I stayed in, too. I couldn't come up with a good reason to opt out. Staying in means I "will receive priority access to purchase individual game tickets and parking based on a process determined at a later date." As I read it, when the time comes and I'm given an access code or whatever, if I don't want to go I just won't buy tickets. Did I miss something?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
95 positive tests is almost exactly 3 per team. Teams have 90 players on their roster right now so 3 players works out to a 3.3% positive rate. That's already under the 5% threshold to stop testing everyday. Of course, it has to stay under 5%. Here's hoping!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
"But it doesn't sound like in this scenario they are being asked to take a hit this year and next." You are right. But this isn't the scenario being proposed by the owners. (It does make sense to me though.)by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
In a sense, though, the NFLPA is in partnership with the owners. The CBA says the players get 48% of league revenues. Times have been good and the salary cap has gone up as a result for as long as I can recall. 2020 will be a down year and the cap will be impacted accordingly. Maybe it makes sense for the two sides to figure out a better way to handle things than having a $200M cap this yearby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Just to put some numbers behind the point you are making: Mark Davis, Raiders, is the NFL's poorest owner with a net worth of $500 million Mike Brown, Browns, is next at $925 million. Pat Bowlen and family trust, Broncos, next with a net worth: $1 billion.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
If Lewis can stay healthy he could be that guy.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The thing that really puzzles me is that the CBA doesn't already have provisions for what happens if the league had to cancel some games. No one thought of that? Ever?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I didn't see anything that addressed the cap in 2021. Unless both sides agree to something else the cap in 2021 will be based on league revenues in 2020. So unless the owners propose basing the 2021 cap on expected revenues in 2021 they're basically asking the players to pay twice for whatever happens in 2020 - first by taking reduced pay in 2020 and then by playing under a reduced cap in 2021.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
NFL revenues are shared by players and owners according to the CBA. Players get 48% and owners get 52%. NFL revenues will certainly be down this season and both the players and the owners will take a hit. The owners take a hit in 2020 when revenues are down, the players take a hit in 2021 with a cap that will be based on 2020's revenues.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
To take it one step further her Bortles/Wolford argument is weak. I don't know for sure what would happen if Wolford had to start a few games, but this is all he would have to do to match Bortles' career numbers for completion percentage, yards per attempt, and TD-to-int ratio: 16 for 30, 201yards, 1 TD, 1 int. I mean, the bar isn't that high ... DIsclaimer: Bortles' TD-to-int ratio is actby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
It wouldn't surprise me if the Rams look at Higbee as the pass catching TE now with the added bonus that he's a really good blocker for that role. If that's true then perhaps Mundt assumes the role of blocking TE and Everett has been squeezed out. I know Higbee doesn't have the pedigree/measurables of Everett but what he lacks on paper he more than makes up for on the field.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
If only more people were like that ...by AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
I was cleaning out my dad's attic and discovered my old football card collection. It looks like I have around 300 cards mostly from 1968 to 1972. (I turned 14 in 1968.) Here's a picture of my Rams collection. If anyone wants to see another team just let me know.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that you and your family are doing well.by AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
In that scenario I'm on board ... except for one thing. It does seem to fit the Rams' recent strategy of letting some stars go and taking the comp pick when they think they have a replacement groomed in house. The Rams find themselves with too many stars to sign (like most good teams) so considering who is the next man up is part of the discussion on who to keep and who to let go. So yeah, iby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Blanda died in 2010 and Stabler died in 2015. I assumed the Raiders photoshopped their photo and I was definitely thinking the Rams would photoshop that DL photo!!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I would do one for each position. There are already ideas proposed for QB, RB, OL, and DL. But the Rams have had some great WRs and DBs, too. TE might be tough. Here's a top 10 list from ANd with an amazing stretch of what, 5 games? Higbee is already in the conversation. (He does have the most catches by a Rams' TE in a season ...) 1 Billy Truax '64-'70 shout out to old timers!by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
The Great Bordeni took at stab at RBs in the original post: Dickerson, Faulk, Jackson, Bryant. Personally I think Dickerson, Faulk, and Jackson would be locks with a battle for 4th among Arnett, Bass, Bettis, Bryant, Ellison, Gurley, McCutcheon, and Tyler. Geez, has this team had some talent at RB or what?!?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I would do another 2 for the lines. DL: Donald, Youngblood, Deacon, Merlin OL: Slater, Pace, Mack, Harrahby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Did someone force them to change this time?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
This is why 'it's mostly the young now' kind of seems short-sighted. This from the article: "The senior citizens who populate Texas nursing homes were not jammed into bars or packed onto beaches on Memorial Day, but officials there now fear that coronavirus that began spreading among younger people over the past month is imperiling the lives of the state’s most vulnerable. "Back iby AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse.by AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
Pulmonologists are saying that some people who recover from COVID end up with irreversible lung damage. Maybe none of them know irreversible lung damage when they see it, but some of them are performing lung transplants on these patients. My money is on 'they aren't wrong'. Now, if you're talking about how small pox causes shingles years later or how cold sores relate to the herpes simplex theby AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
If you had read the article you would have seen "lung damage that’s irreversible". If it's irreversible why wouldn't that be life long?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
If you had read the article you would have seen "lung damage that’s irreversible". If it's irreversible why wouldn't that be life long?by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
I would say that someone who has lifelong lung damage as a result of COVID-19 has a long term effect. "Lifelong Lung Damage: The Serious COVID-19 Complication That Can Hit People in Their 20s"by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
Happy Birthday, Troy!! I hope it's a good one!!by AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
To me it seems like it would be hard for defenses to key run or pass whether the Rams are in 12 personnel or 11. To your point, Higbee and Everett are both pass targets out of a 12 package, but Woods and Kupp block well out of the 12 group, too. I hope Reynolds and Jefferson do as well.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com
They are also rising in Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Florida, and Nevada.by AlbaNY_Ram - Bucky's Pub
The source I originally used to come up with a 4% reduction in the cap excluded local revenue from the calculation. It now looks like that source was wrong. This article and many other indicate that all local revenue, including parking, concessions, and in-stadium advertising is included in league revenues. So considering that, league revenues will drop a lot more than I originally thought.by AlbaNY_Ram - RamsFootballFans.com