I’m tellin ya, there will be a coupla good QBs
coming out of this class besides Mariota and Winston.
…i just dont know who 🙂
This guy could be inter esting
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1776297/brandon-bridge

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http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2015/QB

Rank Player Pos. Pos. Rank School Class Ht. Wt. Proj. Round
1 *Marcus Mariota QB 1 Oregon rJr 6-4 215 1
3 *Jameis Winston QB 2 Florida State 6-4 232 1
43 *Brett Hundley QB 3 UCLA rJr 6-3 227 2
64 *Dak Prescott QB 4 Mississippi St 6-1 230 2
92 Bryce Petty QB 5 Baylor rSr 6-3 230 3
119 Garrett Grayson QB 6 Colorado State 6-2 220 3-4
131 Shane Carden QB 7 East Carolina 6-2 221 4
156 Brandon Bridge QB 8 South Alabama 6-5 235 4-5
172 Cody Fajardo QB 9 Nevada rSr 6-2 215 5
190 Sean Mannion QB 10 Oregon State 6-5 220 5-6
228 Bo Wallace QB 11 Ole Miss 6-4 217 6-7
241 Blake Sims QB 12 Alabama rSr 6-0 208 7

• This reply was modified 11 years, 7 months ago by wv.
• This reply was modified 11 years, 7 months ago by wv.

I just look at it like — it depends on what
the Draft Board looks like. Also
what the free agency board looks like.

They desperately need better interior play.
They cant run the ball without a better interior Oline.
And if they cant run, the QB wont matter.

So, somehow, someway, they need to make SURE
they find a Center and a Guard.

Its year Four. They need to make sure,
they find two very solid players.
If that means taking the best Guard with
the Ten spot, so be it. If it means
trading down, so be it. Free agency? Fine.
something else? Fine. But they need
to get it right.

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zn wrote:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12087118/johnny-manziel-party-led-cleveland-browns-punishment-josh-gordon

The Browns also fined Manziel on Saturday for being late for treatment on his injured hamstring, a source told ESPN. Less than 24 hours later, rookie cornerback Justin Gilbert was deactivated for Sunday’s season finale against the Baltimore Ravens after missing a team meeting the previous night, a source told ESPN.

Both Manziel and Gordon were absent from the Browns’ walk-through on Saturday morning, and the team had trouble locating them, a source close to the team told ESPN.

Manziel had to be present for either the walk-through or, since he was on injured reserve, treatment on the hamstring. When he did not show for either, the team had to search for him. Browns security visited Manziel’s home Saturday morning to check on the rookie quarterback about his treatment, sources told ESPN.

My Shadenfreude
overflows.

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Sure, they’ve improved slightly every year
despite the static record.

They used to have lots of holes.
Now we are down to two —
interior of the Oline,
and QB.

IF, Snisher can solve those
two issues, they should get
to the ten-win range next year.
(barring injuries, etc)

That will ‘still’ leave my own
major question unanswered. I
know Fisher can turn them into “winners”.
I know he can get them into the playoffs.

But can he go all the way and win a Ring?
I have my doubts.
Granted, its a tough job.

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PA Ram wrote:

Blanda was from Pennsylvania. I can understand that you’d want a Pennsylvania guy behind center for the team
but since he’s passed away
I believe the better choice is Joe “Wille” Namath. He’s been there before. And he’s from Pennsylvania.

And being from Pennsylvania is the important thing anyway.

But Blanda is an Elite dead-qb.
You never pass on an
enite QB.

Btw, do you Realize
that the Super Bowl this year is going to be
The Patriots vs The Seahawks —

Does it get any worse than that?

How shall we handle that?

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Seattle’s D is on a franchise record-setting pace
the last 5 games or so. They’ve allowed, 3, 3, 14, 7 and 6 points.

They’ve played two teams twice in that time: SF and Ariz.
(Ranked 23rd and 28th on offense)
Philly ranked no.5 on offense.

Rams rank 25 on offense, fwiw.

