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RamsThose are the only teams i could see upsetting the Chiefs. It annoys me the Bengals arent even gonna make the playoffs. That would be a fun game. Chiefs vs Bengals.
Anybody NOT picking the Chiefs to win the AFC ?
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vwvParticipantSo if the Seahawks were to lose to the Bears (unlikely, i know) would that clinch it for the Rams? Or is it more complicated. Does the Winter Solstice come into play? Penguin migration patterns? Is the last tiebreaker the number of roughing penalties against the long-snapper?
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vwvParticipantMerry Christmas, all.
This is my 67 Christmas. Been posting on Rams since, 1998, i guess. How many christmasiz iz that? Who can still do math?
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vwvParticipantTwo starting Offensive Tackles are out for the Cards, this week. Paris Johnson and Jonah Williams.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/injuries/_/name/ari/arizona-cardinals
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“….When the Cardinals make the trip to Los Angeles, they’ll be without both starting offensive tackles.
Coach Jonathan Gannon announced on Tuesday that right tackle Jonah Williams, who injured his knee against the Panthers, will be out, as is left tackle Paris Johnson Jr. for the second consecutive game.
Gannon doesn’t usually announce injury designations this early in the week, however, he knew the bookend tackles would not be available for Saturday. With running back James Conner also nursing a knee injury, not having key contributors to the offensive line could make it a challenge to establish a run game against the Rams’ stout defensive front.
With two games left on the schedule, Gannon did not rule out Williams and Johnson for the remainder of the season.
Versatile tackle Kelvin Beachum filled in for Johnson (knee) last weekend and is now slated to make his 11th start of the season. Jackson Barton, an offensive tackle on the practice squad, had started against the Lions and stepped in place of Williams in Carolina. The Cardinals also have rookie offensive tackle Christian Jones on the roster.
If Barton is to play again, he will have to be signed to the 53-man roster, since the Cardinals have used up his three practice squad elevations…”
wvParticipantwvParticipantBtw, nobody’s mentioned it, but I know you guyz had to be thinking the same thing i was, when I saw the Higbee leap into the endzone. There is just no way he should have been able to fly that far. I totally expected him to land about the one yard line, at most. That was just ridiculous.
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vwvParticipantI dont remember Kupp having two quiet games in a row like this. Maybe he’s not healthy, again?
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vwvParticipantSo, as of today, the rams would play the Packers?
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vwvParticipantKyren Williams. Third in NFL in rushing. 1243 yards. 4.1 yard average. (five fumbles, though leads league)
Barkley and Henry having monsters, years, of course. Both have 15 runs over 20 yards. Kyren has only 2.
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vwvParticipantRex Ryan had predicted the Rams offense would have problems, because “the rams dont have any speed” and because they had trouble against San Fran, and the Jets “run the exact same defense”.
Anyway, good win. Losing teams find a way to lose.
Glad McVay just decided to pound the ball today, and let the Jets find a way to lose.
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantI see Tyler Higbee has been activated. Is he gonna play? Is he gonna be effective?
Time will tell
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vwvParticipant@speed_kills@speedk1lls
weather forecast is for rain and cold positivity snow. Thursday night was a tune up. Get Kyren and Corum readyIf all snow were positivity snow I’d live in the happiest place on Earth.
‘Cold Positivity Snow’ ?
We shall see.
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vwvParticipantMan, Cousins and Aaron Rogers have been hard to watch this year. They just seemed to have dropped off a cliff.
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vwvParticipant“trap game” — peepulz iz picking the Jets
wvParticipantThe Cardinals seem to get zero interest these days. But they already beat the Rams and if they beat the Rams again, they’d move ahead of them in the rankings based on head to head record.
So…that there is a big game too. Not just the Seattle game.
I wonder who would win the division if there is a three way tie.
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vwvParticipantI believe the Lions also lost three MORE starters on defense, during the Bills game. Man.
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vwvParticipantYeah, its been a strange year, for a lot of reasons. The injuries have made the team into two or three different teams at different times.
And i have the sense the entire NFC West has been a bit schizophrenic. All the teams have gone through significant in-season changes.
Without the injuries, I assume they would have at least beaten the Bears and Dolphins. I think they would have been about a 10-4 team at this point. Not Lions/Eagles level, but pretty good.
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vwvParticipantEither way the issues with the Rams D right now are not LB, it’s the secondary, including all the flags against Buffalo. Speights is getting some praise at ILB and ranks pretty well against the run. Jones ranks pretty well against the run too but is no coverage LB.
You sure about that? I dunno, but the linebackers have not flashed to me. They just seem like ‘guys’ to me.
But if thats true that they are at least solid, thats good news. That would mean this D could be menacing next year. Only secondary holes to fill. Thats doable in one year.
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vwvParticipantI keep hearing the same thing about the Seahawks, over and over, from the radio-media folks. They all keep saying Seattle’s season turned around when they put Ernest Jones in the lineup.
They rave about him.Did we ever figure out why the Rams got rid of their best linebacker?
And were they F’ing idiots to do that.
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wvParticipantwvParticipant“Kevin Dotson has been a stud”
Indeed.
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vwvParticipantAlso, heard on a vid, that “it doesnt matter what the rams do against the Jets” as long as they win the last two. I dunno about that, either. But i heard it on the internet.
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vwvParticipantOne of the celebrity pundits noted that for a long time, during the Shanahan dominance of McVay, the 49ers were usually the more physical team. They just beat the rams up. But lately maybe the Rams are, at least, as physical. I dunno.
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vwvParticipantGMFB | “Rams are the hottest team in NFL!” – Kyle Brandt on Matthew Stafford beat Purdy’s 49ers 12-6
wvParticipantOnly saw the highlights. The weather doesnt really show up in the highlights. I guess it played a big part? So, its not really just the ‘defense finally showed up’ – its more like neither teams offense could handle the weather?
Great win. I did not think that would happen.
I will continue to pick against the rams, however, as it does seem to be working.
Go Rams,
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vwvParticipantDefense. Yards allowed. After week 14.
49ers defense ranked 3rd.
Rams ranked 27th.Interestingly, both defenses gave up 37 Touchdowns.
https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/2024-nfl-defense-rankings-team-pass-and-rush-stats
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