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  • October 4, 2014 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #9039
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    zn wrote:

    WV.

    Yes WV.

    I am calling you out.

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    You liked Davis back in 2012. You even at some points liked him more than Bradford. Now we all thought it was over in 2013, but that aside–now that he IS the starter, is it like you hoped?

    GRANTED that we really don’t know going forward if he can sustain it…so, no one is setting you up for a later blowback. BUT…

    …among the people I know, you were his earliest enthusiast. So I would just like to hear about that.

    What i liked was one particular play back in preseason of 2012.
    The kid was pressured and he spun out of the pocket, escaped,
    extended a play and completed a pass. It was something
    we just havent seen from Warner, a gimpy-Green, Bulger, Bradford.
    He’s got a talent those players dont have. Doesnt mean
    he’s better, but its a talent. I like it. Romo’s got it.

    I hope some reporter asks AustinD about his
    ups and downs from 2012 thru 2014. Why did he
    look good, then bad, and now good again.

    His total QB rating is 15th btw:
    http://espn.go.com/nfl/qbr

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    October 3, 2014 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #9015
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    GreatRamNTheSky wrote:
    Wow, AD with the one handed grab. Kid is quite an athlete.

    Grits

    well he does have those gargantuan hands…

    LoL

    Austin ‘big hands’ Davis

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    October 3, 2014 at 2:36 pm in reply to: journalists setting up the Eagles game…including Thomas & etc. #8998
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    Thot this was interesting:

    Wagoner: “…There have been times when the Rams haven’t gotten to the quarterback and it’s opened passes up over the middle of the field. But to me, the Rams need to get better play from their linebackers, safeties and corners working out of the slot. They like to use safety T.J. McDonald in the box on a consistent basis, and though that’s where he’s best used, they do it so often that it leaves the other safety, Rodney McLeod, fending for himself on the back end a lot. Beyond that, it seems like middle linebacker James Laurinaitis is being asked to do too much back there, being used almost like he’s working in a Cover 2.
    Either way, the Rams certainly can’t afford to be soft in the middle of the field against Zach Ertz and Darren Sproles this week.”
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    October 3, 2014 at 10:33 am in reply to: Austin Davis #8971
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    Just somethin i thot
    was inter estin

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Davis
    “…For 2008, Davis was named the starting quarterback by head coach Larry Fedora and became the first freshman to be named the starting quarterback at Southern Miss since 1991… ended the year with a combined total of 15 school records for both game and single-season marks,[5] which included most passing yards in a game (461) and most rushing touchdowns in a contest (5) as well as total offense for a season (3,323).[3] Davis was ranked 16th nationally in total offense (279.7) and 52nd in passing efficiency (128.6) in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). His total offense average was the highest among freshmen quarterbacks in the country, ahead of … Robert Griffin of Baylor (244.5)…”

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    October 3, 2014 at 10:24 am in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #8969
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    October 2, 2014 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Expecting a loss tomorrow. But … #8913
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    nittany ram wrote:

    The Eagles are in a bit of disarray themselves given their o-line issues. I think the Rams can win provided their d-line begins to live up to their billing. My confidence is bolstered by the Rams history of becoming more cohesive under Fisher after a bye.

    The Rams front seven may not be as good as they were hyped to be in the offseason, but they are much better than they’ve played up to now. They are bound to break out eventually, right? This would be a good week to do so.

    Well, the hyped-DLine
    was the one that included
    a healthy Chris Long.

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    October 2, 2014 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Expecting a loss tomorrow. But … #8908
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    I have no idea what to expect
    from either team.

    To state the obvious,
    the Rams OLine will have to create
    holes for Stacy if the Rams
    are to have a chance in hell.

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    October 2, 2014 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Expecting a loss tomorrow. But … #8899
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    http://www.footballlocks.com/nfl_odds.shtml

    49ers favored by 6 over the Chiefs
    Seattle favored by 7 over Washington
    Arizona 7 point underdog vs Denver

    Dallas six pt faves over Texans.

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    October 2, 2014 at 2:41 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8894
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    Plenty of QBs have been quiet-intense leaders. Bart Starr, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, etc.
    And plenty have been fiery. Joe Kapp, Favre, etc.

