Couldn't confirm without the film but the Rams really kept calling the same play over and over again last night and SEA could not stop it. I don't recall ever seeing a pass play called this many times in a NFL game. pic.twitter.com/W2GRNZtK3H

— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) October 8, 2021

Hacked Oath Keepers membership roster reveals NYPD and GOP officials

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/30/2055306/-Police-officers-and-Republican-officials-found-to-be-members-of-vile-domestic-terrorist-group?fbclid=IwAR17Ku3wmqayj5bs7KZtRDhASHgpcHHSdf3juci5JHJqVBgZ9eYaPhYNjlA

In August, right-wing racist fascism cosplay group the Oath Keepers were highlighted on CBS’s 60 Minutes. During an interview, Arizona Oath Keeper leader Jim Arroyo boasted, “Our guys are very experienced. We have active-duty law enforcement in our organization that are helping to train us. We can blend in with our law enforcement and in fact, in a lot of cases, our training is much more advanced because of our military backgrounds.” Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes has also boasted a large swath of current and retired law enforcement in the group’s ranks. The fact that at least 31 law enforcement officers across 12 states were being investigated for their part in the attempted coup d’etat at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, should have been a red flag for even the most naive among us.

On Thursday, Gothamist and WNYC reported on a joint investigation the two news outlets conducted of online records purporting to show links between the New York Police Department and a secret membership database of Oath Keepers. According to the outlets, “hacked membership records were sent to a transparency nonprofit group called Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), which shares leaked data with journalists and researchers.” The leaked data does not show whether or not a member is still active, but the current or one-time members in question are definitely still active in New York as officials and officers.

A spokesman for Mayor de Blasio told Gothamist that there will be an investigation: “The Oath Keepers are a vile, extremist, anti-government organization. An immediate internal investigation has been launched.”

The Oath Keepers were founded by Stewart Rhodes in 2009 after President Obama’s inauguration, with calls by Rhodes for a new “civil war” to take place in our country. In recent years, with the rise of Donald Trump and the white supremacist foundation of the GOP becoming completely flagrant, the Oath Keepers have been able to reemerge from their doomsday-prepper caves in full jilted-bigot regalia. Being involved with the Oath Keepers is to be involved with a domestic terrorist organization, birthed out of racism against our country’s first, and so far only, Black president.

According to Gothamist, there are at least three New York public officials listed in the membership logs who claim they are no longer active members of the group. Their names were not published. However, the responses reporters got when they tried to contact various folks on the membership logs showed a real caginess that does not generally imply innocence. One of those matches was an active Staten Island officer who works in the Strategic Response Group—a group “deployed to quell protests, including those that erupted in New York City last year in response to the murder of George Floyd.”

When WNYC/Gothamist called the phone number associated with that membership entry, a man answered but did not confirm whether or not he was the officer in question. When asked if he was a member of the Oath Keepers, the man paused and asked how his number was obtained. He then declined to answer further questions.

Oswego County, NY’s 25th District Legislator Ralph Edward Stacy Jr., a Republican (gasp/eye roll), is also on the leaked membership list. He told Gothamist that it has been a very long time since he had filled out a membership for the never-not-racist-and-fascist organization, but that he hadn’t interacted with the group for over a decade.

“I do not condone what happened at the Capitol building and was not involved in what occurred,” said Stacy, who said he had never spoken to anyone involved with the organization and made clear he had not participated in the Capitol riot. “I certainly do believe in the right to peaceful assembly to protest one’s cause, but I do not believe in any sort of criminal trespass or criminal activity as a means to an end.”

In March, New York Daily News reported that active-duty officer Sal Greco, who was getting money from Trump surrogate and super-sketchy rich guy Roger Stone, was being investigated for his part as a possible under-the-table bodyguard for Stone. Stone used Oath Keepers as bodyguards during his time in D.C. around the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Daily News report connected Greco to the Oath Keepers circumstantially and through a strange Venmo account.

