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I remember thinking it was a huge play at the time, but reflecting back, he was a hero.
The deep ball to Chase from Burrow was a thing of beauty. Great pass. Great catch. Reminded me of the first TD of the season for Stafford, when he hit Jefferson who fell down but GOT BACK UP AND WENT INTO THE ENDZONE. The safety slowed down and thought the play was over, and Jefferson juked him...
Chase also went down untouched and bounced back up. But Scott was there to put him back down. The drive ended in a FG. That play took 4 points of the board for the Bengals, who lost by 3.
I'm not one of the bigger posters on this site - I am not even close. But I am here every day, and have been for a couple of years now.
This is a FREE site to everyone. The Mods don't ask for money, even though I know they are out of pocket to keep this experience advertisement-free.
I am going to make a $20 dollar donation. I am going to challenge everyone else to make a donation now as well. It could be $20. It could be $5. The amount doesn't matter - let's just give to this site that has meant so much to us all during this run to a championship.
I live in London, Ontario Canada. I know one other Rams fan. Safe to say almost all of my excitement this year has come from this online community. I suspect that may be the case for many of us not living in LA.
So, thank you to the Mods and to all the knowledgeable posters. And even some of the less-knowledgeable ones like me. The site was an important part of my Rams Super Bowl experience this year.
Cheers and thank you all ... SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS BITCHES!!!!
OK elephant in the room. This caught me completely off guard, AD might walk away?!?!???????
I understand the possibility but how would that affect his legacy? He is great, a game wrecker and one of the best to ever play the game. But, don’t you walk to put together multiple SB wins???
Whatever else happens this off season the Rams absolutely must get AD back in the house.
Post some pics or vids from your Super Bowl Sunday. I say vids too in hopes that @VegasRam will post the vid he sent me after the game last night. I'd love to see the joy on everyone's faces.
Here's a shot before the game with me and all 3 of my sons. My one trader colt fan son wore a Ram SB sweater... but you'll notice his colt hat. I heard him tell one of his brothers after the game that he thinks he picked the wrong team years ago. That really added to my celebration. BTW... @VegasRam gave me that away Dickerson throwback years ago!
My wife snapped this before the game. Me and my 2 perfect sons.
After the game. I made the colt fan son take this LOL.
Another after the game shot with @Ramrasta and his wife.
Andrew Whitworth will probably retire. He deserves this amazing ending.
Eric Weddle has retired (again). What an amazing epilogue to a fantastic career.
Aaron Donald is thinking about retiring. I really hope he doesn't, but he's earned the right to decide.
OBJ may be facing a long rehab and has an uncertain future. I hope its with us, but I understand there are no guarantees.
Von Miller wants to stay, I believe, but he'll have other options. We'll see how that plays out.
Sean McVay seems like he's staying, but the pull of a TV career may tempt him in the next few years.
And then there's the other free agents: Sony Michel, Joe Noteboom, Austin Corbett, Brian Allen and Darious Williams. We almost certainly cannot keep all of them.
I'd love to have all of these guys back in 2022, but I know that's not going to happen. That's just how this game works.
Those who do leave... for health, less stress, family, or even money... there will be no ill will from me. You've given us the one thing we all want.
To those who wont wear the horns again, I'll use a Hebrew word that best encompasses how I feel: L'hitraot - see you later. For this team, there is no "good bye."
Obviously we need to find out about OBJ's injury, and I admittedly don't know how bad the salary cap situation is, particularly as it comes to the receivers. That said, both Woods and OBJ may be viewed as damaged goods, and not command as much $ as expected on the open market.
Tutu is waiting in the wings and will hopefully develop next year, but I was very disappointed in Van Jefferson's performance yesterday. It was the perfect situation for Van to mark his 'arrival' as a full-time, starting level receiver, and he just did not arise to the challenge/moment. Skowronek is an excellent ST player, but beyond that, I don't expect much from him as a receiver, and he did little to dispel that view during the playoffs. Again, I get a sense Van is going to develop into something beyond a nice 3rd receiver.
