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znModeratorJackson Durham@JDurham_FBall
Rams restructured Quentin Lake’s contract today to become cap compliant according to Over the CapThe move puts the team at $2.8 million in cap space for this season and added 2 additional void years to the deal for cap purposes.
Spotrac@spotrac
The #Rams converted $4.285M of S Quentin Lake’s salary into signing bonus, adding two void years, creating $3.4M of 2026 cap space.Lake has 3-years, $37.25M remaining on his contract, including a fully guaranteed $12.75M for 2027.
September 9, 2026 at 1:12 pm in reply to: “Insert action” (how McVay uses it & why it matters) #165959znModeratorBump.
This is a really interesting topic.
znModeratorRamsRushHour@RamsRushHour
Rams fans, don’t sleep on Jaylen Watson.2x Super Bowl Champ, 6’2” boundary CB, coming off a 2025 season where he ranked top-6 in run defense and dropped 64 tackles & 2 INTs.
Huge addition to the secondary!
znModeratorRams Bros.@RamsBrothers
I just received this message from @justinglewis via DM. It’s so damn good. I had to share it out with you all.“Rams fan since 1986 from Melbourne.. Melbourne is not a whiners town .. probably more 49ers down here but the Rams have been making great inroads over the past 5 years or so. Had a great fan day last year where my family and I met Steve Avila and Davis Allen , who were great guys and a credit to the organisation. Will be at the MCG in 48 hours to see my beloved Rams play live for the first time so getting very excited! Love the pod keep up the great work! LETS GOO RAMS!!”
znModeratorBrett Kollmann@BrettKollmann
Should be noted that the Seahawks offense was #2 in EPA per pass in the first half the season and #23 in EPA per pass in the back half of the season.The line of demarcation was week 11 when the Rams just…you know…didn’t let JSN get any 1v1s.
znModeratorTanning Salon Don@TheSalonDon
Rams have a great strategy for the Australia gameThey rented an A380. The most expensive charter plane on earth
Enough lay flat seats for all the players and cabin altitude of 5,000 compared to 8,000 on regular passenger planes
The players can actually get a good night sleep on this plane. Due to low cabin altitude, high humidity, and its dead quiet.
Wake up, warm up, and play the game staying on Pacific time
The Niners have now adjusted to a different time zone where the game is played at 10am. Not the time their body is trained to perform
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Rams are headed to Australia 🇦🇺 in style! pic.twitter.com/bFICWZ3yWN
— Poko (@Iampoko_t) September 9, 2026
znModeratorJeff Simmons@realjeffsimmons
Week 1 is a liar and not a typical predictor of future performance.Both Super Bowl teams lost in Week 1 last year.
New England lost at home to Geno/Raiders, who ended up with the first pick.
Seattle called 1 play action pass in a self destructive offensive game plan
znModeratorRams vs. 49ers is the MOST important regular season game of the Kyle Shanahan era in San Francisco 🏈@49ers | @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/xrMKecLg3R
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) September 8, 2026
znModeratorWhy isn’t the Embedding working? I looked up how to embed Instagram, and it shows that ya just paste the link, and it seemed to work in 2014.
Dunno.
But here’s the youtube version.
znModeratorfrom NFL Coaches, GMs and Execs Vote on the Best QB at the End of 2026
Albert Breer
https://www.si.com/nfl/nfl-coaches-gms-execs-vote-best-qb-end-of-2026
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This year, I sent out nearly 200 requests for votes, knowing that cut-down week is a busy one, and some people won’t get back to me. This year, we received 104 ballots. All 32 teams had voters in this poll, and 30 of the 32 had multiple voters, so we have a diverse cross-section of the league. Among the voters—GMs, personnel executives, head coaches, offensive and pass-game coordinators and quarterbacks coaches—we received ballots from 20 head coaches and 21 general managers.
