AvengerRam said:

Which is completely irrelevant to any point I’ve made here.

Thanks for playing.

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Well, Soooory, Mr Crankypants.

Actually, on point #2, Shanahan might have wanted to try for Stafford, but the 9ers FO was grossly underbidding and was never really in the race... word was they offered 2 x 2nds and that's it... no Garrapolo.

that was the extent of what I was trying to add.

I'll get off your lawn now...

Elmgrovegnome said:

The NFL hired a company to make changes to GamePass so people couldn’t use VPNs to watch live. All the company did was fuck it up for me. It won’t even work the way it is supposed to on my TV.

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It still works for me using the VPN. I don't know why the NFL would seriously want to solve the problem. It's more money for them. I expect DirecTV gets angry, so I would just make it LOOK like I'm doing something while not trying to seriously stop people lol.

cvramsfan said:

RAMS 45
walking wounded 13

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You bastid! You stole my glory!

First off under the rules, Ramsey was not in anyone's face. No penalty. I agree it's shitty, but it isn't going to cause an altercation between players. That is the point of the rule. Second. The eagles player did more than stand over him although it is enough. He bumped helmets.
Again, knowing you can ruin your teams game should be enough to make sure you never look like your taunting. It's simple. A no brainer. The player was stupid and shouldn't be defended for his stupidity.

FaulkSF said:

@Elmgrovegnome that's awesome! Be very proud of that young man.

If you want to look at the replay of the fumble again, our high schools and I've heard even the serious teams in youth leagues use Hudl. Check out and see if your son's high school subscribes to a similar service, and if you can have access.

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We use Hudl also. That play was unfortunately at the end of the field furthest from our end zone camera. I couldn’t see it from the booth camera either.

But you gave me a good idea to check the opponents film.

That play hurt even more because they opponent as on their 12 yard line.

I have a couple of friends who are Seahawk fans. They felt Tre Flowers was a big reason their secondary has been playing poorly. I say hell no to picking him up.

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HE WITH HORNS said:

DELETE THIS THREAD RIGHT NOW!!!!

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WHY?

I give it away at the end of this short clip....


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Classic Rams said:

Playoffs 1975 growing up in Hawaii. 1976 has still been my favorite year, football was magical to me as a kid back then. Waking up to NFL Today, the early Super Bowls, collecting football cards and sports magazines, and checking out stats and pics in the sports pages. Hawaii got about 8 Ram games a year televised back then. Sometimes listened to the radio games.

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As I am a little older, I go back just a few years earlier.

However, I identify with everything you wrote ... with one exception. Growing-up in Hawaii.

That sounds great.

Not sure about a PC tune up but thanks to the advice I got in this thread (link follows), I'm still rocking with my 2nd hand laptop I got for under $150.

Steve808 said:

One Play Convinces Fans That Referees Love Tom Brady More Than Ever

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback led his team over the Philadelphia Eagles.

sports.yahoo.com

So now the refs even help Brady during a play physically?

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Unreal

Mojo Ram said:

Thread drift, my fault.

I'm stoked for a full day of football tomorrow. The girlfriend finally got a Sunday off and we're looking forward to it. Food, football and f***ing!

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I remember those days

Merlin said:

Hey it's Wagoner...

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I love this. I wandered over to the whiners nation website and it seems like many faithful are losing faith in Shanny. Shanny has a losing record and right now he's below water again. I don't think he's on the hot seat yet but I'd like to see him fired because some some reason that f*cktard seems to game plan well against the Rams.

Wow….you nervous Nellies almost had me concerned. AD is immortal, except when a Oompa Lumpa ass rolls on his rib cage!

Loyal said:

I understand. No drinking out of tin cans or sinking in one....

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Try a,

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Ramlock said:

I’m afraid they were released with #30

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Welp that's a double sad

I dislike the LA logo significantly less than when I first saw it. It's grown on me, not to the point I really like it or anything, but it's fine, I'd rock it.

The Rams head is still great, while my opinion that a little more detail would be nice hasn't changed, it's fine overall, and my preferred choice.

I love the uniform change over, I happen to be a fan of the more modern rounded numbers. I know some get upset that they look like "soccer" numbers, but that style is also similar to what we have for GAA numbers, and those games aren't soft at all, so it doesn't bother me. I prefer them over the grandma's ancient alarm clock style personally. The only thing I really dislike is the gradient and the signature stitch, and I don't notice them enough for them to bother me during the game, I just see them in photos and think "What's the point?"

So overall, I really like the rebrand. The modern throwbacks they brought this year was a major step in the right direction too, make those our full time aways please and thank you. If they removed the gradient on the normal jersey (which I believe they're considering based on some Demoff remarks) I think that'll make the jersey cleaner, and I assume the signature stitch is a longer shot to remove, but there's always hope.

I just like saying bone zone for the bone jerseys, so they're cool with me.

Just burn the fecking blueberry pants.

I would rather royal and yellow or the modern throwbacks for our normal home/aways and the bone zone for things like Thursday night games.

They have one more to role out, my guess is a yellow one. I also would love to see them add a bone helmet with blue horns for when they go full bone zone. Then get a Guns N' Roses cover band to sing "Welcome to the Bone Zone." when we enter the field.

Why NFL kicking isn't as bad as it seems this season: More volume, longer tries and closer games​

Here's what we know: There were more missed kicks in Week 5 of the NFL season than in any single week during the past 34 years.

Here's how that makes us feel: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Here's how it should make us feel: Eh.

NFL kicking improved steadily over the past two decades, despite the introduction of rules that make it more difficult. The long upward trend shouldn't allow one week, as shocking as it was, to overwrite years of performance.