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12 Sun, Nov 23 Arizona 19-3 W
13 Thu, Nov 27 @ San Francisco 19-3 W
14 Sun, Dec 07 @ Philadelphia 24-14 W
15 Sun, Dec 14 San Francisco 17-7 W
16 Sun, Dec 21 @ Arizona 35-6 W

17 Sun, Dec 28 St. Louis 4:25 PM ET
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sdram wrote:

Rams offensive line has to play well – offensively. If Rams can move the ball, score some points, not turn the ball over then the whole game won’t be on the defense to win or lose it.

Yeah, its about the Oline.

And after the last two weeks
I aint real optimisitc.

Rams 9
Seahawks 24

One pick 6,
and one Wells-snap over Hill’s head,
and one Tre Mason fumble.

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jrry32

Schotty frustrates me at times but I don’t know of many fan-bases that like their OC. I will say that watching this team week after week, I don’t think Schotty is the problem. Tavon’s usage frustrates me but I also don’t think Tavon is “there” yet as a WR. I would like to see him used more on deep routes but that’s digressing from my point. The guy called a great game today [Giants game] and the offense has overachieved this year with the QB play and IOL play we have. I’d keep Schotty. The guy deserves a full year with a starting caliber QB.

I think arguably that our offense has overachieved. Our QB play this year has been a major issue and it’s hard for an OC to look good when his QB misses a lot of plays. I don’t think there are a lot of OCs out there that could do much with Hill and Davis at QB. To add onto the QB woes, we lost our #1 WR and our starting LT early in the season. Davin Joseph and Scott Wells have been bad. We’re not winning the LOS because Joseph and Wells severely limit what we can do. They have arguably been the worst players at their positions this year. And our offense has to work to compensate for the liabilities they are in the middle of the OL. Our C and RG can’t be relied upon in the run game and we have to design blocking schemes to cover for their issues. It seems like a lot of our success running it comes outside the tackles or on misdirection such as counters and traps. I don’t notice a lot of success running the ball inside the tackles to the front-side of the play. And we’re breaking in a rookie LT. Actually both our RT and LT have had consistency issues because Joe Barksdale has struggled the second half of the year. And our WR/TE corp is much better this year but still not the best in this league.

I’m not saying the guy needs to have the perfect offense…but is it too much to ask for Schotty to have an offense with average talent before we judge him? So…lets fix our interior and lets stabilize the QB situation.

I’m not concerned about the defense. They’ll be fine. They’re still in their first year in a new scheme with a lot of young players. I think we’re pretty set aside from depth and upgrading on adequate starters. You don’t need an All Pro at every position and you can’t afford an All Pro at every position. Defensively, next year, we could be top 5.

Today [Giants game] sucked but even the 2000 Ravens gave up 36 points to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Our defense had a bad day. Beckham’s two TDs came off blown coverages. I lay that at the feet of the players. Trumaine playing like he was hung over certainly helped them with that.

On the long Beckham TD. Mark Barron wasn’t supposed to be on an island. That’s the blown coverage. You can see it if you watch the replay. Trumaine seems shocked that Joyner is doubling his guy. And I would be too because based on my knowledge of our scheme and that coverage, Joyner should have been carrying Beckham Jr. up the field in trail position with Barron over the top. He hung Barron out to dry. But that’s the issue with rookies. They make mental errors. And it’s probably why Joyner hasn’t been playing as much lately…he’s still adjusting to the scheme.

Yeah, i tend to agree with a lot of that.

This little board is a bit different than most,
in that i think there’s a consensus on this board
that BS is Not part of the problem. He’s had to deal
with the Bradford injuries the Jake Long gimpiness
the young WRs, injuries on the Oline, etc. Its hard
to tell what he would do with a talented, healthy, experienced,
offense.

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PA Ram wrote:

Merry Christmas everyone!

Do you people know the amount of hours I spend with you helpless Rams addicts every year?

I’ve lost track. But it’s time well spent.

So, you are a dog person,
i take it.

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Happy Feast of the Circumcison,
Happy Bodhi Day,
Happy Krampusnacht.
Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti,
Happy Newtonmas.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays

· Feast of the Circumcision: 1 January* Saint Basil’s Day: 1 January – In Greece, traditionally he is the Father Christmas figure.

