1maGoh said:

Has Todd Bowles been a good DC before? I know nothing of this man's career.

I also get most of my football news here, so if he was good, and you guys didn't say something... It's your fault I don't know about it.

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He was pretty good in Arizona.

Rainram said:

What are the odds the Panthers blow it enough and Rivera becomes available?

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Doubt it. Even if he does Ron has been pretty successful and would get a HC job easy.

Ram65 said:

Agree no use over doing it. I think you let him play the game as much as normal as possible though. Sometimes trying to avoid an injury makes an injury easier to happen. Detroit doesn't have much in the WRs available with Jones out and Tate traded. He should not to cover any TEs. Rest him when the game is in hand.

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PhillyRam said:

How about the 2017 draft class!

Reynolds, Ebukam, Everett, and Johnson all made huge plays.

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And to to think about Copper Kupp

LesBaker said:

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I suppose we could put Billy Joel in this mix..........but he's not a rocker like Seger.

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this was when i first got to know bob seagars songs was when i got this album,Its actually the only one of his i have.imy favorite song of his is STILL THE SAME,used to listen to that over and over and over all the time for several months when i first got that album back then in the early 80's. he was suppose to tour in my city recently,was so bummed out it got cancelled.

If Talib returns and his effect is as dramatic as I think it could be, this might become an epic beat down of the Lions.

Man - fucking Goff.
Seriously, thank you Les Snead, and you to, Jeff Fisher, for having the balls to go after him.
Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY (they can backtrack all they want, but all the pundits look like the idiots they are now), "mortgaged the franchise", "gave up way too much", "titans huge winners"... ad nauseum.

And that was before he played a game. Then he was put in on a clueless team, with dysfunctional coaching, and we all know the result.
We also all know what the conventional wisdom was, and they can all try to walk it back as much as possible, and/or deflect with the 'it's McVay", "he's a system QB", "great Oline", "Todd Gurley", "great receivers", and all the other bullshit narrative all they want, but as the saying goes, "the heart feels, but the eyes see true".

Am not an NBA fan at all, but know enough to know Kobe was known as the Black Mamba.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the White Mamba.

There's a path for Bortles to be a free agent soon. People remember the salary dump/trade of Brock Osweiler to the Browns?

Should the Raiders trade for QB Blake Bortles to gain a draft pick?
https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/20...de-for-qb-blake-bortles-to-gain-a-draft-pick/

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If how we’re playing and how I’m playing is trash, then I’m fine with being trash.

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-- Blake Bortles

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I’ve been saying that same exact thing about Suh for some time, the guy is an absolute bust for us. Not sure if he’s lost his drive, if it’s scheme, or hesitation bc of his one year deal but he just doesn’t show up enough to merit his pay; he’ll be gone next year for sure.

Hoping he’s saving himself for playoffs and laying off the pedal now, but I’m leary.

Nice, in the next few weeks this will be very useful.

Goff should be used to playing in the cold with him being from Nor cal. Not quite as cold as Chicago but he at least has experience playing in that type of weather. If it's windy tho...that's tough to play in.

LesBaker said:

Woods ran a 4.51 so you describe him here very well. His route running is excellent and he has great hands.

Not to mention he isn't afraid of the middle of the field which is a spot McVay likes to punish..........and Woods is a really good downfield blocker. This team hasn't had a good downfield blocker since Bailey and before that Bruce.

Two, but still the first year of work was excellent for sure.

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Good as the receivers are they would not be the same without Goff. Imagine our receiving corps with any number of other NFL qbs and you would not get the same result.

Ramrocket said:

Every time I open these Ref threads, I do so with one eye open just in case the name Boger appears.

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Or Vinoviche

Ummm....John Elway...

Did Gruden forget about his old protege Mcvay?

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Malibu said:

Rams
NO
Bears
Dallas 10-6 win division
Wash 9-7 wildcard (easiest last 5 games)
Seattle 9-7 wildcard
Panthers 9-7
Vikings - 8-7-1

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I would be surprised to see the Skins get in even with their sched being easier. Losing their QB like they did... Even those easy games become not easy.

I'm expecting Saints / Rams / Bears / Seahawks / Cowboys / Vikings in some order. And all three of those wildcard teams are capable of knocking off a division winner so don't really care who we draw. Rams just gotta show up and ball out on both sides of the ball and if they do they're fine.

Bro your not going to be saying that if someone goes down, our backups turn out to be poo and Goff is getting crushed because the guy is pulling a Ojanka style on us! lol

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I think it includes both no?

We should find out..........

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Nah, our WRs have 26 rushing attempts between them and adding in the tap passes and the jet sweeps that Gurley has done, that'd put us at about 35 jet sweeps as the chart says. I'd estimate that we do about 3 fake jet sweeps for every actual, but that's just a guess.

It's all just a means to keep the defense guessing and confused and another evolution of what Rob Boras started in 2015 with Tavon/Gurley and mysteriously discontinued. Boras was only scratching the surface and used it exclusively with the run game iirc. Which goes into another odd thing Fisher did in 2016, separating the passing game coordinator and run game coordinator. Stupid.

McVay has molded it into another facet of both the run game and play action passing game, another instrument to make every play look the same until it doesn't and by then it's too late for the defense.

fearsomefour said:

The difference between NFL players and the plumbers, CPAs, bartenders, teachers, deli workers, mechanics and every other profession in everyone's town is there are a very small number of people that can do the NFL job up to standard. The crime rates are actually less in the NFL (they should be, no surprise there). To single out one profession and say someone should not be able to earn a living based on accusation (at this point) is silly as hell and will always end up being hypocritical. No amount of grand standing (probably faux) moral outrage is going to change anything.

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When you look at his past history of legal problems and this new charge, I refer to the old saying where there is smoke there is fire. The profession I was in for 30 years, before retiring, would have let me go long ago after the first arrest.

I’ll say this. I can’t recall a Ram season with so many games that made me squirm so strongly and so often.

Sometimes it was the O that had me squirming, sometimes it was the D. And a sprinkling of ST plays folded in there, as well.

Exhausting, for sure. But loads of fun, too. Lol.

Ya know... if even half of the sportswriting was like that, the world would be a better place.

That was just outstanding storytelling.

TexasRam said:

I pounded the table for Goff coming out of college after watching both QB's college tape.

Goff was your ideal pocket passer with ridiculous accuracy throwing dimes all over the field.
Wentz was a more physical player that won by using his legs too much for my liking.

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When it was clear the Rams were going to draft one of these guys I started to watch more tape on both of them. The one thing that stood out the most to me was when the protection broke down and they had to scramble. Wentz was quick to just tuck it and run. It served him well as he picked up yards with that. Goff on the other hand, Always seemed to keep his eyes downfield looking for a receiver. He only ran if there wasn't an open receiver. That is what swayed me towards Goff.

In college you like those guys who can run and pick up first downs. Tebow was great as a college quarterback with that. But in the NFL you want guys who would extend the play and makes the play with his arm. Goff is that kind of quarterback.

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Thank you for taking pictures of all the victims.

Those photos were at least as important as the game played, if not significantly more.

The post in the OP backs up what the announcers in the game were saying that the crowd noise was as loud as he can ever remember it being in the LA coliseum.:yay:

The way the Rams spread the ball around so much I don't see any of their receivers breaking that one. Goff would have to throw for 700 yards. Maybe two can break it in one game? :grouphug: