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February 26, 2020 at 2:31 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111658
znModerator#LARams combine coverage:
• McVay on the approach he's taking this week: https://t.co/bDPqvyHSnp
• Snead on franchise tag candidates, pending free agents, extension talks: https://t.co/S021hJVrme
• McVay, Snead confident in Gurley heading into 2020: https://t.co/DPZdTPtpe2 pic.twitter.com/opnN9CpPHE
— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) February 26, 2020
February 26, 2020 at 2:23 pm in reply to: just some “no thread for em” various political tweets … 2/25 thru ? #111657znModeratorJohn Fugelsang@JohnFugelsang
ever notice how the Americans who really hate foreigners also tend to hate huge amounts of other Americans?February 26, 2020 at 2:12 pm in reply to: Washington Post: Sanders a risk… the media hates Bernie thread #111656znModerator
znModeratorDan Graziano@DanGrazianoESPN
Sources: NFLPA board of player reps voted 17-14 with one abstaining to move the CBA vote to all players.Owners agreed to eliminate the $250,000 cap on earnings for 17th game.
Jim Trotter@JimTrotter_NFL
Interesting thoughts from some players reps and exec comm members when asked their gut feeling on whether CBA will be approved. General consensus: they don’t know. They expect it to be as close as EC and player rep votes, which were 6-5 against and 17-14-1 in favor.February 26, 2020 at 3:24 am in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111648znModeratorGary Klein@LATimesklein
Rams GM Les Snead on Jalen Ramsey extension: “There’s really no timeline on that, like when the deal gets done, at this point. But we’d definitely like to have Jalen helping the Rams for more than just the 2020 season.”February 26, 2020 at 3:16 am in reply to: just some “no thread for em” various political tweets … 2/25 thru ? #111647znModeratorBernie Sanders in the #DemDebate: "Occasionally it might be a good idea to be honest about American foreign policy, and that includes the fact that America has overthrown governments all over the world, in Chile, in Guatemala, in Iran" pic.twitter.com/L6rchO3emv
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) February 26, 2020
February 25, 2020 at 10:25 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111646znModeratorYou were John Robinson’s favorite RB of the draft too. How do I know? I was allowed in the draft room at the time. JR did all he could to try to convince management to switch their thinking…but to no avail. #DangIt
— 𝒥𝒾𝓂 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉 (@Jim_Everett) February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 at 9:38 pm in reply to: just some “no thread for em” various political tweets … 2/25 thru ? #111643znModeratorDear @MikeBloomberg,
While you were mayor, this teenage boy, Kalief Browder, was arrested and spent 3 grueling years in Rikers without ever being convicted of a crime.
He was regularly beaten while there. Put in solitary.
Then took his own life.
So FUCK your flippant apology. pic.twitter.com/414UVW2pgf
— Shaun King (@shaunking) February 16, 2020
February 25, 2020 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Washington Post: Sanders a risk… the media hates Bernie thread #111642znModeratorSo the media-bias against bernie has made it to late-night comedy. Better late, than never
That’s a popular clip. It’s the same one I deleted above because zn beat us to it. It’s up there ^^^^^^^
Well I deleted my earlier one. If someone doubles a posting I already made & the simplest solution is to delete mine, that’s what I do. Why? Obviously because I am just BREATHTAKINGLY and AMAZINGLY selfless and egoless about things like that.
February 25, 2020 at 8:43 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111639znModeratorSean McVay on Tyler Higbee: 'We've got big plans for him' https://t.co/10HNP0VSYr
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 at 8:39 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111638znModeratorRich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
We talked to McVay and Snead for an hour today, total. I’m writing about Gurley and the run game for The Athletic later. If you have any other questions, hit me here. If I have an answer, I’ll give you a quick answer here. If I don’t, I’ll tell you.Jed Kim@jedk225
What would be the plan to replace Ted Rath as strength and conditioning coach (also get-back coach as well I guess)? Internal promotion or external hire?Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Sounds like external. McVay indicated that he’s been doing some interviews and that trainer Reggie Scott is heavily involved in this also.Mike Mulia@MikeMulia1
Any update on contract restructures for players such as Goff, Cooks or Donald? Any update on Brockets’ free agency?Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
I asked about restructures and got the answer I expected… It’s not a button you push unless you think it’s absolutely necessary, because it just kicks the can down the road, but essentially they’re open to it if it’s the most sensible solution.Ryan Kieckhafer@rlkieckhafer
Did they comment on how much input the new coordinators may have on the draft or FA? Staley desires diff types than Wade…Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Yes, more so Staley. No specifics in terms of what those nuances would be, but an acknowledgment that there would be some nuance there. Not really with O’Connell, as the offense remains McVay’s baby.Ryan Kieckhafer@rlkieckhafer
Any news on returning FA’s? Whit, Blythe, etcRich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Not sure what you mean by news. None have signed, no. Discussions ongoing. We’re not going to hear details of negotiations, although they sounded very, very optimistic about Whitworth.Vandee@vandee101
Rich , In your opinion how does this years rank in comparison to the last 10 years? Marquee players , depth, etc.Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
It seems pretty strong in certain areas. Les was saying that you might see more WRs drafted in the first round, for instance, than the Watkins/Cooks draft. So there’s always ebbs and flows. Strong in some positions, weaker in others.WorldWide Rams@WorldWideRams
