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  • October 1, 2019 at 8:19 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 10/1 & 10/2 (includes VB Q&A) #106072
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    October 1, 2019 at 8:18 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 10/1 & 10/2 (includes VB Q&A) #106071
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    October 1, 2019 at 8:10 pm in reply to: tweets & other bits … 10/1 & 10/2 (includes VB Q&A) #106070
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    October 1, 2019 at 8:03 pm in reply to: (the few) highlights from the Bux game #106069
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    October 1, 2019 at 7:40 pm in reply to: is Goff developing? #106067
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    I believe Simms on Goff, I think that was a top performance by Jared.

    October 1, 2019 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Judge rules jury can apply Castle Doctrine in Amber Guyger murder trial #106057
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    wv wrote:

    Damn. What the heck do you do with ‘that’ fact pattern.

    What ‘is’ she guilty of, exactly. Somethin. But ‘what’ exactly?

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    Well I don’t know me all the nuu-ahnsez of the law.

    But it’s at least manslaughter right.

    I mean, you can’t jist shoot someone dead, and say “oops my bad.”

    October 1, 2019 at 11:25 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 10/1 & 10/2 (includes VB Q&A) #106052
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    Hazlet Hacksaw

    A and B gap blitzes
    Bucs and Browns pounded these gaps
    Makes sense with 2 first year starters. Another way to stop Gurley keep him in blocking. Will probably continue.

    October 1, 2019 at 11:12 am in reply to: chris carter on Gurley … + more on Rams run game issues #106048
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    Vincent Bonsignore
    https://theathletic.com/1255785/2019/09/30/burn-the-film-revisiting-the-todd-gurley-plan-and-thoughts-on-jared-goff-and-the-rams-line/?=twittered

    The Gurley plan might need tweaking

    Whether the Rams are working around an injury to Todd Gurley’s left knee or adhering to a maintenance program to preserve it for the duration of the season, it might be time to rethink things.

    For comparison, let’s look at the workload program NBA teams have utilized with some star players over the course of a long regular season in order to conserve fitness and health for the playoffs.

    In those cases, it’s cut and dried. Either you sit the player out entirely or you manage his minutes during games. The hope is that by cutting some games out of the schedule and limiting in-game minutes, the player will be better off physically for the playoffs.

    But when they are on the court, they are full-go.

    The Rams are trying to use Gurley less but they’re also utilizing him less when he’s on the field. That has created a confusing situation and created an adverse effect on everything from Jared Goff to the offensive line and McVay’s playcalling.

    Gurley played 76 percent of the Rams’ offensive snaps on Sunday, yet ran the ball just five times while catching seven passes. The utilization rate compared to the playing rate is way out of whack. And it isn’t serving anyone.

    Going into Sunday’s game, Gurley’s play-participation percent was higher in the first half compared to the second, but his utilization rate was higher in the second half. To help preserve him, they are using him as a decoy for long stretches of the game, which means they are essentially playing with 10 players rather than 11 too often.

    If the Rams are intent upon preserving Gurley, maybe it’s better to simply ride him as normally as possible when he is in the game, but hold him out of an extra series or two in favor of backup Malcolm Brown.

    At least that way, McVay doesn’t have to close off a significant part of his playbook when Gurley is in the game but serves as more of a distraction to the defense than as a viable weapon. As it is now, McVay’s hands are a bit tied by trying to figure out the proper balance.

    “Yeah, I’m not going to sit up here and continue to make excuses for why I haven’t done a good enough job. I’m just not doing it right now. We’re not getting it done,” McVay said. “We’re just going to continue to put our head down and try to find solutions.”

    It’s a tough situation. The Rams are trying to do right by the valuable — and expensive — asset they have in Gurley, and while that is noble, it simply isn’t working right now. Using Gurley more, or more prudently, might be the direction to go.