Hence, I'm hoping we might be able to pull of a three-headed monster next year, even if it's only one year.
Didn't get this photo until late.... but the critters were out yesterday rep'ing the colors!
This was a pre-game party somewhere in the Portland area....
The background story is that my wife/daughter started taking our 4-H llamas out for therapy visitations - basically visiting elder care facilities, retirement homes, birthday parties and visits to special needs adults and children. That led to creating a non-profit organization to facilitate this. It also led to dressing up the animals, so as to be more intriguing to people in retirement homes since they would be in different dress for various times of the year. It led to acquiring some alpaca's (masquerading as a Bengal) as well, as they area bit smaller and for some, more approachable.
As I mentioned before, I cant watch a Rams game with people who arent fans. Had 3 people here for the party but they left at halftime since 2 of them work 3rd shift. Midway thru the 3rd q I was well on my way to a good buzz, and people I know kept texting me asking if I was partying, and they came over. Some brought food, some brought booze, some brought mary jane. It turned into an epic house party that ended around 3 this morning.
Question: On the long touchdown pass to Tee Higgins, it looked like there could have been offensive pass interference. Just wondering what your crew saw and why that wasn’t called?
Torbert: “The crew did not see any contact that warranted pass interference. It was a contested catch, and the crew didn’t see any contact that rose to the level of pass interference.”
Question: So, both sides were going at it pretty good, so, no call?
Torbert: “Well, the crew didn’t see contact that rose to the level of offensive pass interference.”
Question: It looked on the replay as if Higgins had the facemask of Jalen Ramsey. Was an official not in a position to spot that?
Torbert: “Our rule is that if there is a grab and twist and turn, there’s enough for a foul. If there’s just a rake across the facemask, where there’s not a twist and turn even if there’s a grab, there is no foul. The officials did not see any contact that rose to the level of a foul for a 15-yard facemask.”
Like all of you I'm sure, yesterday was one of the greatest days of our lives as Rams fans. Winning in St Louis was great, but winning for LA was even better. It was along 2 weeks and yesterday was a day that I and we won't ever forget.
I became a Ram fan in 1967 watching the Packers vs Rams game as I have noted many times on this forum. Roman Gabriel has been my favorite Ram ever since. This year I was fortunate enough to attend the game in Lambeau as a bucket list item with my entire family, a total of 9 of us.
My oldest son is a huge Packer fan so he was happy as you would expect. The rough thing for me was we lost the game and my girlfriend and I were the only ones rooting for the Rams even though deep down I felt like she was puling for the Pack, which would be understandable as the stadium tour and their history would make it easy for anyone to want to root for them. What a great trip it was for all, including me and certainly for her 3 boys and my 4 kids. I wore my Roman Gabriel jersey and a ton of classy Packer fans came up to me truly appreciating the jersey and the history between the 2 teams.
It was a long 2 weeks leading up to the Super Bowl and yesterday as I was waiting and watching the 8 1/2 hours of pre game hype, I decided to get a workout in at home. At 2:30 edt I jumped on my lifecycle for 30 mins. Instead of continuing watching the pre game stuff, I popped on the 25 min highlight video of the game that made me a fan. What a great trip down memory lane for me and really brought it all home. Below is the link for anyone who remembers the Game of the week shows back then. Login to view embedded mediaView: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaITHwQPFpo
During the playoff run it has been seasonably cold here in Florida during the Rams playoff games, and I wore my Rams hoodie sweatshirt with all windows open to appreciate the cold weather and relive my days in NY of watching the Rams during the winter months and especially that wonderful game in 1967.
Yesterday I donned the Roman Gabriel jersey for the big game against my better judgement as we were 3-0 with me wearing the hoodie. 2 hours before the game I opened a bottle of red wine and spilled some on my white Gabriel jersey. I calmly threw it in the wash as I had 2 hours before kickoff and pulled on a Kurt Warner St Louis jersey thinking this could be an omen, but stayed with the Gabriel jersey for the game. Right after Higgins ripped Ramsey's face mask for the go ahead score I ripped off the Gabriel jersey and went back to the hoodie and the rest is history.