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1. Josh Allen, Bills
• 427 points• 49 first-place votes
• Appeared on 101 ballots
• Last year: Second place
Allen’s the most feared player in football because he’s grown into a quarterback who affects the defense on every single level—and this is one of those where NFL coaches and evaluators had little doubt about what he was becoming even when the general public had questions. So it makes sense that now, with more questions arising, there are plenty of NFL folks anticipating he’ll hit another level in Buffalo’s new setup. “He’s still the most dangerous all around,” said one VP of player personnel, “and the offense may be less conservative this year.”
2. Matthew Stafford, Rams
• 356 points• 33 first-place votes
• Appeared on 92 ballots
• Last year: Seventh place
The respect for Stafford has always been there. But the way he played last year left a mark with those in his path. He jumped five spots, breaking the two-year hold that Mahomes, Allen, Jackson and Burrow had on the top four spots. One rival GM called Stafford, “As elite a passer as there is in the league.” Few players are capable of playing and operating from the pocket like Stafford, which is why no one has any problem projecting him at 38 years old to stay near the top.
3. Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs
• 247 points• 12 first-place votes
• Appeared on 86 ballots
• Last year: First place
I figured he’d fall a little bit, but I didn’t anticipate that he’d be left off 18 ballots. But Allen was already gaining on him after Mahomes won over 90% of the first-place votes in 2020, ’22, ’23 and ’24. Those who’ve stuck to their guns on him this year point to the expected improvement of the run game, with Kenneth Walker III aboard (Josh Simmons’s health will be important in that regard). “The key component is the addition of Walker,” texted an AFC assistant GM. “It feels like they’ll get more balance with him in the offense.” Which should eliminate some of the hits he’s been taking, too.
znModeratorNick Wagoner@nwagoner
#49ers DT Alfred Collins tore his patella tendon in practice yesterday. He’s out for the season.znModeratorAll we have to decide is are you the type of person that would put the poison in front of yourself.
Never go up against a Canadian when football predictions are on the line.
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znModeratorJosh Chambers@JoshChambers
Kurt Warner says he was making $5.50/hour stocking grocery store shelves, living on food stamps, but refused to let other people decide he couldn’t play“I was actually living with Brenda and her parents and her two kids because I didn’t have any money to my name. I ended up finding a job stocking shelves. I would go in about 10:30 at night and work until about 5:30 in the morning, come home, sleep for a couple hours, watch the kids all day long, work out in the afternoon, Brenda and I would have a little dinner together, and then back to work again. That was the life.”
“She was on food stamps from before, and me making $5.50 an hour. There was never a time where I got a chance to play and I didn’t play well. Of all the things when people say, ‘What kept you going?’, that was it.”
“Until somebody shows me that I can’t play, I can’t give up on this dream. Because all I know is that when I do get that opportunity, I excel.”
“In the back of my mind I’m thinking, ‘I am so much better than Arena Football.’ While I’m working for $5.50 an hour in a grocery store, I’m thinking to myself, ‘I’m so much better than Arena Football.’”
“But I fell in love with the game again. I had a bunch of guys that didn’t care how much money they made, didn’t care what the accommodations were, probably were never going to play in the NFL, they just loved playing football.”
znModeratorKyle Libby@KyleLibby
Do you expect Alaric or Puka to be suspended by the league or has that ship sailed?Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
I never want to predict these things. It does seem less likely once we get past Week 1. The optics would be awful to let stars play in a primetime international game and then serve a suspension against other teams.znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121
assuming a healthy 2026 season, this year stafford will become the rams all-time leader in:pass tds
pass completions
pass yardshe’s currently:
#1 in qb rating
#1 in lowest interception rate
#2 in wins(among the top 25 rams qbs in pass attempts)
znModeratorI know for absolute certainty the only true answer to the question, is not starting AD in the Melbourne game a good or a bad decision.
It’s clear as day what the answer is.
In fact, it will be the first thing I post about immediately after the game.
