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znModeratorNFL Stats@NFL_Stats
Highest scoring games in #NFL history:113 – Redskins vs. Giants (’66)
106 – Bengals vs. Browns (’04)
105 – Rams vs. Chiefs (’18)
103 – 49ers vs. Dodgers (’48)
101 – Saints vs. Giants (’15)
101 – Raiders vs. Oilers (’63)
99 – Broncos vs. Cowboys (’13)
99 – Seahawks vs. Chiefs (’83)
98 – Chargers vs. Steelers (’85)
98 – Cardinals vs. Giants (’48)
97 – Rams vs. Colts (’50)
96 – Browns vs. Bengals (’07)
96 – Jets vs. Dolphins (’86)
95 – Bucs vs. Rams (’19)
95 – Packers vs. Redskins (’83)znModerator.@RyanPaganetti on the @RossTuckerPod talked about 2 high shells & how duo runs are the best counter to it:
“3 of the last 5 years the Super Bowl winning team has played the most 2 high shells on 1st & 10. Raheem Morris in ‘21, Vic Fangio in ‘24 & Mike Macdonald in ‘25. You’re… pic.twitter.com/Ssp43Fllz4
— Houston Stressans (@TexansCommenter) July 16, 2026
znModerator"The Rams don't need him to play 60 or 70 snaps a game… What a nightmare that's going to be for offenses if he's anything close to what he was before."@colincowherd and @AlbertBreer discuss Aaron Donald potentially returning to the Rams pic.twitter.com/AosdCzg9h8
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) July 15, 2026
znModeratorMina says the number one issue with the Rams ‘f them picks approach’ is Wide Receiver depth, and OLine depth.
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vThe honest truth is that no one right now knows about either.
They could have a 3rd receiver among the trio of Whitington, Mumpfield, and Daniels.
They could have a decent LOT sub in Quessenberry or even Trost.
It’s not impossible to cover those positions, not in theory anyway, though right now, the only fair response is to say we don’t really know yet.
In the Rams defense, however, how many people guessed in advance how guys like Nacua, McClendon, and Lake would do as starters?
The advantage of “f them picks” is you get guys like Stafford, Ramsey, and Garrett. That works if you also draft well in the lower rounds. So when it comes to the 2026 Rams, it is true that not many teams are 2 deep at LOT. But then not many teams find solid LOTs among their UDFA signings.
So, time will tell whether or not we’ll see.
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znModeratorSpain has somehow emerged from its long horrifying history to become a decently proggressive place.
The current Argentinian government is under a right-wing libertarian and is hostile to human rights groups and likes to prop up positive myths about the old 70s and 80s military dictatorships.
Looked at through the lens of history, every place is bloody. If history is the only metric, then we have to root for a giant asteroid strike.
Would that lead to dystopian soccer or post-apocalyptic soccer?
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vIt would lead to voles soccer.
znModeratorSo which nation-state has the least bloody history: Argentina or Spain?
Spain has somehow emerged from its long horrifying history to become a decently proggressive place.
The current Argentinian government is under a right-wing libertarian and is hostile to human rights groups and likes to prop up positive myths about the country’s old 70s and 80s military dictatorships.
Looked at through the lens of history, every place is bloody. If history is the only metric, then we have to root for a giant asteroid strike.
znModeratorfrom ESPN, Execs, coaches, scouts rank top NFL wide receivers for 2026: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49252915/ranking-nfl-top-10-wide-receivers-2026-execs-coaches-scouts
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4. Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams
Highest ranking: 3 | Lowest ranking: Unranked
Age: 25 | Last year’s ranking: Honorable mentionLast year, Nacua was on the fringe of the top 10. He wasn’t to be denied this year, appearing on all but one ballot.
About 85% of Nacua’s votes were within the top five after he led the NFL with 129 catches in 2025, the second most in Rams history behind Kupp (2021). Nacua’s eight career games with at least 150 receiving yards tie an NFL record with Justin Jefferson for the most by a player in his first three seasons.
“Strong hands, contact balance, ability to block in the run game, run after the catch, run through the catch, can go get it, can play any spot,” an NFL coordinator said. “Complete receiver. Him and Chase are the hardest to tackle.”
