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ZooeyModeratorMight as well skim the Rams remaining ten games. The 49er game in two weeks, is what-you-call a Must-Win, I’d say.
I’m assuming they will beat the Saints and be 6-2. That next stretch 49er-Seahawks-Bucs is inter esting.
Yeah, that’s a crucial stretch of games, but I think this entire stretch is uphill. The Saints are probably the only “pushover” game. Carolina has been better than expected, as has Atlanta. Those two teams, as well as the mystifying Cardinals, are teams that “on any given Sunday” could pull out a victory, but the Rams are gonna win most, if not all of those games. The other 5 seem like a FG decides it.
ZooeyModeratorIts amazing to me, that a bunch of NFL asshole billionaire capitalists created this NFL cap thing. I cant believe its lasted this long, either. I know Jerry Jones has pushed against it from time to time, but in the end he’s always backed off.
Turns out that when a rising tide lifts all boats, it’s a good thing.
Who would have thunk?
ZooeyModeratorNot a good look.
ZooeyModeratorIn the NFL its more of a meritocracy type thing. I think.
The NFL model is better. I don’t know enough about it to know why. But in the NFL, you don’t get owners who pocket the gate/etc. profits, and just let team equity grow,all while functionally acting as a farm system for other teams. AFAIK,all teams spend ~ the same amount on payroll, give or take a percent.
That is why, though, I think a cap isn’t enough. There has to be a window. You can’t let the Marlins spend 27% of their revenue on payroll while the Mets spend 90% of their revenue, especially when the Mets have substantially more revenue.
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 pm in reply to: around the league week 7 stuff, including games & aftermaths #158820ZooeyModeratorJim Otto lived in my town (pop. 11,000). Owned a Burger King (that got shut down bc of tax evasion) in which he had built a shrine to himself in the dining room. He and his wife had big SUVs with personalized plates. Used to see them driving around once in awhile. Never personally met him, but he seemed to announce his arrival everywhere he went.
That aside… he was a badass football player.
ZooeyModeratorNow, does anyone really think the Dodgers or the Blue Jays would be in the World Series if they payrolls like the Chicago White Sox ( 78 million)
Do you think the Pirates would be in the playoffs if they spent $125 million more on salaries? Because they made $200m in profit last year. Where’s that money going? Don’t just look at the gross salary numbers. Look at the % of revenue that is going to salaries.
I’m conflicted on this. Money is a factor, and a lot of money is an advantage. One of them. And a salary cap might compress the top somewhat. But I don’t think it would “level” the field. It might make the playoffs a bit more likely for the teams in the second tier, but I think the Pirates’ business model is to keep salaries low, and keep the profits for themselves.
ZooeyModeratorSF radio guys more upbeat about the 49ers than at any time in the past year or more.
Why not? They are 5-2, are 3-0 in the NFC West, and have a last place schedule. Kittle’s back. Aiyuk, Pearsall, and Purdy are expected back this season, and probably Jennings. Mac Jones has not been a drop-off from Purdy in the least.
Mainly, they love Robert Salah and McCaffrey’s return to form last night. Optimism reigns out here, and it’s depressing.
ZooeyModeratorI really wasn’t sure if I was favoring anybody, but I turned on the game with about 6 minutes left, and I instinctively started rooting for the Falcons.
McCaffrey appears to be fine, btw.
ZooeyModeratorI expected a QB controversy considering how well Garoppolo handled the victory formation.
ZooeyModeratorI’ve thought it over.
A tie, with both Bijan Robinson and Christian McCaffrey suffering high ankle sprains. I think that’s a compromise I can make.
ZooeyModeratorFinally a decisive win from beginning to end. Still, looked like the Jags beat themselves anyway. Lots of unforced errors, including the penalties, and lots of drops. Bad play-calling/clock management at the end of the half. They just look jet-lagged. I don’t know what they look like when they are playing well, but that wasn’t it. In any event, the final score is more indicative of poor Jaguar performance than Rams domination.