    “Well, I think there are some things that, yeah, you’d like to find some solutions to be more productive offensively and there’s a lot of different directions that we can go,” McVay said. “But ultimately it’s my job, it’s our job to figure that out, and I haven’t done a good enough job and I’m not going to make any excuses about it other than just try to go to work and figure it out.”

    October 1, 2019 at 11:11 am in reply to: chris carter on Gurley … + more on Rams run game issues #106047
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    October 1, 2019 at 11:10 am in reply to: tweets & other bits … 10/1 & 10/2 (includes VB Q&A) #106046
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    Bill Barnwell@billbarnwell
    There’s a weird thing about talking about QBs. If a guy is pretty bad and you say he’s bad, his team’s fans get angry at you, insist you haven’t watched his tape, are biased, etc

    But if a guy is really bad and you say he isn’t that bad, they get even angrier

    Dan Orlovsky@danorlovsky7
    Watching tape I’ve gotta be honest-where has the @RamsNFL run game gone?!?
    -2017 5th in the NFL at 121ypg
    -2018 3rd in the NFL at 139ypg

    A month into 2019 they’re 22nd at 99ypg…👀

    The trickle down is less play action pass, more drop back, and less control of game!

    DOWNTOWN RAMS [DTR]@DowntownRams
    #Rams rushing yards in correspondence to the OL per PFF:

    TE/Whit: 12 car, 53 yds, 2TD
    Whitworth: 2 car, 3 yds
    Noteboom: 5 car, 23 yds
    Boom/Allen: 14 car, 39 yds, TD
    Allen/Blythe: 11 car, 71 yds
    Blythe: 7 car, 17 yds
    Havenstein: 10 car, 47 yds, TD
    Big Rob/TE: 16 car, 75 yds, TD

    Jim Trotter@JimTrotter_NFL
    The Raiders are the latest example of why a head coach should never have total control of football operations. You need checks and balances. Coaches always think they can change a player’s spots.

    Tom Reed@treed1919
    The Bengals v Dolphins game on Dec. 22 might get flexed to the Cartoon Network.

    October 1, 2019 at 11:10 am in reply to: chris carter on Gurley … + more on Rams run game issues #106045
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    I don’t call the play calls, bro’ — The Rams’ words about Todd Gurley aren’t matching reality

    Vincent Bonsignore

    https://theathletic.com/1252898/2019/09/30/i-dont-call-the-play-calls-bro-the-rams-words-about-todd-gurley-arent-matching-reality/

    LOS ANGELES — On the oddest of Rams afternoons, it wasn’t the absurdly copious 68 times Jared Goff dropped back to throw that stood out most, or his four turnovers. It wasn’t that somehow the Rams managed to make a game out of the madness that unfolded Sunday at the Coliseum.

    It wasn’t even that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, of all teams, dropped 55 points on the defending NFC champions to hand them their first loss of the season, though it was pretty weird that Jameis Winston strolled in and hung a 55-40 loss on the Rams.

    No, the strangest thing of all was the Rams’ usage of star running back Todd Gurley, and then coach Sean McVay’s reaction to it.

    McVay called only five run plays for Gurley (who totaled 16 yards and two touchdowns), and none in the first quarter when the Rams were in desperate need of establishing a level of physicality and dominance. McVay then went to the postgame podium and insisted, through gritted teeth and a clenched jaw, that there is no mandate, no plan, no concerted effort to monitor Gurley’s usage to try and preserve him (and specifically his left knee) for the length of the season.

    “There’s none of that,” McVay said. “We’re doing what we can to win games. It’s not about conserving. We’ve gotta win right now and that’s the most important thing. There’s nothing like that.”

    Hogwash.

    Be it by decree or out of protection for his star running back — who the Rams are tied to through the 2023 season at $57.5 million — or simply out of strategy, McVay has reduced the NFL’s best running back in 2017 and 2018 to little more than a bit player through the first four games of the season. McVay also is standing in front of everyone after every game and every practice and insisting there is nothing to see as it relates to Gurley’s left knee.

