New Jourdan article. Annoyed the crap out of me as a subscriber. First of all she goes into all the things she can't tell you. News? No Kupp or Donald. Puka is the most involved and matured rookie. Rypien is very helpful in camp especially for Bennett. Pretty much it.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1023928#msg-1023928Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:44:30 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024384#msg-1024384 LOLhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024384#msg-1024384 ferragamo79 RamsFootballFans.comSat, 27 May 2023 00:26:58 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024376#msg-1024376 Re: Berniehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024376#msg-1024376 BruceHolt RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 23:41:21 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024345#msg-1024345 Re: Berniehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024345#msg-1024345
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mtramfan
Agreed about Bernie. He was worse than Narcissistic. He was destructive, untruthful, and did real damage to the Rams.

I remember getting into arguments with him on the Stl board and his radio show too. He thought everything evolved around himself and thought he knew it all. He would talk "down" to people all the time. Call you names and attack you if you didn't agree with his point of view.

His posts on the board were classic Narcisstic Personality Disorder. Always trying to look like the smartest guy in the room, or should I say, Smartest guy on the board and the Radio too!

Sometimes I think he is on this board but under a different name, still seeking acknowledgement! lol

I have seen posts here that have those same exact traits as Bernie had! Every post is a "lecture" or a "look at my knowledge" type post. Every post screaming "Acknowledge me!!!". Could it be Bernie incognito??? lol

He did know what he was talking about some of the time but it was the way he acted when discussing it. It's been proven that you can have a ton of knowledge and still be a jerk! :thumbsup

Respected the knowledge but not the person! :beercan

I wonder if Bernie is still that way since the Rams left? I haven't gone back to any Stl stuff since we left. There were some good people back in Stl but Bernie wasn't one of them! lol]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 17:14:55 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024343#msg-1024343 Berniehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024343#msg-1024343 mtramfan RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 16:45:40 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024341#msg-1024341 Re: We don't need her anymorehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024341#msg-1024341 Ram4life RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 16:39:01 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024333#msg-1024333 Re: It’s all crap, Mate.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024333#msg-1024333
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Ridgewood Ram
Everyone is great, everything is great, coaches are great, draft was great…STICK IT UP YOUR PIEHOLE WITH THE ‘GREAT’ CRAP!!!


]]> Rampage2k RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 16:25:48 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024263#msg-1024263 We don't need her anymorehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024263#msg-1024263
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Ram4life
Fair enough

In fact, we never did! lol

She contributes very little info and her opinions are no better than anyone here. Doesn't break stories and is afraid to post anything controversial in fear of losing her job.

I would rather listen to some fan's podcast than PAY for her nothing burgers she is selling! :rolleyes

For free, I guess she serves her purpose but that's about it. :beercan]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 08:07:00 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024261#msg-1024261 Re: It’s all crap, Mate.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024261#msg-1024261
But hey, to each his own! :beercan
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cool_hand_luke
She's the best we've had in over 25 years. But her work has declined. She hasn't written a good article in a while.

Not every piece she does is a home run but she did a good one on Aaron Donald a couple of weeks ago,

and the Feb 23, 2023 "As Rams imploded, Sean McVay faded away: How they found their way back to each other"
was as good as it gets.

But looking back since the season, not everything was as good as those two but not sure what people
want . . . perfection?

She has a lot more substance than most and not too much (a little bit) of a homer. So I get why
people might want more breaking stuff or whatever, but if there is no news to break . . . no one else
has posted anything breaking.

I think people who are too hard on her might want to check out some other beat writers' stuff.
She's as good as anyone.]]> JimYoungblood53 RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 04:14:35 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024257#msg-1024257 Re: Time to move on from herhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024257#msg-1024257 Ram4life RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 02:56:03 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024255#msg-1024255 Re: Time to move on from herhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024255#msg-1024255 cool_hand_luke RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 02:20:32 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024254#msg-1024254 Re: It’s all crap, Mate.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024254#msg-1024254twitter.com]]]> Ram4life RamsFootballFans.comFri, 26 May 2023 02:20:18 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024250#msg-1024250 It’s all crap, Mate.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024250#msg-1024250 Ridgewood Ram RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 23:13:43 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024178#msg-1024178 Exactly, she does not do clickbait and all the other nonsense on those fansiteshttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024178#msg-1024178
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David Deacon
Not sure what anyone was expecting her to report on.

Anyway I find her to be very knowledgeable on the Rams and how the Rams as an organization think about things. I find her football knowledge to be very high, surprisingly so at times. .

She's different that they are. She has a salary so she does not have to do speculative articles or obvious articles.
I read everything, her stuff, the clickbait stuff and the nationals stuff . . .

She's better than all of them. National stuff can also have good information, but they don't break Rams news much, either
Schefter, etc . . . . and the clickbait is just fodder for conversation but is mostly garbage.]]> JimYoungblood53 RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 14:28:01 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024141#msg-1024141 That's a fair analogy BruceHolthttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024141#msg-1024141
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BruceHolt
I like her writing quite a bit, but I also was a big fan of Jim Thomas' just the facts approach. For example, I thought her piece on McVay's mental disengagement from the team over the course of the season, then re-engagement, was really good and insightful.
Crazy thing to me is that we never talk about the LA Times beat writer for the Rams...seems like they have not had one since the Rams came back to LA. I never read good stuff about the Rams in the Times.
I think the ideal combo was at the STL Post-Dispatch with Thomas as the beat writer and Bernie Miklasz as the opinion columnist. Get the facts + a (sometimes wrong!) perspective on where team was heading. Jourdan kind of falls in the middle with her longer form pieces.

