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Along those lines, and it is not to downplay the two guards Morgan bought, but I was thinking you don't need superman at every position. First of all, how can you do that? Can't. But the point is you need good players on the OL and teach them to work together. Teamwork and execution is a major equalizer. To your point, you don't get that without some stability. And continuity. It is really clear. Some things don't change, getting to the quarterback is number one priority. But no half measure like Burns. I don't mind that we didn't make that investment, we didn't compound our mistake on that one. Especially with no Luke and TD second line, we at least need a faux Peppers and Rucker to go beside DB. A'Shawn looks much better in a sidekick role. Everybody does. It is kind of like when we jumped Theilen with Diontae, everyone got better.

Canales and Morgan and the whole crew have much more time to consider the options. I hate to say it because people don't like it but IF the demise of Bryce is real, it opens things way up. Better to know where we are not heading sooner than later. If they'd have known he was/would be shelved after 2 weeks maybe we'd have operated differently setting the roster.

We were involuntarily tanking to start with.

Rams 2nd should be a top 40 so probably not too far down from what where the Bears will be picking. Watch that poo be right before us and they snag the guy we want. That would be par for the course.

They can probably cut him in 2026? They have two decent looking young guys behind him.

Well, I think he was looking like a downgrade from his 2023 self. And if we do lose something isn't like 45 points against is that much different than 38 points against, they need to get the young players the reps to evaluate them... Just total speculation but people in his unit have been fuging up their assignments and it isn't always clear to us who was making the errors. That has to stop.

2003 you know it. Still my favorite team by a very small margin over 2015. And they were great too, it is just that the 2003 season was so improbable and we showed a LOT better in that SB than in 2015. I think someone broke Moose's record for longest TD maybe but that was freaking great. If Fox hadn't greedily chased those 2 pointers.... If the Pats didn't cheat taping the walk through.... If Kasay....

I think: that the 'single workhorse that gets stronger the more carries he gets' model has been mostly retired. It is more effective to use two hammers. The wearing down thing is largely still there with the OL run blocking but you add a fresh set of legs. Two sets helps them both stay fresh. Steven Davis vs Double Trouble? Who lasts longer? I mean, it is great to see a back that loves contact and inflicts punishment but it is rare.

Finding out you can't hack it after so much success at a lower level, will fug your head. So now it's both.

A lot of us have probably seen this in our jobs. I plied my trade for a long time and at one point worked some with a rich amateur. He thought because he whipped ass to make his money in business wheeling and dealing that he knew my business that I had been doing for probably well over 15 years at the time. Wrong. It was embarrassing and eventually I told him to lose my number. But that's the way things work too often. Actually he never learned but it was talent and skill based occupation and all the love you might have for it doesn't help much if you aren't able to perform to whatever level. Tepper does not have that hurdle, he only has to know he doesn't know. That's a challenge too though, as we have seen. I really am hoping he is being shown the light. He has been in trial and error school now for long enough.

I read some of their board this morning. They also said Payton was still bringing heat late in the game to keep them down (and I saw a lot of "fire everybody"). I was really only watching for Rattler and didn't bother with the 4th quarter.

Man, the Saints were for sure channeling our early 2023 there. That OL may be worse. It is uncanny, with the WR issues it just about mirrors us in 2023. I think the difference in Rattler and Young is that at least you can see flashes in Rattler under these horrible conditions. I mean, the pressure was relentless and excuse worthy for him. But you can see the arm, and the mobility really clear even though he under threw some stuff I don't think it was that he couldn't get it there. And I saw the football follies with the fumbles and stuff, but no one finger takedowns. It is probably like watching a lesser version of Stroud on the Panthers last year, more what things would have looked like. 5th round, except for the injury there would be no hurry or need to put him out there the first year. I want us to start doing what the Saints did, with Haener and Rattler. I wanted it this year. I wanted it last year lol.

That is a stat that will be all over the place earlier in the year.

