LesBaker said:

@Elmgrovegnome I'm torn about punishing a school for things individuals did. Sanctions don't change the punishment that should be handed out to the people who committed the crimes.

It's not helping anything or anyone by punishing the school. The individuals who do these things and the individuals who cover them up should do life in jail. Even the death penalty for Nassar is acceptable to me.

But punishing the school hurts innocent students, that makes little sense to me.

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I don't either. Every PSU fan I know was angry about the sanctions and even angrier that the PSU board proposed them. The board overreacted out of self defense. The were worried it would get out that some of them were in the know about Sandusky's deeds. Either way they took responsibility. Many MSU officials are still in denial.

Now I agree that sanctioning any school for the misdeeds of a few is absurdly unjust. Why punish the fans? Why punish players and coaches that had nothing to do with it? It makes no sense, yet many wanted PSU football wiped from the planet. I couldn't understand it. As an alumni and can I was expected to be ashamed, even though I never did anything wrong. Idiots asked me which college team I would root for now. It was bad. People would tell me that I just didn't get it. They were wrong. They didn't get it. I think as time passed they did though.

MAN I hate them CHEATERS, THEY GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO THEM

Merlin said:

My concern with the OL is that you can't pay all of them; at least 2 or 3 need to be young up and comers with club control. As it stands right now...

Whit - PAID
Saff - PAID, and gonna be PAID next year
Sully - FA so gonna be PAID even if it's not big money
Brown - gonna be PAID in 2019 season
Hav - gonna be PAID in 2019 season

It's a helluva puzzle. I guarantee we won't enter 2019 with all five being paid. So some draft capital has to be spent at the very least mid to late rounds in this draft, and I would guess they pay a future piece or two now knowing some of the others will drop off the cap radar down the road.

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I would think that a good amount of draft assets will be utilized to beef up a very weak in Talent & Skill & in overall numbers in the OL reserve cadre. The only viable OL reserve is Austin Blythe. We know that RFA Darrell Williams is a one post OL'er {OLT} & he has no future as a starter here which makes him close to worthless in the overall plan.

Rams will have six last day draft selections available to do what needs to be done. I would look for @ least 2 OT's to be drafted maybe 3. Snead has already let that be known. If 2 of the 4 current starters bolt for bigger $$$ they (Snead/McVay) will just have to keep drafting OL'ers in the coming drafts. But I would almost guarantee that a non Ram veteran starting UFA OL'er will enter the picture @ some point. Goff can not function behind a poor OL so all those expensive contracted offensive play toys will be useless without a highly functioning OL.

If a guy can take 2 steps at the 5 yd line, jump in the air, cross the plane and it still not be a catch, we just need to tear up the rule book and start over.
I was shocked the first td stood but I thought Collinsworth was out of his mind on the 2nd.

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Made that today. Turned out pretty good.

Ramhusker said:

Mr Dave Meador says he is joining ROD today! I told him about all you guys getting a little long in the tooth that remember watching his Dad play. Get your memories of a great Ram of the past out, dust them off and share.

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Wow. That's really cool! I'm one of the younger gen, so I never got to see his dad play, but I'm not going to say, "no" to a Ram entering the Hall.

RamFan503 said:

BTW - anyone have concerns about Payne being a bit of a head case? I don’t even know why but I get a me first vibe from him. I fear he will not be as willing to put in the work and rely on his hype.

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Personally, I do not. He plays with great effort for a man his size, he already shows awareness that you expect from NFL DTs, and his hand usage is advanced for a college NT. He seems like a kid who works quite hard to me. But you never know.

It's the Horns' 'gate that would have really damaged the general public's perception of the NFL if it came out because the league itself was involved.

CGI_Ram said:

Not a bad guy to hang around at the 2018 Award Show...

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As Cameron Jordan would say. Go Bears

Riverumbbq said:

Didn't own, but got to drive one for about a week and a half back in 1969. A friend of the family needed a place to park his car while on vacation and said it was OK for me to drive and handed off the keys. I was only 17 at the time and still living at home. One day my mom went outside to water the lawn and came back in and started yelling at me for damaging the car, there was a dent about 3/4's of an inch wide and a 1/2" inch deep roughly 1 inch above the windshield and directly in the middle. I told her I didn't know anything about it and can't recall what she paid to have it fixed at the local body shop (bondo & matching paint color). She said i'd have to pay for it and there would be no argument ... until the guy returned from his trip and told us the dent had been there for quite some time since gravel from a truck hit him at high speed. :eek: So the unplanned rent for the car ended up being a tiny repaired dent. Besides this unpleasant episode for me, I loved the car, it was a nice ride and handled great. It looked kind of like this, but I believe a little bit darker shade of blue :

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One of my best friends still owns his Dodge Dart Swinger that he had in high school

man that thing was fast

sadly though , it now just sits out in his barn with a blown engine in disrepair

had alot of fun times in that car though

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NateDawg122 said:

Sony Michel isn't the 10th best RB... He's the closest thing you'll see to Alvin Kamara in this Draft and some team is going to get a stud running back with him.

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Be quiet please, like to see the Rams get a little Sony Michel.