Looked like the Rams took their foot off the gas at 21-0, but then reasserted themselves late in the 3rd. One would expect better offensive statistics, too, considering 5 TDs. Williams only 54 yards rushing, and even with 12 carries by Corum, they did not come close to 100 yards rushing combined. Stafford threw 5 touchdown strikes, and yet only 182 yards passing? If you gave me the game stats (without including TD passes), I certainly wouldn’t have guessed a 28-point blowout, and might have guessed the Jags won if I looked at Lawrence’s yard total.
But the Rams tallied 7 sacks, played steady, largely mistake-free football in the rain, and are now 5-0 against the AFC.
Would that they were better than 0-2 against the NFC.
On to the bye week and a return in two weeks against the Saints for what is hopefully a tune-up, then SF after that to start a tough, important stretch of games against good NFC teams.
ZooeyModeratorThe best outcome the Rams can hope for with the Atlanta/SF game is a tie.
I’ve given this conundrum ample consideration for the past 2 days, and my thorough, proprietary analysis came to the conclusion that the best thing would be a 9er victory that sees Christian McCaffrey go down with a high ankle sprain.
I did not consider the possibility of a tie, though, so I may have to rerun my analysis.
ZooeyModeratorOn paper, it’s LA’s game, primarily due to the defense.
From that it looks like JAX is good in the red zone on defense, matching the Rams’ weakness.
ZooeyModeratorMatthew Stafford and a stingy run defense: 10 stats that tell the story of Rams’ season
By Nate Atkins
Oct. 15, 2025BALTIMORE — The Los Angeles Rams are six games into the 2025 season and feeling like they’re mostly on track for the goals they want to accomplish.
They’re 4-2 and in a three-way tie for first place in the NFC West with the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. Their goal is to win the division, secure a home playoff game and start a push toward another trip to the Super Bowl in Matthew Stafford’s age-37 season.
Six games are a sufficient sample to see some key trends emerge. Here are 10 numbers that explain their season to date:
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The yards Stafford has thrown for, the most of any quarterback. He has never finished first in passing yards across 17 seasons, so it speaks to the level he’s playing at.In a world of two-high shells to take away the deep ball, the Rams are finding ways to create chunk gains consistently through the air thanks to the intermediate part of the field, where Stafford spams Puka Nacua and Davante Adams along the sideline and between the hashes.
His arm still flashes enough strength to scare defenses into those shells, and it’s giving him spots between the levels to use that strength to deliver the ball quickly before defenders can adjust.
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Stafford’s passer rating, which is currently the best of his career. It edges out the 106.0 he posted in his second-to-last season with the Detroit Lions in 2019. The similarity between the two is their small sample size: he played just eight games in 2019 and six so far this season.So, the likelihood is that the number will come down. However, he still has a chance to post his best full-season rating, which would mean topping the 102.9 from his first season with the Rams in 2021. That season, he threw 41 touchdown passes and led the Rams to a Super Bowl victory.
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The receptions that Nacua has had in every game where he’s played at least 60 percent of the snaps. The exception was Sunday, when he suffered a sprained ankle in the second quarter and finished with two catches. Nacua has eight more catches than any other player in the NFL, and it’s the consistency that’s most impressive.He isn’t racking up crazy numbers per catch or breaking away for long touchdowns. Still, he’s providing such a strong floor to the Rams’ offense and is a key reason Stafford looks so in control, as he’s able to get into a rhythm quickly by sending passes Nacua’s way.
The Rams will have to adjust if Nacua misses time with this injury. If Stafford has been the team’s MVP through six weeks, Nacua isn’t far off. His absence for stretches against the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans shows how hard it is for Los Angeles to adjust its game plan, which is built so much around Nacua, when he’s not on the field.
