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ZooeyModeratorFuck the Raiders.
Hear hear!
When I was a kid, the 9ers were irrelevant. NoCal was all about the Raiders and their thug identity and damn Mad Max Wannabe fan base, and they were good, and they sucked up all the bandwidth, so I’ve always hated them.
ZooeyModeratorAnd the Texans traded Cam Akers to Minnesota.
Amari Cooper makes the Bills pretty lethal, I’d think.
ZooeyModeratori keep saying this, but i hope they find a way to keep stafford.
I don’t know, as I see it Stafford’s probably a Ram as long as he wants to be. Maybe another 2-3 years?
Yeah, why would McVay move on from Stafford until he has to? You don’t go from a known Blue Chip QB to some unproven youngster until your Blue Chip QB can’t do the job anymore. Matthew Stafford is still very good at footballing.
ZooeyModeratorNo. Because fans are not in a position to affect the outcome of a game. I don’t have connections in the clubhouse. There is no way I can affect the outcome of a game. Sports leagues allying with gambling does not bring the integrity of the games into question because the leagues do not profit from the wins or losses of any of the bets. They profit from increased viewership of games, and fan dedication to watching sports. It’s not a question of whether gambling itself is good or bad; it’s a question of whether games are perceived to be fixed.
Pete Rose had a personal financial stake in the outcomes of games, and was in a position to benefit from inside information, make game decisions, or solicit collaboration from others who could affect outcomes. Whether he actually did any of that is not the most important thing. It’s important, but it’s not the most important thing. He could have. And even if he didn’t, allowing him to gamble means you have to let everybody in the game gamble, and if you do that, it is inevitable that somebody somewhere would throw a game. And you just cannot have that.
ZooeyModeratorKurt Warner@kurt13warner Looking at different guys in NFL having success in new places reminds me of how important situation/fit is for a QB! I stepped into a perfect fit for me in STL & had great success… Went to NY that asked me to play a different style of football & everyone thought I couldn’t play any more… Went to AZ & took a couple years to shape O back to who I was as a player & finished career with great success again! I’ve always said all QBs SEE the game a certain way, playing in a system or with a play caller/designer that SEEs the game in same way is so important! Even really good players can struggle when the system is asking them to play away from their strengths! – many coaches come from a certain scheme background, have had success with that scheme & have expertise in that scheme – so the natural thing is for them to continue in that vain! Yes, I believe coaches should be able to adjust their scheme to fit their players & specifically their QB, but it’s not that easy if they are unfamiliar and not experts in that type of scheme! So as I experienced in AZ it took time to mesh their style & mine together, and some of it became trusting me and learning from me the nuances of what I wanted! It takes working together to find a scheme that all believe in and that works for all parties!
That’s a lot of words just to say, “I was a system QB.”
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ZooeyModeratorShohei Ohtani over his last 13 at-bats with runners in scoring position: .923 AVG 12 Hits 5 Home Runs 19 Runs Batted In There’s clutch. Then there’s Shohei Ohtani. What an unbelievable stretch of hitting.
This guy is Babe Ruth, but fast.
September 26, 2024 at 2:16 pm in reply to: vid: last 3 minutes of the 9ers game, the whole thing #152414ZooeyModerator
ZooeyModeratorLos Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR K Joshua Karty (@JoshuaKarty) is the youngest kicker in franchise history to make a game-winning field goal in the fourth quarter at the age of 22 and just the second rookie in franchise history to make a game-winning field goal (Greg Zuerlein in 2012). Karty is also the second rookie kicker in franchise history (Zuerlein) to convert his first five field goal attempts.
Josh the Pressure-wash
Josh the Panache
Josh the Mouthwash…no…wait…
ZooeyModeratorCaleb Williams has a passer rating of 65.3, placing him ahead of only Bo Nix, Anthony Richardson, and Bryce Young. FWIW.
Their ROT is dinged up (back), and questionable, as is Keenan Allen (heel). They appear to be pretty healthy otherwise.
Also, I have learned the Bears play in Chicago, so the Rams are going to have to go there for this game. It will be about 70° with a 37% chance of rain.