Despite all the talk about Gurley and Cooks, could you see them looking for a dynamic receiver to draft and Trade the likes of Josh Reynolds? Draft is deep in explosive receivers for the second yearRich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Yes mentioned — I’m paraphrasing here — that you never write off a position. It would be pretty surprising though, given the needs the Rams are likely to have on the defensive side.Rams fan@RagingRamFan
How significant of a priority is re-signing Austin Blythe? Does he most likely project as a starting G or C?Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Interesting tangential point to that…as of now, it seems neither Noteboom nor Allen will be ready until training camp. They mentioned weighing bringing back parts of last year’s line vs. looking toward the future. I get the impression Blythe would be center if he returned.Beau Benson@beautbenson
Jalen Ramsey extension?Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Came up in the same breath as Kupp, Johnson and a couple others. It’s on the radar but there are priorities, and the upcoming UFAs are first in line.TheMikeBar3@themikebar3
Thanks Rich. Are there, “serious”, talks going on with Dante, or is Sean just saying he wants to keep, but the price is too high. I also thought Whit would have been done by now, if he was staying.Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
They feel really good about Whitworth. It didn’t take too much reading between the lines to see they think it will get done. Nothing specific on Fowler but they mentioned how the combine is a good chance to get with agents and determine market value.otto@lacroix_toy
how much of a factor is Higbee’s emergence in this whole equation?Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Some specific talk of how much Higbee helped Goff down the stretch and his value.==
Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
It probably won’t surprise you that Sean McVay, with about two seconds’ worth of thought, knew the last left-handed QB in the NFL: Kellen Moore.February 25, 2020 at 1:38 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111622znModeratorD. Henderson didn’t get too many opportunities to showcase his skills last season, but he did show in spurts what he is capable of. A back that can go from 0-100 very quickly. These 2 carries from contest vs SF. Many expecting the 2nd year back to increase his production in 2020 pic.twitter.com/jdN08MYvaA
— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 at 1:34 pm in reply to: just some “no thread for em” various political tweets … 2/25 thru ? #111621znModeratorImagine Bernie Sanders after two straight fourth-place finishes in two very different states, a distant fourth in the popular vote, and polling at 12% nationally (under 10% with black voters).
Could he snap his fingers and make $5M in SuperPAC money appear? And if not, why not? https://t.co/8I1CfjNd4V
— Matt Karp 🌹🦏🇺🇸 (@karpmj) February 25, 2020
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February 25, 2020 at 9:39 am in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111610znModeratorCameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Jared Goff was at the Clippers game in LA last night and the boo-birds came out for the Rams QBFebruary 24, 2020 at 8:23 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111605znModeratorRe: Joe Burrow’s 9” hands
Joey Burrow@Joe_Burrow10
Considering retirement after I was informed the football will be slipping out of my tiny hands. Please keep me in your thoughts.znModeratorHere’s What 22 Separate Studies Found: Medicare for All Would Cost Less Than the For-Profit Status Quo
No matter how you design a single-payer public health insurance system, it would have lower overall health care costs, so long as for-profit private health insurers no longer exist to drive up health care costs.
February 24, 2020 at 8:00 pm in reply to: Washington Post: Sanders a risk… the media hates Bernie thread #111602znModeratorMSNBC plans "to seek out more smart, pro-Sanders voices" amid criticism over coverage, a network executive tells @joepompeo https://t.co/jSMz3UqyEa
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) February 24, 2020
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“PHIL IS DOING HIS BEST TO GIVE BERNIE HIS DUE”: AFTER A SANDERS SURGE AND A MATTHEWS GAFFE, MSNBC PREPARES TO PIVOT
The pundit apocalypse has been gestating for a few weeks—but it took the shock waves from Bernie Sanders’s Nevada victory to fully set it off. As Sanders’s numbers were building in the caucuses, Chris Matthews made the following comparison during an analytical exchange with his colleague Brian Williams. “I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940,” said Matthews (you can see where this is headed), “and the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over.’ And Churchill says, ‘How can it be? You’ve got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It’s over.’”
The blowback was swift. “Never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network to stop likening the campaign of a jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the nazis to the third reich,” tweeted Sanders’s communications director, Mike Casca, “but here we are.” By Monday morning, Matthews was facing calls for his head on a platter, with a #FireChrisMatthews hashtag gaining steam on Twitter.
As far as the possibility of Matthews resigning or being booted goes, that definitely isn’t happening. “They’re not taking Matthews off air over this,” one network insider told me. Rather, sources said he will address the controversy on the Monday night installment of Hardball. Several of them also emphasized that Matthews was not actually likening Sanders to the Nazis—he frequently tosses out historical and World War II references, and this one was perhaps a tone-deaf analogy in the heat of the moment. But if nothing else, the backlash seemed to crystallize just how hot the Sanders–MSNBC dynamic has become, as Tom Kludt explored last week for Vanity Fair. Matthews’s remarks came just one day after Page Six reported that Sanders himself took his grievances directly to MSNBC president Phil Griffin, reportedly telling him in a greenroom before the NBC debate in Nevada last week, “Phil, your network has not been playing a fair role in this campaign. I am upset. Is anything going to change?…I hope you will do better.”
