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  • September 6, 2026 at 1:53 pm in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165882
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    zn wrote:
    wv wrote:

    Narratives. Stories. Stories we create. I read these stories people tell, whether its sports or politics or whatever, and…a lot of times you can tell exactly why the person would create such a narrative but its often got little to do with ‘reality’.

    It’s interesting that people who have had some experience as teachers are aware of this.

    …

    As an English teacher, I think about this a lot.

    Kurt Vonnegut once said that the shape of a society’s stories is as distinct and culturally revealing as the shape of its ancient pottery shards or prehistoric spearheads. And I think that an individual’s story does the same thing. These people are just rationalizing an interpretation of circumstances to give Seattle an edge. That it does not, in fact, have.

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    September 6, 2026 at 8:40 am in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165869
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    wv wrote:

    Seahawks media on the rams: “They’re front-runners”

    Seems like a lot of Cope.

    Sounds like I just heard the guy argue that the Rams are possibly soft because their method is to acquire vast quantities of talent whereas the Seahawks are tougher because they kinda suck in comparison.

    September 5, 2026 at 9:22 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 9/2 – 9/5 #165866
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    zn wrote:
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    If you had to pick a team to win the NFC, but you couldnt pick Seahawks or Rams,
    who would you go with?

    I think the Eagles scare me the most.

    Lions? Bears? 49ers? Packers? Cowboys? Giants? Vikings? Panthers? Saints?

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    I would have to see if the apparent progress in Dallas is real. That makes Eagles/Dallas games kinda interesting.

    I think the Cowboys are real. Apparently, after the scrimmage with the Rams, the Cowboys players ran wind sprints, and that was a player initiative, not a coach’s direction. The Rams walking to the locker room made some jeering comments, and George Pickens yelled at them to keep their eyes on their own damn team. That’s focu,s and dedication, and team togetherness.

    There are a lot of good teams. It might be the Lions. They have a very easy schedule, so they could end up with home field advantage and a bye week going into the playoffs.

    I don’t remember a season like this before. There are a lot of loaded teams in the league right now, and more really, really good quarterbacks than I think the league has ever had at one time. This season is gonna be a show.

    September 4, 2026 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165838
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    zn wrote:

    Well, guys, your expectations ACTUALLY are this: you expect them to disappoint and fail.

    In which case, if they do, then you can go “I knew it” and say yep that’s what you had to expect.

    So you’re actually in a position where if they exceed your expectations–that is, they don’t disappoint or fail–then it’s a gift from nowhere.

    So you’re in the position where you expect them to fail. And can only be surprised if they don’t.

    Hmm. When you put it that way…

    I guess I’ll go ahead and try to enjoy the season after all.

    September 4, 2026 at 1:21 am in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165827
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    everyone on the outside waiting for them to fail.

    Oh, yeah.

    Nobody wants to see the Super Bowl awarded to another team before the season starts. The Avengers. Yep, people gonna be rooting for them to lose.

    September 3, 2026 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165816
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    wv wrote:

    I am not perplexed; I think its nutz.

    I’m on McVay’s side.

    The plane trip is brutal, and there’s no getting around that. But that’s why he’s getting there 24 hours early. Everyone gets a bit to recover, but stick to the PST rhythms. Play the game, and get out.

    I think it would be harder to acclimatize to a wildly different time zone and body rhythm twice in 3 weeks than to stick to the schedule, and ignore the sun. It’s minimizing the adjustment. All you have to do is rest up mentally from a 16-hour flight, not totally readjust to a completely different sleep and eating cycle as well, and then do all that again.

    September 3, 2026 at 11:34 am in reply to: around the league #165808
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    September 3, 2026 at 11:32 am in reply to: around the league #165807
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    September 2, 2026 at 11:24 pm in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165800
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    zn wrote:

    10 Sun November 15 4:05PM ET @ Arizona Cardinals
    11 Bye Week
    12 Wed November 25 8:00PM ET Green Bay Packers
    13 Thu December 3 8:15PM ET Kansas City Chiefs
    14 Sun December 13 4:25PM ET @ San Francisco 49ers

    And to be frank, outside of Arizona, their opponents in that stretch look pretty shabby….

    …

    Well, I think this is the key to optimism for this season. The Rams have only inferior teams on their schedule all season long.

