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wvParticipant49ers Owner was arrested and plead no-contest to something or other involving ‘criminal tools’ and prostitution. You can google it.
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vwvParticipantI see Shanahan plays his starters in the preseason:
Regarding preseason game 2: “Not all of them, but I expect a number of starters to play, unlike last week,” Kyle Shanahan said. “I haven’t told them yet, but they’ll find out soon, but yeah, you guys will see a number out there.”
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vwvParticipantDeshaun Watson. He’s been named the week 1 starter I see.
I watched him this preseason. He was awful. I mean he was inaccurate, and slow.
I cannot believe he’s starting for any team in the NFL.And thats leaving aside the 27 women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
Cleveland is nutz. Their coach and owner and GM should be waterboarded.
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vAugust 24, 2026 at 5:52 pm in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165557wvParticipantHe’s Canadian. Not to stereotype too much, but Canadians just have modestly sweet dispositions.
So if he becomes the edge rusher he promises to be, he will also be the one who extends a hand to help the quarterback up afterwards.
Hmmmm. Canadian. A nice Canadian. Well has there ever been a nice Canadian who was a topnotch pass-rusher in the NFL?
What we need is a savage, menacing pass-rusher from the dystopian united states. Maybe someone from the wastelands of Detroit or the rusting ghost-towns of western pennsylvania.
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vAugust 24, 2026 at 9:16 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165546wvParticipantGreg Rosenthal ‘confounded’ by Rams approach with Ty.
wvParticipantA24 production. Janet Planet. I’m not sure whether its a quiet-masterpiece or, the dullest film in the Universe. There’s definitely something gorgeous about the visuals though.
Reviewers all say its about a mother/daughter relationship. I dont think thats what its about. But i have no idea what, if anything, its about.
The movie has stayed with me. For better or worse.
wvParticipantAikman on the sideline ranting about Switzer
August 23, 2026 at 10:07 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165529wvParticipantI watched some old interview-clips of Wesley when he was at Louisville. He almost seems to nice to be a pass-rusher/special-teams-guy. I’m glad he’s nice, but i hope he has the tiger in him to be an NFL disruptor.
wvParticipantI have always loathed liberal Ta-Nehisi Coates. But he’s, apparently, made a ‘little’ progress in his thinking. Maybe. I dunno.
August 23, 2026 at 8:05 am in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165517wvParticipantSaints may have been ‘tired.’
August 22, 2026 at 6:42 pm in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165510wvParticipantI saw the first half and I think Stetson is exactly what he has always been: a mediocre QB who will throw a lot of INTs.
Saints need to bring Jim Haslett back. Or Bum Philips.
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vAugust 22, 2026 at 5:34 pm in reply to: game thread–Saints, 8/22 (broadcast: Long, Rodrigue, Hav) #165504wvParticipantHe beat Alex Wollschlaeger, undrafted rookie out of Kentucky.
Bailey, undrafted out of Louisville. 6’5″ 265 lbs.
AI Overview Wesley Bailey recorded a 4.69-second 40-yard dash and a 1.53-second 10-yard split during his athletic testing.At 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds, the Los Angeles Rams edge rusher displays very good overall speed for his size, earning a Relative Athletic Score (RAS) of 9.83 out of 10.00. His acceleration and burst metrics are highlighted by analysts as a strong part of his initial quickness off the line of scrimmage.
August 22, 2026 at 1:17 pm in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #165500wvParticipantFast robots
wvParticipantRams look good dawg
wvParticipant.. If Davante Adams is getting double-teamed in the red zone, Ferguson has the tools and build to mimic the things Adams did last season.
I am skeptical. Adams might be a Hall of Famer. Thats all I’m gonna say.
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vwvParticipantTook a break from my dystopia/post-apocalyptic reading. (My favorite post-apoc book so far has been Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi)
Started a book called Kill Billionaire, by Anders Lustgarten. I’m only on page 50 or so, and its already my favorite little book of the last few years. Its perfect. Thats all I’m saying. And it will never be reviewed by any MSM site.
