Who's making the road trip?

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Didn't see this started so decided too.

Lots of scoring so far today.
Cards putting up a fight!!!! still early but go CARDS!!!Go Titans!!!!

While, I know the NFL wants to introduce the NFL to other Countries and build their Fan Base, personally I hate to see the Rams lose that one Home Game Advantage (Supposedly, A Home Field Advantage!). I guess I am greedy but I would prefer that the Rams play all their Home Games in Los Angeles!

I've hated the idea of this game being in Mexico from the beginning.


https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2018/11/11/nfl-rams-chiefs-week-11-mexico-city-azteca-field/

I found this guy a bit ago doing a high lite of sorts on Todd gurly and have seen a few sense then but damn I have to say as far as highlite films go this is it. Nfl films needs to contact this guy.

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Todd gurly
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deondre hopkins
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Ray lewis

He has videos in multiple sports y'all need to give him a watch and prepare for thebgoosebumps

Prime can fix this when he wakes up...

The truck is loaded for the tailgate! Couldn't leave without posting on the gameday thread!!!! GO RAMS!!!

I think our boys will respond well to last weeks game.

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I am a little worn out on football talk . I am taking a break for a while, because I see myself scouring the internet for Rams stories, and it's a somewhat pathetic. The NFL talking world liked to be thrilled by a Rams winning streak, but they were even more excited about a Rams loss. They like it when the mighty fall, however brief that may be, because they want to talk now how we really weren't all that great after all.

Our defense sucks, they say....I think the defense gets radically better when our #1 CB guarding opposing #1 WR's....Add a second or two for our Dline to reach QB's, and all of sudden the defense is much better. Talib is mentioned as a throw away line, as though his return won't matter much....ok.

It's my fault to because I have been diligent about finding and consuming Rams stories and tweets. I need to research for my Thesis paper anyway. I'll let Stephen A spin his bullshyte and GMFB predict the Rams losing this week too.....I'm tuning out, except for the game.

my wife and I have been married around 8 years. Together about 10...this woman can not cook shit if it’s not frozen then heated up in the oven. I’ve tried countless times to teach her...if she does do something, it takes twice as long with half the flavor.

I just wanted to see who out there I could be jealous of. I’m a solid cook, but I work late and by the time I get home, I sure as shit don’t want to cook.

Didn't see this posted if it is by all means delete/merge/whatever.

http://506sports.com/

We are on CBS this week and it's Romo time

After watching our Rams D struggle and watching most defenses struggle to look even competent most weeks i started to wonder, with the game clearly being pushed and morphed into Arena league style...how relevant is a good defense at this point?

I'm a fan of defensive football more so than track meet shootout football. I love a knockdown drag out 16-13 football game...but what i like doesn't matter. The average Joe and Jane viewer wants scoring. Lots of it. The NFL has given Joe and Jane what they want. Whatever, that's not my point.

Here are the top 15 defensive teams by yardage as of week 9. We'll look at points allowed also.


Huh? What?
The top four teams in the NFL are widely considered by most to be:
Kansas City, New England, New Orleans and our LA Rams. None of those teams are on that list.

Who are the next tier of best teams? Subjective of course but in the NFC it's probably Washington, Carolina, Minnesota, Chicago, Philadelphia.
PHI, CHI, WASH and MINN crack the top 15.

In the AFC after the Chiefs and Patriots you've got the Chargers, Houston, Pittsburgh.
Yeah there's the Chargers in there. Nada for the rest of the AFC's best.



Now lets look at what many consider to be a more relevant stat in determining a quality defense. PPG allowed.


Looks a bit more accurate in terms of relevant defenses and relevant winning teams. Still, only the Rams and Patriots are in the top 15. No Chiefs, no Saints. Probably the best teams on this list behind the Rams and Pats are the Chargers, Vikings and Steelers but they're not in the top 10 here.
Chicago and Philly are relevant teams (i guess) and are in the top 5 of points allowed,...but are the Bears really considered a contender? Philly is 4-4.

Tennessee, Baltimore and Dallas are the stingiest D's? A combined 11-14 and not exactly contenders IMO. Seattle in the top 5 and will be lucky to get a wildcard the way things look right now.



Here are the top 15 offensive teams in points.


Well shit there they are. Rams, Chiefs, Patriots (top 5) and Saints. There's Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Chargers, Carolina, Houston. Atlanta scores points and despite bad D might be considered by many to be relevant.

So does elite defense really matter in 2018? Maybe it only matters in the playoffs. I think the more interesting discussion is...Are there any elite defenses in the league right now? I've been pondering that all week after watching supposedly "good" defenses get torched all season including our own. I mean, Carolina gave up a 50 burger to the Roethlesberger.

I have a feeling we're not the only fanbase who might be panicking and discussing that our defense looks bad and overmatched.

"SDCCU stadium would be demolished as part of this plan, being replaced by a 35,000-seat stadium to host Aztec football and potentially professional soccer. The stadium design leaves open the possibility of expansion should the NFL return to San Diego." https://thedailyaztec.com/91873/new...sure-e-could-mean-for-the-sdccu-stadium-site/
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New stadium initiative for San Diego State passes on election day
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...iego-state-stadium-initiative-approved-voters

Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer
Nov 7, 2018

Voters in San Diego have approved a ballot measure that paves the way for a new football stadium for San Diego State.

Measure G, known as the SDSU West initiative, is a plan to redevelop city land currently dedicated to SDCCU Stadium -- the former home of the San Diego Chargers, where SDSU has played since 1967. In addition to a 35,000-seat stadium for the Aztecs, Measure G includes an expanded campus focused on research and technology, a river park with 90 acres of open space and additional residential and commercial aspects.

The measure passed with support from 54.44 percent of voters, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

SDSU West faced a competing stadium initiative -- Measure E or "SoccerCity" -- that called for a 22,000-seat stadium on the same plot of land in Mission Valley with the hopes of enticing a Major League Soccer franchise. If both measures received more than 50 percent yes votes, the one with the higher amount of votes would have won, but SoccerCity was soundly defeated, receiving support from just 37.4 percent of voters.

Before the plan moves forward, SDSU has to negotiate a sale of the land from the city at a price the city council determines is "fair and equitable," however that doesn't figure to be a major hurdle as six of the nine city council members endorsed the SDSU West plan.

"We are excited to move forward in this process and will keep our SDSU and San Diego community informed along the way," San Diego State president Adela de la Torre said in a statement to the university community. "SDSU will meet with the City of San Diego to discuss the next steps. We are prepared to begin negotiations immediately with the goal of finalizing the sale in 2019 and beginning construction in 2020."

The new stadium for the Aztecs is expected to cost around $250 million -- paid for by the school -- and will be designed to have the ability to expand past a capacity of 50,000 with a future NFL team in mind. It could also be used for a potential professional soccer team.

"SDSU Mission Valley will not rely on taxpayer dollars, student tuition or student fees," de la Torre said. "This is important to understand. The university will not raise student tuition or fees. The Mission Valley site plan is a self-supporting project that will be paid for by revenue generated by uses on the site."

SDSU will continue to play at SDCCU Stadium until the new stadium opens. The last Division I football program to build a new stadium was Colorado State, another Mountain West school, which opened its stadium last year.

In 2016, voters in San Diego voted down Measure C, which would have raised hotel taxes 4 percent to secure $1.15 billion in bonds to help pay for a proposed downtown stadium for the Chargers and convention center annex. The measure needed two-thirds of voters to approve the tax increase to pass but received just 43 percent of the vote.

I've known for years that the movie "Airplane" was a parody of an old black and white film called "Zero Hour," but I've never seen that film. Someone put together a video showing scenes from the two movies for comparison, and that's when I learned that the Kareem roll was inspired by Crazy Legs!

Didn't know he was in the Rams-turned-actor club with Merlin, Rosie and Fred.

What other Rams made it onto the big screen?

And who will be next? I think Jared would be a great Magnum PI kinda character. Talib already acts like an action star. FTD ought to sign Aaron Donald as their new pitchman -- that would be hilarious!

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I'm going to admit this to you guys. That fumble still stings like no other. I just wanted to say we love you guys despite the heartbreaking loss to ya. I remember the 1999 season really rooting for you guys to win it all. If we don't get there I hope you guys do. Still I so hope we can turn the season around.

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watch this video. He did a Crossroads event with Jason Fucktard Aldean.

Aldean is one of the biggest names in country, personally I think he’s terrible live. Studio tracks, dude has some good ones.

Bob Seger still sounds fucking incredible. I’m beyond impressed, I would pay more money to watch him every time than I would Aldean.

To clear up, it’s not that I’m an old guy who grew up on Seger, I’m 34...but my momma raised me right!

Wow! Already?

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My wife's step dad had to evacuate Paradise, CA along with 27,000 others and my sister's family is being told to evacuate her place in Malibu. Unfortunately, many of the roads are blocked including sections of PCH so evacuating is not an option.

Please - everyone put their positive thoughts to all the people affected by these extremely fast moving and dangerous fires.

My best to all affected and hoping for the best for any of our members affected by these horrific events.

