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wvParticipantThat’s bullshit. It’s bullshit.
Well, I’m not convinced its bullshit, but I don’t believe it, either.
Like most things in wv-brain, it goes in the ‘i dunno’ pile.
Its a good game to start the year, I think. San Francisco. Good place to start.
McVay vs Shanahan: round 19.6-11 reg season
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vwvParticipantI’m skeptical of that.
Rams: “Hey, we’d love to play the 49ers in Australia.”
NFL: “Oh, okay.”Well, fwiw, here it is. Middlekauf seems rather emphatic about it. About the 4 or 5 minute mark.
wvParticipant“…..
…..Below is the Rams’ win probability for each game, as well as the projected score in parentheses.Week 1 vs. 49ers: 76% (29.2-21.7)
Week 2 vs. Giants: 90% (31.0-17.7)
Week 3 at Broncos: 61% (24.5-21.3)
Week 4 at Eagles: 62% (25.2-21.8)
Week 5 vs. Bills: 79% (32.5-23.8)
Week 6 vs. Cardinals: 96% (33.2-14.3)
Week 7 at Raiders: 90% (29.6-16.5)
Week 8 vs. Chargers: 81% (29.5-20.3)
Week 9 at Commanders: 84% (31.1-20.5)
Week 10 at Cardinals: 93% (31.1-16.4)
Week 11: Bye
Week 12 vs. Packers: 83% (29.5-19.6)
Week 13 vs. Chiefs: 80% (28.8-19.8)
Week 14 at 49ers: 69% (28.2-22.8)
Week 15 vs. Cowboys: 78% (31.0-22.7)
Week 16 at Seahawks: 57% (24.5-22.5)
Week 17 at Buccaneers: 74% (27.4-20.4)8
Week 18 vs. Seahawks: 71% (26.5-20.4)83 percent against the Packers? 79 percent against the Bills? 63 percent against the Eagles?
81 percent against the Chargers? 61 percent against the Broncos? 76 percent against Shanahan?The guy iz nutz.
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wvParticipantTo have the talent AND
the insane-work-ethic AND
the body-that-can-withstand-the-insane-work-ethic
is purty special. Aaron Donald was in that category. I guess Kobe was too.wvParticipantListened to Cowherd and Middlekauff. Middlekauff said the Rams went to the league and asked for the 49ers to be the Australia opponent. Cause the 49ers essentially get a home game when they play the Rams in LA.
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vwvParticipantI only see six games where I feel pretty confident about the Rams winning. And even a couple of those are iffy. That leaves 11 games that are basically even-ish, in my view.
So if they win half of those even-ish games, AND if they dont get upset in the six games they ‘should’ win — that would be 11 and 6, or 12 and 5. There-abouts.That would be great.
At least they dont have to play the Texans defense this year. But they do get Denver, Philly, Chargers, Seattle-twice.
Good Offenses – they get 49ers-twice, Packers, Cowboys, Bills, Chiefs.
Its annoying to play Philly in Philadelphia again, because a head-to-head loss with the Eagles could easily play into the home-field situation.
I dunno guys.
There is No F’ing way ANY team with this schedule is getting the no.1 seed. Aint happening. A team with an easier schedule will pile up more wins against weak teams.
I’d say that first game is slightly important. Ya know.
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2026
Week 1: San Francisco 49ers, 8:35 p.m. Thur (Australia)
Week 2: New York Giants, Mon 8:15 p.m.
Week 3: at Denver Broncos, 8:20 p.m.
Week 4: at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m.Week 5: Buffalo Bills, Mon 8:15 p.m.
Week 6: Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m.
Week 7: at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m.
Week 8: Los Angeles Chargers,Week 9: at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m.
Week 10: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m.
Week 11: Bye
Week 12: Green Bay Packers, Wed. 8 p.m.
Week 13: Kansas City Chiefs, Thur 8:15Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m.
Week 15: Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
Week 16: at Seattle Seahawks (Christmas), 8:15 p.m.
Week 17: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 18: Seattle SeahawkswvParticipantNot funny, but Chappelle on Pryor
wvParticipantThe Bizness.
wvParticipantEight Teams That Got Screwed by the 2026 NFL Schedule
Conor Orr’s annual look at teams that have tough rest differentials, unwieldy stretches or other disadvantages.
