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wvParticipantOnly watched the highlights, but looked like the Rams were in control
the entire game.
A road win like that, against a division team — very nice.
A lot of good teams looked rather ordinary today.
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wvParticipant“the corporate ladder works all the time.”
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wvParticipantYou just know Kupp was more proud of that block than any pass he caught
wvParticipantMost surprising thing to me so far is the Bengals OLine. Its terrible so far.
They new it was their only weakness and they totally replaced the old OLine.
And it still sux.
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wvParticipantRams are still a ‘dangerous’ team. Thats what I’d call them at this point.
A danger to themselves and a danger to others.
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wvParticipantGotta say, its strange that you go out and get Russell Wilson, and there he is with a Fourth and Five, and…you kick a 64 yard FG.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantwvParticipantOrlovsky’s take was certainly interesting in that vid.
If the Rams were not ready to play….why not?
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wvParticipantI dunno about ‘rusty.’ Maybe. Just looked like the Oline was overpowered to me.
The two prior games Buffalo whipped the Rams defense, so that was nothing new.
Buffalo’s offense is just gonna do that, they are that good.
I think we all tend to wait about 3 or 4 games before we draw conclusions. Atlanta will be inter esting.
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wvParticipantYeah, let's celebrate her pic.twitter.com/XowPIjdw6h
— Y 🅰️ S S I R ⭕ (@_sheekan_styles) September 8, 2022
wvParticipantOnly saw the hi-lites. Just looked like the Bills OLine was
better than the Rams OLine.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantBills lead series 8-5
Bills have won 4 of last 5.
Defense has been torched the last two games, it looks like. I would think with all of OJ’s problems they could slow him down this year. I dunno.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask?q=rams+vs+bills+all-time+record
wvParticipanti wonder how that compares to other nfl teams’ rosters.
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Exactly. I’d be curious how it compares.
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wvParticipantIt takes a series of miracles to repeat as champions, but ya know, the rams are definitely in the mix.
But I cant picture them having enough general-scariness to win it ALL without OBJ.
Thats the ‘kind’ of addition that tilts things just enough. Its a large piece of the puzzle, i would think. Late in the year, if they can add a healthy OBJ they would be a different team than they were in, say, the previous 12 games or whatever. He turbo charges them.
So, i keep thinking about that there situation.
I did not know he was as good as he turned out to be. I never followed him. But that guy just changes things.
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wvParticipantRams initial roster set: 10 takeaways from 53-man cutdowns and beyond By Jourdan Rodrigue
The Rams’ initial 53-man roster is set, …. This isn’t a surprise to anybody who has been following along here over the past two seasons — whether you agree or disagree with the Rams’ process. The Rams, for now, are keeping Matthew Stafford,…
Another surprise.
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wvParticipantSo Aaron Donald made the 53? Anybody else surprised?
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wvParticipantSo the rams cut Jacob Harris the WR, their 4th round pick.
Guess that means they like Mccutcheon.
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wvParticipantThe 9ers mishandled this from the beginning, but restructuring his contract was making the best of a bad situation, imo. They tried every tactic in the book to try to trade him, and there just wasn’t a market for him. It may be easier to trade him now that his contract is rewritten, but he has now missed all of the preseason (including the 9ers’ preseason in which he not only did not practice, he did not even get this year’s playbook from the team). One radio blabber ventured to guess that G restructured his contract because the 9ers would have cut him otherwise which would have hit his reputation and future value. They will lose him after this season, but they probably figure having him as a backup is worth more to them than whatever little draft capital they could get for him at this point. Maybe someone loses their starter, and trades for him later, but that becomes less likely by the day. He is probably headed towards a phase in his career where his is the best backup QB in the league for 2-3 years.
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Well, not sure if you noticed but the new deal has a no-trade clause, so I dont think they can trade him if some other team loses a starter, etc. Course, i guess if he requests it they could do it.
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wvParticipantI dont think ive ever mentioned the Epstein case on here or anywhere, but I’ll say this. I ignored it for a long time because i put it in that ‘celebrity sex scandal’ category or ‘conspiracy nut’ category. I just ignored it.
But every now and then I’ll read a few paragraphs about it, and…it may be the most breathtakingly sinister example of everything thats wrong with capitalism in US history.
If there was ever a case to make the average American doubt US institutions
its this one.
