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  • in reply to: A QB controversy and a Tight-End controversy: game reactions #8131
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    No QB controversy here: Austin Davis should start for Rams
    By Nick Wagoner

    Even after Davis went 30-of-42 for 327 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions in the Rams’ 34-31 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Fisher wouldn’t waver.

    “No, I’ve stood behind that decision,” Fisher said.

    Given some time to reflect on the upcoming bye week, perhaps Fisher will give it more thought….

    I dont really care who starts — I think either choice is reasonable.
    And if the starter falters, Fisher can always
    bring in the other QB.

    The thing is, it looks like Austin D had a good running game
    going today. (yes?) I’d like Wagoner to show me
    the numbers on ram-QBs when the running game
    has been clicking.
    And the QB-ratings when the running game
    has NOT been clicking.

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    in reply to: Jared Cook issues apology on Twitter #8128
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    I am forgiving Cook for this.

    “True forgiveness is when you can say,
    ‘Thank you for that experience.’”
    Oprah

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    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8044
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    wv wrote:

    Coy Bacon – 1972

    That image of Coy Bacon is from a stamp in the “NFL Action 72″ stamp book. You got some stamps when you purchased gasoline at Sunoco stations. Thanks to my dad and one of his friends I have the complete collection.

    Aaron Donald reminds me a bit of Coy Bacon.
    They both had speed and power.

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    in reply to: Strauss: Davis is a story worth rooting for/PD #8043
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    Hill…uses a quicker release to throw with more velocity than Davis. That’s what Fisher and Schottenheimer see daily.

    First, I think this is a nice problem to have.

    But…to me, it’s important to have a sense of what each qb can do.

    Near as we can tell so far, it seems entirely plausible that Hill can make some of the throws Davis can’t.

    I dont have any doubt there’s throws Hill can make
    that Austin D cant. Hill has a quicker release
    and a stronger arm.
    Austin D has better mobility right now,
    certainly.
    They both seem like gamers,
    to me.

    Austin D had the benefit of a running game in Tampa.
    The Rams had zero-running game vs. the Vikings.
    To me, that makes a world of difference in how
    the QB is going to look.

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    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8030
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    in reply to: All 22 with Will Witherspoon: FG Block – Pettis Catch #8024
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    Laram (on the Davis to Pettis pass)

    Nice play design forcing a nickel sub-package, one on one coverage, but poor execution by Austin Davis IMO.

    Watch how fast Goldson reads the play backside and gets to Pettis front side of the formation.. He totally ignored Cook running right across his face.

    When you see a safety break-off that quickly he’s either read a tendency, or the qb has led him with his eyes, where the ball is going.

    IMO had Austin froze him in the middle, Pettis possibly scores on the play.

    OR…

    Moved Goldson and Brian Quick backside has one on one coverage and probably has a TD.

    Nice play but all things considered, it could have been better.

    If I’m Shotty that’s a teaching moment and a play I comeback to.

    JMO.
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    in reply to: If Davis plays well against Dallas, is he the starter? #8020
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    ….But after a while, defenses figure you out,
    and at that point, you need to have something to give them pause.

    Exactly.

    He’s accurate which is great, but man
    that looks like a popgun arm to me.
    On the bomb that Quick dropped it looked
    like Austin D really loaded up and heaved it.
    It looked like it took everything he had
    to make that throw.

    I’d like to take Bradford’s arm and
    torso and attach them to Austin D’s
    knees.

    I dunno. Maybe Davis will be a Montana.
    We’ll see.

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    in reply to: All 22 with Will Witherspoon: FG Block – Pettis Catch #8019
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    I like Will W, but he is a work in progress.
    As a tv-celebrity he needs to work on his
    dull-monotone delivery.
    He also doesnt really do much ‘analysis’
    of the X’s and O’s of the plays. He’s
    the expert right — he oughta teach
    me stuff. He dont. He just kinda
    reruns the plays over and over.
    Well hell, i could do that.

