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ZooeyModeratorThat INT was TERRIBLE.
ZooeyModeratorFrisco negative yardage.
Garappolo zero completions.
ZooeyModeratorWe already have one shocking upset. Bengals beat the Titans, to advance to the AFC Championship.
Yay.
January 22, 2022 at 5:46 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135602ZooeyModeratorWell, if you love the Bucs so much, why don’t you marry them?
January 22, 2022 at 1:07 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135599ZooeyModeratorI don’t see TB winning, even if Fournette plays. Tampa – if they are better than the Rams which is questionable – are not better with 4 of their WRs out, including 2 of their best 3. And their #2 RB is officially out. If Fournette can’t go, and with 2 stating OL hobbled (or out), I just can’t see how TB is going to pressure the Rams’ defense much. If Fournette, Wirfs, and Jensen are OUT, I don’t think Tampa puts up much more than 10 points. At least on offense.
And the Rams put up 34 on the Bucs last time they played. Of course, none of those points roll forward, and the Rams have lost Whitworth and Woods since. But they’ve got Noteboom and OBJ, and the falloff there is not a game-changing drop. Plus they have added Akers and (basically Michel). Barring a meltdown, the Rams are going to win this game.
And if SF pulls off a miracle, I think the Rams are going to the SB.
I don’t love the matchup in GB if that happens (the high is projected to be 23 degrees next Sunday), and I don’t much fancy meeting TN (which is underrated, imo), or Buffalo. But… you know… one game at a time, and all that rot, right-o! Jolly good.
January 22, 2022 at 12:47 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135597ZooeyModerator“…with the Bucs facing a difficult task of keeping this team together in 2022, several of his teammates are prepared for this playoff run to be Brady’s last, sources said. ”
It’s so exciting. I can’t wait for tomorrow to watch Tom Brady’s final game as a professional football player.
And it is only fitting that his career should come to an end against the team he cheated against to launch his legendary career.
ZooeyModeratorWhole-Lee shit. No Whitworth. Sigh.
That is the sound of a ship hitting an iceberg.
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vIt’s not good. But Noteboom has filled in adequately over there. It’s a dropoff, but the Bucs seem to have a worse problem on their hands. Looks like their all pro ROT is out, and the C is iffy, so even if he plays, he’s a bit gimpy. Those guys are the ones largely responsible for helping to stop Miller and Donald, so all things considered, the Bucs situation appears a bit worse.
I’m feeling pretty good about the Rams, as a matter of fact.
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January 20, 2022 at 11:28 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135577ZooeyModeratorJanuary 20, 2022 at 11:13 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135576ZooeyModeratorZooeyModeratorThis has everything but John Facenda.
January 20, 2022 at 12:33 am in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135570ZooeyModeratorAkshually…the big difference in THAT game is the Bucs were healthy. Unlike now.
January 19, 2022 at 7:43 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135568ZooeyModerator
January 19, 2022 at 3:38 pm in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135565ZooeyModeratorBut the game is changing…
Ah well. I cant pick against Brady at home.
On the 2nd point, you famously picked the Cardinals to win, so you are out of the office pool already. It’s single elimination, and you’re a goner.
On the first point, I was thinking about that yesterday.
Remember…
… when WRs would line up outside in a 3-point stance? They would put a hand in the dirt before the snap.
… when you first saw a tight end STANDING at the line of scrimmage? I mean…WTF?
… when the most common formation had a FB and a RB in the backfield. Sometimes parallel, sometimes in the I-formation.
… when the Dallas Cowboys OL would come to the LOS, then all stand up in sync, and plant themselves in a 3-point stance in unison?
… when you couldn’t make out some guys’ jersey numbers because of the mud and grass stains?
… the single-bar and double-bar facemasks?
… the school marching band performance at halftime was actually televised?
… the only highlights we ever saw were narrated by Howard Cosell at halftime of the Monday night game?
… when networks all broadcast double-headers, so depending on where you lived, you had a buffet of games to watch without subscribing to some service?
ZooeyModeratorHoward got deeper than Fletcher would get. That’s pretty impressive.
I was thinking the same thing. The guy seems build to be a safety anyway. I think he might be better suited back there.
January 19, 2022 at 9:40 am in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135556ZooeyModerator“Brady, 44, is older than the three opposing NFC head coaches remaining in the “playoffs. That’s right, the head coaches of the three other remaining teams on the NFC side are all younger than Brady. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay is 35 and the San Francisco 49ers’ head man, Kyle Shanahan, is 42, the same as Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur” (ESPN).
Brady is 44.
That is really pretty ridiculous.
But George Blanda was 48 when he retired. 26 seasons.