Sadly, as per usual, the average American tends to see it as an indictment of ‘the Clintons’ or ‘Trump’ etc.
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wvParticipantThats always what made the most sense to me, given Jimmy-G’s injury and the new QB’s youth.
The media loves all those new hot-shot QBs but as we all know on this board, the 49ers D plus a solid QB is a serious threat to grind out wins in the playoffs.
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wvParticipantThose quotes are right-on.
What Kupp says about “screw that, I’m gonna take what i want” is what most of us call the ‘gunslinger’ approach. The Brett Favre approach.
It worked last year. Got them a ring. It wont always work, obviously.
Lavonte David’s quote is interesting, isnt it. “night and day” between Goff and Stafford?
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Cooper Kupp: “You talk about being reactive as a quarterback, you take what the defense gives you. They say it all the time. I think a lot of times, he says, ‘Screw that, I’m gonna take what I want.’ What he does with his eyes and manipulating defenses, ‘I’m gonna move this guy and throw where I want,’ that I think is a special trait of his.”
Tyrann Mathieu: “Man, Stafford is so underrated from just a pure talent perspective. All the side-arm throws and the no-look passes, he’s been doing those things.”
Chester Rogers: “I think he’s been a top-five quarterback since he’s been in the league, he’s just been in Detroit. Now he’s in L.A., he’s shining.”
Lavonte David: “It was kind of like night-and-day from what they had before to what they’ve got now with him. 30-something seconds left, for him to keep his poise and not settle to go to overtime, that’s why you’ve got a guy like him. He got them to the Super Bowl, he made plays when they needed him to make plays.”
Chandler Jones: “His quarterback vision is tremendous. He has a timer in his head that is tremendous.”
wvParticipantAhh. I still remember those great Chiefs teams. I remember them because of the rivalry with the Raiders. One of the great 70’s rivalries.
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wvParticipantI wonder how the Rams would have done if they had had Stafford in Super Bowl 53 ?
Rams were 13-3
Pats were 11-5
Goff was 19 for 38 for 198 yards. Sacked 4 times. 1 INT.
Rams only had 62 yards rushing. (Have the Rams ‘ever’ had a good rushing game in a super bowl?)
Rams had 9 penalties, Pats had 3.
Pats had 407 total yards, Rams had 260.
wvParticipantfrom https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/22/rams-matthew-stafford-nfl-top-100-players-list-ranking/ One year with the Rams was also all it took for Stafford to crack the top 30 on the NFL’s annual list of the 100 best players in the NFL. The rankings are being revealed little by little, and on Sunday night, Stafford’s name popped up. He was voted the 27th-best player in the NFL entering 2022, the highest ranking of his career. His previous best was No. 31 in 2017 and 2018. Last year, Stafford was ranked outside the top 100, which just goes to show what the 2021 season did for him.
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Wow. 27. I am surprised. I would have him WAY higher. Top ten, easily, for me.
Do people not watch 4th Quarters?
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wvParticipant….happened to talk to a young cop, in a courthouse today. I asked him what changes he’d make if he could.
“…more money for more social services, more mental health services.”
I replied: “Really? I was not expecting that answer from you.”
He said: “Every officer i know feels that way”
Make of that what you will.
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wvParticipantWell….thank god we all now have
“finality”
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wvParticipantRoman Gabriel finished top 10 in passing 8 years in a row… he finished 11th in 1974, in 1973 he finished #1 in passing on a lousy Eagles team. Very few QB’s in league history were that consistent over that length of time… only the great ones…
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He was consistent. And he was very good. Powerful, smart, tough.
But he was only in two post-season games, according to wiki.
67 and 69. Rams lost both. 3 TDs, 2 INTs, total.
I just cant put him with Stafford and Warner. Mainly because for me, there’s just gotta be ‘that play’ in the clutch, in the playoffs. The Proehl pass. The no-look pass.
Gabe just doesnt have that, as far as I remember.
I have a great emotional attachment to Gabriel. He was the first Ram player I got excited about. He was the guy. Not Deacon, not Merlin.
But sadly, the way I remember it, Staubach was the elite NFC QB.
Interestingly, there is a third Ram QB who has one of ‘those plays’ I’m talkin bout: Crazy Vince Ferragamo. But he tweren’t elite.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gabriel#Postseason
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wvParticipantDamn. I thought Blanton was a future starter.
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