    September 2, 2026 at 10:55 pm in reply to: around the Rams — season previews coming out of the preseason #165798
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    The CBs are an open question at this point. Nobody knows because the top 2 CBs on the Rams have never played a snap for the Rams in a game. So nobody knows.

    The ILB thing… I think this guy wants to give the 2021 Rams some run. I am not at all convinced that Ernest Jones was better than Nate Landman, and that’s what this comparison comes down to, imo. I think Jones is better “on paper,” but I’ll bet his production wasn’t as high as Landman’s.

    I’ll give the 2021 Rams the OL advantage. Maybe STs, too, but I’m not sure. There’s part of me that keeps waiting for Mevis to expose himself as a fraud… but he keeps making his kicks. Loved Hekker, but Evans has made that comparison a helluva lot closer than I would have imagined. It’s the return unit in 2021 that makes the Rams better, imo.

    September 2, 2026 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165797
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    zn wrote:
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    This team is so good that it can only disappoint.

    I don’t know, man.

    Every year, seems like, the Rams adjust things at the bye and come out stronger. Last year it was the offense that did that.

    I can’t wait to see how they adjust everything after this bye.

    Like, why not just line up Garrett and Donald on the DL, + 9 DBs.

    They could call it the “party like it’s 99 + 9” defense.

    …

    The Rams don’t get a conventional Bye this year. As part of the “Let’s make the Rams’ schedule as difficult as possible” agenda, their Bye gets swallowed up with a Wednesday game, instead of having 4 more days “off.” The following week, they play on Thursday, and then they get what every Thursday team gets… a game Sunday next.

    September 2, 2026 at 3:47 pm in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165788
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    Zooey wrote:

    I don’t know what to do with this.

    I guess I’m just gonna sit back and watch, and hope for the best.

    But I’ve never entered a season with this strong of a feeling about the roster and the coaching staff. This is off the charts.

    Naturally, I expect the worst.

    Here’s the thing: there is nowhere to go but down.

    Expectations have NEVER been higher. So they can only MEET those expectations, or FAIL to meet them. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed before that every year, there is a belief that the Rams could EXCEED expectations. That’s gone. I mean…they would have to go 15-2 and roll through the Lombardi to exceed expectations. They’d have to set records. They’d have to be the greatest team of all time to exceed expectations. I dunno.

    This team is so good that it can only disappoint.

    September 1, 2026 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 8/31 #165778
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    wv wrote:
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    Could the Rams end the season with a 450 point differential?

    Will the Rams ever have to play from behind at any point this season?

    Can the Rams completely break the NFL?

    Will any team actually score against the Rams this year?

    Is there any point in any team other than the Rams even playing this season?

    ******

    All I know is that I’m actually pretty worried about the 9ers game. Those bastards play football.

    Yeah, i think we all need to become Charger fans. This aint right.

    Unless of course the wheels all come off. Then, that’d be ok.

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    OUr problem is… that there is no way we can exceed expectations.

    We can only fail to live up to them.

    There is nowhere to go, but down.

    And that is a very, very, very weird place to be.

    September 1, 2026 at 11:43 pm in reply to: around the Rams — season previews coming out of the preseason #165777
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    Enh.

    Every one of those predictions seems to be more about “feelings” and “intuition” than anything else.

    September 1, 2026 at 12:45 am in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 8/31 #165766
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    Could the Rams end the season with a 450 point differential?

    Will the Rams ever have to play from behind at any point this season?

    Can the Rams completely break the NFL?

    Will any team actually score against the Rams this year?

    Is there any point in any team other than the Rams even playing this season?

    ******

    All I know is that I’m actually pretty worried about the 9ers game. Those bastards play football.

    September 1, 2026 at 12:40 am in reply to: Rams vs 49ers. Game 1 #165765
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    I don’t know what to do with this.

    I guess I’m just gonna sit back and watch, and hope for the best.

    But I’ve never entered a season with this strong of a feeling about the roster and the coaching staff. This is off the charts.

    Naturally, I expect the worst.

    September 1, 2026 at 12:37 am in reply to: cutz, practice squad, roster talk #165763
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    zn wrote:

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    (172.101.172.110)
    Guys I;m glad made the practice squad, based on what I saw of them in the pre-season:

    CB Cam Lampkin
    OLB Darryl Peterson III
    OL Austin Blaske
    TE Dan Villari
    WR Brennan Presley
    RB Dean Connors

    I’d add Andersen to that list, but yeah.