Nacua’s 668 yards after catch led all receivers last season, while 80 of his catches went for first downs. He caught 77.2% of his targets, symbolizing his incredible consistency. Nacua is the classic plays-faster-than-his-time guy. He ran a 4.57-second 40-yard dash coming out of BYU, but Nacua accelerates through receptions to maximize his speed better than anyone.
Expect Nacua, a 2027 free agent, to have another huge season while he seeks a new contract. He has dealt with off-field concerns this offseason, including a stint in rehab, but he still appears to be in the Rams’ long-term plans.
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10. Davante Adams, Los Angeles Rams
Highest ranking: 6 | Lowest ranking: Unranked
Age: 33 | Last year’s ranking: Honorable mentionThe only top-10 receiver in his 30s, Adams secured the last spot on the list despite producing his lowest receiving yardage total (789) since 2015. But look what he did for Matthew Stafford. The two had an easy connection on go balls and back-shoulder throws. Stafford threw 14 touchdowns to Adams on his way to the MVP award.
“His instincts and route running are still there even as his athletic traits have declined,” an NFC exec said. “He just knows how to get open.”
Adams became the third player since 1940 to lead the league in receiving touchdowns despite missing at least three games. The last was Jerry Rice in the strike-shortened 1987 season.
znModeratorznModeratorThe weird collection of nagging injuries he had last year just made him look like he was playing underwater or somethin. He looked confused, tentative, and slow. I mean he was always the most elusive QB in the NFL and he relied on that more than any other QB. He was getting run down by DLinemen every game. That had ‘never’ happened to him before. He lost his super-power and the Ravens were left with a very ordinary, frustrated, pocket-passer.
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vBut…PFF ranks him 5th! So…maybe you just saw him on a bad day? Or you accidently watched the Titans thinking it was the Ravens?
znModeratorI dunno what planet PFF lives on, but i watched Lamar Jackson last year.
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vI would be interested in hearing what you saw.
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znModeratorOn a recent episode of The Pat McAfee Show, NFL insider Peter Schrager shared crucial insights into Donald’s mindset, emphasizing that if the future Hall of Famer does return, it will not be in a limited or compromised capacity.
According to Schrager, Donald is focused on maintaining his elite standard of play rather than returning as a shell of his former self. His recent workout sessions are not just about staying active—they are a deliberate assessment of whether his body can still perform at a championship level.
“Aaron Donald is not going to come back as some 30-cents-on-the-dollar version of Aaron Donald,” Schrager explained. “He wants to be ready—that’s why that workout was going on. He wants to be fully where he was when he retired two years ago. He wants to be the best version of himself.”
znModeratorSleeperNFL@SleeperNFL
@PFF ranks their highest rated QBs in the clutch last season:1 – Dak Prescott
2 – Matthew Stafford
3 – Lamar Jackson
4 – Sam Darnold
5 – Josh AllenznModeratorGo to this site and see the chart: https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/stats-nfl/nfl-offensive-line-stats/
If you click each category, you see where the Rams OL ranked after 2025 stats.
Pressure rate allowed: Rams ranked 4th (32.2%)
No blitz pressure rate allowed: Rams ranked 3rd (29.5%)
Time to throw: Rams ranked 5th (2.7)
Yards before contact per RB rush: Rams tied for 1st (2.0)
Rush stuffed rate: Rams ranked 5th (13.2%)
znModeratorfrom https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-guard-kevin-dotson-continues-170609860.html
Dotson’s Run Blocking Makes the Rams Offense Better
…his dominance in the run game is what separates him from others. For a guard, he completely changes the Rams offense when he’s on the field, showing his value. Without Dotson on the field last season, the Rams averaged 4.0 yards per carry. By comparison, with Dotson, the Rams averaged 4.8 yards per carry.
The Rams’ offensive line as a collective unit is one of the best in the NFL. Most would have them ranked inside the top seven offensive lines heading into 2026.
znModeratorRT Warren McClendon Jr.
McClendon’s 86.7 run-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus was the fifth-best of any offensive tackle in the NFL last season. He was a force in the run game, using his power to seal off edges and clear space for his running backs to the outside.
