Well, there was no story there.
I kept waiting for a twist,
an anecdote, a dramatic surprise.
Wild Tapirs. Christian-Science Plots.
Robots. Somethin.

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Agamemnon wrote:

I believe in playing better than the opponent…

I dont believe in gimmicks
like that.

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“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.”
John Wooden

I basically agree with all that.

(especially the idea that there is no
one-final-Holy-Truth about Shotty or whatever.
This tiny board happens to be the best at taking
that approach to conversation, btw)

I probably am a few degrees closer to blaming
Shotty for a few things than you are, but…enh.

Tavon definitely has his execution-issues. Dropped balls, etc.
But i suspect Shotty could have made things easier
for Tavon. I dunno though.

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I wonder what they ask Long-Snappers
at pro days?

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nittany ram wrote:

Graham, Sipe, Kosar, Neruda…

I question his pocket presence.
When he’s under pressure in the pocket,
he looks like a train standing in the rain,

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“Tell me, is the rose naked
Or is that her only dress?

Why do trees conceal
The splendor of their roots?

Who hears the regrets
Of the thieving automobile?

Is there anything in the world sadder
Than a train standing in the rain?

Pablo Neruda

I have a lot of respect for LA’s “player evaluations.”
Ive paid attention to his evaluations over the years
and he’s awfully good at them.

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Laram — Stedman Bailey can do what Amari Cooper can do

Its a duplication.

Stedman is good in man and zone of getting open in the short to immediate areas, they don’t need Cooper.

The Rams *might* need a receiver that can turn a game in one possession.

That’s IF Quick doesn’t comeback healthy and Ta doesn’t develop in the offense.

There is NO WAY I would Take Amari Cooper at 10.

Its dump, and a waste of a pick when you have that already on the roster.

Rams stay at 10, take o-line or move out!

I have taken a solemn vow
not to post or say anything more about the “O word”
until the Draft.

The season hinges on Snisher’s handling
of that there Unit.

Carry on,
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Herzog wrote:

What a great story. Certainly someone you root for. Maybe Fisher wasn’t just giving lip service, and he’s legit and ready to go.

Yeah, he bears watching.

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2014/profiles/demetrius-rhaney?id=2549991
Hands – 9 1/2 inches
6’2″
301 lbs
Strengths
Very good quickness, agility and balance. Gets into blocks quickly and keeps battling through the whistle (see fourth play of second quarter vs. Bethune when loses helmet). Runs his feet on contact. Good lower-body power. Can wall off and seal short areas. Efficient working up a level. Solid anchor in pass protection.
Weaknesses
Average arm length and overall athletic ability. Could do a better job gauging his power on the move and connecting with moving targets.
Draft Projection
Rounds 5-6
Bottom Line
A compactly built, light-footed pivot who elevated his draft standing after clocking sub-5.0 40 times at his pro-day workout. Has the size, power and agility to eventually compete for a starting job.

Herzog wrote:

I’m really annoyed that GW himself didn’t realize this last year. The year before, the defense finished the season so strong, teams couldn’t run on us. There should have been more continuity more simplification. Ogletree should have been a pro-bowler.
The best defensive coordinator in the Fisher era is and has always has been Fisher.

Well it wouldn’t be the first time a coach
didn’t fit the plan to the players he had.

It’s not always easy to know exactly
what the players can or cant handle, btw.

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zn wrote:

You know that’s the Seattle approach. Seattle doesn’t do a lot of things on defense, but they do what they do well. It’s execution.

To me Fisher just named and addressed the biggest issue with all of 2014. Beyond the injuries, and the up and down back-up qbs, there were just endless big mistakes. It got so you can define any game by the key mistake it turned on—-the pick 6s on offense, the blown coverages on defense. For example, Dallas = a wide open Dez Bryant against a blown coverage. The list goes on.
When you reduce the volume of what they have to think about on the field, you increase focus on execution.
I think that will be the focus of 2014. Execution.
To reverse the old McKay joke, when asked what he thinks of his team’s execution, Fisher said, I am for them executing.

Yes, agreed.

I think Fisher recognizes this team has the sheer, physical talent
to beat teams in lots of one on one matchups — they dont ‘need’ to be all
complicated and tricky. Seattle has the players, to be simple. The Warren Sapp Bucs
had the ‘players’ to be simple.

We’ll see how it goes, but i think this is a big story.

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I would think this team and GW
are gonna have to learn how to deal
with teams that dink and dunk, with quick passes.
I dont think too many QBs are gonna be taking a lot of
deep drops against this DLine.

Its interesting that Fisher looked at his team
and all the bonehead mistakes and concluded
both the offense and defense needed ‘simplified’.

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Does this mean 32 teams are less
than impressed with Mr Barksdale ?

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zn wrote:

Problem is, when you get down to THIS
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And it snows A LOT, you can’t get the ice and snow off the tarp covering the wood, not without a lot of work. The ice and snow were more than 3 feet deep on top of the wood.

Amateur mistake.
Won’t happen again.

Good post. Excellent work.

Fire tip number 2 — Dont build a fire under a tree full of snow.

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“As usual, Junko thought about Jack London’s ‘To Build a Fire.’ It was the story of a man traveling alone through the snowy Alaskan interior and his attempts to light a fire. He would freeze to death unless he could make it catch. The sun was going down. Junko hadn’t read much fiction, but that one short story she had read again and again, ever since her teacher had assigned it as an essay topic during summer vacation of her first year in high school. The scene of the story would always come vividly to mind as she read. She could feel the man’s fear and hope and despair as if they were her own; she could sense the very pounding of his heart as he hovered on the brink of death. Most important of all, though, was the fact that the man was fundamentally longing for death. She knew that for sure. She couldn’t explain how she knew, but she knew it from the start. Death was really what he wanted. He knew that it was the right ending for him. And yet he had to go on fighting with all his might. He had to fight against an overwhelming adversary in order to survive. What most shook Junko was this deep-rooted contradiction.
The teacher ridiculed her view. ‘Death is really what he wanted? That’s a new one for me! And strange! Quite ‘original,’ I’d have to say.’ He read her conclusion aloud before the class, and everybody laughed.
But Junko knew. All of them were wrong. Otherwise how could the ending of the story be so quiet and beautiful?”

― Haruki Murakami, After The Quake