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znModeratorGood luck with the power. Already did a couple of them previously.
thanx on both counts. ….. The storm blew endless trees on to powerlines…might be days
October 31, 2017 at 12:12 am in reply to: black holes, gravitational waves, n other stuff like that #76700znModeratorSo much fascinating stuff. I love listening to podcasts with cosmologists talking about these things. Joe Rogan has a couple – Lawrence Krauss, Sean Carroll, N D Tyson. I can’t pretend to understand quantum mechanics or astrophysics, but not all of it goes over my head.
for example post links to that stuff…i dont know about it and would love to
October 31, 2017 at 12:10 am in reply to: black holes, gravitational waves, n other stuff like that #76698znModeratorI lurk. I’m a taker. I steal my takes from this board. I lack my own original thoughts. This place works out perfect for me.
post more guy, we miss you
znModeratorWell done Mac. Glad to hear it all.
And a special thanks to snow too, who took it to the next level.
Pie for everyone.
znModeratorAnd…no upset.
znModeratorFinal minute. Seattle ball.
znModeratorI will watch the Cowboys and redskins. Because I will have fun watching one of them lose. Seattle will get stupid calls and win.
lol
too true
znModeratorTexans start out strong against Seattle. But we’ve heard that story before with Seattle. Seattle usually hangs tough so we’ll see.
And sure enough. Just like that. Earl Thomas pick 6.
znModeratorI dunno about DT’s in general
Not DTs in general. Elite DTs. Which are rare. Elite DTs are more rare than elite qbs.
I define an elite DT this way. As a rule no offense can function if someone who starts that close to the ball is disruptive. So a good DT automatically attracts special attention. He’s part of a numbers game–he draws attention, others on the D benefit.
But that’s not an elite DT yet.
An elite DT is a guy who draws that kind of gameplan level attention…AND makes plays anyway.
znModeratorI dunno about DT’s in general
Not DTs in general. Elite DTs. Which are rare. Elite DTs are more rare than elite qbs.
I define an elite DT this way. As a rule no offense can function if someone who starts that close to the ball is disruptive. So a good DT automatically attracts special attention. He’s part of a numbers game–he draws attention, others on the D benefit.
But that’s not an elite DT yet.
An elite DT is a guy who draws that kind of gameplan level attention…AND makes plays anyway.
znModeratorsome folks “dont think a DT is worth it”
I agree with you about his overall value just as a top defender.
But I also think elite DTs ARE worth it too.
Not saying you disagree.
Elite DTs are rare and there are very good, sound, basic football reasons why they are very good for your defense. Better than having 2 other good players at different positions.
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October 29, 2017 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Mark Barron has become one of the best linebackers in the NFL #76641znModeratorA lot of interesting things happening. Joyner is absolutely lights out at safety. Johnson can flat out play too.
I honestly don’t know how Walker and Smart are doing at NT though I assume it’s fine.
They have Donald, Brockers, the ILBs, the safeties, and the corners are just fine.
The only real area crying out for an upgrade is OLB.
The Rams blitz a lot and I don’t think that was the plan going in. The blitzing looks like it’s making up for weak areas at OLB.
Maybe Quinn comes along, as some are suggesting. But that in itself won’t be enough.
Wade adjusted this D on the fly. He began with using the ILBs one way and counting on the OLBs and not knowing what he had in Donald (not really, not hands on knowing).
Now he is using Donald better and better, shifted Brockers to DE, altered how he uses his ILBs (which is way beyond normal for ILBs) and makes up for the OLBs by blitzing.
The week 1 defense and the week 7 defense were different animals.
He did that under fire, in the heat of the season. Some guys can’t fix a defense with a whole off-season to work with.
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znModeratorIt was a fun movie.
Where did you see it? Most places it’s not out yet.
October 28, 2017 at 8:23 pm in reply to: top 10 plays of the year & other season highlights so far #76626znModeratorOctober 28, 2017 at 8:14 pm in reply to: top 10 plays of the year & other season highlights so far #76625znModeratorStrong start to the season 👏
Back to it next week! #LARams pic.twitter.com/IFZiTaNikr
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 27, 2017
October 28, 2017 at 8:13 pm in reply to: top 10 plays of the year & other season highlights so far #76624znModerator.@NFL’s touchdown leader looking good at the bye.
