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  • January 24, 2026 at 11:51 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161647
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    wv wrote:
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    He’s their Quentin Lake.

    Yeah, these hybrid LB/Safeties seem to be one of the responses to the new rules opening up the passing game. They are pure gold to defensive-coordinators.

    Its nice to have a good ‘safety’ or a good ‘linebacker’ but the great defenses these days always seem to have at least one F’ing outstanding ‘hybrid’.

    I still miss the old days, though. When all linebackers looked like Jack Reynolds or Kevin Greene. Or Myron Pottios

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    “…The Rams drafted middle linebacker Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds as the team’s first pick in the 1970 NFL draft.[39] In 1970, Pottios regained his starting middle linebacker position, and started all 14 games. On the season, he had two interceptions and two fumbles recovered, playing for a defense that finished tied for 2nd among 26 NFL teams in points allowed.[1][16][40] However, though Reynolds did not become the starting middle linebacker until 1973, this was Pottios’s final year with the Rams…” wiki

    Everything was better in those days, except for the fact that the Rams never won when it mattered.

    January 24, 2026 at 11:01 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161642
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    January 24, 2026 at 11:01 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161641
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    I was just kidding. I don’t know anything about emmonwori. Or didn’t. Now I do.

    January 24, 2026 at 10:32 am in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 1/22 – 1/24 #161633
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    It would make my day to see somebody do a Bo Jackson/Brian Bosworth on Ernest Jones tomorrow.

    I dunno what happened with Jones, but I do not want to watch that guy get his revenge.

    January 24, 2026 at 10:27 am in reply to: McVay & the making of the 2025 Rams season #161632
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    wv wrote:

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    “Hey, way to hang with me,” Stafford told him. “I was dog s— for a while.”

    “Hey, we both (were),” McVay responded. “But we won’t be again.”
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    That sounds like the ending of a Hollywood movie.

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    No, there are still a few more scenes. It’s when they hug amid a rainstorm of confetti that the movie ends.

    January 24, 2026 at 10:21 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161631
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    zn wrote:
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    Seahawk people sure do like their rookie hybrid LB/Safety Nick E-mman-wori.

    He’s their Quentin Lake.

    It’s just another one of those “What’s McVay doing let’s go do that” kind of deals.

    January 23, 2026 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161615
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    wv wrote:
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    I hope you’re wrong.

    I bet another teacher that the Rams would win. Loser buys into the pizza lunch we have on Fridays, so I will either get free pizza, or be out 6 bucks…
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    What do you Cali-Fornians put on yer Pizza? Raisins, i bet.

    Yeah, I hope I’m wrong too. I been mostly wrong all year in my prophesies.

    There’s two weaknesses it looks like: Darnold and the Rams-Secondary. Hard to say which will implode.

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    They order 2 or 3 pizzas a week. Pepperoni. Sausage and artichoke hearts. And Chicken with BBQ sauce.

    I only chip in and join once or twice a year because those aren’t pizzas I would ever buy by choice. And I only ever eat a maximum of 2 slices, so I am subsidizing the lunch of the football coaches and fuck them. The idea of BBQ sauce on pizza is particularly abhorrent to me, but I see it on a lot of menus. If the Rams win me a free pizza lunch, I will probably grab the pepperoni. Personally, I like a Greek pizza: pepperoni, feta, olives, red onions, spinach, garlic, peppers. Something like that.

    The Rams secondary has improved with Lake’s return, so I’m taking the Rams. Plus I feel entitled to it, goddammit.

    January 23, 2026 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161609
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    wv wrote:

    Rams have been underdogs 3 times this year.

    The first, against the Eagles in week 3 : Rams gave it away, and lost.
    The Second against the Seahawks in week 16 : Rams gave it away, and lost.

    Rams are 2.5 pt underdogs.

    Its been a ‘very good’ season, people. I think it ends, Sunday. Seattle is at home. A serious advantage. Stafford has been a bit off, and a bit lucky with some plays that easily could have been turnovers.

    I dont think MacDonald is gonna let Darnold put the ball in danger. All Seattle has to do to win, is play a clean game, with no turnovers. A low bar, perhaps.

    The game will define Sam Darnold, and maybe the Rams.

    Seahawks 27
    Rams 24

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    I hope you’re wrong.

