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If Rams draft a backup QB, he will be...
- By XXXIVwin
- RAMS / NFL TALK
- 22 Replies
With Bortles on board for 2019, my guess is the Rams will draft a qb this April with the hopes of developing him to be the backup in 2020.
Further, my guess is that they’ll draft a qb somewhere in rounds 3-6. The Rams still have some holes to fill, and I can’t see them using up their 1st rounder on a qb (or even a 2nd rounder if there’s a trade).
I’m not a draft guru. However, I bought my Lindy’s draft guide last week, and I do my extensive draft ‘research’ whenever I take a dump. I’ve gotten a few review sessions under my belt already,so to speak.
Based on my professional analysis, I’m wondering if the Rams might consider Brett Rypien as a mid-rounder. He sounds like a McSnead type of pick— Rypien comes from a football family, has a high football IQ, is accurate and makes good decisions, and is a grinder in the film room. I’m thinkin’ the kid from Auburn is out, sounds like he’s come up short in big games.
So, for you draft gurus out there, who do you think the Rams might consider drafting as a backup QB?
In the meantime I’ll get back to my ‘research’.
Further, my guess is that they’ll draft a qb somewhere in rounds 3-6. The Rams still have some holes to fill, and I can’t see them using up their 1st rounder on a qb (or even a 2nd rounder if there’s a trade).
I’m not a draft guru. However, I bought my Lindy’s draft guide last week, and I do my extensive draft ‘research’ whenever I take a dump. I’ve gotten a few review sessions under my belt already,so to speak.
Based on my professional analysis, I’m wondering if the Rams might consider Brett Rypien as a mid-rounder. He sounds like a McSnead type of pick— Rypien comes from a football family, has a high football IQ, is accurate and makes good decisions, and is a grinder in the film room. I’m thinkin’ the kid from Auburn is out, sounds like he’s come up short in big games.
So, for you draft gurus out there, who do you think the Rams might consider drafting as a backup QB?
In the meantime I’ll get back to my ‘research’.
Why some animals dress up, start fires and have sex just for fun
https://nypost.com/2019/04/06/why-some-animals-dress-up-start-fires-and-have-sex-just-for-fun/
Why some animals dress up, start fires and have sex just for fun
By Mary Huhn
April 6, 2019 | 9:43am
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In 2007, a 15-year-old chimpanzee named Julie started sporting a stiff blade of grass behind one ear — a trend that drove her fellow apes wild.
First, her son donned his own ear ornament, followed by eight other chimps in Julie’s troop of 12, who all lived in a sanctuary in Zambia.
When Julie died in 2012, her local gang kept wearing the single-blade accessory, and the style eventually spread to fashion-forward chimps in two nearby populations.
Julie and her fellow fashionistas were likely copying each other “just to be in with the in-crowd,” writes Adam Rutherford in his book, “Humanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature — A New Evolutionary History” (The Experiment), out now.
They’re not the only beasts to display human-like behavior — whether it’s a creative use of tools, enjoying recreational sex or harnessing fire, it turns out that animals are often just like us.
It’s well known that chimpanzees use sticks to dig termites out of holes, but many other creatures also get smart in the quest for tasty snacks. As recently as 150 years ago “we thought we were the only organism to use tools,” Rutherford told The Post. “But now we know 1 percent of species do.”
Take bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia. These resourceful sea mammals wrap live sponges around their beaks to scrounge for spiky bottom feeders. Crows — no bird brains — use sticks as hooks to root out grubs. “That shows an astonishing level of analogical reasoning which allows them to think a few steps ahead,” Rutherford said.
Australian birds of prey will pick up burning sticks from a bushfire and drop them in a dry grassy area to ignite a blaze — then await the dinner bell as small animals flee.
These pyromaniac hawks could explain why wildfires often start in odd places. “It’s also possible Australians learned to start fires from so-called firehawks,” said Rutherford. “It’s insane.”
Meanwhile, don’t assume that humans are the only animals having sex for fun. Fornication among the horniest creatures on the planet — bonobo primates from the Congo Basin — is “unmatched among animals, including us,” said Rutherford.
Bonobos engage in some type of sex act an exhausting 10 times a day yet have babies just once every five or six years. A bonobo bundle of joy comes along only once out of 18,250 sex acts, while humans conceive roughly once out of every 1,000 acts of heterosexual intercourse.