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The blocked kicks the Rams have allowed this season. They’re currently on pace to have 11 blocks.It’s become enough of a problem that coach Sean McVay opted to pass up a short field goal to potentially take a three-score lead in the fourth quarter against the Ravens to go for it on fourth down. Granted, the blocks were only part of the threat to that unit, as kicker Joshua Karty also missed a 26-yarder earlier in the game, and the Rams had a bad snap on another one of his field goal attempts.
However, so many playoff games come down to field goals, so the Rams will have to figure this out, as it’s arguably cost them both of their losses this season.
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The number of 100-yard rushers the Rams have allowed this season. It happened on Sunday, when Derrick Henry ran for 122 yards on 24 carries, notably without linebacker Omar Speights on the field for Los Angeles.However, to get to the sixth game before allowing a 100-yard rusher is impressive, considering the three running backs the Rams faced before Sunday were Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor and Christian McCaffrey. Los Angeles is allowing just 3.8 yards per carry, which ranks seventh in the league, and it’s the only defense that has yet to allow a run of 20 yards or more.
That’s a credit to the addition of linebacker Nate Landman, in particular. He just set the Rams’ single-game franchise record with 17 tackles on Sunday. It also says something about the addition of Poona Ford up front, the growth of Jared Verse as an edge setter and the sneaky value of Quentin Lake.
The Rams saw their 2024 season end when Barkley ran all over them in the divisional round of the playoffs, and it’s looking like they’ve shored up that weakness.
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The percentage of red zone trips the Rams are cashing in for touchdowns, which ranks 25th in the NFL. For an offense that ranks in the top 10 nearly everywhere else, it’s one of the most significant areas of growth for this team to go from good to elite.It’s due to a few factors: The field shrinks on the routes Nacua and Adams run, and defenses often double-team Nacua to force the ball elsewhere. The Rams don’t have a great pass-catching tight end, and this is usually the area of the field where they can shine in two-tight-end sets and with play action. Stafford doesn’t provide a run threat, so the number of blockers is difficult to manufacture in the run game when teams stack the box.
However, between Kyren Williams’ growth as a receiver and the talent of Terrance Ferguson and Tutu Atwell, there’s reason to believe this can improve. If it does, the Rams will have one of the best offenses across the board.
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The consecutive regular-season games in which Byron Young has recorded at least half a sack. His 7.5 sacks this season trail only Denver Broncos star Nik Bonitto’s eight.This helps explain the value of Verse as well, as offenses have shifted their protections to him after his NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year campaign last season. Verse is generating pressure on 18.3 percent of his rushes, and his power to collapse the pocket has paired beautifully with Young’s speed to chase down the quarterback to give the Rams one of the top edge duos in the NFL.
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The percentage of defensive snaps the Rams are playing in Cover 3, according to Football Insights. The only teams running it more are the Atlanta Falcons and Las Vegas Raiders.Cover 3 was in vogue about a decade ago, when the Seahawks rode that model with the “Legion of Boom” to build one of the best defenses ever. It’s faded some in favor of two-high shells to take away the deep passes. However, it has been a good coverage for teams that build around good safeties, as it allows cornerbacks to play in press and funnel routes inward.
That has fit the Rams in some ways this season. They have three strong coverage safeties in Lake, Kam Curl and Kamren Kinchens. However, they also lost their most physical outside cornerback in Ahkello Witherspoon to injured reserve.
If the Rams do make a cornerback addition to fill his absence, expect it to be a physical one.
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The targets that Nacua and Adams have seen this season. Nacua ranks first in the NFL with 65, and Adams is seventh with 55. The next-most targeted player on the Rams is Williams, with just 23.It’s a testament to a few things: how good these two receivers are, how much Stafford likes to throw to his top targets and how void of steady receivers the Rams are elsewhere with the personnel they’re choosing to play. Atwell and Ferguson are the most talented pass catchers outside of Nacua and Adams, yet they’ve struggled to find playing time.