As the game ended I sent a group text to the other 8 who attended the Rams vs Packers game at Lambeau this year saying the following:
"I'm sure all thought you were witnessing the eventual Super Bowl Champs that day at Lambeau but little did you know. To the tune of that chant you were all doing that day in the stands: Go Rams Go".
Great trip, great day yesterday and great journey of being a Rams fan for me and for all the Rams faithful.
Anyone else notice that he hurt his shoulder early on in the game and played through it. You could see him grabbing his shoulder throughout the entire game and he still was giving it his all. What a warrior. Glad he got to win one.
i have followed this team for 20 plus years . Did what i could to see the rams games watvhing skecthy streams .. with so much lag ..sat on my computer on draft day cahtting to yall about who we were gonna draft in the first three rounds spending all day stuck t my computer ( and severley upsetting the wife now Ex into the bargain) and i didnt care because it was the Rams
we suffered torment and anger and finally resignation that we were the rams and we sucked.. linehan .spags .. the four pillars .. dusty mcgroty greg robinson joe klopfenstien ad nauseaum ty hill ..a plethora of bad bad bad QBS every team we played put a tick in the win colum before the game was played .. the great hope Sam Bradford ... burst onto the scene and brought us hope , and fizzled out like a teenagers hopes on a prom night
along comes jeff 7-9 bullshit Fisher and finally a return to respectibilty-ish .. we were a hard team to beat but was never going to win the big thing but made watching football fun and predictable at least
and the fast forward to last night game .. we did it ..the pinnacle . the world champs (and my first ever superbowl win as a fan of the rams ) and no one can ever take this away from us . its enough to make this grown ass man cry ...and i did
Well, we did it! We really fucking did it! We're Super Bowl champions! Now that the season's done, it's time for the offseason. Ready? Here it goes:
Cut: None.
(I can't think of any. I really can't. I think that Robinson will likely need to be restructured or something because of his contract - or traded - and I get that guys like Rapp and Henderson are likely not starting next year and could have trade value...but I can't really think of many cuts.
Re-sign:
Matthew Stafford
Odell Beckham Jr.
Joseph Noteboom
Sebastian Joseph-Day (one year)
Matt Gay (RFA, multi-year-deal)
Coleman Shelton (RFA)
Troy Reeder (RFA)
Travin Howard (ERFA)
John Wolford (ERFA)
(Stafford will likely have an extension to save us serious cash in the long run, Beckham is part of my plan in this mock. Noteboom takes over for Whitworth. The rest are either restricted or exclusive rights free agents.)
Release:
Von Miller
Darious Williams
Sony Michel
Austin Corbett
Brian Allen
Sebastian Joseph-Day
Johnny Mundt
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo
Donte Deayon
Buddy Howell
(Miller already said that he's entering free agency, and he's probably out of our price range. D-Will and SJD are bounceback candidates, but I can't see it with us. Michel could end up leaving for a starting gig. Corbett and Allen will likely price out of our cap range. Mundt has lost his job to Blanton and Hopkins. Okoronkwo, Deayon, and Howell are negligible losses.)
Free Agency: None.
(Honestly, I don't see us signing many free agents, if any, since we're up against the cap.)
TRADES:
Van Jefferson to the Detroit Lions for 2022 second round pick.
(Normally, I'd deal Woods or let OBJ go in free agency, but honestly, if we're signing OBJ for, say, a short-term deal, we're probably dealing Van because of Harris and Atwell maybe stepping up. Look, I don't have much faith in Atwell, but we drafted him in the second round and Harris - who will likely be a wide receiver - in the fourth, as well as Skowronek in the seventh. Either way, a wideout is expendable with this group.)
Darrell Henderson to the Houston Texans for 2022 sixth round pick (New York Jets).
(Henderson, despite being injured a lot, has probably upped his stock with this Super Bowl performance through the passing game. Houston is desperate for running back help; they have Scottie Phillips and Rex Burkhead left, while David Johnson and Royce Freeman shouldn't move the needle either And while I like Henderson, I won't hesitate to move him for a good pick; he's lost his job to Akers, and I guarantee we draft another running back or two this year anyway because of the injury issues all four of ours have - and because I don't see Michel re-upping with us when he can get a huge contract elsewhere.)
