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znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121week 1: the bills sacked murray 4 times, held him to 162 passing yards, strip/sacked him at his 21 leading to a bills td, and held the cards offense to 20 points. murray had a career day vs a very suspect rams defense.znModeratorshort version
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Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
The Rams are now without these starters for multiple weeks:
WR Cooper Kupp
WR Puka Nacua
CB Darious Williams
LG/C Jonah Jackson
LG/C Steve Avila
Backup swing tackle Joe Noteboom
S John Johnson IIIRG Kevin Dotson is playing through a foot injury.
Others who will miss extended time:
Starting LG Jonah Jackson re-aggravated his previous shoulder injury
Starting safety John Johnson III also injured his shoulder.
Numbers are already tight at IR so some decisions still to be madeSean McVay says Cooper Kupp (ankle) will miss an “extended period of time”.
znModeratorMike Herndon@MikeHerndonNFLErnest Jones was the #Titans highest graded defender on Sunday by PFF with a score of 79.8. He led the team with 9 tackles officially, including 6 solo tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 5 run stops while playing every defensive snap.znModerator
znModeratorThis year like last year, it looks like they will struggle before the bye, but then get it together (preumably) after the bye. By then injuries will return, the OL ought to be intact, they will (presumably) be able to run the ball. On top of it, the Rams typically do some serious self-scouting and scheme adjusting and/or “fix things” like technique during the bye, which could help the defense.
September 15, 2024 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Arizona game: tweets, highlights, plays, articles #152241znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121
only the second time in 128 games that mcvay’s rams have been beaten by 30+ points.September 15, 2024 at 10:24 pm in reply to: Arizona game: tweets, highlights, plays, articles #152240znModeratorIt’s all bad news for Rams as Cardinals dominate and Cooper Kupp is injured
Gary Klein
GLENDALE, Ariz. — This was bad.
“I’ll just be real,” Rams coach Sean McVay said, “There’s nothing positive about it.”
Really bad.
“Incredibly humbling,” McVay lamented.
Historically bad.
“This is not a fun place to be in,” McVay said.
A 41-10 rout by the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at State Farm Stadium dropped the Rams’ record to 0-2.
For the first time in McVay’s eight seasons — a run that includes five playoff appearances, two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl title — the Rams are winless after two games.
Rams safety John Johnson III speaks to children at the Edwin Markham Middle School in Watts.
RamsJohn Johnson III shows Rams, school children what it means to have GAME
Sept. 15, 2024Even in 2022, the season of their historic Super Bowl hangover, the Rams rebounded from a season-opening rout by the Buffalo Bills and won their next game.
“I’m not even worried about 0-2,” McVay said. “I’m worried about: how do we play better football?
“That was not a good product. … That was not something we’re OK with.”
The Rams had dominated the Cardinals under McVay, especially in games played at this stadium.
But Aaron Donald is now retired. He’s unable to terrorize Cardinal quarterback Kyler Murray from his couch in Pittsburgh.
And the Rams are missing star receiver Puka Nacua and linemen Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom, all of whom are on injured reserve for at least three more games, but possibly longer.
Adding to the bleakness: Star receiver Cooper Kupp suffered an ankle injury that forced him to sit out the second half. McVay had no update about the specifics of the injury, but Kupp exited the locker room with a forlorn grimace and a knee-high protective boot on his left foot and ankle.
More bad news: It won’t get easier.
The Rams next play host to the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers at SoFi Stadium.
The 49ers are 1-1 after a 23-17 defeat at Minnesota on Sunday. But even without running back Christian McCaffrey, who is on injured reserve, the 49ers have enough healthy star players to extend the Rams’ poor start.
“We’ve got some glaring issues that we need to fix,” offensive lineman Rob Havenstein said. ”Can’t be any excuses about it.”
It’s early, of course.
Remember, the Rams were 3-6 last season before they turned it around. They finished with a 10-7 record and made the playoffs.
“Everything in football is fixable,” said Havenstein, a 10th-year pro. “I don’t think we have a culture problem by any means, something that’ll kind of destroy a team from within.
“I think we just got to go out there, especially as a front five, we’ve got to go execute better. Simple as that.”
On Sunday, a week after the Rams lost in overtime to the Detroit Lions, Murray torched the Rams’ secondary for three first-half touchdown passes, two to rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. on the first two possessions.