Breaking down Marcus Peters’ first season with Los Angeles Rams
https://fansided.com/2018/11/08/marcus-peters-issues-problems-los-angeles-rams/

by Ian Wharton

The Los Angeles Rams have jumped out to an 8-1 record, but concerns about their underperforming secondary have risen in recent games. Cornerback Marcus Peters has drawn scrutiny amidst adjusting his new role, so we’re breaking down his performance.

As the Los Angeles Rams overhauled their cornerback position this past off-season in an effort to go all-in on winning a Super Bowl, their key acquisition was All-Pro Marcus Peters for second and fourth-round picks.

The 25-year-old was made available despite distinguishing himself on a potential Hall of Fame pace with his penchant for interceptions and rapidly improved coverage skills. But Peters’ early tenure with the Rams has generated more fireworks for opposing teams than it has for himself.

As I have for each of the last four seasons, I hit the coaches’ film to chart and review all of the Rams’ defensive snaps to see how Peters is performing beyond being targeted. This process allows me to see how consistently he’s at the hip of the receiver when the ball is released, which is usually considered a successful snap for defenses. A good process will eventually lead to quality results, and Peters’ process was stellar after his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs.

I detailed how I rate cornerback success in my 2017-2018 Corner Handbook. By using those same measures, Peters was the second-most consistent corner in 2017 at staying in position to challenge at the catch point in man assignments, only behind behind Casey Hayward. Many of Peters’ detractors point to his willingness to jump routes, but that hasn’t been the case since his first-year in the league.

Just looking at man coverage success rates, Peters’ 2017 rates (80 percent combined, 75 percent in press, and 82.2 percent in off-coverage) aren’t too dissimilar to 2018 (77.3 percent overall, 69 percent in press, 82.7 percent in off, and 77 percent in the slot). His overall success rate of 77.37 in 2018 would still have ranked eighth in the NFL last year.

This helps tell us that Peters has been unlikely [unlucky?] when targeted. Every cornerback gets beaten, it’s just whether or not the quarterback is looking that direction and delivers an accurate ball, and if the receiver executes the catch. The point of this success rate method is to look at every man coverage snap and determine positioning regardless of targets to help highlight who has repeatable processes.

His statistics have been notably worse, though, and that’s what the public has noticed. Comparing the production he allowed with the Chiefs in 2017 and 2018 doesn’t provide full context, but it helps highlight that he’s been less effective in his new role.

He allowed 28 completions on 57 targets for 352 yards and three touchdowns in 2017. This year, he’s already given up 23 receptions on 38 targets for 463 yards and five touchdowns. I consider four of those touchdowns to be “blown”, where he was simply out of proper position to challenge at the catch point.

One of the reasons that Peters has seen an increase of targets has been how defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has used him. Peters was almost exclusively a left cornerback for the Chiefs, and the vast majority of his snaps came off the line of scrimmage and without safety help. He mastered this alignment over his first three seasons.

But with the Rams, and especially since Aqib Talib went down with injury, that has changed. Peters already has more slot snaps than last year, and his press snaps are almost equal just nine games in. Phillips is asking him to do more even beyond this, including switching between right and left cornerback as well as shadowing receivers.

Peters suffered a calf injury in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Chargers, and this may have something to do with his struggles in the two weeks directly after. He allowed seven receptions for 111 yards and three touchdowns in those two games. But Peters claimed to be fine, and he still is accountable for his play if he’s on the field.

Let’s look at the touchdowns he’s allowed to further delve into his mistakes and give some context.

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The first touchdown he allowed this season came Week 3, about one quarter prior to his injury. This is the lone “in position” touchdown he’s had, as the deep post was well covered. But unfortunately for Peters, the throw was indefensible, and Williams made the difficult catch.

Of note for the defensive scheme is that the Rams were playing Cover 4 pattern match, which has the safeties reading the release of the receivers to dictate their play. The dig-post combination has destroyed pattern matching over the past two years as the corner often leaves his man assignment for the underneath route, while the safety also bites underneath as well.

Peters correctly carries Williams upfield, switching from a zone drop to man due to his release at the stem. Philip Rivers and Williams were simply better here.

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His second touchdown allowed is more difficult to judge. Like the first touchdown, this required an excellent throw. Most quarterbacks would not have used touch as well as Kirk Cousins did, and Peters would’ve had a pass breakup or interception.

Still, his hedge was dangerous. He didn’t drop quite far enough in an effort to create a play and it cost him. This could’ve been an “in position” score allowed due to the difficulty of the throw, but I docked him because of the risk.

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Things got ugly in Week 5, which was the first time it actually looked like his injury may have affected his play. In the above play, Peters is playing off coverage within a Cover 3 call. He has deep safety help, but the deep man is on the far hash and unable to make up the distance with the line of scrimmage at the 30.