    I bet another teacher that the Rams would win. Loser buys into the pizza lunch we have on Fridays, so I will either get free pizza, or be out 6 bucks.

    Edit: I remain confident. The Rams lit up Seattle in Seattle last time they played, and they didn’t have Adams. And Seattle basically won on a couple of fluke plays. They got lucky. I think it’s a toss-up pretty much, but I think the Rams will win.

    So let it be written. So let it be done.

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    January 23, 2026 at 10:10 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161598
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    wv wrote:

    Saw on a vid, “this is the Rams 7th road game in 9 weeks.”

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    They brought that on themselves, didn’t they.

    Don’t gag up a 16-point 4th quarter lead, and your road isn’t as difficult.

    But if any iteration of the Rams could do it, it’s this one.

    January 22, 2026 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161588
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    wv wrote:

    “this Rams team was built to beat the 49ers”

    I dunno how big of a loss Charbonnet is, really. He didn’t inflict much damage on the Rams in either game.

    He had 11 carries, 37 yards rushing, and 2 receptions for 10 yards in the first game.

    In the second game, he had 9 carries for 32 yards and 1 TD, and 4 receptions for 22 yards.

    The game is not decided by numbers like those.

    I think they will miss him only because he split the beatings he got with Walker, and without him, Walker is going to have to take all the beatings alone because Seattle has no 3rd RB to speak of. So they will have to lean on Walker more, and Walker will get beat up more, but I don’t think that is going to affect their bottom line much.

    Honestly, Seattle has about as much of a chance in this game as certain sausages do under extreme conditions.

    We shall see.

    January 22, 2026 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161580
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    wv wrote:

    The tv-brains at CBS ranked the four possible super bowls:

    4th – Broncos v Seahawks
    3rd – Broncos v Rams
    2nd – Pats v Seahawks
    Best – Pats v Rams

    They did not want a back-up QB in the Super Bowl, thus the anti-denver ranking.

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    Mike Vrabel, btw, is the guy who struck Kurt Warner in the head on the pass Lawyer Milloy returned for a pick 6 in the first Rams-Pats SB.

    I’m hoping Aaron Donald is there to punch Mke Vrabel in the head right before kickoff.

    January 22, 2026 at 4:36 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161579
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    wv wrote:
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    Seahawks general manager John Schneider was at mass and prayed the Baltimore Ravens would lose in the AFC Championship Game so he could meet with defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald for their head coaching vacancy.

    Lord, grant us another
    Sam Darnold meltdown.

    verily,
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    1 Samuel 12:23: “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you”

    What’s worse. That Schneider did that. Or that the writers thought that was relevant, and included it in the article.

    Of course, I could be wrong. Last Saturday, Sean Payton said that Bo Nix was fine because he knew that God has a plan for him.

    Which includes breaking his ankle, apparently. I guess God is really the one who’s rigging the NFL.

    The Lord moves in mysterious ways, wv.

    January 22, 2026 at 12:52 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161574
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    zn wrote:

    Two years ago, Seahawks general manager John Schneider was at mass and prayed the Baltimore Ravens would lose in the AFC Championship Game so he could meet with defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald for their head coaching vacancy.

    January 22, 2026 at 1:19 am in reply to: MVP for Stafford? #161565
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    A ‘panel.’

    So the Illuminati.

    Just say so.

    January 21, 2026 at 4:25 pm in reply to: MVP for Stafford? #161549
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    zn wrote:
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    So the official NFL MVP thing is still pending.

    The league MVP is announced at the NFL Honors ceremony, which is usually the Thursday night before the super bowl.

    So who gets to decide? Paul Tagliabue? Pete Rozelle?

    January 21, 2026 at 1:09 pm in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161533
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    zn wrote:

    The cold got to them both,Then, though, CW’s WRs had 4 drops and the Rams had one (previously it was said the Rams had none but PFR has it as 1). Stafford was sacked 4 times–though he faced a lower pressure rate than CW (19.6% v. 24.4%). But the big deal was 3 INTs.

    My eyeballs agree. Stafford and Williams played to a draw in many respects, but the INTs were big. I think the short yardage stops are the #1 thing I would point to as the difference-maker, though. The Bears would have won the game in regulation if not for those huge plays that went the Rams’ way, and there would have been only 2 INTs.