    I assumed Will W would bring more
    ‘analysis’ than Softli did.
    Not so far.

    wv critic

    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8017
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    Coy Bacon – 1972

    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8014
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    You’e not clearing out the url box where you paste in the image url. So you end up with a double “http.”
    After you click img, before you put the image url in the box, clear the box out first.

    Ahh. I see. Ya have to erase the http thingy and then paste the http thingy.

    merlin 1964
    Merlin 1964


    Jack 1971


    Les Josephson 1971

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    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8006
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    lansford

    …testing

    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8004
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    i’m still trying to figure out how to post images,
    btw.

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    in reply to: Couple of Great Rams from the Past. #8003
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    I think Isaiah, the LB, might have outweighed
    Dryer, the DE.

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    in reply to: If Davis plays well against Dallas, is he the starter? #8001
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    I’m still very skeptical about Austin D,
    and it would not surprise me to see
    Casey Austin ‘Case’ Keenum
    starting by game 8.

    But, if Austin D puts together
    a good game against Dallas,
    (which i am not expecting)
    then yeah, i might be in favor
    of starting him for a while.
    Just to see. Hill can always
    come in if he needs to.

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    in reply to: Goodell creates Conduct Commission #7990
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    Damn, that was a good article by Don Van Natta Jr and Kevin Van .
    Having said that, there was nothing in it
    that surprised me in the least.

    I was interested in the stat about ‘pretrial diversions’.
    The writers said that over 99 percent of defendants charged
    with felony assault do NOT get pretrial-diversion-deals.
    Only 1 percent get the sweet deals. I’d be curious
    about WHO those 1 percent are. Somethin tells me they
    are not poor-people.

    Anyway, what was the driving force behind all the
    lying and weaseling by the Ravens, and the NFL in
    this scandal? Money? Somethin else?

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    • This reply was modified 10 years, 5 months ago by Avatar photowv.
    in reply to: what's wrong with the run defense #7922
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    Laram (on GW’s aggressive scheme)

    Williams aggression with blitzes.

    I’m starting to put that info together and when he’s blitzing and shooting a gap, the offense is running mis-direction or counters right through the vacated area.

    Shooting gaps and either getting sealed or running past the play, and the lb’s are missing tackles behind them.

    That’s why I say that Donald should start alongside Brockers. Let Brockers tie up blockers and Donald get’s one on one.

    He’s the pure 3-tech.
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    Laram – Williams Defenses against the Run

    Williams defenses against the run.
    1997 – 27th
    1998 – 21st
    1999 – 22nd
    2000 – 29th
    2001 – 26th
    2002 – 4th
    2003 – 25th
    2004 – 31st
    2005 – 20th
    2006 – 6th
    2007 – 29th
    2008 – 19th
    2009 – 12th
    2010 – 17th
    2011 – 21st
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    in reply to: Cosell, Thomas on Davis #7918
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    Harkey’s injury hurts the running game.

    I do not have a good feeling about this game, at all.

    Harkey may be my favorite player.
    It just aint the same without
    Harkey.

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    in reply to: what's wrong with the run defense #7916
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    “It’s just a lot of guys trying to make plays,” Dunbar said.
    “We talked about it this past week. It wasn’t a scheme thing,
    it was just everybody taking their turn… we’re not fitting it right.
    Somebody took their turn here and there.”
    In other words, there have been many examples of players not playing sound assignment football and freelancing from play to play….”
    ———————-

    Well, Dunbar loves Greg W, so he would never say
    its the scheme. I dunno what it is.

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    in reply to: Cosell, Thomas on Davis #7912
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    “I would play Austin Davis at this point in time,” Cosell said on Frank Cusumano’s Show, The Press Box. “Hill has been a career back up. There’s a reason he’s at the age he is and what (his role is) in the league.” Cosell said Davis played very well against the Bucs, but his arm strength leads something to be desired. “He does not have a real good arm by NFL standards. But…he has poise, he has a good feel for why plays are called and where to go with the ball. He’s got light feet and good movement. He’s got good accuracy,” Cosell said. Cosell also talked about the development of Brian Quick, the Rams defense and previewed the Cowboys game.

    http://www.rams-news.com/greg-cosell-rams-should-start-davis-at-qb-radio-interview/

    Well, my mantra iz,
    if the Rams can Run,
    and the OLine can protect,
    then
    it dont matter if its
    Hill or Davis.