    Austin is fiery. Apparently some of the ram players
    like that.

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    Wagoner article: “….Beyond the numbers, Davis has a locker room full of teammates who are buoyed by his presence in the huddle and his fiery demeanor on the field.

    “We definitely feed off that,” tight end Lance Kendricks said. “You need that in the huddle sometimes, especially with a young group like us. I think that kind of helps everyone’s confidence and ability to just play their game.”

    The humble and soft-spoken Davis is not letting his more permanent promotion change how he is approaching things. He said Wednesday he hasn’t thought much about how he’s come from spring roster long shot to entrenched starter in a matter of about three months.

    “I think that’s why you do take the cliché approach of work hard every day and take every rep like it’s your last, because you never what’s going to happen in this game with injuries and different opportunities and things like that,” Davis said. “So, yeah, it’s a bit of a wild ride. But at the end of the day, this team’s looking for me to lead them, and I’m up for that challenge and excited about it.”
    http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/12213/davis-earned-starting-job-but-has-chance-for-more

    October 2, 2014 at 2:27 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8892
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    I am a nine incher.

    Just thot i would reveal that.
    I just got out a ruler and measured
    my hand-span from the tip of my pinky
    to the tip of my thumb. I assume
    thats what they measure: 9.0 inches.

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    October 2, 2014 at 7:48 am in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #8875
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    c1ram wrote:

    Makes total sense. It’s not like we are deciding between Montana and Young here. These are two lifetime backups. Davis has the hot hand, has proven himself, and shows those intangibles you don’t get through practice alone. No one really sees the Rams winning this division without SB now anyway. Lets run with the good feelings as long as we can.

    Well after having watched AustinD,
    I dont think of him as a
    “lifetime backup” anymore.
    I”m not sure what he is,
    but I think he might be
    an NFL starting-QB.
    I dunno.

    There were about three plays
    he made against Dallas where
    i went “damn!.”
    Escape-and-Pass plays.
    Russell Wilson type plays.

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    October 1, 2014 at 6:48 pm in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #8825
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    Zooey wrote:

    &zn wrote:

    Zooey wrote:
    Austin Davis is an extremely lucky man.

    If Bradford had not been hurt, he would not be employed in the NFL right now at all. They would have kept Hill as the #2, and the draft pick for future development, and Davis would have been gone.

    I don’t know about that. I think if Bradford had stayed, Davis was the third, just based on how he started getting it together in the pre-season.

    If you say so. I don’t remember reading anything positive about Davis during pre-season. I remember thinking the guy was a goner, for sure. There was no point in keeping him with a healthy Bradford, Hill, and Gilbert (either on the team or PS).

    I think AustinD did pretty well in preseason,
    and Gilbert looked pretty bad.

    Still, if you’d told me the Rams would be
    starting AustinD back then, I’d have
    said the season was over.

    So far, the Kid is the story of the Season.
    So far.

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    October 1, 2014 at 6:37 pm in reply to: Karraker: Sources say “Decision has Already Been Made” on Rams Moving –101 #8819
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    sdram wrote:

    Sounds to me like much supposition but not much concrete in RK’s position. I’d say that anybody can come up with “I think” and “I believe” reasons the Rams will be back in LA but I’ll believe it when I see it. So, Go Rams!

    Where do you want them to play?

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    October 1, 2014 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #8818
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    Shouldn’t Fisher have left Philly wondering
    who would start?

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    October 1, 2014 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Fisher names Davis the starter going forward #8806
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    Well, aint that inter esting.

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    October 1, 2014 at 12:34 pm in reply to: 'Greatest Show on Turf' team returning –PD #8794
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    Now that
    is just
    awesome.

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    October 1, 2014 at 12:30 pm in reply to: London Fletcher on 920….outspoken, pulls no punches #8792
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    Not sure running Faulk more in the first half
    was the answer. I’ve heard that idea before,
    but i dunno. If I’m an opposing coach,
    i ‘want‘ the GSOT to run the ball.

    If i remember right what was effective in the second half
    was the short passing game. I think.
    I’m like London —
    i havent wanted to rewatch it.

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    September 30, 2014 at 9:58 am in reply to: Eagles blogs #8722
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    So, i guess the Eagles OLine has had some injuries?