In some cases, perceptions have been influenced by the timing of the trouble this season. There have been 11 misses that would have brought a team into a tie or moved it ahead during the final minute of the fourth quarter or in overtime. In other cases, it has been the volume. The Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals, for instance, combined to miss five field goals during the final three minutes of regulation and overtime. A sixth attempt, Mason Crosby's 49-yarder, finally won the game for the Packers.

So let's take a broader look to separate anecdote from trend and better understand what has happened so far this season.

Was it as bad as it looked in Week 5?

For the most part, yes. Kickers missed 14 field goals and 13 extra points. According to NFL Research, that total of 27 was the highest number of combined misses since Week 11 of the 1987 season.

But that gripping data point was driven largely by the extra-point misses. You don't have to go very far to find a worse week for field goals. In Week 5 of the 2019 season, for example, there were 17 missed field goals. In 2018, there were 16 in Week 5. And in both cases, those misses came on fewer attempts than they did this past weekend.

So what's going on with extra points?

We should avoid thinking too deeply about it at this point. (That's easy for most of us!)

In the first four weeks of the season, place-kickers converted 94.4% of their extra points. That's better than the 2020 and 2019 seasons, over the same time period, and right at the league average since the NFL moved extra points from the 2-yard line to the 15-yard line in 2015. We should wait to see if the Week 5 downturn continues before worrying too much.

What about field goals?

Kicking accuracy has been slightly below average during the same time period, beginning with the 2015 season. Through five weeks, 82.7% of field goal attempts have been converted. That's the second-lowest mark during the first five weeks of a season since the start of 2015, but not by much. The average between 2015 and 2020 was 83.6%, a difference of three additional converted kicks.

If you're looking for an explanation beyond that, you might want to consider the surge of long attempts this season.

What do you mean by "long attempts"?

Through the first five weeks of this season, coaches have sent kickers out to attempt 61 kicks from at least 50 yards, including six from at least 60 yards. That's eight more than the previous high since 2015 and 13 more than the pre-2021 average. The conversion rate has been a respectable 60.7%, but the higher volume has played a bigger role in bringing the overall average down than it usually does.

Come on. It seems like every important field goal is being missed.

There is no doubt we have seen a high number of missed field goals in clutch situations. In fact, there have been 17 such misses so far during the fourth quarter and overtime. But there have also been a substantially higher number of late-game attempts.

Here are the facts: Kickers have converted 88 of 105 such attempts for an 83.8% rate. That percentage is better than it was for similar kicks over the same time period in 2019, 2018 and 2015 and is, again, only slightly below the 84.5% average from 2015 to '20.

So this is an issue of volume?

In many ways, yes. And one reason there has been a surge in attempts, especially from long distances, is the high number of close games the NFL has produced this season.

Through five weeks, there have been more winning scores in the final minute of regulation or in overtime (19) than in any season on record. The total of eight overtime games through five weeks has tied a league record. Overall, 21 games have been decided by three points or fewer, tied for the third most in league history through five weeks.

It stands to reason that there will be more high-leverage field goal attempts when games are close late in regulation, and especially in overtime. If the overall conversion rate stays the same -- a not-unexpected outcome -- there will be more misses to go with the increased number of attempts.

Aren't there some kickers who can be relied on to rise above the average?

Of course. There are five full-time kickers who haven't missed a field goal or an extra point this season: The Kansas City Chiefs' Harrison Butker, the Chicago Bears' Cairo Santos, the Denver Broncos' Brandon McManus, the Atlanta Falcons' Younghoe Koo and the Cleveland Browns' Chase McLaughlin. That list doesn't include the Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker, who missed a 49-yarder against the Lions in Week 3 but made up for it with an NFL-record 66-yard kick to win the game on the final play. He's pretty good, too.

In total, 10 kickers have converted at least 90% of their field goal attempts, and 16 have been perfect on extra points.

You seem to be making a lot of excuses for these guys.

Really, this is just about providing a fuller context for what has happened this season. It's indisputable that there have been a bunch of high-profile misses. But they are coming in a season in which teams are playing more close games than usual, leading to a higher number of attempts. The actual conversion rates don't look much different than previous seasons.

So there's nothing to see here?

I wouldn't go that far. Weird things can happen in kicking. But to date, there are plenty of non-performance data points to drive this analysis.

shovelpass said:

Amazing end to a great trilogy

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Watch this entertaining recap, which is funny to me, by Chiseled Adonis

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Just to throw a curve ball.BTW Hated the strike call on Ball 4 to Bryant.

The Cardinals made an excellent run,so the trade with Colorado helped propel them against the Dodgers.The again it was Scherzer came out on top. - Rumor is the Angels want him on there staff in 2022. Whatever happens there the Dodgers are in a good position to win it all again.

Just to make this a Rams thread.I HATE the Dodgers,but Magic Johnson
is part of that Owernership group.

Magic was one of the first to get Season Tickets to SOFI.He looks better in the BOX SUITE than in a pull down seat.

Then to add if it wasn’t for Magic where would The Rams be ? Stan Kronke put in a BIG over to buy the Dodgers & stadium.

Just to add I knew then The Rams we’re coming back to LA because he bought the piece of property from his wife.I’m sure wink wink wink. I’ll stop
& just say I LOVE LA RAMS!!(Lakers) & Magic in the suite.Just a GREAT LA STORY.

Now let’s Beat NY!! Oh & the Beat LA chant is cool when the Giants are playing the Giants. Funny the Niners are in San Jose.

Great song.

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Recently acquired cb Dick Sherman was apparently hurt in the Monday nite win against the Eagles.
The fact that he didn’t have a job until recently said a lot about what teams thought Sherman being his old self. And how desperate were the Bucs to bring in a guy who couldn’t make it through one game before getting hurt again.