The so called racist Headcoach is now in San Francisco coaching during another debacle. He is on a super desperate mission to coach a team that has a leader on the field that seems to be rebellious, and has a hardtime finding the true meaning of life... The moral of this story is that this so called NFL is becoming a soap opera.

The Hypocrisy kills me.

Rookie Preseason performances of the 5 QBs picked #1 overall prior to Goff:
Jameis Winston
23/47
48.9%
311 yards
6.6 YPA
0 TDs
2 Ints
52.7 QB Rating

Andrew Luck
41/66
62.1%
522 yards
7.9 YPA
3 TDs
2 Ints
89.3 QB Rating

Cam Newton
24/57
42.1%
300 yards
5.3 YPA
1 TD
0 Ints
64.9 QB Rating


Sam Bradford
33/55
60.0%
338 yards
6.1 YPA
3 TDs
0 Ints
95.9 QB Rating

Matthew Stafford
30/55
54.5%
389 yards
7.1 YPA
1 TD
4 Ints
52.8 QB Rating

Yep, the preseason tells you a lot about how successful QBs will be.

No, I'm not talking about Gurley. I'm talking about Nelson Spruce. The week 1 star from Colorado who caught everything thrown his way in the dramatic 4th quarter comeback hasn't played since due to injury. Do the snaps he took in just a single game prove to be enough for LA to have him make the roster? IMO, I say absolutely he makes this team, but I want to hear from you guys on why or why not.

If there is something to learn about the recent injuries to Romo and Bridgewater it's that injuries can and do happen to starting quarterbacks. Last season, Keenum went out with a concussion and we had the "pleasure" of having Nick Foles to take over for a bit.

Fast forward to this year. What's the plan if Keenum goes down? Does Fisher roll with Mannion or does he give Goff the nod and force him to learn on the fly? Does our record at the time play a factor in who Fisher decides to go with?

Five Takeaways: Preseason at Vikings

By Myles Simmons

[www.therams.com]

MINNEAPOLIS — With the Rams’ 27-25 loss to the Vikings, the 2016 preseason is now complete.

Like it is with all preseason games, the final score doesn’t quite tell the whole story. With that in mind, here are five takeaways from the contest.

1) Good start, not-so-good finish

Quarterback Jared Goff started his first game of the preseason and things went well for his opening drive. The rookie out of Cal completed three of his four passes, including converting both third downs the Rams faced. On the first — a 3rd-and-2 play — Goff recognized the rush and got off a quick pass to running back Chase Reynolds in the flat that ended up going for 22 yards. Then on 3rd-and-goal from the one-yard line, Goff hit wideout Kenny Britt with a back-shoulder pass on the right side of the end zone to cap the drive with a touchdown.

But from there, the quarterback struggled to find a rhythm, including a particularly rough stretch inside two minutes in the second quarter. On 3rd-and-7 from the Los Angeles 12-yard line, Goff dropped a shotgun snap that went right to his hands. The Vikings would recover on the L.A. eight, but managed only a field goal with some solid defensive play.

On his next play from scrimmage, Goff would throw an interception to diving defensive lineman Toby Johnson off a pass tipped at the line. This time, Minnesota would capitalize on the turnover with a touchdown.

Playing the entire first half, Goff finished 6-of-16 passing for 67 yards with a touchdown, an interception, and a fumble. His preseason ends 22-of-49 passing for 232 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

2) Vikings, meet Morgan Fox

Defensive tackle Morgan Fox may have been a relative unknown heading into the fourth preseason game. But you can be sure Vikings quarterbacks Joel Stave and Brad Sorensen will remember his name going forward.


The undrafted rookie out of Colorado State-Pueblo dominated the Vikings’ offensive line in the first half, racking up three tackles — two for loss — 2.0 sacks, and four quarterback hits.

His first outstanding play came when he sacked Minnesota quarterback Joel Stave. Fox beat the right guard with a swim move, bringing down the QB in another step or two. Fox had another run stuff midway through the second quarter when he beat the center off the line knocked down running back Jhurell Pressley for no gain. Later, Fox burst through the interior of the line to sack the second quarterback up, Sorensen — on his first play, no less.