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ZooeyModeratorI’m surprised we haven’t seen more from D Robinson
Look this way–turns out he was a good 2nd or 3rd guy with 10 or 17 on the field, but not so much a the 1st guy without them. That could mean, though, that that’s who defenses go into the game intending to take away,
Makes sense. If I was a DC going into a game against the Rams, I would key on D Rob, and let the other WRs fall where they may.
Anyway, seems to me the Rams need to get one of the next two games, and I think the Bears are more beatable, so let’s start there.
ZooeyModeratorBTW – I don’t know where to put this thought – I’m surprised we haven’t seen more from D Robinson.
September 24, 2024 at 9:57 pm in reply to: vid: last 3 minutes of the 9ers game, the whole thing #152381ZooeyModerator😆
ZooeyModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTSTThey’ll clean it up, but among rookies in the first three weeks of the season, JV8 (8) and Fiske (3) have the most missed tackles. They also rank 3rd and 5th is missed tackle percentage – JV8 (36.4%) and Fiske (21.4%).I was just thinking about this.
Seems to me that the Rams have been getting a LOT of pressure (I don’t have any stats), but just not finishing.
I don’t know why they aren’t finishing (sacking the QB), but – damn- they seem to me to be getting there.
Turner, Young – 2nd year
Fiske, Verse – Rookies.
Let’s go. Let’s figure this out, and get it on.
I dunno. It looks like high upside to me.
ZooeyModeratorFrom the vid — …with all the talent, (Kittle, Purdy, Shannahan, Deebo, Aiyuk, etc) the 49ers had, they went 0 and 3 without Trent Williams. 12 and 2 with him. With him they scored 32 points a game. Without him 17 points a game. Both Kimes and her guest agreed Williams had a serious claim to being the NFL MVP. w v
Top Secret Update from my incognito position, deep in the heart of 49er territory: On the flagship radio station this morning, there is some serious concern. Trent Williams is the glue, decidedly. They broke down all the other OL on the 9ers, and apart from Williams, the belief is that the OL is resembling the OL that Russell Wilson suffered behind in Seattle. While they value Aiyuk, and want him back, they don’t think his absence sinks the season. They do think that no Trent Williams = Lost Season. Here’s the situation: Williams has no guaranteed money on his contract. Unlike Aiyuk, Williams is not making a scene. He’s in Texas. He’s told the 49ers that that is where he will be until he gets a new deal. No fanfare. Nothing. But the way Williams sees it, he’s the best LOT in the NFL, and he should be paid that way. The wrinkle is that the 49ers are going to have to give Purdy $60m/year at the end of this season, and Williams – with no guaranteed money – is an easy cut because ALL of his money would be freed up. No cap hit. So that’s his position, and not surprisingly, he doesn’t find that situation acceptable. Signing Williams is going to cost some other guys on the roster, though (next year). Bottom line is that the window is closing on this group, and a rebuild around Purdy is on the way. And they have a shaky OL heading into this season. For those of you who don’t know much about football, shaky OLs are not helpful.
I don’t think that Purdy is going to get that kind of money. He has great numbers because he’s a decent QB benefitting from Shannahan’s brilliance and the elite talent around him. But Purdy himself isn’t elite. He’s a coached-up Case Keenum. He isn’t worth top shelf QB money.
What do you think now?
ZooeyModeratorI don’t think it works that way. I think talent and coaching matter more than emotions. I’ve seen a lot of emotionally jacked-up teams get rolled.
These next two games are going to be important. And this one may be the easier task than the following week against GB.
ZooeyModeratorI can’t help but think about all those redshirts swaggering into “Levi South” and gloating for the first 57 minutes of the game, only to have drive 6 hours back to SF stewing on that finish and the $500 they spent to attend the game. A couple more victories in LA for the Rams, and the 9er faithful will be more reluctant to make that trip.
I think most of those redshirts live in LA.
NFL Demographics Quarterly just published an article last year contending that almost none of the do. And, iirc, they said 6 hours was on the low side. Many of them drive 7+ hours.
ZooeyModeratorAlso, special shout out to Kamren Kinchens for knocking the snot out of Brandon Aiyuk on the last play of the game.
September 24, 2024 at 6:24 pm in reply to: vid: last 3 minutes of the 9ers game, the whole thing #152367ZooeyModeratorIt’s going to be a while before I become indifferent to this clip.
