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  • in reply to: Tom Tomorrow #146643
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    in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 11/4 – 11/8 #146642
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    there’s a difference between understanding how to adjust and then having the ability (skill, experience, yes inclusive to calls, menu of calls etc) to do it. Probably somewhere in the middle and a hard lesson for a coach who is used to vets to learn, plus a hard lesson for young players to learn quickly. I hearken back to 2019 …different circumstances but still had a face a league shift he helped create head on, and it was tough sledding. Did it, though. I think McVay is a great coach who is going through the learning curves and league arcs most others do while assistants, not in the big seat. That said learning and growth by ALL must occur. That’s what they promised this year would truly be about, after all.

    This is one area I would really like to see growth from McVay and his coaching staff. I thought I was beginning to see it Week 1 against the Seahawks, when the Rams made halftime adjustments, and came out and rolled Seattle in the second half. This is something of a deficiency in McVay, and I would be happy to believe that he sees this year – not only as a chance to teach a bunch of young guys how to play football – but as an opportunity to focus on areas of development for him. Like this.

    Apart from Seattle, though, I {partially} recall only one other time where I saw McVay do this, and it was when he came out with a greater emphasis on running the ball. It might have been against the Colts; I don’t remember. But whatever it was, I wasn’t sure I was seeing a change in strategy so much as a change in tactics, and I don’t recall it lasting longer than a single drive.

    Anyway…seeing what the defense is taking away – and thus allowing – is one of McVay’s significant weaknesses, imo. I’d like to see McVay “deviate from the tape” himself, on the fly, instead of basically making all his play calls on Wednesday.

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    J.B. Long@JB_Long Puka Nacua just broke the @RamsNFL rookie record for receptions in…  Week 9. 63 and counting for @AsapPuka. Previous mark was held by his teammate Cooper Kupp in 2017 (62).

    Nacua has a long way to go to hit the all-time top 10.

     

     

    in reply to: our reactions to the Packers game #146620
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    I think the Rams win that game comfortably if Stafford plays. Rypien not only played himself off the Rams’ roster, but possibly out of the NFL altogether with that performance. Heck, I think the Rams would have won that game behind Wolford.

    They missed Jones as well.

    in reply to: Injuries heading into week 9 #146607
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    Blaine Grisak @bgrisakTST Brett Rypien’s last start came last season for the Denver Broncos against the Arizona Cardinals. The Broncos won that game 24-15 as Rypien went 21-for-26 for 197 yards, throwing one touchdown and an interception.

    I think I would take that line for today.

    in reply to: animal bits #146595
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    🔥 A young elephant hears his name and decides to interrupt an interview
    byu/SinjiOnO inNatureIsFuckingLit

    Dunno if this will work. Never tried a video from Reddit before.

    in reply to: around the league week 9 #146584
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    I remember when Spags hired McDaniels in 2011, and I couldn’t stand him. He was a bit of a jerk to the players and was openly caustic to guys who were behind in his system, while giving every indication he actually didn’t know how to teach his system. I remember WV and I discussing that at the time and agreeing that McDaniels sounded like a prick.

    Yeah, his getting fired again comes as no surprise. You would think he would have burned out all his options by now.

    in reply to: setting up the Green Bay game (w/ broadcast map) #146575
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    correction Zooey…., 2.33 games…. local broadcast switched from the lop-sided game in Dallas to Philly @ Wash last Sunday.

    Quite right.

    in reply to: around the league week 9 #146572
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    Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
    Sources: Raiders fired HC Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler.

    So far, my hatred of the Raiders is holding up in spite of their never-ending incompetence as a franchise. Most teams, I would have long ago started to feel pity for, but somehow the Raiders are still beyond the reach of pity.

    in reply to: trade deadline? #146571
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    yeah. i have doubts about whether the niners can afford young beyond this season. i think the rams are in good shape. now is not the time to be making a trade like that.

    Not for the Rams. No, zn and I see the Rams situation exactly the same way. They were reloading this year, and getting a rental like Young was never considered inside HQ. They will be active this off-season.

    For the 9ers, it is absolutely the right play, even if they can’t resign Young. And they probably can’t.

    But they are putting together a shitload of pressure on the DL, and it’s a great move for them. Hopefully, it doesn’t pan out, but it’s a smart, bold move for them.

    in reply to: setting up the Green Bay game (w/ broadcast map) #146570
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    For the first 9 games of the season, I will have used my multi-hundred dollar subscription to Sunday Ticket for two games.

    in reply to: trade deadline? #146560
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    9ers all-in like the Rams were two years ago, although they gave up a lot less for Young than the Rams did for Miller. A lot less.

    in reply to: Injuries heading into week 9 #146559
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    Dresser.

    I thought about naming my son Armoire, so there’s nothing weird about that at all.

    in reply to: Rams tweets etc. … 10/29 -11/2 #146558
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    Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
    According to @PFF, OLB Byron Young has the 13th-best defensive grade (68.2) and the eighth-best pressure grade (70.4) for all rookie defensive players. He is also tied for ninth in the NFL in quarterback hits (13). @byron_97 #RamsHouse

    Young was the 38th defensive player chosen overall.