    The Rams may have had one drop, but there should be a statistic that tracks Net Hands Value or something. Drops and Catches should get a value score because not all drops and catches are the same. A 3rd down drop by a wide open receiver that would have picked up 30 yards, but instead leads to a punt, should count as more than 1 drop. And the way I see it, Adams’ sideline catch should get a Net Hands Value of 4 catches. That catch was athletically extraordinary, and had immense importance for the winning drive.

    You can’t make this shit up, people. That’s Entertainment.

    January 21, 2026 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161532
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    wv wrote:

    I’d love to hear Durant’s perspective on this. But yeah, definitely. I mean, part of it is the push-off, but its the kind of push-off that happens on most plays. It doesnt explain the play fully. I mean an instant AFTER the ball is released the receiver does NOT go to where the ball is heading — he instead zigs to right, away from the ball. (I guess he is trying to draw the CB away from the ball or maybe he just hasnt picked up the trajectory of the ball, himself. I dunno). But the ball is SO F’ing high in the air, that the receiver then zags back toward the ball. The DB had plenty of time to close the space. But the DB just kinda stands there, seemingly lost.

    I dunno. Its such an iconic play, i hope some tv-celebrity interviews both players at some point. I’m just curious about it. Its an odd ending to a hail-mary, imho.

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    That most recent film is interesting because you can watch Kmet and Durant the whole play, and what I noticed is that after the play breaks down, and Williams is sprinting full tilt towards Mexico, Durant focuses on the backfield and keeps Kmet in the corner of his eye. When the pushoff occurs – based on the network film angles – it looked to me like standard-issue disentanglement. Kmet may have technically pushed off, but he didn’t get much mustard on that push. Durant was already leaning to the goal line in anticipation, and Kmet’s push does not account for the final 3 yards of separation. Durant just didn’t get the trajectory right in the split second, leaned the wrong way, and that left Kmet open for an uncontested catch. I can’t be mad at Durant for that play, either. JFC. This is just an example of a superior human athlete making a superior human athletic throw combined with really good fortune of Kmet and Durant being exactly where they were geographically at that instant in the great timespan of the universe.

    So it goes.

    Credit McVay for getting the team to be a goldfish. Forget it. Be present. Be now. Go get ’em.

    This is what makes sports great. This is why we watch. There is the drama of the plot, and there is the spectacular superior human athletic WTF mind-boggling wonder that peppers the dish. I’m done mixing metaphors now. It’s time to pop this post in the oven and wait for the floods to recede.

    January 21, 2026 at 10:36 am in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161528
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    zn wrote:
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    A birds-eye angle on the miracle-throw

    The most talked-about tying TD pass of all time.

    In that game CW was 23 of 42 for 257 yards and a 6.1 avg. per throw, w/ 2 TDs and 3 INTs, and a qb rating of 59.3. The cold got to him too. His season averages were 27 TDs & 7 INTs.

    But he did throw the most talked-about tying TD pass of all time.

    I of course acknowledge that play, and even in a perverse way am glad I saw it in real time because it really was spectacular, but as a Rams homer I also like that Stafford was clutch when it counted.

    Yep. I thought the game was over when Williams turned his back to the line of scrimmage and ran the other way. The most talked-about tying TD pass of all time didn’t trigger a sinking feeling in me at all. I couldn’t even be mad about it. It was too spectacular to respond negatively.

    And, anyway, the Rams won in large part because Williams got greedy the next time he had the ball. He had the RB open as a safety valve that would have moved the Bears 5 or 6 yards to make it 3rd and 2 or 3. Instead, Williams threw the ball to where only Curl could catch it. Williams believed he was magic. He learned that he is not.

    January 21, 2026 at 10:25 am in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161525
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    Angle 427. This might actually be the best angle of the CB and Receiver.

    Looks to me like Durant just misread the trajectory of the ball.

    January 20, 2026 at 11:42 pm in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161519
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    January 20, 2026 at 2:59 pm in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161495
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    Why not?

    They’re not getting a new banner for their rafters.

    January 20, 2026 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161493
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    Rams are playing Seattle this week. Kimes is becoming less and less of a decent journalist when it comes to discussing Seattle’s opponents.

    Mina Kimes: “Goddamn Rams.”

    I like Mina Kimes, btw. She’s really good. But I do agree the fan in her has been getting the upper hand over the past month.