Who knows how much Fox may have helped his case to make the initial 53-man roster, but he certainly didn’t hurt it.

3) Rushing the passer

By and large the Rams got after the Vikings quarterbacks well on Thursday night. In the first half alone, Los Angeles tallied 3.0 sacks and nine quarterback hits.

Ethan Westbrooks was the other Angeleno to take down a quarterback in the first half, sacking Stave to begin the second quarter with an eight-yard loss on third down. Westbrooks registered two quarterback hits in the first half.

Defensive end Matt Longacre got in on the action in the fourth quarter, taking down Sorensen for a six-yard loss on third down. As did linebacker Josh Forrest, who registered a sack for a four-yard loss with just over four minutes remaining in the contest.

Linebacker Akeem Ayers, linebacker Brandon Chubb, and safety Christian Bryant also recorded quarterback hits in the contest.

4) Run stuffs and TFLs

Maurice Alexander missed some time in the preseason due to injury, but made his presence felt when he was on the field.

On 2nd-and-7 from the Minnesota 35, Alexander knifed his way through the offensive line to stop running back C.J. Ham for a one-yard loss. A few plays later, Alexander earned another run stuff up the middle by halting a play for just a one-yard gain.

Overall, the Rams had eight TFLs on the night — two from Fox, and one each from Alexander, Longacre, Forrest defensive tackle Cam Thomas, and a team TFL.

5) Extra points

— Los Angeles held many major contributors out of this game, including Todd Gurley, Case Keenum, Tim Barnes, Lance Kendricks, Tavon Austin, and Benny Cunningham. Defensively, the only two starters on the field were Alexander and linebacker Akeem Ayers.

— Right tackle Rob Havenstein played a few series on offense for his first preseason action after being taken off the physically unable to perform list last week.

— Minnesota returned a kick 106 yards for a touchdown midway through the third quarter, marking the second score surrendered on a Rams kickoff this preseason. That’s an unusual mark for special teams coordinator John Fassel’s unit. Los Angeles also muffed two punts that the Vikings recovered inside the red zone.

what did he do that you all are posting about, I stopped watching??

It remains to be seen who will be the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams when they open the season against the San Francisco 49ers, Monday September 12th, in Santa Clara. Currently, Case Keenum seems to be the safe choice to start the opener. He has led the first team offense well in the first 3 preseason games, and seems to have the confidence of the coaches.

But the question I would like to consider today is this:

• Would Jared Goff be considered more strongly as the best candidate to start the season behind center were it not for his receivers' drops?

Now, before anyone goes down the path of; "Every quarterback deals with drops" or "Some of the drops were just good defensive breakups", I will acknowledge, these are valid points. Also, of course, if the balls are caught, it changes EVERYTHING that happens afterward. But I will set that aside for now.

So let us look at the statistics, and each pass in question. I will only hold truly egregious drops against the receivers, or failure by blockers, and express an expected catch as an ADJUSTED STATISTIC. Then, later we will ask the question again.

GAME 1
Goff 4/9 38 yds. 1 Int. Incompleted passes:

1. Drop by Cooper on a slant. 5yds (A.S. 5/9 43yds)
2. Hit by rusher not picked up, while throwing -Int.- Harkey was open on an easy 12 yd. curl (A.S. 6/9 55yds.) I know, I am stretching on this one, but did you see the replay from behind?
3. Drop by Thomas in the flat. (3 yds) (A.S. 7/9 58yds.)
4. Overthrow to Quick deep down right sideline- NO adjusted statistic.
5. Drop by Cooper on beautiful throw over the middle, GREAT pass- good defensive breakup- even though Cooper could have hung on,- NO adjusted statistic.

Final AS: 7/9 58 yds. 0 Tds 0 Ints.

GAME 2
Goff 8/12 82 yds. 1 td Incomplete passes:

1. Out pattern, dropped by Quick, who seemed to be slow to turn his head. (A.S. 9/12 88 yds.)
2. Out pattern to Quick batted down. (Maybe he could have fought better for it) Good defensive play. NO adjusted statistic
3. Slant to Quick- dropped. It was that high pass, but well within the catch range. (A.S. 10/12 100yds.)
4. Screen to Magee behind the line-dropped. Could have been a big play. He looked up field too soon. (A.S. 11/12 110 yds.)