    The Cowboys have some game-film
    on Austin Davis now.
    Should be inter esting.
    I’m expectin the kid
    to have some trouble this week.
    But then i said somethin like that
    about Kurt Warner before game two
    in 99.

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    in reply to: Rate Fisher, so far #7896
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    6.66 is a good number for Fisher in many ways,
    but if that number represents him, why haven’t the results been better so far?


    6.66

    Well, i am not sure that run-of-the-mill-Evil
    goes as far as it used to.

    I mean, nowadays we have the Harbaughs, and Pete Carroll
    and of course Belichex, and Goodell, etc.
    I just dont think Fisher is as high
    in Satan’s chain of command as
    he used to be.

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    in reply to: John Oliver on Unicorns and Scots #7895
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    That was awesome.

    I see that his appeal worked.

    I think it was the Unicorn.

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    55 percent to 45 percent
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/scotland-votes-leaving-united-kingdom/story?id=25613150

    in reply to: what's wrong with the run defense #7893
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    I really think… he tried to change how the entire front 7 plays.

    Either they will catch on, or he screwed up.

    I tend to agree.
    “Either they will catch on,
    or he screwed up.”

    The only other possibility
    i see, is maybe some guys
    are playing hurt.

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    in reply to: Politics of football fans #7884
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    Well, we all think we are right.
    Ya know.
    And of course, only “I” am.

    http://www.jantoo.com/cartoon/29603114

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    in reply to: celebrity ram fan #7875
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    “very unique” Food experiences

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    in reply to: celebrity ram fan #7872
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    in reply to: Rams need to step up running game/PD #7869
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    “The Cowboys rank second in the league in rushing offense…”

    Now watch the Rams stuff the cowboy-running-game,
    and Romo will throw for a million yards.

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    in reply to: will the Rams defense be "fixed" enough for the Dallas game? #7868
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    Well if Spags won Seven games
    with No talent,
    and Fisher only wins Seven games
    with lots of talent…
    what does that mean?

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    in reply to: what's wrong with the run defense #7866
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    .

    This run defense isn’t terrible. It has breakdowns.

    Thats exactly how i look at it. Well said.
    Thats why I’ve resisted some of RFL’s language.
    And thats why I’m optimistic about the runDefense.

    Still, who knows. Maybe they will fix it,
    maybe not. As of week two, it aint fixed.

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    in reply to: Politics of football fans #7825
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    Yeah-I’ve made plenty of those wrong assumptions. The reason I asked the question is because on the HERD board I’ve been posting about the issues re spousal abuse, child abuse, concussions, etc and I’ve gotten a lot of responses about its media blowing stuff out of context, don’t discount the now wife started it, blah, blah-very protective of the players in general. Then I got a response today from someone who stated “facts” from blog called “RedState.com saying the whole child and spousal abuse thing and concussion is just part of a “liberal agenda”.

    My problem is I don’t suffer fools gladly. So I engage and before long it’s out of hand. Anyway, my wife says “people are people and you may think their dumb and maybe they are but you won’t change how they think with debate and you may even piss them off more. So grow up and let it go”. That’s pretty much an actual quote from her.

    Well, as you know, each board has its unique history
    and ambiance.

    A lot of us remember the old wars over ‘politics’
    on the various Pol Boards. Each of us involved
    in those…um…’discussions’ probably came away
    with unique lessons from that experience.
    I learned that it is pointless for ‘me’ to discuss
    politics with people who significantly-different
    politix from me. So, i just stopped.
    Others came to different conclusions, I’m sure.

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    in reply to: what's wrong with the run defense #7807
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    I got nuthin. I dunno how to analyze such
    things. I ‘suspect’ based on what i’ve watched
    that its not just one player or unit. Sometimes
    it seems like its the DTs sometimes the LBs,
    sometimes Hayes or C.Long…

    Its never Quinn,
    though. 🙂

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