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  • October 3, 2022 at 2:52 pm in reply to: injury status before game 4 & Monday’s inactives list #140969
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    Blaine Grisak@bgrisakDTR
    Need some realistic expectations tonight. Not that I’m “expecting the Rams to lose”, but shorthanded on the OL and in the secondary again will make things tough. McVay and Morris will have their hands full.
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    The Rams OL vs 49ers DL could end up being a complete mismatch. Don’t love Bobby Evans at LG, but that’s where we’re at. McVay going to need to use a lot of quick game, TE screens, and play action to slow down the pass rush. Can’t be a repeat of Buffalo.
    October 3, 2022 at 12:38 pm in reply to: injury status before game 4 & Monday’s inactives list #140966
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    October 3, 2022 at 12:37 pm in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140965
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    October 3, 2022 at 2:30 am in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140959
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    October 3, 2022 at 2:27 am in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140958
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    October 3, 2022 at 2:23 am in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140957
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    October 3, 2022 at 2:12 am in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140956
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    October 3, 2022 at 1:17 am in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140954
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    zn wrote:

    Buxx play tonight.

    And as we know they lost.

    Rams play both Tampa and KC this year after the bye.

    October 2, 2022 at 9:20 pm in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140953
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    October 2, 2022 at 7:10 pm in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140952
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    zn wrote:

    Games of interest to the Rams

    Division: Seahawks at Detroit

    Cardinals at Carolina

    Conference: Kansas City at Buxx

    Washington at Cowboys

    Jacksonville at Eagles

    New England at Packers

    Seahawks win.

    Cardinals win.

    Buxx play tonight.

    Cowboys win.

    Eagles win.

    Packers win.

     

     

    October 2, 2022 at 3:51 pm in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140948
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    October 2, 2022 at 3:49 pm in reply to: around the league, game 4 and aftermath #140947
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    October 2, 2022 at 3:41 pm in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #140946
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    Tristan Snell@TristanSnell
    All 16 of Florida’s Republican members of the House voted AGAINST federal disaster relief for Florida yesterday.
    October 2, 2022 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140945
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    Michael Miller@megatonmyk
    Do I recall some detractor in all these tweets saying that Cooper Kupp doesn’t make contested catches? PFF on that: “He was the only receiver in the league who gained more than 3.0 yards per route run (3.12) and caught over 50% of his contested targets.”
    October 2, 2022 at 12:46 pm in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140943
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    Zooey wrote:

    They may get some help from the discord in SF, but this is also the kind of game that would right the ship for them, and there is money on the line for JG here.

    Plus with Edwards now not certain, they could go into the game with their entire interior OL replaced. That would be an interior OL of Evans Shelton Jackson. At right OG alone, that puts them 4 players away from their superbowl OL at that position: Corbett leaves,  Shelton has to move to center, Anchrum is injured on his first play, Jackson has played one decent game so far. (Plus Bruss is drafted with some buzz about possibly stepping right in at ROG, but then struggles and is injured.) And now Evans may be at LOG, and he wasn’t once considered for ROG–Shelton, Anchrum, and Jackson were all ahead of him in spite Evans being senior to 2 of them.

    And if Evans does play, that puts them 9 players away from their super bowl interior OL: Edwards, Allen, Corbett was the superbowl IOL. Then Shelton changes positions, and injuries get Allen, Anchrum, and Edwards (though with Edwards it could be just one game). Then 2 additional replacements are Jackson and Evans.

     

    October 2, 2022 at 12:26 am in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140941
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    October 1, 2022 at 10:24 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140940
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    October 1, 2022 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140939
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    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    Jalen Ramsey just went on a 15-minute soliloquy about the juxtaposition between league emphasis on player safety and league emphasis on things like fining players for uniform technicalities (like sock height), taunting esp. when players themselves make effort to play game safely.

    “I think they’ll even fine me for this,” he says, reiterating that the league doles out infractions off players who don’t dress accordingly (he adds he’s asked if any issues each week w/ uni and told no), yet publicizes their celebrations/personalities for content/$

    “Player safety is one of the things that should be talked about more. Shit like getting fined for socks – let’s talk about it. … I get fined every week (but) I play the game with integrity, I play the game the right way, I try to make sure people are safe – obviously I want to

    go out there and hurt my opponent, strike fear, but I don’t want to injure nobody – but like, THAT is what the game is about. It’s not about the other B.S. … That’s what it needs to be about. Player safety, how can we protect the players as much as we can.”

    “If we want to go out there and look good, and it ain’t hurting the integrity of the game, why are y’all fining me $10,000 for my socks? … You want to think about protecting guys, not … damn socks.”

