Welcome to Glendale, Arizona-home of the Arrowhead Town Center shopping mall! (seriously, that’s the third sentence in their wiki bio) Guh…
Fallout:
-They’re expected to fall to Detroit next week (as almost all have) but there’s more good news for Washington-the amount of cap space they’re expected to have this offseason? A mere 100 mil. The GM is Adam Peters and he has this team poised to be far above average for the foreseeable future-with the ability to sign free agents of high caliber he can even whiff in the draft and still be okay.
-Eagles starting linebacker Nakobe Dean is done for the playoffs with a torn patellar tendon. The dude knows how to fill out a stat sheet sheet what with 128 tackles, 3 sacks, 9 TFL, 6 QB hits and an INT. That’s tangible difference-making that is going to be hard to replace.
-Yeah, sure, Herbert had a bad game but the reason is that the Texans game plan from the defensive line was near-perfect. Herbert was pressured on 50% of his dropbacks and had less than 2.5 seconds to release the ball 11(!) times. Five of those times defenders were completely unblocked.
To The Game!
-Minny has the most wins ever for a non-#1 seed.
-Stafford averages 308 yards throwing in the playoffs, that’s #1 for all QB’s that have started a minimum of 5 games. Kurt Warner and Dan Fouts come in at second and third with 304.
-That said, the Rams are the lowest-scoring team (21.6) to make the postseason this year.
-With those scoring problems they’ve learned how to win ugly-their last three wins have come by scores of 12-6, 19-9 and 13-9. No one talks about their D.
-The last time they played the Vikes blitzed 12 times and didn’t record a single hit or pressure. How is that possible?
-The Rams have to get out of the gate much faster-they average only 6.8 points scored in the first half.
-I love the sports media’s take on Sam Darnold through the weeks. When he threw for 5 TD’s vs Atlanta it was all SAM THE MAN! When he threw for 0 TD’s vs Detroit (and no INT’s either) it was “Darnold Can’t Rise To The Occasion”. JFC…
DO YOUR BEST.
Free to good home. Slightly used, very confused QB.
Warning: will require extensive medication.
THIS GUY SAM DARNOLD I CALL HIM SCOOBY DOO…
https://youtu.be/HEMjF2n3-SQ?feature=shared
So, I’m probably not the first to mention this, but seems like the scenario plays itself from here:
LET’S GO BUCS!!!
In case anybody wants to doom about wind:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=33.93;-117.93;8&l=gust&t=20250114/0300
The fact that LA is getting a Dress Rehearsal for Hell and Mar-A-Lago is only dealing with Patchy Fog is really causing me to question my theological beliefs.
hoping a great old One will drag us all in south florida into the beloved swamp
Los Angeles will come out of this hellscape fine, because that’s where all the best Americans live, and that’s where all the money is. Face it, the rest of you just live in the sticks. 🙂
Los Angeles was in the sticks too.
Until all those sticks just got used up as kindling. Now LA is out in the ashes.
ventura is kicking up tonight, temp is down at least if wind and humidity not helping at all. air crews coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aogY06DwszQ
There’s a new fire in Ventura; “Auto”.
Fuck it go Rammit, I’m going for the upset.
Hey, thanks for hanging out tonight!
Next Sunday I’ll be friends again with Yeah Right and Litre will be the enemy.
Football, catch the hate!
Goodell’s too much of a pussy to use that.
There don’t seem to be many Erik the Viking gifs to work with.
whats Nick Foles have to do with this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCnM_2fa62I
Plenty of time now to rent a boat on a Lake Minnetonka.
/Fred Smoot has entered the chat
All hail Fred Smoot!
This video is brilliant. Biology, lol
Vikings haven’t looked more misguided since naming Greenland
Having a real get-off-my-lawn moment when I saw that pre-orders of Civilization VII are $70. I mean, I have several bottles of scotch that cost more than that, but it still irks me.
yeah its tough since usually takes the first expansion pack at least to bring a CIV game into focus
I sprung for the fanciest version of Civ 7. I have 7880 hours on Civ 6, even half that on Civ 7 and we’re talking pennies per hour
I only have 484 hours on 6, it just didn’t addict me in the same way as prior versions. But yeah, it’s still a small price on an hourly basis.
And you’ll probably finish the scotch.
Joe Buck with a rather snarky “and his team came here ready to play….” about Sean McVay.
MeOW!
His hair plugs are itchy.
Did anyone else see Captain Kangaroo Jr on the Rams sideline? I’m pretty tired, may be hallucinating.
you misspelled “baked”
Sam Darnold is now thinking “I don’t need to do this shit. I’ve got a degree from USC!”
And he survived Mono!
Hey, Gatoroids. I told you Viking funeral joke to my family. It brought the house down.
Sadly, many houses were brought down in the making of that joke.
