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Bubba Ventrone said Xavier Smith has been “inconsistent” in the return game thru 3 weeks. “We need to do a better job of tracking the ball, judging the ball, fielding the ball.”

Sigh. That is what training camp and preseason is for.

I’m starting to think its just impossible for the Rams to find topnotch special teams players.

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Brian Flores DC of the Vikings has blitzed at a rate of between 64 and 78 percent (depending on the source-site), according to A.I.

No other team is in the same blitzing-Universe right now.

Undefeated Vikes play the 0-3 Dolphins next. (Dolphins lost their fine RB De’von Achane for the year)

Dolphins are the team that fired Flores, who then sued the Dolphins and the NFL.

One wonders what this game will look like.

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So the Saints play the Falcons on Monday Night Football. Apparently, they are celebrating Hurricane Katrina.

NFC South, man. One of those teams is gonna get a home playoff game.

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Remembering the Saints return to the dome 20 years later

Twenty years ago, New Orleans was still a city trying to find its way home.

Hurricane Katrina had displaced families, destroyed neighborhoods, and left the Superdome badly damaged.

But on Sept. 25, 2006, the New Orleans Saints came home. And for one night, a city still recovering had something to celebrate together

“It was controversial, but it meant a lot; now, as you look back 20 years later — it’s like, wow. It was really important,” former WWL anchor Mike Hoss said.

Hoss covered the Saints and New Orleans’ road back after Katrina. He remembers the debate over repairing the Superdome when thousands of people were still displaced, and entire neighborhoods were struggling to rebuild.

But the Dome’s reopening became a visible sign that New Orleans was coming back.

“We were a closer community because of it. ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08. ’06 season was a huge NFC championship,” Hoss said.

That first game back was Monday Night Football: the Saints against the Atlanta Falcons. The sold-out Superdome erupted early when Saints safety Steve Gleason broke through the line and blocked an Atlanta punt. Saints cornerback Curtis DeLoatch recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown.

For Saints fan Michael Lester, the moment meant more than football.

“The Saints were not going to let us down. The Saints were going to do whatever it took to elevate this city,” Lester said.

Lester says he’s never forgotten how that night felt. Neither has Keith Williams, known for dressing up as the Pope at Saints games.

“Oh man, to block that punt, and we were playing the Dirty Birds. And if you don’t know what that’s about… The difference between Atlanta and a bathtub… even a bathtub has a ring,” Williams jokingly said.

The Saints beat Atlanta 23-3.

But for many fans, what happened that night still means more than the final score…

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/closer-community-because-remembering-saints-234021826.html

Puka, Myles, Jaylen Watson, Ferguson. Kinchens? Parkinson gimpy.

Not great, but at least the Oline is ok. Eagles would feast on a subpar oline.

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Bears were more intense than the Eagles. You could tell in the first few minutes.

But then, Ben Johnson totally out-coached Siriani, as well. Johnson played to Keenum’s strengths all night.

Big loss for the Eagles.

Rams can pull ahead of the Eagles with a head-to-head win. Both teams are gonna be intense next week. Huge game for both teams.

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Gotta say, the WR did a F’ing masterful job of selling the fake P.I. Its easy to see its not P.I. if you watch it in slow motion, but in real time, I could see how it could be one of three things: P.I, No-call, or Offensive-P.I.

The Pick-Six was the play of the game, though. That was the killer. Cant have that.

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Not good.

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Bills 24
Chargers 16

Bills had 5 turnovers. LA had 1.
Bills also allowed 4 sacks. LA allowed 2 sacks.

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