👏👏👏 @TG3II pic.twitter.com/HxlXc6eOEo
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 28, 2017
znModeratorWell what’s his passer-rating the last three games, compared to the first three or four?
His QB rating keeps goin down, i believe.
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znModeratorThrough 7 Games, Goff has Shown Significant Improvement under McVay
Myles Simmons
Quarterback Jared Goff started seven games as a rookie. The results of those contest weren’t what anyone would have wanted — especially considering Los Angeles went 0-7.
But Goff has started seven games in 2017, too, and he’s thrived in head coach Sean McVay’s scheme. The Cal product is currently No. 7 with 1719 yards passing, he’s completing 60 percent of his passes, he has nine touchdowns to just four interceptions, and sports a 90.3 passer rating.
Plus, the quarterback leads a team that’s No. 1 in scoring at 30.3 points per game. You likely don’t need a reminder, but Los Angeles scored only 14.0 points per game in 2016, generating 10 points or fewer in nine of 16 games.
“I think really he’s done a good job of improving throughout this first part of the season,” McVay said of Goff this week. “I think he’s gotten better and better. I think that anytime that you’re able to learn from your experiences both good and bad, you’re going to give yourself a chance to for growth.”
Goff has done just that over the course of the season. For instance, in the Week 2 contest against Washington, Goff threw an interception to start what could’ve been a game-tying offensive series. A few weeks later against Seattle, Goff nearly led Los Angeles to a last-minute victory, delivering multiple accurate passes to bring the offense into scoring territory.
And the young quarterback continues to recognize where he can make improvements, as illustrated in his postgame comments after Sunday’s 33-0 victory over the Cardinals in London.
“I would say that I thought I took care of the ball well besides the one play,” Goff said, referring to his interception. “That play is one that’s going to stick with me and bother me for a little while, because it was just a dumb play. Dumb throw. Something I can’t do there. We would have been turnover free without that, I believe. So that’s one that I would like to have back.”
But even when those negative plays happen, McVay has said he’s been particularly impressed with Goff’s ability to come back in a positive manner.
“The one thing that I really have been impressed with with Jared is he takes things so well when they don’t always go our way,” McVay said. “You look at the way that he responded after we turned the ball over the other day, he responds with a great 16-play drive, had a couple good third-down conversions there where he’s throwing the football and [making] good decisions. I think he’s really doing a great job.”
The emergence of the Rams’ ground game with running back Todd Gurley has also clearly aided Goff and the rest of the unit.
“Whenever he’s getting going it obviously helps our whole offense,” Goff said. “I love handing off the ball and letting him run. There’s nothing better than that — letting him go. Then, obviously, it opens up the pass rush a lot more. So any time we can get him going, we want to. And I think it’s a testament to the guys up front ultimately — I think he would say the same thing. It’s nice having the holes he’s having now and him doing the rest.”
But McVay gave credit to Goff as well for the way the run game has been handled. And that’s part of what the head coach wants to continue to see as the season goes on.
“I think sometimes there’s things that take place where it might just be his handling of the run game that you can’t always appreciate that might not show up on the stats,” McVay said. “But I think he’s just continuing to take an ownership on our offense. We talk about being an extension of the coaching staff and I think he is truly starting to become that.
“But, he’s only going to continue to grow and get better,” McVay continued. “And in terms of where we want him to be, I think we just want him to just continue to take those daily steps and he’s done that and been receptive.”
znModeratorThe guy sounds almost too perfect. I wonder what his weaknesses are?
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znModeratorznModeratorI hear a football coach but I see Ryan Seacrest.
znModeratorznModeratorI don’t feel the Rams offense OR defense has put together an entire game yet…… due to…well,
still getting comfortable with the schemes on both sides of the ball – making it 2nd nature. idkWhat’s interesting to me is the offense and their lack of emotion in which they play….that’s not a bad thing…
it’s just I think they take on Goff’s personality a bit. The offense just executes or tries to…and if things go well – a mild celebration…and if they go poorly?
