Malibu said:

I appreciate the take. What others are not factoring in is FA there will be several that will fill some other holes. Me there are a plethera of OLBs that can fill the #37 spot it comes down to choosing the right one that is where I would go with the pick. If we get one in FA I go OL either LY or IOL it feels more like IOL buy this is just me. I want to address the key needs not the luxury picks. We can argue a home run RB out of the backfield needs to be the pick and I get the logic but I feel you fix the OL and a bunch of players fit the bill especially this off-season there are a ton of RBs available as opposed to previous years.

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Ideally, the OLB in this defense has to able to set the edge, not be able to be blocked by most TEs, AND provide an effective pass rush. Pass covering from time to time would be a plus. At least that's what I read the defense requires.

An immediate impact player like that doesn't typically get out of the first round, but anything is possible.

And fixing the OLine doesn't make the other available RBs home run AND better receiving threats. An actual legit match up problem. That is the key with Gibbs. We learned impact of such a player with Marshall Faulk, who opened things up for everyone.

That Spears kid from Tulane possibly could fit the bill, but he has two ACL injuries to the same knee already which is concerning. And the Texas A & M is just so small.

In the end, I guess I focus more on the actual players rather than just positions.

Congrats to wize and otherwise...

Fun season!

Hell I'd rank Mahomes over 8 or 9 of those guys.....and he's only been around 6 years

after the 70's , i learned how to prepare myself for disappointments in life a lot better. and the 80's. and the 90's until a grocery clerk , reverend Ike, an awesome 1st round pick, and another baffling colts trade put it all together and showed that yes, even after decades of disillusionment hope sometimes shows itself. and then i learned that cheaters in fact, do win, absolutely crushing that bs saying from way back when.

Neil039 said:

And banned in more than a handful of countries.

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hey!

I dunno about We, but I’d wager we trade out of that 36 slot … Washington is a good possibility if they wanna trade up… their 2nd and 3rd match the value of our 2nd…

But I don’t see us using that pick…

den-the-coach said:

Well, at least it's not France.

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Or Mexico.

Allen2McVay said:

That's Good Advice.

I did not do research because, at the time Samples was hired, it was widely reported that McVay assigned Thomas Brown the responsibility of identifying the new RB-coach. It was part of giving Brown greater responsibility to increase his coaching profile.

You posted ... 'someone posted here there were 2 Raheem Morris hires that just got fired'

Rather than assume the Defensive Coordinator hired a RB-coach ... because that would be strange ... maybe you might want to do your research. You gave good advice above. You should take it.

McVay let go of a number of coaches last month. Four were on the defensive-side. If Morris was key in hiring any coaches that were let go, don't you think it is much more likely it was the defensive coaches?

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I think it pays to wait to we all can assess the direction. If they bail on Ramsey I say the season is over but if they can figure out how to improve the OL with an upgrade at LG or C and add an upgrade at OLB we will be at the point we can say we can compete for a title. These 3 keys plus better BU QB, #2 CB I seriously see hope.

Riverumbbq said:

Ex-NFL player Greg Hardy opens bare knuckle fighting career by getting knocked out cold

The ex-NFL pass rusher got knocked flat by a massive underdog.

www.yahoo.com

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That first hit was pretty indirect... Hardy got a glass jaw? Also, if you were going to do something like this I'd think you'd train harder and be less... fat? Hardy just looks grossly out of shape for something like this.

CGI_Ram said:

“For the years in San Francisco before that, I obviously didn’t call the plays, but honestly, it’s not even really on my mind at all right now,” LaFleur said Tuesday. “My mind is totally into let’s finish this staff, let’s get the right people for this offensive staff, and then let’s get to know these players. Let’s figure out what our roster is going to be moving forward and then let’s get the foundation of what this 2023 Rams offense is going to be. Then whatever happens in August through December, I’m going to be there to support and do my part. So not concerned about any of that, and again, excited to be here.”

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He is very focused on moving forward. Sounds a lot like McVay!

Merlin said:

You nasty bastids.

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"You have the palate of an Ozarkian swine! Next thing you'll say is that you don't like caviar!" ~ @RamFan503

Jeez, ... our 60's icons just keep falling, seems at a record rate now.



