Stafford’s Back Issue

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Memento said:
Puzo's book is a fantastic read, and I recommend it to anyone who watched The Godfather, even if some things were different.
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Did you ever read "The Fourth K" by Puzo?
Cant be made in to a movie for obvious reasons (Fictional 4th Kennedy) but the story is WILD
 
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Allen2McVay said:
Sounds like the video game is fun but not 100% faithful to the Novel or Film.
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Actually, it is very faithful to the film and characters (except Michael looks totally different because Pacino sold his likeness to the Scarface game first). It's just that your character (whom you get to create) gets to participate in literally every major thing that happens in the movies, some that are merely implied (like whacking Bruno Tattaglia), and some for the game alone.

You can - and are absolutely expected to - extort businesses (both fronts and rackets, where you can either rough them up or - what I prefer to do - wait until you have enough respect and just get talk to them to get them to pay you because they fucking like you so much.), do hits on rival Families, take out Sollozzo's drug rackets, do favors for various people (the latter two, plus extra hits, are only on the 360/PS3/Nintendo gaming system; I forget if it's the GameCube or Wii), execute mobsters in different ways (and doing every execution - with the Nintendo system having a couple of others like electrocutions, drowning, and car bombs - gets you a lot of money and respect, the latter of which levels you up), and eventually take out every Family to make the Corleones the top dog. Or, if you're just bored, you can kill cops and civilians - all of whom have randomly generated names.

Oh, and you can purchase new clothes for your mobster to wear with the money you earn.

Very fun game with actually decent graphics for its time.

dieterbrock said:
Did you ever read "The Fourth K" by Puzo?
Cant be made in to a movie for obvious reasons (Fictional 4th Kennedy) but the story is WILD
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I haven't, but you can bet that I'll put it on the list. If I know Puzo, the story has to be fucking wild.
 
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Anything, anything back related for an older player is always very concerning. Just shocked people are dismissing this.
 
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Once again if this was just Stafford's back I wouldn't be quite as concerned. Ride Jimmy for a month or so to buy 9 time. But the LT situation is potentially a player who got hurt in the first game last year, or random dude from our depth chart, which, when piled on top of the back situation creates potential for a shit storm.

I think at this point the Rams need to just get Jimmy ready to go (which they're probably doing in-house). Let Matt sit the first week or two and make sure that back is recovered before he goes out there. And hope that will be enough time.
 
Merlin said:
Once again if this was just Stafford's back I wouldn't be quite as concerned. Ride Jimmy for a month or so to buy 9 time. But the LT situation is potentially a player who got hurt in the first game last year, or random dude from our depth chart, which, when piled on top of the back situation creates potential for a shit storm.

I think at this point the Rams need to just get Jimmy ready to go (which they're probably doing in-house). Let Matt sit the first week or two and make sure that back is recovered before he goes out there. And hope that will be enough time.
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I dont think you can put Stafford out there with a backup LT, whereas the backup QB are fodder.
 
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OnceARam said:
I dont think you can put Stafford out there with a backup LT, whereas the backup QB are fodder.
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WOW - from where I’m from we tell them TAKE OFF THE DEPENDS!
MAN UP B——-es.

Who is going to be the starting LT?
I like the depth,maybe Humpries goes on the PUP list ? Gives him time to play latter in the season!!

Any of you GENIUS ever think about that ? There is a CLUE there ??
-I’m not sure what happens,but The Rams aren’t afraid of starting Jimmy G early in the season.That scrimmage did him good.

CHASE YOUNG is healthy,plus The Rams got a good view of him before WEEK 9 coming off a BYE WEEK!
I really like The Rams depth,but have other thoughts as well after watching a little of this Saints Scrimage(online) even if they didn’t let me watch from a far.
 
Merlin said:
Once again if this was just Stafford's back I wouldn't be quite as concerned. Ride Jimmy for a month or so to buy 9 time. But the LT situation is potentially a player who got hurt in the first game last year, or random dude from our depth chart, which, when piled on top of the back situation creates potential for a shit storm.

I think at this point the Rams need to just get Jimmy ready to go (which they're probably doing in-house). Let Matt sit the first week or two and make sure that back is recovered before he goes out there. And hope that will be enough time.
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If your talking Alaric Jackson? He had a 2 game suspension as well as Jimmy G ? Noteboom as usual got hurt the first game if I recall.

I do know a lot of injuries & Alaric was suspended. That’s why I was saying they should’ve tried to sign an extension if they could’ve????
 
HitStick said:
I’m not advocating Cousins to the Rams in the least bit. I don’t want that.

But I will say, as a guy who tore his Achilles recently and doing a job that can be very physical and requires me to be in shape, it was about a year AFTER being cleared for duty that I started to feel normal on it. Even still, sometimes I do something that just doesn’t quite work the same.
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SO I tore a MCL & ACL. No surgery,but rest. How’s PT & recovery look like ?

BTW - I get what your saying,but I can drag a lot of positives from where The Rams & Mattew Stafford are at.
 
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Season 17 Pain GIF by The Simpsons
 
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So, over the last few weeks McVay has gone from, paraphrasing......Stafford back is....no big deal.....to they are taking precautions...to....he is getting treatment....to....if the season were on now he'd by playing.....now to McVay HOPES his back responds to treatment this week.....this is trending toward IR land.
If this happens I could see a trade for Cousins.
I don't want that trade and wouldn't give up much, but, if Jimmy G was as bad as people said versus a Saints D that got pressure.....
 
dieterbrock said:
I think thats a sign of getting old, speaking from my own experience. I stopped reading fiction and now only read non-fiction
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True enough......although, Ive always been nerdy with what I read.
A lot of psych stuff and medical stuff, not sure why other than it is interesting.
You do learn a lot which Im managed to convert into.........nothing.....
 
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