McClendon will help deal with some of the best pass rushers in football this season, including Nick Bosa, Brian Burns, Nik Bonitto, Maxx Crosby and Micah Parsons. The Rams need him to play at a high level so that the pocket doesn’t collapse on their MVP quarterback because Stafford isn’t exactly the type of scrambler who can evade pressure.
znModeratorfrom https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kyren-williams-efficient-ever-despite-123101338.html
In order for the Rams’ offense to work, they need a hard-nosed runner to make the defense respect the immediate threat of a quick inside run, a job Williams does well.
Williams’ work as a pass catcher and pass protector also helps disguise what the Rams are running, meaning that unless their entire operation changes, Williams should see the proper amount of targets
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Tackles for Loss (TFLs)
Both backs thrived running behind a strong scheme that limited negative plays; however, specific yardage lost specifically due to TFLs typically skews closely to overall carry distribution. Williams had a 87.6% positive run rate, while Corum had an 86.9% positive run rate, leaving both players near the top of the league in avoiding stalled drives.
znModeratorPeople forget how good Marshall Faulk was…
More career games with 250+ scrimmage yards than Jim Brown & Julio Jones 🤯
One of the most untouchable records in NFL history? pic.twitter.com/14VT6S0Rhw
— LAFB Network (@LAFBNetwork) July 13, 2026
znModeratorfrom ESPN, Execs, coaches, scouts rank top NFL quarterbacks for 2026: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49315416/ranking-nfl-top-10-quarterbacks-2026-execs-coaches-scouts
their top 2 are Allen and Mahomes
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Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
Highest ranking: 1 | Lowest ranking: 5
Age: 38 | Last year’s ranking: 6Stafford’s MVP campaign vaulted him into the top three in convincing fashion. Stafford earned an impressive 17% of the first-place votes. He has not been a fixture in the top half of the voting since the inception of our top 10 lists in 2020, but Stafford produced the fourth season in NFL history with at least 45 touchdown passes (46) and fewer than 10 interceptions (eight). The others were executed by Aaron Rodgers (2020, 2021) and Brady (2007).
“Nobody played better than him last year, and it wasn’t even close,” an NFL head coach said.
Coaches saw a quarterback playing in rhythm, trusting his receivers and throwing to spots with elite anticipation and arm strength. And the addition of Davante Adams alongside Puka Nacua gave Los Angeles two No. 1-caliber receivers. Defenses couldn’t double-team both consistently, allowing them to win in a variety of ways. Adams capitalized on back-shoulder throws and go balls, coaches noted.
An NFL coach who studied the Rams’ film from 2025 noted coach Sean McVay’s brilliance in protecting Stafford with under-center, three-TE sets. “And then you realize, ‘Oh crap, they are actually throwing out of those sets,'” the coach said. That wrinkle kept defenses guessing all season — and kept Stafford healthy.
“Stafford and McVay is now the best quarterback-coach duo in the league,” an AFC offensive coach said.
It’s part of the reason why some voters are hesitant to elevate Stafford: His surroundings are clean. “The system helps him,” an NFL coordinator said. “He has an elite offensive coach and elite weapons. He’s great, don’t get me wrong. He has advantages that some of the other quarterbacks don’t have.”
znModeratorBlake Corum is HUNGRY… 🔥 pic.twitter.com/YAdswjuxDf
— Rams Tapes 🇵🇷 (@RamsTapes) July 13, 2026
znModerator"Aaron Donald told the [Rams] he wanted to go [to the facility], work out see how he felt, see how he reacted."@AdamSchefter on Aaron Donald working out at the Rams' facility 👀
(via @PatMcAfeeShow) pic.twitter.com/qSxSY5oa1i
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) July 13, 2026
znModeratorfrom Matthew Stafford’s season could have been even better if not for drops
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford put together one of the most efficient seasons of his career in 2025, one that ended with league-leading stats and an MVP trophy. But those numbers could have been even better if not for a litany of drops this past season.
Stafford lost 42.15 expected points added to drops, the fifth-highest total in the league, according to nflfastR and FTN Charting data (via Nutshell Sports).
A look at how much EPA quarterbacks lost because of drops during the 2025 NFL season.
Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence lost the most EPA to drops.
Drop data via @FTNFantasy charting pic.twitter.com/UyeMZQn0kW
— Nutshell Sports (@NutshellSportz) July 10, 2026
…In other words, Stafford was already playing at an elite level, and his receivers left a significant chunk of production on the field.
