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  • June 6, 2022 at 7:30 pm in reply to: AD extended #139185
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    June 6, 2022 at 6:46 pm in reply to: DV v. McV #139184
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    joemad wrote:

    i think the competitive landscape, especially at the QB position, in the NFC was a lot tougher for McVay than it was vs. Vermeil. This year alone, the Rams had to beat Tom Brady, Jimmy G, who was 6-1 vs SF, and Kyler Murry in the playoffs to get to the Super Bowl. 1999 Rams had to face Jeff George and Shaun King to get the Super Bowlā€¦. in addition, in 1999 the Rams were very lucky that Brett Farve and Steve Young got hurt that season and didnā€™t play the Rams. 1999 NFC Playoff QBs Brad Johnson, (Wash) Troy Aikman (Dallas) Shaun King (TB, Jeff George (Vikings) and Charlie Batch or Gus Ferrote (Detroit) 2021 NFC Playoff QBs: Kyler Murray, Jimmy G, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Dak Prescott, and Jalen Hurts. At the division level: 1999 NFC West QBs; Steve Beurline (carolina), Chris Chandler (Falcons) , Jeff Garcia (SF), and the Saints had a pair of Billy Joeā€™sā€¦. take your pick, Hobert, or Tolliver 2021 NFC West QBs: Kyler Murray, Jimmy G, Russell Wilson 1999 Rams were blessed with a very low QB benchmark curve in the overall NFC.

    There was another thread you were in which I can’t find now that made a lot of the same points. That thread was focused on 99 v. 21. You add good perspective on all that. I thought about adding my DV v. McV post above to that thread but then thought there was room for a whole thread about the entire issue, coach v. coach in their entirely, not just 99 v. 21, and that both threads could co-exist nicely. I can’t find it now though (?) or I would link it here.

    June 6, 2022 at 6:42 pm in reply to: AD extended #139183
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    DT Aaron Donald gets big raise from Los Angeles Rams in reworked contract

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34048688/dt-aaron-donald-gets-big-raise-los-angeles-rams-reworked-contract?platform=amp

    All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald is returning to the Los Angeles Rams with a big raise that will make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL.

    The Rams reworked Donald’s deal to give him a $40 million raise over the last three years of his existing contract, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, making him the first non-quarterback to eclipse $30 million per season. The reworked deal brings the total value of Donald’s contract to $95 million over three years.

    The deal, which was negotiated by agent Todd France, includes $65 million guaranteed in the first two years of the contract and is structured in such a way that Donald can either retire or return for the 2024 season for an additional $30 million guaranteed, sources told Schefter.

    The reworked contract includes a no-trade clause, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

    Donald, 31, was taking his physical and is expected to sign the contract later Monday, sources told Schefter. The Rams begin their mandatory minicamp Tuesday.

    Donald had indicated on the “I Am Athlete” podcast last week that his return for the 2022 season was contingent on getting a new deal and that he would be “at peace” with his career if an agreement couldn’t be reached.

    The three-time Defensive Player of the Year sealed the Rams’ victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI when he pressured quarterback Joe Burrow into an errant throw on fourth down late in the fourth quarter.

    Donald had 12.5 sacks in the regular season and then followed that up with 3.5 more in the playoffs during the Rams’ run to the Super Bowl championship.

    In eight seasons, Donald has 98 sacks. He has six seasons with at least 10 sacks — the second most by a primary interior lineman since sacks became official in 1982, trailing only John Randle, who had nine such seasons.

    He has been selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his NFL seasons and has been a first-time All-Pro selection seven times. He is one of three defensive players since the 1970 merger to earn a Pro Bowl selection in each of their first eight NFL seasons, alongside Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor (10) and Derrick Thomas (9).

    June 6, 2022 at 6:40 pm in reply to: AD extended #139182
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    zn wrote:

    The new deal includes a no-trade clause, per source.

    Los Angeles Rams UK@LARams_UK
    Love that even AD was like “I’ve seen what you do here after handing out big deals”
    June 6, 2022 at 6:06 pm in reply to: AD extended #139181
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    June 6, 2022 at 5:25 pm in reply to: AD extended #139179
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    June 6, 2022 at 5:25 pm in reply to: AD extended #139178
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    June 6, 2022 at 5:24 pm in reply to: AD extended #139177
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    June 5, 2022 at 10:27 pm in reply to: Wagner after signing #139171
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    Billy_T wrote:

    A very important signing for the Rams, one that makes the defense smarter, tougher, and should end their issues with getting gashed up the middle, etc.

    I agree with everything you say, and especially the bit I quote.

    I re-watched the superbowl. The Bengals had a few big plays, as we know, but mostly, it was short passes to and runs up the middle that kept them on the field.

