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December 26, 2020 at 12:58 pm in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #125983
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ZooeyModeratorMerry Christmas, Comrades.
December 24, 2020 at 12:46 pm in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #125931ZooeyModerator
ZooeyModeratorMaybe the Jets are really a playoff-caliber team
with a little bad luck.You people ever think of ‘that’ ?
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ZooeyModeratorI am older than Kevin Greene.
I remember when NFL football was played by big men.
Now it’s played by kids.
RIP Kevin.
ZooeyModeratorNothing expresses what it’s like to have been a Rams fan for 50 years as succinctly and elegantly as “Jets 23, Rams 20”.
This.
And I wondered, as I watched this impossibility unfold before me, how I could be so certain that Rams were going to lose to the Jets AND… realize at the same time that this guarantees a victory over Seattle. I have to tellya, I lost all doubt about the game against Seattle as I watched this loss roll inevitably over me. I am sure most of the Experts will be picking Seattle next week, due to “Last Game Syndrome,” and they’re all going to be wrong.
And that led me to what Nittany said…This summarizes 50 years of Rams fan experiences, and now I wonder, “Do other teams have this same experience, or is it unique to the Rams?” Is it more common to Rams fans? This…playing to the level of the competition thing? Because you would just think that an experience like this, across fifty years, with thousands of players coming and going, and coaches and front offices, and even cities and stadiums, that this has to be more common than we think, and we are just being parochial about it.
But I sure as hell cannot remember the Pats or 9ers pulling up like this. OTOH, the Steelers, after winning their first 11 in a row, or whatever, just lost to the Bengals. I don’t know what it means.
I think it may suggest that Loki is the one true god. And he has it in for Heimdall, who is associated with Rams, and…this would take a lot of explaining about Norse mythology, so I will stop here, but I seriously think I’m onto something.
ZooeyModerator[EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR.]
ZooeyModeratorThis is what the Rams can accomplish with 10 days to prepare against the league’s worst team.
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ZooeyModeratorCaught on the radio today, Mike Greenberg, of ESPN.
His top 5:
1. Chiefs
2. Rams
3. Saints
4. Don’t remember
5. PackersZooeyModeratorJets fans seem overly optimistic to me.
ZooeyModeratormultiple posters, collaborative
when was the last time the rams defense ranked #1 in the league in offensive points allowed? 1975, they allowed 135 points in 14 games. #1 in the NFL. They were 4th in yards allowed that year. In 1967 the Rams D gave up 12.5 pts/game. That was best in the NFL. #2 Colts with 12.6, #3 Packers with 12.9
So…whatcher sayin is that the Rams are gonna lose to the Vikings in the playoffs.
Do I have that right?
ZooeyModeratorI think the Jets have about the same chance as a sausage in a refinery fire.
ZooeyModerator8 (Last Week 9)
RAMS They got some revenge against the Patriots and lead the NFC West with three games to go. That defense is outstanding.
(Seattle ranked 6).
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ZooeyModeratorWell bear in mind what I said about the numbers. Rams have faced 5 of the top 10 pressure percentage defenses this year and won all 5. Goff looked decent to very good in all of them. And in addition to that, according to PRF numbers Arizona pressured him the 4th most times (16) of any games from 2018 on. So they are facing pressure. They handle it better this year with a relatively healthy, good OL than they did in 2019 with a problem OL, but that’s just to be expected.
So the issue is not pressure alone.
The games like Miami and SF this year, and Chicago in 2018, combines other things WITH pressure.
1. a top secondary that slows the passing game (it is never just pressure, it’s pressure plus facing a top secondary)…this is especially true if the secondary is slowing Goff down and getting him out of rhythm
2. no running game–either cause of the RB or the other team defends it, or McVay refuses for some inexplicable reason to run the ball (like Miami this year)
3. McVay does not adjust in-game to the defense he is facing and struggles with in-game instincts and adjustments (like the infamous 6-1 D front issue). McVay adjusts to tough defensive gameplans between games, not IN games. So for example he couldn’t crack the Patz D in the superbowl but he did the next time he played them.
4. also, pressureThe complete collapse games we have seen from Goff have all those features, it is never just one of them–and it is absolutely not just pressure. For example, Tampa is top 10 in pressure percentage on defense. Rams could not run the ball against them. They had to throw to win. In fact they threw 51 times. But it was not one of the infamous Goff meltdown games.
I just sort of feel like if any of your ideas had merit, they would be re-tweeted by John Cleese. But I’ve never seen that happen with you, so….