The drops were spread across L.A.’s pass-catching corps. Davante Adams led the way with five drops on the season, tied for the 23rd-most in the league among qualifying receivers, despite still posting a robust 110.7 passer rating on his targets and finishing with a league-high 14 touchdowns. Puka Nacua added four drops of his own, while tight ends Colby Parkinson, Tyler Higbee and Davis Allen each had three. Running back Blake Corum chipped in three drops as well, on just 14 targets — a 21.4% drop rate that stands out even in a small sample.
Nacua’s drop rate (2.4%) was still low relative to his target volume, but Corum’s number underscores how even marginal usage in the passing game came with inefficiency attached. Parkinson’s 5.4% drop rate and Mumpfield’s 8.7% also chipped away at possessions that could have extended drives or turned into scores.
Adams still finished as one of Stafford’s most reliable options by rate stats, and Nacua’s monster season (129 catches, 1,715 yards) speaks for itself. But the cumulative effect of two dozen drops on a quarterback who was already producing at a top-five clip in the league is notable. Had even half of those drops been secured, Stafford’s counting numbers — and his case in any MVP or Pro Bowl conversation — would look even more dominant.
For a 37-year-old quarterback often discussed in terms of what he has left, the 2025 drop data suggests he’s still playing at a level that outpaces the stats his teammates helped shape. The hope is that the disconnect that plagued Adams and Stafford early in the year doesn’t carry over into 2026, and the same goes for the young and inexperienced receivers who also dropped passes.
znModeratorRC deWinter@RCdeWinter
* A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
* A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
* An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
* A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intents and purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
* Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Get out — we don’t serve your type.”
* A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
* A synonym strolls into a tavern.
* At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar — fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.
* Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor.
* A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.
* An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.
* A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned by a man with a glass eye named Ralph.
* The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.
* A dyslexic walks into a bra.
* A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines.
* A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.
* A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.
– Jill Thomas Doyle
znModeratorScott Kacsmar@ScottKacsmar
What the longest TD pass streaks look like when you include the playoffs:1. Brees – 60
2. Peyton – 56
3. Unitas – 49
4. Brees – 47
5. Favre – 39
5. Cousins – 39
7. Romo – 38
8. Brady – 35
8. Mahomes – 35Brees and Mahomes are the only QBs with multiple streaks of 30+ games.
znModeratorWell…some creative-writing-reconfigure-er needs to complexify The Mummy.
Mummies as monsters are a 19th century invention too. They have a strange history. It was a fad among Victorian elites to buy mummies and hold unwrapping parties, yes unwrapping the mummies. They would then take photos of themselves posing with the unwrapped mummy corpses. They would also grind mummies into a powder that was then popularly consumed in drinks as a health benefit. The powders were also used to make a special brand of paint.
Arthur Conan Doyle has a mummy story. It’s really a story about how the true manly English gentleman would never go native in the imperial world. Here: Lot No. 249 — https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/uploads/3/7/3/8/37380505/1892_september_lot_no_249.pdf
Here’s an article about Victorian mummy fascination: Why Were the Victorians So Obsessed With Mummies? — https://www.history.com/articles/mummy-unwrapping-parties-egyptomania
znModeratorGroup including 49ers minority owner agrees to buy Seahawks for what is said to be record price
The Paul Allen Estate has agreed to sell the Seattle Seahawks to a group led by the Khosla family, which owns a minority interest in the San Francisco 49ers, the estate announced Saturday.
The agreed-upon purchase price is $9.612 billion, according to two league sources who were granted anonymity to discuss the confidential matter. Should NFL owners ratify the deal (at least 24 of the other 31 team owners must approve), it would set a record for an NFL franchise’s sale price, outpacing the previous mark by approximately 50 percent.
“We are honored to be entrusted as the next stewards of the Seattle Seahawks. We look forward to building on the winning legacy Paul Allen created and to earning the trust of the Seahawks organization and fans everywhere,” Vinod Khosla said in a statement on behalf of the Khosla family.
According to a memo the NFL sent to team executives, a copy of which was obtained by The Athletic, Neeru Khosla, an educator and entrepreneur, will serve as controlling owner of the Seahawks. She is believed to be the first minority woman to have sole control of an NFL franchise.
Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and the couple’s son Neal Khosla, the CEO of AI healthcare company Curai, will also have interest. Neal Khosla, according to the NFL’s memo, is expected to have “a significant leadership role” in the ownership group. To adhere to NFL ownership rules, the Khosla family must divest its interest in the 49ers.
Allen’s estate announced it had begun the formal sale process of the franchise 10 days after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60. It was the franchise’s second Super Bowl victory during the Allen family’s nearly three decades of ownership. Seattle also won four NFC championships and 11 division titles during the span.
The sale to the Khosla family will be the third time the Seahawks have changed ownership groups since the franchise joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1976. The Nordstrom family owned the team until 1988, when it sold it to real estate developers Ken Behring and Ken Hofmann for $80 million.
Behring had planned to move the team to Anaheim, Calif., but Paul Allen ensured it stayed in Seattle when he purchased it for roughly $200 million in 1997. He served as controlling owner until his death in October 2018 from complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The team was placed in a trust and his sister, Jody Allen, was named the executor and trustee of his estate. Per the terms of the trust, Jody Allen, was tasked with eventually selling the franchise, along with Paul Allen’s other pro sports interests, and donating the proceeds to charity.
The estate’s sale of the Portland Trail Blazers to a group led by billionaire Tom Dundon for approximately $4.25 billion was finalized in March.
The sale processes for the Blazers and Seahawks were led by Allen & Co., a boutique investment bank with no relationship to Paul Allen. The bank, according to the NFL’s memo to teams, “reported a very robust interest” in the Seahawks.
The Seahawks are the third NFL team whose controlling interest was sold in the last four years. The Washington Commanders were sold to a group led by private equity investor and Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris for $6.05 billion in 2023. The Denver Broncos, held in a trust established by former owner Pat Bowlen, were sold to the Walton-Penner family for $4.65 billion in 2022.
znModeratorWhy do you think the whole Frankenstein story has been so popular, for so many generations?
Just a simple little theory…but it manages to rise above its own occassional klutziness to be a story of monstrosity that is open to constant re-configuring. Monsters don’t work if they are obviously just one limited possible meaning. The creature is a particular vivid thing, but it’s also open-ended–you can keep re-framing it to have an array of mythical resonances. Science as transgression, deformity, social injustice, the madness of ambition, the abject and outcast, the articulate and sympathetic soul in monstrous form, the compulsive vengeance of the hurt and wronged, the irrationality of misogyny, birth and physicality as a workshop of filthy creation but bound to soulful longings–lots of anxieties, dark wishes, and the instability of Othering all in one. Jekyll/Hyde and Dracula are the same thing. Very specific, detailed things in very specific situations but open to multiple resonances, some of which haven’t even been invented yet.
So it can affect you but then it just don’t come all wrapped up with one simple “moral.”
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znModeratorHence all the “Bride of Frankenstein” movies.
It’s been a long time since I read that book, probably over 40 years, but I liked it a lot at the time, and was just amazed it was written by a woman.
I MEAN 19-YEAR OLD! 19-YEAR OLD! That’s what I MEANT, SWEARTOGOD!!!
I always heard the theme of the book was human’s shouldnt play god and too much faith in technology is bad, etc.
But i didnt get any of that from the actual writing. Seemed to me it was a story about parenthood. Frankenstein was a REALLY bad parent. Abandoned the creation, like, five minutes after he made it. And so, the child became bitter and monstrous.
The book was incredibly ‘repetitive’. Internal dialogue was: page 50. “i regret making the monster”. page 51. “I regret making the monster.” page 52. “I regret making the monster.” And on and on until the very end. I mean, no growth, no change…just that. Over and over. Until the end.
Read it again sometime. Tell me what ‘you’ think.
I cant speak about the second or third version though. Percy edited a version, and Mary edited one…or somethin.
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vMy own 22 cents.
In a lot of ways the novel is 2 things at once that are very tied to the time it was written. First, it is both a homage to and a critical/revisionist re-write of Milton’s Paradise Lost. Not many people read PL anymore but if you do, the fact that Shelley’s novel is sparring with Milton’s epic is apparent on every single page. (The reigning “great English written work” in the early 19th century was PL, it was without competition as what you had to read if you were to be considered literate.) What the novel does in particular is turn Milton’s essentialist ideas of women completely upside down. So it is about domestic space and women’s morally, socially, and culturally significant grounding of it. Basically, the novel is about Victor completely ignoring and trampling on that. His ambition makes him blind to domestic space so he destroys it, not through his own direct actions, but through ignoring it and disregarding what the novel sets up as its centrality to a moral and grounded life.