“Bonobos are very weird,” said Rutherford. “They’ve been isolated on the left bank of the Congo River for more than a million years. All social engagements involve some sort of sexual congress.” Sex — including same-sex sex — is used for greetings, resolving conflicts, asserting the social hierarchy or just showing excitement over a meal.
“It’s proper science,” Rutherford noted, “but it’s pretty entertaining.”
Why some animals dress up, start fires and have sex just for fun
By Mary Huhn
April 6, 2019 | 9:43am
Enlarge Image
iStockphoto
MORE ON:
ANIMALS
Even pandas can be awkward on first dates
Feds support native tribe’s push for only whale hunt in US
How 'Pet Sematary' transformed shelter cats into zombie beasts
Couple reunited with dog feared lost to massive Brooklyn blaze
In 2007, a 15-year-old chimpanzee named Julie started sporting a stiff blade of grass behind one ear — a trend that drove her fellow apes wild.
First, her son donned his own ear ornament, followed by eight other chimps in Julie’s troop of 12, who all lived in a sanctuary in Zambia.
When Julie died in 2012, her local gang kept wearing the single-blade accessory, and the style eventually spread to fashion-forward chimps in two nearby populations.
Julie and her fellow fashionistas were likely copying each other “just to be in with the in-crowd,” writes Adam Rutherford in his book, “Humanimal: How Homo Sapiens Became Nature’s Most Paradoxical Creature — A New Evolutionary History” (The Experiment), out now.
They’re not the only beasts to display human-like behavior — whether it’s a creative use of tools, enjoying recreational sex or harnessing fire, it turns out that animals are often just like us.
It’s well known that chimpanzees use sticks to dig termites out of holes, but many other creatures also get smart in the quest for tasty snacks. As recently as 150 years ago “we thought we were the only organism to use tools,” Rutherford told The Post. “But now we know 1 percent of species do.”
Take bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia. These resourceful sea mammals wrap live sponges around their beaks to scrounge for spiky bottom feeders. Crows — no bird brains — use sticks as hooks to root out grubs. “That shows an astonishing level of analogical reasoning which allows them to think a few steps ahead,” Rutherford said.
Australian birds of prey will pick up burning sticks from a bushfire and drop them in a dry grassy area to ignite a blaze — then await the dinner bell as small animals flee.
These pyromaniac hawks could explain why wildfires often start in odd places. “It’s also possible Australians learned to start fires from so-called firehawks,” said Rutherford. “It’s insane.”
Meanwhile, don’t assume that humans are the only animals having sex for fun. Fornication among the horniest creatures on the planet — bonobo primates from the Congo Basin — is “unmatched among animals, including us,” said Rutherford.
Bonobos engage in some type of sex act an exhausting 10 times a day yet have babies just once every five or six years. A bonobo bundle of joy comes along only once out of 18,250 sex acts, while humans conceive roughly once out of every 1,000 acts of heterosexual intercourse.
“Bonobos are very weird,” said Rutherford. “They’ve been isolated on the left bank of the Congo River for more than a million years. All social engagements involve some sort of sexual congress.” Sex — including same-sex sex — is used for greetings, resolving conflicts, asserting the social hierarchy or just showing excitement over a meal.
“It’s proper science,” Rutherford noted, “but it’s pretty entertaining.”
Enough about my kid. Why don't you explain your union to me?
https://goodschoolhunting.org/2019/04/teachers-unions-oppose-bill-make-sex-students-crime.html
RHODE ISLAND · SCHOOL TALK
Both Teachers’ Unions Oppose Bill That Would Make Sex with Students a Crime
April 3, 2019Erika Sanzi
Yesterday at a hearing for a bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime—even after they’ve turned 16, the legal age of consent in Rhode Island—both teachers’ unions made their objections known. NEA RI didn’t have anyone testify but Pat Crowley did sign in to the hearing and note his opposition to the bill. I suspect the NEA also submitted written testimony. James Parisi of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) did testify—in fact, we sat beside one another, each offering our very different opinions on the bill.
