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znModeratorHe does the Rams at 4:20 in.
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znModeratorYeah, Rich can restore the avatars manually a case at a time, but I don’t remember everyone’s!
znModeratorThe David Brooks piece in the NY Times is getting a lot of attention.
The problem with that entire argument is that it acts like the racism and sexism and transphobia etc of the Trump voter is just this superficial thing and they’re voting for their economic interests.
It’s bs. They’re voting AGAINST their economic interests.
They’re voting FOR their race, gender, cis, straight, anti-immigrant prejudices. That’s how they’re conned into voting against their economic interests.
It’s just another weak version of the “class is everything” argument claiming there is a working-class wisdom to the Trump vote. Well, no, and puke. If there;s any group of people who vote most blindly against their own economic interests it’s Trump voters.
The whole “class is everything” approach is invariably done wrong. Plus it has the added drawback of dividing the left. To me an actual, real class analysis of this election would focus on the ways in which Trump voters routinely vote directly against their own class interests.
znModeratorInjury Report, Week 10 vs. Dolphins: Christian Rozeboom, Kam Curl and Kevin Dotson questionable but McVay optimistic about availability; Steve Avila and Jonah Jackson expected to be activated off of Injured Reserve; Rob Havenstein and Neville Gallimore ruled out
znModeratorPFF LA Rams@PFF_RamsMatthew Stafford can take advantage of the blitz-heavy Dolphins defense Stafford has accumulated 734 passing yards against the blitz this season, ranking 8th among QBs. He’ll face a Dolphins defense that blitzes at the 4th highest rate in the league, making for a plus matchupznModerator.@RamsNFL @Jay_Mccollough2 with his 4th INT last week in another OT game. How will these youngins fare against @dolphins on #MNF. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/eXnQinLpJA
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) November 9, 2024
znModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPRSince Week 7, The Rams offensive line has given up just one sack, the fewest across the NFL in that span. They are also the only team in the league to not allow a sack over the past two games. The Rams are one of just five teams to accomplish the feat in consecutive games this season.znModeratorTom Pelissero@TomPelissero#Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill was added to the injury report and didn’t practice today because of a wrist injury..Cameron Wolfe@CameronWolfeDolphins WR Tyreek Hill is dealing with a wrist injury that is “heating up” and has forced him to miss practice time. HC Mike McDaniel told local reporters “if his body lets him, we’ll see” so there is some uncertainty on Tyreek’s availability for Monday vs. Rams.znModerator.@insidetheNFL quickly turned into our favorite football show. It’s phenomenal, highly recommend tuning into every episode. @JOEL9ONE selected #Rams defensive line coach Giff Smith as his “football guy” of the week, for multiple reasons…
“Guys running a daycare center” 😂 pic.twitter.com/2X5TyEeuav
— Rams Bros. (@RamsBrothers) November 9, 2024
znModeratori feel like the rams haven’t had that kind of personality in awhile. maybe since london fletcher? i don’t know. reminds me of guys like kevin greene and john randle.
That’s a good comparison.
Plus right now, or so far anyway, looks like Shula knows how to deploy them.
znModeratorznModerator#FinsUp vs. #RamsHouse ! This week's Monday Night matchup is between the Rams and Dolphins. @GregCosell walks through the creativity and versatility shown by the Rams defense out of Dime personnel.@DariusJButler | @GregCosell pic.twitter.com/PeHoQbo32o
— NFL Matchup on ESPN (@NFLMatchup) November 9, 2024
znModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshopWhen asked about Puka Nacua’s trash talking, Cooper Kupp joked, “I know he got ejected. It wasn’t even a good punch.”znModeratorLondon Fletcher was a menace! Big time strip sack against Miami, preventing a score
The last time the Rams defeated the Dolphins was on this day in 2001 pic.twitter.com/lVat9iAqQC
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) November 8, 2024
znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121nfl oddity: no super bowl era team has come close to owning the rams as much the miami dolphins, the rams are a crazy 2-12 against the fins. that said, of the 14 dolphin teams the rams have faced, only 3 finished the year with a losing record. time for some payback!znModeratori could not have been more wrong about verse and fiske.
This whole draft is amazing. Here I red-bold all the players who are contributing either as starters, injury replacements, or role players on offense or defense. I count Corum because although he has not been highly productive, he has proven he could be if the need arose.
2024 Draft Picks
1 (19): EDGE Jared Verse, Florida State
2 (39): DI Braden Fiske, Florida State
3 (83): RB Blake Corum, Michigan
3 (99): S Kamren Kinchens, Miami Fl.
5 (154): EDGE Brennan Jackson, Washington State
6 (196): DI Tyler Davis, Clemson
6 (209): K Joshua Karty, Stanford
6 (213): WR Jordan Whittington, Texas
6 (217): C Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
7 (254): IOL KT Leveston, Kansas StatePlus 2 rookie UDFAs:
McCollough
SpeightsIn terms of just the draft picks, that’s 7 clear hits, or 70%–and in grading drafts, a 50% hit rate is considered exceptional.
znModeratorThe Rams have done their best to rebuild Aaron Donald on aggregate pic.twitter.com/nQldwXAeIR
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) November 7, 2024
znModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR Since Week 6… The defense has also held each of their past three opponents to 20 points or fewer
Since the bye, the Rams defense has averaged 18.33 points allowed per game. Pro-rated across the entire season so far, that would rank 4th.
znModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Since Week 6, the Rams defense has allowed just 1.57 points per drive, the third-best mark across the NFL.The defense has also held each of their past three opponents to 20 points or fewer. Two of those three teams average more than 20 points per game this season and both rank within the top-15 across the NFL.
