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Yankee Swaps

Selassie I
The Swap sounds like it takes some time... I bet it's fun when the gifts are cool like that.

We did the normal Secret Santa at work yesterday. I gave a Yeti Rambler to my guy as a secret gift. I received a bunch of dog toys and a pooper scooper (we have a new pup) from my Santa.
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Rams O-Line of the Week

Angry Ram
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...f-the-week-rams-humiliate-seahawks-in-seattle

In today's fantasy-obsessed football world, it's easy to overlook the contributions of one position group: offensive line. Well, NFL Network analyst and former Pro Bowl center Shaun O'Hara is here to fix that. Following each batch of games, O'Hara will revisit the O-line performances of all the teams that played and ultimately select that week's top five units, headlined by a Built Ford Tough Offensive Line of the Week.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The rankings that you see below reflect O'Hara's pecking order for Week 15 and Week 15 alone. This is NOT a running O-line Power Rankings for 2017. This is NOT a projection into the future. The goal of this weekly column is to answer one simple question: Which five offensive lines stood out above the rest in last week's action?

Without further ado, the Week 15 winner is ...

1) Los Angeles Rams


In a highly anticipated showdown between the Rams and Seahawks for control of the NFC West, Los Angeles absolutely lambasted the team that's taken three of the past four division titles. Exacting revenge for the narrow Week 5 home loss to the 'Hawks, Sean McVay's team put it on Seattle, jumping out to a 34-zip lead by halftime before eventually prevailing 42-7.

Yes, the Seahawks are depleted right now -- especially on the defensive side of the ball, with no Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, K.J. Wright or Cliff Avril -- but this is still a proud program that doesn't lay down for anyone, especially at home in front of the rabid 12s. The Rams were just too much, though, and their offensive onslaught revolved around absolute domination in the ground game. L.A.'s offensive line, which Pro Football Focus rated as the second-best run-blocking unit in Week 15, repeatedly blew open holes to the tune of 244 rushing yards -- the most Seattle has allowed since 2010. Left guard Rodger Saffold has been a road grader in the run game all season -- and that continued Sunday -- while center John Sullivan has proven to be a brilliant free-agent signing. The biggest beneficiary of Los Angeles' trench control? Todd Gurley, who gained 14 yards on his first carry of the game and didn't slow down after that. Gurley wound up with three rushing touchdowns (as well as a receiving score), racking up 152 ground yards on 21 carries. That's a robust 7.2 yards per carry -- and the highest single-game rushing total a running back has recorded against Seattle in three years. Don't forget that the Seahawks held Gurley to 43 yards on 14 carries (3.1 ypc) back in October. This time around, Gurley had 144 yards at the half.

With L.A. gaining chunks of yards in the run game, the Rams didn't really need to take to the air much. But it should be mentioned that the offensive line -- particularly bookend blockers Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein -- did an admirable job protecting the franchise quarterback in such a hostile environment. While Los Angeles did give up a pair of sacks, the line didn't otherwise allow Jared Goff to get touched. This is quite an achievement, given how difficult it is to operate as an offensive lineman with extreme crowd noise. The silent count really benefits D-linemen, as evidenced by Frank Clark's second-quarter sack, when he just beat Whitworth with a great get-off.

The Rams' prolific effort on the ground also allowed them to completely control time of possession, 36:46 to 23:14. That's an advantage of 13-plus minutes. In other words, L.A. had the ball for nearly a full quarter more than Seattle. Unbelievable.

No wonder the Rams are an impressive 6-1 on the road this season ... Two things are portable in this league: run game and defense. Both showed up to CenturyLink Field in a big way on Sunday.
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I'm proclaiming the 2017 Rams O-Line to be henceforth known as THE SHIELD.

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Troy Hill

BonifayRam
Wade now has lost two starters in his secondary, Safety Cody Davis was starting when he went down to injury and to the IR now CB Webster. Rookie JJ III stepped in for Davis, now Hill for KW.

Wade has had injuries popping up in his LBing too. Bar win missed a number of games with a knee and broken arm. Then the elbow injury to Tree that cost him a game and has decreased his effectiveness. Now Barron who had knee ssues in TC and all of pre season and he missed most all of the Seatle gm. Even Quinn missed a game.

One unit doing good is the DL. Other than the loss of a possible starting DL Dom Easley things are holding up well at the moment thus lowering Wade injury concerns.

Hate it that our two star ISLBers are not a full health but we do have Hager and Littleton behind them. The secondary would be in trouble if they go down deeper into the backups. Give Snead credit here for hiring a good coaching staff.
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The power of McVay showcased in chart form

wolfdogg
andre said:
Not being a downer at all. It is spectacular what has been done by McVay. But this specific analytic, by definition, only looks at change versus last year's numbers. A blind chimp with type two diabetes could have beaten those numbers.