Seahawks receiver David Moore was able to get Peters to bite hard on a slant-n-go, and it was over from there. This is something Peters has done much better on over the past few seasons, but was caught looking to make a play. Maybe he was trying to get an early jump due to his calf, but it’s more likely he just misread the route.

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Later in the game, Tyler Lockett was able to sprint past Peters en-route to a 39-yard score. It appears the Rams were playing an inverted Cover 2 robber, which puts immense pressure on the corners. As talented as Peters is, his top-end speed isn’t elite, and Lockett’s one of the faster playmakers in the league.

A brief hesitation by Peters was all Lockett needed to create five yards of separation. He slowed his backpedal when Lockett was about to cut and had no chance of recovering by that point. The aggressive run-stopping defensive call greatly backfired as the Seahawks exploited the mismatch and blocked effectively.

It’s a clear loss for Peters again, but also notably aggressive from Phillips. Most corners would lose in that situation.

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Most of the damage that has been done in Peters’ direction came in the previous two weeks, and especially the play above. Peters shadowed Davante Adams and Michael Thomas for all but a handful of snaps, and allowed 12 receptions on 16 targets for 261 yards. The numbers are ugly, with 212 of those yards being “blown” and out of position.

The above touchdown produced 72 of those yards. Peters is isolated again without safety help, and Michael Thomas runs a slot fade. Thomas used his strength and acceleration to create space upfield, and Peters had no other way to react than to leap for the ball in desperation. He was beaten badly this time, with his own speed and acceleration looking pedestrian.

The stark difference in athleticism between the two receivers and Peters highlights why he’s so often been an off-ball corner. He’s easily the best corner in the league at creating turnovers in off-man, but two elite receivers who play physically through routes and can separate with their quickness had him reeling. The Rams must offer him more favorable situations.

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Of course, not all has been bad for Peters. In terms of consistency, he’s been at a similar level as last year. The Rams are often showing their coverages pre-snap, and offenses know there’s little safety help. Peters has then been punished with targets at an unusually high rate, even for what can be considered losses.

The Rams shouldn’t panic but should adjust. His injury doesn’t seem to be a major factor in these big plays, but rather a unit that’s not disguising their scheme pre-snap, and has struggled to generate help coverage from their safeties. When Talib comes back, expect Peters to be more settled into one role and not juggling between three corner spots.

For Peters, he should must stay cognizant of his surroundings and strengths. He’s been challenged by an extremely good set of receivers and hasn’t always accounted for their talents. It may be fair to say he’s disappointed, but his process has been solid enough to be optimistic that he and the Rams will have better games coming soon.

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From 2016:

We play a matchup zone, and people think it’s man-to-man. Then we play man-to-man, and we play some basic zone. We started a long time ago. Basketball started playing matchup zone. They used to play zone, 3-2 zone, and everybody stood there in their spot. All four guys went to one side so people started moving them over there to play matchup zone.

“That’s what we came up with a long, long time ago. We say: ‘Hey, you’re playing this zone, but when a guy comes over there, you match with him. You pass it off, just like in basketball. When another guy comes there, you go there.’ That’s the simple way to tell you how we played matchup zone. We play a lot of match zone, but people think we’re playing man-to-man. Hopefully that confuses them. It probably confused you already.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/03/wade-phillips-broncos-super-bowl-50

More: https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/20...nd-when-will-broncos-use-it-in-super-bowl-50/

I ask, because, it seems Peters may have been playing a lot of off-man coverage lately?

If we are playing more zone concepts, why are the safeties so late helping over the top?

Why don't our OLBs engage TEs and RBs coming out of the backfield in the first 5 yards?

For me, Peters play has looked worse, due to some poor play by Joyner in particular - who always arrives a step or 10 steps too late

If he is still suffering the effects of a calf injury, can he play bump and run coverage effectively? After all, you need to get your hands on the WR, transition and accelerate step for step - which is difficult even without an injury

It looks like the Saints planned a lot of plays for our D line and DBs (per Baldy).

While it looked like the Rams did the same old thing, every time with their pass patterns etc, and put up 35 points anyway. Rams are the better team. People know what they will do, and can't stop them....sort of like the Chiefs (or not).

Conclusion: when we meet again, I expect a totally different game. rams should win in the playoffs if they meet.

I needed to hear Wade Phillips speak about his defense vs the Saints.

He admitted he left Peters alone on an island vs the Saints best WR.

An absolutely head scratching coaching decision that still baffles me today!

I doubt Wade allows this to ever happen again in a similar late 4th quarter down and distance situation.

https://www.therams.com/video/coach...he-seahawks-and-the-turnaround-against-the-sa