“..it left a stadium saddled with about $144 million in debt and maintenance costs. Taxpayers will now shoulder the remaining payments for the Edward Jones Dome with only the help of revenue from tractor pulls…”

As per usual, the corporate-wheeler-dealers
make the deals, and the People, have to pay
in the end.

In a just system, that there little game would
be Illegal.

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joemad wrote:

I’ve said this many times….

it only takes one 3rd down stop to win a game by 3 points. During SPY Gate New England won 3 super bowls by 3 points or less…

BTW, DEFLATE GATE. New England has been money in Nov and Dec for the past 15 years…. this year with properly inflated balls. New England finished 3-5 since late Nov. ….

It’s a huge advantage throwing a ball that is 20% smaller in size. BTW, this season turnovers on fumbles was twice as much as they did last year.

Well, the Patriots may be eeevil,
but a lot of folks thought the old Raiders were too.
And the Steelers. And the old Detroit Pistons. Etc.

None of them eevil teams is giving up
their Rings.

At any rate, Brady cant last forever.
It will be very interesting to see what
Belichick’s teams are like post-Brady.

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Zooey wrote:

There is a possibility, I suppose, that RGIII can get his shit together mentally. That he has been humbled, and now has the proper drive. It’s possible. I have no reason to think he HAS. I am just saying it’s possible. (Though even if he has, there is still the question of whether he can develop into an effective NFL QB)

Manziel is an irredeemable head case. Like Phillips. No cure.

In some measure, I feel pity for him the same way I did for Phillips. I mean, I don’t think head cases WANT to be head cases. They just are. And they are doomed to unhappiness. So, I’m sorry. But I don’t want him to bring his troubles to the Rams.

Yes, well said.

Course as crazy as bad-Johnny is, he never
once tried to cut off his own thumb. Ya know.

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I understand the interest — i think its
based on his first year. He did a lot
of exciting stuff.

I think some folks think if a coach
designed the offense completely around
RG’s talents/weaknesses he could get it done.

Personally, i am skeptical, and i
just dont think he has the leadership
qualities ya need.

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I dont necessarily agree that OLinemen dont
like blocking for a running QB like Cam.
His point was that its hard not to Hold in situations
where Cam is moving around, but i suspect there
are now OLine coaches who know how to teach OLinemen
techniques for playing with a guy like Cam.
I just think it requires different techniques
than playing with a pocket QB.

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Zooey wrote:

The question is, did Snead draft the way he did BECAUSE he was deliberately trying to miss the playoffs in 2015, but be built for them in 2016?

No way.

I agree with zn. The line fell apart. They decided to fucking fix it. And the draft seemed to best way to do that for $ reasons, and because there wasn’t much in FA. And Gurley fell into their lap.

What is always missing in the “Complain About the Personnel Moves” arguments is ANY alternative plan. As if the Rams could have drafted other people who would have made an instant impact and propelled the Rams to the playoffs last year? Like who?

Gurley and Havenstein represent about as good a draft as a team can have, fer chrissakes. The entire draft was an A, looks like. So I’m supposed to believe that they could have drafted 5 Aaron Donald types and made the playoffs, but – No! – they were conspiring to move to LA and had to have a crappy draft? Please.

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Ditto.

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InvaderRam wrote:

i don’t know. i doubt spanos would ever want to help kroenke out in any way ever.

Well Spanos might be misguided,
like Ag,
and he might prefer Wentz.

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It would be like Palmer going to the cards.

The Rams would immediately be a different
team.

Would they give a first rd pick for Rivers?
I would.

First and second? Maybe.

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I wont be watchin it. Doubt if i even
remember what day its being played.

Its all about the Draft and Free agency
now, for me.

One thing i do know — whichever team wins,
will spawn all kinds of “this is how you build a
super bowl winner” articles/posts. Ya know.
Happens every year. If a team wins the Ring
with a one-legged-QB and a cross-eyed equipment manager,
then the internetz are flooded with
“you MUST have a one-legged-QB and a cross-eyed equipment
manager to win — why doesnt Fisher KNOW THAT??!!”

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Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

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You know he tried to saw his thumb off once.

He has no regard for his smaller parts.

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I think it was an axe to his knee. The guy is basically the Tin Man. He has no toes anyway (or heart), so the self-sacrifice he is offering is not as great as it might appear on first blush.

I suppose its true. If he was a real
rams fan, he would have at least cut off
his ears by now.

I’m eating generic cheerios, btw.
Do you ever eat processed cereal?
Or do you just eat avocado’s and
olives.

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Agamemnon wrote:

They try to draft smart players. I read that somewhere.

What do the Rams try to draft?

And dont be tryin to use any
Cascading Multigrid-iron Fiedler Algorithms,
to answer that

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Palmer and Brady
are bums,
now.

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I really don’t think Peyton Manning
wants to be a QB coach, Jack.

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This brought a smile to my face.
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http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/25/tom-brady-denver-broncos-defense-nfl-playoffs
“…DENVER — Gingerly, the 38-year-old quarterback peeled away each layer of defeat. A dirt-stained white jersey, tattered undershirt, bloodied socks. They revealed many of the bruises, cuts and scrapes that come with hitting the deck 20 times before and after throwing a football. His left elbow looked like a Walking Dead makeup job, with bright red spots where the skin was scraped away, and a deep purple bruise the size of an avocado where the forearm meets the elbow. This is how the triple-option quarterback at Navy is supposed to look after football games, not the greatest passer of a generation.

Tom Brady’s face wore no hint of anger or malice, and he fielded no apologies. Not 20 feet away from him, five huge men bearing strikingly few bruises dressed side-by-side in silence. The New England Patriots offensive line wasn’t mauled, manhandled or overpowered in the AFC Championship Game; it was simply ignored….
…
…“I tried to lay on him a few times,” said one Broncos rusher after the game. “I tried to rub my nuts on his face.””

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