HE WITH HORNS said:

The only way to fix the penalty mess is to use AI.
Try it in preseason just for holding calls only, and if it works, expand it to the regular season the next year.
If it calls too many penalties one week, dial it back the next week, or vise versa.
Could eventually replace the human bias completely.

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Yep. I'd have a lighting system for the teams and crowd and one ref who gets the calls spoken in his earpiece.

Goal is no reviews and unnecessary stoppages. Teams would need to adjust to higher call rates though I'd imagine.

Steve808 said:

I believe the Rams have only 6 picks in 2025. 1, 3, 4, and three (3) 6th rounders. It doesn't look like the Rams will get compensatory picks. Only via trade will we get a few more.

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That’s limits who they can move on from and bring in. If they can’t get their guy at 26, I hope they trade back or more picks. It that’s just me.

OldSchool said:

Maybe and maybe him watching Pleasant fail right in front of him and get fired leaves a sour taste and he's just doing what he has do to. As long as we're throwing maybes out there they're all valid.

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Sure.. I’ll give you one more ….
Goff had his 4th worst completion percentage this year and only passed for 217 yards in a game the Lions needed overtime to win.

No idea who he goes with.. the reflexive “Rooney rule” thing just gets my attention. Did last year when people were saying that about Aaron Glenn. I probably listen to too many National podcasts that talk about coaching candidates.

My take on Jourdan all the way back 2 years ago are her trying to 1 up Mcvay & the Media !!

Yes she had dirt or knowledge about him questioning his career path. What happened last year SUCKED!!!

Sean Mcvay needed the weekend with his family.Raheem needed to know as well ? I get it was a tough decision.

US RAM DANS should be HAPPY MCVAY chose staying The Rams HC ?
She created this BS that IMO is why Sean Mcvay has not addressed us Rams Fans yet.He will wait & give his thoughts on what is NEXT!!

We as Rams Fans need to respect it,but maybe this is a good thing now ?? Taking 3 plus days might not be a Bad thing !

Merlin said:

Hitting on a blue chip defender at 19 overall in the season in which your first ballot Hall of Fame 3T retires... That is some crazy shit. Hopefully he is like AD, meaning willing to work his ass to the nines to be great. And judging from his postseason comments I think he will do that.

For this draft we all have favorite players for each round but the most important thing is adding more difference makers. I want a TE at 26 but more important is hitting another grand slam on that player who slides further than he should. And that player may not be the position you want but if you think he's going to be elite take him.

Same deal with FA. I'd rather have one stud addition than a safe choice or even multiple marginal types. This coaching staff is so good that they can get production from young players. So make a run at a difference maker in this FA window. Those are the guys who you know you can count on when everything is on the line in the playoffs and this team feels like it is close to being a legit contender.

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Unbelievable almost. Aarond Donald retires. Defense struggles for a few games, then at the end of the season, it looks like the Rams might have the best defensive front in the NFL. Sure, we need some upgrades but this defense is so young that they won't hurt the salary cap for a few years.

Jacobarch said:

It's hard to watch anything that's on cable or a large audience sports podcast. So often they get away from sports and talk about shit I do not care about. It's also filled with pretentious people who end up knowing nothing about sports but are more-or-less an "influencer" in hopes of capturing a wider audience. While I love the show Between the Horns with JB, Farr and guest, Here's a perfect example of someone who annoys me when they try to talk football...At least she's easy on the eyes...

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Ditto.... Jack of all trades... master of none!
Never knew her - but it is a local connection here.
She attended the same High School my kids went to. Graduated a coupl eof years after our last one did.....

OntarioRam said:

Good for him. Very good coach, though he will need to win a big game soon or he will start to develop a reputation of choking.

It's hard to win "the big game" without the right QB though. McVay will tell you that. So will Andy Reid.

McVay's coaching tree is absolutely mental for a coach his age. In terms of quantity alone. Then when you consider the quality and how well his former staff members have done.... mind blowing. We are very fortunate.

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Ya shoulda been a Sean McVay fabulist since 2018

Kid is good. Kicker issues are solved.

PhillyRam said:

I must have missed that one

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On average, I miss about 2 or 3 per-day.

Counting the players signed to futures contracts yesterday, the Rams have 55 players under contract.
A whopping 10 are cornerbacks; and that's not including Witherspoon.

Aside: I think "whopping" is an under-used word.

ok.. it's been 24 hours

what needed to be said has been said

Loyal said:

Bro, it's not silly.
Having that spark. Being clutch when everything is against you is a magical thing. If you have Ray Lewis defense then you can probably do it, but then again, maybe not. It's not 2001 anymore and Trent Dilfer won't win it for you.

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~ "Dilfer HATER" ~ Everyone named Trent

Before AD announced his retirement he was trending to be a passing down specialist on the rush. Rams would have done with him like they ended up doing with Fiske. Which means they wouldn't have needed to move up for Fiske.

Translation is they would have been a little better on pass downs, and had more picks. But they would need to replace 3T this offseason. So it's six one way half dozen the other I'd say.

dieterbrock said:

McVay even said as much, I believe the quote was, "How did we let that guy out of the building"

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If McVay thinks Jones was a big loss he is going to need to stay the fuck out of the scouting discussion re: ILB and allow Shula to run the search in this draft.

