zn wrote:

Sami ON Tap@SamiOnTap
The Top TWO teams in overall PFF Grading through 4 weeks:

1. Los Angeles Rams – 89.5
2. Seattle Seahawks – 86.3

Hmm. Would not have guessed that.

Doesn’t seem to me that they have played a complete game yet.

I’m not surprised that they are in the top 10, but #1?

Hmm.

zn wrote:

L.A. will have one true practice this week — tomorrow.

Are they doing a false practice on Wednesday?

wv wrote:

As some of you might remember, i started watching the rams near the end of the 1968 season. I was eleven years old. The only players i knew were Deacon, Merlin and Roman.

But the first full season i followed them was 1969. We didnt have ESPN or cable networks or internet. (We traveled by Woolly Mammoth in WV back then)
The first game in 1969 was against John Unitas and the Baltimore Colts. (who were coming off a Super Bowl loss to Namath).

I could only follow the Rams by watching a non-ram network game, and watching for the game reports and halftime and postgame shows.

But i remember following the score of that first game. Random snippets and reports on the game would pop up on the screen of the Steeler game I had to watch. Baltimore was favored by six.

I still remember the final score. I smile just thinking about it. Rams 27. Colts 20.
Unitas had 3 INTs. Billy Truax had a TD. Roman had 3 TDs no picks.

Anyway, the Indy Colts belong in Baltimore. And the football gods know this. And that is why the gods flicked the ball out of that idiot reciever’s hands at the goal line. And that is why Johnathan Taylor ran a long way for nothing.

Bring on the 49ers. Who stayed in SF where they belong.

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I don’t remember exactly when I started following the Rams. It was 67 or 68. I recall attending the 20-20 tie with the 9ers at Kezar Stadium in 1968, and I know I was a Rams fan before we went to that game. And so I already knew of Jack Snow, too. I must have known about Bernie Casey because KFI in LA had a “Groaner” contest in which participants submitted bad sports puns, and the daily winner got a prize. I made a truly embarrassing joke using Bernie Casey’s name…and won. They sent me a balloon shaped like a clown that came with clip-on cardboard clown feet. I was already famous at the age of 8.

Yesterday, I accidentally referred to the Colts as “Baltimore,” and my son was very confused. I had to explain why I made the error.

It is good to be lucky once in a while. My son made the comment that the fumble was the kind of play you find yourself desperately hoping for in those big games when the Rams are down late. Too good to be true.

It was a win, and I’ll take it. I don’t know why I’m slightly dissatisfied. Maybe I’m just expecting the Rams to average 7 sacks a game, or something. I want to see a statement game. Seems like they should have rolled over one or both of the Oilers teams more definitively. Yesterday was a good win, but I don’t know what the Colts are. How am I supposed to take them seriously. Even though their rankings were good, they hadn’t played anybody good. And I don’t know how good Daniel Jones is. Maybe he’s a Baker Mayfield/Sam Darnold guy who just needed to be on a decent team.

I think we got a glimpse of the Rams against Philly, and I think we’ll learn something when they play the 9ers. I just don’t have a good feel for the AFC teams, so I don’t know what to make of those games.

wv wrote:

Billionaires have been building little deep-ocean submarines that they carry on their yachts.

I would be surprised if those yachts don’t also have full-equipped “hospitals,” and hydroponic gardens. Just like their bunkers.

They are prepared for the collapse and the mayhem that follows, whatever the precipitating event happens to be.

wv wrote:

One of my reactions to the Eagles game is to think about the fact that the Falcons lost again.
30 to Zero. To Carolina. O my.

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And Penix got pulled for Cousins. Good sign.

wv wrote:

Sigh. I basically agree with Russell Dobular here. (from ‘Due Dissedence’ part of the ‘dirtbag left’) I set it to play at the 1:07 mark where he makes a little speech. Such a dark view, but i share it, fwiw.

Yeah, I share that view, too. I don’t know why that view isn’t more widespread. There have been plenty of articles on this. The techno-feudalists say this stuff out loud. Their intentions are clearly documented from multiple sources, from multiple points in time. They even say it on camera. And, as was pointed out, they control everything already. At this point, I’m not sure what they’re waiting for. They see most of us as a threat to their survival, and their need for our labor, as he said, is diminished significantly. And the left is not organized, and never will be. It requires leadership, and leaders don’t survive. They capitulate, or they die. Not much of a choice.

Meanwhile, they have everybody at each other’s throats over a dozen trans athletes.

There is zero chance of avoiding the dystopia they have carefully prepared for, and I don’t know what they’re waiting for at this point. AI to develop a bit more? Some civil disturbances? Maybe they’re fine hiding behind the facade of democracy until that ultimately gives way. I dunno. But the future is bleak.

wv wrote:

I dunno. I watch Puka make play after play after play — and i cant quite figure out how he’s doing it. With a guy like Isaac Bruce, i am able to see the sheer obvious quick-twitch talent.

Like you say, Puka just seems like a little Tight End. Or a Deebo, of some sort.

I’m not saying Puka is ‘less valuable’ I’m just saying i cant quite categorize him.

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It seemed to me against the oilers last week that Puka was more open than Adams was (generally). It seemed like – especially in the first half – that Adams had Creed inside his shirt most of the time. Puka always seemed a yard away from his guy.

And it’s a mystery. But imo I think Puka is faster than he looks. He doesn’t have catlike speed, but he’s… you know… he’s an Ostrich. You wouldn’t think it to look at them, but they can run 43 mph. Puka doesn’t have that sleek-looking agility. But he’s very fast, and he gets open, and he catches the damn ball, even if the judges don’t give him a 10. Or a 5. Or whatever judges give.

Okay. I’m done mixing metaphors. I’m going to go mix some paint, and tackle the bathroom like a sausage in a refinery fire.

zn wrote:

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
According to @PFF, the Rams are one of two teams in the NFL that have two EDGE defenders who rank in the top-10 in pass rush grade – Byron Young (90.1) and Jared Verse (80.2) (min 50% snaps played).

That’s BS. Verse has zero sacks. Wasted draft pick, imo.

JoeMad is gonna be mad. Again.

McVay’s ability to run down the sideline after a Rams’ TD may be impeded against the Eagles.

zn wrote:

So we’ll see what’s what with both teams.

Yeah, this is going to be a revealing game.

It’s obviously a tough environment to play in, and the Eagles are the Champs for good reason. They’re fearless, and they are physically dominant.

We’re going to see if the retooled defense specifically designed to slow down Saquon is going to work, but that is a tall order. The Eagles just wear people down. It’s going to be a tough game.

I just hope the Rams escape Philly injury-free, and with a comfortable victory by 15 points or more.

wv wrote:

Never had a duo like Nacua and Adams?

I dunno. Kupp and OBJ were pretty good. Kupp and Robert Woods were pretty good.

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Pretty sure Bruce and Holt surpass them as well.