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wvParticipantWell, you ‘can’ win in the NFL with a ‘decent’ QB, as the Titans and 49ers showed, and lots of teams have shown in the past.
But, man, is it a relief when your team has ‘the guy’ at QB. The Chiefs, Bills, Chargers, Rams, Bengals (and as of today Packers and Seahawks) have ‘that guy’.
I dunno about Dak. I have never quite figured out what he is, exactly.
It will be strange not to have Brady lurking anywhere in the NFL.
The official narrative is that there is no elite QB in the college class this year.
I bet that turns out to be wrong.
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February 23, 2022 at 4:35 pm in reply to: the really big articles & longer vids on the super bowl #136884wvParticipantThat Dilfer thing is a MUST listen.
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Yeah, I think Trent got a ton of that right, but I disagreed with two minor points.
He said the announcers kinda overplayed the fact that when OBJ went out the rams had no weapons, etc. He noted they still had Kupp. But the OBJ thing was indeed HUGE. Cause it was Higby, Woods, AND OBJ. And what they had left was was less than mediocre, outside Kupp. Van Jefferson is mediocre imho, btw.
Secondly he agreed with Eisen when Eisen said the Bengals D was terrific.
But i think that is ALSO related to the OBJ thing. The Bengals D was terrific AFTER OBJ went out, and the rams were no longer the Rams.
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wvParticipantWonder what the success rate is for players who had two surgeries
on the same knee.
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February 23, 2022 at 4:04 pm in reply to: the really big articles & longer vids on the super bowl #136882wvParticipantI have never watched so many videos in my life. Seriously.
From the moment the game was over I have binged.
And i will continue to, until the last video has been savored.
I might even buy a sports magazine. Havent done that since…
…oh….99. I imagine there’s some great covers out there,
to go with my Roman Gabriel, and Kurt Warner, covers.
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wvParticipantdunno if this has been posted: “deep nerdy knowledge of football”
wvParticipantI saw a stat about how many snaps Aaron Donald took this year. It was, like, a million. With all the fierce effort he expends, against all the double-teams, play after play, game after game — and all the desire and pressure for that Ring, and all the pressure of being ‘the man’ and a leader — one would think the guy is totally exhausted. Maybe more than any player on the team.
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February 17, 2022 at 5:31 pm in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136617wvParticipantThe penalty was a penalty, according to Simms:
February 17, 2022 at 5:20 pm in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136615wvParticipantThis NFL Mic’d Up
Super Bowl LVI is legendaryPrevious post, highlights from the game all miked up. It’s good, worth it.
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Yeah, that Mic’d Up thing was awesome.
I love the Joe Burrow thing where he’s actually introducing himself to players during the game. He’s like a big goofy teenager, in a way.
Though, I’d like to see the R rated version someday.
Maybe on cable er somethin.
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wvParticipantWhitworth. The thoughtful, reflective leader, I would say. They gonna miss him.
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February 17, 2022 at 4:00 pm in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136610wvParticipantChris Simms on how the Bengals approached the Rams running game:
wvParticipantGlad to read Von and AD are ‘great friends.’
I was always a little concerned Von would resent AD. I mean Von was always ‘the man’ in his career. And to come to the Rams and constantly be asked “whats it like to play with AD…blah blah” — i just wondered if he would come to resent all that.
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wvParticipantSean McVay: “….run it back!”
wvParticipantVon Miller: “…run this thing back…”
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wvParticipantDidnt find that Peter King vid interesting, until the 30 minute mark where
he talks about what the rams were left with on offense when OBJ went out.
A lot of media folks just dont talk about injuries for various reasons,
and they will say things like “the bengal defense played great…yada yada” — but the fact is the Rams were crippled.
Anyway, as has been pointed out elsewhere, the Kupp final TD was supposed to be an OBJ route.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantSome schedule speculations. Rams playing the NFC South next year, i guess
February 16, 2022 at 4:51 pm in reply to: highlights, break downs, etc … superbowl … updated w/ Baldinger #136566wvParticipantThis is worse than saying they blew it, imo. He did twist and turn, and it caused Ramsey to lose his balance. Ramsey was inside that guy’s jersey, and could have picked that pass off. Dude flung him out of the way. There’s no way that wasn’t a flagrant penalty. The ref blew it, and should just say so.
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Yes, it was simply a blown call. Coulda been called a ‘facemask’ or ‘pass interference’ but it was clearly a blown call. Frankly, i havent even heard of a sane Bengal fan that disputes that.
Jalen actually handled the aftermath well, I thought. He coulda just had a melt-down over that, but he just went on to the next series. Short memory.
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wvParticipant“…Robinson missed the start of the 2020 season with COVID-19 concerns related to a previous medical condition. He started last season on the non-football injury list, agreed to delay the start of his contract by one year, and returned midseason on an incentive-laden deal to play sparingly — 111 snaps in eight games — down the stretch…”
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I dont know what this means. Do they have Ashawn signed for 1 more year, or 2?