    September 1, 2026 at 12:22 am in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165762
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    Chris Carter on AD

    “I wouldn’t play him 70 snaps.”

    Bro. We’re about to play 17 games, and I will lay money down right now that no team takes 70 snaps against the Rams all year.

    August 31, 2026 at 11:57 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 8/31 #165761
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    zn wrote:

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    Jarquez Hunter cleared waivers after being cut by the Dolphins yesterday, so he’s a free agent

    WTF are the Dolphins doing?

    August 31, 2026 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165736
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    Aaron Donald and Myles Garrett. On the same line.

    And Kobie Turner and Byron Young.

    To say nothing of Poona Ford, Braden Fiske, and Josiah Stewart.

    JFC.

    Welp, let’s go. I wanna see this.

    I hafta say. As much as I loved the GSOT and the Stafford Rams – maybe bc I grew up with the FF and Jack Youngblood – I do love a defense that allows nothing.

    August 31, 2026 at 1:20 pm in reply to: Alaric arrested again #165735
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    wv wrote:

    I wonder why the Aleric Jackson issue is still in League-Limbo? What are they waiting for?

    Puka, too.

    Just decide already.

    But you know how attorneys are.

    August 31, 2026 at 10:58 am in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165732
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    zn wrote:

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    Sean McVay says the Rams haven’t decided whether Aaron Donald will play in their opener in Australia. Just taking his comeback a day at a time for now.

    Give me a break.

    If there’s a betting line proposition on this question, I’ll gladly bet my house.

    August 30, 2026 at 9:40 pm in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 8/28 – 8/30 #165712
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    zn wrote:

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    The #Dolphins waived RB Jarquez Hunter, who they just got from the #Rams in the Tutu Atwell trade.

    That did not last long.

    WTF?

    They just wanted to get rid of Atwell’s contract?

    August 30, 2026 at 9:37 pm in reply to: cutz, practice squad, roster talk #165711
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    I hope Connors, Lampkin, and Andersen make it to the PS. After that, I’m indifferent.

    August 30, 2026 at 9:36 pm in reply to: cutz, practice squad, roster talk #165710
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    I think Larrell Murchison is the guy who got bumped for Aaron Donald.

    I wanna say, I’m okay with that.

    August 30, 2026 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Donald’s back (official) #165709
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    August 30, 2026 at 9:28 pm in reply to: comics, jokes, one-shot memes, funny tweets, etc. #165708
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    August 30, 2026 at 4:33 pm in reply to: the “Donald coming back or not?” thread #165688
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    Hram wrote:

    If I understood him correctly, he essentially said he wouldn’t come back unless he could play like he used to play.

    If he’s even close to his old self, oh my.

    Yep. Welp, I know what I’m planning to do on September 10.

    I fully expected this to happen, and I still can’t believe it.

    Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett on the same DL.

    The Rams just went from Must Watch TV to…something even more emphatic. Like a refinery fire, er something.

    August 30, 2026 at 4:14 pm in reply to: the “Donald coming back or not?” thread #165685
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    7 mins ago
    BREAKING: Aaron Donald is RETURNING to the NFL
    Aaron Donald is officially coming out of retirement. The three-time defensive player of the year hinted at the possibility back in June after the Rams made a trade for Myles Garrett, and now, it’s officially going to happen, the team announced today.

    When Donald retired, he still had one year and $30 million left on his contract and the two sides decided to restructure the deal. Donald will get $20 million in base pay, but the deal will be worth up to $30 million with incentives.

    Over the past month, Donald worked out the Rams’ practice facility multiple times, which made it feel like a lock that he was going to return.

    The Rams would have welcomed Donald back at any point, but today always felt like a soft deadline. With the team trimming their roster down to 53 players, the Rams likely wanted to know if they needed to included Donald on that list of 53.

    On paper, the Rams defense was already one of the best in the NFL and it just got even better, even if Donald shows a little rust after two years in retirement.

    John Breech
    Aug. 30, 2026, 4:06 pm EDT

    August 30, 2026 at 4:07 pm in reply to: the “Donald coming back or not?” thread #165682
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    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcrTkMVBDqQ/?igsi=ZzFxOWd6aDZvNTJ0

    Aaron Donald posted this 5 minutes ago

    He had to do it today, didn’t he? Because the roster is finalized today. After today, they would have to cut somebody who made the team in order to make room for him.

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