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wvParticipantI just think it’s completely situational.
2013: they started off with that woe-begotten, stillborn spread offense that depended on a play-action left OT, a non-back in Richardson, and several green receivers who were just not up to it.
2014: no Bradford, and the OL had not played together that much in the summer, with both Wells and Long recovering.
I has done said it before. Fisher’s teams peak and valley across long stretches–that is, both stretches include a series of consecutive seasons. When his teams are peaking, they do not start slow. Of course it’s also vice versa, but that’s a chicken/egg thing.
Yeah, probably. But the Viking game last year
was just ugly. I did not like it.I think it was mainly the Early season Defensive fiasco
that lingers in my mind. Whatever that was about,
i hope we dont see it again.w
vwvParticipantYes, this ACL thing is causing all kinds of
fundamental-questioning all over the net.https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080502180807AAJb6gC
http://pigeonchess.com/2012/05/22/is-the-human-knee-joint-irreducibly-complex/
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Ichthyostega; an early tetrapod and its hind leg bones. Its “knee” was the joint between the femur and the tibia and fibula.May 9, 2015 at 10:14 am in reply to: Brady to be suspended…which will happen…when? a May-July saga #24336wvParticipantWell, I dont really know how i feel about all this,
but i do know, that if Brady is suspended a few games
its not going to hurt the Pats. It might actually help
them in the long run cause it will give Garapolo some
experience.w
vYeah, Belichick will spin this to his advantage and create an ‘us vs the world/victim vs oppressor’ mentality in the locker room that will probably propel them to another Superbowl.
Of course, he’s also gonna cheat again somehow so the league has to remain vigilant.
Exactly.
In fact I bet Belichex instigated this whole deflate-scam
just so he could give Brady some rest and
create an us-vs-them attitude on the team.Seriously, when a star becomes as big as Brady,
and makes as much money as Brady, and wins Rings
like Brady — a suspension of a few games
is pretty meaningless.Then again, I’m not sure deflating balls
is a big deal. I just dont know. Maybe
it is, maybe it isnt.w
vMay 9, 2015 at 6:29 am in reply to: Brady to be suspended…which will happen…when? a May-July saga #24328wvParticipantWell, I dont really know how i feel about all this,
but i do know, that if Brady is suspended a few games
its not going to hurt the Pats. It might actually help
them in the long run cause it will give Garapolo some
experience.w
vwvParticipantHeatin’ up a bit
Well, Brady got a fourth ring. I doubt
if he even cares that much about missing
some regular season games. He got his Ring,
and he’ll still be around for the Pats usual
playoff run. The money wont matter to him at this point.w
vwvParticipanti would include austin in it. and i would rank it.
britt
bailey
quick
austinbritt is still the most consistent receiver in this unit, although i think bailey could easily jump to the top spot this year.
quick. depends on how he comes back from the injury. he could possibly overtake britt as well.
Well i dont really know how to ‘rank’ them since they are so different:
Britt;Quick are big and strong
Bailey is clutch and will catch anything in midranges,
Cook is the mismatch-TE-who-drops-balls, and
Austin is sui generis (for better or worse)Its not a bad group if Quick can come back.
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vwvParticipantLaram on Bailey:
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LaramI think Stedman Bailey is the best kept secret in the NFL.
I sure hope Foles can develop a rapport with him.
IMO Bailey should be the go to receiver when the Rams need a play.
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He doesn’t have prototypical #1 receiver size or speed but that’s fine.He can be a Hines Ward type receiver where he does all of the dirty work, plays BIG, and catches everything thrown his way.
He’s a chain mover, a playmaker and IMO can be a VERY clutch receiver.
He’s a smart kid that knows how to position his body and get open.
I would look for him every time in the Red Zone.
He works very well in tight quarters.
wvParticipanti don’t feel that’s anything special.
i’m more interested in him catching passes on the field. third year. i wanna see 70 catches 900 yards.
I think he’s capable of that,
but I just think Fisher will spread the ball
around too much for any WR to get 900.w
vwvParticipantIs that somethin special
or can most of these freaky WRs
do that, these days ?I aint seen that before.
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vSeems special to me. I didn’t notice how short Bailey is. Maybe that’s holding him back some?
Well it hurt him in the draft, for sure. But he’s got
long stretchy arms and great hands.If he stays healthy, and
If the QB stays healthy, and
IF the OLine stays healthy, and
IF the RB stays healthy,
i predict he’ll catch over 60 balls
for about 750 yards.w
vwvParticipantAgree to this extent: If one reads a ton of novels-as my wife does-one obtains a pretty good sense of this gathering we call humans. OTOH who reads a ton of scientific psychology books?
“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.”
― Alan Moore“It is only a novel… or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”
― Jane Austen, Northanger AbbeywvParticipantIs that somethin special
or can most of these freaky WRs
do that, these days ?I aint seen that before.
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vwvParticipantI hope for the best but I feel people are getting too far ahead with optimism considering he’s recovering from an ACL. If Mason ends up keeping the job what an expensive and waste of another first round pick.
Yes, it is said it takes 2 years to recover 100%. Since he was hurt in November, he would have to be well ahead of schedule to be 100% at the beginning of the 2016 season.
He doesn’t, however, have to be 100% to play or be effective. But you are right to remind us of caution. I don’t see how he can start the season, really.
I am guessing he wont be in the lineup till
mid-season or so. But what do i know.That means he’ll only get a thousand yards next year.
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vwvParticipantAt the least, Brady should be suspended for several games. They sure waited a long time to report the findings. I’m thinking they were waiting for just the right time … long enough after the Super Bowl for most people to not care anymore, but not TOO long after. And, definitely not before the Draft, where Goodell might have to deal with, gasp, questions and public criticism!
