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| Jared Goff will face the Seahawks tonight and this photo should be a good example of his basic pocket position during most of the game, well, at least when the Rams have the ball for short periods of time. |
The Doormats are now:
Jets- 4-9
Cincinnati- 5-7-1
Cleveland- 0-13
Jacksonville- 2-11
San Diego- 5-8
Philadephia- 5-8
Chicago- 3-10
Carolina- 5-8
New Orleans- 5-8
Arizona- 5-7-1
Los Angeles- 4-9
San Francisco- 1-12
And as we enter Week 15 in the NFL, three games to go, only these teams are still in the hunt for a conference finish in dead last: Cleveland, Jacksonville, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Believe it or not, everyone else is mathematically eliminated. So there is still time for Cleveland and San Francisco to blow it and NOT win the Moldy Carpet. But probably not.
However, all of the above teams are like jet liners with all four engines flamed out and no fuel, desperately looking for a spot to belly flop and not kill everyone on board. Who will have the soft and the hard landings here at the end of the season?
I pick the Rams for hardest landing, with the entire LA fanbase as casualties. After all, they fired Jeff Fisher! Drat. He was about to become the losingest coach in NFL history, but will now have to wait for another doormat to pick up his contract as he is tied with Dan Reeves at 165 losses (but with far fewer wins). Fisher was 31-45-1 with the Rams. His final Rams season was filled with expert doormat moves such as the brilliant mishandling of No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff, and a feud with Rams legend Eric Dickerson, plus managing to deflate the spirits of every Ram player and fan. These are the kind of moves Cleveland makes, not LA. So you have to hand it to him. However, now that he is gone (darn) some think the Rams might get up off the mat and win a few. NO WAY! It's 0-3 down the stretch baby. They might even overtake the Niners in the quest for the Moldy Carpet.
And here are the picks for this week:
A Thursday night snoozer!
Rams- 5
Seahawks- 40
Dolphins- 17
Jets- 12
Packers- 51
Bears- 7
Jaguars- 13
Texans- 21
Browns- 21
Bills- 36
(487 yards rushing for the Bills)
Eagles- 12
Ravens- 28
Colts- 21
Vikings- 23
Steelers 42
Bengals- 21
Saints- 10
Cardinals-17
49ers- 3
Falcons- 42
Raiders- 35
Chargers- 28
Panthers- 21
Redskins-28
Gentlemen, make your predictions!
I STILL think it's criminal that Fisher isn't going for the record tonight. It's just WRONG.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's like benching Cal Ripken Jr. when he's about to set the most games started in a row record.
DeleteRemember the time we went to an A's game with DT and Matt Keough was going for the record for most consecutive losses by a starting pitcher in major league history? I think it was 14, but not sure. Anyway, I remember the team and the crowd--all 539 of them--were pulling for him to win, but we were secretly looking for a loss. After all, it was history in the making. Unfortunately, he won that night.
DeleteYes I remember that game. It was a great day, actually, because he won.
Deleteyou over-estimated the Rams scoring punch
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