Mackeyser said:

It's not the cold, it's the defense.

Denver's pass rush is under appreciated as is Detroit's.

Detroit didn't beat New England because Matt Patricia knew all of the plays in advance. He knew how to attack Brady in a way as to make him extremely uncomfortable. He doesn't like to get moved off of his spot.

McVay will learn that the best way to stunt a pass rush is to establish the running game.

Honestly, the best way to do that is start out with play action since typically, defenses are going to want to stuff the run early.

then continue play action until they soften up. If they don't just keep doing it. Once they soften up, the ram it down their throats and then keep them guessing.

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LesBaker said:

Wrong thread Mac, this is the punt thread HAHAHA. Gotcha!!! :neener:

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AllGasNoBrakes said:

It’s not luck, it’s coaching. Funny what a good teacher and a little continuity can do for a line!

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Steve808 said:

I was watching the Cheatriots and Vikings game and that term GOAT came up. I told a buddy of mine that it's BS. I want to see Brady play when DBs could mug the receivers and D linemen could body slam the QB when sacking them. If he could be that successful under those conditions, I might agree. Instead we have rules made to protect guys like him and rule added in (after the Rams got robbed of SB 36) that you can't grab receivers after 5 years past the line of scrimmage.

We also have double standards where some QBs get hammered and nothing but someone breathes on Brady and the field is littered with yellow flags. He is a great QB but he's not GOAT in my book.

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dieterbrock said:

"The Saints can rot in HE.LL"

Signed-
Anonymous Az

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FrantikRam said:

Yes because nothing can go wrong when you just hand it off. Oh wait..

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Obviously it worked out and we won. But Todd made the wrong choice, period. It's simple: scoring a TD is the best option on every play with only one exception: if you can waste all the remaining time and prevent the other team from getting the ball (i.e. kneel). That was not the case.

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T-REX said:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...rade-for-sean-mcvay-to-replace-mike-mccarthy/

Everybody wants to figure out just who could take over as Green Bay Packers head coach after more than a decade of Mike McCarthy running the show.

Former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn has an outside-the-box idea: Sean McVay.

Familiar coordinators like Josh McDaniels and Vic Fangio make sense as potential Green Bay targets beyond 2018, CBS Sports' Will Brinson noted on Tuesday's edition of the Pick Six Podcast. But McVay, who's busy guiding the 11-1 Los Angeles Rams toward his second-straight playoff appearance, makes even more sense as a potential McCarthy replacement, according to Quinn, even if he's still under contract on the West Coast.

Alluding to speculation from oddsmakers who've recently included McVay's name in wagers on head coach vacancies around the NFL, Quinn acknowledged that Green Bay would have to trade for the Rams coach since he's still under contract. But that doesn't mean the fit isn't there. (Stream Falcons-Packers and all of Sunday's games on fuboTV, try it for free, and stream the CBS games on CBS All Access.)

"I just think, for starters, if you're the Packers, why not take a chance?" he said. "You shoot for the stars, right? And for the Rams, like, who knows? Maybe he's satisfied, maybe he's not."

McVay, of course, is only in his second season with the Rams, who he took to the playoffs as a rookie head coach in 2017. The 32-year-old Coach of the Year winner would make for perhaps the most promising of any potential head coach hire in Green Bay, however, were he to become available. Catch the McVay speculation in its entirety, plus more Packers coaching talk, a review of Monday's Philadelphia Eagles win and a look at Carolina Panthersrumors on the Pick Six Podcast:

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BonifayRam said:

Fowler had 5 tackles & a sack last Sunday. Ebukam came back to his normal self after the KC game with two solo tackles. I can begin to feel & see the improvement from the LA Rams Edge Rushers (Ebukam/Fowler) going into week #14 can anyone else?

Now let see what we can do to get improvement from the weakside ILB post.

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tempests said:

The Avengers have a Hulk.

Rams have a Aaron Donald.

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RamFan503 said:

Great show.