Final AS: 11/12 110 yds. 1Td. 0 Ints.

GAME 3
Goff 4/12 45 yds. 0 Tds. 0 Ints. Incomplete passes:

1. Pass to Thomas-batted down. Good defensive play. NO adjusted statistic.
2. Out pattern to Higbee-he should have caught it. (Boy did he have a down day) (A.S. 5/12 50yds.)
3. Screen pass to Higbee- overthrown. NO adjusted Statistic.
4. Scramble pass to Duke Williams- the most egregious drop of preseason to date. GREAT Pass (A.S. 6/13 67 yds.) *Pass technically did not count because of defensive penalty. ADD one total pass.
5. Pass to Higbee- nearly a pick six by former Ram Darian Stewart. Whew. Worst pass of preseason to date. (A.S. 6/13 67 yds. 1 Int.)
6. Pass over the middle to Brown-knocked loose at impact. Good pass. Better defense. NO adjusted statistic.
7. Screen pass to Thomas- dropped. (A.S. 7/13 70 yds. 1 Int.)
8. Throw away screen pass, with pass rusher in his face. NO adjusted statistic.
9. Pass to Thomas in the flat- dropped. (A.S. 8/13 75 yds. 1 Int.)

Final AS: 8/13 75yds. 0 Tds. 1 Int.)

3 game AS: 26/34 243 1 Td 1 Int. Not bad. And that is just taking into account egregious drops. (Also by the defense)

So again I ask: Would Goff, at this point in time, be the favorite to start game 1 of the regular season, if not for the 10 egregious drops by his receivers? We will never really know.

Please vote in the poll! Thanks :cheers:

Anyone know how to watch the game tonight for the out of market folks without game pass? Have the non-nationally televised games been available on the bootleg websites? I didn't see a rebroadcast of it on NFL Network's schedule either.

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The 53rd Man: What It’s Like to Fight for That Last Roster Spot
The final week of the preseason is the edgiest of times for NFL players on the bubble. We tracked three young linebackers as they battled to make it for 2016
by Tim Rohan

TAMPA — Practice had ended when Jeremiah George grabbed his friend and fellow linebacker, Adarius Glanton, to do one more drill. They had only devoted so much time to special teams during practice, and George wanted to get his footwork down for when he played on the line on the punt team. George and Glanton took turns kick-stepping like tackles, blocking the other for a few moments, and then shedding the other’s hold, releasing and charging up field to cover.

This was like a receiver staying after to work on the JUGS machine, a corner working on his backpedal, a lineman driving a blocking sled. George was trying to make the Bucs roster as their sixth linebacker and a special teams contributor, and he was somewhere on the fringe.

For hundreds of players around the league in a similar situation, this is perhaps the most important week of the season. As the starters sit out the final preseason game, those players have one last chance to make a final impression on the coaches. Then by 4 p.m. Saturday, every team will make their final 22 cuts, trimming their rosters down to 53 players.

These are the decisions coaches and general managers agonize over. Determining the 44 or so first- and second-stringers is easy by comparison. Choosing the right last handful of players can solidify the depth of your roster. Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells had a saying: The 53rd man is going to win you a game or lose you a game at some point this season.


George as a Jet in 2014, a Jag in 2015 and a Buc in 2016.
Photo: AP (3)

The 53rd man—that’s Jeremiah George. A 2014 fifth-round pick from Iowa State, he bounced from the Jets to the Jaguars to the Bucs his first two years, building a reputation as a solid special teams player but a raw linebacker. He was good enough on special teams to keep finding work, but raw enough at linebacker that he was never really on steady ground.

Now, even after the Bucs had brought him back for another season, he was going through more change. A new regime. A new defensive coordinator, another defense to learn—his fourth in three years. And the Bucs were moving him to middle linebacker, which meant he had to know that defense inside and out, to make the calls on the field that the coaches wanted.

