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wvParticipantOne of my reactions to the Eagles game is to think about the fact that the Falcons lost again.
30 to Zero. To Carolina. O my.w
vwvParticipantApparently there is a general strike in Italy over the gaza genocide. Of course you have to search non-mainstream sources to find any info on it.
Imagine how the American future would look if the left had been able to…uh…exist, and organize general strikes, etc.
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/italy-faces-nationwide-strike-over-gaza-several-sectors-affected/3694709
ISTANBULItaly on Monday is experiencing a general strike over the situation in Gaza, which affects many sectors, including transportation, schools, and public services, news agency ANSA reported.
Workers across Italy went on strike following calls from grassroots trade unions to protest the situation in Gaza, with demonstrations held in several cities, including Genoa, Livorno, Milan, Rome, and Bologna.
The general strike, which began at midnight and continues till late Monday, is disrupting multiple sectors, particularly local public transport and railways, schools, public services, and ports.
The USB union called for “the immediate break-off of relations with the terrorist state of Israel, which is the concrete way in which Italy can, and must, react to the genocide that is taking place.”
Protesters disrupted ports in Genoa and Livorno, blocked university lecture halls in Bologna, marched in Milan to show support for a Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, while triggering train cancellations in Rome and the closure of Milan’s M4 metro line as part of nationwide strikes.
“In Italy, the general strike has shut down train lines, ports, highways, schools & shops. With a genocide ongoing, there can be NO business as usual. Stay peaceful, everyone. Do not react to any provocation. Freedom for all allows no mistakes,” the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, also said through the US social media company X.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has been carrying out a genocide in Gaza, which has so far killed nearly 65,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
wvParticipantGood lord, that was ridiculous. Death by a thousand give-aways.
Painful loss, that may cost them if they have to go back to Philly down the road.
Damn.
I will say this — If I’m Philly, i dont really wanna see the Rams again.
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vwvParticipantJavier Bardem. (maybe, my favorite actor, btw)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/javier-bardem-gaza-genocide-palestine-film-workers-1236518172/
Javier Bardem Says ‘Free Palestine’ on Emmys Red Carpet and ‘I Can’t Work With Someone That Justifies or Supports the Genocide’wvParticipantAnd it’s a mystery. But imo I think Puka is faster than he looks. He doesn’t have catlike speed, but he’s… you know… he’s an Ostrich. You wouldn’t think it to look at them, but they can run 43 mph..
I fact-checked you on the Ostrich. Yes, they can run 43 MPH. But Emus can only go 31 mph. And Kiwis only 12 mph.
Humans can go up to about 27-28 mph for a short time.
Now I would think that would put everything in a new light. Puka is obviously an Emu.
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vwvParticipantHe’s not a “system WR.” Not in terms of how that is usually meant…
He is not in the mold of an Ellard, Bruce, Holt, or Adams. He’s not “built” that way. Those guys were receivers in dancers’ bodies. Nakua is more like a tight end in a receiver’s body. But it’s also a bit more than that–for example, the way his feet work on sideline catches. I think of him as a more gifted version of a Hines Ward or Anquan Boldin.
… He also has a very strong awareness of how to play against zone defenses (he shares that with Kupp and in fact Kupp probably tutored him with that).
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Thats high praise comparing him to Boldin.
There just seems to be this contrast in how people talk about Puka compared to how they talk about Adams. Adams, they say, can simply get-himself-open. They dont talk about Puka that way. They talk about Puka being ‘good against zone’ coverage.
I dunno. I watch Puka make play after play after play — and i cant quite figure out how he’s doing it. With a guy like Isaac Bruce, i am able to see the sheer obvious quick-twitch talent.
Like you say, Puka just seems like a little Tight End. Or a Deebo, of some sort.
I’m not saying Puka is ‘less valuable’ I’m just saying i cant quite categorize him.
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vwvParticipantSigh. I basically agree with Russell Dobular here. (from ‘Due Dissedence’ part of the ‘dirtbag left’) I set it to play at the 1:07 mark where he makes a little speech. Such a dark view, but i share it, fwiw.
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 am in reply to: setting up “E-gals” game–roster stuff, injuries, comments, broadcast map #158107wvParticipant“…But this year, they also have the “my guy beats your guy” option. Just look at clip 3 from above! Adams’ touchdown last week was pure isolation. No trickery, no gimmicks, just Stafford trusting him to win one-on-one. That’s the difference from previous seasons…”
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vSeptember 18, 2025 at 1:53 pm in reply to: setting up “E-gals” game–roster stuff, injuries, comments, broadcast map #158093wvParticipantSeptember 18, 2025 at 1:51 pm in reply to: setting up “E-gals” game–roster stuff, injuries, comments, broadcast map #158092wvParticipantMina picking the rams.
wvParticipantSeptember 16, 2025 at 3:02 pm in reply to: setting up “E-gals” game–roster stuff, injuries, comments, broadcast map #158054wvParticipant===============
“Through two weeks, Hurts has attempted just eight passes more than 10 yards downfield and has completed only two of them. Among NFL starters, only Titans rookie Cam Ward has a lower completion rate on such throws…”w
vSeptember 15, 2025 at 6:00 pm in reply to: around der league, goin into week 2, including NFC West #158039wvParticipantEagles got away with a false start or two on their tush-push plays against the Chiefs. It will be interesting to see how the Rams handle the play.