    I was a bit surprised to see the comic analysis (woman whose name I’ve forgotten…Agar?) show up as a Packers fan, but she didn’t let that get in the way of her schtick.

    January 20, 2026 at 12:01 pm in reply to: our reactions to the Chicago game #161492
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    The receiver, a Rams TE, physically pushed Durant away. Durant couldn’t keep his eyes on the TE and CW at the same time. Any decent clip of that play will include the TE pushing Durant after they hand fight a bit.

    I dunno. It looked like a rather ‘mild’ pushoff to me. It would not account for how FAR the Rams CB ended from the Bears receiver. There was a F’ing mile of separation.

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    Yeah, I wanna see this “reporter’s cellphone” angle. From what I saw, I wouldn’t have flagged that for offensive pass interference.

    Unless the receiver was Puka Nacua. I mean, fuck that guy.

    January 20, 2026 at 11:59 am in reply to: playoffs, week 2, divisional round #161491
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    zn wrote:

    Yes. It’s time for the Rams to institute their plan to “Josh Allen” Caleb Williams.

    I know this plan, it’s diabolical. It will lead to a massacre of successive head coaches who “can’t turn the corner.”

    Bwa-ha-ha. Evil grin.

    I sometimes watch USC. When they are relevant. And they were relevant when Caleb Williams was there, so I saw a handful of games, and I thought he was an NFL QB.

    Then… last year he seemed lost. Or so I heard, since I didn’t watch the Bears play any. And I just thought, well… Matt Leinart, Mark Sanchez, Sam Darnold… all these USC guys looked like good QBs, and then evaporated in the Pros (*Darnold may be reborn…judgment pending).

    Watching Caleb Williams in his two playoff games. My goodness. Better than he was at USC. With Ben Johnson? With another camp under Johnson, Caleb Williams might just wreck the NFC. He has EVERYTHING except experience.

    The Josh Allen plan is the only available kryptonite. Or the Rams could trade Jared Goff and a couple of the Lions’ first round picks for him.

    January 20, 2026 at 10:56 am in reply to: playoffs, week 2, divisional round #161486
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    I’m afraid I have to think that the answer to that is yes.

    …The 49ers are a really good football team, and they are going to be a problem next year. A big problem.

    Yeah, I think Seattle, LA, and SF might ALL be a little better next year. Picture ‘that.’

    It makes the no.1 seed so critical. When all three teams are so close, it makes all the difference to get the bye and ‘not have to go to Chicago’ etc.

    I cant remember McVay ever having this kind of year with special teams. I know they will focus on it in the offseason but I dont even know what the problem is. Just bad personnel decisions? Bad special teams players? Need bigger, faster, tougher guys? I dunno.

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    Footnote to this: the Bears’ offense is set. It’s young, under contract, and going to improve. They actually have a surplus at WR and could trade one. They need an Edge, a rangey LB, and a really good CB. That’s all doable this off season.

    January 20, 2026 at 10:41 am in reply to: our reactions to the Chicago game #161484
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    The Bear game was a bit like that. Anybody feel like the Rams ‘outplayed’ the Bears in that game? I dunno.

    Yes. Not by much, but yes. For me it is the 4th down plays on both sides. The Rams stopped them. And the Rams got a big one.

    From a vid you posted, here’s a stack of the “make or break” plays in short yardage that the Rams won. This line play reminded my of the 1970s. “You’re not getting that yard.”

    January 20, 2026 at 10:38 am in reply to: Chicago game…tweets, plays, highlights, commentary #161483
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    zn wrote:

    Rams are playing Seattle this week. Kimes is becoming less and less of a decent journalist when it comes to discussing Seattle’s opponents.

    Mina Kimes: “Goddamn Rams.”

    January 20, 2026 at 9:45 am in reply to: our reactions to the Chicago game #161477
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    wv wrote:

    The Bear game was a bit like that. Anybody feel like the Rams ‘outplayed’ the Bears in that game? I dunno.

    Yes. Not by much, but yes. For me it is the 4th down plays on both sides. The Rams stopped them. And the Rams got a big one.

    January 20, 2026 at 1:14 am in reply to: Rams OL thread #161463
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    hopefully he can shake some of that rust off.

    LOL

    January 19, 2026 at 9:52 am in reply to: Seattle for the Marbles #161408
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