I do like Jourdan better than I did that trouble make Bernie Miklasz. That guy was a narcissistic POS. :beercan]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 10:46:29 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024135#msg-1024135 disagree on Dodger beat writerhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024135#msg-1024135 21Dog RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 10:16:53 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024134#msg-1024134 Re: +2......she does a great job nmhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024134#msg-1024134 21Dog RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 10:10:15 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024131#msg-1024131 Re: Has she ever given out a "scoop"?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024131#msg-1024131Crazy thing to me is that we never talk about the LA Times beat writer for the Rams...seems like they have not had one since the Rams came back to LA. I never read good stuff about the Rams in the Times.
I think the ideal combo was at the STL Post-Dispatch with Thomas as the beat writer and Bernie Miklasz as the opinion columnist. Get the facts + a (sometimes wrong!) perspective on where team was heading. Jourdan kind of falls in the middle with her longer form pieces.]]> BruceHolt RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 09:32:17 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024127#msg-1024127 BerendsenRam keeps us well fed!https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024127#msg-1024127
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Ramgator
I can find out here if something is B.S. or not MUCH quicker than digging for facts. I stopped going to ESPN or even NFL Net for news YEARS ago. I go back to when the Rams were waiting on the Jeff Fisher hire. SO HELP ME....Someone on ESPN "Reported" a TWEET of a RUMOR! That was it for me.

And I appreciate that! It used to be RamBill but BR has filled his shoes very nicely! :beercan]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 09:19:45 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024126#msg-1024126 Re: Not really much to write about...Who is Better Right Now?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024126#msg-1024126
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David Deacon
I always look forward to Jourdan's articles. She is the main reason I subscribe to the Athletic as the writers for the Dodgers and Lakers are just okay.

Not sure what anyone was expecting her to report on. Rams had a presser and said blah, blah, Blah. No news scoops there. She threw out a few tidbits but that's all she had, crumbs for the hungry.

Anyway I find her to be very knowledgeable on the Rams and how the Rams as an organization think about things. I find her football knowledge to be very high, surprisingly so at times. So I will go on record as saying I think she is is great and a breath of fresh air as she looks at things a bit differently than other reporters.

Those "crumbs" were enough to fill our appetites DD. Some of her stuff is really and good and other stuff not so much IMO.

Sometimes, even Jourdan, will write an article just for the sake of "writing and article". This seemed like one of those times. :thumbsup]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 09:18:14 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024123#msg-1024123 Exactly why I come HERE for Rams News.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024123#msg-1024123 Ramgator RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 09:10:42 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024121#msg-1024121 Not really much to write about...Who is Better Right Now?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024121#msg-1024121
Not sure what anyone was expecting her to report on. Rams had a presser and said blah, blah, Blah. No news scoops there. She threw out a few tidbits but that's all she had, crumbs for the hungry.

Anyway I find her to be very knowledgeable on the Rams and how the Rams as an organization think about things. I find her football knowledge to be very high, surprisingly so at times. So I will go on record as saying I think she is is great and a breath of fresh air as she looks at things a bit differently than other reporters.]]> David Deacon RamsFootballFans.comThu, 25 May 2023 08:51:13 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024051#msg-1024051 Those guys were good, she's just a cut abovehttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024051#msg-1024051
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LMU93
I'm glad she is less of a homer than Vinny B. was (who was good overall). And she's way more than just-the-facts Jim Thomas was in STL.

IMO. Like Thomas, she's fact-based, but has more flair, and a good knowledge of scheme, I think it interests her. Learning and then sharing what's she's
learned. I get that it's not for everybody . . . and you're right, Vinny was too much of a homer, but he was good as well.]]> JimYoungblood53 RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:53:56 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024049#msg-1024049 Yep,. She's a Carolina panters beat writerhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024049#msg-1024049 Ram4life RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:40:31 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024047#msg-1024047 +1https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024047#msg-1024047 LMU93 RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:36:40 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024046#msg-1024046 Re: Also some sort of NDAhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024046#msg-1024046
I'm glad she is less of a homer than Vinny B. was (who was good overall). And she's way more than just-the-facts Jim Thomas was in STL.]]> LMU93 RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:36:02 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024043#msg-1024043 Articles are mostly for casual fanshttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024043#msg-1024043think we do which means enjoyment from articles is hard to come by.]]> merlin RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:14:09 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024041#msg-1024041 Has she ever given out a "scoop"?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024041#msg-1024041
Considering she has inside access I would expect a bit more "exclusive" content or opinions regardless of her "restrictions" on what she can say. A good writer will still find a way to get some good info out there anyway or find a way to express herself that would make people feel like they learned something new or because of her had to look at something in a different way.

IMO, we have had way better writers than her. She says a lot while still saying very little. lol

As I said, I won't pay for her info or opinions but have no issue with those who do! :beercan]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 17:06:42 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024032#msg-1024032 Also some sort of NDAhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1023928,1024032#msg-1024032
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LMU93
Honestly I think that is partly why she gets as much access as she does.

the beat reporters have to agree to, what they can and cannot report in terms
of what they see on the practice field, other than general "this guy made a play"
or this like "looks like he's learning fast".

But given limitations she does good job - she knows the game.]]> JimYoungblood53 RamsFootballFans.comWed, 24 May 2023 16:05:49 -0400