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wvParticipantAnybody else have trouble even watching that last play by AD? I mean, that F’ing Joe Burrow almost completed that last desperate fling as he was falling to the ground. Unbelievable. That coulda been remembered as a kindof ‘immaculate reception’ type deal. Damn. My heart skips a beat everytime i watch that replay.
So many plays like that in this game. I dont know how long-time Bengal fans survive this. So many ‘what ifs’ in that game. Ah well.
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wvParticipant2. Will McVay leave?
- I doubt he does. But if he does. Who ends up as the Head Coach? Raheem Morris? Brian Flores? wv ram? zn? someone else?
- What kind of offense would we run?
- What kind of defense would we run?
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I have not decided whether I am going to coach the Rams or not.
I’m still ‘blessed’ and ‘living in the moment.’
I can reveal that I ‘am’ working on a new helmet design. I’m incorporating hints of anarcho-communism into the new uniforms. Still trying to work out the helmet logo. A blend of hammer, sickle and horn is in the works.
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wvParticipantOh, and Johnny Hekker? WTF, man?
First punt is a line drive, and the weird drop on the extra point?
Was the game just to big for ole Johnny?
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wvParticipantThat was very visible and right now we only have guesses I guess. I just think Cinn. has a very good DL and they spent 2 weeks studying how to beat the Rams OL. There are games where the Rams OL got thumped during the season, and then there are games like SF in the playoffs where the Rams OL adjusted and was effective. 2 weeks I guess is enough to see the adjustments and deconstruct them. I think it is fairly obvious that the Cinn. game plan on defense was to force the Rams to throw on every down. Interestingly, for the one time I can think of in 5 years, McVay just stuck with the run even when it was not working. They couldn’t crack the code but they did force Cinn. to think run and not just pass. Then, they had a brilliant 2 minute drill, augmented by things like the fact that Kupp can cut when running the ball in a way that belies being a 6’2″ receiver, and that Stafford can actually complete a 20 yard no-look pass to the middle of the field against a defensive set that actually worked against that particular play call. They did not go 2-minute no-huddle the entire game until that moment, they did not use receivers in the run game until that moment, all Rams strengths they held in reserve. I look forward to finding something by a smart analyst somewhere who dissects what the Cinn. defense was doing to the Rams OL. It just looks to me like they were primed to see and exploit gaps in the zone running scheme. But that’s a guess out of fuzzy memory.
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Yeah, I hope some analytical guru writes about why the Bengals were able to massacre the Rams running game. I mean..it…was..a..Massacre. A weird massacre. Sometimes TWO Bengal defenders were just running free and meeting at the RB. It was just…weird.
As far as McV ‘sticking with the running game too long’ — I’ve heard media people saying that. But I think ‘that’ was just OBJ going down, and Higby being out, etc. The Rams were just down to a bare-bones passing game.
McVay was in a very tough spot. Passing was always gonna be dangerous with unknown-quantities out there running routes. I think McVay was nervous about trusting the inexperienced, less-than-stellar pass-catchers out there.
Until, of course, he had no choice at the end of the game.
Such a strange game. A LOT of weird stuff going on in that game
on both sides of the ball for both teams.
I feel bad for Bengal fans, btw. This isnt like beating the Titans or Vikings or Cowboys or 49ers or Patriots or Seahawks. F ‘them’ 🙂
But the Bengals….I hope they get their championship in the next few years.
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wvParticipantI dont understand why the Rams run game was so atrocious in that game.
I mean, it seemed like Bengal defenders were always running free,
right into the RB. Seemed like No-one was even trying to block them.
They ran better on the powerful 49er D.
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wvParticipant“On this team we fight for that inch…”
Tony D’Amato
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Tej Seth@tejfbanalytics
watching the matthew stafford no-look pass:-1st time: “that was a great throw”
-5th time: “that was one of the best throws in super bowl history”
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Ha. Yes to all that.
In fact it was the greatest play in sports history.
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February 15, 2022 at 11:44 am in reply to: the really big articles & longer vids on the super bowl #136496wvParticipantRobert Woods:
“…As he wept in the locker room at halftime after teammates had filed back onto the field, Woods — the very player whose absence Beckham has been trying to fill — held him tightly and said to him, “I am right with you. I will be here every step, every rehab, every day.”
wvParticipantWell, i dont think its a coincidence that Kupp elevated his game
right when Stafford became the QB.
Kupp would not have had this kind of year, with Goff.
Its some sort of symbiosis type thing. Stafford and Goff are more
than the sum of their parts. Their skills and weird-psychic-connection
make the combo lethal.
Btw, I predicted Kupp would be injured at some point this year. But he proved to be quite strong and durable. Instead, Higby, Woods, and OBJ went down.
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wvParticipantI feel a shared sense of joy with this place and you folks. That was outstanding. The big guys had big moments. The opening of the second half was a nightmare, but the defense did it’s job. That winning drive was a masterpiece. High fives and fist bumps all around.
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We should all get rings.
We deserve rings.
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