Mark Andrews in the lap aka the bread basket aka Lamar threw it perfectly. It happens to the best of everyone. Facts. His #1 reliable ever, too. Definitely not in a blizzard blue font.

Corbin said:

Yep that’s why coaches don’t teach their players to go helmet to helmet right?

That’s why the NFL doesn’t have refs incentivize 15 yards and an ejection from the game for hits on a defenseless WR?

Does making this illegal stop them?

Yes or no?

This argument is invalid.


Your honor, the plaintiff rests their case.


I should have been a lawyer…. Meh… maybe not then I’d have a know it all attitude then.

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I'd argue (your honor) that things like helmet-to-helmet hits have gone WAY DOWN since the rules against them were implemented.

We've all seen the highlight videos of players getting absolutely DESTROYED by H-2-H hits and "defenseless WR" knockout shots. Especially in the 80's and 90's.

Yeah, those crazy shots still happen, but it seems like they've gone down in frequency.

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RamFanWA said:

Well... oddly, a detroit pizza going into the oven (no pic)
and a bewski from my (late) teen years!!

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crush it like Quint !!

Rams8821 said:

I keep a low profile. I got faith in humanity. Here supporting the boys

Will report back Monday or Tuesday. Or after the game when we win.

Appreciate the looking out

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You have to be smart about it. Not much you can do when so many against one fan of the other team.
When I used to go to Raiders-Rams in Oakland I wore black Carharts and a grey t shirt. Nothing matters if you get the shit beat out of you.
Some of them were very cool dudes, just Raider fans. It was all love when the Raiders made a big play. One Raider fan tried to high five me and my Raider fan buddy informed his I was a Rams fan. He acted like I had cooties after that but he was a nice guy.
It did not work out well for one drunk ass Rams fan. I seen his eyeball hanging out of his head. It was gross.
I seen one HUGE brother walk up to a father and 7 year old Rams fan, point down and scream in the kids face. What is the father supposed to do ? It was messed up.
I seen one Rams fan get beat to a pulp by 8-10 guys. Then they stood around him in a circle and pissed all over the guy.
This was Bradfords first game and Steven Jackson, looked HUGE. We were right behind the Rams bench. So afterwards I went to the rail and there was a few brave Rams fans all geared up. I was next to this black dude all geared up, he had this Rams court jester kind of hat. He was in it to win it. Now there is a price to pay if you do not show up in Rams gear. The players will not approach you, no reason to right ? Well Steven Jackson came up to that guy in the Jester hat and gave him his gloves. The fan was a super cool dude and let me try one of those sweaty gloves on. I could not believe just how sticky the grip side of those gloves were. Thats how these modern players are making these sick, one handed catches that you did not see years ago. Its tech !
It is really sad when humans act like that to one another. You should be able to respectfully root for your team in their stadium. Gangs ran that place. In the corridors behind the seats they openly smoked whatever they wanted too and colors were on full display.
I did see some Raider fans drive out of there with obvious bullet hole in their cars. Kind of a status symbol in that neighborhood. Some had full on Raider paint jobs. Got to respect that.
Now Rams fans in Phiily. Enjoy yourselves and above all, stay safe !

Q729 said:

Probably based on the fact they have the o line and the back to just grind it out on the ground.

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I know that’s no joke. That is a tough OL and barkley can be a beast, but…

The last time the eagles played on a snow covered field at home was in 2013 against Stafford! I doubt there is anybody left from that eagle team. Stafford might be the only person playing today with experience on that field under today’s conditions.

Tano said:

We would have kicked the Vikings butt in that game if not for the rain. I was so pissed off.

I thought we were going to the Super Bowl for sure that year.

That was by far our best defensive team.

And we had a great running game too.

QB - well I will let Den describe the QB.

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Rams would have played in at least 2 SBs b/t 75-79 if they had ‘the’ QB.

Corbin said:

I haven’t seen anybody else comment on that play. That was such bullshit… literally the play is ongoing with the whistle just being blown and they called it.

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The first of several bad calls/non calls that game. That was a legit block since the runner was not ruled down.

Luckily, if the NFL tells refs to favor any team in this game, you'd have to think it will be the Rams. What a great story for the NFL to have the NFC Championship in the greatest stadium on the planet in a city that has been suffering so much. There is much more of a good feel story line with the LAR/WAS matchup IMO.

That said, it would be the first time the refs have favored us, seemingly ever. (yeah, I know it was a facemask)

good watch

go rams

slo

ya that's a good one...

go rams

slo

Fanin is an ideal Z TE in this offense. Too productive in college to bust IMO. Could go higher with a good combine. Seam stretching TEs are a nightmare to cover and Sean knows how to scheme mismatches.

Thanks to everyone here for the kind words.
This is testament that anyone can win in this! As I mentioned earlier, I've usually been out of serious contention for the regular pick'em by around the halfway mark of the seasons past. Then in Survivor, I've been knocked out I think twice in the first 2 weeks, and been out by week 3 before.

Survivor does indeed get tough down towards the end, with not much to work with 'cept mostly garbage teams left...and I somehow never used the Chiefs this year.

Congrats to Survivor co-champ @elb5277!

Put up one heck of a fight! And we both got taken out by the same team at the same time...the damn Colts!

Anyways....yeah, those banners look prettay, prettay, prettay good there! Now I'm gonna have to post a good bit more than I have been to show them off!

Thanks again!