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The yards per reception Atwell is averaging thus far. He has just four catches on nine targets in the five games he’s played in. However, to turn four catches into 164 yards is impressive, and it speaks to how he’s either a forgotten or hidden weapon in this offense.The Rams brought Atwell back on a one-year, $10 million deal in the offseason to serve as a late-game lever and an injury replacement for Nacua or Adams, since the passing game is built entirely around those two targets. When they are humming, the Rams prefer to play Jordan Whittington over Atwell because of his run-blocking.
However, whether Nacua is limited or out this Sunday, Atwell should see his first legitimate role in the game plan as an outside receiver, and his deep-speed skill set is obvious.
ZooeyModeratorGeez, Atlanta looked like the superior team against Buffalo. Josh Allen was under duress all game long. Sacked 4 times. Falcons now 3-2
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vI most definitely had this game down as a Loss for atl before the season started, and I did my calculations for how high their draft pick would be.
They will now have to drop a game to New Orleans to make it up to me.
ZooeyModeratorStafford’s accuracy seems off this year.
Higbee was wide open on that all of 2 yards downfield, and he threw it behind him while under minimal pressure.
In the first half he was off. First half, he was 8 of 15 for 77 yards.
In the 2nd half he was 9 of 11 for 104 yards a 1 TD. 81.8%, 9.45 an attempt. I mean it was the Ravens D, but still, if prorated for the whole season that would be 1st in completion percentage and 2nd in ypa.
Rams are a 2nd half team. Stafford is a 2nd half qb.
Having said that, yes, slow starts are annoying and need to be fixed.
It’s just odd the way Stafford can nail a house fly from 40 yards away and miss somebody in the flat. That’s football, though.
ZooeyModeratorStafford’s accuracy seems off this year.
Higbee was wide open on that all of 2 yards downfield, and he threw it behind him while under minimal pressure.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t know how he managed to get injured on that play. It looked like there was no contact, no awkward landing, nothing.
And he routinely gets piled up in car wrecks every week that make me shudder.
ZooeyModerator… i don’t know what’s wrong with the kicking game. i don’t know if it’s karty or the unit as a whole. i just hope it gets fixed.
Its gotta be infuriating McVay.
Especially since there are so many kickers in the NFL now, who are making 60 yard FGs look routine.
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vThe blocked kicks are the big problem, imo. Karty should have hit that FG, even with the windy conditions, but doinking a kick off the upright doesn’t seem like a reason to panic.
ZooeyModeratorZooeyModeratorThe Rams showed up for third quarter anyway.
I was hoping for a complete game, but I’ll take it.
ZooeyModeratorYeah. That “playoff opponents” list doesn’t tell us much, though.
True.
Not facing many opponents that made the playoffs doesn’t really mean much in regards to a team’s success.
For example, when the Dodgers saw they were playing the Pirates this week, they probably saw that as an opportunity to strengthen their grip on the NL West.
After all, the Pirates aren’t a playoff team. Hell, they haven’t sniffed the playoffs since the 90’s, which belies their storied history as one of baseball’s greatest franchises.
But what happened?
The Pirates channeled the spirits of legends past and beat the Dodgers not once, not twice, but three straight times. With San Diego in the midst of a 4 game losing streak, the Dodgers had a chance to essentially lock up their division.
Easy peasy, right?
You would think so, especially if you buy into the delusion that a schedule laden with non-playoff opponents was some sort of guarantee of success.
But you would be wrong, as the proud young men in black and gold demonstrated so vividly to the Dodgers over the past several days.
So good on you Zooey, for not buying into the playoff opponent hype.
Has Penn State been playing the Pirates?
It would explain a lot.
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The Ravens continued to get healthier Thursday, as two Pro Bowl players returned to practice.
Cornerback Marlon Humphrey (calf) practiced for the first time this week, while fullback Patrick Ricard (calf) returned for the first time since Aug. 14.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson (hamstring), linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring), and cornerback Chidobe Awuzie (hamstring) remained sidelined on Thursday after not playing against the Texans. Offensive lineman Ben Cleveland was the only new absence.