    June 5, 2022 at 7:59 pm in reply to: Wagner after signing #139168
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    wv wrote:

    I dunno.Ā Ā  ā€¦IF i had players with high-Football-IQs or instincts or whatever you wanna call it, I think it would be a waste not to ā€˜useā€™ their intellectual talents.Ā Ā  IF they can master the tricky-ness of defensive audibles and stuff then it seems like a flaw if you dont use a tricky defense.Ā Ā  Maybe.

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    now iā€™m wondering how can this scheme make wags better? with all this talk about split coverages and making the defense more multiple or adaptable i guess. and the potential to put wags in even better situations than he was while with seattle.

    I think those are both good points.

    There was a Rodrigue/Hammond broadcast recently that I posted here where an online defense guru type they had on the show talked about (among other things) how the Rams draft for defense. Since they have a few stars on defense, they can surround them with very specific types of role players and so take good advantage of lower round picks. The Rams big thing with Morris is the defense adjusting in-play to offensive sets. (Imagine the amount of trust you have to have in everyonse elese to play that way.) They have all these smart, football savvy lower round picks who might not have the speed but they can execute that defense.

    Wagner fits that to a T.

    I like Invader’s point about how maybe this will bring out more in Wagner, and I like WV’s point that this defense takes good advantage of football savvy.

    It’s also true that they can do that because they have some all-world stars who they know the offense always has to account for. So in a lot of ways they can use the stars t0 make the offense more “readable.”

     

     

    June 5, 2022 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139165
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    June 5, 2022 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139164
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    June 5, 2022 at 12:36 pm in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139163
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    June 5, 2022 at 10:07 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139162
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    June 5, 2022 at 9:36 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139161
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    June 5, 2022 at 3:55 am in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #139159
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    from quora
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    FormerĀ BartenderĀ atĀ Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) (1988ā€“1990)
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    Who’s the nicest celebrity you’ve ever met?
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    Muhammad Ali. Back in 1988, I was tending bar at the airport in Cleveland. I saw him sitting alone in the lobby, in front of the restaurant I was working at. I got up the nerve to shyly approach him and hopefully, just shake his hand.
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    When I did, he offered to have me sit across from him, and then he started engaging me in conversation, asking me questions about myself. He wanted to know if I liked the job I had at the airport (I wore the unmistakable uniform of a tux shirt and bow tieā€¦ the class outfit for a bartender at a fancy restaurant), how long I worked there, etc. When I finally got a chance to ask HIM something, I just had to find out how he came up with the rope-a-dope when he fought George Foreman in Zaire. He gestured to me to lean forward towards him, almost conspiratorially, and said, ā€œI was scaredā€. He then told me he was backing against the ropes to avoid getting the brunt of Foreman’s punches, because up until that point, he’d never been hit so hard in his life. He then saw that Foreman was getting worn out and frustrated with him backing against the ropes, and then Ali told me he just wanted to try to score points against him. He also said nobody was more surprised than he was when he managed to knock Foreman out. I told him he didn’t seem surprised at all when I watched the footage of the fight. He then told me, ā€œI’m Muhammad Ali, I ain’t supposed to act surprised when I knock someone out!ā€
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    At that point, I realized I had a job to get back to, and I shook his hand. And then asked me my name, and when I told him, he pulled out a Muslim tract, and signed it for me. I was absolutely amazed that somebody as famous as Muhammad Ali took the time and sat to talk with me as though we were old friends. A memory with my childhood hero I will always cherish, and will never forget!
    June 5, 2022 at 3:12 am in reply to: animal bits #139158
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    June 5, 2022 at 3:10 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139157
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    June 5, 2022 at 3:07 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139156
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    June 5, 2022 at 2:10 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139155
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    June 5, 2022 at 2:01 am in reply to: Wagner after signing #139154
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2022/06/04/rams-bobby-wagner-seahawks-defensive-scheme-differences/?taid=629b4a8e7385bc0001a46bf2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

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    Wagner is in the early stages of his Rams tenure, but he already sees major differences between Seattleā€™s scheme and Los Angelesā€™ approach on defense.

    ā€œI think every defense is built on speed, but I think the biggest thing was with Pete, we were super Cover 3. Everybody knew it was Cover 3 and we were in the mindset ā€“Ā maybe kind of cocky a little bit ā€“Ā that we were going to line up and we were going to make you beat us. We rarely made any checks. It was like, weā€™re gonna play deep, make you throw the ball short and weā€™re gonna rally and weā€™re gonna hit you and pay for it. No team is patient enough to work the ball down the field like that. They want to take shots, itā€™s an offensive-driven league. I would say thatā€™s changed because there are so many more coaching staffs that had the Cover 3 so teams figured out ways to beat that Cover 3. This defense, we have a lot more coverages, we have a lot more checks, we have a lot more adjustments to certain things to get us out of those tough downs and Iā€™m excited for that. Iā€™m excited to learn that and be able to check that and again, itā€™s a chess game between the quarterbacks.ā€

    The Seahawks changed up their scheme a bit over the years as offenses adapted to their coverages, but theyā€™re still primarily a Cover 3 defense. With the Rams, Wagner will obviously play a ton of hook zones dropping back into coverage, but heā€™ll also have opportunities to blitz, line up on the edge and cover the flats.

