My memory eludes me on some of this, but I'm wondering about Ahkello. IFIRC, he was a free agent for a longer time than might be typical last year. In a league always willing to give anyone a chance that might help, I find the lack of interest in him....well, interesting. From my memory, we signed him rather late and he became a starter. What' up with that, I really like the kid. Why didn't the vultures of the league claim him?
Recently, we've lost KT, Lampkin and others (love Snead), but somehow I don't recall anyone interest in our current starting corner. Can someone set me straight?

Was very impressed with Nussmeier last night and he is my #1 target at this stage of the season. Small sample size but i was envisioning him in horns last night.

Here are the 2024 Playoff Teams.

Who drops out?

Who steps into their spot?

NFC East:
Philadelphia Eagles 14-3
Washington Commodes 12-5
Dallas Cowboys 7-10
New York Giants 3-14

NFC South:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10-7
Atlanta Falcons 8-9
Carolina Panthers 5-12
New Orleans Saints 5-12

NFC West:
Los Angeles Rams 10-7
Seattle Seahawks 10-7
Arizona Cardinals 8-9
San Francisco 49ers 6-11

NFC North:
Detroit Lions 15-2
Minnesota Vikings 14-3
Green Bay Packers 11-6
Chicago Bears 5-12

AFC West:
Kansas City Chiefs 15-2
Los Angeles Chargers 11-6
Denver Broncos 10-7
Las Vegas Raiders 4-13

AFC East:
Buffalo Bills 13-4
Miami Dolphins 8-9
New York Jets 5-12
New England Patriots 4-13

AFC South:
Houston Texans 10-7
Indianapolis Colts 8-9
Jacksonville Jaguars 4-13
Tennessee Titans 3-14

AFC North:
Baltimore Ravens 12-5
Pittsburgh Steelers 10-7
Cincinnati Bengals 9-8
Cleveland Browns 3-14

[theramswire.usatoday.com]

The Los Angeles Rams added a new uniform to their wardrobe for 2025, giving them four different jerseys to choose from this season. Paired with Bone jerseys, the Rams’ “Rivalries” set is one of two alternate designs, which are in addition to their traditional royal blue and white jerseys.

We already knew the Rams would be wearing their Rivalries uniform in Week 11 against the Seattle Seahawks and ahead of Week 1, they released their full uniform schedule for the 2025 season. They’re wearing their Bone jerseys three times, which is more than they’ve worn them in the last two years; they wore them twice each season in 2023 and 2024.

There’s no designated home or away uniforms, so they’re wearing navy at home and on the road, and the same goes for their white jerseys.

You can see the schedule on the LA Rams X page: [x.com]

Royal blue (7)

Week 3 at Eagles
Week 4 vs. Colts
Week 5 vs. 49ers
Week 9 vs. Saints
Week 15 vs. Lions
Week 16 at Seahawks
Week 18 vs. Cardinals

White (6)

Week 1 vs. Texans
Week 7 at Jaguars
Week 10 at 49ers
Week 12 vs. Buccaneers
Week 13 at Panthers
Week 14 at Cardinals

Bone (3)

Week 2 at Titans
Week 6 at Ravens
Week 17 at Falcons

Rivalries (1)
Week 11 vs. Seahawks

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Note the schedule doesn't include pants. It never does.

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Lets say I was surprised by #4...

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My favorite parts:

The bond between Omar and Whittington
The prayer in the linebacker huddle
Kyren, little boy Ram fan, signing his extension.

Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay top defensive peers’ ratings of NFL’s offensive play callers

A sample of NFL defensive coordinators and coaches say who they think is best at designing and executing an offense.

www.nytimes.com

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2. Sean McVay, Rams​

Many coaches view Shanahan and McVay as 1a and 1b. Like Shanahan, McVay’s play calling helped keep the Rams playing at a high level despite multiple injuries. Their offensive line was ravaged, Puka Nacua missed five games, and Cooper Kupp regressed with injuries and age last season. Yet the Rams remained efficient, finishing eighth in success rate and 10th in DVOA.

McVay has drastically evolved his offense from a highly systemized and coach-controlled outside zone, play-action system into a gap scheme, quarterback-centered, more spread-out system with Matthew Stafford at the helm. Coaches surveyed gave McVay a lot of credit for giving Stafford the tools to weaponize his football IQ at the line of scrimmage.

McVay’s career low point was in Super Bowl LIII, in which the Rams only scored 3 points in a loss to the Patriots. In that game, he couldn’t adjust to Bill Billichick’s 6-1 front. With years of experience, McVay’s ability to adjust is now levels above where it was early in his career.

“I think he can just see it live the best,” one defensive coordinator said. “He has a full Rolodex of plays. He can get to anything on his call sheet, but he can also get to anything in his head. If he needs to adjust in-game, he can completely come up with a new game plan on the spot. So it’s almost to the point now where he’s seen a lot. He has such a good memory of everything, with 12 years of experience calling plays and reacting to stuff. If you’re playing this (defense), he’s going to go to this … and he can do it in a second. That’s weird that he can just adjust so easily.”

TNF: Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles

Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 8:20 PM ET (Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM ET)
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
TV/Streaming: NBC, Peacock

RamsOnDemand Sportsbook: (pending)

It’s been a sprint. I was hoping to go live today… but TOMORROW is the day!

We are finalizing schedules but around 9-10am CST we will be offline for the update… about 4hrs.

When you click on RamsOnDemand.com the browser should advise you we are in update mode. At the very least it will say unavailable in some way.

When we go live, the site will be in Midnight Mode. This will help make it jump out that the update is complete. BOOM! The Rams need to CONSULT WITH ROD on Midnight Mode!

THEME SWITCHER IS ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN. There is a chooser.

Our Standard Blue will be default in a matter of days.

You can always select based on your mood from:

1. Midnight Mode
2. Bone
3. 1980’s
4. STL Years

This feature will be members only in the future.

I have tested and tweaked colors like crazy. The combinations are many to consider. Please be patient with a few color bugs. I might have missed something as it’s impossible for me to test everything. I hope you like what you see and PLEASE PROVIDE feedback.

In the coming weeks we’ll be rolling out membership stuff and easier ways to donate.

I wanted the theme thing launched for opening night. It adds FUN to the season kickoff!

Another new feature that will appear as a new ribbon is the introduction of FEEDS.

This is just a different way to interact with and sort content. My advice…Just play with it… click on the buttons and you’ll see. There is a Facebook/Reddit vibe to the layout. It’s cool. We’ll have some fun with this.

The familiar Forum List View will be right there, as default.



There are a lot of other little changes. The LIKE system will display votes differently and other fresh things to stuff. But the familiar blue color scheme will feel very familiar.

Please be patient if there are color bugs. I don’t expect performance bugs. The site will scream.

I will keep this thread updated as plans firm.

I will probably edit it for stuff I’ve forgotten.

It’s the 2025 Season! It’s our 15th year!




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