    When it comes to Gurley’s usage right now — or lack thereof — McVay continues to assert it’s simply a matter of the flow of the game and the manner in which he believes victories can be achieved.

    Sorry, not buying it. And for the first time all year, there was a sense of frustration from McVay while watching him speak.

    McVay deserves credit for being a good soldier in toeing the company line. He’s taking some massive public-relations hits right now by having to explain a complicated situation and by the way he’s being forced to utilize one of the most prized commodities in all of football.

    McVay is taking one for the team, obviously.

    But it doesn’t seem fair.

    The only alternative is that McVay, who built the NFL’s most explosive offense around the phenomenal running power and pass-catching ability of Gurley, suddenly decided the Rams are better off with Gurley as a decoy rather than a dynamic weapon.

    Come on.

    And here is the biggest problem of all: The obvious plan in place for Gurley has resulted in McVay and the Rams going into games with one arm figuratively tied behind their back. Imagine having one of the great assets in all of football — the very weapon the offense revolves around — and not being able to use him freely.

    Even worse, he’s on the field for long stretches without even touching the ball.

    Then everyone else, including coaches, is asked to do just a little bit better to compensate. And everyone knows full well that everything — from Goff to the offensive line to the playbook — is affected, if not compromised, because the team can’t lean as much on Gurley.

    This includes Goff being asked to drop back 68 times, as happened Sunday. Three of those passes ended up in the hands of the Buccaneers, and they cashed in with three touchdowns. Goff also got strip-sacked late in the game, resulting in a back-breaking fumble recovery and touchdown run by former Rams defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

    Goff needs to be better, flat out, and now more than ever with Gurley no longer being a focal point of the offense. But a team is asking for trouble when it dials up nearly 70 pass plays.

    Bad things almost always end up happening.

    “It’s hard to win in this league, usually, when you’re doing that,” Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “Unless, very rare circumstances. Yeah, at some point you keep having to throw the ball like that you’re not going to win many games probably. And when you are, it’s miracles at the end.”

    And while the Rams’ offensive line has simply not been up to par while breaking in two new starters, one of the easiest ways to settle an inexperienced group down and build confidence and cohesion is handing the ball to Gurley and telling the line to go punish people. Not once or twice or here or there, but consistently and with conviction and purpose.

    Nothing gets an offensive line going like one that gets unleashed on people. It’s a tone-setter.

    “Gotta get physicality to our offense,” Whitworth said.

    There were days, not long ago, when the balance and physicality created by Gurley’s brute force and breathtaking ability was the Rams’ key that opened all the offensive locks. The punishment he doled out and the production he delivered ripped the hearts out of opponents and weaponized Goff with the most lethal play-action pass package in the NFL.

    Those days are long gone.

    If the plan is to preserve Gurley, that’s fine. If it’s to work around a damaged Gurley, that is understandable too.

    What doesn’t make sense, though, is running him onto the field series after series and barely using him, which the Rams did far too often on Sunday while relying way too heavily on the pass game.

    If Gurley is on a pitch count, maybe the more prudent approach would be to use backup Malcolm Brown more often during the phases when the Rams are limiting Gurley’s usage.

    At least then McVay can dig as deep as needed into his playbook. The five runs he called in the first half on Sunday — with 11 overall — is a recipe for disaster for an offense that is predicated on balance and the play-action pass.

    “I mean, way above my jurisdiction to pick which one we’re doing,” Whitworth said when asked about the unbalanced playcalling. “Whatever Jared calls in the huddle, that’s what I run.”

    Not that Gurley was much help either.

    “I control what I control,” he said afterward. “At the end of the day, we didn’t get the win, whether I had 20 carries or two carries. Definitely want to get the win, that’s the main thing, but Seattle next on Thursday.”

