Every big catch from Puka Nacua in the Rams win vs Buffalo

Short route concepts, his body control, extending the field, jump balls, YAC. Nothing he can’t do. Top 5 WR in football pic.twitter.com/UbbzQB3Xq3

— Football Digest (@FoootballDigest) December 9, 2024

.@BuffaloBills @RamsNFL @AsapPuka the concepts are the same; different formations….but the same results. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/NfoRqgVZWE

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 9, 2024

.@BuffaloBills @RamsNFL @Kyrenwilliams23 the Rams will utilize any Run Concept to run the ball. Nothing new under the Sun. #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/ApJr5YaOBn

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 9, 2024

"The @RamsNFL are 6-2 when Nacua and Kupp are healthy. They've got a Super Bowl winning HC, a Super Bowl winning QB, and this tough as nails WR duo."

– @pschrags pic.twitter.com/6xYV6hdip6

— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) December 9, 2024

from quora: Susanna Viljanen
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Why aren’t more people showing empathy towards the UnitedHealth CEO who is as murdered? Why are people defending the suspect?

Because people in the US are sick and tired of the American profit-oriented health care and paying through the nose – and even more so with the insurance industry, which they see as a legalized racket.

What we know is that:

The murder is pre-meditated and definitely targeted. The murderer arrived with a bus which had left at Atlanta, GA, using a fake identity, and stayed in a hostel in NY, using another fake identity
He prowled the victim for ten minutes before shooting.

He used an unconventional weapon.
The casings found at the site were signed “deny”, “defend” and “depose”, referring to a book about abuses of the insurance industry
The murderer escaped just in a way we were taught in the military: leaving fake tracks, using multiple vehicles, using diverted routes. His tracks go cold in the Central Park.
His backpack has been found – full of Monopoly money

It’s been over three days now. It is likely his identity will never be resolved as the tracks have gone cold. He is most likely away from the NYC already – perhaps escaped abroad.
What we know also is that United HealthCare (UHC) has been the most ardent insurance company to reject insurance claims, and Brian Thompson has been suspected on fraud and insider trading. He has also implemented a deeply flawed AI to handle the insurance claims.

It is personal. My estimation is someone whose insurance claims have been rejected by UHC and who has a fatal disease – or a loved one of someone whose insurance claims have been rejected. He is not a professional, but likely to have previous gun handling experience and at least rudimentary experience on guerrilla warfare tactics. He has a sick sense of humour (the signed cartridges, the backpack full of Monopoly money) and he wanted to mock and harass both the medical insurance industry and NYPD. It is likely we will see similar antics in the next days.

I do not think the case is about a triangle drama – or a competiting insurance company. It may also be the murderer is a disgruntled employee of the UHC – someone thoroughly morally disgusted on being a part of what they see as a legalized racket. Who might want Thompson dead?

Anyone, who or whose loved one has died, become moribund, or left permanently crippled, or gone bankrupt due to rejected insurance claims. Any corporate employee, who is disgusted on working in a racket not unlike Mafia. Anyone, who is sick and tired by being screwed by the profit-oriented medical care and the legalized fraud of the insurance industry. Anyone, who has medical debt. Anyone forced to pay 10 to 100 times more of medicines than EU citizens – and does not have an access to Mexico or Canada for medicines. Anyone with a pre-existing condition. If we narrow down only to those whose claims have been turned down by UHC, we can narrow the pool of suspects down to 8.1 million people.

NYPD initially offered a 10,000 USD reward for any clues leading to apprehension. Now the reward has been raised to 50,000 USD – but the posters have been defaced and torn off. Seemingly the New Yorkers do not want the murderer to get caught.

Brian Thompson is seen as the bad guy. He implemented a deeply flawed AI to handle the insurance claims, rejecting one third of the claims, and it was found the AI got wrong in 90% of the cases.

