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RaiderDamus' Friday Foretelling: Raiders vs. Rams
By
RDreamer
@RaiderDamus on Nov 28 2014
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In the old days, this was the Battle of Los Angeles. What does the Great Beyond foresee for this one?
Greetings, Raider fans! It is I, RaiderDamus, a man who is man enough to admit when he is wrong. The Great Beyond and I were wrong last week about the
Raiders losing, and I for one am happy to finally see the team prove me wrong. The Raiders finally put together a solid effort on both sides of the ball, and they totally dominated the Chefs. The game was not nearly as close as the final score would indicate.
This week, the Raiders take on the other team from Missouri, traveling to the charred remains of St. Louis to play the
Rams. I contacted the Great Beyond once again to entreat him to portend the outcome of this game. Here is what the old one had to say:
"Ah, you're back! I see the Raiders got their first win last week, and may have found a running back in the process. Well, good for them. From what I understand the natives were getting restless over there. Well, on to this game.
What can I say about the Rams? They've been around for a long time, in their early years being the team of Merlin Olsen and Deacon Jones and later on the team of Vince "the Hulk" Ferragamo who actually led the team to the Super Bowl after the 1979 season. Unfortunately, he led them against the 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers, who proceeded to win their fourth Super Bowl.
The Rams didn't have much success in the unfortunately named NFC West, along with notable West Coast teams Atlanta and New Orleans, who were all turbobad in those days. Some years the Niners won the division by default. The Rams would become the team of
Chris Evert Jim Everett, and then the savior of the franchise, the man who would put the Rams back on the pedestal to which they had never become accustomed,
Trent Green.
Yes that's right, Trent Green. In 2008, the Rams signed veteran quarterback Trent Green to a three year, $9 million deal. Over the course of that contract, the Rams would play in two Super Bowls, winning one. It was a pretty good deal for the Rams. I wonder whatever happened to ol' Trent.
I kid, of course. Had Trent Green actually played at all during that contract, the Rams wouldn't have sniffed the playoffs. Instead they turned to unknown former Northern Iowa quarterback and grocery clerk Kurt Warner, a man whose dedication to football knows no bounds. He eliminated all distractions, going so far as to marry a woman who looks like the gym teacher from Beavis and Butthead.
This would ensure that Kurt Warner would never want to pull an Urban Meyer and "spend more time with his family". What a guy. Kurt Warner is, all jokes aside, one of the greatest football players and men who has ever lived. You could all do to sacrifice as much as he does every day for the things you love.
The modern Rams are truly a shell of their former selves and a rudderless ship, under the cruel tutelage of Jeff Fisher who is coaching them as though his purpose is to exact revenge for the 1999 Super Bowl, where the Rams defeated Fisher's
Titans on a goal-line stand in the final seconds. Fisher's career arc has been downward ever since.
The Rams pinned their hopes on Heisman Trophy winner
Sam
Bradford (Boomer! Sooner!) but at his very best Bradford has been okay as a pro and has rarely been better than that. Now, Bradford has zero functioning knees and will probably walk like Charlie Bucket's grandpa if he ever walks again.
The Rams do have a pretty good defense, but are starting
Shaun Hill at quarterback. Hill is also best described as "okay". The Rams have plenty of skill position talent, but they seem less than the sum of their parts overall. They have pulled off some impressive upsets this year though, In a division like the NFC West you have to do that.
The Rams at home are a different beast than on the road and I think they squeak this one out.
Rams win, 20-19.
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hard to tell.. come off a win to Donks, just to lose to the Dolts
If Murray is boots on the ground., we win. if its MacFragile running up Howards ass for a 1 yrd gain, we lose.
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The Rams are very powerful in certain areas but weak in others.
When their powerful areas play well and synchronized they are capable of beating anyone. Perhaps the weakest link on the Rams is consistency at qb. If Shaun Hill does not show up we will win. If the Rams have a good draft, and they have been drafting well, I think next season they are going to be real contenders.
Hopefully they trade up with us to get Mariotta or something like that because I think that is all they need as Bradford has not been the answer and we might good a lot of high picks for it. He may be on the trading block after this season, particularly if they go for a first round qb next draft. Tre Mason has been on and off but when he is on, he is capable of 100 yard games.
I think this is going to be a good match up for us and it will be close either way. The odds makers have the Rams 23 to Raiders 17, but the homer in me says 27 to 24 if our offense shows up and the defense continues its play over the last few games.
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Unfortunately I Think We Take This One And Fuck Ourselves Out Of That Top Draft Pick...Raiders 24/Lambs 17
The "Lambs" didn’t look so tough this week and their "O" makes lots of mistakes…I think we come out on fire after the big win this past week and take them by surprise…
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Apparently pic not meant to represent an actual BofLA game ... looks more like circa 1976 pic to me ... ya only play a given NFC team every 4 years ...
So it may be hard to find a lot of Rams/Raiders pics from back in teh day. Actual BofLA could’ve only happened 3-4 times max since they’re only together in LA 12 years.
Check out the friggin’ stump of an arm on the left side of the pic … that’s when football players were MEN dammit. What’s that? Lost a hand and part of your arm? TOO BAD kid … wrap it up and get the fuck back out there!!!
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That's When The Entire Body Was A Weapon And Al Taught His Boys To use It (~_*)
Now ya can’t even begin to use the body or it’s yellow all over the field…But Ya!!…Wrap it up in a hard cast and use that forearm smash…Or Lester with that "Stick’um"…
Those good old days will never ever return sense the games have been scaled down for women!!!…Just like the Olympics which use to be interesting to watch before it became the game of pussies!!!
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Close...1977
Raiders lost 20-14. Own the game on VHS
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Disappointed Damus that you missed riffing in some way on the fact that the Rams are perhaps most famous for inventing the 'helmet emblem'
A trend that has swept the nation over the past 60-ish intervening years … but one which apparently has yet to reach the remote burg of … ‘Cleveland’ …
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The Spams
Will either demolish us or we will demolish them. They don’t have the resolve to pull off any comebacks so if we get a lead early, we can likely get rolling. However, the opposite is also true most weeks, so we will see.
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I see the Raiders pitching a shutout possibly this week. Amped up and on fire! D may get some rest if L Murray running around out there.
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Do you have a picture of Howie Long crushing Jim Everett? Your photo is still cool, though.
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Good writeup
Hah, finally wrong Damus. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does lately, we all feel better. Again, you are wrong on your pick in this game too. Momentumum is a serious thing. For the time being we got it. Why not ya know? Raider 17-16. Of course I suspect you rigged Murray’s concussion test. If anything, without Murray running the rock St Louis is probably going to take this one. Damn you Damus. Damn you.
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