Not a lot of love for Jeff Fisher.
The panel thinks he’s Mediocre as a coach

http://www.rams-news.com/will-rams-finally-finish-over-500-in-2015-video/

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zn wrote:

Raiders, C Stefen Wisniewski disagree on his value

by Larry Hartstein | CBSSports.com

http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootball/story/25017508/offseason-extra-free-agents-in-2015

Raiders center Stefen Wisniewski is set to hit free agency after he and the team were unable to agree on a contract extension during the season, reports ESPN.com. Wisniewski has missed only three starts in his first four years.

Wisniewski, who made $938,000 in base salary last year, likely is looking for $3 million or more annually, the report said.

Seems like he might be the Rams number
one target. Yes? No?

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All i know is — and I’m repeating myself for the umpteenth time —
the entire season depends on the Oline.
They know Bradford is iffy, they know a rookie QB would be iffy,
they know Hill is iffy, they know a journeyman-Vet-QB will be iffy —
So I assume their thinking will be — Build a Brick WALL of an OLine.
Throw every resource at that one Unit. Do whatever you have to do
but make SURE that one Unit is topnotch.

The other units might have their flaws but they are
at least serviceable.

Its all about the Oline and they know it.
So…they’ll fix it. They have the cap space
and the players are out there.

Good things are going to happen
in year four.

Probably 16-0.

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I for one am quite pleased.

I hated the idea of the
Olinemen, TE’s, RBs, WRs, and QBs having to learn
a New System.

Geez, its year four. Fer cryin out loud
no more system changes.

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zn wrote:

I don’t really understand how you can think there’s no contract penalty
when he’s been playing for less than a million and now he’ll be playing
for fifteen million. I mean, thats a fourteen million dollar
penalty they way i look at it. Thats fourteen million dollars
they would have been able to spend on other players and now they cant.
Maybe this is just semantics, i dunno.

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Because they have the cap space in 2015 and 2016 to handle it, and only a couple of major guys (Okung, Mebane) coming up in 2016 but that’s it.

It may be more money than before for Wilson, but they planned around it.

The point is they’re not going to lose anyone.

Yes it’s also true they can’t add anyone in terms of FAs, but…go through their roster and name their FAs.

The next 2 years also means trades and/or draft picks, and they’re good at both, and both are cheap.

Ok, I agree they planned for RW’s big raise, and they
have been brilliant with their personnel choices and personnel management.

But Wilson has been playing for peanuts and there aint
no more huge QB-discount. 15 million means they cant
add two New excellent players.

Should be very interesting to see what kind of team
the Seahawks put on the field next year. Does
a gutwrenching Super Bowl loss really affect
a team the next season? I dunno.

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Dak wrote:

wv wrote:
jim, i was ready Bernies article about Faulk comments about the team and owner. I laugh at Bernies little rant against faulk…. st louis signed the contract to the dome and have known about the contract and did nothing till the last minute only after the ruling came out that st louis was in the wrong… dang… what a surprise they have to honor there part of the deal… Ive been a ram fan for 45 years and haven’t missed a game on tv since 1997. Hate to see them move but business is business and st louis did business poorly…. thanks for the chats and keeping us up on things.. we all appreciate it
simdoc 4:38 PM*

One, you have to go through the arbitration process. Two, Peacock has been working on this behind the scenes for well over a year. Three, LA has done next to nothing for 20 years to get a stadium. Four, San Diego has been at it for 15 years. I could go on. So you’re telling me St. Louis gets a year, a year and a half to meet Stan Kroenke’s schedule? Not the league’s schedule. But Stan Kroenke’s? Sorry. No sale. Obviously, Faulk’s entitled to his opinion, but he should stick to his area of expertise: the game of football.
jthomas 4:42 PM*
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Its interesting how people have different ideas about
time-frames. JT sets the relevant time frame at “a year or a year and a half”.
But couldnt you argue that for years and years, the St.Louis folks have known this
issue was coming. And they did nothing?

I think both sides have points.

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I really do think that when you’re talking about committing public funds, you go through the entire process. The CVC put together a plan to improve the Ed, which was the first step. I guess people can call that nothing, but it did cost money and effort to come up with the design. Then, they studied the Rams’ counter-proposal. There was a back-and-forth process that lately has been STL going forth, and SK giving nothing back.