Murray completed 17 of 21 passes for 266 yards. He rushed for 59 yards in five carries as the Cardinals amassed 489 yards.
“It sucks,” said Rams rookie edge rusher Jared Verse, the team’s first-round pick. “Because you got it right there, a couple times you got in his face and everything like that, frustrating him … but he’s one of those running quarterbacks that can kill you with his feet.”
Murray wasn’t the only one. James Conner rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown in 21 carries.
Meantime, the Rams’ offense managed a second-quarter field goal and third-quarter touchdown when the game was out of reach.
Cardinals linebacker Dennis Gardeck (45) sacked Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) three times.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford was under pressure throughout the game. He completed 19 of 27 passes for 216 yards, but he was sacked five times, including one that resulted in a fumble.
“You can’t get him hit that quickly,” McVay said.
Running back Kyren Williams, who twice rushed for more than 100 yards against the Cardinals last season, gained only 25 yards in 12 carries and scored a touchdown.
The Rams trailed, 24-3, at halftime after Murray tossed two touchdown passes to Harrison and another to tight end Elijah Higgins. Conner’s short touchdown run early in the third quarter extended the rout.
So players did not disagree with McVay’s assessment that there was nothing positive to take from their performance.
“That’s my first impression as well,” Stafford said.
Said defensive lineman Kobie Turner: “Ultimately, like that’s just not the way we want to look. That’s not who we are.”
Players sounded optimistic that they can turn around a season that features games against the 49ers, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers before their off week.
This week, left tackle Alaric Jackson and backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will return from two-game suspensions.
“It’s a humbling league,” outside linebacker Michael Hoecht said. “It’s a humbling sport. But we have the right type of guys.
The loss will not define the Rams as a team, Stafford said.
“Not going to define us as a season as well,” he said.
September 15, 2024 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Arizona game: tweets, highlights, plays, articles #152238znModeratorRams Bros.@RamsBrothers
The last time the #Rams lost to the Cardinals in Arizona (11/9/14)…• Austin Davis was the starting QB
• Tre Mason led the team in rushing yards
• Jared Cook was the leading receiver
• T.J. McDonald led the team in tackles
• Aaron Donald was a rookieroberto clemente@rclemente2121
super bowl era: the rams have started a season 0-3 just 8 times in the 58 years that define the nfl super bowl era, resulting in zero postseason appearances and zero winning seasons:2011 2-14
2009 1-15
2008 2-14
2007 3-13
2002 7-9
1987 6-9
1982 2-7super bowl era:
the rams are 1-30 when they’ve trailed by 14 after 1 quarter of play. make that 1-31.Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Sean McVay called the loss to the Cardinals “humbling” and said there’s nothing positive he can take from the game.“There’s nothing positive about it,” McVay said. “The only positive thing is that this game is over now and we can move forward.”
Pro Football Network@PFN365
The Rams are having some terrible injury luck this season:•Star receiver: Cooper Kupp
•Star receiver: Puka Nacua
• Starting left tackle: Joe Noteboom
• Starting right tackle: Rob Havenstein
• Starting guard: Steve Avila
• Starting cornerback Darious WilliamsSarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Cooper Kupp had a boot on his left foot in the locker room after the game. Sean McVay said he didn’t have an update on the severity of Kupp’s ankle injury.Sosa Kremenjas@QBsMVP
jared verse needs to learn how to finish asapRams24/7@Rams24_7
Really feeling the absence of AD today. Kyler never had the time to extend plays like this vs AD. AD finishes that sack Fiske missed out onRams Bros.@RamsBrothersVerse and Fiske each missed on a couple of sacks on Murray. He [was] absolutely cooking us. Could not miss Aaron Donald more, he never let Murray escape him.znModeratorDid the Rams avoid new injuries?
Kupp may be banged up. Looks that way.
znModeratorwhat was his name…..donald aaron or somethin ?
Donnie Erin. The uh…safety I think.
Yeah Murray didn’t play this game scared. He kept making plays while evading the rush. The rush kept getting close then whiffing.
znModeratorGAME 2…Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueRams inactives: RB Cody Schrader, OLB Brennan Jackson, OL Dylan McMahon, TE Davis Allen (back), DL Tyler DavisznModeratorMy reaction? Rams were not quite as dominant as I like to see.
znModeratorProject 2025 Staffer’s Viral Video on Abortion Massively Backfires
John McEntee accidentally made the strongest argument possible for abortion rightsJohn McEntee, former director of White House personnel in the Trump Administration, and a key member of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 team, has gone viral with a video that could not be more helpful to Kamala Harris and the movement for abortion rights in a post-Roe United States.