ZooeyModeratorThere’s this myth that he is always bad in the pocket.
No, there isn’t. There’s the observation that he isn’t one of those QBs who is slippery, and – like most QBs – his effectiveness can drop significantly under constant pressure. Few QBs transcend that, but very few of them ever had Kill Kurt drills.
You say 12-10. Most of us are saying 10-15. That’s why we’re having a board war, and if you can’t take it, maybe you should surrender like Chris Everett.
ZooeyModeratorI think they will be exhausted after putting on a show in Seattle. Just like New England was this week after crushing the San Diego Chargers of Los Angeles.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t do qbr (if you mean the espn qbr system) because it favors qbs who run with the ball. I do old fashioned qb rating.
Either way I know I can go through the vids and point to the plays where he IS doing what the more negative take says he can’t or doesn’t do.
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I don’t know. It was CBSSportsline. Stats. QB ranks by “rating.” Whatever. I was actually surprised. I would have guessed, just eyeballing it, that Goff is in the 12 – 15 range.
ZooeyModeratorYeah, that’s how I see Goff. I think he is approximately in the 12-15 range in most categories. He is above average in “Shake that shit off,” and he’s above average in accuracy – except for 10% of his throws border on WTF.
He is ranked 22 in QBR, btw, although two or three of the guys ahead of him haven’t played the entire season.
ZooeyModeratorFrom what I’ve read, the case has absolutely zero merit, and cynics suggest it has more to do with the TX AG hoping to win favor from Trump to get a pardon for the crimes he has committed rather than actually winning the case.
I do wonder what Dems would do, though, if the SCOTUS took the case, and ruled in Trump’s favor. I mean…what would they do?
On another note, I was listening to whatsherface, a WH correspondent, interviewed yesterday, and she said that Trump is refurbishing Mar-a-Lago, and he is giving every indication behind the scenes of preparing to move out.
Most people agree that he is doing all this challenge stuff just to rake in more money before he leaves.
I assume his claim that he might run in 2024 is for the same reason. He can’t actually be serious about running in 2024. That’s just keeping the tin cup extended to morons.
ZooeyModeratorHe is either oblivious to it, or has slow reactions. Seems to me.
Well, he’s not OBLIVIOUS. He sometimes sees it. Just not always.
ZooeyModeratorTee it up at home! 💪🏽#LetsGoooo #Gameday @RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/iNQdJMVwDk
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“I think the Rams are going to the NFC title game. I’m in.”👀Yeah, I agree with that for the reasons they gave. Good defense, good against the run, good running the ball.
I will add that they are also very good against the pass, so there’s that. It’s a good defense.
And like the handsome man said, Goff is capable of an F game, so that is their vulnerability at that stage. Brees is more reliable.
It would be something to go beat New Orleans in New Orleans again, though, eh?
…but…I get ahead of myself here.
ZooeyModeratorLooked to me like Bellichek’s plan was to dare the Rams to run, and McVay did. And Akers did.
Meanwhile, the Pats got 3 points.
So THAT was fun. I didn’t love every play, and I know the Pats are down, but that was still hugely satisfying. Felt like a good game.
The Rams still need a deep ball. And some special teams.
But I feel like this team is improving as the season rolls on, and I am starting to believe they have a shot against the Jets.
December 10, 2020 at 8:17 pm in reply to: Patz game: chat room link & predictions (game 8:20 et 5:20 pt) #125454ZooeyModeratorI am in favor of the Rams slaughtering the Patriots tonight.
I just want to say that before kickoff so I can claim I was the only one strong enough to wish for that outcome before the game started.
December 10, 2020 at 12:32 pm in reply to: Patz game: chat room link & predictions (game 8:20 et 5:20 pt) #125443ZooeyModeratorI will just add that I cannot conceive of a scenario in which Seattle beats the Jets this weekend in Seattle.
The Jets are due for a victory, and Seattle has had trouble this season with teams based just outside of New York.
(It’s interesting, btw, how NittanyRam has disappeared from the board now that his beloved Seahawks have fallen out of first place).
ZooeyModeratorThe only thing that gives me hope is Cam Newton. I have never believed in that guy.
ZooeyModeratorYep, he is an enigma, our boy Jared.
He makes WTF Throws on both ends of the spectrum.
I like his mindset. But sometimes it’s like one of his cylinders isn’t firing. I dunno.
I am increasingly pessimistic about Thursday, btw. I just don’t see enough in Goff, or enough in McVay, that gives me confidence going up against the Death Star which always peaks in December.
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