Let ESPN get rid of Booger while they're at it

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So over the weekend Sydney copped one foot of rain, as did most of the nsw coast.

All the bushfires were put out.

The dam that services Sydney increased from 40% full to 70% full over three days. That's one and a half years worth of water supply in a weekend.

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Merlin said:

They seem to be middle of the pack at best tbh and the numbers don't seem to change too much with a winning season. Here's a nice filterable site with attendance by season.

Oh and check out the Chargers lmao...

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It's worth noting their home attendance was boosted by the London game. Their home opener was 91% sold out. Only 2 games after were over that number.

bomebadeeda said:

Fowler usually lined up on the weak side which Donald usually lines up to that side (shade the nose tackle toward the TE side.....) This left the OT (or in many cases a TE or H-back...) to handle Fowler one on one. Donald almost always had a OG or C...or an OG and a OT across from him. Depending on the other team's protections. Mathews would have had the same #s or better if he hadn't got hurt.

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After reading your post I questioned whether my memory was accurate. I went and pulled the first game I could find from last season, Rams/Falcons , to see if what you say is true. Well, I think that Fowler at left End and Donald on the right side is the Rule. There are some exceptions in this game where Fowler is on the same side of the field. However , there's a play where Fowler gets a sack from the right side ; same side as Donald. And, he was going against the RT, not a TE. I agree that Donald gets Double teamed alot, but I don't see how that makes Fowler's job any easier.
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Offensive coordinator: Kevin O'Connell
O'Connell, 34, spent the previous three seasons with the Washington Redskins, working his way up from quarterbacks coach in 2017 to offensive coordinator in 2019.
Prior to landing in Washington, he spent the 2016 season as an offensive assistant on then-head coach Chip Kelly's 49ers staff and the 2015 season as the Cleveland Browns' quarterbacks coach.
A native of Carlsbad, California, O'Connell was a quarterback and 4-time captain at San Diego State before being chosen 94th overall in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots.
Experience:
2015: Cleveland Browns quarterbacks coach
2016: San Francisco 49ers offensive assistant
2017: Washington Redskins quarterbacks coach
2018: Washington Redskins passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach
2019: Washington Redskins offensive coordinator
What you should know about him:
• NFL teammates knew he'd make a great coach: In a December 2011 feature in the New York Times, then-Jets rookie quarterback Greg McElroy and starter Mark Sanchez shared how impressed they were with teammate O'Connell's football knowledge. "He's a coach with a lot of football talent," McElroy said, adding that O'Connell could "see the game vertically, as if watching film, from the sidelines."
• His attention to detail: That same New York Times story reported that he kept a personal journal in which he wrote down plays and coverages that confused him and his response to situations. Those intensive film study habits carried over into the pros, too – at the time of the article's publication, he had filled four notebooks during the Jets' 2011 season.



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Defensive coordinator: Brandon Staley
Staley, 37, joins the Rams after spending last season as the Denver Broncos' outside linebackers coach. The 14-year coaching veteran also held the same position on Broncos head coach Vic Fangio's staff when Fangio was the Chicago Bears' defensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018.
In 2018, Staley worked directly with first-team All-Pro linebacker Khalil Mack, who joined Texans defensive end J.J. Watt as the only players in the NFL with at least 12.5 sacks, 6 forced fumbles and 4 pass breakups. Only Watt and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald recorded more quarterback hurries than Mack (27).
That season, Staley also helped coach a Bears defense that allowed the fewest points per game (17.7), collected the most takeaways (36) and third-most sacks (51), allowed the third-fewest total yards per game (299.7) and ranked fourth in third-down defense (34.2 percent).
Experience:
2006-08: Northern Illinois University defensive graduate assistant, working with secondary (2006-07) and linebackers (2008) as well as special teams all three years
2009: University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) defensive line coach and assistant special teams coach
2010-11: Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College associate head coach/defensive coordinator; also coached linebackers and assisted special teams
2012: University of Tennessee defensive graduate assistant, working with inside linebackers and special teams
2013: John Carroll University defensive coordinator/secondary coach
2014: James Madison University defensive coordinator/linebackers coach
2015-16: John Carroll University defensive coordinator/secondary coach
2017-18: Chicago Bears outside linebackers coach
2019: Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach
What you should know about him:
• Converted quarterback: Staley played quarterback in college, but when he got his first coaching job, he switched over to the other side of the ball and started as a defensive graduate assistant.
• He worked with a flexible 3-4 defense under Broncos coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio: "Coming to the NFL, you hear a lot about systems, and sometimes those systems don't work if they don't have the right players," Staley said during a December 2017 appearance on the Bears coaches radio show. "Vic's system is extremely flexible, it's extremely multiple, and at the same time, he's really specific in game-planning."