    When asked if he saw anything from the Tampa Bay defense that might dissuade the Rams from calling his number more often, Gurley had very little to say.

    “I don’t call the play calls, bro.”

    When pressed a bit more, Gurley said, “Like I say, I don’t call the plays. I go out there and play. I block for ‘JG’ , run the ball, run the routes, whatever. Whatever the play call is, I’m going to go out there and do it just like everyone else is going to go out there and do their job. It’s 11 people on the field and there’s only one ball.”

    The Rams were a good enough team to win their first three games with Gurley Lite, albeit each too close for comfort. But a day like Sunday was bound to happen. It wasn’t so much the loss itself. This is the NFL, mind you, and if you don’t bring it at optimal level every week you’re liable to get waylaid.

    That is understandable.

    The inevitability was a situation in which the Rams turned so obviously and conspicuously away from one of the game’s great assets that it became egregious.

    It felt similar to the NFC Championship Game, when Gurley essentially was a spectator in the Rams’ crowning moment of reaching the Super Bowl. And it certainly felt the same as two weeks later, when Gurley was barely a part of the game plan in the close loss to the New England Patriots, only for everyone to insist everything was perfectly fine.

    “Ultimately, it’s our job to figure out what we think is the best way to move the football and score points,” McVay said. “And that was what we decided on
it’s what I decided on today.

    The young coach was being a good soldier. But we all know better.

    The Rams are tiptoeing around a delicate situation while pretending it doesn’t even exist. They are either desperately trying to preserve a healthy Gurley or managing a damaged one.

    That might work some of the time. But the inevitable is always lurking. It reared its ugly head on Sunday. And chances are that won’t be the last time.

    October 1, 2019 at 11:05 am in reply to: Jimmy Dore with a cia-whistle-blower #106044
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    wv wrote:
    Billy_T wrote:

    Quick follow up. Please know that none of this is about you. I kinda feel I have to say that again, cuz I know I sometimes react harshly to posts like this. It’s a bad habit.

    ;>(

    In no way, shape or form am I trying to get you to stop posting the stuff you think is important here. The more the better. I love reading your take on things. Always have. That’s not gonna change.

    Hope all is well in the Mountain State.

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    Oh i know all that, comrad. Its good we can disagree on some stuff. No big thing. We’re on the same side.

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    These kinds of boiling tensions and hostile confrontations make me so anxious.

    October 1, 2019 at 10:29 am in reply to: around the league (+ some college) tweets… 9/23 thru ? #106042
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    trey wingo@wingoz
    The Patriots haven’t allowed a passing TD yet this season. No team has gone 5 games without allowing a TD pass in the past 30 years.

    October 1, 2019 at 1:02 am in reply to: Judge rules jury can apply Castle Doctrine in Amber Guyger murder trial #106037
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    nittany ram wrote:

    Does anybody think a judge would rule this way if a black man had broken into a white woman’s apartment and shot her?

    I enjoy a good use of rhetorical questions.

    Or…do you think I like well-used rhetorical questions?

    October 1, 2019 at 12:37 am in reply to: is Goff developing? #106035
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    Despite plenty of criticism for Goff’s errors in Sunday’s loss, Chris Simms saw plenty of positives from Goff’s performance. The attached clip from Simms’ Unbuttoned podcast elaborates on that point.

    That clip is right here. It is well worth a listen: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/09/30/jared-goff-sees-a-lot-of-good-and-a-lot-of-bad-in-loss-to-buccaneers/

    October 1, 2019 at 12:34 am in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106034
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    October 1, 2019 at 12:27 am in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106033
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    Kurt Warner@kurt13warner
    Watching tape I am continually amazed at: 1) Lack of quality passing concepts 2) Lack of quality QUICK concepts (not BUBBLE/WR screens) to help younger, but all, QBs 3) Number of QBs that get away with not playing with vision & understanding bc of athleticism #LeadsToBadThingsMan

