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wvParticipantAfter game 7:
NFC – 3 Wildcard teams
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4-2 cowboys and seahawks 4-2
4-3 falcons ( first place in division)
3-3 bucs
3-4 Rams, commanders, saints
2-4 vikings, packers
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wvParticipant3-4 now for the 10th time in the SuperBowl era.
As you will recall, the rams have had losing seasons the previous 9 F’ing times.
Painful lessons on offense, defense and special teams yesterday. Rams and Steelers and about ten other teams look to be about even. Lots of close games coming in this here NFL. Its gonna be a wild winter. Wouldnt surprise me if a dozen teams were vying for final Wildcard berths in the last week.
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wvParticipant…Stafford is the best qb I’ve ever seen play with the Rams. Better than Warner even, who was great, and Bulger, who was good. Goff is good, potentially great, but Stafford can still make throws the other 3 couldn’t/can’t.
Yes.
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wvParticipantFinshed 3-4 nine times and NO winning seasons?
Damn.
I would not have expected that.
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wvParticipantI guess we iz gonna see Zach Evans, then?
5’11’, 202 Lbs. 4.51 forty yard dash. (is that fast? seems kinda average aint it?)
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Walterfootball…
Evans is a natural runner with three-down starting potential for the NFL. The first trait that jumps out about Evans is his speed. He is a fast back with an explosive first-step and a burst to the second level. He can run past defenders, making him a threat to take any carry or reception down the field for a huge gain. In the NFL, Evans will be a threat to break off long runs thanks to possessing rare quickness for a starting back.
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On top of being fast, Evans is an instinctive runner. He displays impressive vision, body lean, and patience, plus he runs behind his pads. Evans sets up blocks and uses his speed to dart through holes before they close. Defenders really struggle to get a hold of Evans, who has great feet that make him very elusive. He is sudden with his ability to cut and change direction. Assisted by that direction-changing talent, Evans can create for himself and help his line when blocking assignments are missed.While Evans is not a big back, he does have some strength to his build and is able to break tackles while picking up yards after contact. He is not overpowering for the next level, but he will be able to shed tackles and get additional yards. Evans goes through defenders while falling forward to finish runs well also.
Evans is suited for the passing-driven NFL because he is a capable receiving back. Evans runs good routes out of the backfield and has soft hands. All college backs need to be coached up and groomed for blitz protection in the pros, and Evans will have that learning curve as well.
Evans has the physical talent to be a starter in the NFL, but his size and durability could restrict his availability. It would not be surprising if Evans is injury-prone and frustrates his team by going in and out of the lineup. In the 2023 NFL Draft, Evans has the potential to be a second-day pick.
Player Comparison: D’Andre Swift. Evans’ speed, receiving ability, and running style compare well with Swift’s. Both are big-play threats who are capable of being dangerous playmakers. They also have a tendency to get dinged up and miss time to the point of frustration.
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wvParticipantIve been watching some of ‘F.D. Signifier’ vids. I dont remember ever hearing of him. He’s got some good leftist-stuff.
I know yall know about this study, but he refers, in this vid to the study that compared resumes between whites and blacks…and it turned out being black is like ‘having a felony on your record’ :
Should start at 54 minute mark.
wvParticipantWV, Have you read Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson? I’m about a third of the way through, and it’s stunning, heart-breaking, at times jaw-dropping, in its historical look at the way caste structures form. She concentrates primarily on the US, Nazi Germany, and India, but not just those places. It’s a truly important book, and I wish it were required reading for our “leaders,” corporate America, police, and in our schools. https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/
I have not read it, BT, but the fact that Oprah liked it, makes me wary of it 🙂
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wvParticipantIf nothin else, skip to the 45 minute mark, and watch a few minutes. About ‘who’ should make the decisions about what football should look like. The owners? Or the laborers?
The guy (dunno who it is) compares the white Tom Brady to the black Barry Sanders. He argues the owners designed the new NFL to protect and highlight skill sets that Brady has. Not skill sets Barry Sanders had. The guy then argues Barry Sanders was the by far the more talented player, but the owners wanted the game to look different. It raises the question of who should have decided what the NFL should look like.
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wvParticipantNot about the current situation, but somethin i noticed today:
for over 70 years Israel denied that it intentionally poisoned wells of Palestinians as part of its ethnic cleansing mass terror campaign. If you disagreed the Western media class called you an evil monster. Turns out they were lying, as Israeli scholars admitted last year: pic.twitter.com/46disBVQLK
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023 at 11:22 am in reply to: Rams on the radar this year who weren’t before the season #146250wvParticipantYeah, its encouraging so far. I’d be more skeptical if they had played a cake schedule but they havent.
McVay and Snead are still looking good. I guess they’ve been together since, what, 2018?
Interesting to skim Les Snead’s wiki page, and remember some of his picks. Greg Robinson? 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Snead
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wvParticipantwvParticipantwvParticipanti worry less about stafford, but i think donald has about two years left past this season. there’s not many defensive linemen if any who can produce at a high level past 34 years old. 2025 will be his age 34 season.