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• CHICAGO OFFENSE: It's looking like Mitchell Trubisky will return from his two-game absence. He's back at just the right time, too, as Chase Daniel would've been a sitting duck in the backfield with Aaron Donald rushing in the interior. Donald has been a monster this season, logging 16.5 sacks. He single-handedly disrupted some drives against the Lions, and he'll win in the interior in this contest. The Bears have a good offensive line, but no one can block Donald right now.
  
  That's why it's important for the Bears to have Trubisky available. Trubisky is an inconsistent passer, but his scrambling ability will be enormous in this contest. He'll be able to escape from some Donald sacks. If you look at some of the offenses that have had success against the Rams' defense, they've had quarterbacks who can move around. Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers have all generated a healthy point total against the Rams. Drew Brees did as well, but he's obviously on another plane of existence as far as NFL quarterbacks are concerned.

• 
  Trubisky should be able to buy himself some time to expose Marcus Peters or simply scramble for some nice gains. I also like Tarik Cohen's chances of having a big game, as the Rams' linebackers really struggle to cover. The Rams aren't great against the run either, so Cohen and Jordan Howard will help Trubisky stay out of long-yardage situations.
  
  LOS ANGELES OFFENSE: With apologies to the Ravens, the Bears have the best defense in the NFL. As with Donald, they have a tremendous interior presence in Akiem Hicks, who will make life difficult for Jared Goff. And then there's Khalil Mack, who will be able to win matchups against Andrew Whitworth. Goff is normally extremely well protected, so it'll be interesting to see what happens if he has defenders in his face for most of the evening.
  
  We also haven't seen the Rams play a full game without Cooper Kupp against a good defense yet. They were able to light up the Chiefs' poor stop unit, and they slogged through a sleepy game against the Lions' horrible defense, but the Bears will provide a completely different challenge. Chicago's secondary is excellent and will be able to slow down two dynamic threats. It'd be different if Goff had three potent receivers at his disposal, but that's no longer the case.
  
  Todd Gurley, of course, will be a tremendous threat out of the backfield, but the Bears have one of the best run defenses in the NFL. I think Gurley will have more success as a receiver out of the backfield, but he'll have trouble finding holes to move through on the ground.
  
  RECAP: The Rams should not be three-point road favorites in this matchup. They haven't had a tough battle as visitors yet except for the New Orleans and Seattle games. They lost to the Saints and eked out a two-point victory against the Seahawks. Their next-toughest road tilt was at Denver, which was decided by three points. The Bears are much better than the Seahawks and Broncos.
  
  I'd be higher on the Bears than I am now if I were completely sure that Trubisky were 100 percent. I think he will be, and that's automatically putting me on Chicago for two units. I may increase my wager depending on what I hear about Trubisky as the week progresses, but all indications thus far are that he's fine.
  
  The Psychology. Edge: None.
  No edge found.
  
  The Vegas. Edge: Bears.
  
  
  A good chunk of the action is on the Rams.

• Percentage of money on Los Angeles: 67% (1,000 bets)
  
  The Trends. Edge: None.

• Opening Line: Rams -3.5.

• Opening Total: 54.

• Weather:
  
  Week 14 NFL Pick: Bears 30, Rams 27
  Bears +3 (2-4 Units)
  Over 52.5 (0 Units)

Prime Time said:

Speaking of the 4th quarter this is how many points our defense has allowed.

vs Raiders 0
vs Cardinals 0
vs Chargers 3
vs Vikings 3
vs Seahawks 0
vs Broncos 10
vs 49ers 0
vs Packers 7
vs Saints 10
vs Seahawks 10
vs Chiefs 21
vs Lions 3

Our defense gives up an average of 5.5 points in the 4th quarter. Throwing out the Chiefs game which to me is an outlier, that leaves us an average of 4 points given up in the 4th quarter. Talk about tightening up.

One point of concern is that most of those 4th quarter points came in 3 of our last 4 games.

As far as the last 4 games is concerned, sure anything can happen but over these last 12 games we have seen either the offense, defense, or special teams have poor performances and then watch the other units bail them out. The Lions game is but one example of that. I would be surprised if that doesn't continue.

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