In all the hours I've wasted watching the Rams this year, where were THESE guys? It's like the Rams and Seahawks switched places. "Can we get the cheerleaders off the field, please?" LOL that's a new one.
I think a strong play for Tua isn't out of the question. Especially when he gets the true scoop from his pal Nick Saban at Alabama. Maybe they start Stidham and suck for Trevor Lawrence? It's going to be a crazy free agent market for quarterbacks. There are a ton on the open market. I have a friend that has a huge conspiracy theory in his head of Andrew Luck coming back and being their quarterback too. So take that for what it's worth.
Tua's a good point, I can see them going for him. Can't see them sucking for anyone though, they're too good for that. Belichick would have to throw the season on purpose, and I don't think he'd do that. As for Luck, he doesn't seem the villainous type. If he comes back, I don't think he'd go to New England.
Agreed, me either. And I also don't think Belichick is willing to wait around long enough to throw away an entire season. Teddy Bridgewater is a thought. I can see him trying to rework Marcus Mariota. Mariota has regressed pretty badly from his first two years but for what it's worth he does not turn the ball over very much. Belichick and New England has always been a defense, running game and no turnovers strategy at heart. They just figured out how to make their short passing game as an extension of the running game. Two other players I think they'll be interested in as far as the draft goes; Jalen Hurts and KJ Costello. Saban has the ultimate respect of Hurts. He did a ton for Alabama and I really think it had to kill him to move on from Hurts for Tua. He jumped in the SEC Championship game and engineered a comeback win for a 13-0 season. He was 28-2 for Saban. KJ Costello was really setup to have a huge year and Stanford would've been in play for a Pac-12 championship if he and the entire team didn't get hurt. A heady player who has good short throw accuracy and doesn't turn the ball over much himself. Costello can be had in the 3rd-5th I'd guess. Hurts is a wild card. I can see him flying up the board as the Lamar Jackson running quarterback hysteria takes over the league (although he's nowhere near the athlete in terms of speed or arm Jackson is). I have to believe Jalen Hurts is going to succeed in this league even in a short term or journey man capacity. Even if he has to be a gadget player. He's a great kid.
The Seahawks have played this entire game like they're shocked the Rams are trying to run the ball to the edge.
Jim Nantz has been long since been indoctrinated and shamelessly flaunts his Cheats sycophancy. "Alahu Akbar!", pfffft, see how laugh. He'll be screaming "The Patriots lose again!" before blowing himself up in the broadcast booth. I've been saying it for years how insufferable he is. There was about 10 seconds left in the game, the Cheats didn't convert, and he said some nonsense like, "The Patriots need a miracle here." I almost choked on my water.
I've wasted several hours of my life watching Goff and the Rams play like shit this year, so of course they suffocate the Seahawks and are 8-5 and a game out of the WC. Sure why not.
Wentz looks awful. He just refuses to throw the ball underneath. His wide receivers are pretty beat too but still. Lost in the next generation of football fans is going to be the great quarterback making the below average wide receiver serviceable. Having a good to great wide receiver is slowly becoming more and more important.
Me too. I was rooting for Eli to have at least one more game like this. Unfortunately I don't think he's going to ride into the sunset and retire. He'll give it another go somewhere. The Giants really fucked him by not releasing him in the offseason.
Fat Leonard Williams just cheapshotted Wentz. RTP, but didn't he elbow him in the head and his head snapped back? If that was Tom Cheat that's an ejection. Let's call a spade a spade here.
I just really can't believe Gettleman gave us two draft picks for him. It's like he hasn't watched football in three years and think he's still a developing rookie.
Tessitore and Booger are the absolute worst. Makes me wish we had Kornheiser back. And he was terrible. Tessitore just said the analytics department would tell them to go for 2 after they scored to make it 17-11 instead of 17-10? WHAT??
Where oh where is the Carson Wentz that was tearing the league up before injuring his knee... And yet they'll still only be a game out of 1st if they lose. Burn this division to the ground and salt the earth.
It's true https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-to-go-for-2-for-real/ . Here is the key picture. Starting midway in the third quarter, if you're down eight points going for two is the right thing to do based on expected winning percentage even if your team is not very good at the two point conversion. It has to do with how going to overtime is pretty much a coin flip and extra points aren't gimmes any more. Of course, specifics of individual teams can change it, but given how bad the Eagles offense is, playing for one scoring drive rather than two (one in overtime) is actually a pretty good idea.
