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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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Kendall Blanton Rams Highlights: Every Reception of the 2021-2022 NFL Season
wvParticipantLos Angeles Rams Vs. Houston Texans FULL GAME Highlights 8/20/2022 |
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Heck of a block by 87
at the 8:10 mark or so.
wvParticipantI think everybody is overlooking the fact that the Dallas Cowboys have not made it to the NFC Championship game since they won the Super Bowl in 1995.
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Every time i see that stat, I smile.
Its why they are America’s Team.
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wvParticipantok. i forgot about those fourth quarters… it definitely makes it closer… it doesn’t surpass warner’s 1999 season, but it might be on par with it. i definitely think he can have the better career with the rams. he’s under contract until 2026, and i don’t see any reason why he can’t keep up that caliber of play. especially with all the rules to protect the qbs. and if we’re lucky, he can play even beyond 2026. and i agree. it would have been nice to see warner finish as a ram.
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Well, one difference — I think a lot more pressure was on Stafford in his big Ram year. Kurt was a back-up and no-one expected a Super Bowl. But with Stafford nothing ‘less’ than a Super Bowl would have been acceptable (to many).
Also, the Rams 99 regular season schedule was a joke.
And I think the 99 Rams were just a step ahead of the league with their offense, and the personnel: Faulk, Ike, Holt, Proehl, Hakim. I dont think Stafford had ‘that’ kind of edge with their personnel or McVay’s scheme. Goff had an edge with McVay but I think by the time Stafford was there, the league had caught up with McVay.
I dunno. Kurt has earned a ticket to the Hall of Fame for sure, and his 99 season was a spectacle, and the throw to Proehl was as great a clutch throw as I’ve seen.
But I might just give the edge to Stafford as far as the one year comparison.
I know the stats are in favor of Kurt, but I thought what Stafford did against the Brady-Bucs, and the Shannahan-49ers and the Bengals (when the rams were down to 1 weapon and No running game) — I think i might have to give a slight edge to Matt.
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wvParticipantStafford made the no-look pass in the clutch.
i don’t know much about gabriel. before my time. but that throw. and that drive. just amazing. still doesn’t top warner’s 1999 season. taken as a whole. but that drive and that throw was definitely a moment that equaled warner to proehl. or warner to bruce. i wanna see stafford put together some more seasons for the rams. doesn’t necessarily have to end with a superbowl. but he could be the best of them.
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Well for me, what Stafford did in the 4th quarter during the post-season run, is equal (or surpasses) what Kurt did. The Tampa game? Are you kidding me? After he was sacked on first down? Then the body-bag game against SF. And the last drive with only 1 weapon on the field…
Yes, it would be great to see Stafford put together a few more healthy years with this team. We got cheated out of seeing Kurt finish as a Ram. Lets hope Stafford put together three or four elite years. Stafford, Donald and Ramsay could all go into the Hall of Fame together 🙂
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wvParticipant. . . . . Back to Gabriel. My memory of him is of defensive linemen and linebackers draped all over him as he still gets the pass off. Toughest QB evah. Cannon for an arm. And in those days, the defense could basically maul the QB. Yes, Warner took incredible punishment, especially because he tended to throw at the last split second — to optimize run after the catch, typically. But he also benefited from rules intended to protect that position. Gabriel had no such protections, aside from perhaps the most consistently good O-line in the NFL for a good decade. Again, I think if he had had decent skill position weapons, the Rams would have won several Big Dances and he wouldn’t have been traded to the Eagles.
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Hard to compare QBs across eras, as you know. Kurt might not have survived the 70s defenses.
Defense was just so beastly, back then. And George Allen was such a conservative, defensive coach. Who knows what Gabe would have looked like under, say, a coach like Landry or Coryell.
But the bottom line for me — fair or unfair– is Stafford made the no-look pass in the clutch. Warner made the throw to Proehl. Gabe just doesnt have that huge ‘play’ in the playoffs, in clutch on his resume. So i cant put him in an elite tier. I dunno. Maybe Bud Grant was just a little bit better of a coach than George Allen.
Woulda loved to see the Rams vs the Chiefs in that super bowl, way-back-when.
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wvParticipantThe football Gods are mysterious. Take a QB like Foles. WTF was Nick Foles?
He had one of the greatest years in history in 2013 as an Eagle. I mean 27 TDs and 2 INTs. Rating of 119. Also, 2017 goes 3 and 0 in the playoffs and wins a Ring.
But then his other years are all more or less mediocre.
I like the fact that a guy like him or a Brad Johnson or a Doug Williams can win a ring though. Gives every team hope.
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August 16, 2022 at 8:55 am in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #140130wvParticipantI have liked Curtis White’s writings.
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https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/technology/living-world-without-stars
wvParticipantOnly saw bout five minutes of hi-lites.
Best football play by far imho was the Rose short TD run.
Some of the Perkins and McCutcheon stuff looked fun, but…Perkins did not look like a starter to me, and McCutcheon looked….lucky. I dunno.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantDick Vermeil got into the Hall Of Fame with one Super Bowl win, and one Super Bowl loss. Do we know any other coach with that kind of record? w v
Here’s what Vermeil also did. He took 3 losing teams and turned all 3 into playoff teams. McVay in contrast inherited a lot of talent. In 2017, he had way way more talent than Vermeil did in 97 with the Rams, or initially with either the Eagles or the Chiefs. Bearing in mind that a couple of those seasons was back when there were 14 games, in all 3 cases combined, rebuilding from scratch meant 2 years each of non-winning records. His first 6 years combined from all 3 teams average out to a 5.4/10 record. I like McVay. He and Vermeil are obviously the top 2 coaches since I started following the Rams. But McVay’s record, so far, does not include losing years from a rebuild. Even Demoff openly said in 2017 that they were not in a rebuild. It’s just a factor.
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All true.
But for me, DV is maybe a ‘borderline’ Hall of Famer. I just dont know if i would have voted for him. I dunno.
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wvParticipantThe Beatles were ‘too psychedelic,’ as well as, ‘gettin a little independent’…
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One of the attributes of that 99 team was how ‘smooth’ and easy they made it look against all the bad teams they played. About 13 out of 16 games were against bad teams as I recall, but still, they won in such a fluid, smooth, easy way. That play is a perfect example. It was often a Big-Easy-Spectacle.
Until they played teams like the Bucs or Titans. And thats where they showed what ‘else’ that team had. Toughness or heart or whatever you wanna call it.
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