    He was the 25th front 7 player chosen.

    He was the 21st DL chosen (if you count EDGE as DL).

    in reply to: Injuries heading into week 9 #146545
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    Not broken or shredded.

    That’s good.

    in reply to: Tom Tomorrow #146531
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    It’s bad when Rodrigue compares the Rams to a fart in her opening sentence:

    ARLINGTON, Texas — Sunday’s Los Angeles Rams were a portrait of pure disaster, the kind of disaster that lingers in the air long after the moment passes like a too-heavy breaking of wind.

    in reply to: our reactions to the Dallas game #146527
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    It’s bad when FOX evokes the mercy rule, and cuts away from the game to spare viewers the sight of a massacre.

    in reply to: the new political tweets thread (4/4 2022) #146524
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    Good News!

     

    in reply to: our reactions to the Dallas game #146523
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    That non-call PI on Kupp at the goal line was exactly the same play that happened in the Super Bowl, with the difference that it was called that time.

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    Today an example of this team not being good enough to overcome a series of mistakes.

    And a couple more bad calls, to be fair.

    If they don’t blow that call on Lake, it’s a 3-and-out on the first drive, and that sets the tone for a Rams’ rout. Rams score a TD, and never look back.

    in reply to: our reactions to the Dallas game #146509
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    Football experts refer to this kind of thing as a “step back.”

    in reply to: Gaza #146462
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    That’s a good resource.

    I just tried this app for the first time. It unrolls the thread into a more readable format, but comes with a warning that this link may be deleted by Twitter. (I dunno if it means the tweet that contains the link, or the unrolled page)

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1716532694564127072.html

     

    in reply to: Gaza #146456
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    This is very long for Twitter, and I haven’t even finished reading it yet, but it’s quite interesting, and says a lot of stuff I haven’t encountered elsewhere.

     

    in reply to: Rams upcoming game v. the Callas Dowboys #146453
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    “I wear black in the outside because black is how I feel on the inside.” – Morrissey

    Johnny Cash

    Well, you wonder why
    I always dress in black
    Why you never see
    Bright colors on my back
    And why does my appearance
    Seem to have a somber tone?
    Well, there’s a reason for the things
    That I have on
    I wear the black
    For the poor and the beaten down
    Livin’ in the hopeless
    Hungry side of town
    I wear it for the prisoner
    Who has long paid for his crime
    But is there because
    He’s a victim of the times
    I wear the black
    For those who’ve never read
    Or listened
    To the words that Jesus said
    About the road to happiness
    Through love and charity
    Why you’d think He’s talking
    Straight to you and me
    Well, we’re doin’ mighty fine
    I do suppose
    In our streak of lightnin’ cars
    And fancy clothes
    But just so we’re reminded
    Of the ones who are held back
    Up front there ought to be
    A man in black
    I wear it
    For the sick and lonely old
    For the reckless ones
    Whose bad trip left them cold
    I wear the black in mournin’
    For the lives that could have been
    Each week we lose
    A hundred fine young men
    And, I wear it
    For the thousands who have died
    Believin’ that the Lord
    Was on their side
    I wear it for another
    Hundred thousand who have died
    Believin’ that we all
    Were on their side
    Well, there’s things
    That never will be right, I know
    And things need changin’
    Everywhere you go
    But till we start to make a move
    To make a few things right
    You’ll never see me
    Wear a suit of white
    Ah, I’d love to wear a rainbow
    Every day
    And tell the world
    That everything’s okay
    But I’ll try to carry off
    A little darkness on my back
    Till things are brighter
    I’m the man in black
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    in reply to: Rams upcoming game v. the Callas Dowboys #146450
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    I have officially reached “Watch the 2023 Rams solely to see Puka Nacua accumulate as many yards as he can” stage of the season. I also plan to watch Turner and Young to see if they continue to develop. Other than that, I don’t expect much this weekend or the rest of the way. That’s not to suggest that I see this season as a disappointment, but other than the second game vs. the Cardinals, I won’t be expecting the Rams to win many more games.

    That’s kind of a bleak outlook.

    I think they will win more than just that game. They will beat AZ, probably.

    I think they have a better than 50-50 chance of beating the Commies and Giants.

    50-50 to beat the Packers, Saints, and Seahawks (they just own Seattle the way SF owns them).

    They should lose to Dallas, but Dallas has a way of getting in their own way.

    Ravens, Browns, Niners…losses.

    I still think they are going to end with 8 or 9 wins (which is what I thought before the season started).

    in reply to: Rams upcoming game v. the Callas Dowboys #146438
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    Cowboys lead all-time series 19-18.

    Rams 5-2 in playoff games.

    in reply to: Who will be our field goal kicker on Sunday? #146432
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    Man, the Rams have devalued the K on their Salary Cap pie chart.

    in reply to: our reactions to the steelers game #146431
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    Instead of chastising me you should be praising the superhuman amount of grit required for me to find one, you pompous, prattling, persnicketor.

    Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.

    in reply to: Wild Card race #146408
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    First time in my life I can recall rooting for the Vikings.

     

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