[RedAlice]

Kirckwood out too.

[Hacksaw]

They saw the Rams were coming back to town and they're running like hell.

[Elvis]

Ginn is back...

[Horny Mcbae]

Bill Simmons picked the Rams (3.5) on his preview. His main points were.....

Rams have played in the dome and he thinks recently it’s an advantage to play a team that beat you. That we have changed ourselves since we lost to them. No kupp and now we have CJ.

He thinks Talib is a HUGE plus. He likes him against Thomas who he thinks is the best receiver in the game.

That some of our big name players love the big lights and have decided to turn up starting against the cowboys. He said that Dallas has a good defense and the rams lit them up. That people are underrating that Dallas win.

Rankins is a big miss for them. The saints offense isn’t ALL that. That the rams are built to play good on turf and indoors.

He doesn’t trust Goff.

House countered with the fact that rams did not cover the spread against teams with winning records in any of the last 7 games in the season. 0-3 against the spread when playing teams away from home with winning records.

He says that the cowboys were basically telling the rams their defensive signals and saints won’t do that. If Goff isn’t comfortable the “rams are effed”.

Bill says Patriots will win and it will be Pats - Rams like it was in 2001. That pats fans will be rooting for the rams, rams fan will be rooting for the rams and ATL fans will be rooting for the Rams because they don’t want NO in their town and that juju will get the job done. Lol

[RedAlice]

Oh the Atlanta thing is funny.

Not only did the Atlanta mayor say she wants anyone except NOLA in the SB they are hosting, the official Falcons twitter account retweeted support for the Rams.

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

https://www.theday.com/article/20190118 ... /190119368

Rams’ Goff seeks results in NFC title game


Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff answers questions during a press conference on Friday at Thousand Oaks, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Published January 18. 2019 7:40PM
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

Thousand Oaks, Calif. — Although Jared Goff is uncomfortable being overly nosy when he's around the NFL's best quarterbacks, he kept a close eye on Drew Brees while they were together at the Pro Bowl in Orlando last year.

The most prolific passer in NFL history had no problem sharing aspects of his mental approach and game-day preparation with Goff, who was eager for knowledge a few weeks after taking a loss in his first career playoff game for the Los Angeles Rams.

"I wasn't going to pry too deeply," Goff said. "But I'd ask him a few questions as far as his warmup, and things he does throughout the week."

While Goff admires Brees, Tom Brady and the other top quarterbacks of this era, he is more interested in the mental mechanics of their game than in their arms, achievements or trophies. Goff wants to know how they prepare, and he seeks out tips on film study, game-morning arm exercises — anything he can put into his own evolving approach to the game.

"The thing about Jared is that he's always looking to get better," Rams coach Sean McVay said. "He doesn't look at our record or his success and think he's made it."

Goff's rough rookie season has vanished into history as he heads into his first NFC championship game with the Rams (14-3) against Brees and the New Orleans Saints (14-3) on Sunday. While McVay clearly deserves much of the credit for Goff's swift evolution from a struggling No. 1 overall pick into an above-average NFL passer, Goff's adaptability and eagerness to learn are just as important as his arm strength.

"I think I rely on a lot of the successes I've had, and understand that I didn't do that on accident," Goff said. "It's part of my process, and part of what I do routinely."

The same quarterback who went 0-7 as a rookie starter while getting sacked 26 times is now a two-time Pro Bowl selection at the helm of an elite NFL offense. The Rams have won their first back-to-back division titles since the 1970s during his two full seasons as their starter, and they earned their first playoff victory in 14 years last weekend.

"You talk about a guy who stays even-keeled," Rams receiver Brandin Cooks said. "He operates with such a quieted mind, no matter what's going on. The ebbs and flows of the game, he seems to stay even-keeled, and when you have that from your quarterback, that's special."

Despite his impressive success over the past two seasons, Goff still has more to prove than the other three quarterbacks playing this Sunday. Brees and Brady have accomplished nearly everything possible behind center, while Patrick Mahomes just completed a spectacular season that has left him the league MVP favorite.

Brees was happy to speak with Goff at last year's Pro Bowl even while knowing they were likely to be rivals atop the NFC for the next few seasons. Brees remembered Doug Flutie's willingness to mentor him in San Diego.

"I want to make sure that I pay it forward, just like those guys did with me," the 40-year-old Brees said.

Brees praises Goff as an outstanding passer and an emerging leader. He also sees intricacies to Goff's performances that others might not.

"You watch what they do with their offense, there's a lot of moving parts, and I think he handles it very, very well," Brees said. "I think he creates great timing and rhythm in the passing game."

Goff was fourth in the NFL with 4,688 yards passing this season, and his 32 TD passes were sixth. Yet his season arguably peaked with his 413 yards and four TD passes in the Rams' epic Monday night victory over Kansas City in late November, leading into a December in which he didn't exactly distinguish himself.

In the Rams' final five regular-season games, Goff averaged just 228.2 yards per game with six TD passes against six interceptions and nine sacks. The Rams took two of their three losses all season during that stretch, with Goff memorably throwing four interceptions in the freezing cold of Chicago.

"It was a bad game or two, and I hate having to talk about it," Goff said. "But if (reporters) keep asking about it, you can call it three (bad games) if you want. If you're going to (criticize) three out of 16, I'm OK with that."

McVay also rejects the notion Goff had a slow finish to the regular season, noting the external perception of a quarterback's performance can be altered by something as arbitrary as a couple of tipped passes turning into interceptions instead of incompletions.

"I think everybody wants to make a big deal of the way that he was playing," McVay said. "I think in large part it's because he was playing at such an elite level, he almost became a victim of his own success. But he really didn't fall off at all. I think it was just some of those things that bounced one way or the other, and then defensive guys made some good plays."

• After two days of intermittent heavy rains, the Rams practiced under 64-degree sunshine at their training complex. ... The Rams won't leave for New Orleans until Saturday. McVay said he made the decision to keep the Rams on a particular schedule for a game kicking off at 12 p.m. Pacific time. ... The Rams' injury report was completely empty for the third straight day.

[Elvis]

Rich has us winning...

[aeneas1]

hypnotic mind control garbage hidden in plain sight by the league and their money grubbing co-conspirators, but the lambs just look at it and say "ooooh, pretty lights".

[Elvis]