George made flashcards, diagrammed alignments on a whiteboard at home and had his sister quiz him on defensive calls using solo cups as props. He reviewed film with his camp roommate, starting middle linebacker Kwon Alexander. George cringed thinking about past camps, when he would make mental mistakes—and get yelled at for repeating them.

“That’s the one thing that’s absolutely not tolerated in the NFL,” George said after an early August practice, his voice firm. “Doing something that you’re not necessarily comfortable with, it’s challenging sometimes. Training camp is, what, two weeks? Preseason is four weeks? So, six weeks? It’s hard to learn and break habits you’ve been doing for four, five years.”

Mike Smith, the Bucs’ new defensive coordinator, sympathized with George, pointing out that various defensive coaches around the league use somewhere between three and five different sets of terminology. “There are some common words, but then there are words that are different,” Smith said. “It’s like trying to speak French and Portuguese and Spanish.”

This year, though, George had new hope. He recognized concepts from previous spots. Parts of Smith’s system sounded similar to what George learned at Iowa State, the defense he was most comfortable with. Even some of the play calls sounded similar. “If there was a defense for me,” he said, “it would be this one.” George read and reacted more, and, when he made an error now, he made sure to circle back with a coach and explain what he’d do next time.

“I’ve learned from the mistakes in the past that may have cost me a roster spot,” George said. “I want to stay with this team, man. I don’t want to end up on another team.”

* * *

October 2015

Hayes Pullard III was home watching the movie Troy, talking to his mother on the phone, when he received another call, from his agent. Pullard ignored it at first. A 2015 seventh-round pick from USC, he was wallowing on the Browns’ practice squad. What did his agent want anyway? Out of curiosity, he hung up with his mother and called his agent back.

“Pack your stuff. You’re going to Jacksonville.”

About seven weeks after the Buccaneers snagged Jeremiah George off waivers from the Jaguars, Jacksonville was looking for another young developmental linebacker, and Pullard fit the bill.

“Your flight leaves in two hours,” his agent said.

Pullard started scrambling. He called his best friend and dispatched him to tell the rest of the family the good news. They all blew up his phone, as he threw clothes into a bag. Underwear, socks, sweatpants—wait, it’s hot in Florida. No sweatpants. Shorts, tank tops.

In a preseason game against Cincy, Pullard caught a TD pass out of the backfield but was flagged for failing to report as eligible. He later redeemed himself with a pick-6.
Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP

Pullard raced to the airport, where he called another friend, a college teammate who he had also known growing up, Marqise Lee. A second-round pick, Lee played receiver for the Jags. Pullard told Lee the news and asked if he could crash with him in Jacksonville. He ended up living with Lee the rest of the season. So goes the life of the 53rd man sometimes.

Pullard has the type of story producers would feature on “Hard Knocks.” Grew up in the notoriously rough Inglewood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The second-youngest of seven children. Had his father die unexpectedly while in high school. And this year he’s in a unique situation, fighting to make the Jags roster as a middle linebacker behind Paul Posluszny, a Pro Bowler, and Myles Jack, the gifted second-round pick who is projected to be a star. With those two ahead of him on the depth chart, Pullard is fighting just to see the field.

That is, except for special teams. Any coach will tell you: a fringe player mustcontribute on special teams and be a good locker room guy in order to make the team. “You look at the character,” Jags coach Gus Bradley says. “I mean that guy that gets up at six in the morning. Comes in and takes care of his body. Does things right. Studies film. Great teammate. Those traits.” Bradley pounds a fist into his other hand as he makes each point. “Because with those traits, when it gets tough, you know they’re going to come through. That 53rd man on the roster, that’s what he’s going to go through. He might not get as many reps. He might be up; he might be down. He’s really got to have that mindset to fight through those things.”

But like many star collegiate players, Pullard had little special teams experience when he came to the NFL. He was a four-year starter and two-year captain at USC, playing 100-plus snaps a game against uptempo Pac-12 offenses. Those types of players don’t typically play special teams. Plus, the Trojans played under scholarship restrictions from the Reggie Bush scandal the entire time Pullard was there. The Trojans couldn’t afford to risk him getting hurt.

