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ZooeyModeratorThey were exactly what i think of
when i think of a 10=6 Wildcard team.but if donald, kupp, and goff are healthy i can’t help but wonder how far this team could have gotten.
I don’t know.
The Rams were a good team this year, very good in some respects, but some days they just inexplicably did not play up to their ability. One way or another.
They lost twice to SF, lost to the NY Jets after a 10-day layoff, and the defense failed against the Packers. The path to the Super Bowl required 3 straight good games on the road against good teams. After the Jets and Seahawks losses, there was no real reason to think the Rams had a shot at pulling that feat off, especially with the Health wheels coming off at the end of the season.
It was a good season, enjoyable mostly for the defense and memorable for the early circus at PK. Certainly it was more entertaining than most seasons over the past 30 years.
January 24, 2021 at 10:46 am in reply to: Conference games! who you got? + game time discussion #127162ZooeyModeratorI just realized that this is the first time I can remember where I am neutral towards every team. Usually there is some team I want to see lose.
I guess…uh…I don’t need to see Brady in another Super Bowl, and the Packers are a better team anyway, so GB.
I will be slightly inclined towards Buffalo, I suppose, since I don’t like franchises that have greater success than the Rams, so that eliminates KC. But I have no idea which team matches up better since I saw Buffalo play once this year, and KC zero times.
ZooeyModeratorI got the COVID. Pretty mild symptoms so far .
Oh, man. Best wishes, and let us know how it goes.
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ZooeyModeratorI think the bye week showed itself for GB.
I think the offense did about as well as could be expected.
I think I am disappointed by the Defense. I was just getting warmed up to having a great defense again, and feeling like the defense was the reason to watch the Rams play. I said several times that the Rams would go as far as the defense took them.
I didn’t expect zero sacks or knock downs, and zero turnovers. The biggest defensive play of the game was Williams making a pass defense. That should have been around the 9th or 10th best defensive play. The defense just did not show up, and I don’t think it was simply Donald’s rib. Aaron Rodgers didn’t even have to turn his uniform into the Laundry after the game. It’s ready to go next week as is. No stains. No sweat.
I don’t know what that was. Defense is supposed to “travel.” It’s supposed to be fine in cold weather. They made no plays.
Well. I thought they had a shot at the Super Bowl after dispatching the Bucs and Pats. And I thought they might make an honorable showing in wild card weekend after the Seahawks loss.
Got something in between.
I’m a bit disappointed because I wanted to see the defense become a signature. That was a good story line for me.
Also, I think they could beat the Bucs again, so I’m disappointed about that.
But…mostly…I am disappointed that Staley is gone when I thought we would have him another year, at least.
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January 19, 2021 at 11:25 am in reply to: Why I think the Center is significantly better than the right. #127037ZooeyModeratorI agree with you, Billy.
January 16, 2021 at 10:12 am in reply to: Media & others on Green Bay game … including a very good preview vid … #126919ZooeyModeratorThe Packers losing their left tackle is HUGE. If they really play Veldheer at LT, he is good but will his chemistry with the rest of the OLine be good enough? I contend that no less than DLine dominance by the Rams is essential for them to win.
According to ESPN, Veldheer is out with covid. GB has 2 active OTs.
ZooeyModeratorPaul Gosar (R-AZ) was identified as a key planner of January 6th.
His constituents in Prescott, AZ put together this video exposing his sedition.
Please watch & share, from @IndivisPrescott: #DemCastAZ
pic.twitter.com/fm3qRUzXqE— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) January 13, 2021
ZooeyModeratorIt’s true, and it may be the most important outcome of a conviction (which would require every Democrat and at least 17 Republican senators to vote for it).
If he can’t run again, he can’t continue to SAY he is going to run again. So he cannot bilk his followers out of money continuously for the next four years while he goes golfing…er, to campaign rallies…and the media will have no reason to give him constant, free access to their platforms. It will render him irrelevant.
Beyond that, it means he receives no pension, so free secret service, no stipend to maintain a staff and office, and whatever else they get.