Victor is therefore constantly presented as being blindly ignorant. For example, when the creature says I will be with you on your wedding night, he assumes the creature will be coming for him. It doesn’t even occur to him it will be coming for Elizabeth. An even deeper reveal of this terrible ignorant blindness is when he is making a female creature for his male creation as he had promised, and decides he cannot stand the idea of them reproducing. So instead of just making the female so it cannot reproduce–simple enough, right?–he tears the unfinished thing to pieces. It takes a long time and a lot of violent emotional energy to tear a body to pieces when all you have to do is not give it a uterus (and yes female anatomy was understood well enough at the time so that a trained doctor familar with human physiology ought to know that).
This is one of the places where the novel echoes Milton instead of revising/critiquing PL. There is a moment in PL where Adam, disraught over having eaten the fruit and now fallen, blames everything but himself. For example he blames God–did I solicit you to make me? He also blames Eve, and does so in a way that is deeply misogynist. He basically says, why did God create women? Couldn’t he think of a better way to reproduce than to create “this fair defect of nature” (yes female anatomy is here called a “defect”). The whole passage:
“Oh why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest Heaven/ With Spirits masculine, create at last/ This novelty on Earth, this fair defect/ Of Nature, and not fill the world at once/ With men as Angels, without feminine?”
Victor unconsciously echoes this in his actions–why do we need women to reproduce? This, written by a woman whose mother died from giving birth to her and who had already lost her first child to what was then the common blight of infant mortality.
And then of course there’s the fact that to make the work of creating the creature easier on him, he makes it hugely disproportionate and therefore monstrous. It never occurs to him that the creature will have to live with that as a sentient and emotional being. He only cares about accomplishing his goal. The equivalent today are the rich guys who want to manufacture more AI data centers without giving a damn about what they do to the environment, which is beyond awful (data centers are also hard to live near since they make constant whining noises because of their immense cooling systems).
So the entire key to Victor’s character is that he is presented as being massively blind, and the main thing he is blind to is (according to the novel) the grounded, moral centrality of the domestic sphere, that is the sphere of women. This story btw is reproduced by the fact that the narrator, Walton, gives up his ambitious quest to find a passage through the artic, and returns to his sister.
BTW the novel hints at how Victor brings the creature to life. It’s galvanism, or the belief that life was tied to the influence of electric pulses. People actually believed at the time that that was true. The novel doesn;t dwell on it, but galvinism is the only hint offered, and we know from Mary Shelley’s correspondance that she discussed galvanism with Percy Shelley and Byron before writing the novel. Obviously the movies have all picked up on this so that they show lightning being used.
Mary Shelley wrote it young but she was the daughter of 2 of the most significant reformist writers of her era, Mary Wollstonecraft (who as we know died giving birth to her), and William Godwin, the leading voice of philosophical anarchism (of the kind we know from Chomsky). Godwin was also a novelist, and you can see very heavy echoes of his most important novel, Caleb Williams, in Shelley’s novel. Caleb Williams is an old heavy 3-decker and is not read today, it’s too much work, but it was one of the most important novels in its time that set out to critique English social structure and its built in injustices.
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znModeratorThis one felt worth posting separately: adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A, basically total dropback efficiency) vs. dropbacks per game for every current playcaller since 2021.
Monken beats everybody with 17+ games to their name over this period, including former playcallers. pic.twitter.com/QrZQG3GrwC
— Ryan Heath (@RyanJ_Heath) July 9, 2026
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According to fantasy football analyst Ryan Heath, the Rams are in the top quadrant for adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A, basically total dropback efficiency) vs. dropbacks per game, meaning that despite their high volume of passes, they remain one of the most efficient units, constantly balancing risk assessment with conservative choices.
Looking at the rankings, the majority of playcallers in the top quadrant either run balanced offenses and/or have a mobile quarterback who is able to extend plays and limit sacks. The Rams have neither, making their success even more impressive.