Pullard admits when he arrived in Cleveland, he was also “too confident, too arrogant,” carrying his swagger over from college. Playing special teams shook that feeling quickly. On one kickoff early in his NFL career, Pullard says, he “went down [the field] and tried to blow somebody up and got blocked.” The next day he got chewed out during a special teams meeting. “Hayes, you’ve got to make them miss! We want you to make a tackle!”

The Browns put him on the practice squad, and that cut his ego down further. “God blesses those who are humble,” he says. “You’ll ride this bench until you become humble.”

Armed with a new perspective, Pullard sought advice from other special teams players on their approach. He studied special teams film, looked for tendencies, examined different coordinator’s styles. He learned how he fit into the larger scheme, to make a guy miss and make a play. “The NFL is no different from college,” Pullard says. “People hype it up like the players are bigger and faster. But the most important thing is what’s between your ears.”

Pullard gleans all the knowledge he can from the 10-year veteran Posluszny, willingly answers any questions from Jack and plays special teams all out, hoping it will lead to a starting role someday.

Pullard can still recall his first snap on defense after arriving with the Jags. They were playing the Falcons in Week 15, and Telvin Smith came off the field with an injury. Someone called Pullard’s number. Running onto the field, he thought to himself: First play, gotta do something spectacular. Devonta Freeman took the handoff on an outside zone play, and Pullard ran him down and stuck him, holding him to a short gain. Then Smith trotted back onto the field, healthy.

Pullard grimaces telling the story now. “I was just getting in my groove!”

* * *

April 2016

Scooby Wright III turned off his phone as the fourth round of the draft ended. About a dozen family and friends had gathered at his parents’ house in California to celebrate when he got picked. ESPN had a camera stationed there, waiting, too. This was embarrassing. He had been told he would go in the third. Maybe the second. Worst case scenario, the fourth.

Injury sidelined Wright, a Lombardi winner, in his final college season, pushing him down the draft board.
Photo: Tony Dejak/AP

Wright had won the Bednarik, Lombardi and Nagurski awards his sophomore year at Arizona. He missed all but three games his junior year due to a torn meniscus and a Lisfranc sprain, but he was healthy by the time he declared for the draft. He tallied 15 tackles in his final college game. As he put it, “What else did I have to prove? Win the Heisman?”

The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds marched on—and still, nothing. Wright turned his phone back on, and, as the final picks of the seventh round came in, he started hearing from teams who wanted to sign him as an undrafted free agent. About four showed interest. Wright warmed to the idea: He could pick which city to live in, which coach to play for, which scheme fit him best. Arizona’s Bruce Arians called and chatted for 10 minutes, recruiting him. Wright hung up, told his parents he would sign with the Cardinals, and was about to call Arians back … when a Berea, Ohio, number popped on his phone.

After the Bucs snagged Jeremiah George from the Jags last year, and the Jags poached Hayes Pullard from the Browns’ practice squad, the Browns wanted to take a late-round flier on a linebacker in this year’s draft. They made Wright the 250th pick, the seventh-to-last of the draft. Wright cried when he heard the news, and then he leapt into his parents’ swimming pool, going sideways over the four-foot perimeter fence, like a high jumper clearing a bar.

It might not have occurred to him then that he would be in a tough situation. The Browns’ new analytics-driven front office had decided to start its new era by hoarding draft picks. They acquired seven extra selections, giving them 14 in all, which tied the record for most picks since the draft went to a seven-round format in 1994. But, of course, that also meant not all of those 14 picks would be locks to make the roster. And Wright had been the Browns’ 14th pick.

Now, when the final cuts are made this week, teams will undoubtedly circle the Browns’ leftovers like sharks, hoping to pounce on any young talent Cleveland cannot keep—the 54th, 55th and 56th guys who were a split-decision away from being the Browns’ 53rd man.