Well, it raises lots of rather fundamental
questions — like, just what is in the best interest of pro football?Is it in the best interest of the league to suspend its biggest stars?
Arent the stars the ones that make the game so popular and bring in
all the gazillions of dollars… or is the game bigger than the stars?w
vwvParticipantIts all about Technique
for Orlando:…catch on with your technique
…be technique-conscience and sound
…really focus on his technique
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“The individual who is the servant of technique must be completely unconscious of himself.”
Jacques Ellul The Technological SocietywvParticipantlittle things make big things happen……..
deflating a ball by 20% in air volume is not ticky tacky, it’s a clear advantage.
So what should Troy Vincent do about it?
And keep in mind, the investigator said
“Its more likely than not” — thats not exactly
proof-positive. Ya know.Thoze Patriots are Krafty devils.
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vwvParticipantOMG.
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RAM defensive end
Fearsome Quarterback crusher.
Writer of HaikuswvParticipanthttps://instagram.com/p/2WVL8VGuks/
clip of Bailey catching ball while doing back flip</span>
Cool.
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vwvParticipantWhy is Goodell dumping the disciplinary aspect
onto the vice president, Troy Vincent ?What in the world should the League do about this?
I have no clue. I mean deflating balls is a clear violation,
but it also kinda feels…oh…somewhat ridiculous and ticky-tacky.w
vwvParticipantI dunno what to say about Tavon’s hat.
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Rambillt. Louis Rams @STLouisRams
Nick Foles with his new #SQUAD
wvParticipantHealthy teams win isn’t an earth shaking observation.
True, but the notion that Unhealthy teams lose,
sometimes gets minimized. Maybe. Yes? No?w
vwvParticipantMore fun with Noam.
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v“We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide.
Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche.
If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice.”― Noam Chomsky, Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian
May 5, 2015 at 8:22 pm in reply to: now that the dust has settled a bit, how do you feel about this draft? #24154wvParticipantI think the “identity” aspect of this is overblown a little bit. While it is easy to draw a “run it down their throats” theme to this draft, I don’t think that was really the intent. It looks that way. But if this had been a typical draft with an LB here, and an OL there, it wouldn’t have been so easily categorized even though it would have been building a Fisher team in equally the same way. Just not one aspect of it all at once.
It fell out that way.
The Rams entered the off season with two primary needs: OL and a QB of the future. There are other things they could have used, but that’s what they NEEDED.
Then Gurley was there. And it looks like a “run it down their throats” draft.
Well, I dunno. I think Fisher definitely wanted to make the team more ‘physical’
(whatever that means to him)I think he wants a team that feeds off of…’physicalness.’
(whatever that is)As opposed to say, the Max-Q mentality
of Martz.w
vwvParticipantSeems like when college athletes are involved, too often there is no true investigation. The Seahawks were stupid not to look into this further. Whatever heartache they get from this pick, they earned it.
It really is astonishing.
I mean, under certain circumstances, i can understand picking a guy with a domestic battery
in his past — but taking a guy without even TALKING
to the witnesses — after the Ray Rice thing ? Wow.Maybe they just think they have such a good
domestic violence program they can help
anybody. Thats the only thing i can figure.
(I KNOW thats how the seattle PR guys
are gonna spin it…)I dunno though.
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vThis just doesn’t seem like a “Carrol” move to me. It’s just strange.
Well the NFL rules are pretty clear:
1. If you beat up your girlfriend you can still go in the 1st round.
2. If you are a suspect in a murder of your pregnant ex-girlfriend,
you won’t be drafted.I’m not sure what the other rules are.
But there’z two of the rules right there.w
vMay 5, 2015 at 7:07 pm in reply to: various podcasts, vids, & vid links… a lot of Snead, Gurley #24145wvParticipantIn this video, at about 3:30, Snead says, he expects those two, Jones and Rhaney, to battle it out for center.
Yes, and he also said he expects “maybe two of the four
rookie OLinemen to make a run at starting…”Snead dropped an Interesting little aside about Foles
at the end.w
vwvParticipantSeems like when college athletes are involved, too often there is no true investigation. The Seahawks were stupid not to look into this further. Whatever heartache they get from this pick, they earned it.
It really is astonishing.
I mean, under certain circumstances, i can understand picking a guy with a domestic battery
in his past — but taking a guy without even TALKING
to the witnesses — after the Ray Rice thing ? Wow.Maybe they just think they have such a good
domestic violence program they can help
anybody. Thats the only thing i can figure.
(I KNOW thats how the seattle PR guys
are gonna spin it…)I dunno though.
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vMay 5, 2015 at 6:43 pm in reply to: now that the dust has settled a bit, how do you feel about this draft? #24139wvParticipantIs it too soon to grade ‘next’ year’s draft?
I’m just askin.
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vwvParticipant“A once-in-a-while special talent.”
Um….oh, nevermind. Snead doesn’t
have to make sense as long
as he picks good players.w
vwvParticipant“…The team acknowledged on Monday that their investigation
did not include interviews with witnesses other than Clark”After the Goodell fiasco,
that really does surprise me.w
v.wvParticipantWell, perhaps,
somewhere in the after-life,
there is a sports-bar, with big-screen tvs
tuned to a Rams channel on Sundays — Bucky is there.
Now Thor.w
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“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do,
and more in the light of what they suffer.”
― Dietrich BonhoefferMay 4, 2015 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Stats Doctor: Facts We Learned About the Rams in the Draft #24042wvParticipantJerome Bettis, Marcus Allen and Keith Byars.
Two HoFers and one really damn good back. Good history for that slot. I remember Byars.
I remember Byars too. Outstanding
football player.
I’d say he was at the Steven Jackson level.
Ya know. The tier just below HOF.w
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