Yeah, I thought he would tail off a bit this year, but I’m not sure he has. He’s been explosive as Deacon and as rock-solid consistent as Merlin. Best Defensive player of the decade.
My wild speculation is, he plays two more years and then rides off into the sunset.
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October 17, 2023 at 10:57 am in reply to: injury list for Steelers game … w/ a lot on RB situation #146213wvParticipantwvParticipantI kinda feel like talking about the Wild Card race after 6 games is like Christmas merchandise on the shelves before Labor Day.
I happen to like christmas. And if you dont maybe you should go live in South Korea.
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wvParticipantWell, I guess having a gun in yer car is a felony in LA.
In West, by God, Virginia, its a felony to have less than three guns in yer car.
Them Californians are strange.
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wvParticipanti still would plan on strengthening the oline and finding another running back if i were the rams. they don’t need to spend major capital on that second rb. whether that is evans or some lower round draft pick i don’t know. i don’t know that williams can hold up over the course of an entire season by himself. but williams in tandem with another reliable solid running back would be super fun to watch. especially with kupp, nacua, atwell, and higbee catching passes. at oline i would spend major draft capital on finding a left tackle. if they can find a left tackle and a second running back to pair with williams, i think the rams could have that dominant running game.
Well, I dunno what they will need next year, but i know they are not as good as Philly or San Francisco. So, they need to look at those two teams at least and figure out what they need to have to beat them.
Stafford and Donald are not getting any younger. I dont know how long the Rams window will be open after next year. Might be another ‘All In’ year. I dunno.
Is there another OBJ out there? Another Von Miller? Jalen Ramsey? 🙂
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wvParticipantA game like that — 158 yards — makes one start thinking about running-style ‘comparisons’. I watched K. Williams and tried to think of who he reminded me of in ‘that’ game and i thought of…..Emmitt Smith ?
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wvParticipantSo when is the last time the Rams ran the ball 8 times in a row? Anybody know?
I cant remember.
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wvParticipantEither the Cardinals have a major run-defense problem, or the Rams are developing a physical running-game.
Interesting ‘way’ to win a Ram/Cardinal game. What if teams in the future have to worry about a Rams…running game?
Important division win.
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wvParticipantWell, if the Wood-sniffers are done with their Woodfest, we can get back to Ariz vs LA.
I know we arent gonna be ultra-conscious of the record this year, seein-as-how we all know the Rams aint gonna go on a playoff run, but…this is a huge game as far as the general grade for this season. The difference between 3-3 and 2-4 at this stage is big.
Plus, this is the kind of game Jeff Fisher would lose.
…I dont know what that means, either, but it needed to be said.
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wvParticipant“You got your two young guys out there, Decobie and DK, basically out there rapping, and then you got this smooth R&B guy on the other side that’s just over there listening to Motown music with my mom and dad,” Morris said. “So it’s really cool to have that kind of mixture in the room. It’s really cool how he bonds with his coach. They’ll probably be doing yoga together at some point, him and Aubrey, so it’s a really cool environment for him to be in.”
When are we gonna have a player who listens to The Internationale ?
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wvParticipantI started following covertaction on twitter a long time ago. They rarely show up on my TL though. For some reason 🙂
CovertAction Bulletin – Eyewitness Gaza: Why the Resistance is Justified https://t.co/1FBQsoPW1a via @CovertActionMag pic.twitter.com/IEw14ZwJ1A
— CovertAction Magazine (@CovertActionMag) October 11, 2023
wvParticipantWell, he was not in the Rams plans for next year. So, he was only gonna be around for the rest of this year, and basically he had dropped to the No.5 Target, after Kupp, Puka, Atwell and Higby.
Good luck to Van, but I was not a fan.
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wvParticipantI dunno. Didnt look to me like the Carolina defenders were ‘caught off guard’. They look like they see exactly who has the ball – Lions just blocked the hell out of it.
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wvParticipantSometimes, the football Gods look away, and the best team wins.
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wvParticipantThat old-school football always makes me smile/wince.
Middle Linebackers of that era were such characters. There should be a name for era. Like the Middle Linebacker Era. Or somethin. Maybe the Middle-a-zoic Era. I dunno.
But it was mayhem.
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wvParticipantWell, we have no idea if Kupp is gonna be Kupp. Or half-Kupp.
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wvParticipantBut in addition to that, you combine his arm and his accuracy and you get all of these lasers to the middle of the field we’ve been seeing. I’ve never seen a Rams qb own the medium range pass to the middle of the field the way he does.
Well, I think i agree. Kurt may have some advantages over Stafford in some other areas, but I dont think even Kurt could do the ‘laser over the middle in tight windows’ at the same level Stafford does it.
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wvParticipantThis is where Stafford is truly elite, in my view: CBTT. Clutch Big Time Throws. Not just BTT — but Clutch BTT. There is a difference.
Its a damned important measure of a QB, I’d say.
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