As it currently stands, Rhode Island is one of a few states where it is perfectly legal for teachers and other school employees to have sexual relations with their students once they turn 16. It’s literally a dirty little secret—almost no one seems to be aware of this loophole in the law and yet it leaves high school students without any protection from those who would sexually abuse them after their 16th birthday. We are also a state who, after a year long investigation by USA Today, received a grade of D for how well we track and share information about teachers who are also alleged abusers.
Parisi expressed that the UFT’s opposition to the bill lies mostly in the fact that it singles out school employees. He wonders why “store managers” aren’t included? Last time I checked, children aren’t, by law, in the custodial care of store managers from kindergarten through 12th grade. He wondered why clergy and the legislature weren’t also included in the bill but again, unless their role as clergy and legislators includes custodial responsibilities of children, his examples aren’t logical in this context. If the member of the clergy also teaches at a school, then yes. If the legislator is also a high school basketball coach, then yes.
In all honesty, to a small extent, his point is well taken. There is no reason why the protection of children shouldn’t extend to all adults who are in positions of authority or acting “in “loco parentis” when they are with minors. Plenty of states have that broader language written into their consent laws. But to equate a store manager with an 11th grade teacher or school bus driver is patently absurd and insulting to parents who think this bill is a long over due slam dunk.
Parisi also claims that this isn’t really a problem here and that the loss of one’s current job and state teaching license is punishment enough. I’m sorry, what? Just because hehas somehow decided this isn’t an issue doesn’t mean that we should continue to be a state where sex between teachers and students is legal. And Parisi, and every other person employed by a teachers’ union, are well versed in the very grim reality that sexual predators move from district to district and state to state—termination and loss of licensure are not sufficient deterrents and certainly do not protect children. Sure—it may help us get rid of abusers but I hope we aren’t ok with sending people who harm our students off to other states where they can hurt the children there. In a 2018 report, NPR’s Erin Logan says this:
“That cycle — abuse, dismissal, rehire and abuse again — is one that experts and researchers say is far too common across the nation. It has long been known as “passing the trash,” and despite years of efforts to make policies to keep it from happening, no one really knows how often it does.”
We don’t have to reinvent the wheel because plenty of states have language that protects students, under the law and if we can broaden it even more in the future, then great. But we currently have a bill on the table that at least does the job of addressing the issue in our schools.
Here are a few examples of how other states do it so much better than we do by including a clause about people in positions of authority:
I personally think I like the Michigan law best since it’s protects students beyond the age of 18 and until they’ve graduated.
The video of our testimony in front of the house judiciary committee begins here at Here is the one year investigation by USA Today that I reference in my testimony. The graphic above showing how poorly we track disciplinary actions against teachers can be found at the USA Today link as well.
RHODE ISLAND · SCHOOL TALK
Both Teachers’ Unions Oppose Bill That Would Make Sex with Students a Crime
April 3, 2019Erika Sanzi
Yesterday at a hearing for a bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime—even after they’ve turned 16, the legal age of consent in Rhode Island—both teachers’ unions made their objections known. NEA RI didn’t have anyone testify but Pat Crowley did sign in to the hearing and note his opposition to the bill. I suspect the NEA also submitted written testimony. James Parisi of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) did testify—in fact, we sat beside one another, each offering our very different opinions on the bill.
As it currently stands, Rhode Island is one of a few states where it is perfectly legal for teachers and other school employees to have sexual relations with their students once they turn 16. It’s literally a dirty little secret—almost no one seems to be aware of this loophole in the law and yet it leaves high school students without any protection from those who would sexually abuse them after their 16th birthday. We are also a state who, after a year long investigation by USA Today, received a grade of D for how well we track and share information about teachers who are also alleged abusers.
Parisi expressed that the UFT’s opposition to the bill lies mostly in the fact that it singles out school employees. He wonders why “store managers” aren’t included? Last time I checked, children aren’t, by law, in the custodial care of store managers from kindergarten through 12th grade. He wondered why clergy and the legislature weren’t also included in the bill but again, unless their role as clergy and legislators includes custodial responsibilities of children, his examples aren’t logical in this context. If the member of the clergy also teaches at a school, then yes. If the legislator is also a high school basketball coach, then yes.
In all honesty, to a small extent, his point is well taken. There is no reason why the protection of children shouldn’t extend to all adults who are in positions of authority or acting “in “loco parentis” when they are with minors. Plenty of states have that broader language written into their consent laws. But to equate a store manager with an 11th grade teacher or school bus driver is patently absurd and insulting to parents who think this bill is a long over due slam dunk.
