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October 5, 2017 at 11:57 pm in reply to: Rams will wear throwback uniforms vs. Seahawks on Sunday #75602
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ZooeyModeratorI really hope the Rams win.
I placed the first bet of my life this year. I put $200 on the Rams to win the division. I get a Christmas bonus of $2,800 if they do. This game…is a big step towards making my holidays happy and bright.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t think the history between these teams matters. The Rams are not the same team. Different coaches, different systems, and “overhaul” would be a mild term for the Rams on offense. It may be that Fisher just had Carroll’s number on defense.
The biggest question in this game to me is “what Rams’ defense shows up?”
ZooeyModeratorThis from CBS fantasy page is also interesting:
Cooper Kupp (vs. SEA): Kupp has three games this season with at least six targets, and he’s scored at least 12 Fantasy points in two of them, including Week 4 at Dallas with five catches for 60 yards and a touchdown on seven targets. Seattle has been vulnerable to slot receivers this year, and cornerback Jeremy Lane (groin) is banged up. It could be another solid outing for Kupp in Week 5.
ZooeyModeratorThe Rams win the trenches, so the Rams win the game.
Probably close. 6 points.
ZooeyModeratorESPN predicts the Seahawks to win, and in their explanation they make a strong case for the Rams. Apparently unintentionally.
Matchup quality: 62 out of 100
FPI win projection: Seahawks, 60 percent
FPI playoff leverage: Rams 28 percent, Seahawks 25 percentFor Jared Goff and coach Sean McVay, the real test begins now.
The neophyte duo has been impressive early in the season, but a slew of rough defenses awaits, starting with Seattle, which has allowed the fifth-lowest raw QBR to opposing quarterbacks this season.
Goff has been able to hold on to the ball longer than most this season, averaging 2.71 seconds before his pass attempts, fifth best in the league. While that might make him susceptible to problems against some defenses, so far the Seahawks are only pressuring the quarterback on 21.9 percent of plays (fourth worst in the NFL) and allowing opposing QBs 2.58 seconds before passing (eighth longest in the NFL).
In fact, if there’s a line of scrimmage mismatch in this game, it’s the Rams’ defense against Seattle’s offense. Los Angeles is generating pressure on 33.3 percent of opponents’ dropbacks, second best in the league, while Seattle has allowed pressure on 31.5 percent of its dropbacks, fourth most in the league. Russell Wilson might want to start scrambling now.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t know why it’s taken this long.
For YEARS I have murmured that taking out huge numbers of people would not be difficult for somebody who actually thought the thing through. You find lots of people. You hit them from a position they can’t identify readily. And you have multiple mass-firing weapons. Easy. Just takes planning.
And…after nothing happened in this country after Sandy Hook…it appeared nothing would ever wake the country up. If the slaughter of first graders didn’t do it…nothing will. Nothing.
This country is totally insane. America, as a nation, deserves to be in a straight-jacket.
It is hard to believe what is going on right in front of our eyes. No sensible people would permit this.
October 3, 2017 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Rams getting grief for the uniform they wore against Dallas #75445ZooeyModeratorWell, at least they aren’t as bad as these uniforms:
ZooeyModeratorIf we beat Seattle, I might actually pee in my pants
…as if we need any more incentive to root for the Rams.
ZooeyModeratorThey ARE fun. For the first time in a decade, they are fun.
Real?
I hope so. I think so.
This Seattle game, man…
It’s a difference-maker.
If the Rams lose, they have the same record as the Seahawks who would be in first place by the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage. Rams in second place, basically…a game behind for practical purposes.
If the Rams win, they have a two game lead over the Seahawks AND the head-to-head tiebreaker…a three game lead, basically.
That’s quite a swing.
ZooeyModeratorThe Robert Woods ‘touchdown’ was an awesome play too. Such great hands and body control by that guy. A wonderful addition.
Snead/McV — have they made any personnel mistakes so far? Looks like they’ve hit several homeruns. Woods, Watkins, the LT, the Center. Critical additions.
