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ZooeyModeratorWhy do they even bother to rank the other 31 teams? What is the point of that?
ZooeyModeratorSammy was great in the red zone. He would just run a slant, and basically receive a handoff from the QB, and TD.
Hopefully Everett can become that guy, but he sure hasn’t done it yet.
ZooeyModeratorNo, I don’t post tweets. I uploaded those images to an old google site that predates current google pages. My old pages are still there, and I thought I would upload them there, copy the image address, and voila. Apparently that doesn’t work, though I don’t understand why. Whatever. I just use a subpage on my current site to hold images. I just thought using an old site nobody ever visits would be safer than a subpage on my active site that someone could stumble upon and wonder what I’m up to.
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ZooeyModeratorHi. That link won’t open and it won’t post as an image. What is it you’re trying to post?
Something hilarious and morally uplifting.
Did the images I posted in the Ficken thread show up? Because they’re gone now that you combined our threads.
ZooeyModeratorZooeyModeratorI have to say that Goff’s blown pass to Woods was mystifying. The play before that one, he threw about as pretty a pass as a QB can. A pass that had exactly the right trajectory to hit his receiver when he was very well covered.
The next play, Woods was completely uncovered in the end zone, and Goff botched it.
ZooeyModeratorYeah, the 33-0 victory in London seemed more lopsided than this game. “Calmly” is right.
AZ net passing 83 yards
net rushing 54 yards
137 total yards (Natson got 133 yards)
5 first downs the whole game, 3-12 on 3rd down.
Got passed he 50 on second to last play of the game.All that with just one sack and one INT.
Gurley was low in yards, high in fantasy points.
Goff a quiet 350 yards passing.
Woods is a helluva a player. I think he might be my favorite Ram right now. He isn’t spectacular. Just gets it DONE.ZooeyModeratorI saw that their starting ROT is out for the week, too.
I’m not expecting a lot of 7-step drops from Bradford.
ZooeyModeratorIn other random facts, the Rams defense has scored as many TDs as it has allowed.
September 13, 2018 at 2:25 pm in reply to: McVay has an eidetic memory at least as far as football is concerned #90794ZooeyModeratorMy thought about that is that…it’s an advantage.
And he is the coach of the Rams, so the advantage is theirs.
And I think – all things considered – this is a good thing.
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ZooeyModeratorMy two cents: Your team went on the road in the first game of the season in a hostile environment and flicked off a sluggish first half like it was nothing, and then dominated the opponent in 2nd half. When you can win by 20 playing Ok to good overall, it’s a new day indeed.
I think that is pretty much what I saw.
It was not a dominant performance, but…damn.
The Rams got better every single play, seems like, and they completely took control by the beginning of the 4th quarter.
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September 11, 2018 at 10:46 pm in reply to: tweets & articles on the Oakland game … + Raiders fans post-game reactions #90737ZooeyModerator——————————-
they been blatantly holding and no calls its freaking bullcrap——————————-
Always my favorite fan complaint.
Anyway, moving on…if I were a Raiders fan, there are two things that would bother me above anything else last night.
1) that pass that Littleton intercepted.
2) the pass Carr threw away to the near sideline…way out of bounds, near nobody….when he still had time.
Those passes were awful. Like “3rd-string rookie QB brought into a game under extreme emergency conditions” level of awful.
That throw Littleton intercepted was so atrocious that it leaves me gasping even now. That pass was directly TO Littleton…who was near exactly Nobody…and it hung in the air like a Dave Kingman pop fly. I mean you could have left at the moment of the pass, and gone to go buy a hotdog and come back, and still no Raiders receiver would have been near that ball when it floated into Littleton’s arms.
On the basis of exactly one game only, I am going to predict that Carr is a Goner. Gruden was caught shaking his head, and murmuring “Fuck” once, a few times during that game. The Raiders will be drafting a QB with one of their #1 picks next year.
ZooeyModeratorI think any time 4 out of 5 OL are the highest rated at their position, that’s a good thing.
September 11, 2018 at 8:15 pm in reply to: tweets & articles on the Oakland game … + Raiders fans post-game reactions #90719ZooeyModeratorI set this to the 4:26 mark. Whitlock’s partner (dunno his name) argued that Wade Phillips ‘wanted’ the Raiders to throw to Jarod Cook.
Yeah. I dunno. I mean…Phillips put a CB on Cook the second half, apparently, so I don’t think so. Phillips changed what they were doing.
But what struck me there is … listen to this … the Raiders’ three WRs combined for 5 catches for 43 yards.
If Phillips said, “Go ahead and throw it to Cook,” that doesn’t look like the dumbest strategy I’ve ever seen. Amari Cooper ended the game with 9 yards. I’m guessing a few Fantasy owners were not pleased. And Marshawn Lynch rushed for a total of 41 yards.