Some teams in the Browns’ position have a tactic for countering such situations. Some GMs will try to hide a rookie they like by limiting his playing time in the preseason, as if to signal he doesn’t belong in the NFL. That way the player would theoretically slide through waivers unclaimed, and the original team could sign him to a cheaper contract and stash him on the 10-man practice squad. Other teams could still sign a practice-squad player to their active rosters, but they would also be less likely to do so if the player lacked any substantial amount of film.

This may or may not be the case with the Browns and Wright.

During an interview, Wright, for one, sounded upset about his lack of preseason playing time. His snap count diminished significantly over the Browns’ first three preseason games, according to the count of an SB Nation fan blog. In the first game, he played 44 snaps, the most among Browns middle linebackers. Then he saw just 16 snaps in the second game and 10 in the third. Over three games and 70 snaps, he has only been credited with four tackles.

“This is nothing new to me,” Wright said. He was a two-star recruit coming out of high school and has since adopted the nickname Two Star Scoob, making it hisTwitter handle. “I’ve always been the underdog. If you don’t think I’m good enough, I’ll go out there and show you. I can tell people how good I am, and this and that. But I need to go out there and play.”

What’s more, Wright felt he needed reps to prove he was mastering the Browns’ 3-4 defense. There was “a big learning curve,” he admitted. At Arizona he played in a 3-3-5 and was mostly asked to blitz and attack the ball carrier. Now the Browns were asking him to drop in coverage, mind specific gaps in the run game and stay disciplined doing both.

Johnny Holland, the Browns’ inside linebackers coach, said he was pleased with Wright’s development, despite his lack of game snaps. “When you’re building a team, young guys don’t understand you’re looking at a lot of scenarios,” Holland said. “Every snap you get—special teams snaps, practice snaps, game snaps—you have to make the most of them.”

Wright sounded confident anyway. The league hadn’t humbled him yet, as it had Jeremiah George and Hayes Pullard. When asked what they would do if they left football, those two seemed to have given the question some thought. Pullard would use his USC connections to get into real estate; George would get into public relations, possibly coaching.

When Wright was posed the question, he paused for a moment. He said he had never really thought about it. “I’m only 21 years old,” he said. “I’ve got a little bit of time to figure it out. … I’m trying to stay positive. If [the Browns] don’t like me, someone else will.”

* * *

Late August 2016

Jeremiah George lay stomach-down on a table as a Bucs’ staffer massaged his lower back and hamstrings. It was a little before 9:30 a.m. on the Bucs’ off day. Their final preseason game was a few days away, and George wanted to ensure he would be healthy.

In the Bucs’ first three preseason games, George had been getting regular snaps on special teams, but he hadn’t played many downs on defense, where he was trying to pick up his fourth different scheme in three years. He was certainly getting fewer snaps than Luke Rhodes, a rookie undrafted free agent linebacker whom the new coaching staff had handpicked. This last game, though, George would get a shot. He was sure. After the massage, he would study film.

He checked his phone. He had a few missed calls, a voicemail and a text message from the same number. The message asked if he could come meet with Jason Licht, the Bucs’ general manager. George knew what that meant. He ended his massage and left the room.

George was one of 13 players cut that day, during the second-to-last round.

George met briefly with Licht and head coach Dirk Koetter, and then more at length with the special teams coach and his position coach. They loved his energy. They even said they wanted to bring him back if someone got hurt. “But they were looking to go another way schematically,” George said the day after, in a phone interview. “I won’t elaborate on exactly what they said. They just didn’t think I fit their system on defense.”

He didn’t sound down or defeated. He stated this dryly, as if he were talking about someone else. “They loved my special teams work, but you can find those kind of [special teams] guys around the league and whatnot, so…”

His voice trailed off, and he left that sentence unfinished, because perhaps that meant he, too, was dispensable.

Later that day, the Bucs called George again. They were placing two injured players on the PUP list and wanted to bring him back for the final preseason game against Washington, which had been moved up from Thursday to Wednesday because of an approaching storm. Another chance, or just a fill-in? During the third quarter, George committed an offside penalty on special teams that gave Washington a first down, and made two tackles on defense in the waning minutes of the game.

Then George was left to wait again, like dozens of other players over these final few days, for another phone call that may or may not come.