    Brian Baldinger@BaldyNFL
    Care to name names Kurt? Or coaches? Not your style I know but maybe the truth needs to be told

    ProFootballTalk@ProFootballTalk
    Marcus Peters expected to play Thursday after clearing concussion tests

    September 30, 2019 at 11:52 pm in reply to: (the few) highlights from the Bux game #106031
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    September 30, 2019 at 10:44 pm in reply to: (the few) highlights from the Bux game #106028
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    September 30, 2019 at 9:53 pm in reply to: the press on the Bux game #106027
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    ‘Burn the film,’ revisiting the Todd Gurley plan and thoughts on Jared Goff and the Rams’ line

    Vincent Bonsignore

    https://theathletic.com/1255785/2019/09/30/burn-the-film-revisiting-the-todd-gurley-plan-and-thoughts-on-jared-goff-and-the-rams-line/?=twittered

    Eric Weddle stepped out of the Rams’ locker room Sunday and into the brilliant sunshine of an early fall afternoon. It was the perfect tonic after the frustrating 55-40 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the Rams had just suffered, and it elicited a small smile from Weddle. On a tough day for everybody involved, it was clear he was on his way to flushing the loss down the drain.

    “You guys need me?” he asked a couple of media members as he prepared to make the long walk to his car outside the Coliseum.

    Uh, yeah.

    Who better to make sense of what had just happened than Weddle, the veteran Rams safety with the uncanny ability to put even the most complex situation into perfect perspective?

    And sure enough, he did exactly that.

    “Burn the film,” Weddle simply said.

    He wasn’t minimizing what had just happened or making light of the Rams’ struggle to produce a run game or avoid turnovers, or the inability of the defense to get Jameis Winston off the field on third down. There were tough lessons to be learned from the loss to the Buccaneers and plenty of things to correct.

    Weddle wasn’t pushing any of that to the side.

    It’s just that he’s been around long enough to know that days like Sunday are sometimes inevitable in the NFL. The key is making sure that when they do happen, they don’t mess with you so much that you end up doing the same thing the following week, and the week after that.

    Sometimes that requires selective memory and the ability to hit the delete button. That’s especially important now, with the quick turnaround ahead of the Rams’ Thursday-night division game at Seattle.

    “Burn it and move on,” he reiterated. “Listen, we can’t let this affect us for this week, with a lot riding on it. Two 3-1 teams battling out. Honestly, move on, watch the Seattle game tonight, which is what I’m going to do. Get in (Monday), get in a lift and a run and get into Seattle. Because what happened (Sunday) is irrelevant this week. We sucked it up. It’s good that we’re (playing) Thursday night. We can move on and get ready for Seattle.”

    And with that, Weddle turned and left the Coliseum. A condensed week ahead of an important divisional game awaited, and he wasn’t about to let the stink of Sunday compromise that process.

    Not that there isn’t a whole lot to unpack from one of the weirdest losses in the Sean McVay era.

    Here are some observations:

    Offensive line still struggling

    While Goff is to blame most for the three interceptions he threw and the fumble he coughed up that led to the game-clinching touchdown by former Rams defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, it’s impossible to ignore the struggles of an offensive line that is breaking in new starters Joe Noteboom and Brian Allen while also dealing with an injury to Austin Blythe.

    Over the last two seasons Goff has been one of the NFL’s best-protected quarterbacks, but that is no longer the case, as he is continually operating in stressful pockets. It doesn’t help that there has been no run-game foundation to speak of for last three weeks. The Gurley factor plays into that, but the offensive line is to blame as well.

    And as Sunday showed, it’s not just physical errors beating the Rams but mental ones as well, because the Rams’ offensive line committed five penalties.

    “Until you get a chance to really — because you’ve got to move on in the flow of the game — until you get a chance to kind of look inward, figure out exactly what resulted in those, what was occurring, it’s hard to specifically put my finger on one thing,” McVay said. “But there were some things that were very uncharacteristic and things that we can’t do moving forward.”

