Here’s the thing that strikes me about the aftermath of this. It seems like everybody is talking about this action as if it is a referendum on the Michael Brown incident, and I really don’t think it is. I don’t think the Rams players or the protesters in Ferguson are motivated as much by Michael Brown himself as they are by the reality that black people are abused by police routinely. On the news sites in particular most of the anger centers on the “Michael Brown was a thug” version of events, and so the Rams are supporting thugs and promoting thuggery. It is entirely tone deaf to the situation to frame it in that light – even if Michael Brown was a thug (and I don’t know; I didn’t follow the story). Either way, the story is a lightning rod for the more pervasive problem of racial profiling and that’s why people are out on the streets.

Wow. Some UGLY stuff going on out there on the internet over this. Probably would have been on any of the previous boards we used to frequent, too. It’s kind of startling, when I think about it, that it isn’t happening on this board. Unique group of posters, here.

All the best.

Looked like a Coming of Age game for the team until….

I haven’t read that. Why don’t the PD guys mention that?

Well.

I looked it up, too.

I just didn’t find it.

I just take the season one game at a time. You can’t live in the past, and you can’t worry about the future. Just give 110% each and every week and leave it all out on the sofa.

PA Ram wrote:

Zooey wrote:
I didn’t go to that much effort before coming to the same conclusion. I just looked at the standings and saw that the Rams lost head-to-head to a bunch of the teams ahead of them in the standings, and saw the difference in wins/losses, and realized the odds are quite remote.

And that’s without even considering the odds of the Rams ending the regular season on a 7-game winning streak with the last game in notorious Seattle where the Hawks will certainly have something on the line.

It isn’t happening.

I’m very sorry, Zooey–but if you don’t put it through the playoff machine it isn’t real. Those are simply your opinions. I have hard data. I have charts and stuff. And there is always the famous PA Ram “hunch”. I am bringing real solid stuff to the table here—and if anyone wants stock tips I can find some internet thing to help me pick those too.

This is not the 1970s anymore.

I can go onto the internet and take scientific polls that will tell me what kind of rock band I am.

It’s all there in this crazy cyberspace thing. Before that all we had was the Magic 8 Ball.

But anyway–yeah–I agree with you. Playoffs are a fantasy. But a winning season?

Very possible.

And that would be pretty cool.

Whatever.

I don’t need to waste my time on some website to know I’m Lady Gaga.

McLeod also was glad to see that there was no correspondence from the National Football League in his locker stall on Wednesday. That’s usually the day players are notified if they have been fined.

He should check a few lockers over.

They probably fined Sims for it.

TackleDummy wrote:

Zooey wrote:
Nobody has any idea what’s happening with Keenum or Gilbert.

Keenum is on the practice squad. Most practice squad members are signed to a contract at the end of the season and would be on the Rams 2015 preseason roster competing for a roster spot. Gilbert is not with the Rams in any capacity. It is not likely he will be brought back.

Are you sure? I looked through transactions and saw Gilbert signed to the PS, but didn’t see a transaction where he was dropped. Not that it matters much either way. Gilbert, I mean.

I would be surprised if the Rams don’t have Bradford entering 2015 as the probable starter at a reduced salary. He’s the best QB on the Rams, and he isn’t going to get money on the market. Both sides are going to want Bradford to be a Ram.

There are six games to go, but unless Hill gets a serious injury and plays badly, the Rams will want him back.

Davis…I don’t know. They may think he can grow into a spot starter, #2 guy, and they may not.

Nobody has any idea what’s happening with Keenum or Gilbert.

IMO, they draft a QB every year until Bradford’s successor is established.

zn wrote:

<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>from off the net…controversial post, just throwing it out there to add to discussion…</span>

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<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: #BF0000″><strong class=”d4pbbc-bold”>XXXIVwin </span>

Lots of “ifs” here, but….

IF Shaun Hill keeps playing at a high level (as he did against the Broncos), do you all think he is truly “too old” to consider as our QB for 2015 and 2016?

Shaun Hill is “only” 34.

Peyton is 38. Brady is 37. Brees is 35. Romo is 34.

This is a good point, and I have also noticed that some posters are writing off Hill as a possibility for the future. They shouldn’t. Hill is viable until he isn’t. And that could easily be a couple of seasons.

However, that doesn’t mean you don’t get the QB of the Future now. The QB of the Future is probably not the starter next year.

If I was the Rams, I’d be drafting a QB somewhere every year until they have a long term answer. I don’t want to see the Rams repeat the 70s: a great defense held back by a limited QB.

jimiramsboy wrote:

Not having been on here very much since training camp forgive me what point about Bradford are you referring to?

For the record I think they should move on even if he is open to a much lesser cap number

And do what?

I don’t see any better options out there at any price.

• The Rams failed to adequately address the QB position before the season. Even with Sam Bradford coming off knee surgery that cut short his 2013 season — and with Bradford entering the final two years of his Rams’ contract — the team didn’t use an early-round draft choice to select a developmental QB that could be groomed to take over. The Rams waited until the sixth round to draft SMU’s Garrett Gilbert, a wasted pick. And when Bradford’s knee blew up again during the preseason, putting him out for the year, the Rams’ choice came down to Hill and Davis.

• And that’s the more prominent issue. It isn’t a matter of Hill vs. Davis; it’s more about not having a more attractive, forward-thinking alternative in place. Unless the Rams bring Bradford back in 2015 to attempt another comeback in what would be the final year of his contract, the team doesn’t have a viable quarterback lined up for next season.

• Some would argue — with abundant merit — that the Rams already have lost the Bradford gamble, so they should cut their losses instead of stubbornly staying the course with Bradford as their designated No. 1 QB for a sixth consecutive year. Bradford is due $16.58 million in 2015. By releasing him, the Rams would save more than $12 million against the ’15 cap.

You know, a bright side to a Rams’ move out of St. Louis would be no more Bernie.

It’s my fault.

I’m the one who said to keep Davis a bit longer.