Bill Cower doesnt like the play:
wvParticipantLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
WR Puka Nacua’s 45-yard rushing touchdown is the third-longest rushing touchdown by a Rams wide receiver all-time, behind a 65-yarder by Tavon Austin on Week 12, 2013, and a 50-yard touchdown by Lance Rentzel on Week 3, 1971.
===================================When i was young, i read Lance Rentzel’s autobio “When All The Laughter Died In Sorrow.”
He was a talented player, married to Joey Heatherton, but to quote Buffy, there was a ‘creepyness factor’.w
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1970 seasonIn 1970, Rentzel was leading the team in receiving yards, when he was arrested for exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl.[15] At the time the accusation was made, the press revealed a nearly forgotten incident that happened when Rentzel was charged with exposing himself to two young girls in St. Paul in September 1966, and pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of disorderly conduct.[16] He was not sentenced to jail, but merely ordered to seek psychiatric care.[17] Because of the nationwide reaction and publicity from the scandal, Rentzel’s wife, singer and actress Joey Heatherton, divorced him shortly thereafter.[18] Rentzel asked the Cowboys to place him on the inactive list so that he could devote his time to settling his personal affairs.[19] Rentzel missed the last three games of the regular season, including the Cowboys’ playoff drive to its narrow Super Bowl V loss to the Baltimore Colts. He finished the 1970 season with 28 receptions (second on the team) for 556 yards (second on the team) and five touchdowns.
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On May 19, 1971, Rentzel was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for tight end Billy Truax and wide receiver Wendell Tucker. Head coach Tom Landry said after the trade, “We know we are giving up on one of the top flankers in the league, but I thought he would be better off in another city where he had the same opportunity regularly. We found this in Los Angeles, and it was one of the teams Lance wanted to be traded to if he were traded.”[15] To replace Rentzel, the Cowboys also obtained Lance Alworth from the San Diego Chargers, in exchange for left tackle Tony Liscio (who retired before reporting to the Chargers, then returned to the Cowboys during the season when starting left tackle Ralph Neely suffered a season-ending injury), tight end Pettis Norman, and defensive tackle Ron East.[20]
Although he spent only four seasons with the Cowboys, Rentzel left as the team’s fourth all-time wide receiver in addition to other franchise records: …. wiki
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 am in reply to: around der league, goin into week 2, including NFC West #158016wvParticipantMitchell Schwartz@MitchSchwartz71
Let’s get this clear, it’s not Matt Nagy’s offense. It’s Andy Reid’s. The offense has been declining since… The offense looks the same as the couple years before he came back, no? Just with way worse WRs and a changing defensive landscape….Mahomes is still the single best football player in the world, in my view, but the rest of the Chiefs offense looks so mediocre its astonishing. Including the, once great Kelce.
The problem aint the OC.
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vSeptember 15, 2025 at 7:46 am in reply to: Titans game — plays, tweets, analysis, highlights #158015wvParticipantNever had a duo like Nacua and Adams?
I dunno. Kupp and OBJ were pretty good. Kupp and Robert Woods were pretty good.
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vwvParticipantRams were just the better team. Better QB, better Lines, better weapons.
I dont even like to type the words broken clavicle. Sigh.
Two and Oh.
And now we get to see if the Rams have solved the Saquon Barkley problem. Intriguing game, to say the least.
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vSeptember 13, 2025 at 11:53 am in reply to: setting up the Titans game, w/ injury reports & previews & broadcast map #157959wvParticipant=============
Titans, Jeffery Simmons must take advantage of potential Rams IOL injuriesThe Titans must exploit this mismatch opportunity versus the Rams in Week 2
https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/tennessee-titans-news/61537/titans-jeffery-simmons-must-take-advantage-of-potential-rams-iol-injuries“…If the Titans are going to upset the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday and avoid the ever-dreaded 0-2 start, they’ll need Simmons to be dominant. Remember Simmons’ three-sack display on Sunday Night Football versus the Rams during the 2021 campaign? A repeat showing would be welcome.
Luckily for Simmons and the Titans, the Rams are dealing with a pair of eyebrow-raising injuries. Both starting guards Kevin Dotson and Steve Avila exited Sunday’s Week 1 opener with injuries. Dotson is one of the better guards in football, and Avila is an ascending blocker who’s getting better…
September 13, 2025 at 11:49 am in reply to: setting up the Titans game, w/ injury reports & previews & broadcast map #157958wvParticipantTitans will be without Lathum, a Tackle, and Sweat a DT.