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The difference between the worst offense in the league, and 4-12, and a top offense contending for the division.
Plus I think it’s safe to say that McVay is better at offense than Boras.
ZooeyModeratorHoly crap. It’s exactly the same play. Wow.
ZooeyModeratorYeah, if Gurley gets this many touches per game, he won’t have a long career.
is Dunbar going to play this year?
ZooeyModeratorthis was probably obvious to everyone but me. but the whole time i kept thinking mcvay in washington centered his offense around reed. then they draft everett. and i was thinking he was going to try and run the same offense he did at washington.
but it should have been obvious to me that he was going to base his offense around the most talented player on his new team, todd gurley. and todd has taken that role and really flourished. he’s just a complete back now. all three downs. running, catching, blocking. whatever. and i’m sure mcvay will keep giving gurley more and more responsibility, and gurley seems ready to accept more responsibility. it’s fun to watch. mcvay must be licking his chops trying to find more ways to get gurley the ball.
Seems to me that McVay is smart enough to see what he has, and use it.
I think he drafted Everett to give him that weapon, but Everett is a rookie. Wait and see how he uses him later this season, or next season.
In the mean time, he has other weapons that are effective. He will get around to the TE when the TE is ready.
ZooeyModerator“Everything they did in the first half was exactly what we practiced all week, and everything in the second half was exactly that,” Barwin added. “We came in here [at halftime] and reiterated to just do what we’re coached to do, and do what we thought they would do. Everybody just kind of settled down and played the defense how they’re supposed to.”
I find this comment interesting. I saw it in one of the other articles as well.
So…according to Barwin…Phillips had the defense completely prepared. But they got ripped up the first half anyway.
According to Barwin…because they just didn’t do what they were supposed to do. But at halftime, Phillips reminded them, and they did it the second half.
I have no reason to think that this is not accurate, at least in a general sense. I mean…it’s not a typical throwaway quote to the media. It’s not a cliche.
So what this tells me is that a light went on for the Rams during the Cowboys game.
At the very least…that’s a step in growth. It’s a step in the process of maturation in Phillips’ system.
ZooeyModeratorI don’t quite understand VB’s argument for how this game made the Rams LA’s team, but okay. In any event, there ought to be more people in the stands next week for Seattle.
And if the Rams beat Seattle…they have a two-game lead with an advantage in head-to-head.
That would be huge.
ZooeyModerator<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: red”>hammer</span> wrote:
The offense is much better with TA than without. His speed and ability to run in space make the defense use resources they would otherwise use to key on Gurley or rush the passer. It makes the defensive backs hesitate. It gives the offense an advantage. The jet sweep to Austin and the threat of it stretches the defense, it helps to create space when Gurley runs.
That’s an interesting comment. There was one play I noticed and thought I’d never see in Boras’ playbook. Austin line out right, went in movement left, passed Goff, and they snapped it and swept right with Austin after he did a 180.
I still think he’s Amp Lee (with less catching ability), but Amp Lee was useful, too.
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ZooeyModeratorlinebacker Alex Oglethorpe blitzed untouched and drilled Prescott as he was throwing, causing an incompletion.
Maybe when the ‘Tree back, the tackling will be better.
ZooeyModeratorI will add this to emphasize the head-scratching fact the Rams have an offense:
Dallas scored 4 TDs and a FG today. That should be enough to win the game. I don’t know what the average score is in an NFL game, but 31 has to be above average. The Rams outscored them anyway.
The reached the end zone a disappointing two times, but the put together a lot of drives, obviously. They scored on nine drives.
We would all love to see them hit the end zone more frequently, but…damn…nine scoring drives.
ZooeyModeratorAny Rams team in the past 10 years would have lost that game by giving Dallas the ball with 2 minutes left. Especially after the way they hot-knifed down for the TD on the previous drive.
This is a big win, I think, because it was a good team, on the road, and because it sets the Rams up now for the next big step. Dallas looks pretty good to me, although they have some issues at LB with Lee out today, and that may have been the difference in the game. The offense looks real. Gurley looks to be back. There are receivers, and Goff passed another test by eating 5 minutes in the last drive. Shoulda been a TD to put it away, but they did enough without making a big mistake, or playing matador on the final drive.