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    http://articles.philly.com/2014-09-29/sports/54442131_1_lesean-mccoy-nick-foles-coach-chip-kelly#DGFXfUs3kJUdgQTl.99
    “…But it would help if Foles had more time to throw, and the condition of the Eagles’ offensive line – which for two weeks has been held together by masking tape, knitting thread, and Jason Peters – hasn’t allowed it.

    “We got whupped up front,” Kelly said.

    The line was so overmatched Sunday that, with two chances to win the game from the 49ers’ 11/2-yard line, Kelly didn’t bother handing the ball to McCoy. The 49ers had settled back into zone coverage on second and goal from the 6, and Kelly tricked them by running McCoy to the left for 5 yards. But he didn’t dare do it again on third down or fourth down, so certain was he that, in their goal-line alignment, the 49ers would stuff either McCoy or Darren Sproles….
    ….
    ….Kelly keeps chalking this all up to the instability of the offensive line, and perhaps McCoy’s play will improve next week against the St. Louis Rams, when tackle Lane Johnson returns from his suspension. Perhaps.”

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    September 30, 2014 at 9:31 am in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8719
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    zn wrote:

    The Patz lose their legendary OL coach (Dante Scarnecchia) and trade away Mankins, and suddenly Brady doesn;t look as good.

    I wonder if there’s a connection.

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    …and they’ll still probly win
    11 games.

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    September 30, 2014 at 9:29 am in reply to: Tick bite sent Rams' Wells to intensive care unit in hospital/PD #8718
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    nittany ram wrote:

    Wells could never survive in New England with all of our tick-borne diseases…Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and of course, the grand daddy of them all…Lyme Disease. A disease which I and about half the people of Vermont proudly suffer with. You won’t hear us complain about it though. And we certainly won’t be checking ourselves into any hospitals like some overpaid human turnstile.

    Since the beginning of time it has been known that the best insight into a man’s character can be gained through his reaction to a tick bite. So now I think we know all we need to know about the type of person this…this Wells person is.

    Maybe if you had a Tick Hunting Season,
    like we do in West, by God, Virginia,
    you wouldnt have so many wild
    crazed ticks running around
    in New EngLand.

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    September 28, 2014 at 7:54 pm in reply to: The official "so what game(s) are you watching" thread #8646
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    49ers D shut down the Philly O,
    it looks like.
    McCoy 10 carries 17 yards.
    Foles 195 yds, zero TDs, 2 INTs.

    Gore 119 yards, Kaepernik 58 yds rushing on 7 attempts,
    and 2 TDs passing.

    SF 407 total yds
    Philly 213 total yds.

    Turnovers: Philly 4, SF 1

    26-21

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    September 27, 2014 at 6:16 pm in reply to: informal poll #8602
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    Ram Rock wrote:

    I saw the beacon and in the sky! Ram Rock reporting to duty! That is all…

    …later my friends!

    How’s life,
    ram-rock ?

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    September 27, 2014 at 3:36 pm in reply to: informal poll #8597
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    sdram wrote:

    wv wrote:
    I think
    only sdram is crazy enough
    to reply.

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    I’m having a bye week. Some weeks are that way – but good or bye – they beat the alternative.

    Plus, it’s been 96 here the past three days – it was snowing 10 days ago. It’s making me think I could go snow boarding or water skiing but I can’t decide which I can do?

    So, what’s your current thoughts on the Rams chances of breaking 500 this season?

    Its a balmy, sunny 79 degrees, here.
    The leaves are starting to turn
    orange and red.
    Autumn football season —
    best time of year.

    I think the Rams are like Autumn.
    It can be golden and dazzling.
    Or, it can be barren and dreary.
    Its a mystery.

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    September 27, 2014 at 2:03 pm in reply to: informal poll #8594
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    I think
    only sdram is crazy enough
    to reply.

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    September 26, 2014 at 5:16 pm in reply to: 101, 9/26… Holt #8550
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    Torry sez AustinD has brought “emotion”
    to the team thats “been missing from the QB position”.
    http://www.rams-news.com/torry-holt-on-why-penalties-have-been-an-issue-under-coach-fisher-radio-interview/
    Bout the 9 minute mark.

