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wvParticipantI get the impression Barron is playing
as well as anyone.He may be better than Ogletree
in certain ways.w
vwvParticipantWell the issue to ‘me’ is — can they get to that “ten win” level.
Wild-card playoff level — and to be at ‘that’ level, you can
still have weaknesses. So, i think they can indeed
have a mediocre passing game and still be a wild-card-level team.I never had much hope for an ‘elite level’ team this year.
I also do think the passing game will improve as the season
goes along (barring injuries). Surely its reasonable to
expect incremental improvement from a new QB and a new OLine
as the season goes along and they get more experience.They get the 49ers at home. Good teams win
these games. To state the obvious.PS — what could be finer than to beat
the shit out of the 49ers and the Vikings
in back to back weeks. Make it so.w
vwvParticipantHaven’t seen it yet, but i watched the hi-lites.
They did what they had to do — win ugly.
Now they have to do it again next week — win ugly.
Just win ugly, baby.
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantI guess its all on Gurley today,
seein-as-how Tavon has the hamstring-thingy.I think they might miss Tavon’s misdirection
impact.If Foles throws a pick6 today,
I am gonna become a
Raiders fan.w
vwvParticipantThey need to be intense, motivated,
hit hard, play their asses off. And They need to win.You make sense, Miklasz doesn’t. I don’t think you translated him, I think you hit re-set and overwrote him.
Cause, you know, 2001: A Space Odyssey is not Plan 9 From Outer Space, just cleaned up a bit.
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Well, honestly, that’s how my brain
deals with people like Bernie,
routinely.My brain goes “well, this is what he probly meant.”
And I like the ending of Plan9
better than 2001’s ending,
btw.w
vwvParticipantYeah. Well. There is that.
The media is always eager to question the huge expense of some of those 5% wedges, but they have never in my lifetime questioned the single biggest wedge. Ever. It is a complete non-issue.
Actually, that’s not true. There was a bit of a stink in the 70s over the cost of toilet seats, as I recall. But since Reagan, there hasn’t been a peep on the subject.
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Yeah, when i win the lottery and
create the WV-Newz Network,
I’m going to have that graphic
behind every story.w
vwvParticipantWell, I ‘translate’ Bernie’s column to mean,
If they dont win today they aint makin the playoffs — again.So, i basically agree
with my own-interpretation of what Bernie said.Its basically a must-win as far as this year’s playoffs go.
Its not a must-win as far as improving, or ‘making a run’
or being a spoiler or setting up year FIVE, etc, etc, and so forth.They need to be intense, motivated,
hit hard, play their asses off. And They need to win.And then they need to do it all again next week.
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vwvParticipantLong is out, and Tavon aint gonna be Tavon if
he has a hamstring issue.Gurley left, Gurley right,
Gurley up the middle.w
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Tight end Lance Kendricks (finger) was limited Friday and is questionable; the same is true for receiver Tavon Austin (hamstring).
Cornerback Janoris Jenkins was a full participant Friday and is probable after completing the concussion protocol.
Defensive end Chris Long (knee) and linebacker Alec Ogletree (broken leg) will not play Sunday.For the Browns, two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden (concussion, finger) is out, as is tight end Rob Housler (hamstring). Also sitting out Friday’s practice in Cleveland was starting safety Tashaun Gipson (ankle), who is listed as doubtful.
Questionable after going through limited Friday workouts are defensive tackle Danny Shelton (knee), defensive lineman John Hughes III (knee), wide receiver Marlon Moore (hamstring), linebacker Tank Carder (shoulder) and linebacker Craig Robertson (ankle).
Tight end Gary Barnidge (ankle), linebacker Nate Orchard (groin) and quarterback Johnny Manziel (right elbow) are probable after full Friday workouts.
