So, I will move quickly past playing with matches under a mature pine tree with a few years worth of dead pine needles at our feet and jump to late '71 or early "72. I was 17 by then and not really a kid anymore, but my friends and I had our drivers licenses by then and were capable of real damage doing stupid stuff.
One Friday or Saturday night we were "Cruising the Creek". Think "American Graffiti" but a few years later and a few miles North and East of Modesto in Walnut Creek, Ca. ( We still were listening to "The Wolfman" though, we could pick him up at night when he was on XERB). This was before "Cruising" was banned by old fuddy duddys in charge of making City Ordinances".
I was not driving. We were in Jim's car, a "67 Malibu with a 283 small block and a 3 speed manual transmission. Jim was maybe 4 years older than the rest of us, a friend from Bethel Island where my friend Kenny's parents had a weekend home. Being older Jim had a job earning money he spent mostly on his car including nice fat tires. ( I was running retreads on my "61 Galaxy.)
There were four of us in the car. Jim was driving, Kenny had shotgun and I was in the backseat with my big mouth and another friend.
So we were going up and down South Main Street when we passed by, going the other direction a '69 Olds Delta 88 with what was probably a big block 455 and probably automatic transmission. These guys were older, out of high school, and maybe looking to impress younger females with older ladies being wise to their ways.
Words were exchanged and I don't remember exactly what I said but they replied something to the effect "we better not see you again". Well maybe one pass later we were going the same direction and more words were exchanged and I believe the words
"Yo mama" escaped my lips and the chase was on.
Fortunately we were headed North near Ygnacio Valley Road and made a quick left and then another onto 680 Southbound with a quick merge onto 24 and points west. Jim's' 3 speed had gained us some distance early but there was no way we were going to outpace a 455 big block over the long run. So, from the left hand lane doing in excess of 120 MPH, approaching the Central Lafayette exit which was a cloverleaf design, and the Olds' about 30 yards behind, Jim makes a hard right hand turn to make the exit.
I believe the fat tires Jim was running made the difference, we would have rolled over a few times otherwise and the Delta '88 didn't even try to make the turn and had to go another few miles to the Upper Happy Valley Road exit to turn around.
This excitement ended the fun for the evening and we retired back to Kens' house for a beer to (Jim could buy) calm down and to tell me to keep my mouth shut next time.

I think Goff needed a kick in the ass instead of being ' The Golden Boy' bullshit. He has some fire and focus now and I'm happy for him! As many did 2 years ago predicting the Lions should be start peaking about this year especially with those 2 first rounders. It's going to be interesting to see what kind of team they put together there.

p.s. @FarNorth they need to get a top TE for Goff in those top 2.5 rounds.

Angry Ram said:

I don't want to "pump" anything.

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Hey now. If Mila Kunis is available...

jackburginjr said:

Hurts is ok, but still leaves a bit to be desired. Fields HELL NO.

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What does "much to be desired" even mean???

35 total tuds, 3700 yards passing, #1 seed, what more do you want?

CGI_Ram said:

3 49ers issues that could spell disaster vs. Eagles in NFC Championship​

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That game is probably 80% or more whether the Eagles can shut down the Shitters run game. If they do they will probably win the game. If they don't the Shitters will keep getting the points they need which the Eagles won't be able to overcome vs that defense.

AZRams said:

Have actually seen some people online over the years poo-pooing his playing on a broken leg in the championship game and SB.

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Who are these Pooh-Poohers you speak of!?!? Bring them to me and I will smite them rightfully!!!

Sure a lot of good candidates. I'd probably rate Denzel's character first the Gene Hackman's a close second. But I'm shocked no one thought of The Waterboy.

BriansRams said:

Dang:
Nothing at all against you. But by intensity and leadership do you mean when he blames his own teammates and points fingers at them when HE screwed up? Or are you referring to where he hits his own teammate in the head on the field like a punk? Or, lastly, are you referring to when he very nearly commits a personal foul, or actually gets a costly personal foul against him ... for taunting? Which leadership are you referring to?

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All of the above plus his bone crunching tackles that help fire up a defense that doesn’t show much emotion. Ramsey can be careless and hyper sensitive but IMO that is to a far lesser degree than his positive impact.

OldSchool said:

If it's not the OL/run game/game plan it's clearly Morris' fault.

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Aaron Kromer & Roger Saffold
if your talking Rams

Wasn’t that around the time Nsekhe settled in, and we started having some consistency among the OL?

Close thread, he got hired!

This should be the Rams top free agent signing.

Dixon was steady. Not a guy that you had to worry about, and flawless as a holder.

That said, this team needs this position to be cheap. I love @den-the-coach suggestion of Turk.

LARams_1963 said:

I guess I'm one of the only dudes here who actually likes Rapp. I like his energy and he never seems to quit or shy away from making plays. Every player on our D, including Scott and Ramsey have bad plays and sometimes take bad angles or have blown coverages. Is Rapp much worse than other starters around the league? I'm not so sure.

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I’m with you 1963. Rapp is a valuable resource in certain situations and while he is very limited in pass coverage he’s a hard nosed player that attacks the ball. I’d keep him for a reasonable price but his limitations would keep me from paying him starter money.

Dammit, DAVEY Lopes!

nighttrain said:

never should have traded woods, only dumb move McSnead have made.
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At the time it seemed like a good move. Allen Robinson was thought to be more of a fit with Stafford. But those two never got on the same page. Hopefully another season will give them a better rapport together. If Stafford is stuck on Kupp defenses will gladly let Kupp have his ten catches and a TD if no one else contributes. Stafford needs to spread it around more than he did last season.

Bellyfat will be all over it

With Dan Quinn staying in Dallas I wonder if it improves Raheem's odds of getting a HC job? One less candidate for the other jobs.

I hope Mahomes plays ok, although I know he is still hurting. I just want to see a good game. Both teams are good.

I remember when the Giants were facing the Eagles late in the season with the division on the line. I think it was in 1989, both had good records. Long before the groceries comment. They were interviewing Parcells a day or two prior to the game. And they were asking him stupid questions, "do you dislike each other?", etc. So he interrupts the media and says (sarcastically), "it's a division game, you can throw out the records, it's always a tough contest, etc. etc.. Next question." I LMFAO.

So obviously we made a few changes with the sportsbook this season.

We started off with a set maximum of winnings per wager and have increased it as the year went along.
In my eyes it has led to stiffer competition towards the end of the season (ends in March)


so looking for your opinions to start the next season

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Yeah we heard the same shit in 2018

ottoman89 said:

I think we took Rodney for granted, he left to Philly on a reasonable deal and instantly became a leader and great player for them

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Yeah - JJ43 was ready to go. When did The Rams draft Taylor Rapp?
Was it J. Joyner who took his place & The Rams got a comp pick for him.
My guess was Mcvay came in & Mccliud was on his way out? The fact Tru Johnson got franchised TWICE & Joyner ONCE just shows how far The Rams have come & that at least the there drafting depth.
Rodney was a just another Les Snead UDRFA find like Corey Littleton or even Malcom Brown who is still a Ram today.

PAY THE MAN, MCSNEAD!!!