Humphrey’s presence would be a major boost to Baltimore’s secondary, which will face the high-powered Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/marlon-humphrey-patrick-ricard-ravens-injury-report-return-practice-rams-week-6
===========I’m with ya, man.
Who the hell wants to watch Dallas Carolina anyway?
ZooeyModeratorSleeperNFL@SleeperNFL
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson has been officially ruled out for Week 6.That would be good news if the Rams ever beat backup QBs.
ZooeyModeratorI just came out of my bunker, and it’s dark outside.
Has the sun come up since that f-ing game ended?
ZooeyModeratorThe game becomes known as the October Massacre.
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9ers 3ZooeyModeratorLies and propaganda from the Dark World:
4 areas where the 49ers can take advantage of the Rams
Taking a look at how the Rams got here, and where the 49ers have the advantage on Thursday Night Footballby Kyle Posey
Oct 2, 2025, 10:11 AM PDTThe San Francisco 49ers will be on the road without three of their most important offensive players against a Los Angeles Rams team that is undefeated at home.
At SoFi Stadium, Matthew Stafford has completed over 70 percent of his passes with four touchdowns and zero turnovers. On the other side of the ball, the Rams’ defense is fourth in EPA per play and sixth in success rate allowed. Can Kyle Shanahan and Robert Saleh do enough to stay competitive, where the offense has the ball last, to have a chance to win?
Let’s discuss what it’ll take for that to happen. First, let’s see how the Rams got here.
Let’s pump the brakes on the home team
The Rams are 3-1, but we don’t have to pretend like they’ve been world beaters through four weeks. They have a +19 point differential compared to the 49ers’ +5 point differential.Injuries take the cake, but the second-biggest difference between these two teams is the difference in turnovers. The Rams are +3, while the 49ers are -5, which ranks them as the third-worst team in the NFL.
The Rams were down 6-0 for much of the first half to the Houston Texans in Week 1, before a two-minute touchdown. After a Texans field goal before the half, the Rams’ touchdown to begin the third quarter would be the final score in that game. A C.J. Stroud third-quarter interception would be the closest Houston would come to scoring.
Los Angeles’s Week 2 opponent might be the first team to fire its head coach. Their Week 3 opponent won the Super Bowl last year. It was a game Los Angeles controlled on the scoreboard, but it never felt like that while watching it.
Up 26-7, thanks to an Eagles fumble to start the third quarter, Philadelphia needed 2:28 to trim the lead to 26-14. After forcing a three-and-out, the Eagles went on an 87-yard drive, with no play longer than 16 yards, to make it a one-possession game at 26-21.
Kyren Williams was stopped in the backfield on 4th & 1. However, Jalen Hurts was sacked on third down, then threw an incomplete pass to A.J. Brown from midfield, gifting Los Angeles the ball with 12:18 left in the fourth quarter to take a commanding lead.
The Rams had a field goal blocked. The Eagles go down and score in a 17-play, back-breaking 91-yard drive to take a 27-26 lead. Los Angeles gets in position for another field goal, but sees their kick blocked for the second consecutive time for a heartbreaking loss. The reality was they were thoroughly outplayed in the second half.
Last week’s result is why 49ers’ fans should have at least some hope heading into Thursday night. The Colts lost 27-20, despite having an 81 percent win expectancy with four minutes to play. Wide receiver AD Mitchell fumbled the ball out of the end zone and nullified another touchdown late in the fourth quarter with a holding penalty. Those plays cost the Colts 14 points.
Indianapolis also threw an interception in the second half and settled for a field goal in the red zone. Prior to the Rams’ two scoring drives in the fourth quarter, they punted on five straight possessions and fumbled.
Can the Niners find similar success? They’ll need to win these matchups.