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What exactly is Munchak’s exact role and title, if any?Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
He’s a consultant! So he doesn’t have to be full time but is there quite a lot…
Steve Avila and Jonah Jackson back at practice (Munchak, Wendell and Kromer running and observing the drill) pic.twitter.com/SZZaH1Crsk
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) November 7, 2024
znModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueEthan Evans (illness) has been cleared to return. Kam Curl (knee), Kevin Dotson (ankle), Demarcus Robinson (toe) and Rob Havenstein (ankle) won’t practice, but all but Havenstein should be OK for Monday per McVay (though they’ll be cautious on Robinson’s toe).znModeratorThe Miami Dolphins will be a much tougher out than their measly 2-6 record suggests, especially considering their offensive strengths matchup well with the weaknesses on defense for the Los Angeles Rams.
Miami excels at exploiting vulnerabilities
It’s difficult to know exactly who the Dolphins are offensively this season because of injuries at the QB position. Miami has turned to Skylar Thompson, Tim Boyle, and Tyler Huntley at times after Tua Tagovailoa was injured in the second game.
In the three games where Tua was healthy, Miami was mostly a pass heavy team on the surface. I’ll note further down how the straight run-pass numbers can be skewed because of a non-traditional usage of running backs in the passing game that act as an extension of the run game, but still, for a team led by a head coach known for his adept running concepts the Dolphins are more of an aerial assault group this season.
Whatever you don’t do well, Miami will identify that weakness and attack it over and over.
They are willing to hand the ball off more than 40 times. They’ve done so with their primary QB out and to lower the degree of difficulty for backup signal callers. If they need to air it out, they seem perfectly happy to lean on a high volume passing attack as well.
znModeratorznModeratorKurt Warner finds @AllHands81 Torry Holt for the 45 yard score against the Miami defense – 2001.
Way to hang in there @kurt13warner and deliver the strike for pay dirt. pic.twitter.com/KXby70fYaZ
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) November 8, 2024
znModeratorOkay. Well, I’m not a a loss for reasons for wishing she had won, and I’m a bit jaded etc., but all that is heartening. Nevertheless, we iz fecked.
And again in all of that, Biden won in 2020 because Trump was perceived as having ruined the economy, and Harris lost in 2024 because Biden was perceived as having done nothing about inflation. It was the economy both times.
To me, any other issues are completely secondary. They didn’t have anywhere near the same effect.
The difference is, Harris ran on changing the economy to demand-side and that never even got reported, and Trump ran on “migrants turning your kids trans” as a cover story that would allow him to economically do the opposite of Harris without having to ever say that.
Trump won for the same reason Biden did–everyone blamed the sitting administration for economic downturns. That’s it. Nothing else to me–I want stress here that this is to me–is even remotely useful to know. Meaning, about what this election shows. It all begins and ends there (again, to me).
znModeratorI have to take your word for it because I didn’t see any.
Oh stuff exists, it was all out there. I wasn’t looking for that stuff and it found me. Basically policy plans to put “trickle up,” demand-side policies in effect, which increases the spending power of average people. Expanding child care tax credits. Increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Cutting taxes on longterm capital gains with people who make less that 100,o00. Expanding affordable housing in lower economic communities. Extending economic assistance (up to 25,000) for first time home buyers. Expanding low-income taxing credit for housing. Decreasing the price of renting. Federal ban on price gouging on groceries. Cutting the cost of both childcare and eldercare. Expanding paid leave. Extending Medicare coverage to home care. Expanding Medicare drug price negotiating power. Increasing tax deducations for start-up businesses. Extending 1/3 of Federal contracts to small businesses. Raising the minimum wage. Eliminating degree requirements for certain Federal jobs (thereby increasing employability and avg. salaries). Federal tax credits to businesses that employ unionized workers. Invest heavily at the Federal level in clean energy businesses, increasing the demand for clean energy solutions, so expanding the clean energy industry, and in the process creating jobs.
It’s not social democracy, it’s not universal healthcare, it’s less than Sanders would have done in 2016. But it’s pragmatic centrist “demand side” economics, which as we know actually works. (And as we also know it’s all the exact opposite of what Trumpsters will do, which will have the effect of decreasing jobs and increasing the power and money of the oligarchs at everyone else’s expense.)
This was the major stuff in her candidacy.
So no it was never just “Trump is bad.” Those were the sound bites that got on the news and/or got talked about in social media. The pragmatic, centrist, demand-side stuff never got much press, even though it was in her commercials and speeches and general public discourse. It didn’t get talked about, it wasn’t much reported on in mainstream media. But it was there. I picked up on it because there were some people who discussed it at length in places like quora.
znModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshopRams punter Ethan Evans has been cleared to play against Miami after missing Week 9 in Seattle with an illness..Stu Jackson@StuJRamsSean McVay said Kam Curl (knee), Kevin Dotson (ankle), Demarcus Robinson (toe), Neville Gallimore (shoulder) and Rob Havenstein (ankle) won’t practice today. McVay said Dotson and Curl are expected to play vs. Dolphins. Didn’t sound concerned about Robinson’s toe injuryznModeratorSteve Avila and Jonah Jackson back at practice (Munchak, Wendell and Kromer running and observing the drill) pic.twitter.com/SZZaH1Crsk
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) November 7, 2024
znModeratorStu Jackson@StuJRamsSean McVay said the Rams will give Jonah Jackson reps at left guard and center this week as they sort through where he’ll play upon returning while waiting for Steve Avila to be cleared.znModeratorwhat do you do when avila and jackson come back?
There’s something I just posted on that in the “injuries” etc. thread.
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