ZooeyModeratorYou listen to 9ers talk radio. What are they saying there?
They are calling it the worst regular season loss of the Shanahan era, but don’t actually seem all that shaken by it. They hate it, but still understand that it is early, and reinforcements are on the way (Greenlaw, Samuel, Kittle, McC).
They aren’t convinced Sorenson is getting the defense managed properly, and they blame Shanahan for throwing so much on the final drive inside of 2 minutes, and they think the DBs are a bit slow and thus vulnerable to the vertical, but they aren’t…like…overreacting to the loss, as much as they hate the Rams.
ZooeyModeratorThis is good. The first segment is on the game, but starting about 8:44, they return to the Rams/Stafford and a Bears preview that’s really worth listening to. Mark Sanchez is good, and I’m glad he has been calling the Rams games so far. He’s a good one.
ZooeyModeratorZooeyModeratorI approve.
That was one of those games that took several key plays to fall the Rams’ way in order to succeed, the failure of even one of those plays would have lost the game. A special shout-out to Aiyuk and (especially) Bell for dropping passes to ruin Jennings’ career day.
Way to go, Atwell. I thought Smith and Whittington might combine to force Atwell on to the unemployment line, but the Rams get blown out today if not for Atwell. Speaking of Smith, it has been a while since the Rams have been able to do that on a kick return. Without that return, the Rams would have needed to pick up about 70 yards in 40 seconds instead of 30. The Rams’ special teams also kept the Rams in the game with the fake punt. Those plays combined with Moody’s missed FG means that the 49ers are the team with a ST problem this year. Karty and Smith have elevated the Rams’ ST this year, and here’s to that trend continuing.
As big of a win as this was for the Rams, I think it’s a worse loss for SF. They have to be completely sick over this. They controlled the game most of the afternoon, and could have turned it into a rout. I can’t help but think about all those redshirts swaggering into “Levi South” and gloating for the first 57 minutes of the game, only to have drive 6 hours back to SF stewing on that finish and the $500 they spent to attend the game. A couple more victories in LA for the Rams, and the 9er faithful will be more reluctant to make that trip.
Anyway. Matthew Stafford.
I just had to say that.
ZooeyModeratorfwiw, the 9er faithful are far from confident.
That may have more to do with the lack of McCaffrey, Samuel, Mitchell, and Kittle than anything else.
ZooeyModeratorAbandon hope.
I see you have no faith in the JV team.
Well, I just think there is no coming back from this. Its too much. And i get that some of these guys will come back at different times, but the rhythm and timing aint gonna be there. And in the mean time Stafford is gonna get killed. And look at the final stretch. Even if some guys are coming back…. This is gonna be a last place team this year. It just is. Five wins, maybe? 49ers, Bears, Packers, bye, Raiders, Vikes, Seahawks, Dolphins, Pats, Eagles, Saints, Bills, 49ers, Jets, Cards, Seahawks. w v
Okay. I will bet you a tea bag that the Rams don’t end up in last place in the division.
Deal?
ZooeyModeratorThe hope, and it’s not far-fetched at all, is that they get the injured back and regroup at the bye. That’s what happened last year. In fact the timing of the bye is perfect this year. That could very well mean a wildcard, and once you have the wildcard you never know.
Therein lies all hope.
You just gotta wonder where they would be right now without the injuries and the suspension of Jackson.
ZooeyModeratorIn ARZ the Rams were on their 4th LOT.
A guy who was starting an NFL game for the 2nd time in his life.
ZooeyModeratorIf you had told me at the beginning of the season that the 9ers would play this game without Samuels and McCaffrey, I would have chalked it up as a W.
But Mason, the backup RB, has 247 yds rushing already, and is averaging about 5.0 per carry. There is a possibility that the 9ers just road-grade the Rams all day long.
The Rams’ offense is missing Avila, J. Jackson, and Noteboom on the OL. Higbee, Kupp, Nacua, and Allen are out. Even Karty is questionable.
The defense is missing Kendrick, D. Williams, Tomlinson, and Johnson from the secondary. And, of course, no AD or EJ.
This was a very promising season that is circling the drain in Week 3.
Not only are their prospects dim for this week, they could well hit the bye week at 1-4, or even 0-5.
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