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Special teams coordinator: John Bonamego
Bonamego, 56, arrives in Los Angeles after spending last season in his second stint as the Detroit Lions' special teams coordinator.
In his first stint with the Lions (2013-14), Bonamego helped punter Sam Martin record the top-two single-season marks for net punting average in team history with a 40.4-yard average in 2013 and a 40.1 mark in 2014.
When overseeing the Jaguars' special teams in 2012, he was instrumental in the development of rookie punter Bryan Anger, who set franchise records for punting average (47.8) and net punting average (40.8), with both totals leading all rookie punters.
A 17-year NFL coaching veteran, Bonamego also has extensive experience at the college level, including serving as the head coach at his alma mater Central Michigan from 2015-18 before joining the Lions again.
Experience:
1987: Mount Pleasant (Mich.) High School junior varsity co-coach
1988-91: University of Maine assistant coach
1992: Lehigh University assistant coach
1993-98: Army assistant coach
1999-01: Jacksonville Jaguars assistant special teams coach
2002: Jacksonville Jaguars special teams coordinator
2003-05: Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator
2006-07: New Orleans Saints special teams coordinator
2008-10: Miami Dolphins special teams coordinator
2011: New Orleans Saints assistant special teams coach
2012: Jacksonville Jaguars special teams coordinator
2013-14: Detroit Lions special teams coordinator
2015-18: Central Michigan University head coach
2019: Detroit Lions special teams coordinator
What you should know about him:
• NFC team personnel voted him NFC North Special Teams Coach of the Year via The Athletic.
• His punt and kickoff coverage units were sound last year: The Lions held opponents to only 4.5 yards per punt return in 2019 with zero touchdowns as Detroit, good for the second best punt coverage unit in football. The league punting average was 7.6 yards per return this past season.


By enlarge they look like decent hires. Let's face it, Fassel was popular but his unit had breakdowns, basically they lacked consistent discipline. ST's need discipline not flash.

Staley has experience in the 3-4 hybrid system and was with the Bears staff when their defense was kicking butt all year. Hopefully he learned from that experience. On paper he looks like a decent hire.

O'Connell is a dark horse type of hire. His resume isn't what you might want in a high profile market. But some of the comments about him are similar to what was being said about McVay before he was hired in terms of his offensive mind.

Also, Thomas Brown hiring as RB coach is an upgrade IMO.

So, no interest in Mariota? He's 26 and a west coast guy. He took a lot of sacks in Tennessee but actually has good speed. He is at least serviceable if the price is right.

Memento said:

Would take Goff over Burrow in a heartbeat. Goff improved every year in college; Burrow has been good only one year.

Goff is a twenty-five-year-old QB who has played three starting years in the NFL; Burrow is twenty-three and has not played a down in the NFL yet.

While Burrow is a solid QB - and if he goes to Cincy, they'll be lucky to have him - I would not hesitate to take Goff over him.

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Goff never had a year like Burrow in college and against mostly inferior talent compared to what Burrow faces in the SEC.

Burrow ran the spread last year but has had experience with a Pro Style offense already unlike Goff in college who had just the Bear-raid offense.

As far as comparing the two as prospects in my mind it's not even close, I'd take Burrow and his rookie contract. I'd love to see Snead trade to obtain that pick but tbh it seems highly likely for it to happen.

I feel very bad Burrow, Cincy outside of the Chargers might be 2 of the worst teams to play for in regards to will to win.

I'm not totally down on Goff, I just don't see us having major success with him long term. It's going to be similar to how it was with Bulger.

Merlin said:

I would too, with zero hesitation. That said, I do think we can win it all and even be a perennial contender with Goff.

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I hope your right man, from what I've seen last season in particular it's really made me change my tune about him.

Last year they had the Eagles over and under at 9 games early on. I thought for sure that it was an easy bet to win to take the over. Joking with Eagle fans I said might bet some real money. Well, glad I didn't. I think it went up to 9.5 wins. Eagles only won 9 games. Vegas knows what they are doing.