Taylor Rapp to the Dallas Cowboys for 2022 sixth round pick.
(The Cowboys are losing a shit ton of players in free agency this year, and while they'll probably go hard in free agency, I can't see them satisfied with their safeties. Rapp is cheap, has draft pedigree, and should be a solid player for them. In return, we get a nice pick for a player who won't - and shouldn't - start for us.)
Detroit Lions 2022 second round pick to the New York Jets for 2022 second round pick (Panthers) and 2022 fourth round pick (Seahags).
(The Jets jump up to get a falling inside linebacker, while we snag an extra fourth.)
New York Jets (Panthers) second round pick to Miami Dolphins for 2022 second round pick and 2022 third round pick (69ers).
(Miami uses their picks to jump up for a falling running back. We move back for more picks.)
2022 second round pick (Dolphins) to the New York Giants for 2022 third round pick (Giants) and 2022 third round pick (Dolphins).
(Yeah, I'm trading out of the second round. Crazy? Well, we'll see about that.)
2022 sixth round pick (Cowboys), 2022 sixth round pick (Jets), and 2022 seventh round pick (Rams) to the New Orleans Saints for 2022 fifth round pick.
(Saints get more late round picks to help offset their likely cap crunch, while we move up.)
And now, without further ado, here's our mock draft!
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(Otton is someone I fell in love with. Him or Jalen Wydermyer are the tight ends I'm interested in. Otton is a fantastic blocker for a starting college tight end, and he's quite capable as a receiver. He's versatile as all get out, able to flex out wide, go inline, or in the backfield. I think McVay could do a lot of things with Otton.)
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(Kinnard reminds me a lot of a another big Kentucky lineman: Larry Warford. He is a mauler in the run game; simply put, if he gets his hands on you, it's over. But he's also surprisingly nimble for a man his size, a good pass-protector. His issue is that he'll be stuck at guard in the NFL; he doesn't have the feet to play tackle. Weight is also a concern. But he's a good prospect who will fall here because of his limitations.)
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(Mafe is seriously skilled. He's raw and needs to improve his technique, but has an Energizer bunny motor, and plenty of tools to work with. Honestly, I think he could take snaps at inside linebacker because his athleticism is that good.)
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(Badie is the player I want the most, but if he blows up the Combine like I expect him to, he won't be here. Badie is an explosive player, rarely puts the ball on the ground, has surprising strength, and is the best receiving back in this class. Maybe you'd compare him to Henderson - and yes, he'd be taking Henderson's place - but Badie honestly reminds me of Jamaal Charles. He could have the exact same impact.)
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(Pitre may not even be here; he really blew up the Senior Bowl. I'm assuming he's here because I want to talk about him. He simply is one of the better box safeties in the draft. He may not have the size, but he has incredible sideline-to-sideline range, is a solid tackler, is versatile enough to cover the slot and go big nickel, and has solid coverage skills.)
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(Strange has played left guard for most of his career at Chattanooga, but I like him more at center. He's a people mover in the run game with the nasty temperament you love to see in an offensive lineman. He's an older prospect, which hurts his draft stock, but he's smart, has solid pass-protection ability, and I think he could be a solid developmental center behind Shelton.)
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(Don't let Pola-Mao's size fool you; he's an incredibly fluid and rangy free safety, and solid tackler, although he may need to put on more weight. Like Pitre, he's quite versatile, able to cover slot receivers, although, honestly, I'd prefer him as the single high safety.)
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(White is the bigger back we need on this team. He runs hard, and is extremely physical, but he has a second gear in the open field and is very explosive. He's not very elusive, but he's not there to be elusive. He's there to be a physical, punishing running back.)
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(Williams comes from a D-III school, and while he's sushi-raw, he has so much potential that I'm willing to wait on it. He's big, fast, has incredible ball skills, and decent coverage, and he's versatile enough to line up in the slot and outside. He simply needs to learn the finer points of being a defensive back.)