It’s also important to note that the Rams’ passing efficiency, while limiting the number of times Stafford drops back compared to their other pass-happy offenses in the NFL, is a massive reason why Kyren Williams has recorded three straight 1,000-yard seasons in the midst of the McVay passing strategy.
znModeratorLos Angeles Rams offensive line coach history
https://pro-football-history.com/franchpos/35/16/los-angeles-rams-offensive-line-coach-historyRyan Wendell
Wendell is the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams since the 2023 season, a total of three years. The team made it to the playoffs three times (2023-2025) and had a 3-3 record under Coach Wendell in playoff games.Kevin Carberry
Carberry was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 2021-2022 seasons, a total of two years. The team made it to the playoffs one time (2021) and had a 4-0 record under Coach Carberry in playoff games. In 2021, the Los Angeles Rams faced off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Sean McVay, won 23-20.Aaron Kromer
Kromer was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 2017, 2020 seasons, a total of two years. Kromer’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 21-11-0, making him the third-most successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history. The team made it to the playoffs two times (2017, 2020) and had a 1-2 record under Coach Kromer in playoff games.Paul T. Boudreau
Boudreau was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis Rams in the 2006-2007, 2012-2016 seasons, a total of seven years.Steve Loney
Loney was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 2008-2011 seasons, a total of four years. Loney’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 12-52-0, making him the least successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history.John Matsko
Matsko was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 1999-2005 seasons, a total of seven years. The team made it to the playoffs five times (1999-2001, 2003-2004) and had a 6-4 record under Coach Matsko in playoff games. In 1999, the St. Louis Rams faced off against the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Dick Vermeil, won 23-16. In 2001, the St. Louis Rams faced off against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Mike Martz, lost 17-20.John Benton
Benton was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 2004-2005 seasons, a total of two years. The team made it to the playoffs one time (2004) and had a 1-1 record under Coach Benton in playoff games.Jim Hanifan
Hanifan was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 1997-2002 seasons, a total of six years. The team made it to the playoffs three times (1999-2001) and had a 5-2 record under Coach Hanifan in playoff games. In 1999, the St. Louis Rams faced off against the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Dick Vermeil, won 23-16. In 2001, the St. Louis Rams faced off against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Mike Martz, lost 17-20.Ed White
White was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 1998 season. White’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 4-12-0, making him the third-least successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history.Steve Greatwood
Greatwood was the offensive line coach for the St. Louis Rams in the 1995-1996 seasons, a total of two years.Dan Radakovich
Radakovich was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis Rams in the 1979-1981, 1995 seasons, a total of four years. The team made it to the playoffs two times (1979-1980) and had a 2-2 record under Coach Radakovich in playoff games. In 1979, the Los Angeles Rams faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIV and the Rams, under the direction of head coach Ray Malavasi, lost 19-31.Jim Erkenbeck
Erkenbeck was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1992-1994 seasons, a total of three years.Hudson Houck
Houck was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1983-1991 seasons, a total of nine years. The team made it to the playoffs six times (1983-1986, 1988-1989) and had a 4-6 record under Coach Houck in playoff games.Jim Ringo
Ringo was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1982 season. Ringo’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 2-7-0, making him the second-least successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history.Foster Andersen
Andersen was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1978 season. Andersen’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 12-4-0, making him the most successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history. The team made it to the playoffs one time (1978) and had a 1-1 record under Coach Andersen in playoff games.Ray Prochaska
Prochaska was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1966-1970, 1972-1976 seasons, a total of ten years. Prochaska’s record as the team’s offensive line coach was 99-35-6, making him the second-most successful offensive line coach in Los Angeles Rams history. The team made it to the playoffs six times (1967, 1969, 1973-1976) and had a 3-6 record under Coach Prochaska in playoff games.Bobb Mckittrick
Mckittrick was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1971-1972 seasons, a total of two years.Ray Wietecha
Wietecha was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963-1964 seasons, a total of two years.Lou Rymkus
Rymkus was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1958-1959 seasons, a total of two years.Joe Madro
Madro was the offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1955-1957 seasons, a total of three years. The team made it to the playoffs one time (1955) and had a 0-1 record under Coach Madro in playoff games.znModeratorL.A. Rams News: The Seahawks still have a great defense https://t.co/SoJ7mrHc0B
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