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wvParticipantPossibly the best Divisional Round in NFL history?
And so many ‘story lines.’ Aaron Rogers and Tom Brady go home.
NFL/TV suits are hoping the super bowl aint: Cincy vs Garopolo
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantThat last throw, is what they got Stafford for.
He launched it.Its the kind of play thats been intercepted this year.
But in the biggest game….there was the gunslinger.
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vwvParticipantKupp in his presser, called that last route the
“love of the game route”w
vwvParticipantWhole-Lee Shit 🙂
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vwvParticipantTrent Williams
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wvParticipantSaw the hi-lites of both saturday games. Wow. Looked like throw-back games to the early 70s. Ferocious defenses, sacking QBs at will.
Looked like Rams vs Vikings or Steelers vs Raiders from the 70s.Kinda fun to see.
Not sure i was expecting that. I mean sure, Titans and 49ers play that way, but the Bengals and Packers?
I assume the Chiefs vs Bills will not look like that.
Dunno what to expect from Rams vs Bucs.
…wonder if DeeBo will be able to play next week?
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vwvParticipantListen to this Nightmare Scenario…
January 22, 2022 at 4:50 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135601wvParticipantI dunno. I keep seeing vid after vid talking about the Bucs OLine injuries.
Nothing. Absolutely nuthing on Whitworth.Its a HUGE loss. The guy is more than his blocking. He’s a leader, a force.
I think both teams might lose, sunday.
===========wvParticipantWhole-Lee shit. No Whitworth. Sigh.
That is the sound of a ship hitting an iceberg.
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vJanuary 20, 2022 at 1:51 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135573wvParticipantRaheem Morris was once a young head coach for tampa. That fact escaped me.
—January 19, 2022 at 2:21 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135560wvParticipantI guess what sets Brady apart is his ‘mentalfootball processor.’
Some sorta brain-thing. An ability to process lots of kaleidoscopic football-info
really fast and then make a decisive, accurate throw.So ya got your mental ‘processing’ part of it,
and the physical ‘accuracy’ part of it.Added to that, you had Belichick for all those years,
and in Tampa you had a perfect storm of talent around him.Then ya got his single-minded commitment to health, nutrition,
film study, leadership, team-first-orientation.Added to that you have some luck as far as
being injury-free for decades, in a rough sport.I have always despised the man for his politics and
I still do, but I have also had to give him a
smile and a sigh and concede he is and has been the best
drop-back-QB I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen Kurt, Marino,
Staubach, Aikman, Stabler, Griese, Montana…But the game is changing, and I dont even know if
Mahommes, Josh Allen, etc are playing the same position as Brady.
Tomlin was interesting the other day in an interview. Said he
valued a QB who could move. Said the game is changing.To win a Ring, the Rams would have to go thru
Brady, then probly Aaron Rogers, then probly
Mahommes/Josh Allen.As good as Stafford is, and i do think he was an upgrade,
just look at those ‘other’ top-QBs. Damn.It will take a team effort, obviously. Gonna have to be defense,
special teams and a running game and no stafford-panic/arrogant-throws.Unlikely they get thru that murderers row of elite-QBs on playoff-teams.
Ah well. I cant pick against Brady at home. If it were in LA, I might,
but its in Tampa. No-one is more equipped to pick on the Rams Linebackers
and weak-links in the secondary than Tom Brady. He just aint gonna hold the ball.
He just aint.Tampa 27
Rams 20wvParticipantCam Akers getting a lot of attention in the media:
wvParticipantHaf to admit, I liked his shoes.
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vwvParticipantI like Woods, a lot. He is good at a lot of different things. With the ball in his hands, he has the vision and sense of space you find in RBs. I would never disparge him or underestimate him. But I also think Beckham just has some elite traits. I think he has some traits that are a higher level that even Ellard, Bruce, and Holt.
As I said I think his hands are magic special. And his “vertical vision” and “vertical timing” (if I can coin those terms) is special.
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I didnt realize you hated Ellard, Bruce and Holt so much.
Why dont you hate on Harold Jackson and Jack snow
while you’re at it.w
vwvParticipantFun Fact from John Breech at CBS:
“The loss means that the Cowboys have now gone 11 straight playoff appearances without reaching a conference championship game, which is the longest streak in NFL history.”
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Yeah, I’ve been savoring all these Cowboy factoids the media has been spewing.
I think I’ve finally found something about the media I like.
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vwvParticipantGeorge Allen? Zero playoff wins with the Rams? Damn.
Hadn’t thought about that.
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vwvParticipantI know what you’re saying about Beckham, but to me what sets him massively apart is his hands. He may be the best pure Rams “hands” catcher I have seen, though Bruce and Holt and Ellard were obviously good too.
Beckham just has magic hands..
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Yeah, Brandin Cooks had over a thousand yards for the rams, but i never
really trusted his hands in traffic, or if the ball was high.But OBJ is a guy i might throw it to even if the DB wall all over him.
Still…i dunno if OBJ/Kupp is better than Robert Woods/Kupp. I dunno.