Kings fan here, and while I'm sure many of you are Blues fans we're going to have Quick in goal for us during the World Cup. And of course as active duty I gotta say I'm diggin the style, enjoy!

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NFL writers Ryan Kartje and Jack Wang discuss, in detail, the choice to keep Case Keenum as the Rams’ Week 1 starter at quarterback, wonder whether Tavon Austin is worth his $42 million extension, and debate Rams on the roster bubble for next week’s cuts.

Listen to Inside the Rams

Because of #DaveFan'51 comments about cameras not being allowed in the Coliseum, I went to their web site and found this:

CAMERAS AND VIDEO CAMERAS
Guests are allowed to bring still cameras provided they do not have detachable lenses and do not interfere with other guests’ view of the event. Camera lenses are limited to 3-inches. Video cameras and tripods are not permitted. All commercial use of photographs depicting game action are allowed only through a licensing agreement. Policies may vary per event without notice.

http://www.lacoliseum.com/index.php/building-policies/

Thought you all should know. Based on this, DSLR camera's would not be allowed.

So much for my new 400mm zoom lens.

http://www.downtownrams.com/single-post/2016/08/31/LA-Rams-2016-season-predictions-QB-Jared-Goff

August 31, 2016 | By: Jake Ellenbogen

The actual football season is almost here and here at Downtown Rams we feel it's time to start predicting how the season will go for these players. Let's continue on in this series with the Rams signal caller Jared Goff.

The Rams mortgaged their future on the 21-year-old from California and they are in for a process as Head coach Jeff Fisher puts it. Jared Goff is going into his first year in the NFL and it's the first time in his life he won't open a regular season as the team's starter. Goff bypassed his senior year of college to end up going number one overall after a monumental trade up to the spot from the Los Angeles Rams. This is the Rams first season back in L.A. since 1994 which after they moved the team to St. Louis. Goff is considered "not ready" for the NFL game as of today but, down the road that could change and I personally expect it will.

For many, Goff is considered behind where he should be but, he really isn't. Keep in mind it took Pro Football Focus' number one overall player in the NFL Aaron Donald until week six for him to start. The Rams offensive face Todd Gurley it took until week four of his rookie year to start, The Rams all-time receiving leader Isaac Bruce didn't start at any point his rookie season, Rams all-time leading rusher Steven Jackson only started three games his rookie season. You get my point, Goff has plenty of time. You know who did start his rookie season? Sam Bradford. I am not going to even go there...

Here is how I see the rookie's season playing out:

Season Recap:

As I previously wrote in the last article about the Rams starter Case Keenum, I expect Goff to take over a 5-2 team after the bye week which is week eight this year for the Rams. So week nine Goff comes in and continues on the Rams path of winning. I am not saying he is going to be unstoppable by any means but I think by week nine he will be ready. Every day he continues to get better so by week nine he will be able to put it together in games. There is no doubting the talent Goff possesses it's the fact he has to get used to the speed of the NFL game to get comfortable and adopt his own way of playing the quarterback position. He is clearly thinking too much on the field so the qualities he had at California where he showed great pocket presence, arm accuracy and his aggressiveness in taking shots down the field are not going to shine through right away.

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http://goingviralposts.biz/chargers-will-greet-kaepernick-49ers-patriotic-pregame-history/

"Among the festivities will be 240 service members holding a 150ft x 300ft “super flag” during the national anthem, retired Navy SEALs parachuting into the stadium during the pregame show, Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Powell will sing both the National Anthem as well as a rendition of “God Bless America”, and the Marine Corps band will be on hand for all pregame activities."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...room-whos-better-melvin-gordon-or-todd-gurley

For those of you who just want to take a look back and laugh, here's this jewel. Best part of the whole article is when he says Gordon has better vision than TG3. For a former player, Bucky doesn't know crap about scouting talent.

Been seeing thread on the day of Hard Knocks showing a free stream of the program, so I cancelled today before I got charged for another month. I figured that even if I see it delayed, one show isn't worth $20

Double edged sword here - I want to see Goff get plenty of work - and ideally that work would come with the 1s, but I don't want any of the 1s to risk injury.

