But Dak…you don’t know that Kroenke isn’t just leveraging.

You don’t know that he isn’t seriously exploring options in St. Louis. I’m sure he knows what Peacock is doing; he’s seen the sketches, and has an idea of the plans.

And over the past 20 years, there have been more than a dozen Los Angeles plans, some promising, all of which died in the 11th hour. There are two other plans which still have a heartbeat.

Meanwhile…Kroenke’s plan has to make it through various legal hurdles (which have killed other plans) and navigate lawsuits from opponents.

Plus…he has to get 24 votes from the owners. No sure thing. There are the cross ownership issues for one thing, and there may be owners who believe that letting Kroenke get by that rule creates potential problems for them down the road. There are Spanos and Davis who make money out of merchandising in LA right now. If the Rams move back, they will absorb most of that revenue stream.

No deal in business – or in life – is done until it’s done.

We don’t know how ANY of that is going to play out. Kroenke has a LOT of money, and that is a useful tool, but the other 31 ownerships have a lot of money, too, and some of them may feel their interests are threatened.

St. Louis will make its offer shortly, and the direction of this conversation will turn again on the basis of that information.

In the mean time, all we know is Kroenke laid a very interesting card on the table, carefully timed, and with a strategy behind the move. But we don’t know what the end game is. And we don’t know what the other owners think. At all.

wv wrote:

I dont know how you can be skeptical about
Bradford’s “injury-proneness”.
He gets injured just by planting his foot
in the turf. He gets injured by running
to the sideline. He missed an entire season
at Oklahoma. He’s had ankle issues.

He is no Cal Ripkin.

w
v

Why don’t you just openly declare your allegiance to the Seahawks, then, since you hate the Rams so much?

zn wrote:

“The Rams finished strong but were the least consistent team in the league. They had the highest variance overall, the highest variance on defense, and one of the five highest variance ratings on offense.”

For the youngest team in the NFL, that is not surprising.

And I don’t think it takes a “homer” optimist type to think that it is likely – with maturity – that the team tends to stabilize in consistency, and more towards the top end of the scale than towards the middle or bottom of their rankings.

Get a QB. Solidify the OL. And rally around Kurt Warner, and play good football.

Two biggest leaders this year were probably Hill and Britt.

Which isn’t all that inspiring. But Britt could become something, I think. I really liked it when I heard he wears Quick’s number during practice.

znhater wrote:

wv wrote:

Rams4life wrote:
Hazier akim? I assume he means Az Hakim. And he was twice the player tavon is at this point imo.

I dunno. What if Tavon was playing alongside
Faulk, Holt, Ike, Warner, etc ?

w
v

As a returner, yes. But he’s not even close as a receiver.

I dunno. Maybe.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if Austin would look close as a receiver to Hakim if he had Bruce, Holt, and Faulk drawing everybody’s attention. I bet Austin is getting CB coverage from higher on the depth chart, and a little more safety attention than Hakim did.

My first thought on the game matched what is said here, but on trying to frame it in my mind as Rams’ mistakes, in each case I had to admit I thought they were just great plays by Seattle.

No DT makes that interception. Ever.

If whoever caused Cunningham’s fumble was 1/2 second later to get there and make a play on the ball, it was a TD. If that guy hadn’t shot out of nowhere, that would have been considered a great play by Cunningham to stretch out for the TD. But he got there in time, and knocked the ball loose a foot before the goal line. It was a great play.

And the INT was a good defensive play, too. The ball was knocked out of Kendrick’s possession, and there was somebody there in the right place, the right time, to take it.

Those were really good plays by Seattle.

And…seriously…if those identical plays had been made by the Rams’ defense against Seattle’s offense, we would all be crediting the Rams’ D with great play rather than accusing Seattle’s offense of shooting itself in the foot.

Okay, well, I was expecting a more definitive answer from you, of all people.

So if that’s all you got, I guess I will just have to watch the game and find out for myself.

Of course, now that I think about it, even watching the game won’t give us a definitive answer because a bounce here, a bounce there, and the outcome could change. In fact, there is reason to believe that there WILL be different outcomes in an array of parallel universes.

So this is a completely open thing, I think.

Agamemnon wrote:

We now know Fisher will draft Offensive Linemen high. Will he do it two years in a row?

Only if there is an OL the board really wants…in which case he will take a WR.

Boy, I don’t know why they didn’t plug him in immediately as the longsnapper.

cgsuddeath wrote:

RamsMaineiac wrote:
Technically, couldn’t the Rams still finish ahead of the 49ers and thus alter their 2 games determined by place? (Washington, Tampa Bay would flip to Giants & Falcons likely)

If Harbaugh leaves you can expect a sweep.As for the Cardinals as long as Bradford plays and the line is healthy I expect them to beat them.

I am not so sure about that.

While I am loving watching the 49ers implode, I am not so sure that they are worse off without Harbaugh. He’s a good coach, but right now, he is a controversial coach, and his continued presence in the locker room there is probably moderately destructive.

The potential replacements might be better. There are a couple of guys on the 9ers staff that are highly regarded, and who actually might be better for that team than Harbaugh. So be careful what you wish for.

wv wrote:

LoL. This amuses me.

This Division has some real characters
in the coaching ranks.

I just cant work up any antipathy for Arians
yet. As far as a villain goes, he’s
no Harbaugh in my book. Not yet, anyway.

I will probly root for the Cards in the playoffs,
i guess.

w
v

Yeah, what I’ve found has not seemed more than minor blustering. Though from a guy who hasn’t actually won anything yet himself, calling the Rams out for sustained mediocrity was slightly arrogant. It isn’t anything much – nothing to get riled about – but it does make a nice foundation to build on later if these teams don’t botch that opportunity.

Where can I find these Arians’ comments?

I don’t watch TV, so I don’t know what people are saying in the media. But the Rams beat Denver, and squashed Oakland and Washington. I would think that even the Big Picture types who follow the league generally would notice that, or have their attention drawn to it by their staff, and talk about it on their shows.