    The Rams use a ton of Cover 4, which also prevents big plays over the top, but they mix things up a good amount with their rushes, coverages and defensive fronts. Thatā€™s something Wagner is excited to delve into.

    June 4, 2022 at 3:48 am in reply to: deshaun watson #139151
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    June 4, 2022 at 3:41 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139150
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    June 4, 2022 at 3:39 am in reply to: Texas elementary school shooting #139149
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    June 3, 2022 at 3:47 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139143
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    Connor Hox@connor_hox
    Per source regarding OBJ and the @RamsNFL: ā€œOBJ contact says the Browns also offered him a contract thatā€™s supposedly more than the Rams offered, but he thinks he signs his Rams deal this month, stating ā€˜You canā€™t pay Odell to not be a Ram.ā€
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    In mentoring Rams LB Ernest Jones, Bobby Wagner mentioned putting himself back into Year 2 of his career and what he would’ve wanted someone to teach him. To that end, he’s making a point to help Jones learn to slow the game down and not waste steps/movement.

    Wagner said as you get older, you realize there’s a lot of wasted movement. He doesn’t waste steps when it comes to processing the game. So if he only needs to take 2 steps, he’ll only take 2 instead of 6, for example.

    “You want your mind to be fast, your body to be slow.”

    *realize there’s wasted movement because as a first- or second-year player, you feel like you need to get everywhere fast, to be specific.

    June 2, 2022 at 3:00 pm in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #139140
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    Sean #BlackLivesMatter@SeanFlan45
    UK citizen here. I went to America once, years ago. But now the gun violence makes me uncomfortable. I might holiday there, I might not. But live there, never. It’s not just gun violence, but religious extremism and the US healthcare system.
    June 2, 2022 at 6:28 am in reply to: Rams tweets n bits … 6/2 – 6/6 #139136
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    The secondary intrigues me the most. Fuller bounce back after surgery? Nick Scott vs Rapp?

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    Sounds like Fullerā€™s progress is going really well. I think itā€™s he and Scott with more three safety looks this year.

    June 2, 2022 at 6:13 am in reply to: high time we had a gender thread #139134
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    June 1, 2022 at 7:41 pm in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #139132
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    There once lived a man named Frank Cannonball Richards. This man had a very unique talent, in that his stomach was pretty much indestructible.

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    I’ve no idea how he discovered his talent, but I always like to imagine that it was when he accidentally ran face first into a lamppost, or something relatable like that. Because let’s face it. We’ve all been there. Anyway, once he discovered his ability, he made the most of it.

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    Firstly, he charged people to pummel him in the gut. He even let Jack Dempsey, an at the time heavyweight boxer, perform his knockout blow on him. 3 times in a row. With no effect!

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    Secondly, he upped his game! He began letting people whack him with giant sledgehammers! To begin with, he let them hit him one at a time, but eventually he turned to just lying on the ground and getting smashed! Quite literally.

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    Finally, he decided to test his luck. He stood directly in front of a MASSIVE CANNON, instructed his potential executioner to load the ball, and had it fired into him. Here’s an unbelievable, yet true, photo:

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    He was knocked over.Ā To immediately get back up again.</p>
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    This became his full time job, and twice a day, he was smashed into by a massive cannonball. Health and safety would never allow that nowadays! He performed the trick twice a day, as any more, and it would get too painful.

    June 1, 2022 at 11:11 am in reply to: Rams tweets … 5/26 – 6/1 #139130
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    from the above

    Whitworth explained what it was like playing for McVay and shared what makes him such a great leader.

    ā€œItā€™s pretty wild. Walking into a building with Sean, I think the first thing that blew you away is you walk up and you realize how young he is, but also how dynamic he is,ā€ Whitworth said. ā€œHe is obviously a genius and he obviously does a great job of putting defenses in tough positions all the time, but I think that itā€™s kind of like when you sometimes as a player feel like someone gives you a compliment, but in some ways, itā€™s disrespectful because it doesnā€™t tell the whole picture, I think Sean McVay is one of those people that the genius offensive guru is almost an insult. Because what he really is is a tremendous leader. He is one of the rarest people in owning a room and a moment in front of his team and being there to talk about things that really do matter in the day. Like when adversity hits, tough times hit, can we communicate? Are we able to have tough conversations, but be real with one another ā€“ and at the same time realize all of us have the same goal. He has an ability at a really young age to be able to do that, thatā€™s really rare. I think whatā€™s special about him is that that culture, that communication, those are truly the most important things to him and theyā€™re what he excels at.ā€

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