Griffin is taking the complaints seriously, according to network sources. After Matthews’s comments on Saturday night, Griffin’s phone blew up with an angry reaction from the campaign. Griffin quickly discussed the matter with Matthews, who then interviewed campaign cochair Nina Turner on air minutes later. Sources also noted that MSNBC took Sanders’s El Paso and San Antonio rallies live on Saturday, and that Sanders people like campaign manager Faiz Shakir and former campaign manager Jeff Weaver both received airtime on Monday. “The Sanders team is in contact with our senior management,” one source said, “and they are heard. Phil is doing his best to give Bernie his due.”
Now, with Sanders looking more and more like the presumptive nominee, MSNBC’s coverage will have to shift to reflect that. “Will they bring in more contributors that are pro-Sanders? That’s where the chatter is,” another insider told me. “As a matter of news, you have to. Management is sensitive to it, that he is now very possibly gonna be the nominee. He’s winning.” I ran that notion past a network executive. “Yes, the race has changed over the last couple of weeks, and we are going to reflect that and make adjustments,” he said. “One easy way to do that is to seek out more smart, pro-Sanders voices from people who can make our coverage more insightful.” But, the executive added, “Their campaign, like any other, is due fair coverage, not fawning coverage.”
February 24, 2020 at 6:50 pm in reply to: some say american democratic socialism is the real center #111601znModerator
znModerator“You push and you push and you push and you say all the right things, but by whatever the deadline is this week, that is when you cut your deal.”
Execs and agents weigh in on CBA talks as the process continues to unfold | @SandoNFL https://t.co/gpz99M1mwr
— The Athletic NFL (@TheAthleticNFL) February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020 at 3:12 pm in reply to: the one-shot tweets thread (diff'rent stuff, funny angry interesting) #111597znModeratorNo way… pic.twitter.com/Ev6pLn552y
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020 at 3:09 pm in reply to: tweets & stuff … 2/23 – 2/26 … w/ a lot of Hammond (added Tues.) #111596znModeratorDespite a severe physical limitation–hand size that was uniformly judged to be substandard–this resilient young man has managed to make something of himself… pic.twitter.com/4pKET3rYL4
— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) February 24, 2020
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Re: Joe Burrow’s 9” hands
Former Bengal and now Rams QB coach Zac Robinson also had 9” hands. He told me that it particularly gave him trouble in high humidity. Burrow lit up defenses with no problem in a gd bayou I’m not too worried about him in Cincy
— Mike Renner (@PFF_Mike) February 24, 2020
znModeratorThough I wish somebody would point out that the public option means that the private insurance industries will lower their rates and improve their coverage short term while they finance politicians to gut financing for the Public Option and wear it down to the point that Americans come to believe – permanently – that the government is no good at running health insurance.
More on this.
Public option is more expensive than M4A:
Multiple studies show Medicare for All would be cheaper than public option pushed by moderates
Yale and Harvard researchers: Medicare for All reduces costs, while public option makes health care more expensiveznModeratorznModeratorAndrew Brandt@AndrewBrandt
To everyone asking if I think the potential NFL CBA is a “bad” deal for the Players: it is more nuanced than that. I think the deal could be more “equitable” for both sides. And I know this: inequitable deals never are good, and the NFL does not want an inequitable deal here.For example, why would this CBA last 10 years when the Players top out at 48.5% of revenues next year? Why not (1) a shorter deal to assess the new economics, (2) earlier opt-outs or (3) incremental gains to 49% after four years, 49.5% after six years and 50% after eight years?
znModeratorMORE OF STALEY TALKS TO LONG:
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Here's an extended conversation with new #LARams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley.
Does he need a proven edge presence (like he's had with Mack, Miller, Chubb) to succeed?https://t.co/pXdxEtESA7
— J.B. Long (@JB_Long) February 24, 2020
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The Rams new defensive coordinator sits down with J.B. Long and shares his thoughts on how this defense has been successful in previous years and how he plans to utilize Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey.
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znModeratorESPN predicts Rams will use franchise tag on Dante Fowler Jr. https://t.co/x1UCuzLoJU via @theramswire
— RamsNewsNow (@RamsNewsNow) February 24, 2020
znModeratorICYMI: The Rams have 3 RFAs this year, and they're far tougher decisions than last year's. The cheapest tender is expected to be around $2.1M https://t.co/yc9kLFYIV0
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) February 24, 2020
znModeratorBernie’s #MedicareForAll would save about $450 billion per year: https://t.co/apzcrfDi57
If you’re Canadian, like I am, you should already get how that works.
— A Echo (@AEcho13) February 24, 2020
February 23, 2020 at 6:09 pm in reply to: Bernie went to Nevada to kick ass & chew gum & he’s all outta gum #111570znModerator -
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