Bryce Huff versus Warren McClendon
Los Angeles’s right tackle, Rob Havenstein, is listed as doubtful for Thursday night. That means his backup, 6’4”, 306-pound Warren McClendon, is back in action. Last year, the 2023 fifth-rounder started six games. He was annihilated in pass protection, with 11 blown blocks and five sacks allowed in only 208 snaps.Matthew Stafford is the type of quarterback who hunts the big play. He has averaged 8.1 air yards per attempt with a deep pass rate of 8.6 percent, all the highest marks during Stafford’s time with the Rams. Unlike last week against Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Rams have no problems calling long-developing plays that ask Stafford to hold onto the ball.
This is a game where Bryce Huff comes alive. Huff is eighth in the NFL in win percentage among all defensive linemen. He had a couple of wins last week, but the ball came out so quickly that he was unable to register a quarterback hit or a sack. That’ll be different tonight against a backup right tackle.
Sam Okuayinonu is another edge rusher to keep an eye on. He’s played his role to perfection. He’s actually been better at generating pressure on early downs than any other pass rusher on the team, while Huff does most of his work on third downs. That duo must make life miserable for McClendon for four quarters, thus making Stafford uncomfortable and potentially prone to mistakes.
Christian McCaffrey and Jake Tonges vs. the Rams linebackers and safeties
The Rams have gone to great lengths to upgrade their defensive line. They are still relatively weak in the back seven, specifically right down the middle. Every team that Los Angeles has played has attacked them the most right down the spine.The Colts went after Kamren Curl six times and Nate Landman four times. The Eagles went after Quinten Lake seven times. The Titans targeted Curl six times in Week 2, while Landman and Lake were targeted four times each. Curl was targeted five times in Week 1, allowing all five targets to be completed.
Some of it is Kyle Shanahan’s scheme, but Tonges has been a pleasant surprise. He had 58 yards last week, and that could’ve easily been in the 80s. He’s been a reliable target for whichever quarterback has been under center. Tonges, 6’4”, against Curl, 6’1”, could be a matchup Mac Jones targets early and often, with the Rams being a tight end funnel defense.
Tonges has lined up on 37 snaps in the slot. I think we can see more of that than ever on Thursday night. I’m not expecting Tonges to have a Dallas Goedert or Tyler Warren type of performance, but he’s been open enough through four games to make you think he can have continued success against a team allowing around 50 yards a game to opposing tight ends.
Tonges has no issue creating separation, as evidenced by his average of three yards of separation per target, which is higher than Warren, Tucker Kraft, Jake Ferguson, and Brock Powers. Tonges is also 10th, despite a low number of targets, in receiving EPA added.
Tonges is no George Kittle, but the tight end production hasn’t fallen off a cliff, which is a testament to Tonges being more than a product of the system.
No player has been used as much through four weeks as Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey has the fourth-highest target rate of any pass catcher in the NFL. This should be a game where the 49ers’ ground game gets going, but McCaffrey out of the backfield has been the free square on the bingo card whenever he’s on the field.
The immovable running game versus a below-average run defense
If there was ever going to be a game where Shanahan attempts to get the running game going, it’ll be against a Rams defensive line that would prefer to pin its ears back and rush the passer instead of stopping the run. The Rams are 20th in the NFL in EPA per rush allowed. It’s their biggest weakness on the team.This will be Colton McKivitz’s biggest test to date, as he’ll see Jared Verse. Defensive tackle Poona Ford has helped the interior. The Rams are 0.9 yards per carry better with Ford on the field. However, this is not a team that stops you in the backfield or at the line of scrimmage.
The Rams are second-to-last in the NFL in defensive stuff rate at 9.9 percent. That tells me their line is getting in the way, and the linebackers aren’t making plays. That bodes well for McCaffrey and a 49ers running game that’s been putrid to date.
The offensive line has done its job. It’s the wide receivers and tight ends that are whiffing, and doing so consistently. When the scheme isn’t the issue and it comes down to player execution, it makes me think the 49ers are closer to breaking a long run, or at least having a decent outing on the ground, than the opposite outcome.
