zn wrote:

The black looks okay, it’s just that black feels wrong.

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Thats because the black IS wrong.

Its ridiculous. Its not even a ‘scary’ kind of black uniform. Its a uniform that doesnt quite know what its doing.

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The blue and white one is not exactly right, but…its close enough.

Well done.

Bout time.

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Kupp: McVay is Alchemy, McDonald is Effort.

You people KNOW the football gods are not going to let us have Myles and AD.

You kNOW that. Did they let us have Kurt and Faulk? No. Faulk’s knee blew up and Kurt’s thumb blew out.

The gods will taunt us. Maybe…oh,…three games. I give it three games. So enjoy it while it lasts. Before Myles blows out his knee, and Aaron blows up his thumb.

We are Ram fans. We are not allowed to have a super team.

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“preseason PUP” list.

zn wrote:

But like many others I assume that even without Donald, the combination of Garrett, Young, Turner, Fiske, and Ford (plus maybe Stewart) will be plenty good all on its own.
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Yeah, the Rams defense (barring injuries) has the potential to be as good as — and i cant believe I’m writing this — the Texans.

And that is just ridiculous.

So even if the Rams offense has injuries and goes off the rails, they could still be a dangerous team.

…i hate all this super-team, front-runner stuff. Especially since they havent won anything, unlike Seattle. Rams as favorites. What do we even do with that? I dont like it.

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We are in the post Milgram era.

zn wrote:

The honest truth is that no one right now knows about either.

They could have a 3rd receiver among the trio of Whitington, Mumpfield, and Daniels.
They could have a decent LOT sub in Quessenberry or even Trost.

So, time will tell whether or not we’ll see.

So you are saying we dunno. Crazy talk.

I’m not sure we dunno. I dunno about that.

I kinda think we know what Whitington and Mumpfield are.

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Unusual statement from a young Seahawk Lineman.

In the vid above. Around the 25 minute mark or so:

Grey Zabel: “Kobie Turner is like my kryptonite right now, I dunno what it is, but he’s just got my number, he just works me every single game…but as much as you wanna hate the rams, they are all really good dudes across the board, Kobie for instance, he’s out there and he just smiles, he plays the game for the love of the game…he got a little banged up and couldnt finish that NFC Championship game, it was sad, I told him how awesome he was after the game….”

Btw, Only Chris Long would ask: “What kind of tractor do you have?”

InvaderRam wrote:

there’s some hope. the closest comparison i could find is reggie white.

he retired after his age 37 season and came back one year later in his age 39 season.

1998 age 37 season he had 16 sacks.

2000 age 39 season he had 5.5 sacks.

so he actually retired at an older age with 216 games under his belt at the time. aaron donald retired at his age 32 season with 154 games under his belt. so donald retired at a significantly younger age with significantly less games played and you’d think less wear and tear. if he does come back, he will actually be younger than white was when he retired the first time by two years.

the only question is how much does the extra year off affect his body. does he lose the power and explosion and speed or does his body benefit the extra year of rest compared to white’s one year away from the game? and how long does it take to regain that with conditioning if it is possible?

another example although quite different is michael jordan. he took off nearly two years. and he had to completely change his body and skill set. but he did successfully make a comeback at a much less physically demanding sport. he was also significantly younger than donald retiring the first time at age 29.

sports science is more advanced now than it was back then so there’s that as well.

i would like to see donald come back. it wouldn’t necessarily color my view of what he was back then. maybe we could even see a different version of aaron donald who is equally compelling.

and to see myles garrett and aaron donald playing together… i never saw deacon jones and merlin olsen play together, but they could be this generation’s version of that duo.

I dunno. I think it will be very hard for him to come back. I’ve been 35. And 35 is not 33 🙂

I also agree with Albert Breer in the vid up above. He talks about the fact that unlike with Weddle, the Rams dont ‘need’ Donald to play that much. They have good interior DLinemen. They can give Donald a pitch-count. Ease him in slowly, or maybe dont even play him until November.

Breer said even if Donald is their best interior lineman, why risk him getting hurt early. Cause, again, 35 with two years off is a very tricky situation.

I remember a situation where Bill Walsh brought in an old Hall of Fame type DE (cant remember his name). Pass rush specialist. And the 49ers played him only when they needed a big play on third down. And he delivered. Who was that guy? Fred Dean, maybe?

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