Right then and there, I will declare what the obvious truth was all along.
znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams HC Sean McVay said Aaron Donald won’t play Thursday vs. 49ers***
September 8, 2026 at 3:00 pm in reply to: around the Rams — season previews coming out of the preseason #165927znModeratorfrom NFL Week 1 power rankings: Rams a superteam at the top, but lots of questions below them
Chad Graff and Josh Kendall
Every week during the season, Chad Graff and Josh Kendall rank and analyze all 32 teams from first to worst.
At long last, the NFL season has arrived. The excitement kicks off with a Super Bowl rematch Wednesday night between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. The next day, the Los Angeles Rams will face the San Francisco 49ers in Australia. After that, the normal Sunday slate awaits.
As the season opens, let’s jump into our first power rankings since before training camps began while also considering each team’s projected win total, as provided by our analyst Austin Mock.
1. Los Angeles Rams
Last ranking: 1First game: vs. 49ers (in Australia), Thursday, 8:35 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 11.7
The Rams easily got the most projected wins in Mock’s simulation despite playing in arguably the best division in football. That presumed success is for obvious reasons. They traded for Myles Garrett and Trent McDuffie, then brought back arguably the best defensive tackle of all time in Aaron Donald. They’re officially a superteam.
2. Seattle Seahawks
Last ranking: 5First game: vs. Patriots, Wednesday, 8:20 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 10.9
How do you win the Super Bowl, return a very similar roster with the same coach and not be the No. 1 team? Well, that says less about the Seahawks and more about the Rams. Seattle’s defense should be incredible again, but the big question is how Sam Darnold and the offense look after losing offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who became the coach of the Raiders.
3. Buffalo Bills
Last ranking: 3First game: at Texans, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 10.8
The defense is undergoing a significant change, entering a 3-4 scheme with six new starters, and that’s part of the reason for hope. The other is a fresh start with coach Joe Brady that could get this team over the hump and into the Super Bowl. Even if last season didn’t go as planned, it’s hard to keep a Josh Allen-led team out of the top five entering the season.
4. New England Patriots
Last ranking: 4First game: at Seahawks, Wednesday, 8:20 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 10.3
The Patriots went to the Super Bowl, then meaningfully improved an offense that returns the MVP runner-up at quarterback (who just turned 24, by the way). Still, this team benefited from a historically easy schedule a year ago. So what’s on tap for this new group that added receivers A.J. Brown and Romeo Doubs? How about opening with games against the Seahawks, Steelers, Jaguars and Bills (with three of them on the road). No more schedule complaints this season.
5. Denver Broncos
Last ranking: 2First game: at Chiefs, Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 9.1
It’s hard to know what to make of the Broncos. On the one hand, they almost went to the Super Bowl, even while playing a backup quarterback in the AFC Championship Game. Their coach is an offensive genius, and they return an excellent defense. On the other hand, they play in a difficult division, and we’re supposed to just believe that Bo Nix, who relies on his mobility, is going to return to a high level of play after a pair of offseason ankle surgeries?
6. San Francisco 49ers
Last ranking: 7First game: at Rams (in Australia), Thursday, 8:35 p.m. ET
Mock’s projected win total: 10.1
There was no shortage of offseason storylines around the 49ers, including the arrest of their owner and a car accident that injured coach Kyle Shanahan. They also dealt with a number of offseason injuries. But they’ve gotten good news of late with George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey, and they could use the regular season to get back up to speed after so much drama.
znModeratorI think what he’s saying is that McVay’s Rams represent the Enlightenment, Science, and Democracy, while Shanahan’s 49ers represent Superstition, Witches, and the Dark Ages.
