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January 18, 2025 at 1:43 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154809
ZooeyModeratorBastards. They keep making the storm earlier and earlier. Now it’s practically guaranteed.
ZooeyModeratort’d be one thing to say that during the offseason, but calling out a rowdy fanbase like the Eagles’ just days before a playoff game may not be the most advisable move.
What are they gonna do?
Make noise when the Rams’ defense is on the field?
Oh no.
January 17, 2025 at 4:12 pm in reply to: Just a thread for different kindsa interesting things #154787ZooeyModeratorIs the US more advanced than China? Xiaohongshu has left Americans speechless.美国比中国先进吗？小红书 把美国人给干沉默了。 pic.twitter.com/LEIGlhfSEv
— 雁过留声 (@szygls) January 17, 2025
ZooeyModeratorGreat gesture from the Rams: https://t.co/5zJNbLEJS9
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025 at 11:05 am in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154779ZooeyModeratorJared Verse: “I hate Eagles fans”
Wow. Got me all fired up. I’m ready to put on a helmet and get in there.
ZooeyModeratorSean McVay says he expects Alaric Jackson, Tyler Higbee, Ahkello Witherspoon and Bobby Brown to all play vs. Eagles
— Adam Grosbard (@AdamGrosbard) January 16, 2025
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January 16, 2025 at 6:03 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154767ZooeyModeratorDid you know AJ Brown was reading a self-help book. ‘Inner Excellence’
Michael Irvin defended Brown, saying Brown had some issues and was actually working on himself trying to improve.I saw that.
And I saw somebody else say that it may reveal Discontent about his “underuse.”
I don’t think it means anything. And I don’t think it means anything, even if it does mean something. If you know what I mean. Even if he’s disgruntled, the only thing that really matters is whether he catches the ball and runs with it. The more he does that, the worse it is.
Anyway. It feels like Friday to me today, but it’s not.
January 16, 2025 at 4:19 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154765ZooeyModeratorSo, if the Rams were to be competitive, how would it happen? What would it look like?
I dunno, but they have managed to be competitive with that other team with a great Oline – the Lions. How do they do ‘that’ ? I have no idea.
Great challenge for McVay. As Cowherd noted, going across the country, into the cold, short week, against a beast of a team thats already lambasted the Rams.
Great challenge.
One of those games where you can live with a loss, if they are competitive, smart, tough.
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vThis is where I have oceans of ignorance. The Rams said they got rolled by Philly before because they didn’t maintain gap discipline. Was that just on the two long runs? Or several times? That’s fixable, and…apparently…has been fixed. That’s not to say there will never be another mistake, but they’ve addressed that, and nobody has scored much of anything on them since Buffalo lit them up.
So how much did the Eagles steamroll the Rams when the Rams DID maintain their gap discipline? Some, for sure. A lot? I dunno. What does that mismatch look like if the Rams do what they’re supposed to do on defense? How far does Barkley get on a slick field? How much has the Rams’ OL coalesced since then? How well will Higbee play? How much will the loss of this LB dude hurt the Eagles? Are the Eagles a little too cocky/complacent about the Rams because of the ease with which they whacked them earlier this year? Does AJ Brown getting only 3 targets for 1 catch for 10 yards have anything to do with his reading a book on the sidelines? Why does he have a book on the sideline in the first place? Are there still remnants of fractures underneath the surface from last year’s meltdown? Does McVay see something on film that he can exploit this time?
I don’t have a clue.
What I can say with reasonable confidence is that the Rams pretty much need to score early and get out on top, something they have been pretty terrible at this year, because I don’t see them coming from behind in this one.
January 16, 2025 at 1:22 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154761ZooeyModeratorI think it’s a case of “this is a great bunch, they just don’t match up well with the Eagles.”
I don’t know if anybody does, but yeah, the Rams are quick and light on DL, and the Eagles are quick and heavy. So that’s a mismatch.
I assume the Rams are gonna just go with 12 guys in the box to try to slow Barkley, and try to make Hurts beat them. The Rams’ only chance is to keep Philly in a low-scoring game, and hope for a couple of breaks to fall their way. Nothing about this game looks like it’s an advantage for the Rams. I mean, the Rams passing attack may be superior to the Eagles’ passing attack, but the weather will stifle that. This isn’t going to be pretty. This will be as ugly as the game against the 49ers, I expect.
The only hope lies in the fact that the Rams have been winning ugly games this year, and Whitworth says that the Eagles’ advantages over the Rams will also be limited by the conditions. I’m guessing most of us will live to see.
ZooeyModeratorAlso, one of the worst gameplans in NFL history. By the Vikings head coach.
He failed to adjust. That’s for sure.
It’s nice to see McVay schooling bright head coaches like Belicheck did to him in the Super Bowl.
January 16, 2025 at 10:09 am in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154754ZooeyModeratorFrom The Athletic:
The “panel” of experts is made up of coaches and team executives.
No. 4 Los Angeles Rams (10-7) at No. 2 Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
Kickoff: 3 p.m. ET Sunday
Expert picks: Eagles 8, Rams 1Sean McVay can seemingly do no wrong.