The Rams looked like they were on their heels a bit the first half. But if the Season Storyline is that the Rams can’t put away games until the 4th quarter, I’m probably going to sign up for that. If the Rams own the 4th quarter…I’m good.
ZooeyModeratorAh. So. Okay. Everybody knew that already. Fine.
September 11, 2018 at 2:08 am in reply to: chat room, 10:15 et/9:15 pt…Monday game, what's your prediction? #90669ZooeyModeratorOn Mack, Adam Schefter says the Rams offered a 1st and 3rd with the idea they would trade him after the year for approximately the same thing. And just get him for a year.
Not a bad gamble, imo.
ZooeyModeratorSlow start.
Solidified.
Finished.
September 8, 2018 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Preseason Rankings & what the expectations are, etc. #90565ZooeyModeratorExpectations are too high, imo. As if people are expecting the Rams to coast to victory. They aren’t even supposed to struggle. But…you know…that’s preseason excitement, and characteristic of every team. We have Raiders fans expecting the Raiders to dominate the Rams. Whatever.
I saw parts of the Eagles-Falcons game. Couldn’t tell if it was sloppy offense, or really good defenses from what I saw. Evidence of both…but didn’t watch the thing coast-to-coast.
September 8, 2018 at 12:31 pm in reply to: setting up the Raiders game, w/ PFF, & also what Raiders fans are saying #90537ZooeyModeratorThat isn’t good about Barron. LB is not a position where the Rams want to see their bench players on the field a lot. That is a mediocre unit to begin with, and Barron is their best LB.
His replacement though is Ramik Wilson, who has been getting a lot of reps this summer and is getting good reports. He’s a vet and a smart guy.
I don’t see ILB as FOR SURE mediocre, it’s more like unknown I think (ie. with Barron out). Barron is a nice one to have on the field and is a known quantity. Though I really think Littleton has a lot of promise. He may be a find.
It’s the outside rush that is the concern I think.
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Yeah, agreed. They aren’t FOR SURE mediocre. We don’t know. Littleton showed promise, but in limited opportunities, and with just a few plays on the field, making a couple of splashy plays leads fans to extrapolate conclusions that exceed the sample size’s reach. There isn’t much experience there.
Barron is the only known quantity. To me, anyway. Wilson has experience, and so he may be dependable. I think he’s a JAG, but that’s probably good enough considering all the Pro Bowlers he is playing in the middle of.
And the edge. Yeah. We don’t know what we have there, either, though again, as with Littleton, there have been some moments. Oko is a goner for the season, basically. He may get some special teams play, but he has to wait until next year to get into the rotation significantly.
Anyway. The point is…the Rams need Barron on the field.
September 8, 2018 at 10:02 am in reply to: setting up the Raiders game, w/ PFF, & also what Raiders fans are saying #90527ZooeyModeratorThat isn’t good about Barron. LB is not a position where the Rams want to see their bench players on the field a lot. That is a mediocre unit to begin with, and Barron is their best LB.
I think the Raiders are going to suffer this year. There was understandable disappointment about the Mack trade among veterans. Plus the defense isn’t all that good to begin with. And I’m going to guess the atmosphere in Oakland is going to be slightly haunted this year. I don’t know if they have one or two more seasons in Oakland, but their ticket is already punched, and while I think the diehards will still be there, I am going to guess that there will be a lot of empty seats, especially if whatever optimism fans have wears off early in the year.
ZooeyModeratorHow can Peters be on that list when he is still on his rookie deal?
September 7, 2018 at 3:12 pm in reply to: setting up the Raiders game, w/ PFF, & also what Raiders fans are saying #90489ZooeyModerator
September 6, 2018 at 8:50 pm in reply to: setting up the Raiders game, w/ PFF, & also what Raiders fans are saying #90461ZooeyModeratorIn not-related news, Monday night would be a great time for Marshawn Lynch to pull a 2014 Marshawn Lynch and rack up 125 yards on the ground.
If you count the distance between the locker room and the sideline, he could get close to that.
September 4, 2018 at 9:06 pm in reply to: What delayed humans from crossing the Bering Straight into North America #90410ZooeyModeratorInteresting theory, but Occam’s Razor suggests that it was the lack of reliable public transportation.
ZooeyModeratorI keep hearing Rams all in, Superbowl or bust. I don’t get it. I think the Rams will be good in future. They are a young team with their young stars locked up.
I wouldn’t take the “Bust” part of that seriously. Of course they will come back next year and say, “Super Bowl or Bust” again, regardless of how this season ends. It’s not like they are going to trade everybody and start all over from scratch through the draft.
September 3, 2018 at 11:31 am in reply to: Preseason Rankings & what the expectations are, etc. #90371ZooeyModeratorI don’t think I would take Garappolo, Cousins, Smith, Watson or Prescott over Goff.
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