Bold prediction: McCaffrey rushes for a season high on Thursday night and the most yards against the Rams defense this season. Part of that prediction is personnel-driven, as Los Angeles tends to favor more defensive backs on the field.
Shrinking the field on defense
The 49ers have forced two turnovers, but are one of two teams not to have an interception this year. The other team is the Jets. You never, ever, want to be in the same sentence with the Jets. Will that change in Week 5? Stafford has turned it over twice, with both interceptions happening on the road.The 49ers’ beefy defensive line should be able to slow down a Rams running game that is middling. Where the 49ers have excelled the most on defense is limiting the big play. They have the fifth-best explosive play rate in the NFL. On most of the big plays the defense has surrendered, it’s been against rookie Marques Sigle.
Sigle and Upton Stout will likely be the most targeted players tonight. Sigle has been targeted on downfield passes seven times this season. He’s allowed all seven of those to be completed for 153 yards and a touchdown. Stafford has 623 passing yards on downfield throws, which leads the league by 79 yards.
In fairness to Sigle, he’s been in position on every one of those plays. It’s not as if he’s getting burned by the opponent. Still, he hasn’t made the play. Stout appeared to have made one last week, but the referees thought otherwise.
I don’t expect Robert Saleh to give the Rams an opportunity to get Puka Nacua or Davante Adams 1-on-1 chances. The 49ers have run zone coverage 78 percent of the time this year. Davante Adams sees his target rate drop nearly 13 percent against zone coverage. That will allow Saleh to put extra eyes on Puka, something Saleh did against Marvin Harrison a couple of weeks ago.
I’d expect Saleh to live and die with Renardo Green losing outside of the numbers 1-on-1 on a low percentage throw to Adams on occasion. That was the case against the Saints. The goal is to help everybody else and effectively shrink the field.
That’s how the 49ers come away victorious, by shrinking the field, forcing Stafford into 3rd & long situations, and making the Tutu Atwells of the world beat you. It’s easier said than done. Puka is rarely stationary. He’s often lined up in a way that makes it difficult to defend him with one defender, let alone two. But that’s the challenge Saleh faces.
Don’t be surprised if the 49ers are fiesty tonight, and this game is closer than many expect.
ZooeyModeratorThis is from the NY Post, and I am feeling old, tired, and sad because this kind of bullshit has moved from the quiet periphery into the blaring mainstream. Give me a f—— break, already.
Good Bunny, Bad Bunny; Danica Patrick wants no bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show.
While commenting on another account’s post about the Puerto Rican rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Patrick criticized the idea of having him perform on stage in Santa Clara, Calif., for the pinnacle of television in America.
“Oh fun,” the former race car driver said on X. “No songs in English should not be allowed at one of America’s highest rated television events of the year … not just for sports.”
Bad Bunny had previously canceled tour dates in America out of fear they would be infiltrated by ICE agents.
“But there was the issue of — like, f‑‑‑ing ICE could be outside [my concerts],” he told i-D magazine. “And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”
Patrick also re-posted a wild claim that Bad Bunny was a “demonic Marxist” who was being given the Super Bowl 2026 halftime platform.
The 43-year-old has not been shy about discussing her political beliefs and leanings.
ZooeyModeratorThe other guy whose name isn’t Puka or Matthew…
Byron Young named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for September
Rams outside linebacker Byron Young was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for his performance in September.
Through four weeks, Young is tied for the league lead in sacks with 5.0, recording at least one in every game thus far. He also totaled seven tackles for loss, seven quarterback hits, one forced fumble and 16 quarterback pressures, according to Pro Football Focus.
Rams head coach Sean McVay said that Young has taken his game “to the next level” in his third NFL season. An offseason of targeted training and pilates work has boosted Young’s performance both physically and mentally.
“I put in so much work this offseason,” Young said. “I know I can do it. I know I belong here. I know I’m good enough to get a job done.”
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