Parisi also claims that this isn’t really a problem here and that the loss of one’s current job and state teaching license is punishment enough. I’m sorry, what? Just because hehas somehow decided this isn’t an issue doesn’t mean that we should continue to be a state where sex between teachers and students is legal. And Parisi, and every other person employed by a teachers’ union, are well versed in the very grim reality that sexual predators move from district to district and state to state—termination and loss of licensure are not sufficient deterrents and certainly do not protect children. Sure—it may help us get rid of abusers but I hope we aren’t ok with sending people who harm our students off to other states where they can hurt the children there. In a 2018 report, NPR’s Erin Logan says this:
“That cycle — abuse, dismissal, rehire and abuse again — is one that experts and researchers say is far too common across the nation. It has long been known as “passing the trash,” and despite years of efforts to make policies to keep it from happening, no one really knows how often it does.”
We don’t have to reinvent the wheel because plenty of states have language that protects students, under the law and if we can broaden it even more in the future, then great. But we currently have a bill on the table that at least does the job of addressing the issue in our schools.
Here are a few examples of how other states do it so much better than we do by including a clause about people in positions of authority:
I personally think I like the Michigan law best since it’s protects students beyond the age of 18 and until they’ve graduated.
The video of our testimony in front of the house judiciary committee begins here at Here is the one year investigation by USA Today that I reference in my testimony. The graphic above showing how poorly we track disciplinary actions against teachers can be found at the USA Today link as well.
Biorock aka Coral Viagra
MNN.com > Earth Matters > Climate & Weather
To rebuild coral reefs quickly, just add electricity
Biorock reefs — sunken steel frames connected to a low-voltage current — are giving coral a second chance at surviving humanity.
MICHAEL D'ESTRIES
May 27, 2016, 3:12 p.m.
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Biorock reefs may offer a speedy solution to giving young coral reefs some much-needed protection against climate change. (Photo: Global Coral Reefs Alliance/Eunjae Im)
You may have heard that coral reefs are in trouble. Serious trouble. A recent survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on the planet, found 93 percent of the coral has been impacted by bleaching; a stark warning sign that the ecosystem is under tremendous environmental stresses.
The potential underwater losses are so great, encompassing an area of the size of Scotland, that one leading coral researcher is already calling it the country's "biggest ever environmental disaster."
With the clock ticking, the race is on to find innovative ways to counter the mass deaths of coral reefs worldwide. The most obvious solution is to stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to avoid a future of hotter, more acidic oceans. Scientists are also targeting so-called "super corals" in an effort to mass produce species more resistant to climate change. The third involves rebuilding coral reefs using steel frames and, most surprising, a steady current of electricity.
In September 2018, the conservation group Reef Ecologic partnered with the tourism organization Quicksilver Connections to install the steel frames in the first trial run on the Great Barrier Reef in hopes it will encourage the reef to grow. This technology has been around for years and implemented in other reefs around the world.
Called "Biorocks," these steel-framed structures can sometimes appear to be more akin to an underwater art project than a coral incubator. The steel can take on any shape, but the most important piece of the puzzle is the low-voltage electricity coursing through the frame. The idea, patented in 1979, is the brainchild of marine scientist Wolf Hilbertz and marine biologist Thomas J. Goreau. Together, the pair discovered that an electric current passed through sea water creates a chemical reaction that results in a coating of limestone minerals similar in composition to the natural ones created by young coral.
"These currents are safe to humans and all marine organisms," explains the Gili Eco Trust, a nonprofit that has setup over 100 Biorock structures around islands in Indonesia. "There is no limit in principle to the size or shape of Biorock structures, they could be grown hundreds of miles long if funding allowed. The limestone is the best substrate for hard coral."
The video below shows how a Biorock structure is made and installed on a coral reef.
Once a Biorock structure is submerged, organizers transplant broken fragments of live coral (often ripped from reefs by strong waves, anchors or other forces) and attach them to the frame. Electricity is provided by either an underwater cable from shore or from floating solar panels. Reef-building groups are also starting to experiment with wave-generation to power the frames. Once turned on, it only takes a matter of days before the structure is covered in a thin layer of limestone. Within months, the coral has taken hold and begins to flourish.