Los Angeles Rams
This schedule is absurd. Seven prime-time games. A season opener in Melbourne, Australia. One of the worst net rest differentials in the NFL. Four 2025 playoff teams in the first five weeks. Thanksgiving Eve. Christmas in prime time against the Seahawks. Two Seahawks games in three weeks to end the season. This, for a team with a 38-year-old starting quarterback who couldn’t get through training camp last year without a space-age health trailer. This is how the NFL unwittingly vanquished the Chiefs last year and is seemingly attempting to do it again with the Rams. There’s a reason Sean McVay cautioned ESPN to hold their horses when talking about the Seattle games at the end of the season because it’s unlikely the Rams will get there totally unscathed. While it’s a reality of the business, it’s disappointing to see the league’s premier offense get absolutely picked apart by factors that are totally within the league’s control.
https://www.si.com/nfl/eight-teams-screwed-2026-nfl-schedule?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
wvParticipantI came across this topic in a book I’m reading. I’d never heard of the ‘Workers Olympiads’. A kind-of socialist-olympics. There were 3, but the biggest was in 1931.
I think we need a leftist football league.
A.I.
The 1931 Workers’ Summer Olympiad in Vienna was a massive international sporting event held from July 19–26, 1931, serving as a socialist counterweight to the “bourgeois” Olympic Games. With over 100,000 athletes and 250,000 spectators, it was the largest sporting event held in Vienna at the time, prioritizing solidarity, peace, and participation over national rivalryIdeology: Organized by the Socialist Workers’ Sport International, the games rejected the nationalism, commercialism, and elitism of the official Olympic Games. They promoted international friendship, with the red flag flying instead of national flags.
Scale: About 100,000 participants (including mass gymnastics) from 26 nations took part, exceeding the scale of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Venue & Events: The games were held in the newly constructed Praterstadion (now Ernst-Happel-Stadion) and the Stadionbad. Events included soccer, athletics, swimming, boxing, gymnastics, and chess.
Cultural Focus: Beyond sports, the event featured a massive “Große Festspiel” opening ceremony.
Finals: The workers’ football tournament final was played in front of 60,000 spectators at the Praterstadion, where the Austrian team defeated Germany 3–2.
wvParticipantRams have lost four in a row to the Eagles.
Rams have lost five in a row to the Packers.
Apparently both teams know how to deal with McVay.
“Nuts!”
Well, if yer comparing the rams schedule to Bastogne and the battle of the bulge, i think thats probably apt. Though, the only things i know about WWII, i learned from John Belushi.
And as General Jack Youngblood once said: He that outlives this schedule, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named. For he that sheds his blood with me, Shall hold their manhoods cheap, Whiles any speaks that fought with us upon So-Fi.
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantYeah, this is brutal.
On the bright side, they have a lot of time between games after the Australia trip, and they have only 3 games in the Eastern time zone all season, and only the November game in Washington has much potential to be a “cold” game.
Looks like 10 or 11 wins, though.
Rams have lost four in a row to the Eagles.
Rams have lost five in a row to the Packers.
Apparently both teams know how to deal with McVay.
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vwvParticipantIf I knew how to post photos, I would post a photo of a buzz saw.
Yeah, that one is unreal. I mean even 3 of the teams that were losers last year, are likely to be a lot better this year: Giants, Commanders, Raiders.
There is no way any team with this schedule is getting the no.1 seed. Very unlikely any team with this schedule is winning a division.
I’m just hoping for a wild-card at this point. I’d take that in a minute.
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vwvParticipantOk, this may be the toughest schedule i have ever seen. Geez.
