RAMS/49ERS:

That recently-displaced St. Louis football squad finally gets to leave the aloof and disinterested confines of whatever that stadium is that they now play in. The Empty Seat Convention (“this place is so roomy!”) that occurred the two previous Sundays wasn’t embarrassing for the league higher-ups at all, mostly because that is not an emotional response that they’re capable of. The Rams blew out the Colts and came within 7 of the ‘Dacteds so it would seem that the guy that looks like Gronk’s off-season wingman-HC Sean McVay(“I was born in ’86. Feel old yet?”)-has them pointed in a direction that isn’t rock bottom. This is a team that can be 7-9 this year and actually feel good about it. To his further credit he’s given up on Tavon Austin (16 snaps in two games) and rolled the dice on Sammy Watkins. The latter hasn’t done anything yet but as I said about Chris Hogan, it takes a bit of time to bleed the Buffalo from one’s system.  Qb Goff sports the league’s highest passer rating (146.8) on throws over 20 yards so he can throw the deep ball with precision. That’s a start.

The 0-2 Niners have yet to score a TD this year. Their game last week vs. Seattle was like Burning Man for somnambulists. Rb Hyde is doing his part by running at a 7 yard per carry clip and I figure he’s the one that finally crosses the goal line for San Fran this week. The RAMMIT D gave up 5.9 yards per run last week but Aaron Donald is rounding into shape so we’ll see how things develop. ‘Pedestrian’ describes qb Hoyer’s play and what he might look like in Donte Stallworth’s headlights.

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