Let's see how the offseason goes. Right now 8.5 seems reasonable for the Rams but, I hope they are wrong.

Riverumbbq said:

He's grown a couple inches, made a few other 'minor' alterations, and now calls himself Kendall Blanton ?

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As long as he still blocks like he's a dude named Madison.

Riverumbbq said:

Yes, that's basically what my post alludes to, although I don't believe we necessarily must have an elite OL to successfully accomplish 11 personnel, but we must find additional time for Goff to get set for his throwing downfield as well as find better success in our running game. 2020 won't be one or another, it will likely be a slightly increased mix, and an improved OL will get all our best offensive players back on track.
jmo.

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And really goff needs to be better. I like him and hes had some amazing games but an interesting and telling metric is that the total passes he attempted last season should have yielded a 66% completion rate based on many factors such as how open was the receiver, the distance of the pass, defensive pressure, etc, yet his completion rate was 62% on these attempts.

I know a 4% differential seems low but the only 2 qbs with a worse drop were rookies minchue and haskins. So, not good. Goff can be great but he also needs more consistancy.

So this guy is a bit of a sleeper who fits us, although with this year's class I'm not sure there's such a thing as a sleeper, seems like a ton of guys who could go in a wide range come the draft. I see him as a guy who slots right into the competition at OLB.

Alex Highsmith, Charlotte

Strengths: strong edge setter vs the run, dangerous in pass rush has some power to him, lot of sacks

Weaknesses: has a lot of room to improve in technique, lot of sacks were vs lower level of competition

Highsmith vs Clemson
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Q729 said:

Or are we talking stuff like White Claw?

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Even Worse...lol!

As others have stated, depends on improved pass protection from our OL.

I hope to see Nsimba Webster displace JoJo Natson as our primary returner and open another roster spot. Webster can also fly and it would be interesting to see him getting a few of Cooks' snaps next season as a potential prelude to Cooks becoming a 2021 CAP casualty which would open some much needed CAP space.

I never have a prob with mocks that roll the dice a bit because if you're a GM in this league you're gonna have to roll the dice somewhere. It's inevitable. And LT in particular is a cornerstone position where you don't want to roll the dice but teams do just that because there aren't enough of those dancing bear types to go around. So I'm ok with the Rams parting ways with Whit as long as they take a project type to compete and get in that LT pipeline.

Your picks are on point. Addressing Edge, dev LT (don't see any OT starting blindside as a rook for us), and C right at the top would be excellent and quality is great.

All that aside at this point and just looking at the Centers I feel like Ruiz & Cushenberry are the "early" guys, for us the "take them at 52 if they're there" types. The others when I consider taking them at 52 I see the quality at other positions that will be there and just can't do it.

Biadasz & Hennessy for me are the "drop down and take them" types. I'd say round 3 even for that matter but if the Rams love them (which is likely given both being smart technician types) I suspect a drop down then taking them is the way to go.

Some of the same names wrt fit in Biadasz, Perrine, and Adenji but there are some guys in there that seem off in their draft spot.

Guys like Logan Wilson for example you don't need to take so early unless you're convinced he's not just a two down type. But I'm not sure he's more than that.

Also I really like Perine so maybe that's why I see him going a bit earlier than that but I'd be very happy with him there.

And Adenjii at 235? He's a project but man that seems late for him.

Another guilty pleasure of mine.

Hahaha

Watching a RB's blockers still working their assignments for a couple of seconds after AD tackled their guy 3 yards behind the LOS. I love that shit!!!

jrry32 said:

I'm disappointed Rath is going. I think he did a good job here.

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I concur, but sometimes it's best that parties move on and I believe the trial had something to do with this.

Now you probably have a much better understanding about what went down, but overall maybe it was best for Rath and his family to move to a new town and to make new friends as the group they hung around was where the issue happened.

LoyalRam said:

I wish the Houston team were actually called the Oilers. I rooted for the when I lived in Houston metro in the late 70's. Never before my Rams, but I loved Earl Campbell

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It's close tho.

Sadly I was right about the Whiners.
I learn from a book

I have to think they go get a QB. I don't care how good Rogers is, he's an entitled asswipe that I'd be looking to replace as soon as possible so he can go pad his career numbers elsewhere in the regular season.

The WCO they run up there now, like our own offense, does not require a great QB. Just get a guy who can play smart and distribute the ball, build a strong and complementary run game and defense and compete every year.