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August 25, 2018 at 2:41 pm in reply to: informal poll: what do you think of the "no starters" preseason? #89821
ZooeyModeratorI don’t care.
I think I’m content for veterans to sit it out.
Seems every year that a team loses an important player in the preseason. The harm done by losing a player to an injury outweighs the benefit of playing a preseason game, imo.
It’s a case-by-case thing. Depends on the player’s experience in the system. If a player is new to the team, or there are new coaches and schemes, or a player’s role changes, then…okay. But I surely do not see any reason for established starters who were here last year to play in the preseason. Huge risk, no reward.
ZooeyModeratorWell, if Goff’s not playing, I’m not playing.
That’s final.
ZooeyModeratorWell…then who the hell HAS been filling that role the first two weeks?
Guys like Hager, Kiser, Scales, and Ramik Wilson
Kiser knows less than Littleton. Why not just put Littleton out there? It’s preseason. It’s designed for players to learn.
ZooeyModeratorWell…then who the hell HAS been filling that role the first two weeks?
ZooeyModeratorFox and Friends this morning. Interesting article that includes the opening segment for f and f.
ZooeyModeratorCasino.
Sounds like a good nickname.
ZooeyModeratorIt is a strange feeling. To be happy and content with front office moves. Not sure I understand these emotions.
It certainly is strange.
What was the name of that guy who used to leak crappy stuff to the media about players during contract negotiations?
I am no fan of Kroenke, but you have to admit, the team management has improved dramatically since he took full ownership. The guy knows enough to fill his staff with people who know what they are doing, and then let them do it. Jerry Jones he is not. Daniel Snyder he does not resemble.
ZooeyModeratorGood post. I agree on the high note part. Yep things are looking as good as they could at this point.
Some more things. Don’t mind me, you got me tah thinkin.
I thought Brown was younger than that, and that he had another year or two on his rookie deal, or team option, or whatever. I don’t know the details on how that works.
I am surprised $8 million is 3rd highest, but with all contracts, you also need to estimate where he will be at the end of the deal. Perhaps $8 million/year will be, you know, 22nd in four years time, so it would average out.
I know nobody will be surprised when I say this, but I want a Center. Been saying that for at least 10 years. Maybe Allen is that guy, but the one report that sticks with me was from early in camp saying that he was getting thrown around a lot. I don’t think Blythe is going down in the annals of Rams history as anything more than name on a list of former players.
ZooeyModeratorReminds me of Mr. Richie Incognito, who made the news today:
“In May, Incognito was placed on psychiatric hold following an incident at a Florida gym.
According to TMZ Sports, Incognito allegedly threw a dumbbell at a man and was “rambling about the government.”
ZooeyModeratorI mean…a lot of these guys are at the Young End of their primes. A lot of guys on their first contracts, or just grabbing their second.
ZooeyModeratorI like it, (though I am curious where that puts him on the RT salary list. It sound reasonable to me). And if he is the 11th best RT, I will take that rather than go fishing in the draft for someone else, especially because continuity is very valuable, and a lot of OLs around the league are in flux a lot. I think 11th-best improves by staying where he is with continuity everywhere. Brown is staying next to him for a couple more years at least. If we can keep Saffold, too, and that seems promising based on what he said this week, we have a lot of both Blue Chip and Red Chip players under contract for a good stretch of time. This OL appears to have depth and a steal in Noteboom as future LT. And the core players are all young.
This front office has done an amazing job of acquiring young talent, nailing it down, and reinforcing it. Combine that with an innovative, popular, hard-working, and extremely intelligent (memory) head coach, and the Rams looked poised right now to run off a string of memorable and entertaining seasons. In fact, I do not remember the Rams ever being positioned this strongly since the origin of the salary cap.
I’m feeling like I just acquired a high performance sports car, and I am free to go.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t like any of that.
Pass.
ZooeyModeratorDoes it really matter that she hands over the tapes. We all know Trump is a racist. He calls Neo-Nasis very fine people, called Africa a shithole, has white supremacists parading down Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington DC. Demeans African Americans, by saying they have low I.Q. Basically calling Mexicans rapists, murders, and such. Trump is a racist, and we don’t need the tapes to prove it.
No, but if any of the other alleged 200 recordings she has implicate people in the White House in racism or anything else, it will make the life hot for other people who already live in fear of getting fired because of the hostile work place. Trump has a Teflon armor, but other people don’t. It depends on how brazen the recorded remarks are.
ZooeyModeratorThe Republicans could end all this today if they would just pass a law against weeds, but they won’t because they are in the pocket of the herbicide industry. If we had Universal Crops Care for everybody, we wouldn’t have this problem.
ZooeyModeratorMy thing is…I don’t know why they would be in a hurry. Having Donald ready to play against the Raiders is the goal. Every additional day on the field is an opportunity for Disaster.