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https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/tennessee-titans-injuries/61565/titans-vs-rams-final-injury-reportSeptember 13, 2025 at 11:44 am in reply to: setting up the Titans game, w/ injury reports & previews & broadcast map #157957wvParticipant————–
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/catch-cally-what-titans-hc-brian-callahan-said-before-wednesday-practice-of-rams-week
“…-Callahan called special teams coordinator John Fassel the “most positive human being I’ve ever been around.” Callahan said Fassel does a nice job with the energy of the special teams unit in general, and he has a great relationship with his players…”“…-Callahan said he loved coaching Matthew Stafford while in Detroit. “He is like the quintessential quarterback,” Callahan said. “If you could build one, they look like Matthew. Awesome human being to be around, great with his teammates. He’s probably one of the toughest players I’ve ever been around and he is extremely talented on top of it I had a lot of joy coaching him for those two years.”…
September 12, 2025 at 7:46 am in reply to: around der league, goin into week 2, including NFC West #157949wvParticipanthttps://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brock-purdy-injury-49ers-qb-could-miss-up-to-five-weeks-as-team-prepares-to-go-with-mac-jones-per-report/
Brock Purdy injury: 49ers QB could miss up to five weeks as team prepares to go with Mac Jones, per report“…The San Francisco 49ers have been bitten by the injury bug early this year. Tight end George Kittle was placed on injured reserve this week with a hamstring injury, and now quarterback Brock Purdy is expected to miss multiple games…”
September 11, 2025 at 6:27 pm in reply to: The Stafford thread…update 12/31: huge S.I. article #157946wvParticipantBrady on Stafford
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 am in reply to: setting up the Titans game, w/ injury reports & previews & broadcast map #157943wvParticipantRams lead the series 8 to 6.
Titans have won 3 of the last 4.I’m concerned the Rams will ‘think they are still playing Tony Dorsett.’
[Houston Oilers – Earl Campbell runs over Rams (Original Commentary)]
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 pm in reply to: The Stafford thread…update 12/31: huge S.I. article #157924wvParticipantWell, the one I was looking for, and didn’t see, was the big bomb to Kupp in the divisional playoff game after they gagged up the insurmountable lead over the Bucs.
Exactly. Not sure where that pass ranks in Ram history, but its somewhere in the top five, surely.
The fact that it was against Brady, matters. Same way a sack or INT matters more against, say, Roger Staubach or Fran Tarkenton. The algebra is complex.
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vSeptember 10, 2025 at 11:28 am in reply to: The Stafford thread…update 12/31: huge S.I. article #157922wvParticipantThat video up there listing Stafford’s 20 longest passes didnt show his biggest pass as a Ram.
Anyone remember his biggest-most-importantist pass ?
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vSeptember 10, 2025 at 7:10 am in reply to: around der league, goin into week 2, including NFC West #157918wvParticipantIn spite of the Expert rankings and predictions for the 49ers, their fan base is very much “wait-and-see.” They are not buying into the hype, seems to me.
Dunno if you saw the game-winning touch-down pass by Purdy but i think it was the most pathetic game winning TD pass i have ever seen in my life. Should have been picked. He should have had three INTs in that game including the game-losing-pass.
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vSeptember 9, 2025 at 2:06 pm in reply to: setting up the Titans game, w/ injury reports & previews & broadcast map #157912wvParticipant—
These 4 Titans need to get healthy before it derails their 2025 season
The Tennessee Titans can’t afford injuries to these 4 players
by Justin Melo
https://www.musiccitymiracles.com/tennessee-titans-news/61501/these-4-titans-need-to-get-healthy-before-it-derails-their-2025-season“…Right tackle JC Latham suffered a hip injury at practice a few weeks ago. The Titans claimed it was a non-issue. Well, it was an issue, because Latham re-aggrevated the hip injury and was forced to exit the contest. Oli Udoh was truly abysmal in his place, and the Titans’ offensive line could be totally derailed if the sophomore blocker is forced to miss time…”
wvParticipantDerrick Henry 18 carries 170 yards.
MLFootball@_MLFootball
#Ravens RB Derrick Henry was so dominant in high school that if his team went up by 21 points, the principal made a rule that he couldn’t play in the game anymore…The principal did not want Henry to embarrass the other schools.
Derrick Henry. 1921 yards last year. 5.9 yard average. People got so enamored with Saquon that Henry’s year kinda got lost.
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vwvParticipantJust watched the ravens v bills highlights. Man, it looked like the Ravens were totally outclassing the Bills for about nine tenths of that game. Derrick Henry 18 carries 170 yards.
But no.
Game that surprised me the most, I suppose was Packers v Lions. I thought the Lions would win that one.
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vSeptember 8, 2025 at 9:57 am in reply to: Texans game: tweets, plays, highlights, media commentary #157869wvParticipantThe defense was just so impressive. CJ Stroud is a topnotch QB. Solid win. I thought they might lose that first one.
And Stafford looked better than i expected, against what some folks think is a top-5 defense.
That was a war. Reminded me of the 70s.
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