Zooey wrote:

Agree. But he isn’t Richard Sherman, and $13 is too much.

I wonder what they are gonna have to pay
Aaron Donald, when his bill comes due.

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Agamemnon wrote:

it appears that the Rams, instead of trying to keep all their FAs, they are identifying their core for this year and next and trying to sign them for the next 3 or 4 years. This equals a sort of mini-rebuild.

…did you just use the “R” word ?

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I’m glad the director for Revenant won. I’m surprised Dicaprio won for the Revenant. He crawled around in the woods for two hours and grunted.
I would not have even nominated him.

I thought this was the weakest group of “best picture” nominees I’ve ever seen.

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‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture in Politically Charged Oscar Ceremony
Chris Rock:”…The last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart,” said Rock. He added, “If they nominated hosts, I wouldn’t even get this job. You all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now.”
That wasn’t his only zinger. The comedian called the Oscars the “the White People’s Choice Awards,” dubbed Hollywood “sorority racist,” and said that black performers want more “opportunity” to loud applause. Race was a subject that Rock returned to throughout the program with gags that included imagining nominated films such as “The Revenant” and “The Martian” recast with African-American actors like Whoopi Goldberg and Tracy Morgan, and a bit that found him interviewing moviegoers outside an urban L.A. theater about the diversity controversy….”

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I get the “want to download?…are u feelin lucky punk?” messages
every day.

So far, i have resisted.

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I thot this was one of the most interesting things
I’ve heard Snead say:

“…We’re in the NFL, so it seems like whenever you talk about QBs, that’s the piece. If I get a little bit of a long answer, I can tell you this. We’ve done a lot of studies, as many as any team, about QBs and what makes a QB successful and all that, over the past couple years. The goal of this whole thing is to win games, so let’s just look at QBs this way. We’ve done a lot of studies since 2012 — and that’s when Jeff and I got to the Rams — about how teams win. There’s been 21 QBs since 2012 that have started 45 or more games. So if their team gives up 25 or more points, there’s only one of those QBs who has actually got a winning record, and it’s just over .500. I’ll let you guys do the research to figure that out. If your team gives up 17 or less than 17 points, all 21 of those guys have winning records. Now you get into a couple categories, 21 to 24 points, that you give up, 11 of those quarterbacks have winning records and 10 have losing records. If you give up 17 to 20 points, all but three of the QBs have winning records. So to win in this league, it’s a direct correlation to how many points you’re giving up. So what we’re doing in our search for consistency at QB is also doing the things we do well, and that’s defense. So in that 2012-15 period, we’ve given up, on average, about 20 points per game, which is about 12th out of all NFL teams. I think, to try to put this to a close, since 2012, we have had five starting QBs, and in each of those seasons — four seasons — we’ve had two guys actually start, sometimes three. So I think getting consistency at that position is one thing. Finding good players is another. To sum it all up, when Case Keenum came in he went 3-1 down the stretch. So he stabilized us. We had gone on a five-game losing streak and he goes 3-1 down the stretch. That’s a start there. We do like what Case brought to the table. That’s why we traded for him last year, to bring him back, and he helped stabilize the position. So my answer, it’s not just one variable to win in this league. There’s a lot. The QB is important, but there is a lot of other things that are important, too..”
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“Nick got, I don’t want to say overwhelmed, but I have a feeling when guys get into their third or fourth year, sometimes they need a deep breath,” Fisher said. “Because there’s so much pressure on the quarterback position, not [just] on Sundays, but on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays to be perfect. I think that kind of affected Nick a little bit. Nick’s a starter in this league. He can play in this league. He’s proven that. But when you get in a slump, you’ve got to go to the bullpen.”

But why did he START OUT so well,
(Seattle game, for instance) ? If he
was having trouble learning the new system
it would have showed up early, not later
in the year. Just kinda curious about
what all brought about his melt-down.

I dont want him back, btw. I’d love it
if they could make a deal with Philly.
I cant believe thats actually a possibility.

I’d like a QB with a quicker delivery.

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Sensible.

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Sucks less? Maybe. Maybe not.

America is ranked 34th
in life-expectancy, for example.

Tied with Qatar.

Lebanon,
is ranked higher. Lebanon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

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zn wrote:

Kiper even sees value at quarterback beyond the first two rounds, perhaps more so than in other years&

“You’re looking at middle-round guys that are intriguing, would be guys like Brandon Allen from Arkansas would be a nice pick at that point,” Kiper said.

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There’s 2nd round options and 3rd-4th rounds options.

Okay, count me in.

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Yeah, one reasonable scenario seems to be
draft BPA with the first pick (DE? WR?)
and find some BAWs in the second round
(best available weapons) and draft
a QB somewhere in that 2nd to 4th round area.

Which leaves Keenum the likely starter
for year one of the LA Rams 2.0

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Isiah58 wrote:

I heard an interview this morning on Sirius NFL Radio with JLau. He did confirm that they are going to slide Ogletree to middle and have Barron play weak. I know that some people are worried about having two former safeties playing those positions and being too light, but I think that their athleticism will compensate for what they lack in heft and I wouldn’t be surprised if they asked Alec to put on a few pounds.

Another interesting thing that JL said is that he thought it was very important for the Rams to resign McCloud. He said that McCloud is who he communicated with and that he is the QB of the defense.

I think if they can bring most of these guys back, they are going to field a very athletic defense.

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Well, I’m just glad the Rams will again
be the Youngest team in all of pro sports.

They will be the team that never grew up.
Like Peter Pan.

They should have tinker bell on
their helmets.

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Campaigns in Amerika
South Carolina Republican Mudslinging Reaches New Heights in 2016

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Well, Hayes aint gonna last 16 games if
he has to play a lot. So, maybe they
are gonna draft or sign a DE ?

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Fascinating.

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Well, i think Keenum is as good as
last year’s version of Peyton Manning.

So, all the Rams have to do is
have a defense as good as Denvers.

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