Just in: Hearing officer Derrick Brooks, jointly appointed by the NFL and the NFLPA, has reduced the two game suspension of Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson to one game.

Feels like nearly every game we’ve lost the past couple years lose is just pain, and every one seemingly worse than the last. Seriously, how is it possible for one team to invent new and more embarrassing/painful ways to lose every game? So frustrating lol

I'm as excited as anyone else about Blake Grupe and I hope he can join the ranks of elite NFL kickers like Cameron Dicker, Harrison Butker, Eddy Pinero, etc, etc. But, McVay needs to take a radical new approach to Special Teams. It can no longer be a team composed of guys that moonlight on ST with Defense or Offense being their main focus. Just the opposite. It needs guys who pride themselves on being Gunners, Wingers, and part of the Field Goal Protection Unit first and moonlight on Defense or Offense when needed. Without that change I'm afraid Blake Grupe will end up like Karty and Mevis.

Source: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/GF3So

I would just like to point out that the Rams had 5 penalties called on them when they either got a 1st down on a 3rd down conversion or stopped the bills on 3rd down and they gave the bills a 1st down because of the penalty. On all 5 of these the call was absolutely the wrong call. The bills had 0 penalties that went against them in that manner on a 3rd down. The NFL rigging is just getting too obvious at this point. Those kind of penalties change the game drastically every time they happen and for it to be 5-0 on one side and all 5 of those penalties were horrible calls that actually should have been no calls or gone against the Bills. It's just so hard to watch the NFL anymore without any kind of accountability or admittance to these kind of errors from the NFL office. Refs have to be called out for these kind of trends, but the NFL will never do it.

I'm comin home to LA next week for the Cardinals game on my birthday. We decided to get the Pink lot passes and do some tailgating. I'll have a foam cooler with beers, a couple chairs and a table temporarily loaned out from Target for the day, maybe a couple dozen Randy's Donuts to share with people. Hoping just because we'll all be there before noon doesn't mean people won't be having fun though.

Is it a big social event? Do people share food and hang out, or just stay to their own groups? How crazy is security about shots and drinking games? How about enjoying a little herb?

Can't wait to celebrate my 40th with the whole Ramily. HORNS UP!

🔴 Bears @ Falcons (+AK)
🔵 Saints @ Giants
🟢 Ravens @ Browns
🟡 Cardinals @ Rams (LATE) (+HI)
🟠 Titans @ Colts

Crazy theory, but what if Ethan Evans is part of the problem? He’s been the one constant through all the different kickers we’ve had.

I’ll admit, I don’t know much about the mechanics of field goal kicking, so this is purely speculation. But what if there’s something subtle happening with his holds that isn’t immediately noticeable? Maybe he’s applying too much pressure, positioning the ball slightly off, or doing something else that’s affecting the kicks?

We’ve changed kickers and even replaced the special teams coordinator, yet the kicking issues continue. At some point, you have to start looking at the one piece of the equation that hasn’t changed.
Again, just a theory and my two cents. But we’ve already tried changing kickers, so maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the entire operation instead of assuming the kicker is always the problem.

11/11 Field Goals
10/10 Extra Points

Unit is so trash. Can it even be fixed at this point 🤦‍♂️

Hey Ramily!

Going to the game on Sunday and have a question on parking. Usually I always park at the Forum because it’a not too expensive and the straight shot walk down is easy. But Sunday we have 6 people so need to take an extra vehicle. Don’t want to pay for parking at Forum twice so looking for alternatives.

Was thinking about neighborhood parking or Metro? But not sure how that works, I come from outside LA the Inland Empire area. Any advice appreciated!

Go Rams!

Some other notes:

• In wake of Alaric Jackson's suspension, Sean McVay says David Quessenberry will start at LT for Rams. Alaric will also likely appeal his suspension.
• Team will also open OL Keagen Trost's 21-day practice window this week.
• Myles Garrett's clock will not start this week, as Sean said was likely to be the case last week.
• Sean confirms the Rams made a change at kicker, moving on from Harrison Mevis and signing Blake Grupe. "Ultimately we need to get better production" and hopeful they can get that from Grupe.

I am still sore about it :(