I was pretty happy with the 2nd half performance of the defense. (I missed most of the 3rd quarter, but they made the Cowboys punt twice while my back was turned – I actually walked back in the house and sat down just as the Rams lined up for the long Gurley TD). It was a different defense in the second half. So…again…all the signs point upward in spite of some green play here and there.
Should the Rams beat Seattle next week, they will be in first place WITH A CUSHION after only 5 games. Imagine that.
October 1, 2017 at 10:26 am in reply to: The Rams Dallas Game will be on national TV, Sunday in StL #75275ZooeyModeratorJust the 9ers in NoCal.
Then why don’t you move?
Could it be that you LIKE seeing the 9ers every week?
The good thing about the internet is that one doesn’t need to move.
ZooeyModeratorSounds like a young team with discipline problems.
Or…to put it another way…like every Rams teams in the past decade.
So if Phillips can get the D to tighten up and not make those big mistakes half dozen times a game, we have a legit D on our hands.
Dunno what to say about the offense. They need to increase their effectiveness on the average play because living on Big Plays is a dangerous thing. These offensive stats seem to be reflected in the Todd Gurley story. 2 yards, 2 yards, 2 yards, 2 yards, 2 yards, 20 yards. There ya go. A 5 ypc average. But he isn’t averaging 5 yards a carry. He’s averaging 2 yards a carry with an occasional pop. That, I think, was especially pronounced his rookie year. This year…I dunno. 3 games. Hard to tell. Last year, of course, there was never a pop.
Okay, then. Let’s go crush the hell out of Dallas.
October 1, 2017 at 12:05 am in reply to: The Rams Dallas Game will be on national TV, Sunday in StL #75271ZooeyModeratorJust the 9ers in NoCal.
ZooeyModeratorThe problem is not how blacks raise their complaints about American society; it’s that they raise them.
And there is a great illustration of that in the Dallas Cowboys move last Sunday when they knelt BEFORE the anthem, and then stood DURING the anthem. And Trump criticized them for kneeling.
Which – of course – had nothing to do with the flag, or any of these other false images the right is claiming are being violated.
ZooeyModeratorJoyner IS out. I read that somewhere. Dunno about Davis.
September 29, 2017 at 12:38 am in reply to: pre-Dallas: injury updates, roster moves, n stuff like that #75190ZooeyModeratorYay. On Watkins.
September 28, 2017 at 9:25 pm in reply to: NFL Players Respond to Trump on Anthem Protesters… + Kroenke #75186ZooeyModeratorWell, I liked how he called out people for their motives, and (imo) nailed that.
I mean…where were these guys over the past 14 months? When it was difficult to make a stand?
Trump’s comments just opened the door for everyone to take a stand. Against Trump’s idiocy.
Rather than against police brutality and rampant injustice. That’s part of it, sure, but Trump just made it Not Dangerous to take the stand. And you just see who’s who.
And the owners – who actually gave Trump money, and could not care less about Ferguson, or Freddie Gray et. al – get to look all solid with their employees.
Anyway. On a side note, I love watching people burn their $120 jerseys and season tickets. As if anyone knows or cares.
ZooeyModeratorI think that’s a pretty nice story.
And part of me thinks the message of that story is so straight-forward that all we REALLY need to do is tell people that story.
But 20 years of experience on the internet tells me that re-telling that story will make absolutely no difference to the judge, or the hard-working, “self-made,” white male voters. It’s hopeless. All we have is the possibility of eventually turning enough people out to vote that we just make things work better.
September 28, 2017 at 9:26 am in reply to: NFL Players Respond to Trump on Anthem Protesters… + Kroenke #75154ZooeyModeratorI just came across this one last night. This is exactly what I’ve been thinking, but this is the first time I’ve heard anybody say it.
http://www.foxsports.com/watch/undisputed/video/1054207043815
ZooeyModeratorHow surprised am I?
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