"No one believes what we do is possible until they see it themselves," co-inventor Thomas Goreau told Gaia Discovery. "Growing bright coral reefs swarming with fish in a few years in places that were barren deserts is something everybody thinks can't be done, but has been done in nearly 30 countries with only small donations, mostly from local people who remember how their reef used to be and realize they must grow more corals now.”
In the video below, one such local in Bali takes us on a dive and explains how he nurtures coral growth around a Biorock.
According to the Global Coral Reef Alliance, a nonprofit of which Goreau is the president, Biorock reefs not only help speed the growth of coral, but also make them more resistant to stress-inducing temperature and acidity increases.
So why hasn't more of the marine science community shifted to rebuilding coral reefs using the Biorock method? The first reason has to do with feasibility, since it's not always easy to run a low-voltage cable from shore to the reef. Thanks to the rise of solar and tidal energy solutions, this obstacle has become less of a problem. The second, according to one marine scientist, has to do with an absence of published studies showing the process is actually worth pursuing.
"It certainly does appear to work," Tom Moore, a coral restoration coordinator at the the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, told Smithsonian Magazine. He added that the scientific community has been slow to embrace over the lack of independent validation. That said, and with coral reefs around the world facing worse odds as the years tick by, Moore says he'll like give the process a try.
"We’re actively looking for new techniques," he added. "I want to keep a very much open mind."
To rebuild coral reefs quickly, just add electricity
Biorock reefs — sunken steel frames connected to a low-voltage current — are giving coral a second chance at surviving humanity.
MICHAEL D'ESTRIES
May 27, 2016, 3:12 p.m.
533
Tweet
12
Biorock reefs may offer a speedy solution to giving young coral reefs some much-needed protection against climate change. (Photo: Global Coral Reefs Alliance/Eunjae Im)
You may have heard that coral reefs are in trouble. Serious trouble. A recent survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on the planet, found 93 percent of the coral has been impacted by bleaching; a stark warning sign that the ecosystem is under tremendous environmental stresses.
The potential underwater losses are so great, encompassing an area of the size of Scotland, that one leading coral researcher is already calling it the country's "biggest ever environmental disaster."
With the clock ticking, the race is on to find innovative ways to counter the mass deaths of coral reefs worldwide. The most obvious solution is to stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to avoid a future of hotter, more acidic oceans. Scientists are also targeting so-called "super corals" in an effort to mass produce species more resistant to climate change. The third involves rebuilding coral reefs using steel frames and, most surprising, a steady current of electricity.
In September 2018, the conservation group Reef Ecologic partnered with the tourism organization Quicksilver Connections to install the steel frames in the first trial run on the Great Barrier Reef in hopes it will encourage the reef to grow. This technology has been around for years and implemented in other reefs around the world.
Called "Biorocks," these steel-framed structures can sometimes appear to be more akin to an underwater art project than a coral incubator. The steel can take on any shape, but the most important piece of the puzzle is the low-voltage electricity coursing through the frame. The idea, patented in 1979, is the brainchild of marine scientist Wolf Hilbertz and marine biologist Thomas J. Goreau. Together, the pair discovered that an electric current passed through sea water creates a chemical reaction that results in a coating of limestone minerals similar in composition to the natural ones created by young coral.
"These currents are safe to humans and all marine organisms," explains the Gili Eco Trust, a nonprofit that has setup over 100 Biorock structures around islands in Indonesia. "There is no limit in principle to the size or shape of Biorock structures, they could be grown hundreds of miles long if funding allowed. The limestone is the best substrate for hard coral."
The video below shows how a Biorock structure is made and installed on a coral reef.
Once a Biorock structure is submerged, organizers transplant broken fragments of live coral (often ripped from reefs by strong waves, anchors or other forces) and attach them to the frame. Electricity is provided by either an underwater cable from shore or from floating solar panels. Reef-building groups are also starting to experiment with wave-generation to power the frames. Once turned on, it only takes a matter of days before the structure is covered in a thin layer of limestone. Within months, the coral has taken hold and begins to flourish.
"No one believes what we do is possible until they see it themselves," co-inventor Thomas Goreau told Gaia Discovery. "Growing bright coral reefs swarming with fish in a few years in places that were barren deserts is something everybody thinks can't be done, but has been done in nearly 30 countries with only small donations, mostly from local people who remember how their reef used to be and realize they must grow more corals now.”