ZooeyModeratorYeah. Donald and Ramsey are recognized as game-wreckers.
But Floyd wrecks a few plays himself every game.
This is fun to watch. I sure want it to continue. I grew up on Defense, of course, and it’s been a long, long time since the Rams had a defense that was this good. Over 40 years. I forgot how much joy there is in just wrecking the opposing Offense. My appetite to watch it is strong enough to take in another, say, 3 games of it this year.
ZooeyModeratorRyan Knight Rose@ProudSocialist
Mitch McConnell just abandoned Donald Trump and now supports impeachment for one reason only: The GOP is losing corporate pac money.I don’t think that’s the whole story. The GOP is reeling right now, and McConnell wants power back. He is going to leave it up to each senator to determine their own path going forward.
Trump is going to be impeached by the House. McConnell is powerless to keep it from coming to the Senate for a vote this time. So each senator needs to decide what a Yes or No vote means to them in their own states. The senators up for election in 2022 have the biggest problem. McConnell is safely 6 years away from re-election personally, so he can afford to vote for impeachment to distance the GOP from Trump which he surely wants to do. My own guess is that he is more about minimizing the influence of the populist revolt within the party that damages stability in numerous ways. Money is part of that, of course, because the big money also desires stability. But that money is coming back. I mean…who doesn’t believe that in a couple of months, with no public fanfare, those corporations are going to start contributing again. Corporations don’t care about democracy. They aren’t making these announcements because they want the GOP to alter course. They just want that festering embarrassment cleared out of the way so they can resume business as usual. It’s not like any of these rabid Trump-supporting politicians hold seats that are in danger of being captured by progressives. If, you know, Matt Gaetz or someone else goes, he will be replaced by an identical guy, just without the baggage.
This is show biz.
ZooeyModerator“Weeks before a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, right-wing activist Ali Alexander told his followers he was planning something big for Jan. 6.
Alexander, who organized the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he hatched the plan — coinciding with Congress’s vote to certify the electoral college votes — alongside three GOP lawmakers: Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) and Paul A. Gosar (Ariz.), all hard-line Trump supporters.”
January 13, 2021 at 12:57 am in reply to: on who will start at qb v. Green Bay…UPDATE, it’s Goff #126818ZooeyModeratorThough we do know the Goff practiced today, and Wolford didn’t.
ZooeyModeratorThe Lincoln Project did more to rehabilitate Republicans in the eyes of Democrats than it did to harm Trump in the eyes of Republicans.
— cabral (@axcomrade) January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021 at 3:45 pm in reply to: Media & others on Green Bay game … including a very good preview vid … #126788ZooeyModerator“Jalen Ramsey is an eraser.”
“@jalenramsey… that might have been the best trade we’ve seen in the NFL in the last 10 years.” – @PSchrags pic.twitter.com/klkwIq5DzK
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) January 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 at 11:08 pm in reply to: does Green Bay stand the remotest chance against the Rams? #126765ZooeyModeratorThis team will go as far as the defense takes them.
If Ramsey shuts down Adams, and the DL gets to Rodgers, they can win.
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ZooeyModeratorHere is what they see on Parler
January 10, 2021 at 8:46 pm in reply to: does Green Bay stand the remotest chance against the Rams? #126701ZooeyModeratorI wanted to play the whiners in New Orleans. It is so much fun to beat the cry babies.
That’s the following week.
It has to be the Championship in order to truly crush their spirits, and live in their nightmares for the rest of their lives.
ZooeyModeratorPer McVay…
John Wolford: Stinger, day to day
David Edwards: Achilles tendinitis, day to day
Aaron Donald: Rib, day to day and expected to play
Cooper Kupp: Bursitis, day to day expected to play
Whit: Expected to play
Starting QB: Day to day— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) January 11, 2021
ZooeyModeratorKevin Patra@kpatra
X-rays on Aaron Donald’s ribs for a break were negative. Team is hopeful he’ll be ready for next weekend.They must have known this during the game, right?
Surely they have x-ray equipment in these stadiums.
Not questioning the decision to hold him out…the game was still in the balance, but I don’t question that decision.
