This article says the Rams would save a lot of money by cutting Quinn and Barron.

They have some leverage here for renegotiation, that’s for sure.

http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles-rams/post/_/id/37469/rams-offseason-focus-keep-defense-on-par-with-offense

He didn’t just dive out of the way. He laid a block on another Saints defender who could have made a tackle.

The ONLY place that happens is in the imagination of a 12-year old boy, playing QB in his bedroom.

My condolences, T. It sounds like your father had a full, rich life, and that is something to be grateful for. Best wishes.

It’s really our only hope, and a major victory.

First order, get rid of the radical right as a political force.

Next get rid of the right as a political force.

Then the tepid middle.

Then what passes for Liberal.

When the country finally agrees with me, then we will be getting somewhere.

Well, they get him on a one-year deal. See if he can produce more with a full camp. If not, he’s gone. If so…yay. He has tremendous upside, so if they can afford him, fine. I just don’t think it’s worth losing someone else.

wv wrote:

I’m rooting for a Falcon v Patriot rematch. But i wont watch any of em.

Season’s over for me. Ended too abruptly. Ya know. Boom, and it was over.
Rams should be playin this weekend.

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That’s where I am. I was prepared for the Rams to lose to the Vikings this weekend, but not to the Falcons. That was a very bad ending to a good movie.

Nice work.

So you are telling me the Falcons beat the Rams by 40 points without Julio Jones. Is that it?

Vincent is such a Miklasz. I’m not sure that there is anything wrong with that, but it just makes me mistrust him a bit. I guess. He’s just a heart-on-the-sleeve fan who happens to write well enough to entertain people, and he has a place in the picture. It’s just the least…I dunno…reliable, or factual, or insightful, or something…perspective in the picture. He’s the sauce, not the meat.

Vincent may be right; he may be wrong. Invader is rightly skeptical. After all, ’99 had some of these characteristics of a dawning dynasty. Things can go sour in a hurry. And…you know…we have to have a Montana to Clark play first anyhow.

So, yeah, the Rams are positioned for that. But there’s a team nearly every year which is positioned for that.

On another note, I don’t know if I would put McVay over Robinson just yet. Robinson surrounded himself with good coaches much the same way Vermeil did, and McVay has, and let them do their things. I get the sense that McVay is a lot more of an innovator himself than Robinson was, more creative and dynamic. And I’m willing to bet the house that I will rate McVay higher over Robinson in another season or two. In fact, I think McVay is likely to surpass Knox I and Vermeil in the long run. This is a young team that is going to get better.

Captain Kirk is a good comparison. I had been toying with Henry V, but I don’t think McVay has that fiery, lead-’em-into-fire style. More like the calm, self-assured, fearless, confident, sometimes passionate leadership of Kirk. Except not played by Shatner, the Keanu Reeves of his generation.

nittany ram wrote:

Wow. That group is the least informed about the Rams than any I’ve seen this year.

I was thinking the same thing. I mean…they have no idea what they are talking about at all. Gurley, Donald, and Goff. Those are the only three players they have, and that’s it. Start printing the championship game tickets.

I think they will get an education tomorrow night.

If the Rams are gonna run Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro with their starters, nobody can stop that. I bet they have a Jack Nicholson, too. No wonder the Rams are where they are.

zn wrote:

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Pretty sure they could pay him the bonus anyway especially if they’re sitting him to rest him for the playoffs.

I think they said they ARE doing that. Saffold wasn’t mentioned by name but it was a general thing, that they said they would honor all bonuses of that kind.

They can’t. He has to play. However that is defined. Contracts are contracts, and the can of worms that would be opened up when you have other owners, the league, the players’ association, etc. just…it isn’t happening.

nittany ram wrote:

Did Brockers play at all? From ESPN…

• Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Michael Brockers, who has 4.5 sacks, earns a $125,000 bonus for 5.5 sacks this season. Brockers needs one sack versus the San Francisco 49ers for the payout.

He did. I saw him a couple of times. I don’t know how much, but he was in there.

So…after that, it’s Minnesota in Minnesota. Can the Rams win in Minnesota when they have an extra week of rest?

I would call a 4th quarter comeback a come-from-behind victory orchestrated under the pressure of “you have to score on this drive, or you’re most likely going to lose the game.” Or “by failing to score at this point, you are putting immense pressure on the defense to get a 3-and-out or a turnover in order to have a shot.”

That kind of thing. There has to be urgency. The game plan has to be altered – either more aggressive, or run at a faster pace with an eye on clock management.

I don’t think one could make a dictionary definition of it, but those are the kinds of elements I consider to be the qualities of a 4th quarter comeback.