Buddhism
· Bodhi Day: 8 December – Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi).

Christianity
· Advent: fourth Sunday preceding 25 December
· Krampusnacht: 5 December – The Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on 6 December. In Alpine countries, Saint Nicholas has a devilish companion named Krampus who punishes the bad children the night before.
· Saint Nicholas’ Day: 6 December
· Christmas Day: 25 December – one of the most celebrated holidays around the world, increasingly celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike.
· Saint Stephen’s Day: 26 December
· Holy Innocents’ Day: 28 December
· Saint Sylvester’s Day: 31 December

Fictional or parody
· Feast of Winter Veil: 15 December–2 January – A holiday in World of Warcraft. This holiday is based on Christmas. Cities are decorated with lights and a tree with presents. Special quests, items and snowballs are available to players during this time. The character of “Greatfather Winter”, who is modeled after Santa Claus, appears.[12][13]

· Feast of Alvis: in the TV series Sealab 2021.[14] “Believer, you have forgotten the true meaning of Alvis Day. Neither is it ham, nor pomp. Nay, the true meaning of Alvis day is drinking. Drinking and revenge.”–Alvis[15]

· Hogswatch: a holiday celebrated on the fictional world of Discworld. It is very similar to the Christian celebration of Christmas.

· Festivus: 23 December – a parody holiday created by Daniel O’Keefe and made popular by Seinfeld as an alternative to Christmas.

· Decemberween: 25 December – a parody of Christmas that features gift-giving, carol-singing and decorated trees. The fact that it takes place on December 25, the same day as Christmas, has been presented as just a coincidence, and it has been stated that Decemberween traditionally takes place “55 days after Halloween”. The holiday has been featured in the Homestar Runner series.

Hinduism
· Pancha Ganapati: 21–25 December – modern five-day festival in honor of Lord Ganesha, celebrated by Hindus in USA.

Historical
· Malkh: 25 December
· Mōdraniht: or Mothers’ Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.
· Saturnalia: the Roman winter solstice festival
· Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Day of the birth of the Unconquered Sun): 25 December – late Roman Empire

Judaism
· Hanukkah: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Chanukkah), also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BC. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

Paganism
· Yule: Pagan winter festival that was celebrated by the historical Germanic people from late December to early January.

· Yalda: 21 December – The turning point, Winter Solstice. As the longest night of the year and the beginning of the lengthening of days, Shabe Yaldā or Shabe Chelle is an Iranian festival celebrating the victory of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Shabe yalda means ‘birthday eve.’ According to Persian mythology, Mithra was born at dawn on the 22nd of December to a virgin mother. He symbolizes light, truth, goodness, strength, and friendship. Herodotus reports that this was the most important holiday of the year for contemporary Persians. In modern times Persians celebrate Yalda by staying up late or all night, a practice known as Shab Chera meaning ‘night gazing’. Fruits and nuts are eaten, especially pomegranates and watermelons, whose red color invokes the crimson hues of dawn and symbolize Mithra.

· Zamenhof Day: 15 December – Birthday of Ludwig Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto; holiday reunion for Esperantists

· Soyal: 21 December – Zuni and Hopi

· HumanLight: 23 December – Humanist holiday originated by the New Jersey Humanist Network in celebration of “a Humanist’s vision of a good future.”[16]

· Newtonmas: 25 December – As an alternative to celebrating the religious holiday Christmas, some atheists and skeptics have chosen to celebrate December 25 as Newtonmas, due to it being Isaac Newton’s birthday on the old style date.

· Quaid-e-Azam’s Day: 25 December

· Boxing Day: 26 December – Day after Christmas.

· Kwanzaa: 26 December–1 January – Pan-African festival celebrated in the US

· Watch Night: 31 December

· Hogmanay: night of 31 December–before dawn of 1 January – Scottish New Year’s Eve celebration

· Dongzhi Festival – a celebration of Winter

· Chalica: first week of December – A holiday created in 2005, celebrated by some Unitarian Universalists.[17]