Nary an acknowledgement of failure…just walk off the field and ready to come back and do it again…just BETTER this next series.
Goff is missing something in his brain, which makes him quite suited for Football…..and that is his lack of fear…or much emotion. Goff is no Farvre/PRivers in their exuberance for playing a “game”…..but Goff just executes and comes back again….like the solemn executioner. Goff is quietly relentless in his stoic determination to come back and back and back and try again. A determination that is unemotional & always present. Memento Mori.It’s an oddity, but I appreciate THAT quality in Goff…as I would if that quality was the man piloting a flight I was on (Sully?!)…or a surgery I was having and my doctor has that same demeanor. I think it lends itself to fewer emotional peaks&valleys and keeps Goff and his offense more present in the moment with no residue of bad mistakes from a previous play.
All this is…somehow, a compliment to Goff’s mental approach to the game…an approach that is foreign to me but one I appreciate.
I think that’s all true. And well said.
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October 27, 2017 at 8:27 am in reply to: Football Outsiders on Donald being ridiculously good #76583znModeratorHow does Donald compares to the all-time greats at DT? Does he already deserve to be mentioned among the best ever of the game…Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Alan Page, Joe Greene, etc?
I do know this detail. There are only 3 DTs in all NFL history who were in the pro bowl each one of their first 3 years in the league. It’s Donald, Olson, and Greene.
znModeratorRams LB Connor Barwin Talks Jared Goff and Carson Wentz Similarities
Los Angeles Rams linebacker Connor Barwin joins “NFL Total Access” to compare Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz.
October 26, 2017 at 6:16 pm in reply to: With two weeks to prepare, can Rams challenge the Giants? #76574znModeratorSince 2012, the Rams have been 3-2 after bye weeks. Mostly it’s a story of the quarterbacks.
That was with a different coach but there are enough players around from then who know this chemistry that it could carry over or even be recharged in new ways. I don’t know about that really but the history is interesting anyway.
In 2012, they lost 3 straight before the bye, and lost them dramatically. Among other things the OL was a mess. Remember the 45-7 loss to the Patz in London? That was just before the bye. They then used the bye to upgrade their redzone passing offense and get their OL back healthy. From that point on they had a near 50% TD rate in redzone passes, among the 2-3 best in the league, and had a much stronger 2nd half, starting with the famous overtime tie game in SF, a game where they were expected to be patsies but played tough. They went 3-1-1 the 5 games after the bye in the wake of going 0-3 in the 3 games before the bye. They never had enough steam to overcome the record from the first half of the season but they were clearly different and better after the bye.
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In 2013, they won after the bye but that was with Clemens and so not a structurally different team the way they were in 2012 after the bye. That is, they could improve the redzone passing game with Bradford in 2012, and re-gather an OL that had been an injury mess before the bye in 2012, but in 2013 there was only so much they could do with Stacy and Clemens.In 2014, they tried, but that was with Austin Davis. This is the game where they tried and failed to stage a comeback against the Foles quarterbacked Eagles. A game that was there for the taking but it was clear the qb lost the game for them.
In 2015, they lost in an embarassing way to Green Bay before the bye, and that was the beginning of the end for Foles. They managed to reduce his profile in the 2 games after the bye, which they won against lowly teams by springing Gurley loose and playing good defense under Williams. They won those games by a total of 51-12 and Gurley in both games combined ran 39 times for 261 yards. Those gave the illusion that Foles could still manage a game if they could run and play defense. 2 more games with Foles melting down and that “fix” fell apart so they switched to Keenum.
In 2016 after the bye they played Carolina tough but to no avail. Not being able to run the ball in 2016 eventually took its toll on everything.
So from 2012-16, they were 3-2 after the bye. In each case they put in major fixes, the most successful coming in 2012 and then (much more temporarily) in 2015.
In the last 5 years their qbs after byes have been Bradford, Clemens, Davis, Foles, and Keenum.
I actually think it’s something of an achievement to do as well as they did considering the fact that there’s only one starting caliber qb on that list.
I expect them after NY to be 4-2 after byes. The McVay Rams fix issues on a weekly basis–it’s visible. Imagine them with an extra week.
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