OldSchool said:

Started out a priority free agent. Then he had a good week of practice at the Senior Bowl and moved up to 5th or 6th rounder. Then he had the best game of the QB's at the game and move up to?? Going to be interesting watching how he does at the combine and workouts.

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4-6 round with a good combine....I would not mind him in the 5th, if McVay really likes him. Again the question is, how much does McVay like Brandon Allen? Allen IMO, had worked with Greg Olson so I have a feeling they claimed him based on Olson's suggestion. If the Rams like Allen, I don't see them drafting somebody late, however, if McVay likes someone else, the Rams could draft one.

Quarterbacks are like pitchers, you can never have too many and some you can trade them for draft choices, something the damn Patriots have done well with, except on their last transaction.

The Mike Thomas block/Blake Countess scoop was my favorite. I love the energy and passion these guys have, even though I can't understand anything they say.

Los Angeles Rams Mobile: Gurley Named FedEx Ground Player of the Year http://yi.nzc.am/2gIen

Rams running back Todd Gurley had a tremendous season under first year head coach Sean McVay in 2017. And after leading the league in yards from scrimmage, total touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns, Gurley has been named the FedEx Ground Player of the Year.

The annual award - along with the FedEx Air Player of the Year given to Eagles' quarterback Carson Wentz - is representative of a culmination of weekly awards presented by FedEx throughout the NFL season. Each gives football fans the ability to honor standout quarterback and running back performances each week.

Gurley won the Player of the Week designation several times this season, including two back-to-back honors in Weeks 15 and 16. During the regular season, Gurley amassed 2,093 yards from scrimmage and 19 total touchdowns - earning both a Pro-Bowl nod and All-Pro honors.

The Georgia product also set career-highs in rushing yards (1,305), and touchdowns (13). Plus, he is just the third player in NFL history to have recorded at least 2,000 scrimmage yards, 10 rushing touchdowns, and more than five touchdown catches in a single season.

Gurley also has the chance to win even more awards, such as the NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, at the NFL Honors show on Saturday night. The awards presentation airs on NBC at 9 p.m. PT.

Same as the Brady-thumb...hope to lower everyone's expectations....and sneak up on the enemy.

Great thread. Most of the stuff that got to me has already been posted. Trilogy of terror was another one that phucked me up pretty good, as was The Amityville Horror. Prince of Darkness was pretty good too. David Lynch flicks have a way of getting into my psyche and staying there past their welcome. Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me was a super mind effer for me back in the day....heres a fun lil scene with the late David Bowie making a cameo...

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LARAMSinFeb. said:

There's a reddit thread claiming the NFL might try to force the Chargers back to SD.

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Ya i think I heard that a few months ago on siriusxm

-X- said:

There are times when I'd elect that option.
"Wanna go to the mall with me?!"
"........."

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"since you're staying home..."*slides honey-do list before X and then heads for door..."After shopping, me and girls are heading for a male dancing revue...They call it Chippendales?"
~X's wife.

So was it the Nerd's Nest or Les Snead that was responsible for Greg Robinson ?
I'm gonna guess Snead went rogue on that one.

I may have to backtrack on my promise not to watch this shytestorm of a game. My wife wants to watch it so it may be background noise as i play Sudoku...

This is nothing like the redskins situation, those guys split carries and that will not happen here . We have a legit number 1 running back , probably the best in the leauge.

Should be able to find a backup in free agency , there is always smaller quick guys available. I would love to see tavon come back but seems like his days are numbered. Either way I trust Mcvay!

Also seen an Adrian Peterson possibiliy in an article , that would be ok with me as well lol
He played decent on the cards last year

tklongball said:

Your first paragraph is kind of making my point. Allow these ADULTS to decide for themselves if they want to take the job. Every job has risks, and that is part of what helps us decide to take the job or not. Is the pay worth the job in total (including risks). The CTE problem, as you point out, is that they hid what they knew. I am saying the opposite, make sure they all understand.

I am just telling you what I would like to see. You have a different take on it great. You think my idea is TERRIBLE, so be it, I am just telling you what I would like to see, and one way they could do it. The players are gladiators. They sacrifice their bodies (Not just their heads) every time they walk out on the field. They get paid handsomely to do it.

Your last paragraph is a touch over the top. "almost literally be the worst idea (short of allowing sharpened metal spike on the shoulder pads)", WOW, that is an extreme take on it, but whatever. I bet you a large percentage of the people on this forum would love to see a football league where they are allowed to hit like they used to. In fact, that is one of the biggest complaints about the modern game/rules (That and the length/# of commercial breaks).

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I think that would work right up until the moment somebody dies on the field. It won't matter how many classes you gave on CTE, or how many waivers you made the players sign, having somebody die in front of a live TV audience would be the death-knell, no pun intended, not just of the XFL, but possibly football as well. I get that people have already died playing this sport, but not in front of the crowds the XFL is hoping to get. Coming right out and saying "we don't care about the safety issues, the players know the risks?" And then having somebody pay the ultimate price, right there on TV and forever on YouTube?

Yeah, I don't see that flying to well with Mom & Pop America.