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vwvParticipant“Mcvay took pressure off Stafford…it was a Jarod Goff gameplan”
wvParticipantHeard a stat: Staffords game — highest rated Playoff QB rating of any ram qb in
ram history. At the six minute mark.wvParticipantGreat win. Rams are an NFC-final-four team, as they should be.
Its been a ‘good year.’
But can they do better than ‘good year’ ?
Saw a stat, btw. Most years before a playoff win:
Brodie, Deberg 14 years.
Stafford, Tarkenton, Morrall – 13 years.Cam Akers was such a big loss. I had no expectation of him
making back 100 percent ‘next’ year, let alone ‘this’ year.Stafford looked like he was consciously — very very consciously – trying
NOT to make any dum passes. …but there was that long pass that
should have been an INT. Sigh.OBJ is just ‘different’ than any other Ram WR i can remember.
He doesnt seem like he quite fits the usual ram-model. Its not his route-running
that sets him apart, its more like his ‘spring-ee-ness,’ bouncy-ness, strength,
and hands. Woulda been awesome if Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp and OBJ were ALL
out there. Ah well.Some great games coming up.
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vwvParticipantGotta say, that Deebo Samuel is one of the most
entertaining offensive players in the NFL.Frankly, ALL the fortyniner ballcarriers look like they were shot
out of cannons when they run.Green Bay is gonna beat’em though. Wont even be that close.
Its that extra week of rest. Packers will look a step quicker, I bet.w
vwvParticipantMe and George Allen like this move.
We’d rather have a wily, crafty veteran on crutches out there,
than a young, fast punk.w
vJanuary 13, 2022 at 5:26 pm in reply to: setting up the Arizona playoff game (us, the media, etc.) #135441wvParticipantGot puter issues, need new hard drive, so I may
not check in for a bit. Might be fixed soon, not sure though.Anyway, Cards will win. Rams OLine is just not right. Its ok, but
its not playoff-team-ok.Worst personnel decision in five years — tutu, instead of OLine.
Also, losing Robert Woods was just huge. Odell is a nice, talented toy, and can do some stuff Kupp and Woods cant — but he aint Woods, and they need Woods.
Also a few weak links at LB and secondary. Just enough to
cost the rams against top teams.I also think we will find out Stafford was a lot more
hurt than the are letting on. I just dont believe you go from
his first-half-of-the-season numbers to the second-half-of-the-season-numbers without ‘some’ change. Yes, the Oline has faltered, but i think the old-vet has also gotten a bit bulgerized.So. Rams Lose. Media blames it all on Stafford.
“Never won a playoff game” “Rams went all IN and are now total-busts”Blah blah.
And next year, the could still win a Ring.
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vwvParticipantI really thought Cooper was too fragile and played to recklessly
to make it thru a 17 game season.
Predicted Kupp would be hurt at some point this season.And he went out and won the triple crown. Just like Secretariat.
Whom i also predicted would have a heart attack.So. I am now predicting the cardinals will beat
the Rams.w
vwvParticipantSo the question is why. The personnel didn’t change at the half. And the scheme didn’t change. They were still sending only 4 on most downs. But they just trashed the Rams’ OL in the second half.
The thing that makes the most sense to me is that Shanahan amped up his team at the half, and told them their season was on the line, and that if they didn’t get after it with everything they had, they weren’t going to go to the playoffs. And McVay said, “Attaway, guys! Keep it up!”
And the 9ers lit the Rams up with their intensity until McVay regrouped the team on the sideline.
Let’s hope he learns from that.
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As painful as the loss was, etc, and so forth,
that was one helluva game. Coulda gone either way,
much like the Rams/Titans super bowl.It was Ali vs Frasier. Somethin like that.
I would love to see a third one. Thrilla in SoFilla.
That whole weekend was marvelous, for NFL fans.
Some of the best games of the year all
clustered together.w
vwvParticipantSaw a stat in a vid. Which nfc team has best record
since the halfway mark?49ers. At 8-3.
Packers, Bucs, Eagles 7-3
Cowboys 7-4
Rams 6-4w
vwvParticipantIt’s amazing the accolades the Rams o-line always gets from sources like PFF, but when they face the really stout defensive fronts they crumble like a tray of Apple Brown Betty.
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Yeah, I’m not sure I’ve seen as bad an Oline performance as I saw
in that second half. 49ers just mauled everything that moved: backs, receivers,
Stafford, McVay, Snead.I think Aker’s got himself body-slammed at one point.
What a furious, furious defense that unit played.
And yet….there was Stafford and the Rams, driving the ball for
a TD with a couple mins left.The 49ers PASSED their way down the field for the win.
Didnt see that coming.
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vwvParticipantAgain, if we don’t get to the NFC Title game, it will go down as a failed season.
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Well, the media says that so often its become a mantra,
but I dont know why thats more true now with the rams, than
any season with any team.I think that kind of mantra ignores 12 wins and all the
good stuff they’ve done this year.So for me, i just reject that whole “failed season” thing.
Also, I think their window is still open for a couple more
years or so. I just think what they need to do is simply
add a couple god-dam OLineman. Instead of tutus.w
vwvParticipantAfter the bodybag game, it might be good to have an extra day,
but who knows.w
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