RIP Stella

Loyal said:

Ban it if possible, but adopt our own version if it's allowed to continue....

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Line up Donald at RB and let the pushing commence.

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dieterbrock said:

And so does a Kurt Warner or Tom Brady, but odds are much better with a QB drafted in 1st 2-3 rounds
Outliers are outliers.

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I don't disagree

Bummer. Too many of these RIP threads these days. But RIP Mr. McCarver.

When I was nine I had meningitis. The Docs would treat it and it would come back in a few days. I was in and out of the hospital for three months. Every time I’d get it again I had a Spinal Tap. It was necessary to confirm the diagnosis even though they were pretty sure what it was.

Anyway, every time I had to have it done I screamed like it was the most excruciating pain on earth. In hindsight it was not that bad. I don’t like looking back at what a little whimp I was as a kid.

LA1980 said:

nonsense. He left Kentucky calling his own plays. He clearly sucked and McVay said, yeah, bro, go back.

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That's totally false

oldnotdead said:

Californians have known the risk they were taking with the Salton Sea for decades. Back in the 80s, I believe it was when a plan was drawn up to divert the rainwater drainage coming off the mountains and put the rain runoff in settling ponds to replenish the aquifer. That plan was politically quashed and nothing was done about it.

My uncle used to own a farm in Niland and got run out by rezoning his farmland for residential use. Coincidentally he was one who supported the plan....hmmmmm Environmental scientists predicted this day would come. But like the coastal desalination plants, their plans were killed over and over again. California has no one to blame but itself. Look how many years this drought has lasted and as the biggest draw on the water did California lead the charge to reallocate the water division? Nope, they continued to this day to draw their full share. Where is the ban on golf courses, lawns and water-intensive landscapes?

Public apathy is just as big of a problem as big agri. There is no political will because there is no public will. People won't care until rationing becomes a permanent thing. The problem is multifaceted. But it must start with a general public outcry because without it the politicians have no reason not to take the Farm Bureau's money.

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I don't disagree with any of the above, but the discussion the OP presented us is about Desalination Plants. We know the political will has been nonexistent in many circles of our society because there is a lack of leadership, and now we have reached a point where the Feds are likely to impose restrictions which will trigger lawsuits that could take years to resolve, years that we don't have. The Sacramento Water Tunnel Project, like the development of desalination plants, is just another issue where locals say 'not in my backyard'.
I'm not an engineer, but I do possess a degree of common sense, and when the subject of desalination comes up and folks get twisted over this 'not in my backyard' malaise, it's not altogether different from off-shore wind turbine development we have seen in many coastal cities already.
One reason why I brought up a seawater pipeline to an area inland is because it's far less intrusive than a massive Desalination Plant that sits on our pristine California coastline, and the land & route are pretty easily followed if the Feds & State can get on board. Camp Pendleton is federal property, and state highway 78 would be the path of the pipeline, a fairly direct route, a huge desalination plant on the north-east side of the Salton Sea should have far fewer detractors, ... then another, now fresh water pipeline would continue north to Lake Mead through uninhabited desert land. Camp Pendleton is huge, and on it's southernmost reaches could easily yield some land for a pipeline, if not a desalination plant of it's own.
jmo.

Loyal said:

5. The AMC Gremlin X: Especially in lime green, oh yes! They came in a large V-6 or in a honest-to-God, V-8. It was called one of the first sub-compact models aver the Oil Embargo in 1973 (ish). The V-8 would scream and rumble like a monster car. It was so ugly, I loved it. I think I need it now....

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LOL I needed a transportation car and bought a Gremlin for $150. It had about 200K original miles on the engine. Only the transmission had been replaced at 125K miles. It was beaten to hell on the exterior but was a surprisingly good interior. I put another 80K trouble free miles on it.

Girls laughed at it but if they did I didn't want a girl like that. One girl didn't laugh. She said she was more interested in the man that drove it. Had to have lots of strength of character to survive the ridicule. God I loved that girl.

I was just out of the Navy so I was broke and broken. The last thing I cared about was the car I drove.

Sorry that should say I met her in the late 60s.

CGI_Ram said:

Might as well bump it again!

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Happy memories. May they be just as happy a year from now....