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a must read/listen.…(On the pros and cons of playing press coverage)
“There is, but one of the things too is, I’m giving too many tips away right now, but you see how deep we play our safeties? Deeper than anybody in the National Football League. That’s (S) Rodney’s (McLeod) job and that’s (S) TJ’s (McDonald), whoever it is depending upon on our press alignments. For an awful long time, even when I was a secondary coach back in the early 90’s, I asked those guys to do some stupid things. But I don’t anymore in the respect of, when you press and when you’re very physical with press, you’ve got to have an angel back there in the secondary. You’ve got to have an angel back there. We call it the angel. The angel player has got to be out there to help you out. And Rodney does a phenomenal job of that. He took one poor angle in the last ball game, but you know what, he’s so fun to coach. He just took a poor angle on that one play. It wasn’t that he was not there. The game is about angles. Especially when you play against arguably some of the top guys in the league, there’s no really bad guys in the league anymore. But, he does a great job of that. He and our guys that press for him are confident that he’s there to save them, the angel is going to save them.”October 24, 2015 at 5:54 am in reply to: catch percentage, drops, and other bad things from the dark side #32822wvParticipantMaybe draft a WR high next year?
Maybe sign a solid Vet WR ?w
vwvParticipantWell Brown doesn’t think its a big deal, apparently.
I kinda think its nice that he’s learning both positions.
I just dont see it as a bad thing.w
vwvParticipantI think it is all about value. In the end the Rams/Demoff are going to spend to the cap. They will spend where they think they get the best value.
I think he’ll want top-ten money. Maybe not top-five.
Dunno if they’ll be able to keep him. But they
got gaines coming back.w
vwvParticipantI’d start with all the first born males, unless their house was marked with the blood of a rams coach…
Then I’d kill God. But then the game would end because I was dead.
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Can God,
kill God?w
vwvParticipantThis is the question that precedes genocide.
No, absolutely not.
You could pick any scenario, but oppositional thinking is innate. And some of the things people want to control for are biological and can’t be controlled. Raise people on communes and we’ll still get econo-fascists. Raise people in hyper straight fundamentalist backgrounds and we’ll still get gay and transgender people.
Eliminate people? It’s an abhorrent question.
If the question is ultimately how to improve the planet or our species, there are bunches of ways to approach that other than genocide.
I dunno Mack. I dunno. Maybe Biosphere-cide is worse than genocide.
And the trajectory of things sure looks bad to me.w
vOctober 22, 2015 at 7:54 am in reply to: Justice Cunningham hopes to offer help for Rams at tight end #32723wvParticipant<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>I am not sure everyone gets what Holt said. He said that if you run the route 10 times in a certain way in practice. Then you should run it that way in a game. He didn’t say it was wrong to stop as much as Cook did something that Foles did not expect.</span>
<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>At 7 million per year, the Rams have better ways to spend their money. imo</span>
Well, i think we all know what he is as a player at this point.
He stretches the field with his speed, defenses have to account for him.
Maybe it opens things up a bit for Tavon and Gurley.
But the guy just dont have good hands.One would ‘hope’ they can upgrade next year.
Maybe the Rams spend the Bradford pick on a TE ?
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vwvParticipantWell if he keeps playing this way, he’ll
be a top-ten CB by the end of the year.JJ has been playing as good as anyone
on that D.w
vOctober 21, 2015 at 8:24 pm in reply to: as we prepare for the post-bye era: reporters preview the BROWNS game #32709wvParticipantwvParticipantEnh. I would put Havenstein’s fumble recovery
at the top of the list. And then I’d have
some of the defensive hits in there. I can
think of a couple of TJ’s hits that were awesome.w
vwvParticipantEverything hinges on the OLine.
Will they come-together,
in time.Time is runnin out.
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“They’re (O-line) way ahead of where I thought they’d be in the run game,” coach Jeff Fisher said before the team’s long bye weekend. “I think we have some work to do in the pass game, just in subtle techniques.“It’s not a matter of having mental errors and things like that. They know what to do. The group has to work together.”
