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ZooeyModeratorI will always be glad of a win over the Vikings.
And I won’t apologize for a blown non-call on a facemask when the Vikings had no chance anyway. Ten blown calls like that will never atone for the call on Tom Mack in the playoffs in a far more critical situation, so the Viking whiners can GTFO with any complaints about that.
I had kind of forgotten how fun it is to watch Nacua and Kupp play football.
The D gave up TDs on the first two drives, and looked hopeless. Two FGs the rest of the way, as they finally got pressure on Darnold.
Solid. Fun. I liked it. Good Game. 10 days to get ready to take down Seattle.
The season is reborn, I believe.
October 24, 2024 at 2:28 pm in reply to: Kupp on the block, apparently + Titans trade E.Jones to Seattle #152738ZooeyModeratorI would guess that the Rams are thinking that Nacua and Kupp are the same guy, only Kupp is a lot more expensive and breaks down a lot.
McVay may prefer a different weapon to the redundancy created with Kupp and Nacua.
I dunno. I thought they were a pretty deadly combo on the field together, and they both are capable of going over the top. So I vote No on this, but the Rams always commit voter fraud, or else “lose” my ballot when it comes to this stuff.
ZooeyModerator— Gritty is the Way (@Gritty20202) October 23, 2024
ZooeyModeratorWell, well, well.
October 24, 2024 at 9:56 am in reply to: Kupp on the block, apparently + Titans trade E.Jones to Seattle #152732ZooeyModeratorme (@moi.com): . Titans traded a starter to a team that was trying to pry him away. Rams traded an injury recovering player everyone knew they were trying to unload. Titans proved Jones could still play, and Seattle pursued him. The 2 situations were just different. . Maybe the story here is that Seattle was willing to overpay.
There’s another story here, imo.
Why were the Titans trading the rising star LB Ernest Jones two months after acquiring him for pennies?
ZooeyModeratorAnother good one form Alec, this time illuminating how propaganda delineates the boundaries of the Overton Window (he doesn’t say that; I do).
Thread. Today’s front page in the New York Times is a good lesson in two of the most important tactics in propaganda.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) October 23, 2024
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October 22, 2024 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Kupp on the block, apparently + Titans trade E.Jones to Seattle #152707ZooeyModeratorIt makes sense in a lot of ways but I’m gonna hate it if it happens.
Yep.
It also shows that the Rams don’t think they have any shot this season. No hope of getting the gang healthy, and making a run.
ZooeyModeratorMainly because i dont trust the Rams OLine, and missed tackles against the Vikings weapons equals disaster.
Shoot, we’re gonna fix that.
ZooeyModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_LongUndrafted rookie safety Jaylen McCollough has 3 interceptions in just 33 defensive snaps over the last two games for the RamsThat’s not even 10%.
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ZooeyModeratorSean McVay said today it’s about as “live” a game as an offense will have to play, inclusive to playcaller and players adjusting.
You know what it sounds to me like? They didn’t work on preparing for the Raiders as much as they usually would in a week before a game. Looks to me like they spent part of that time prepping for the Vikes, which means less prep for the Raiders–so they trusted a more scaled down offense against the Raiders.
Fortunately it didn’t bite them.
I think not playing Kupp/Noteboom was also looking ahead to the Vikings. They’re not 100%, so playing against the Raiders would have exacerbated their conditions, and there wouldn’t be normal recovery time. This way they are as fresh as possible against the Vikings, and have extra recovery time before the following game.
Hopefully, this all translates into a strong performance on Thursday.
ZooeyModeratorBrandon Aiyuk, torn ACL and MCL, out for the year. Things don’t look to be going SF’s way, either.
Also, DeShaun Watson out for the year with a torn achilles. Remember when WV wished that Watson was on the Rams? I remember those days well.
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ZooeyModeratorWhat’s up with Logan Bruss not playing? I don’t know much, but this UFA Dedich fellow did not seem like an upgrade at all. To the contrary.
Reinforcements to the OL and WR positions cannot come soon enough. CBS shows everybody not on IR as expected back this week, but that’s not what I’ve been seeing from the tweeters and beat sources. Kupp looks like he’ll play, and they were considering Noteboom this week, so maybe he could get in there. That would help.
As noted, the arrival of Witherspoon helped the defense, but this team doesn’t look likely to pull an upset on Thursday if that was the best they could do against the Raiders.
Bash on, regardless.
ZooeyModeratorFour months since anybody said anything about this.
Because…what’s there to say?
I got something. That merits no response.
How in the actual feck do liberals believe that the Democrats are doing all they can, and that if Trump is elected, things will get worse for Palestinians?
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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.
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