McEntee has a large following on TikTok where he makes videos under the name of his MAGA-only dating app he founded with start up capital from Peter Thiel, called “Date Right Stuff.”
McEntee’s videos always feature the Project 2025 chief of HR sitting down at a table in a restaurant eating while making pithy racist and offensive observations, typically about gender ideology and diversity equity and inclusion, that Trump supporters can’t help but enthusiastically devour.
In his latest viral take, McEntee poses a question about abortion access in red states that came up during Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
“Can someone track down the women Kamala Harris says are bleeding out in parking lots because Roe v. Wade was overturned?” he asks. “Don’t hold your breath.”
McEntee asked, and women answered. Many made video responses to McEntee telling their own stories. One particularly powerful video from Carmen Broesder with account name @geekynerdbitchcarmen was shared by WordClown and AGirlHasNoPresident on Instagram and received nearly five million views:
McEntee received over 11,000 comments on his video, mostly from women describing their own stories, or stories from relatives or friends, of brutal and horrific medical complications that have resulted from providers refusing to provide medically necessary abortion in red states for fear of prosecution.
Some examples of the heartbreaking comments included: (WARNING: graphic)
“Almost lost my ovaries at 21 while begging for a D&C they wouldn’t give me until I was screaming at the drs..finally agreed because I was measuring behind.”
“My water suddenly broke and I went to the er, they sent me home. Started cramping and went back to the ER. I miscarried at 17 weeks in the restroom at the ER because I wasn’t deemed an emergency.”
“One of my friends who bled for three days in a hospital room while her baby died inside her and the hospital wanted to help her but couldn’t do anything”
“I was told when I had a possible ectopic pregnancy that I would have to wait until it made me septic to get the surgery to save my life.”
“My daughter had to drive 12 hours from Texas with an ectopic that nearly killed her. She couldn’t get a pill that would have saved her but ended up needing surgery because of the delay in care.”
“Had a cyst burst inside my uterus while pregnant causing a mc [miscarriage]. The on call doc said it’s best to wait a week to see if it comes out naturally. Now I can have 0 children bc my uterus is gone.”
“I was so excited to find out I was pregnant with my second child, after miscarrying 5 times. In my 11th week, I started to spot and then gush blood. I was filling a super maxi pad every 15 min.”
“It almost happened to my wife this year, it’s called a uterine dehiscence and we were 22 weeks and one day pregnant she began to rupture…she pretty much became a vessel in the state of Kansas.”
“Hi, I had to beg for help during my miscarriage and had to get a blood transfusion and stay in a hospital for over a week.”
McEntee unintentionally provided a forum for the literally tens of thousands of woman who are being harmed by Republican anti-choice extremism to speak up and let everyone know the consequences of Donald Trump’s abortion bans, and there are certainly many more that we don’t know about and haven’t come forward.
All it took was for someone to ask.
znModeratorPFF LA Rams@PFF_RamsThe highest-graded rookies in Week 1:.6. EDGE Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 75.5
The Rams’ first-round draft pick racked up a sack, two hits and three hurries from 23 pass-rushing snaps in his first game, earning a 65.3 PFF pass-rushing grade in the process. He also set the edge well in the running game, earning a 73.5 run-defense grade.