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    September 26, 2014 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Cosell on 920 AM discussing the Rams #8549
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    Cosell said:
    “Philly has not been able to run the ball.”

    Well. We’ll see.

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    September 26, 2014 at 4:38 pm in reply to: gifs of Sims's 2 penalties #8548
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    There are plays that fans just never forget, if a close loss
    is involved.
    The bogus Tom Mack false start against the Purple Gang.
    The Drew Pearson push-off against the Vikings in the playoffs.
    The Brady fumble against the Raiders.
    The 49er vs Seattle noncall in the endzone.
    The botched call that went against the Packers in Seattle, etc, etc.

    The Sims ‘penalties‘
    will not be forgotten
    by Ram fans.

    Awful loss.
    Still, they looked a gazillion times better
    than last year when Dallas slapped them silly.
    Dallas didnt have to cheat last year.

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    September 26, 2014 at 4:28 pm in reply to: Austin Davis #8547
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    zn wrote:

    Well no matter how bad he looked in the Vikes game
    that wouldnt prove what you think it would.
    Cause all it would prove is that a young kid
    got thrown into a game unprepared. To me, thats
    all it would prove.

    Except I don’t agree with that. If pocket presence is an instinct, why wouldn’t he bail on plays and run around–which you frequently see with young qbs in their first starts.

    So I don’t buy this whole “it’s all instinct” thing. Which is one reason why I think that as often as not, these discussions look at the wrong things. I don’t believe it;s just the qb.

    To me the most important thing I list is confidence in the offense. When you see a qb has that, he tends to not press and take things as they come.

    Though there’s also the fact that under the same conditions Hill did show poise and pocket presence. Which to me just means he could also do it under better conditions.

    I promise you that watching, you will ask a lot of the same questions. You cannot predict the game 2 guy out of the game 1 guy. I mean, drastically can’t do it. You will not see any of the instincts you would predict. Not even a desperate, ineffective version of them. He has no sense where the rush is. None.

    Well, i dint say anything about ‘instincts’.
    I think of it more as a set of attributes, traits, talents.
    Some of it is learned, some of it is instinct, some of it
    is a mysterious mix of gifts from alien Lizard Overlords.

    I dunno.

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    September 26, 2014 at 11:58 am in reply to: Austin Davis #8524
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    zn wrote:

    But my challenge to everyone is still this: watch the 2nd half of the Vikes game again and see again how bad Davis was IN TERMS OF POCKET PRESENCE. Then, figure out why he improved dramatically in a week. Whatever it is, it won’t be him alone–it can’t be. Then apply those lessons to other qbs. If AD needed a lot to change to become a better pocket presence type, what does that tell us about the entire pocket presence issue.

    Well no matter how bad he looked in the Vikes game
    that wouldnt prove what you think it would.
    Cause all it would prove is that a young kid
    got thrown into a game unprepared. To me, thats
    all it would prove.

    At any rate, the term you used “pocket presence” is not
    the term i used. I didnt use the PP word on purpose.

    This whole notion of “pocket and nonpocket skills” (PNS)
    is tricky and i dont know that i wont change my
    mind about it ten times before dinner.
    But at the moment i am just trying to think about
    what kinds of Pocket and Nonpocket Skills exist.
    And how a fan can go about observing, analyzing, thinking-about
    ‘them’.

    It seems to me that AD has shown at least ONE skill that Bradford
    and Hill just dont have — the ability to:
    1 Quickly sense a threatening Pass Rusher,
    2 and then ESCAPE by rolling out or moving
    3 and zipping an accurate pass to a receiver.

    I mean go back and look at a couple of
    AD’s “escape and throw” plays in that
    Cowboy game. I was nonplussed. I was
    startled at how good those plays were.
    They were Montana-like. I’ve been watching
    Bradford a long time now, and while he is
    very good at rolling out and throwing,
    he is not very good at ad-libbing and
    ESCAPING and then rolling out and throwing.

    I dunno what to call that ‘skill’ of AD’s
    but its an important skill. I just call it
    a “pocket skill” i guess. Call it what u want.

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    September 26, 2014 at 10:25 am in reply to: pablo neruda #8518
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    Zooey wrote:

    Ah. Just another reminder of how much you hate apple pie.

    I like commie-pie.

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