But even worse and more unethical was found. The AI was found to be optimized to find cases where the company would gain the biggest profits by denying the claims and where the patient would be too weak to protest and raise a lawsuit against the company, and where actual immoral practices would produce an arbitrage. AI actually kills people. Brian Thompson has been seen as the guy who presses that black button which kills someone – and brings him million dollars.

Physical violence is the last resort of the poor and the downtrodden, and in a country so immersed in firearms, something like this was bound to happen sooner or later. It happened sooner. I sincerely hope we will learn something from this.

The murderer is now fifth day on the loose. Each day means diminishing chances of him ever getting caught. It is likely he has already escaped the country and is out of the reach of justice – many countries refuse to cede wanted criminals in countries which have death penalty. Some 50% of all murders in the US go unsolved anyway.

HIGHLIGHTS: Matthew Stafford’s Best Plays In 320-Yard, 2-Touchdown Win vs. Bills

They begin with the Rams at 1:34 in.

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THE RAMS BLOCK THE PUNT AND SCORE 🤯

📺 FOX pic.twitter.com/hh508zdYXr

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 8, 2024

wv wrote:

I am not sure i know who or what this team is.

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IMO? This looked liked the team that took Baltimore to overtime last year, in spite of having gone 3-6 before the bye.

Except they won this one.

It was the first game where the OL was stable and fixed and cohesive (w/ Limmer at center as a year-long replacement) and both Kupp and Nacua played. (Rodrigue on this in her big article: “an offensive line that didn’t allow a sack in only its second game together as a group.”) All those elements were finally healthy together and in sync at the same time. So to me, it looked like the post-bye offense from 2023. Last year we were all equally surprised by the Baltimore game–we quite simply didn’t expect it.

With this difference. In 2023, Donald was playing, though with a young defense. In 2024, it’s just a young defense with no Donald. And also this difference–as good as Lamar Jackson is, Josh Allen is better. 😯

Anyway. I would be surprised if they didn’t win their last 4 regular season games. I don’t see them going far in the playoffs this year, but it will be nice to see the next 4 games.
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Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
TE Hunter Long told me he heard two “thuds” – the ball off the punter’s foot, then the ball hitting Jake Hummel’s outstretched arm. Then, he said, “I blacked out.” His first NFL TD, a scoop-and-score off a blocked punt, was a catalyst for the Rams today.

Nothing like listening to @RamsNFL WR @AsapPuka talk football 🏈

He joins @TomBrady after being named Brady's #LFG Player of the game! pic.twitter.com/kdHikZGWBW

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 9, 2024

PFF@PFF
The Rams and Bills offenses put on a show 🍿

💥 902 total yards
💥 11 TDs
💥 53 first downs
💥 0 sacks taken

Rams24/7@Rams24_7
Don’t look now but Rams 8/9 in the RZ the past 2 weeks

0 sacks allowed the past 2 games too

roberto clemente@rclemente2121
in the 138 games mcvay has head-coached the rams, the rams have scored 24+ points in the first half 10 times – they are 10-0 in those games.

Aaron Schatz@ASchatzNFL
That was a truly amazing game of quarterback play for both Stafford and Allen.

Vinny Calabrese@VinnyCal
All things considered this is the best offensive performance in the Stafford era. They needed to score all 44 of these points and they answered the bell against a great team with a great QB

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
“[Josh Allen] is a nightmare to defend…. That’s why he’s a legitimate MVP candidate.” – Sean McVay

Scott Pioli@scottpioli51
Josh Allen of the @BuffaloBills just became the first player in #NFL history to rush for 3 TDs and pass for 3 TDs in a game

This is absolutely perfect execution @RamsNFL @CooperKupp @AsapPuka pic.twitter.com/sfIuLungc1

— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) December 9, 2024

Spectacular catch 99 overall @EAMaddenNFL

Puka just has one of these amazing catches seemingly every week! Incredible pic.twitter.com/hEFF9zA9EO

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) December 8, 2024