znModeratorBlaine Grisak @bgrisakTSTThe Rams have played the Cardinals coming off of a loss five times during the Sean McVay era. They are 5-0 in those games with an average margin of victory of 15.4 points..roberto clemente@rclemente2121stafford’s last 10 games vs the cardinals:21 pass tds
3 interceptions
111.8 qb rating5-1 -0 with the rams
3-0-1 with the lions
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8-1-1 combined…
2015-2024
cardinals record at homevs rams 0-9
vs seahawks 1-7-1
vs niners 5-4vs nfc west 6-20-1
vs the rest of the league 23-23-1znModeratorRAMS ON FILM@RamsOnFilmLast year the Arizona Cardinals were one of the few teams that season got to face a fully healthy Cooper Kupp in 2023Kupp had 7 catches for 148 yards and a touchdown in the victoryznModeratorLos Angeles Rams@RamsNFLLA Rams Roster Moves:• Activated, from Practice Squad OL Justin Dedich, TE Nikola Kalinic• Signed to Active Roster DB Cam Lampkin• Waived, No Recall DB Russ YeastznModeratorNick Wagoner@nwagoner
#49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says that RB Christian McCaffrey had his worst day health wise yesterday in terms of pain. IR is now under consideration, which would mean missing at least the next four games.znModeratorRams Bros.@RamsBrothersKyren Williams in 2 games against the #Birdgang last year: • 36 total carries, 301 rushing yards, average of 8.4 YPC, 1 rushing TD • 6 receptions on 6 targets for 61 yards, 2 TD’sznModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshopSean McVay said TE Davis Allen (back) is doubtful to play Sunday vs. Arizona. Quentin Lake (hip), Kevin Dotson (foot) and Cobie Durant (toe) will be listed as questionable on the injury report, but McVay said he expects them to be able to play..Stu Jackson@StuJRamsRob Havenstein is expected to play Sunday, per Sean McVay. Additionally, Warren McClendon will likely go at LTSo with Havenstein and Dotson expected to play, Rams will at least have 3 of their original five starters on their offensive line back in Week 2. Slated to have 4 of the 5 when Alaric Jackson returns from suspension next weekznModeratorthe Los Angeles receiving core, despite the loss of Puka, looks great and produced. Everyone knew from last season that Robinson was a solid WR3, but former Buccaneers WR Tyler Johnson came out of now where for a big game against Detroit. New TE addition Colby Parkinson also made some clutch catches filling in for Tyler Higbee, and proved he could be trusted for an expanded role as well.
znModeratorAdam Schefter@AdamSchefter
More: Kyle Shanahan told reporters that his team now is considering putting Christian McCaffrey on IR.znModeratorRams Bros.@RamsBrother
some fun facts about Sunday’s game vs. the #Birdgang1. Kyler was the only QB in Week 1 to complete ZERO vertical pass attempts (0-7)
2. Cardinals D generated EDGE pressure at extremely low rate (3.5%, good sign for OT’s) and deployed Cover 0/Cover 1 (mostly man coverage) on 30% of snaps — Stafford ate man coverage alive in 2H of Lions game
3. Rams are a top-3 pre-snap motion/shift team and the Cardinals were the worst team at defending plays involving pre-snap motion/shifts last season
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueSean McVay says Rob Havenstein is expected to play Sunday. Warren McClendon would move to LT..RG Kevin Dotson (foot/ankle) is also expected to play Sunday, per Sean McVay.…Ian Rapoport@RapSheet#Rams standout G Steve Avila underwent surgery to repair his MCL, per coach Sean McVay. He’s looking at being back on the field in November, ready for the stretch run. McVay said the plan was to accelerate his recovery.znModeratorBased on those season records, it looks like the Rams are the better team.
Yeah that copied weird.
It’s supposed to read like this:
Rams, 0-1, 0-1 away
Cards 0-1, 0-o home
as in
Rams, 0-1 (record), 0-1 away (road record)
Cards, 0-1 (record), 0-0 home (home record)
znModeratorThe OL situation will settle down soon enough, assuming there’s no more injuries. Really it’s just Avila. Jackson and Hav will both be back at the tackle spots presumably after this game and with Hav, he might be back for this game. Then it’s just Limmer for Avila which while not ideal isn’t bad. They couldn’t run the ball against the Lions so when the OL is intact again, that’s what we’ll be looking for, the running game.
znModeratorjay__D@ProminentKingz
If I told you the RAMS went toe to toe with DET while having 4/5 starters out on the O- line & a whopping 35 pass block grade what would you say……Ramsoholic@ShayTweetedThat
Stafford is elite and a top 5 QB periodWatch games if you don’t believe
znModeratorChris@gigantic_robot
Are the guys signed to the PS safe for at least this week or could another team potentially sign them to their active roster?Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Rams protected Nsekhe and Witherspoon on their practice squad so they can’t be poached this week. Anyone else on the PS can be, though.znModeratorAccording to NFL’s Next Gen Stats, [Tyler] Johnson’s 63-yard catch ended up being their “most incredible YAC” play of Week 1, eclipsing an 80-yard touchdown by Tyreek Hill that “only” had 36 yards after catch above expectation.
znModeratorPFF LA Rams@PFF_Rams
Cobie Durant in Week 1:82.7 PFF grade (5th among CBs)
29 coverage snaps
14 receiving yards allowed
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