During this entire process, SK has been more interested in L.A., apparently. So, while the Rams’ owner expects public aid for the project in STL, he’s moving forward with private money on an L.A. project. Then, SK is floating out there that he did indeed wait for STL’s cooperation but got bored and moved on — you know, trying to change the narrative. His actions, however, were of a man who avoided cooperation because he was looking to the West Coast.

I dunno Dak. The CVC dome-improvement plan was never ever
going to be taken seriously by Kroenke and they
should have known that. If they wanted to keep the Rams
they were gonna have to build a nice new stadium. Why didnt
the Peacock folks start working on this four years ago?

I mean thats a legitimate question, i think. A fair
question, i think.

I think the Peacock side also has valid
points and fair questions too.

But since both sides have reasonable points
and arguments — seems to me thats gonna tilt
things toward allowing the billionaire to move
the team, if thats what he wants to do.

There’s no ‘fairness’ in any of this btw
The move from LA wasn’t ‘fair’ and a move
back to LA wouldnt be ‘fair’. …call me a nihilist.

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Everyday
is my birthday.

Cake, please.

And cheese-danish.

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The actual catch by Butler is the most impressive
thing to me. He kinda twisted his body and threw
himself at the WR and took the Jolt,
and somehow still kept his eyes on the ball
and latched onto it.

One of the best football plays of the year, regardless
of the time and place.

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PA Ram wrote:

Much better than last year.

Good game.
Actually enjoyed the halftime show and the dancing sharks.
Not big on the commercials(except for The Brady Bunch and Viagra car).
Did not stay to see Kurt hand the trophy to the Pats.
No controversial calls that decided things–that was good.
I hope the Rams get back again in my lifetime.

The Dancing Sharks were fine,
but no way the Brady Bunch should have been
on there — Partridge Family should
have been called. Only three things
can happen when you bring in the Brady Bunch
and two of them are bad.
Lets face it,
it was a bad call. I dont
even understand how they could
make a call like that.

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Winnbrad wrote:

I have no problem with the call by Carroll. If it works, he’s hailed as a genius. If it doesn’t, then Carroll is probably expecting, at worst, an incompletion, which stops the clock.

Very low chance of a sack on that type of play, and if there is one, Seattle still has one time out left.

And he still has two chances left to score.

It was just one of those crazy football plays. We’ve all seen hundreds of them. Heck, there was one two plays before that, with the wacky catch.

Tough break for Seattle. Great play by the NE corner.

I remember a game between the Purple Gang
and the Rams.

Roman ran the ball three straight times at the one yard
line. Maybe it was four, i forget — stoned every time.

I got no problem with a pass down there
on second down.

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Awesome defensive play.
I dont see how anyone could
blame the WR in any way, on that.

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TSRF wrote:

I think I’ve been converted…

I hated Hockey growing up, especially trying to watch it on a black and white TV that needed rabbit-ear adjustments…
I couldn’t see the damned puck.
Now, with HDTV, its all there in living colour.
I guess it helps that I work with a bunch of rabid Bruins fans, and since I’m from Western CT and have always considered myself a Rangers fan by proximity, it got to the point that I had to watch games if I wanted to trash talk.
And you know what, I like it.
In my opinion, your average hockey player is much more relatable than your average NFL player.
I’ve watched a lot of football this season, 0 NBA (if anything, I’m a Knicks fan so I got nothing to watch…), and a lot of Rangers Hockey.
In years past, I had nothing to watch post Super Bowl. This year, I’m going to be following the Rangers’ playoff hunt.

I had an Art class back in 1970. The teacher told us to
bring in a picture of someone to draw. I was gonna bring
in a picture of Deacon Jones, but i forgot it at home.
So i had to scrounge around the classroom for a picture of
someone to draw — I found a Sports Illustrated cover
with Bobby Orr on it. So, i drew Orr, and got an “A”.

Thats my Hockey story.

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I keep reading reporters say nothing was wrong with Stacy,
and that Tre and Benny just surpassed him, but
I dunno. It sure seemed like Stacy wasnt quite
the same back last year. He seemed a bit off to me.
Like maybe he was injured.

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zn wrote:

Do you think it will affect
the play on the field?

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It could. But remember, JF has been through this before, AND he has a knack for creating “us against them” environments. So, he could make it the one team in existence that thrives off of not having a complete home field advantage.

Well, if it becomes obvious the rams are lame-ducks in St.Louis
and the fans stop showin up….can we still give the fans a nickname?
Like Seattle’s “12th Man” thing — ? What could we call them?

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