The Rams coach rested his stars in the season finale, dropping a spot in the standings but shellacking the Vikings regardless. McVay believed in his team more than he cared about the opponent, and that’s the mark of a dangerous group.
It didn’t sway the voters, though.
“I think it’s going to be a replay of the (Eagles’) regular-season win against the Rams where they struggle to stop the run,” an executive said. “It’s a huge offensive line, and (the Rams are) small inside.”
The Eagles rushed for 314 yards in their 37-20 road victory against the Rams in Week 12. It was the second-most rushing yards by any team in a game this season. Running back Saquon Barkley piled up 255 rushing yards, 47 receiving yards and two touchdowns in that outing.
It frequently comes down to turnovers with the Eagles, too. They had eight giveaways during their 2-2 start but have only turned it over seven times in their last 14 games (counting Sunday’s playoff win over the Packers), including three in a row without a giveaway.
“It will come down to the Eagles being able to run the ball,” a coach said. “If the Rams can stop the run, they have a legit shot to win the game.”
The thing is, the Eagles run it well against everyone. They tallied 186 rushing yards in a Week 2 loss to the Atlanta Falcons and 211 yards on the ground in their Week 16 loss to the Commanders. So they are beatable even when the ground game is humming.
For the Rams to overcome these hurdles, along with the outdoor weather elements in Philly, they’ll need quarterback Matthew Stafford to be at his best and their young defense to pick up where it left off after racking up nine sacks and two takeaways in a 27-9 drubbing of the Vikings.
The Rams defense is fast, relentless and fearless.
“It will be a good game,” another executive said. “Stafford gets the ball out so quickly that it will minimize Philly’s defensive line. Can the Rams slow down Barkley? Their defense is playing well, and it will be fun to watch.”
Another coach added, “I love Stafford as an equalizer. But if Eagles QB Jalen Hurts takes care of it, I think they’re too deep and talented.”
The Eagles have knocked off the Rams in back-to-back regular-season meetings. The Rams are 2-1 against the hosts in the playoffs, but they haven’t met on this stage in 23 years.
January 15, 2025 at 4:19 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154732ZooeyModeratorIve seen some crazy pundits falling into the overvaluing-a-wildcard-win syndrome.
It was a great win over the vikes. Wonderful win.
Eagles are a different animal. It will get ugly.
There’s no scheming their way out of being bludgeoned by a superior OLine. By the start of the fourth quarter Saquon will be over 100 yards.
Rams get a TD in garbage time to make it look close:
Eagles 28
Rams 20.w
vYeah. This is the one matchup I hoped to avoid. If the Bucs had only done their job, the Rams would be on their way to Detroit, and I’d be much more eager for this weekend. As it is, the Rams just had to relocate their families in a few hours to another city, and then they threw every ounce of juice they had at Minnesota. That has to be exhausting mentally.
Now, on a short week, they got home at 3 am, and who knows where they’re even practicing right now, and they have to cross the country to play a frozen game with precipitation in front of the most hostile fans in the business, against a team that took them behind the woodshed just a few weeks ago and dropped a total ass-kicking on them. I always have hope because “any given Sunday” is a thing, but this is a major phuken challenge. If the Rams win, I think I’m going to get serious about placing Sean McVay’s bust next to just a handful of other ones on the top shelf of coaches historically. I mean it.
January 15, 2025 at 4:09 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154731ZooeyModeratorThere is a conspiracy to move the cold weather in sooner. I knew it.
January 15, 2025 at 12:18 pm in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154729ZooeyModeratorRams bid for history continues Sunday: Opportunity to be the first playoff team to defeat multiple opponents that won 14+ regular season games.
Sure.
Then they will follow that up by beating two 15-win teams consecutively.
“And that’s the way it is.” ~ Walter Cronkite
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 am in reply to: setting up the Iggles game (Sunday 1/19, 3 et 12 noon pt) #154725ZooeyModeratorLos Angeles Rams vs. Philadelphia Eagles | 2024 Divisional Round Game Preview
NFL ChannelZooeyModeratorNick Wright picks the rams to win the NFC, near the end of vid.
I feel like Philly is the end of the road.
But then…I watched the Jake Ellenborgian interview with Andrew Whitworth. And Andrew Whitworth says that he thinks the Rams are better off playing Philly in Philadelphia because “something about foot traction” that reduces the Eagles’ advantage, something, something, and I don’t understand trigonometry enough to understand why playing in Philadelphia is better for the Rams than playing on turf in LA, but it gives me a glimmer of hope. Because Whitworth is not ignorant of the ways of footballing.
And I have been straight-up lusting for a rematch with Detroit, so if the Rams get by the Eagles somehow, some way, then I am absolutely all on board.
And fuck the AFC. All those teams are better than the Rams, but I simply would not care at that point.
ZooeyModeratorOriginally posted by Zooey but in the wrong thread. (Hope you don’t mind Z, I moved it)
This thread didn’t exist, and I wasn’t smart enough to start a new one.
I’m accustomed to you starting all the post-game threads, and you usually do it before the final whistle, so when I got home and wanted to start yakking, and there was nothing here, I started to fear that you had been abducted.
