InvaderRam wrote:

mong rams olinemen or all olinemen?

That’s the highest score of any offensive lineman. Only Penei Sewell (OT) Lions has the same score: 88.9.

Every other OL in the league has a lower rating than the two of them.

zn wrote:

Deacon Jones – 173.5

Kevin Greene – 160

Jack Youngblood – 151.5

Coy Bacon – 130

Kevin Carter – 104.5

Fred Dryer – 103

Merlin Olsen – 94

Leonard Little – 87.5

Robert Quinn – 80.5

Larry Brooks – 74.5

Aaron Donald – 72

Chris Long – 70

Here’s the thing about that.

Youngblood, Dryer, Olsen, and Brooks played on the same line. As most people here know.

Yeah, this could just be an ugly, low-scoring game.

Maybe the defense will score. Have they scored this year? I don’t think so.

Whatever. I think this is going to be hard to watch.

wv wrote:

But this year, he has won me over.  He has done a lot with what he’s had to work with.

Yeah, I was expecting a bit of a shit show defensively.

The rookies have produced, Witherspoon grew from “also-ran” into a top flight corner, and the defense has done a good job.

They aren’t getting enough TOs. They are dead last in fumble recoveries in the league, second-to-last in INTs, and last in the league in TOs overall.

They are 22nd in sacks.

In spite of that, they are 15th in points allowed.

So…they need more pressure. More pressure = more sacks, more TOs, more 3-and-outs, and fewer points. Nothing new in that formula, of course, but my point is that in spite of a lack of pressure and TOs, the defense is holding up pretty well. Get some maturity out of Young, and add someone for the other side, and the Rams are in business. I know they’ve had their eye on Burns for a couple of years.

They did so well this year with the draft and cheap additions (Witherspoon, Dotson) who played above their track record, that the Rams’ rebuild is in really good shape.

According to PFF, OL Kevin Dotson is currently tied for the top-graded offensive lineman (88.9)

And they got him for nothing.

Hopefully, he will re-sign.

Well, now it’s Dick Cheney’s turn.

Zooey wrote:

Welp, saw quite a bit of the Dallas/SD game tonight, and I must say…those are two pretty mediocre football teams, if this was representative.

That post didn’t age particularly well.

If you had told me before the game that Kupp would finish with 18 yards/0 TDs, and Nacua with 27 yards/0 TDs, I would not have expected a game dominated by the Rams which was basically over by halftime.

It wasn’t a pretty game, but this may have been an important game in the Rams’ development.

It’s only the Cardinals, but the Rams just thumped an NFL team the old fashioned way, with rushing and TEs. That bodes well. When Stafford, Kupp, and Nacua figure out how to co-exist, this offense will again be near the top of the league.

And Kyren Williams looks like the Rams’ next star.

Props to Atwell for a couple of nice grabs.

And the Browns game is winnable, imo. And they may need that game to make up for the Steelers game. DeShaun Watson and Nick Chubb are out. Amari Cooper and Myles Garrett are questionable.

The Rams need to win 4 of the remaining 6 games to have a shot at a wildcard date. With the Ravens and 9ers both on the schedule, the rest of the games are kinda “must win,” though I think the Steelers and Packers probably cost the Rams that extra week of football.

zn wrote:

Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers

Derion Kendrick was the 212th pick in the 2022 draft (6th round). His numbers from yesterday are pretty staggering as a 2nd year guy. Per @PFF: targeted 8 times, allowed 3 receptions for 21 yards. Had the game-winning INT and allowed a 6.3 passer rating. Did he earn a second chance in your eyes? Durant was out and DK had a ton of responsibility with Seattle’s WR corps

I don’t know what to make of Kendrick. I think it would be great if he would eliminate bonehead penalties, though. I thought the roughing call against him yesterday was a bad call, but not terrible. It was borderline, but I thought it was “necessary.” The guy wasn’t going down, and DK had to increase his leverage and force.

Taunting after the INT, though. That was inexcusable, and the guy just seems to have a knack for getting flagged.

But he’s also fairly effective, seems to me. I don’t have his rankings in front of me, so I dunno. But it seems to me that his mistakes have come at bad times, so that magnifies it when he gets beaten. I think if he would just knock off the penalties, he would seem worthy of being a starter.

wv wrote:

Not sure the Rams win that game if Aaron Donald doesnt knock out the starting QB for that critical stretch. Wont show up as a sack or anything other than a hit, but that was probly a game-saver. w v

So you condone physical violence then?

That was not a good game. The Rams won, but I still think the Rams are less impressive now than they were before Kupp returned. It’s weirdish – I know not.

All I know is that we won’t see Nittany here this week. Probably stung him quite a lot.

Yeah, Jackson was about as “robbed” as a player can get. Practically Archie Manning-level of robbed.

Joe Burrow is out for the remainder of the season. pic.twitter.com/LycHe9JSSO

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 17, 2023

InvaderRam wrote:

zn wrote:

“The grass is already being grown,” says COO Kevin Demoff of the natural grass playing fields the Rams will install at the new/temporary facilities. Hope is to get transitioned by offseason programming but team won’t hold training camp here in the short term.

would it be that much harder or more expensive to just have grass fields in sofi stadium?

I’ve been wondering that from the start. It CAN be done. the question really is “Is it cost effective?” The intention is to use sofi for all kinds of events, including concerts and probably monster truck thingies etc. Stuff that lawns won’t be compatible with. So the grass would have to be interchangeable with other “flooring,” and where are you going to put a football field when it’s not in the stadium?