OT Warren McClendon’s cousin is a WR coach for Tampa:

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The Falcons have submitted an offensive coordinator interview request for Buccaneers wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon, sources tell @CBSSports.

wv wrote:

Has there been a ‘better’ pass-and-catch by a Ram ?

Well, it’s not like that catch was on a drive that ended up tying a game.

So how impressive is it, really?

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Ford proved to be one of the league’s most impactful offseason additions after signing a three-year, $27.6 million contract with the Rams in free agency. He is the Rams’ highest-graded defender with an 88.1 PFF overall grade, bolstering an already vaunted defensive line. Ford also posted an 80.9 PFF run-defense grade, and 24.8% of his run-defense snaps resulted in a positive grade, the highest rate on the team.

Ryan Fitzpatrick: "If you wanna be a quarterback in the NFL, go outside and try to make one of those two throws. Good luck, I can't do it either."

Matthew Stafford vs. Caleb Williams last weekend was a pure MASTERY of the QB position 💯 pic.twitter.com/qerkLVE6No

— Fitz & Whit (@fitzandwhit) January 21, 2026

Zooey wrote:

Yep. I thought the game was over when Williams turned his back to the line of scrimmage and ran the other way. The most talked-about tying TD pass of all time didn’t trigger a sinking feeling in me at all. I couldn’t even be mad about it. It was too spectacular to respond negatively.

And, anyway, the Rams won in large part because Williams got greedy the next time he had the ball. He had the RB open as a safety valve that would have moved the Bears 5 or 6 yards to make it 3rd and 2 or 3. Instead, Williams threw the ball to where only Curl could catch it. Williams believed he was magic. He learned that he is not.

I agree with those 2 observations. Or, as the kids like to say, “+1”

I included CW’s stats from that game, but Stafford was not that different.

He too got 6.1 per throw, same as CW. He was 20 of 42 while Wms was 23 of 42, but then (I assume you saw the game), when Rams were in range for their first FG, he kept throwing it out of the endzone. I took it he was under orders to play it safe and not do anything that jeopardized the FG, so he just threw it away 3 times in a row. Stafford got 133 yards in YAC, CW got 134.

The cold got to them both,Then, though, CW’s WRs had 4 drops and the Rams had one (previously it was said the Rams had none but PFR has it as 1). Stafford was sacked 4 times–though he faced a lower pressure rate than CW (19.6% v. 24.4%). But the big deal was 3 INTs.

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— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) January 21, 2026

wv wrote:

Yes, but you ignored the part where Kurt said “those goddamn rams.”

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It’s Kurt. He said “gosh dern Rams.”

wv wrote:

Kurt: “I believe the Rams pressure-plan in the Chicago game won them the game”

See this is what I mean. Those are all blitzes, and except for the first play, the one that pisses Warner off, they handle them all–they get yardage from Stafford seeing the “hot read” on blitzes. I mentioned one of these plays earlier–it’s the one where Puka is the hot read and catches it at about 7:14 into the vid.

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🏈Titans: Robert Saleh
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🏈Dolphins: Jeff Hafley
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