A bit on Anders, fwiw:
Anders Lustgarten is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his first two plays, The Insurgents (2007) and Enduring Freedom (2008), were produced. Other work includes The Punishment Stories, (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate Award), an adaptation of Slawomir Mrozek’s The Police (BAC 2007), The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie (2010) for the National Theatre Studio and If You Don’t Let Us Dream Then We Won’t Let You Sleep (Royal Court, 2013). Anders is a political activist, has taught on Death Row, been arrested by the Turkish secret police, and holds a PhD in Chinese politics from the University of California. He also won the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwrights Award with a commission from the Royal Court in 2011.
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vwvParticipantmy hope is that he can be the second option over adams or at least show the potential to eventually be that. doesn’t have to be a kelce caliber player.
Well they definitely dont have a Kelce but maybe they can all add up to a Kelce. Parkinson is the tallest at 6’7″ (4.77 in the 40) Maybe he will be the best in the redzone.
Max Klare is the smallest of the group at 6’4″. (4.70 forty) But hes sposed-to-be good after the catch.
Higby is 6’6″ and has been there, and done that.
I dunno. How do the Rams weapons really stack up compared to the other contenders:
Puka, Adams, Higby, Ferguson, Klare, Parkinson, Kyren, Corum, Whittington, Mumpfield, CJ, X-Smith.
Is it enough?
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vwvParticipantSigh.
wvParticipant“Coming in (last year), I never expected to play the positions I’m playing,” Ferguson said. “Being able to play F, Z, Y and X, all of them together, it’s definitely been a big jump. … They ask me to do a lot of things down the field but then also be reliable on the line of scrimmage. It’s about finding that happy medium.”
———–Can certainly see how it would take more than one year to become comfortable at this position.
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vwvParticipantThere’s just no argument they’ve drafted well.
Thats interesting.
I would say though, that not ever position is equal. If you draft a good QB, it goes a long way in the new-NFL. I mean, how many linebackers and safetys and tight ends does it take to equal a QB ?
Think about the Browns. I suspect they have drafted pretty well the last few years. But they have so totally botched the QB position that it doesnt matter.
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vwvParticipantSome of these made me laugh out loud.
wvParticipantSome more thoughts on Ferguson. I don’t think anyone is saying he’s a Kelce, Gronkowsi, or Winslow etc. It’s that the 13 personnel packages give someone like Ferguson an opportunity. He becomes the deep threat in a 13 personnel package the defense must defend as a whole. He has enough raw talent to do that much, if he is developing into a solid pro.
Time will tell, but If they liked Ferguson so much…why did they pick another move-tight-end in the second round the very next year?
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantCooper.
wvParticipantwhat Ferguson gives them is a tall, big deep threat with good hands.
Well if he turns out to be a ‘deep threat’ that would be great. But he’s a 4.63 guy. (He seems a little clunky to me)
Kenyon Sadiq by comparison is 4.39. Evan Engram 4.42. So, i dunno.
Granted Kellen Winslow ran a 4.62 at the combine. But, as you know he was a bum.
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vAugust 18, 2026 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Note: no chat for the KC pre-season game, this is our game thread #165428wvParticipantwvParticipantthe only thing is i think that’s michael hoecht in the 97 jersey which tells me that it’s an old video. poona ford wears the 97 jersey now and that is definitely not poona.
Well damn. Good catch.
I swear I am always wary of EVERY vid i post these days. This post-modern-AI-internet is exasperating.
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vwvParticipanti guess it means one of two things. either higbee has fallen far off his peak form or ferguson has a true breakout year. i’m hoping for the latter. i actually hope that he surpasses even davante. it’d mean that the rams have two young viable targets beyond this season with adams heading toward free agency and higbee toward retirement. and then maybe one or two of daniels and klare breakout the season after that.
Well, did you see Ferguson flash any traits last year? I just didnt see anything that really popped. Just seemed like ‘a guy’ to me. What did you see?
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantAtkins: … But I believe Terrance Ferguson will emerge from that group as the player worthy of an every-week, game-planned role. The best version of this offense will have Ferguson leading the tight ends in catches and yards, and finishing third on the team in both categories behind Adams and Nacua.
Maybe. But I think Higbee is still the best receiving TE they have and if he’s healthy I think he’s better than Ferguson.
This is a guy that had 72 receptions in 2022. He only played 3 games in 2024 and 10 games in 2025. So, is he still the 70-reception guy, or, is he the 33 year-old injured guy ?
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