Roger Stone(R), former advisor to US President Donald Trump arrives at court prior to his sentencing hearing on February 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. – Donald Trump’s longtime aide Roger Stone will be sentenced February 20, 2020 in a case that has caused a stir in Washington following meddling by the US president and his attorney general. Stone, one of the Republican leader’s allies and “oldest friends,” was convicted in November of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to cheat in the 2016 election. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Officer Greco appears in sunglasses with Stone at Stone’s Feb. 2020 sentencing hearing
Former Republican candidate for New York’s 6th Congressional district, Thomas Zmich, told Gothamist/WNYC that, while he had been part of the New York chapter of the Oath Keepers, that was a suuuuuper long time ago. [Cough] Three years ago, the New York chapter closed, which is when Zmich says he stopped being in the organization. While in Trump years that may feel like a lifetime ago, in the objective reality the rest of us live in, three years ago is three years ago.

None of this is surprising to readers around these parts. One of the larger national groups of fascist-wannabe seditionists congregated at our country’s Capitol on January 6 of this year. Law enforcement officials who fought bravely to defend our democracy testified in open court as to the disappointment and dangers they saw that day—including some insurrectionist cops. As the weeks have passed, more and more evidence has shown that Oath Keepers, amongst others, were very much involved in a conspiracy that day.

In recent weeks, the FBI has made it clear that they are pursuing a “seditious conspiracy” investigation. Oath Keepers have cut plea deals and more than a dozen other Oath Keepers are looking down the barrel of whatever the snitches and prosecutors have on them. This investigation is directly connected to the Oath Keepers’ presence in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6.

Matthew Stafford and Leonard Floyd both seem to be OK after a couple of injury scares on Thursday night https://t.co/ZHmwfabznD

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) October 9, 2021

JB Ram@JB_Peeples
If Mcvay ever says that someone’s injury is bad or serious I’m just going to assume that dude passed away

.@RamsNFL @Seahawks and #seahawks break down in communication and @robertwoods gets his easiest catch of the night. 1 missed assignment and it can all fall apart. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/w2HlIOlrft

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) October 8, 2021

.@RamsNFL #AndrewWhitworth started his 225th regular season game last night. His feet do all the work. An amazingly consistent player. He makes playing left tackle in the #NFL look EZ. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/7ojfFvVdke

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) October 8, 2021

.@RamsNFL @Seahawks I ❤️❤️this level of communication, and execution. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/1GpqganINZ

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) October 8, 2021

.@rams @CooperKupp leading the way for @DarrellH8 on the longest run of the night. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/P8xklKYVCp

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) October 8, 2021

Good work by Darrell Henderson #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/L8wduDPiez

— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 8, 2021

That speeeeed and length by Terrell Lewis?!!! 😳 QB’s beware! pic.twitter.com/rIK0Q6IJ6f

— RAMZILLA (@elitster) October 8, 2021

10 of Woods' 14 targets were considered “open targets” (3+ yards of separation), per Next Gen Stats. On those 10, he caught 9 for 122 of his 150 yards.

McVay schemed to get him open, and the Seahawks abysmal defense complied. https://t.co/Q2ioPDfnGn

— Kevin Patra (@kpatra) October 8, 2021

The Rams are 4-1, giving Stafford his best start since 2011.

He joined us postgame to discuss how he feeds his playmakers! #LARvsSEA pic.twitter.com/mWLQrgJDFN

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) October 8, 2021

Fun fact: If you look up "nightmare" in the dictionary, you just find this photo of the Seahawks trying to block Aaron Donald https://t.co/yhwGoSryxw

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) October 8, 2021

Jalen Ramsey By the Numbers #⃣
Week 5 TNF at Seahawks

🔹 100% playtime (60 snaps)
🔹 8 targets (team-high), 5 rec, 61 yards, TD
🔹 60-23-17% CB-Slot-Box Alignment

*Ramsey lined up vs DK Metcalf on 45% of coverage snaps (2 targets, 2 rec, 44 yards, TD)#LARvsSEA | #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/AK4bbJBHK9

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 8, 2021

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Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
TBH for me a key number here is the targets. No QB in a healthy state of mind WANTS to be throwing at Ramsey. But his coverage plan makes it really, really hard to intentionally avoid him now. Rams thin at players who can unlock that versatility as they monitor Williams’ status.

They moved Long into the slot when Williams left the game (he had not played a single snap there all season nor did to my knowledge in camp). Burgess played some slot, some Star and has played (and practiced) a little CB. We’ll see what happens – longer recovery week helps too.