Chilling: @DCPoliceDept officer Michael Fanone said on CNN that rioters went for his gun, saying “Kill him with his own gun”.
He told CNN, “It was all about self preservation…I “appealed to their humanity…I just remember yelling out I have kids”
pic.twitter.com/zUOafxRdBU

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 15, 2021

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Rams GM Les Snead, on Brad Holmes, who will be the new GM in Detroit: “We’re all excited for this opportunity for Brad…He has spent his entire career with the Rams, and he’s earned this position w/ the Lions due to his dedication to being an astute evaluator of football talent,

his dynamic intelligence, his unwavering leadership and humility. All of those qualities will ensure he’s set up to be successful in this next chapter of his career.”

Cooper Kupp and David Edwards are questionable for Saturday. Terrell Lewis won’t play, nor will John Wolford.

Aaron Donald is good to go, as is Jared Goff https://t.co/xiYcnwtnuj

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) January 14, 2021

zn wrote:

Ian Rapoport@RapSheet
#Rams coach Sean McVay ruled QB John Wolford out Saturday vs. the #Packers. He hasn’t practiced this week. Jared Goff will start, Blake Bortles will back up.

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Rookie Bryce Perkins (from the practice squad) could be an option as a 3rd QB active for Saturday.

Josh Norris@JoshNorris
Holmes maintained his status, and was even promoted, during multiple regime/location changes with the Rams. 18 years with one organization.

That’s telling, in a positive way. Excited for him and for the Lions.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/13/rams-draft-picks-brad-holmes-gm-job/

Thanks to a new rule approved by the NFL in November, the Rams stand to earn two third-round compensatory picks if Holmes does land a GM job. It’s part of the league’s effort to reward teams for developing minority candidates, giving them a third-round compensatory pick in consecutive years if a coach or executive becomes the head coach or GM of another team.

Rams injury report: Cooper Kupp, John Wolford missed practice again on Wednesday https://t.co/8SahYsg8zF

— TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes) January 14, 2021

Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
Jalen Ramsey has 581 coverage snaps during the regular season.

He allowed the fewest receiving yards (309) in coverage of the 33 @NFL corners with 500+ snaps (per @PFF).

Peter Bukowski@Peter_Bukowski
Why the #Rams are so tough:

– They play almost exclusively zone but let Jalen Ramsey shadow No. 1’s in man by himself at times

– They play the most Cover-3 of any coverage but play the most Cover-4 in the NFL

– No one plays lighter boxes but they have a top-5 run D.

WTF

—

As @robertmays wrote (https://t.co/OcNLmfdVAK), Brandon Staley has transformed the Rams defense by focusing on a numbers advantage in the passing game.

The dividends of this are clear if we look at where the Rams have allowed completed passes, pre-Staley (left) and post (right). pic.twitter.com/hUc1h7IVf6

— Ethan Douglas (@EthanCDouglas) January 13, 2021

Brooke Pryor@bepryor
Asked if the problem with the run game was personnel or scheme, Mike Tomlin says it’s both: “When you’re dead last in anything, the answer is all of the above.”

"The Terminator" Aaron Donald is going to play Saturday, through a healing rib injury.
I spoke w/ a doctor and leading pain management specialist about the injury, what precautions the Rams/Donald may take and a few non-obvious risks they'll likely manage https://t.co/ZLeI8lLB5a

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) January 14, 2021

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from that (link’s in the tweet):

Dr. Medhat Mikhael, the lead pain management specialist at MemorialCare Orange Coast medical center in Fountain Valley, Calif., spoke to The Athletic this week about how Donald and the Rams’ staff will have to manage torn rib cartilage, what protective measures and pain-management measures he can take leading up to and during the game, and what the potential risks are.

“As you know, every bone in our body can be contused, which means the cartilage of the bone can be severely damaged or injured without fracture,” Mikhael said. “Or, you can get some contusion into the intercostal muscles, the muscles that connect the ribs together in the front and partly in the back. Any chest wall traumas can be very painful, (but) rib contusions and intercostal muscle contusions are a form of mild injury to the chest wall area.”

…

Donald is not at a higher risk for further injuring his ribs by playing on Saturday, Mikhael said, because there reportedly was no breakage.

“It’s not going to be like a ‘weak rib’ that ends up getting fractured, no,” Mikhael said. “Because that rib has not weakened because it’s contused. However, the only risk is that he gets hit in the area and he’s back in pain, needing to recover from that area getting a little more contused, a little more inflamed. … As long as it has not been fractured, it’s not a ‘weakened’ area.”
…

Mikhael believed that Rams doctors would have “breathing assignments” for Donald throughout the week and at the time of the injury, which might include a device called a “spirometer,” a device that measures how much air a person can breathe in and out, by that person blowing into a tube attached to the device. Mikhael said that continuing to fully inflate the chest and lungs to capacity is important, because the lung recoil from even a contusion can lead to pneumonia if the person does not continue to breathe deeply through the pain.

Jared Goff warming up, wearing gloves presumably to prepare for the cold Green Bay weather. pic.twitter.com/IvOBehIRQP

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) January 13, 2021

👀👇🏿she is as dumb as a bag of rocks and I apologize now for insulting all rocks. This is a member of Congress. https://t.co/bBEIPpKAyZ

— Randy Mac (@RandyNBCLA) January 13, 2021

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Cam Akers is going to be “really special,” according to Andrew Whitworth.

He explained why he’s so bullish on the rookie RB on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Tuesday. “He’s a guy that didn’t really play in the same system that we’re running here and has adapted as the year has gone on and has learned a lot about being an NFL runner. It’s one of those things that just takes time and patience for those guys sometimes. I really think he’s done nothing but continue to grow every opp he’s had throughout this season and I think he’s going to be really special.”

Matt Miller@nfldraftscout
Been texting with an NFL source this morning who thinks there’s a very strong chance Eric Bieniemy isn’t hired for a HC opportunity this cycle. Cites concern about Reid’s coaching tree and timing w/Chiefs expected to make another SB run

Bucky Brooks@BuckyBrooks
It’s funny how this hiring thing works. You have an ex-NFL player who has ascended to OC role of the NFL No.1 offense thru years of work viewed as unqualified or not ready for the job but a 30-ish OC w/one-year of play-calling experience is a hot candidate. Make it make sense

Rodgers off play action this year:

1st in QBR
1st in completion %
1st in TDs

you the idea…. https://t.co/CSn3YoNHWq

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 13, 2021