I am not expecting much from Shaq at his mileage numbers after an achilles tear. That ship has sailed or sunk, most likely. It would be better to plan to replace him and if he comes back strong, bonus. We need someone that can cover just a little too, Wallace ain't too hot on that, maybe he'll get better with experience and work. It is hard watching this stuff when we watched Luke and TD for years.

I am not actually pissed myself, though that isn't 'me' at all. But I was concerned when he first came in with that. He is kind of a strange duck in some ways I have seen where he does what he needs to do, like if someone isn't doing the job. Personally, I don't think it means he is soft. Our sack leader is on the practice squad for whatever reason. Tepper's prize baby QB is on the bench. After two games. He has standards and is clear about that. I like making fun of it though if I get a chance. I am a non positive type and will get all perfectionist, that can be just as bad. Old Bill, his poo didn't work unless he had the talent. Probably the same with the fiercely positive style. I think both can work. And a guy like that can also have a 'bad cop' that allows him to be the happy guy.

I watched the Bluntness video you are referring to. It was a good video. I don't don't agree with some of his stuff but that one had a lot of good content, covered a lot of bases. Somewhere in there was the run vs pass ratio stuff, and he showed a list that put us 8th most passing team at something like 64%. Was that it? The next thing after that was another stat ranking and I think it was running when we were behind (?) and we actually ran more than the mean or average. It was worth watching for the people talking about the run pass balance. And had that Dalton stuff which was good. He talked a lot about Dalton and getting the ball out fast and the 1st read preoccupation I guess you could call it. If you think about it, Diontae is the first read much of the time and on those times it does make good sense to throw quick because most of those corners can't get on him, he gets open fast and they can't recover that fast. ? I wonder if there is an element of 'training wheels' going on right now that could be a hangover from how the scheme was built for Young. Who absolutely needed to get the ball out that fast for a few reasons. And it is good to protect Dalton from being sacked too I guess. He is all we have. It can be a pretty interesting conversation, exploring reasons for it or consequences from it.

He is only answering the question because the media trolls asked it (that is what putting him on the field brings you). A tornado could hit practice and he'd say it gave us a great opportunity to work on keeping our kicks low into the wind.

AFA wanting him to fail, I think the only real way out of it might be if his marriage failed and the wife went after the team in the settlement, and things got so bad he just said fug it take the team leave me alone. I'll just buy another team. This is an mildly interesting story, if anyone remembers Georgia Frontiere - who inherited majority stake in the Rams. There isn't a parallel because she inherited the team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Frontiere

It's a rumor now lol. I wouldn't call it idle, either. He knew what he was doing.

Dammit. Y'all are nuts talking about being in favor of playing Young. Out.Of.Your.Minds. It is total disrespect to us. And his teammates. You can't remember defenses all crowded because he can't or won't throw deeper than ten yards:? Okay, 12. Cannot have a running game at all like that. You can't have an offense. Go back and look at his numbers or rewatch the first two games, if you have the stomach for it. Watch the looks on his teammates' faces when they interviewed them after he was benched. They can barely conceal their relief. Joy, even. I wish I were lying.

I wish they would abolish the Thursday games and the stupid ass go to Europe and play. But there were a couple of pretty good games this year on Thursday. They must get the refs to keep them looking better. Let them play, whatever, because they have really sucked in the past. Rattler, I watched last week. He had a decent first half and they started clamping down on him after the half. He is by far better than Bryce. No contest. He has a chance. We are talking about a 5th round rookie that probably never even got 1st team reps until last week. It isn't like they took him expecting to be playing him in week 6.

Are they crazy?

Actually it does. You should do better against weaker teams or a weaker schedule. Pretend it is the same team. Plays a tough schedule and wins 2 games. Plays a weak schedule and still only wins 2 games, that is worse. Make any sense?

Okay then let me just say that a NORMAL person should not be barred from having meetings with their employees. I have never been a Tepper fan.

Well, now Brady is involved and could be the biggest QB acquisition influencer so how that would go - considering he was a very late pick himself and killed the NFL - it is hard to say how desperate he would be feeling.