In the video below, one such local in Bali takes us on a dive and explains how he nurtures coral growth around a Biorock.
According to the Global Coral Reef Alliance, a nonprofit of which Goreau is the president, Biorock reefs not only help speed the growth of coral, but also make them more resistant to stress-inducing temperature and acidity increases.
So why hasn't more of the marine science community shifted to rebuilding coral reefs using the Biorock method? The first reason has to do with feasibility, since it's not always easy to run a low-voltage cable from shore to the reef. Thanks to the rise of solar and tidal energy solutions, this obstacle has become less of a problem. The second, according to one marine scientist, has to do with an absence of published studies showing the process is actually worth pursuing.
"It certainly does appear to work," Tom Moore, a coral restoration coordinator at the the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, told Smithsonian Magazine. He added that the scientific community has been slow to embrace over the lack of independent validation. That said, and with coral reefs around the world facing worse odds as the years tick by, Moore says he'll like give the process a try.
"We’re actively looking for new techniques," he added. "I want to keep a very much open mind."
What Rams can learn from Jets' uniform redesign
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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Uniform redesigns have become commonplace in the NFL with Nike taking over as the official outfitter of the league in 2012. There have been some welcome changes, like the Bills’ and Lions’ new looks, as well as some flops, such as the Buccaneers’ alarm clock numbers and the Jaguars’ gradient helmets that went along with their 2013 redesgin.
The most recent team to get its uniforms overhauled is the New York Jets. Their rebranding was unveiled on Thursday night, featuring a new primary green color, all-new black uniforms and a slightly different logo.
The Jets’ old uniforms needed an update, but many believe the new look is a step in the wrong direction – much like the Jaguars’, Browns’ and Tampa Bay’s were – receiving an abundance of criticism on Twitter (as most things do).
The stripes on the shoulders look strange, the green is reminiscent of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the “New York” writing above the numbers just … doesn’t fit. There are simple elements to the uniforms, but as a whole, they just don’t work.
The next team in line to receive an update is the Rams. Along with moving into their spectacular new Inglewood stadium next year, the Rams will also unveil a uniform refresh in 2020. It was originally supposed to happen this year, but they pushed it back to coincide with the stadium’s opening.
The Jets’ redesign has many Rams fans worried that Nike will screw up their team’s uniforms, too. As legitimate of a concern as that may be, it should be extremely difficult for Nike and the Rams to get this redesign wrong. There’s a lot to be learned from the Jets’ whiff on Thursday.
For Los Angeles, the simpler, the better. Fans nowadays love nostalgia. People are calling for the Eagles to wear their classic Kelly green uniforms. Everyone was asking the Rams to wear their throwbacks more often. There’s even a huge group of fans who want to see the Bucs’ creamsicle look back in the rotation.
There’s no reason for the Rams to completely overhaul their current slate of uniforms. They don’t need to go all futuristic and try to tend to the younger audience with edgy jerseys and contemporary helmets. With Nike at the helm, there has to be some concern about that happening.
But Los Angeles’ uniforms are already great now that the league has allowed the throwback blue and yellow threads to be the team’s primary ones. In fact, there’s a large contingent of fans that would be perfectly fine if the team just kept the throwbacks as its primary uniforms moving forward. That most likely won’t happen, but the blueprint for the Rams’ redesign is already there. It just needs some touch-up paint.
Graphic designers have come up with a slate of uniform concepts the Rams should absolutely use as the basis for the refresh.
Simple. Clean. Classic.
Granted, these weren’t designed by the same artist, so they don’t perfectly match one another, but the point remains the same: Not much change is needed to the Rams’ current uniform set.
The removal of gold is a must. Their current away uniforms feature navy blue and gold trimming, which doesn’t at all match their primaries or alternates. All the Rams really need to do to fix that is change the gold to yellow and throw on some yellow pants.
Something like this would be absolutely perfect as away uniforms for the Rams.
Some want to see white and blue alternate uniforms replace the yellow Color Rush holdovers. It would pay homage to the ones the Rams wore from 1964-72 before the team went back to blue and yellow. That’s not a bad idea and would be a nice touch, piquing the interest of fans from every generation. But then you run into the issue of having two different color blues featured across the wardrobe.