    October 1, 2022 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140938
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    October 1, 2022 at 10:09 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140936
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    October 1, 2022 at 1:03 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140935
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    October 1, 2022 at 1:56 am in reply to: around the league, week 3 games & aftermath #140933
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    October 1, 2022 at 1:31 am in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140932
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    October 1, 2022 at 12:01 am in reply to: high time we had a gender thread #140931
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    September 30, 2022 at 11:55 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140930
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    September 30, 2022 at 11:55 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140929
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    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    Minus personnel on OL/at WR, OC Liam Coen says offense is in problem-solving mode; figuring out “identity”. Having Ben Skowronek and Brandon Powell able to contribute in a variety of areas is a benefit in that regard. On Powell, Coen says, “Just a football player. He’ll be able

    to move around a little bit, play him in a couple different positions. He’s just functional. He’s functional, and he’s explosive when he gets the ball in his hands. He’s a competitor. Played a lot of football – he plays a lot of ball throughout the course of a game on the return

    game. He’s just a natural guy who – you’re talking about someone who is filling in, but he’s also in the flow of the game already because of special teams. You’re not worried about somebody coming off a little bit cold, trying to get into the rhythm of the game. That’s half of

    it, when you’re that fourth or fifth WR, when you’re really not getting a ton of reps and you’re just thrust into a role, that’s not easy to do. (Powell) is already in the flow of the game, which I think helps his mindset and mentality. And he brings it every day.”

    September 30, 2022 at 9:22 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140927
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    September 30, 2022 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Rams tweets … 9/29 – 10/2 #140926
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    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    Rams have a pressure rate of 22.7%, which is second-lowest in the NFL through three games, but are blitzing at a 37.1% rate, which is fifth-highest. Their movement toward rushing 4 in second half of 2021 made a clear difference not just toward pressure effect, but also
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    in how they could manipulate their coverages on the back end (including tighter alignments for some players while keeping the shell for others). On this today, DC Raheem Morris said, “You want to be able to affect the QB as much as you can, any way you can, but particularly if

    you can do it with a four-man rush, that makes your day a lot easier. When I say, ‘stats are for losers’, it’s kind of a cliche thing. There are some stats that are definitely a part of winning, (and) you definitely want to use as a measuring point for your guys and what they

    do, and definitely affecting the QB is one of those things. It’s part of our philosophy, part of who we want to be. The guys all want to do that, too. So, like, can we improve our four-man rush? There’s no question about it. But I think it all ties together. Can our coverage

    get stickier and tighter, more aggressive? No question. Those are the things that all tie together.”

    The continued acceleration of Terrell Lewis + potential emergence of Takk McKinley bears monitoring thru October, and ahead of the Nov. 1 deadline IMO. Small sample size so far.

    Aaron Donald also mentioned a great point in that ball is coming out REAL fast so far in the year, so again, small sample size to this point but bears monitoring over this next month
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    Was curious about Donald’s comments so dug in a little, “time to throw” metric is an imperfect quantification but league avg is 2.59 seconds and vs Rams is 2.35 seconds per attempt – so that’s just further context for this thread as needed with most things.
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    Also this is just one part of the conversation – defense has done a nice job locking down explosives and stats are gonna be situationally a bit weird this time of year with limited sample size. But bc they added McKinley and aren’t shy in the personnel dept always worth watching
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    September 30, 2022 at 2:01 pm in reply to: game at 8:15 et 5:15 pt, chat link here #140924
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    Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
    The Rams allowed a four-man rush to dictate their W1 loss in a major way. 49ers like to play them the same way (the Bills ran a lot of 49ers “stuff” against them in fact). In 2021 the 49ers blitzed 21% of the time overall but just 13.2% of the time in three matchups vs. Rams.

    Right now, 49ers have a 43% pressure rate on non-blitzing dropbacks. Big game for an OL playing well last two weeks; big game for Ben Skowronek and probably a game to bring Malcolm Brown up to pass pro.

    Meanwhile, rushing 4 would mean sitting back extra DBs in cloudy zone concepts. Cooper Kupp among best zone-beating WRs in NFL but Rams must unfold option of quicker double zone beaters w/Robinson, Powell, Higbee, Skow if pressure gets going. Big prove-it game for Cam Akers too.

    (Darrell Henderson has been fine albeit Rams run game hasn’t been great so not meaning to exclude him it’s just that Cam needs to build off clear momentum he started feeling last week in a game like this)

    September 29, 2022 at 11:02 pm in reply to: animal bits #140923
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