League is possibly considering suspending Puka according the Shefter
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WestCoastRam
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Schefter is a good reporter.
He's just telling you what's possibly gonna happen and he wouldn't have suggested the Australia game without some inside info even if it's not a guarantee.
He's just telling you what's possibly gonna happen and he wouldn't have suggested the Australia game without some inside info even if it's not a guarantee.
Ill sign right now for only a ONE game suspension for either one of our guys. Keep Puka home, no 15 hour flight. Beat em with heavy run game/tight end usage. Dont want Stafford airing it out Down Under, that's the 2025 Rams. 2026 Rams need to be more somewhat "conservative" on Offense and let our Defense win games.
Suspension is a temporary setback.
Injury is the scary monster.
Injury is the scary monster.
Let’s get all this Ajax, Nacua, TE usage, AD usage, ST retooling figured out in the first quarter of the season. Then wreck the NFL in the last 3 quarters. Rams and Rams fans are used to slow starts.
Yeah Schefter is pretty good at foreshadowing news that hasn’t actually broken yet. Both Gregg Rosenthal and Jourdan Rodrigue said on their pod yesterday that the way Schefter worded his reporting, made them think a suspension was coming for Nacua and probably AJ too.
Also Nacua’s groin soreness could be a blessing in disguise if a suspension is coming. Give Whittington or whoever else a couple weeks to exclusively work with the 1s.
Good reporters report ALL of the news. Pretty sure he sat on the Russini/Vrabel story, not to mention his buddy Shanahan and his accident. Just sayin. He's a stooge for BSPN.
LARAMSinFeb.
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McVay is always talking about inevitable adversity. He knows it's how you respond that matters.
The 72' Dolphins still have pull with the League Office ~ @Loyal
I am a 57-year Die-hard Rams’ fan. Forget the brutal loss in last year’s NFC Championship Game, I am still dealing with the equally brutal losses in Minnesota, in the 1974 and 1976 NFC Championship Games.
I don’t want Nacua or Jackson to be suspended any more than any of you guys … But … to play a little Devil’s Advocate, the NFL is a Huge Business, and nothing means more than its Shield; and, a big part of that is Reputation and Public Perception.
I have no idea, and no expectations but the League may rule based upon public perception, and be heavily influenced by how the majority of the NFL fan base perceives … and … even Wants things to play out.
The Rams are a big-market, high-profile NFL Team right now. They are perceived as loaded and a preseason Lombardi favorite.
Other than the favorite’s fan base, no fan likes the favorite. Our Rams are the team most NFL fans say …
“Any team but them” and “How can they afford all those guys?!?!”
Remember when we used to say that about other top-tier teams?
The League may rule, in part, on factors that reflect what will please a majority of the NFL fan base.
Unfortunately, what is Fair and Right, often ain’t got nothing to do with it.
Hope I am wrong. On the plus side, I am wrong a lot.
I don’t want Nacua or Jackson to be suspended any more than any of you guys … But … to play a little Devil’s Advocate, the NFL is a Huge Business, and nothing means more than its Shield; and, a big part of that is Reputation and Public Perception.
I have no idea, and no expectations but the League may rule based upon public perception, and be heavily influenced by how the majority of the NFL fan base perceives … and … even Wants things to play out.
The Rams are a big-market, high-profile NFL Team right now. They are perceived as loaded and a preseason Lombardi favorite.
Other than the favorite’s fan base, no fan likes the favorite. Our Rams are the team most NFL fans say …
“Any team but them” and “How can they afford all those guys?!?!”
Remember when we used to say that about other top-tier teams?
The League may rule, in part, on factors that reflect what will please a majority of the NFL fan base.
Unfortunately, what is Fair and Right, often ain’t got nothing to do with it.
Hope I am wrong. On the plus side, I am wrong a lot.
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fearsomefour
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Possibly considering = means nothing.
It means nothing until it does.
That said, Puka is kind of an asshole, clearly. So, there is an asshole tax that has to be paid sometimes.
It means nothing until it does.
That said, Puka is kind of an asshole, clearly. So, there is an asshole tax that has to be paid sometimes.
Immature - Yes. Asshole - No. At least not now.
We can think that way as fans ... may even be healthy and smart to do so.
However, McVay and the Rams' coaches can not take that approach without certainty neither is suspended.
If Puka or AJ get suspended and Rice walks free, there is something absolutely off about the NFL's conduct policy and punishments. Rice was on VIDEO with his actual crimes and badly hurt people...... Both Pukas and AJ's incidents are not even proven or criminal offenses...
I feel pretty confident that if there is a suspension looming, McVay is fully aware and is planning around it
AJ I can see. Police were called. An arrest was made. He's already been suspended once. In Puka's case its a lawsuit he disputes. He said she said. If they wanna suspend for that then I imagine there are others in the NFL who should be suspended. I doubt its a slam dunk. I do think AJ will be suspended. I just hope its not more than 4 games.
Biting a chick is a bad look. They will slap his hand w/ a 1-2 game suspension imho
Also Puka missing a few games for this could be great for his body as he’s a physical player
Also Puka missing a few games for this could be great for his body as he’s a physical player
And as I reference somewhere earlier, him being able to avoid 30 hours of Air flight also can't be a bad thing. Unless suspended players still travel with the team....?
Suspend him for what? Being drunk in public isn't suspension worthy.
Who are you and what have you done with @Allen2McVay ???