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(Durant is another small school corner, but one with excellent technique for a small school corner. He lacks size and will likely be forced into the slot, but he's a willing tackler, has tremendous instincts, and is a fantastic ballhawk of a corner.)
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(You would not believe how athletic this kid is. For such a big man, he's quite explosive, has a surprising motor, and is country strong. May not be here if he can show out at the Combine.)
7th round (Dolphins) - Ali Fayad, OLB, Western Michigan. (6'2", 250 lbs.)
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(Fayad has the raw statistics, and I could see someone like him being taken in the seventh like Garrett was. He has poor length, so you're never really going to see him win with his hands. But he's got a quick first step, and if you speed rushed him, you probably could get a lot of mileage out of him.)
TE - Tyler Higbee, Cade Otton, Brycen Hopkins, Kendall Blanton.
WR - Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods, Odell Beckham Jr., Chatarius Atwell, Jacob Harris, Ben Skowronek, Brandon Powell.
OL - Joseph Noteboom, David Edwards, Coleman Shelton, Darian Kinnard, Rob Havenstein, Alaric Jackson, Bobby Evans, Cole Strange.
DL - Aaron Donald, Greg Gaines, A'Shawn Robinson, Bobby Brown III, Earnest Brown IV, Tayland Humphrey.
LB - Leonard Floyd, Ernest Jones, Travin Howard, Justin Hollins, Troy Reeder, Christian Rozeboom, Terrell Lewis, Chris Garrett, Boye Mafe, Ali Fayad.
DB - Jalen Ramsey, Robert Rochell, Jordan Fuller, Nick Scott, David Long, Joshua Williams, Decobie Durant, Terrell Burgess, Jalen Pitre, Isaiah Pola-Mao.
ST - Matt Gay, Johnny Hekker, Matthew Orzech.
Thoughts? Critiques? Concerns about my sanity? Feel free to put them here.
COME AND BATHE IN THE TEARS OF OUR VANQUISHED ENEMIES...
"The city is stunned. A good year no doubt, but the truth is this chance only comes around once a generation (if you don't have Brady on your team). It's likely we will not witness the Bengals in another Superbowl in many of our lifetimes.
We should have a competitive team for awhile though, but plenty perenial good teams never make it back."
"But what if we do?" (have Brady)
"We don't. Burrow is a great QB for us, but now that the playoff run is over, we can admit there was never any magic from him and this offense. We never saw LSU Burrow. This run was all defense and special teams.
He's definitely better than Dalton, and that is important to note as that is what we all could have realistically hoped for."
"Just stop. The team that literally just won it did it on their 2nd try in 4 years. And they certainly didn’t have Tom ***** Brady. If the Bengals go all in while Burrow is on his rookie contract they could make it right back."
"Some of us are old and won't be around another 31 years. who knows if and when they will get another shot at a superbowl win. I applaud them for the great year and the effort but once again we get beat in the final minutes of a superbowl. Sad"
"So pissed they let them play the whole game only to get flag happy at the end. The Wilson play was just an amazing play in the ball, no flag should have been thrown. Would have set up 4th down.
What sucks also was the drop by Boyd. We keep that drive slivd we win or at least we have OT. The play calling bothered me. Is it in Mixons contract that he gets the ball every first down. I don’t have a problem with Perine getting the ball at the end. I want to see what happen on that deep pass, was Chase held?
After half with that TD then turnover I really thought we had this. I told myself I wouldn’t be mad if we lost, but the way it went down with the refs just pisses me off."
"This is going to leave Joe Burrow hungry to make it right. People who want to talk crap about my QB's performance can just GTF off this bandwagon now because I'm not having it. Dude took more punishment this year than any QB ever to make a SB. He was under siege the entire SB and he stood in and had us on the cusp of victory."
"That game should show everyone how scripted the league is, the refs literally call no flags until the last minute? Absolutely scripted, makes me not wanna watch anymore."
"This place is going to be unbearable for the next month."
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