So I am not saying McVay isn't awesome. My chubby for him is no smaller than yours. I'm just saying that this chart itself only tells us about the difference between this year and an historically brutal season.
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The Debbie downer thing is just some good natured ribbing but you're missing the point and the chart does way more than show the rams personal improvement. Yes their percentage gains of self improvement from last year to this year are amazing because of how bad they were last season. As we notice, they have the best improvement percentage increase in all 3 stats. However, throw that out for a second and just focus on the other columns. The fact that they climbed so high in these same 3 categories based on league rankings of these stats is very impressive. For instance is it better that they have the greatest improvement percentage in score rate per drive which is saying how the rams did this year compared to last year, or is it better that in this same category, they went from worst to 2nd best in the league.
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SuperBowl odds. December 19th 2017.

DaveFan'51
bluecoconuts said:
Vikings should be the favorites, I think they're the best/most complete team in the NFL. Their only limitation would be Keenum, but he's good enough to win while the defense does a lot of the heavy lifting, similar to what we saw with the Ravens all those years ago.

I think the biggest threat to the Vikings are the Saints (been there before) and the Rams (Sean McVay doesn't seem like the type of coach to lose twice to the same team in one year). Maybe the Eagles, Nick Foles is good enough and that team is good enough, but I think against better defenses, it'll be harder for them.

I think the NFC should be able to take any team from the AFC.
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I agree completely. And I would be Totally Shocked if any AFC Team Won this years Super Bowl!! JMHO!
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Let’s take a look at some defensive rankings that may surprise you

Adi
Great stats , I think the offense being so great has helped out tremendously.

Teams are running against us and trying to control the clock . But they can't keep it up because our offense scores points. We have given up alot of rushing yards in first halfs but only the skins and eagles could keep running it .

We have had a top defense on paper for the last 3 years , what was missing was a leader like Wade . I don't see many guys running open in the secondary, everyone is on the same page and it keeps getting better .
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Thank you Mr. Fisher

Rmfnlt
Oregonram said:
Going all out( and paying and paying a personal price) to draft Jared Goff
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I think there is at least some wiggle room when it's said he went "all out". I've read various acocunts (all speculation) as to how much, if any, Fisher wanted Goff.


Riverumbbq said:
sometimes seemed over protective of guys who hadn't been producing in awhile.
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Corbin said:
His downfall was his pride. He ONLY wanted to do it his way
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TexasRam said:
But Mcvay brings more than just great offensive strategy, it’s the self correction and humility, accountability of all coaches and players and how they can all work to get better each game.
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This last quote... Yes... and this is why Fisher gets little credit from me.
It's like an accounting thing:
+ Credit: Some good draft picks
- Debit: Waste of at least three years failing with a roster that should have/could have made the playoffs
To me, the debit outweighs the credit here.
Proof? What McVay and Phillips have done... granted a few new pieces were brought in this year... but that's another thing Fisher swung and missed on - free agency.

Rams43 said:
Snead should be getting the lions share of the credit, especially after the 3rd round and the UDFA’s.
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Varg6 said:
I can’t help but think Les Snead is a significant part as to why we have those players.
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Corbin said:
Snead and Demoff had a hand in it
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So Ram said:
.Johnny Hekker was all Snead !!
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So Ram said:
It was Also Mainly Snead who went with Greg the Leg.
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Jacobarch said:
We don't actually know if the draft picks was Snead or Fisher. We can sit here and speculate all day but we're completely in the dark when it comes to draft and FA picks in the FO.
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This last quote... agree. Fact is... none of us really know who was the deciding vote or lobbied for one player or the other. So, Fisher doesn't get credit... he might get partial credit. BTW... I've had it said to me over the years... "how hard is it really to draft first rounders?"

sjm1582002 said:
At the time of his hire Fisher was widely viewed as the best candidate available, by far.
I concurred with that assessment and I bet nearly everyone on here did, too.
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All I can tell you is that I, for one (and one of the very few) did not like the hire. I've mentioned it before... I checked his record (not impressive) , I checked what TENN fans had to say (mostly negative on him) and I remembered the character flaws he displayed after the Rams beat him in the Super Bowl.
Nope, I didn't want him... from day one.
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Will this team be GSOT 2.0?

Karate61
2017 Rams are not the GSOT, but damn I'm almost enjoying this season just as much as '99. So many good stories this year; Baby McVay unleashing, Goff, etc., etc., etc.

Man, it's been tough being a long time Rams fan with many down years, but the up years...they're really way, way up! Rams don't seem to like mediocrity. They either suck or kill it. I'll take it that way!
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