Game 4 is desperation time and the last thing I want is for a key piece to get hurt because some bubble player on the other side is desperate to get noticed.

I don't want to see any of the 1s on defense - but with the roster already cut to 75 I'm not sure they will have much choice but to play some of them for some time.

On offense, I'm less concerned with Goff playing with the 1s at the skill positions and more concerned that he is adequately protected. How much of our starting O Line are we really going to risk though? I'm fine with Saffold not being dressed, for instance.

Tough balance to find this game.

At least the Vikings won't be playing with all kinds of emotion.

The oppressive US Military warriors have hunted down and killed a top ISIS leader Abu Muhammed Al Adnani in an air strike. Conflicting reports give credit to Russian air strikes. But be sure, Adnani, (pictured here) has been put on waivers...er...


...no. That is another oppressed minority. Here is Adnani...




Sorry. You can understand the confusion. More on this story as details emerge.

I just purchased my ticket for our first home regular season game in 21 years will be sitting about 25 rows up at about the 45-40 yard line on our sideline. I'm so stoked to be going to the game I can just imagine the atmosphere! Lol

My question in lies with Ive never been to this stadium or LA before. I'll get there Friday before and I'll leave Monday after the game.

I rented an SUV but I've been told it's cheap to park near the stadium is this true? Should I get a cab or bus etc? I'll be staying at Venice beach. I heard you'll spend 10-20 to park in front of somebody's house?

Any pre game or post game coolness events would be greatly appreciated if you have any knowledge of them!

I got myself a nice spot a stone throw away from Venice Beach but does anybody have any suggestions on things to do? Ofc beach for a bit each day.. Thinking of going to Universal Studuos Saturday but not 100% yet on that.

Seriously, any help, suggestions, and/or advice would be greatly appreciated since it's my first time being in that huge beast of a city! Lol

Ps thinking of taking a go pro to take pics/vids of the game... Anybody ever purchased one of these cameras before?
Reviews? Advice? Tips?

Pss I need to buy a nice Gurley/Goff/ or Donald jersey... Any suggestions where to get a quality one that will get to my house before the 16th of sept?

I thank you ahead for any help making this trip a crazy unique and wonderful experience!

-Corbs

to watch ...

WR's (2 or 3 available positions) :

Brian Quick
Nelson Spruce
Paul McRoberts
Mike Thomas
Duke Williams
Austin Hill


TE's (1 available position) :

Justice Cunningham
Temarack Hemmingway


RB's (1 available position) :

Chase Reynolds
Aaron Green
Terrence Magee


OT's (2 available positions) :

Isaiah Battle
Andrew Donnal
Darrell Williams
Pace Murphy

Center (1 available position) :

Eric Kush
Demetrius Rhaney


DL (2 available positions ?) :

Cam Thomas
Eugene Sims
Ian Seau
Morgan Fox


LB'ers (2 or 3 available positions ?) :

Josh Forrest
Cory Littleton
Cameron Lynch
Brandon Chubb
Nic Grigsby


CB's ( 2 available positions) :

Marcus Roberson
Coty Sensabaugh
Troy Hill


While there are some unmentioned positions & players, I believe they are settled.

I'm already convinced guys like Longacre & Hager make the final 53. jmo.

I know some on here do, but just asking.. Here's a picture of one of my first Carolina Reapers. That is a devil tail on it. I'll post more pictures of my plants/garden later. I have Reapers, Scorpions, Ghosts, and Jay's Ghosts that are chest high. Looks to be a good year.

Fisher really doesn't look good with a man purse.

Joyner acting like a pouty whiny bitch after being kept out of practice for being ejected for fighting in the previous game. Seems to have worked as he did look better against Denver.

Ever seen Kroenke being hugged ? Tavon Austin layed one on him for his big new contract.

Talib needs a big, big fine after his cheap shot on Keenum.

What a difference a week has made for Ogletree, looking lost early, looking like the vet he is against Denver. Definitely better focused.

Rick Gullicksen (The Reaper) handing out pink slips in the cut down to 75.

Only one more episode, next week. It's gonna get cut throat.