Regardless of what the Rams decide, this redesign shouldn’t be hard. In fact, it shouldn’t even be called a redesign; it’s more of a refresh. There’s no need to change the horns or the logo or the primary colors. And that’s unlikely to happen, if Kevin Demoff’s comments hold true.
“We’ve told Nike the one thing that is sacrosanct is the horns,” Demoff said in February. “The goal is a modern take on our historical jerseys.”
The Rams can learn a lot from the flop that was New York’s unveiling. Out-of-place stripes and a new color scheme don’t exactly work. In sports today, fans want teams looking back more than forward – which seems contradictory to the everchanging world of technology.
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This shouldn’t be a difficult decision in L.A. It should be almost impossible to mess up.
The most recent team to get its uniforms overhauled is the New York Jets. Their rebranding was unveiled on Thursday night, featuring a new primary green color, all-new black uniforms and a slightly different logo.
The Jets’ old uniforms needed an update, but many believe the new look is a step in the wrong direction – much like the Jaguars’, Browns’ and Tampa Bay’s were – receiving an abundance of criticism on Twitter (as most things do).
The stripes on the shoulders look strange, the green is reminiscent of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the “New York” writing above the numbers just … doesn’t fit. There are simple elements to the uniforms, but as a whole, they just don’t work.
The next team in line to receive an update is the Rams. Along with moving into their spectacular new Inglewood stadium next year, the Rams will also unveil a uniform refresh in 2020. It was originally supposed to happen this year, but they pushed it back to coincide with the stadium’s opening.
The Jets’ redesign has many Rams fans worried that Nike will screw up their team’s uniforms, too. As legitimate of a concern as that may be, it should be extremely difficult for Nike and the Rams to get this redesign wrong. There’s a lot to be learned from the Jets’ whiff on Thursday.
For Los Angeles, the simpler, the better. Fans nowadays love nostalgia. People are calling for the Eagles to wear their classic Kelly green uniforms. Everyone was asking the Rams to wear their throwbacks more often. There’s even a huge group of fans who want to see the Bucs’ creamsicle look back in the rotation.
There’s no reason for the Rams to completely overhaul their current slate of uniforms. They don’t need to go all futuristic and try to tend to the younger audience with edgy jerseys and contemporary helmets. With Nike at the helm, there has to be some concern about that happening.
But Los Angeles’ uniforms are already great now that the league has allowed the throwback blue and yellow threads to be the team’s primary ones. In fact, there’s a large contingent of fans that would be perfectly fine if the team just kept the throwbacks as its primary uniforms moving forward. That most likely won’t happen, but the blueprint for the Rams’ redesign is already there. It just needs some touch-up paint.
Graphic designers have come up with a slate of uniform concepts the Rams should absolutely use as the basis for the refresh.
Simple. Clean. Classic.
Granted, these weren’t designed by the same artist, so they don’t perfectly match one another, but the point remains the same: Not much change is needed to the Rams’ current uniform set.
The removal of gold is a must. Their current away uniforms feature navy blue and gold trimming, which doesn’t at all match their primaries or alternates. All the Rams really need to do to fix that is change the gold to yellow and throw on some yellow pants.
Something like this would be absolutely perfect as away uniforms for the Rams.
Some want to see white and blue alternate uniforms replace the yellow Color Rush holdovers. It would pay homage to the ones the Rams wore from 1964-72 before the team went back to blue and yellow. That’s not a bad idea and would be a nice touch, piquing the interest of fans from every generation. But then you run into the issue of having two different color blues featured across the wardrobe.
Regardless of what the Rams decide, this redesign shouldn’t be hard. In fact, it shouldn’t even be called a redesign; it’s more of a refresh. There’s no need to change the horns or the logo or the primary colors. And that’s unlikely to happen, if Kevin Demoff’s comments hold true.
“We’ve told Nike the one thing that is sacrosanct is the horns,” Demoff said in February. “The goal is a modern take on our historical jerseys.”
The Rams can learn a lot from the flop that was New York’s unveiling. Out-of-place stripes and a new color scheme don’t exactly work. In sports today, fans want teams looking back more than forward – which seems contradictory to the everchanging world of technology.
[theramswire.usatoday.com]
This shouldn’t be a difficult decision in L.A. It should be almost impossible to mess up.