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“The guys are doing great, they’re learning,” Reynolds said. “You know it takes a while to get used to who you’re playing next to, and that’s when you start seeing something special happening. You see little glimpses of it right now.”
“Obviously, I feel like I’ve grown a lot,” said Brown, a third-round pick out of Louisville. “But just looking back at the game we played against the Packers, watching that film let me know there’s still a lot more out there for me to learn. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think it’s a good thing.”
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/growing-pains-continue-for-young-o-line/article_b48dbd47-ada9-594c-a288-d7fff6c22cf4.htmlwvParticipantThe Rams will roast the Browns, like sad pork-rinds
in a refinery fire. The Rams will bake the Browns
like must musty books in an easy-bake oven.
Or somethin like that.Rams 24
Browns 23Rams defense scores 21 unanswered points in the first quarter,
and then gives up 23 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.Rams offense wins the day with a 12 play, 32-yard drive
for a Field Goal to win it.And thus, the Ram Juggernaut is born…
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vwvParticipant“My team is performing like Ruxin’s sperm,
failing all over the place.”Do i wanna know who or what “ruxin” is?
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vwvParticipantI dont even wanna think about the state of the message-boards,
if the Rams/Fisher lose at home,
after a bye, to the Browns.w
vI think there’s a good chance they will do just that.
If they do, I think a reasonable response would simply be to say, “Yeah. Saw that one coming.”
It’s a very simple situation. If the Rams are serious about being competitive, they’ll make a statement in this game. They have the talent for that.
If they don’t … we’ll know that the Fisher Pattern is still in effect. Fail. Tease. Fail. Repeat.
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Well, i cant see them making the playoffs if they start 2-4.
So, its essentially, basically, probably a ‘must win’
with regard to the playoffs this year.w
vwvParticipantMy impression of the Browns was that they aren’t good but they are scrappy. They won’t come into the ED ready to roll over. The Rams can’t afford to sleep walk through this game.
I dont even wanna think about the state of the message-boards,
if the Rams/Fisher lose at home,
after a bye, to the Browns.w
vwvParticipantI dont really care if they trade him this year,
but i damn sure dont want him back ‘next’ year.“..they also could part ways with him after the year with a cap savings of nearly $5.7 million…”
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vwvParticipantLooks like the NFC West has crashed.
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vwvParticipantdenver’s offense might be worse than the rams.
Johnny Football is drinking again,
Cleveland loses a gut-wrencher in OTin Cleveland, and Rams had a Bye and play at home.
Now dammit, good teams are supposed
to win games like this.Right?
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vwvParticipantwvParticipant. I mean, Jake had a history
of injuries. Some posters thot he was put together with duck-tape
before the Rams signed him.He had 2 separate arm surgeries. So what he had was a history of 2 separate arm surgeries. The “put together with duct tape” thing to me was just not credible. The issue was whether he could still play with the arms. And, he could. Not like his old self, but he could.
To me there is no other side to the story. He had 2 arm surgeries and could still play. None of that predicts, foreshadows, or pre-determines 2 injuries to the same knee. That’s just plain bad luck.
People say sometimes, if a guy has had a couple of injuries, he’s set up for more. But see the thing is, they say that as if it were true, and never prove it. They just act like the assumption is real. Well, I say, prove it. What percentage of players who are still within the 4-7 year “prime years” window have one surgery and are therefore doomed to others? Percentages would mean something to me. Cracker barrel armchair wisdom? Not so much.
Well, i know thats how you view it.
Myself, I dunno. Looking back there were people
who thought he had regressed and was not the same
Jake Long who’d been in the pro-bowls.So, there’s different views on whether
it counts as a bad signing or an unlucky signing.w
vwvParticipantBrowns driving — three mins left. Good game.
…two minutes left — Browns on Denver’s 14 yard line.
Cleveland has a tough team. McCown is capable.
I like it. The Rams will have their hands full.
Lets see if they are up to it.
Cleveland will kick their ass
if they play poorlyw
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