ZooeyModeratorNot Maher’s finest.
I actually thought he might have had a double scotch right before he went out.
He was “right,” and stuff. No disagreement. But not the best episode.
ZooeyModeratorFrank Schwab@YahooSchwab
“This is a very winning, strong issue for me,” Mr. Trump said in a phone call, according to a sworn deposition given by Mr. Jones and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Tell everybody, you can’t win this one. This one lifts me.”(NFL owners apparently can’t decipher this)
Oh, I think owners decipher it plainly. That’s why they did what they did.
The problem for them is that owners are hurt by this issue either way. They lose this issue politically to the president, and they lose it with the players. The thing is…Trump won’t be in the White House forever, but they will ALWAYS have players to deal with. Owners are just going to have to try to duck, and wait this one out.
August 10, 2018 at 12:27 am in reply to: Very cool graphic about the history of US immigration… #89227ZooeyModeratorThat is a pretty good way to visually represent the pattern. I like that. Good work.
ZooeyModeratorWell…I made it 1:24 into that video, but the second Lee made the issue about him, I hit “pause” and bailed out.
Banning Jones is not the beginning of a Slippery Slope.
Dude was constantly lying, like…constant, poisonous lies. Poisonous.
So maybe he gets hit in the wallet, and decides to come back with a little more consideration for the truth. To me…that’s a good thing.
As far as Lee goes…I don’t think he needs to worry because he isn’t peddling completely bogus lies. Lies that hurt peopled, hurt real people. Directly. I don’t think Lee needs to worry that he will be lumped together with Alex Jones, and it is a bit dismaying that he thinks there is a connection.
ZooeyModeratorI think the season is lost.
McVay has lost this team. He can’t even get more than two starters to play, and they get drummed 23-zip the first half.
I would see if Tommy Prothro is available.
ZooeyModeratorThey better be gay.
If they are straight up heterosexual guys with nothing to offer but good moves and athleticism, I’m not interested. They have to be like…Richard Simmons…or I’m not watching.
ZooeyModeratorI will be watching the sideline reporters, and taking notes on the Rams’ outfits. Or costumes. Whatever they are.
ZooeyModeratorVery good.
I strongly recommend the entire show. It was somehow comforting to hear people voice actual concern of the magnitude of this moment in history:
But if you haven’t got an hour, at least watch this bit from Steve Schmidt:
ZooeyModeratorI’m starting to wonder if the Rams defense will outscore opponents all by themselves.
Maybe the Rams don’t need an offense.
ZooeyModeratorBuild your village…
I think we should all meet and interact at a Rams game this year… how about Packers at Rams in LA?
anyone?
Well speaking for myself, there ain’t no game in my future. Not this year anyway.
But, did you see this? From Jim Fadler. http://theramshuddle.com/topic/going-to-a-game/
That’s Fadler? He changed his handle?
August 4, 2018 at 4:26 pm in reply to: 3-5 word quote that summarizes a favorite movie for you #89010ZooeyModerator“Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo.”
Edit: {Oh, wait. You said “favorite”}
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Zooey.
ZooeyModeratorI was thinking about something “practical” rather than a vehicle for the larger discussion of police brutality.
Oh, I understand that. And that’s kind of my point. I’m saying that whenever the issue comes up, people talk about the kneeling/anthem aspect of it rather than the police brutality aspect of it…which is the source of the entire issue. There is a lot being said about the protest method, and little being said about what the protest is about.
ZooeyModeratorNdamukong Suh says he “always marks the calendar” for Sam Bradford: “I’ll definitely try to hit him as hard as I can”
I will argue that this is funny if anyone would care to take up the contrary position.
ZooeyModeratorOr… we could make police brutality go away.
And then no-one would be committing the atrocity of kneeling during a really bad song.
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vYeah. Exactly. The goal isn’t to “make the anthem issue go away.” It’s to make the excessive and unaccountable state violence go away. And it’s not hard. Just conduct an investigation into police practices, and propose something. More police training. More rigorous accountability.
August 3, 2018 at 2:01 pm in reply to: 3-5 word quote that summarizes a favorite movie for you #88950ZooeyModeratorSuicidal teen loves happy octogenarian.
Tyrannical media tycoon loses toboggan.
Shark eats tourists.
Well I was thinking more of a quote from the movie. A short quote that summarizes a movie for you.
Since you did Jaws, I will offer an example.
“Not with three he can’t!”
Oh. I thought I was the only one who was doing it right because the command is to “summarize” the movie. And I didn’t recognize the line from 7 Samurai, and thought it was a summary since I saw it a hundred years ago, with subtitles obviously, and don’t remember the story.
“As you wish.”
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.”
“I know it was you, Fredo.” (So…okay…six)
“Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?”
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