed entirely of free black men), Glory’s director Edward Zwick clearly intended it to be an historical film. How could it not feature white officers?

    Nevertheless, the indictment of Glory as white-savior propaganda was common on the left—with the allied claim that the story was….see link…

    December 25, 2019 at 11:28 am in reply to: Trump will win in 2020 #109722
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    Zooey wrote:

    Until Britain voted in Boris Johnson in a landslide, I disagreed with that.

    Now
I expect Trump to win.

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    December 24, 2019 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Silver & others postmortem the Rams 2019 season #109710
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    “…Goff ranks sixth in PFF overall grade from a clean pocket (92.7) since 2017. Over that same stretch, his 45.9 grade under pressure ranks 20th. That is the second-highest rank difference of any quarterback in the sample…”
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    One of the problems with stats like that is Not all Pressure is Equal. The stat treats all ‘pressure’ equally. (I wonder what qualifies as ‘pressure’ btw)

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    December 23, 2019 at 4:27 pm in reply to: tweets & things … 12/22 thru 12/24 #109678
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    Sosa K@QBsMVP
    Higbee becomes the fourth TE since 1970 to go 100+ in four straight….
    …. Oh, also, no TE has gone 100+ receiving yards in 5 straight. Higbee can set a record.
    If you recall, Higbee went 7-107-1 vs ARI.
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    Well its been a rather strange season. Back when the Rams were 3-0, who would have predicted, that by game 16, the opposing team’s would be saying, “We have to find a way to stop Higbee”

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    December 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm in reply to: other games, Saturday thru Monday #109637
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    It would be nice if Dallas lost. Just on principle.

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    December 22, 2019 at 12:17 pm in reply to: Christianity Today came out against Trump #109625
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    December 22, 2019 at 12:00 pm in reply to: our reactions to the SF game #109623
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    This game didn’t bother me that much. What bothered me was losing to the Cowboys like we did. That was embarrassing.

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    I agree, but i dont wanna see any 8 and 8 bullshit.

    I wanna see 9 and 7 bullshit.

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    December 22, 2019 at 9:48 am in reply to: Silver & others postmortem the Rams 2019 season #109619
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    McVay: “And whatever happens… We’re gonna let our nuts hang and see what happens.”
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    I think that should be the title of any 2020 Rams Program.

    I think General Patton said somethin like that. Or maybe it was Cleopatra. Or Chuck Norris. I dunno.

    PS — notice how the tone of the players and coach is that the season is already OVER. Good luck getting up for the Cardinals.

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    December 22, 2019 at 8:10 am in reply to: our reactions to the SF game #109614
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    49ers are just a better team this year.

    Rams are what their record says they are.

    It’d be nice to finish with a winning season. I dunno if they can get up for the Cards though.

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    December 21, 2019 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Trump impeached — does it matter ? #109591
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    “Is Trump a genuine menace to constitutional order and the rule of law? Demonstrably….
    …This is an important day, a momentous day, a historic day…”
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    Well, i get that point of view, and i respect it, but my own view is just simply darker than that. It all comes down to just how bad you think the “constitutional order” really, actually, truly, IS. Is there really, truly, actually, a “rule of law” that is even close to the ‘textbook’ version?

    If you think a flawed, but fairly decent government existed before Trump, then
    sure, its an ‘important, momentous day,’ etc.

    But if you have a darker view of what existed before trump — then the whole entire thing just looks like a sham.

    For me the entire system needs impeached. For me, this is just like removing a CEO from Monsanto or Haliburton. Its another version of ‘one bad apple’ in a fine orchard.

    What modern president hasn’t authorized horrendous, murderous things?

    So for me, impeachment just doesnt matter. To me. Doesnt matter one way
    or the other.

    ‘Tactically’ I suspect it helps the Dems a bit, fwiw.

    Anyway, blah blah blah 🙂

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    December 19, 2019 at 3:33 pm in reply to: Hammond: Rams need O coordinator #109547
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    Its interesting that only 3 head-coaches go without an offensive coordinator.

    Maybe it would help, but it definitely wouldnt matter if the OLine dont get fixed.

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    December 18, 2019 at 8:41 pm in reply to: tweets & things…Rams + around the league… 12/15 & 12/16 #109529
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    Kurt Warner wondering if Lamar is having the ‘best year an nfl QB has ever had’

    December 18, 2019 at 5:51 pm in reply to: tweets … 12/16 thru 12/18 #109526
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    “..Robert Woods has supplanted Kupp as the top option for Goff in the second half of the season..”
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    Why is this? We’ve all noticed it. But why? Kupp was un-coverable early in the year. Then he kinda dropped into the background.

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