    Given the situation with Gurley, it’s on the rest of the Rams to lift their games. And it sure would help if the offensive line could get squared away.

    Too much on Jared Goff’s shoulders?

    It’s a new world for Goff right now, with an offensive line not yet in a groove and with an inability to lean as heavily into Gurley.

    And that obviously shows up in Goff’s play.

    After throwing three interceptions on Sunday, Goff is up to six for the year. He’s also coughed up the ball on fumbles in all four games.

    The turnovers are an indication that Goff is being forced to make plays and decisions under more duress than he’s experienced the last two years. There is a fine line here, because without a steady run game Goff has to carry more of the burden. His play must be an advancement of the offense instead of a detriment to it.

    Goff was brilliant at times on Sunday while throwing for a career-high 517 yards while completing 45 of 68 attempts. And clearly it’s absurd to ask him to throw the ball nearly 70 times without making some mistakes, including turning the ball over. But an argument can be made that Goff’s early-game gaffes helped put the Rams in the type of hole that required chucking it up on every play.

    Now in his fourth season and the owner of a new contract that pays him like a franchise quarterback, Goff must find the balance between being asked to do more than ever but not pushing things to the point of danger. And he might have to do that without the benefit of the same help he’s received the last two years from the rest of the Rams’ offense.

    “Ultimately we need to execute better on offense and I need to execute better personally,” Goff said. “I will and we will and I’m not worried about anything.”

    September 30, 2019 at 9:46 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106025
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    Torry Holt@BigGame81
    You played fantastic football on Sunday Rob, loved the block for Kupp. Keep going! #RamsWR #AllHands

    J.B. Long@JB_Long
    Monday injury updates from Sean McVay looking ahead to Seattle on Thursday…

    Taylor Rapp (ankle): game time decision
    Bryce Hager (shoulder stinger): game time decision
    Marcus Peters (face): cleared concussion assessment

    Los Angeles Rams@RamsNFL
    “Everything turned out pretty good. I’m looking forward to rehabbing, recovering and trying to get back to the team.” – @trapp07 on his injury vs. Tampa Bay.

    September 30, 2019 at 7:58 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106018
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    Gary Klein@LATimesklein
    Rams CB Marcus Peters is not on (estimated) injury report. Peters was evaluated for a concussion Sunday. He has been cleared, per a Rams spokesman.

    Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
    Are we really talking about “panic” with Jared ???? Seriously????!

    The question posed was when do #Rams fans hit the “panic” button on Jared Goff. That’s a beyond absurd question four games into a 3-1 season in which he’s making an adjustment to a whole new world of operation between the (not as good) offensive line and Todd Gurley Lite.

    Gary Klein@LATimesklein
    At their current pace, Rams receivers Cooper Kupp (1,552), Robert Woods (1,228) and Brandin Cooks (1,184) each would finish the season with more than 1,000 yards receiving.

    September 30, 2019 at 7:46 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106016
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    September 30, 2019 at 6:37 pm in reply to: reactions to the Bux game #106013
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    alyoshamucci

    I was at a function as my oldest was home from college for something … so I couldn’t watch live, but I tracked the score.

    I have a couple thongs to say before I start …
    First, I can’t imagine the disgust y’all had to deal with watching that live.
    Second, iI think it may have been the best thing that could have happened to our team for a number of reasons.
    Third, it looked like we got 2 experienced coordinators (Arians and Bowles) on a day when they were totally ready for us, and a young team that was just starting to click after a hard loss. I’d expect Tampa Bay to threaten in the Southern division. I expect Carl Nassib (who should not have been drafted by a 3-4 team) to become a force on a Bowles’ defense.

    So, knowing I had time to prepare emotionally to watch it, I will likely have a different view of the game.

    The Great

    1) Offense finally got in rhythm. We had to be forced to come back from 21 down for it to happen … and it doesn’t mean I think the offense PLAYED well … they didn’t. But they got in rhythm.

