Because I very much think this is a made up story and Cole not being there and having essentially no connections would be very, very unlikely to know this. So before we all flip out drama queen reality show style how about if we find out what those guys know. Cole knows squat. He's the same guy that reported that Gurley was skipping practices and workouts and we found out he was making thatby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Especially the last 5 minutes. Then come back and comment.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Cole is The Enquirer of sports media.......... He isn't connected to anyone or anything, for sure not Rams coaches past or future. This isn't even supposition or speculation. It's cut from whole cloth.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotelaram Watch and listen to this analysis by Lombardi. Only 2:54 mins long and pay special attention to the 3 corner goldline defense the Pats used against the Seahags in the SB. This game is a lot more complicated than posters credit. Not always. Sometimes it's pretty effing simple and straightforward. A top 5 rushing offense was shelved at the least prudent time possible.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
First off I know you didn't see the play, and if he throws it away to avoid a sack from in between the tackles he could have drawn a flag. Again, that would have been a good thing because it would have prevented the second bad play. It's easy to say "throw it near a WR". Then how about just throw it TO that WR? Go watch the play. I know you don't care for Ryan but most of the tiby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
There are miles and miles between the two situations.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Two runs for even no gain forces NE to burn valuable time outs that they ended up needing to use to come back. Look how EVERYTHING had to fall in place perfectly for the Patriots to come back and tie to force overtime too. One of those things was ATL not getting a FG. Add three more points to the Falcons and they don't make it back and everyone is talking about how great Shanahan and Ryaby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
A lot of people are simplifying this..........I do not think he is out of the tackle box and therefore he can't just "throw it away". IMO that is NOT an option. Though as I spelled out had he done it and the refs flag it the Falcons are SB champs. And I get it that he was trying to put them away, but he got overly aggressive and made some poor choices on play calls. Three runs, or aby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Deep drops twice in a row in FG range to ice the SB win? NOOOOOOO I don't need to be an NFL coach to know that not running the ball to wind down the clock in the second half up by more than THREE touchdowns and then NOT making an effort to stay in FG range to close out the championship IS NOT SMART. Virtually NOONE is defending this on any level..........anywhere. But go ahead and cliby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
And I am in NO WAY denigrating one of the greatest coaches. But he didn't coach under the cap and DeBartolo spent about 30% more than any other owner did during that great run. He spent like the Yankees did and didn't care if the 49ers lost money. In fact I think I once read that the 49ers made the least money in the 80's because of how they spent to get talent in free agency and to keep playeby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
And this will have a familiar ring to it.........they stopped running the ball almost totally.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
ATL has the 5th best rushing attack in the NFL. So why not keep running since they were having success against NE when they did run, 18 carries for 104 yards is 5.8 per carry. Passing was the WORST possible thing for Shanahan to do, that can't even be debated. Nobody was/could say that on Monday morning.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
After thinking this through it would have been BETTER if he had been penalized. Crazy? Nope!!! 2nd and 11 and Ryan takes a sack for 12 yards moving the ball from the 23 to the 35. It's third down and they call another deep drop. Penalty and out of FG range. If he takes the intentional grounding penalty, which it would have been but who knows if the refs actually bother to call it correcby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
And it had little bearing on the future. One year to the next means nothing as often as it means something.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Intentional grounding is a 10 yard penalty and loss of down. So the entire "throw it away don't take the sack" argument is invalid unless he is out of the pocket.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
By his own admission Martz didn't even know who Warner was, and when Warner went to Martz office to introduce himself he had no idea who he was. And that isn't alternative facts, that's from Warner and Martz themselves.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't miss those. Well OK once in a while, but not 30 times a game.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Those were things that had already happened, and the Falcons STILL had a chance to close out the SB win by simply holding the LOS to a degree that would make a FG a reasonable likelihood. They could have lost another few years and had a 90% chance of winning. Instead they ended up 22 yards backwards. They could have taken a knee down for two plays and won. What is the point of callingby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
with a 28-3 lead he KS was throwing the ball. That's not smart.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
He was inside the "box" if he threw it away its loss of a down and 10 yards. It would have been 4th down had he done that according to the rule book. Maybe he would have a chance of moving himself out far enough to be in the clear I don't know that hard to take a guess at. FYI this is one of the rules under consideration for change this year, allowing a QB to throw it away evenby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Kyle Shanahan had a brain fart. I also don't know why the HC told him "don't throw it just call two run plays and lets get the FG". Isn't that what a HC should do? Be in control of the situation? It was a COMPLETE eff up, the most epic in the SB that I have ever seen. It could not BE more obvious what you do in that situation. Put the points on the board after two running plays thatby LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
And they could have sealed the deal but instead they get a sack and a penalty. The O had the chance to close the deal, easily close it, and choked. That should have been a run play, not a pass play. Bad call, bad execution. They had drives fizzle out in the ast quarter and a half. They fell apart after being up 28-3.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Um, or 4 or 5 # 2 and #3 types....... And a good QB.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
They bungled it........by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
Has NO business in the HOF. None. He should hold hands with Joe Namath up to the ticket counter and PAY the cover.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
But not now Anyway.............let's just hope the effing knuckleheads get things right. I have no faith though, I will say that.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com
And yellow will be in the mix with silver possibly since Demoff had a silver themed helmet in his office in STL. It will not be all blue and white, we will see other elements, outlines, trim and welt.by LesBaker - RamsFootballFans.com