“I might have went to the ground a little bit to sell it.” –
Ben Roethlisberger

I cannot think of anything a QB could say out loud to the media that would be stupider than that.

zn wrote:

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Peters.

You can survive without two starting CBs for a game when you have Shields, NRC and an elite DL and you’re playing at home on a short week. You cannot win without two starting CBs for 8-10 weeks… They should absolutely err on the side of caution with Peters here. In the longer run they need him to face #1 WRs when they go up against Rodgers, Brees, KC, etc. Give the guy- who couldn’t put weight on his leg 3 days ago- a little time here to get right…

I believe that this is what I believe.

Fuck it. The worst that can happen is the Rams lose this game, and Peters would have made the difference. That’s the worst thing that can happen if he sits.

But if there is ANY risk of aggravating that injury, just…no. It is already clear that the other 3 teams in the West pose no threat. The Rams can afford to lose this game. And Shields and Hill, while not Talib and Peters, would still be a serviceable set of corners. Blitz more, and threaten to blitz more, and take your chances. The West is already won.

It is time to think about getting healthy for the playoffs. And, yes, this may be the earliest anyone has ever uttered that sentence.

wv wrote:

In the Charger game, Goff played the most ‘inter esting’ game I’ve seen him play.

There were times he winged it like Favre. (and got intercepted)
There were times he zinged it like Bulger. Perfect accuracy. Ropes.
There were times he floated it softly and accurately like Kurt.
And there were a few times he subtly moved in the pocket like Marino.

Just a most-interesting performance. Its what we saw in the college hi-lites. Its what we hoped-for when Fisher moved up for him.

I think we are left with only one question now.
Can he consistently:

1 Play clutch ball,
2 Under pressure,
3 In big games,
4 Especially playoff games.

He’s certainly got great pieces around him. He couldnt ask for a better team. He’s set up to succeed, much like Warner was, and Bulger.

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Why don’t you just move to Seattle if you hate the Rams so much?

I’ve changed my mind. Rams win a close one.

Kind of like Swedish meatballs in an oil derrick fire.

I think we see more blitzing than we did the first three games. I think the game will be close, and the Rams have the advantage of having stayed home on a short week whereas the Vikings waste a day traveling. But I think the Vikings win narrowly.

Yep. I’m going to guess they spent more time studying the Rams’ film than the Bills’. If that ISN’T the explanation for this, then…yay!

With a name like Johnsonville, you know those Italian sausages have to be great.

zn wrote:

This season looks like it should mark the end of the Bradford money train as well as nobody can look at him as being potentially special anymore.

It does appear that the Bradford Era is drawing to a close.

Sorry to say, his liner note in history is going to be “Never was a QB paid so much for so little.”

Because some shit is a Given.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by Zooey.

I think the Bruce/Woods comparison works at the level of consistency. Neither one was a big flashy highlight reel kind of receiver, though they are both capable of making those plays occasionally. But what they do is catch the ball. They get open, especially when they are most needed, and they catch the damn ball. I might have already said this – I remember thinking it, but don’t remember if I actually posted it – but I think Woods is my favorite player on the Rams right now.

On Brown/Blythe…all I can say is I’m glad I’m not the guy who has to make that decision. I guess they go back to Brown. They treated him as the starter all preseason, and gave him extra work, so he would be able to slide back in as the starter…that’s the plan.

So far, looks to me like teams are trying to stop Gurley, and take their chances with Goff. And offensively, trying to run and throw short on quick drops. So far, that obviously hasn’t worked. But neither the Raiders nor AZ are quality teams, so I’m not sure we learn anything there. San Diego is better, and I would expect good teams to feel confident in attacking the Rams strength on strength, and not shying away from anything, or “picking a poison.” I’d be surprised, for example, if we don’t see more deep drops from Rivers than we saw from Bradford and Carr. In any event, I am going to guess that the Chargers are going to give the Rams an actual game of it.

Why do they even bother to rank the other 31 teams? What is the point of that?

No, 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.