Well, Sammy, ya looked pretty good for a while there, but in the end
Well, this was certainly a football game of some sort
Did Darnold do something to piss off his offensive line? And/or maybe the entire offense?
Lost them a lot of money at last year’s Special Olympics would be my guess.
I see that my focusing on a documentary about a ski jump built by Norwegian immigrants has done nothing to change the fortunes of the Vikings.
Are these refs more drunk than the game?
Send one of the drunk refs onto the Manningcast, Peyton is ranting
50cc Ed Reed stat
LOVE the fact that future Jets QB Sam Darnold took so much time it gave the Rams time to decide to challenge.
Don’t you mean future Raiders QB?
His hair is too nice for Mark Davis’ comfort.
YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY TONIGHT GIRLFRIEND!
Times have changed. I remember when the “rules analyst” was almost a mouthpiece for the league and would always tell us that it was the right call, but NOW they’re like “Yeah Troy, I dunno what these guys are smoking, but that was some bullshit.”
1st and 31? Holy crap, NFL Blitzgasm
2nd and 29? 3rd and 24?
1st and 31? NFL BLITZ!
I mean, the Rams might be going backwards, but they are chewing up the clock.
Strategery
4d chess.
(4d means 4 downs in this case)
And Downs means Darnold!
Here’s a depressing thought: the Chiefs could be the only 15-win team that could truthfully say “nobody believed in us!”
Another USC quarterback shines!
Maybe he can get some of that sweet Discover Card money like Matt Leinart
Sanchez won more playoff games.
Probably went to more proms, too.
I can get behind Scott/Teddy/Sheriff Wachowski as President!
The Ice Stampeders vs Ice Bears game was awful. Can the Vikings please score 2 quick TDs and make the game close
One more outburst like that and we’ll give Tua another back injury.
Both Girlzilla and Toddlerzilla are leaving me alone tonight. Do you know how rare that is?
Are you gassy?
It’s rarezilla?
More annoying Kelce or Watt brothers?
Kelce
Watt
Harbaugh
Manning
https://ibb.co/4tm65wh
Hans & Franz going to pump you up.
Bosas
Winner!
All quality choices, but I’m going with Andrew and Tristan Tate.
There’s two of them!?
Ugh. Unfortunately, yes.
I would normally say “look it up”, but in this case; no DON’T do that.
Rick and Skip Bayless
(and I have nothing against Rick; Skip is carrying this duo)
Pretty sure I just saw myself and my Dad standing around watching the jumps.
I am suing for unauthorized use of my likeness.
I just woke up, having a pre run coffee and checking on the game. Was not expecting this score.
Wait till the Vikings wake up tomorrow and realize they slept through the game.
2Pack, I see Pisa FC is in the promotion battle in Serie B. Huzzah!
I’d like to see them move up. My girlfriend from the area, the one who snagged us the scarf, will be thrilled.
Those last two throws on the drive – both complete – were absolutely fucking terrible.
That’s
CorkySam for ya!After this performance he’s gone. JJ starts next year.
That was a touchdown in spite of Sam Darnold.
Eli doing sack dances is quality television
Extra juice box for him today
Too much sugar & he’s up all night. Abby’s gonna be furious.
I want Eli to go insane and do the subway challenge to hit up every stop on every line.
Peyton only knows one sack dance: The Teabagger’s Mushroom Stamp
Turned off the game and I’m watching a documentary on PBS about a local ski jumping competition that we go to every year, weather permitting.
They’ve shown a few shots from more recent times, but I have yet to see my brother and I in the background, staggering past while juggling beer in one hand and a pallet in the other, aiming to get those bonfires “just a little bit higher.”
I’ll let you know if there’s any more breaking Deion news.
“Thanks” I say, gritting my teeth so hard I shatter a molar, “I appreciate it”
yeah, am heading out. Going to listen to the new Hardcore History episode and draft off to sleep.
Later Gators
We get it he likes horses. Jesus
I know if Brian Flores hated Tua, he must despise Sam Darnold
Just got home from school to discover Lambeau has already given up on the game.
Smart boy
He’s waiting for you to serve up a well-deserved steak
He got some brisket shavings in his dinner.
I’ll eat that if he doesn’t want it.
Don’t you wish you could sleep like that? My doctor gave me something for anxiety that’s supposed to help me sleep. Let us fucking pray!
Outlawing quaaludes is yet another reason to hate Ronald fucking Reagan.
Now THAT shit would help with anxiety and getting some sleep.
I loved quaaludes.
Yup, but they made people feel too good.
Fucking Ronnie.
“Who’s ball is it?”
– J. Hussy
O’Connell will probably ask to borrow the gently used Jimmy G for the 4th quarter.
Rinse it out at least.
Hey, we still have Cooper Kupp apparently!
Rams have outgrown their SippyKupp its Puka Shells time to shine.