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vAh. So…it’s the French Revolution?
znModeratorBenjamin Royer@thebenroyer
Aaron Donald called his return to 11-on-11 drills during the Rams’ Sunday practice as “a little rusty,” but also “pretty damn good.”znModeratorA classic kit pic.twitter.com/dhzQC42FIg
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 7, 2026
roberto clemente@rclemente2121
fun facts about this combo:– have never worn in week 1
– worn at home 20 times (15-5)
– worn on the road 6 times (3-3)
– worn in the postseason 3 times (3-0)
– worn more than any other comboznModeratorfrom The Athletic, One bold prediction for every NFL team: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7565781/2026/09/07/nfl-2026-bold-season-predictions/?source=twitterhq&unlocked_article_code=1._VA.EkkJ.LgJCAXFF-lP9
Los Angeles Rams: Rams will break NFL’s sack record
The Rams will have the only defensive line in NFL history with two players with 100 career sacks and a 20-sack season in Myles Garrett and Aaron Donald. Garrett just set the single-season sack record with 23 last season with the Browns. So could this line break the 1984 Bears’ record of 72 sacks in a season? I think it has a chance, because in addition to Garrett and Donald, they feature two players who have topped seven sacks in each of their three seasons in Kobie Turner and Byron Young. Josaiah Stewart and Braden Fiske should chip in, too. Add in a secondary with two-time All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie and coveted players like Jaylen Watson, Quentin Lake and Kam Curl, and these guys can get to an average of 4.3 sacks per game with how many teams will have to answer their own high-powered offense that just led the NFL in scoring last season. — Nate Atkins
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Arizona Cardinals: Marvin Harrison will start to resemble the WR everyone expectedIt’s safe to say Harrison’s NFL introduction has not gone as planned. Labeled as a generational talent before the 2024 draft, the wide receiver put up decent numbers as a rookie but struggled to make contested catches. Last season he battled injuries. Year 3 should bring a jump. Harrison has a solid comfort level with QB Jacoby Brissett. And he knows he has a lot to prove. This doesn’t mean Harrison will be among the NFL’s top receivers (the Cardinals have additional threats in Trey McBride, Michael Wilson and Jeremiyah Love), but he should start to resemble the playmaker everyone expected. — Doug Haller
San Francisco 49ers: 49ers will add a veteran defensive end by midseason
The 49ers entered the offseason with a hole at defensive end and somehow that hole has grown wider. Nick Bosa, who’s coming back from his third ACL repair, missed most of training camp while 2025 first-round pick Mykel Williams will start the season on PUP. Meanwhile, third-round pick Romello Height has been in and out of the lineup with various nicks and bumps and has merely looked OK when he’s been on the field. All of which suggests that at some point the 49ers will look to add a free agent like Leonard Floyd or Joey Bosa or perhaps make a splashy trade at the Nov. 10 deadline. — Matt Barrows
Seattle Seahawks: AJ Barner will earn Pro Bowl honors
In 2025, Barner demonstrated he is more than capable of being Seattle’s No. 1 tight end, setting career highs in receptions (52), receiving yards (519) and touchdowns (6). So long as he can fend off second-year pro Elijah Arroyo for opportunities in the passing game, Barner should thrive under first-year offensive coordinator Brian Fleury. The former 49ers tight ends coach is expected to feature tight ends in his offensive scheme, meaning more chances for Barner. — Andrew Destin
znModeratorOkay, well the Hacksized version is Australia is really only 7 hours time difference, not 17. And London is an 8-hour difference, and McVay’s plan worked fine.
Is this a “how your body clock relates to daylight” thing v. “the actual hours as determined by a timer” thing?
znModeratorUnderdog NFL@UnderdogNFL
Puka Nacua could avoid discipline this season, per @AdamSchefter: “I think there’s a real possibility that Puka (Nacua) is going to go through this season unscathed.”znModeratorznModeratorit’s how good the entire team is. You have to take every player into account.
Like, for example, special teams and the cornerbacks unit.
znModeratorNate Atkins@NateAtkins_
I asked Davante Adams about the ice pack on his knee during the presser:“I’m an old-ass man.”
He said he’s feeling pretty good heading into his 13th season.
znModerator3rd Down Conversions allowed in 2025 pic.twitter.com/6LeKPft39R
— SFdata9ers🏈📊 (@sfdata9ers) September 6, 2026
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