ZooeyModeratorTyler Higbee (chest) was hospitalized last night because he was “coughing up a little bit of blood” said Sean McVay, but was able to make the trip home and McVay added he expects to play Sunday.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) January 14, 2025
ZooeyModeratorUpdate; Higbee was transported to the hospital, likely to get CT scans of his chest and abdomen.
They have to make sure the rib fractures don’t penetrate any organs.
Sounds like he is stable.
He will have a very difficult time playing next week, if he’s not already ruled out. https://t.co/zf9avtwCv2
— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) January 14, 2025
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ZooeyModeratorHigbee hospitalized
Not sure what that means, but can’t be good.
ZooeyModeratorIt feels like the Rams are on House money right now. I’ll take the season as is, although I would obviously like more.
But considering that this season was one more loss away from being over before Pumpkin Spice hit the menu, winning the division, and knocking the crap out of a 14-3 Vikings team in the playoffs feels pretty solid.
ZooeyModeratorThe Vikings just never seemed to be in this game. The Rams just rolled them from the beginning, and then it seemed like the Vikings just gave up, and the Rams just protected their early success and a couple of breaks.
Watching the 4th quarter was, frankly, weird. The Vikings had no urgency. They managed the clock like it was the 2nd quarter in a game against the Colts in September, or something. They just never showed up. And Darnold. He does know he can throw the ball away, right?
I will rewatch the game tomorrow. I had a lousy feed that buffered a lot, and I flat out missed quite a bit of it while tending to other business, but it just looked to me like the Rams came out like they meant it, and then just salted the game away while the Vikings played a game with no meaning.
ZooeyModeratorI want to throw this question out there: what do you guys think the Rams should do with the 32nd overall pick in Round 1 of the draft?
I think they should trade back. Get a 2nd and maybe a 5th? That way they get two pro-bowlers instead of just one.
What do you think?
ZooeyModeratorthere was a time, back in the olden days, when flamers ran amok amonxt us, you know.
I was just remembering CalifTom last week.
Probably something Nittany said.
ZooeyModeratorVikings now, 2.5 point favorites.
I think the Vikes just have an all-round better team. And Justin Jefferson is just frightening.
I’d feel better if Cooper Kupp was healthy, but i dunno what the deal is with Kupp.
Vikings 23
Rams 20w
vStafford is better than Darnold. Jefferson is scary. So is Puka. Van Ginkel is scary. And they have Hockenson back.
But I am a believer in Sean Aristotle McVay.
Rams 27
Vikings 16Final Answer.
ZooeyModeratorI should point out that, after beating Philadelphia in Philly, the Rams will then either exact revenge on the Lions inside their dome, or host the Commies in SoFi.
The matchup that really concerns me is the Super Bowl. The Bills, Ravens, or Chiefs will be there to try to stop the Rams on their way to their 3rd title. But that game is played in SoFi North, up in Santa Clara, so the Rams will have the home field advantage there.
ZooeyModeratorSean McVay Made An Interesting Decision To Help His Team Play A Home Game On The Road
The Los Angeles Rams are gearing up for one of the more unusual playoff games in recent memory because despite winning the NFC West and snagging home-field advantage in their Wild Card Round game against the Minnesota Vikings, the devastating wildfires in Southern California had other plans.
Because of the tragic — and still ongoing — natural disaster in their home city, the Rams’ “home” game has been moved to Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium.
So, there goes that “home field” advantage, but head coach Sean McVay was really using his head when asked which locker room he and his team wanted to use.
McVay reportedly requested that his team use the visitors’ locker room, despite being the designated home team and the reasoning is pretty smart.
Sean McVay requested the visiting locker room for Monday night's game because of the familiarity.
The Vikings will be in the auxiliary locker room.
— Bridget Condon (@BridgetCondon_) January 11, 2025
This is why I’m not an NFL head coach… okay, it’s one of the many reasons why I’m not an NFL head coach.
I would have never thought of this, but it makes so much sense to me.
I think we often think of home-field advantage as having to do with the crowd and fans cheering you on, but I think it has more to do with the familiarity with your surroundings leading up to the game.
I mean, think what a pain it would be to be doing your pregame routine, but then you get all frustrated because you can’t figure out where they keep the blue Gatorade or those massage guns.
It’d be a pain, and since the Rams visit Glendale every single year and use the visitor’s room, they’ll be reasonably familiar.
As for the Vikings, they’ll be in an “auxiliary” because God forbid the Cardinals locker room sees a playoff-caliber team. (me: lol)
We’ll see if it pays off for them because the Vikings will be quite the challenge.
There’s nothing like winning your division only to draw a 14-3 team.
ZooeyModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social
Winner tomorrow night heads to Philly to play the Eagles on Sunday at noon PT.
So looking forward to next week’s game in Philadelphia, looks like a favorable 41°. Hopefully this forecast holds, and the cold front expected on Monday does not come early.
41° on Sunday, chance of rain. High of 28° on Monday.
ZooeyModeratorPulling for the Bucs now.
Prefer the Lions in Detroit to Eagles in Philly.
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