2026
Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 10, vs. San Francisco 49ers, 8:35 p.m. ET, Netflix (Australia)
Week 2: Monday, Sept. 21, vs. New York Giants, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Week 3: Sunday, Sept. 27, at Denver Broncos, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC
Week 4: Sunday, Oct. 4, at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. ET, FOXWeek 5: Monday, Oct. 12, vs. Buffalo Bills, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Week 6: Sunday, Oct. 18, vs. Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX
Week 7: Sunday, Oct. 25, at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX
Week 8: Sunday, Nov. 1, vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m. ET, FOXWeek 9: Sunday, Nov. 8, at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m. ET, FOX
Week 10: Sunday, Nov. 15, at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
Week 11: Bye
Week 12: Wednesday, Nov. 25, vs. Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m. ET, Netflix
Week 13: Thursday, Dec. 3, vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m. ET, PrimeWeek 14: Sunday, Dec. 13, at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX
Week 15: Sunday, Dec. 20, vs. Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS
Week 16: Friday, Dec. 25, at Seattle Seahawks (Christmas), 8:15 p.m. ET, FOX
Week 17: Saturday/Sunday, Jan. 2/3, at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 18: Saturday/Sunday, Jan. 9/10, vs. Seattle SeahawkswvParticipantMina points out last year, in the second half of the season, the Seahawks offense was 26th in QBR, and 30th in red-zone efficiency — and they went 8-1.
Seemed to me, after the Darnold-melt-down game against the Rams, MacDonald changed the offensive approach. Looked to me like he reined-in Darnold a bit, ran a more conservative, safe offense. It worked.
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vwvParticipantMina’s top three coaches:
1 McVay
2 MacDonald
3 ShanahanwvParticipantSeahawks add a pass-rusher
wvParticipant“..The Rams also have the NFL’s best receivers room..”
I dunno. Maybe.
JSN / Cooper Kupp…
Pickens/CeeDee Lamb…
JaMarr Chase/ T.Higgins..
Jauan Jennings/ Justin Jefferson / Jordan Addison…
Jeudy/KC Concecion / Denzel Boston…One of the reasons i liked Lemon at pick 13 was the Davante situation. I am concerned he’s gonna be slow and old this year. It happens 🙂
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vwvParticipantThe Hav quote. Quoting the unknown defensive lineman from 2018: “I’m not sure which one of you guys is good, but you all play well together”
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vwvParticipantIn the Baldy/Hav vid. I give Erin Coscarelli a lot of credit. She shut-up and let them talk to each other. Dont see that much among the celebrity-interviewer crowd.
Sometimes Erin is a bit too cheerleady-smarmy for my taste but she does have talent.
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vwvParticipantWild Card teams
49ers
Cowboys
PackersWhy do you have Seattle falling back?
Ain’t gonna argue. Just curious.
MacDonald is a great coach, its a solid organization, and they are mostly intact. I think they will probly win ten games –but the NFC looks LOADED to me.
Mainly though, I just think Sam Darnold will come back to earth a bit.
Also, they are the hunted now, and its tough to meet that challenge after everyone has been congratulating you all year.
I think the Rams win the division if the Oline holds up and Stafford is healthy. Stating the obvious.
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vwvParticipantThis is the history/around the league thread. But its also the predict the future thread.
These are my NFC playoff teams, fwiw.
Seahawks and Bears miss the playoffs. QBs come back to earth.
Lions have a cake schedule.
Eagles have better OC.
Saints have a future star QB.
49ers have the evil-shanahan who draws power from electrical substations.
Packers start with a healthy Micah Parsons.
Cowboys had good off-season and have good vet QB.Division winners
Rams
Lions
Eagles
SaintsWild Card teams
49ers
Cowboys
PackerswvParticipantI am not happy with this –> CJ Daniels, Konata Mumpfield, Jordan Whittington, Xavier Smith.
Why cant i have Keenan Allen? Stephon Diggs? DeAndre Hopkins?
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vwvParticipantThis surprised me about Gronk. Dunno why.
wvParticipantSeemed like Last year the 49ers had a cake schedule. This year they have the eighth easiest schedule.
Seattle is 6 ranks easier than the Rams. Which i dont understand.
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vMay 4, 2026 at 11:02 am in reply to: Rams draft grades & assessments from everyone (including us) #163841wvParticipantDraft talk. …Bomani has always had issues with Stafford, btw. He is an old Lions fan, among other things. (He has also commented a lot on how white QBs get treated differently than black QBs)
wvParticipantI discovered this guy the other day. He’s a black, small-farmer, who has strong opinions. I cant quite tell what his politics are, but he’s inter esting.
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