January 19, 2022 at 12:12 am in reply to: setting up the Tampa game … us, reporters, analysts, etc. #135555ZooeyModeratorAfter that fiasco they had trying to make Steve Young a viable NFL QB, I don’t think there’s much to expect from them in that regard.
ZooeyModeratorHard to believe, after watching that game, that we lost to the Cards in the regular season. Also harder to believe we lost to the 9er’s last week. WTF?
I think the Rams give Father Time a little help and end the TB12 Playoff run.
My hope is the 9er’s beat GB and we come back to LA for the NFC Title Game, but if we have to go to GB, so be it.
After yesterday, I’m thinking the Rams can beat anybody.
I share those sentiments, exactly. I think the Rams can beat TB, and I’m okay with a trip to GB. I think that loss to SF woke them up to fight complacency. And they CAN beat anybody.
Problem is, every team left is capable of beating every team left, too.
But… let’s do this.
ZooeyModeratorI agree with the Beckham observations. I just have to wonder what Kupp, Woods, and Beckham would look like, and I hope we get to see that next year. Beckham is a keeper, that is for sure. Magic hands is right. I’d like to see him develop as a blocker, but he’s a unique and special receiver. He has shown it here and there, but last night against the Cards, he had several plays. Very memorable night for Mr. OBJ.
And how about Kupp? He does it all the time, but I still can’t believe how often he does it. That little pass where he was nailed down on the sideline, and just did this quick tornado move, and moved like a cat to pick up an additional 10 yards…brilliant. The Rams have never had a YAC guy like him before, either. Just ridiculous. And my son made the observation that Kupp led the league in YAC as well, so he’s really the Quadruple Crown winner. Goodness.
ZooeyModeratorGeorge Allen? Zero playoff wins with the Rams? Damn.
Hadn’t thought about that.
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vBut he’s 4th on the all-time wins list. Behind John Robinson, Chuck Knox and Mike Martz.
ZooeyModeratorKnox was HC for 6 of those seasons. He made the playoffs each season and never made it to the Super Bowl, so he would have to have 6 losses. So how can he be 3-5?
The NFL finally acknowledged that Tom Mack never moved, so that game was stricken from the record.
Also, he left after the 77 season and Malavasi coached in 78, beating the Vikings in the playoffs before losing to Dallas. That’s where he got his first of 3 wins. Malavasi coached the final 2 of those seasons, not just the Super Bowl year.
ZooeyModeratorGreen Bay is gonna beat’em though. Wont even be that close.
Its that extra week of rest. Packers will look a step quicker, I bet.SF is on a short (6-day) week, and lose a day to travel. GB is waiting at home where they’ve been for 2 weeks.
And it will be SF’s 14th consecutive game since their bye week. Garappolo has never thrown a pass when it’s been colder than 40 degrees.
I still think the 9ers can win, though.
ZooeyModeratorFun Fact from John Breech at CBS:
“The loss means that the Cowboys have now gone 11 straight playoff appearances without reaching a conference championship game, which is the longest streak in NFL history.”
ZooeyModeratorFor sure Vermeil would top that list if he had stayed.
The surprise for me is Knox. I would have guessed he had won more than 3. The Rams won the division 7 times in a row in the 70s. And Knox won only 3 games?
ZooeyModeratorBTW…neither Stafford no Kupp shined especially. They played well, but they didn’t star, really.
The Rams put together a good, all-around win yesterday.
ZooeyModeratorThank goodness. I thought he was going to be alright, but…man, you hate to see a stretcher on a field.
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) January 18, 2022
ZooeyModerator𝒥𝒾𝓂 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉@Jim_Everett
How’d ya like to be Kurt Warner right now, the only ex Ram QB who picked AZ to win.Did they ask Pat Haden? Or Joe Namath? Or Dieter Brock? What about TJ Rubley?
What the hell is Everett talking about. This just looks like a careless shot at Warner for no reason. I mean…I’m pretty sure Warner didn’t toss and turn all night in anxiety over this.
ZooeyModeratorThe Rams played mostly played mistake-free on offense, and the defense put in its best showing of the year. The game was over when Murray pulled a Stafford (a feeble version of Stafford) and lobbed a jump ball to nobody. Both Murray’s and Kingsbury’s faces showed they had already moved from denial to depression.
That was only the 2nd time I’ve seen Donald completely lose his cool, and there were sparks earlier in the game. I suspect that Cardinal guy was doing something dirty because Donald gets held on every play, and he’s used to that. So I’d like to know what happened there.
It was fun to experience an anxiety-free playoff game for the first time in a while. The Cardinals in negative yardage well into the 2nd quarter was just exactly what I needed this weekend.
ZooeyModeratorThe whistle WAS blown early.
It was not blown early enough to affect the outcome of the play. Nobody could have reacted to that whistle.
I don’t know why they don’t just say that instead of denying what is very clear from the tape.
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