    2) Robert Woods block on the Kupp TD. He had to start sprinting before Kupp broke that first tackle, he just assumed he would. I don’t know what to say about that mindset except that it gives me chills when I see it on any team.

    3) Sebastian Joseph Day won the spot IMO. He was putting his men on skates over and over.

    The Good

    4) Gurley looked full speed and full power for the first time.

    5) Everett showing a bit of what everyone was saying from preseason.

    6) I didn’t have to see Jared Goff’s deflated face. He kept firing.

    7) Im assuming Reeder replaced Hager without an injury, I like that call.

    8) GZ from 58. Guy is nuts.

    9) Being legitimately still in it after such a poor defensive showing up until the last drive.

    The Bad

    10) Holy cow on the penalties.

    11) Goff missing Everett on the front corner route.

    12) Everett not being prepared to play defender and knock the ball away on the 3rd INT. Ball was tipped he could have just tackled the guy.

    13) Noteboom missed quite a few blocks.

    The Ugly

    14) COVER CHRIS GODWIN. Have they not read the fantasy stuff on him? He’s more of a true threat than Evans.

    15) Havenstein, buddy. This was literally the worst game of your career. From penalties to protection. Dude. Whatever you ate and listened to before the game … goes on the “does not fly” list, just in case. Burn the underwear and socks … never take that route to the stadium again.

    16) The 4th down play. How do you let an A gap free rusher in on that? What was that?

    17) Peters on the Evans TD. Dude.

    September 30, 2019 at 5:08 pm in reply to: signs, comics, memes, & other visual aids #106004
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    September 30, 2019 at 4:02 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106003
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    max

    I just rewatched the game. All things considered, I think Goff played really well.

    He made some amazing throws, under constant duress…The Bucs were kicking the crap out of him, and he was still making accurate throws late in the game.

    He’s looked clearly better to me than last year.

    I have to say, I completely agree with that.

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    September 30, 2019 at 3:56 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106002
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    max

    I just rewatched the game. All things considered, I think Goff played really well.

    He made some amazing throws, under constant duress, and given a terrible game plan. Plus his defense kept his back to the wall all game.

    The Bucs were kicking the crap out of him, and he was still making accurate throws late in the game.

    Yes, he missed on some big plays, but it’s very easy to get caught up in the pure numbers without context as PFF does. McVay did him no favors with the longer developing play calls in the face of a defense just teeing off on Goff.

    He’s looked clearly better to me than last year. And the receivers looked as good as last year for sure.

    What clearly looked worse than last year was EVERY other single element of the team. Defense, OL, running game, play calling. They were all below average to bottom 10.

    September 30, 2019 at 3:26 pm in reply to: tweets n other bits … 9/29 thru 9/30 #106000
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    Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
    Entering this season, the Rams ranked 2nd in first-quarter scoring since 2017.

    This year, they’re 31st with only 6 points scored. They can only overcome slow starts for so long

    Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
    Rams’ first-quarter offense ranks among worst in the NFL

    Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
    It’s more of an intent, objective and priority to get your run game going – which has been the #Rams identity – and they’ve gotten away from that while trying to manage Gurley’s usage. I believe it would help the O-line to get back to that identity, too.

    If you are of the belief that the #Rams run game was essentially lost when Todd Gurley got hurt last year remember C.J. Anderson came off street to average 145 YPG on 20+ carries per game last two regular-season games to re-establish the Rams offensive identity and formula

    RamsNewsNow@RamsNewsNow
    Rams not panicking after tough home loss to Bucs: “We need to be better and we will be”

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    September 30, 2019 at 12:30 pm in reply to: This is not okay: Trump calls for the arrest of Schiff for Treason #105993
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    Billy_T wrote:

    “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal,”

    Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?

    Utterance attributed to Henry II of England, which led to the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.

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