ZooeyModeratornice.
Was it joemad who said in chat that Williams read that pass before Wilson wrote it?
Great line.
ZooeyModeratorI agree with everything said in this thread.
That pick 6 was a bone-breaker. Best since Robertson’s. Thing of beauty.
After solidly beating TB and NE, the Rams moved way up the Power Rankings, and looked like a serious SB contender. But… the wheels loosened somehow – a mental lapse against NYJ – and karma started to address the injury imbalance.
The Rams will go as far as this defense can take it, but like wv, I don’t think it’s the Promised Land. Three playoff games on the road? We haven’t seen this team put together a streak like that this year, and now they are busted up at QB, and the Donald Watch has begun in earnest. But given the way the season ended, and the injuries, I will take that very solid win against Seattle on the road as putting this season back in the black. We are on house money now, in my view.
The defense made Seattle suffer, and that was gratifying. Feels like the Rams took back the division crown.
Looking ahead (wrong thread for this, I guess), I have been told the Rams match up well against the Packers. But it is in Green Bay, and they are rested while the Rams are in the first aid tent.
ZooeyModeratorI am very curious to see what happens to the Trump rioters. I seriously doubt most of those fools will see serious prison time. Biden and Merrick Garland (I assume he will take the lead on the prosecutions) will probably talk about the nation coming together or some nonsense. We’ll see.
Are you lefties in favor of serious jail time for nearly all of those fools who stormed the Capitol? Or is that too draconian?
I am in favor of serious jail time, but I don’t know what “serious” means, really.
I just think that “What we tolerate, we give permission to exist.” There has been a large Zone of Permission created by President Trump, and so far, there has been no serious check on this behavior. This action was seriously dangerous and out of control, and we can’t have people taking zip ties into Congress. These people repeatedly made claims that doing this was a constitutional right. I think the country needs to be completely disabused of the idea that they can kidnap and/or kill politicians they don’t like.
And I think it needs to be a lot of them. Not just the ones who got their pictures on the front page of the paper.
I don’t stop at just those people who stormed the Capitol, either. Everyone who encouraged this should be investigated. I think that the Senate should reprimand Hawley and Cruz. I don’t have any idea what legal means they have to do so, but there has to be some kind of Censure on the lenient side, and expulsion from the Senate on the extreme side. I don’t know what is possible, but they should not walk away from this without some kind of spanking.
ZooeyModeratorIn regards to the #CapitolCoup, I’m in a unique position. I monitored forums ahead of time and then was present for the coup itself.
These are my observations based on what I saw and the evidence that’s been collected so far. I reserve the right to adjust my analysis as needed.
— Melissa (she/her) (@LiteraryMouse) January 9, 2021
ZooeyModeratorThere’s a tiny, tiny part of me that feels very sorry for how NittanyRam must be feeling right now. He’s a good poster, and I think we should be sensitive to his feelings of disappointment.
January 9, 2021 at 4:08 pm in reply to: qb situation, inactives, wildcard game notes… Update, Wolford starts #126591ZooeyModeratorWoolford is starting.
ZooeyModeratorUm…I have nothing but high praise for alyoshamucci.
But you do not use a playoff game to get tape on your #2 QB for information down the road. That is the dumbest thing he has ever said.
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alyoshamucci: Goff being more an active participant cheering on Wolford than the previous week starting at QB. Guess that’s good and bad … just hope maybe it lights a fire under him.
Just taking a guess here. Goff is a huge personal disappointment to some. It’s very emotional. IMO the problem is he not only makes mistakes, he makes embarrassing ones. Plus, there’s this “fire” thing. He doesn’t cheer on as a qb. I dunno, a lot of stuff is being said.
Last night, somewhere on this board, I saw a replay of Brady’s interception against the Rams. And iirc, he had two bad ints in the game. The one I saw was as horrifying as the one Goff threw, but I more-or-less forgot about that because I don’t mind it when opposing QBs make throws that cause the angels in heaven to avert their eyes.
Point is… it happens to the best of ’em.
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