I'm probably the biggest Kyren Williams fan on this board but I'm thinking Blake Corum needs to get more touches.
His runs pretty much brought us out of our funk after that crazy Cam Ward touchdown throw.
I can't find his stats yet but he had three runs that were 15 plus yards.

First the Thordaddy game, and now this one. What do they have in common?



RAMS WIN, RAMS WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Despite a few hiccups, our defense is actually very solid. Only one fluky touchdown allowed, especially after we shot ourselves in the foot a lot? I'll take it.

And Davante gets his first as a Ram, and Corum gets his first NFL touchdown period. Who had that on the bingo card?

after just 15 games

nothing against the guy , but I remember watching his statements last year at the Big Ten media day , and right then I was like , this isn't the guy I would want leading my team

I've been wrong before

but..........

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Iowa's Kirk Ferentz becomes winningest coach in Big Ten history, passes Ohio State legend Woody Hayes


sure , part of that is just longevity , but there is a good reason why a coach has longevity

crazy to think , I've only known two head coaches at Iowa , since I was a little kid in the late 70's

Hayden Fry for 1979 - 1998 and Kirk Ferentz from 1999 - present , thats only 2 coaches in the last 46 years
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thats crazy

Kirk Ferentz won his 206th game on September 13, 2025, with a 47-7 victory over UMass, becoming the all-time winningest coach in Big Ten history, surpassing Woody Hayes.

and counting ,

will probably be a trivia question in the future

September 14, 2025

1:00 PM — Los Angeles Rams at Tennessee Titans

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SNF - September 14, 2025

8:20 PM — Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

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September 14, 2025

The Late Games
4:05 PM — Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals
4:05 PM — Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts
4:25 PM — Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs

The Early Games
1:00 PM — Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
1:00 PM — Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals
1:00 PM — New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
1:00 PM — Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
1:00 PM — New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
1:00 PM — San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints
1:00 PM — Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
1:00 PM — Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers
1:00 PM — Los Angeles Rams at Tennessee Titans

SNF
8:20 PM — Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

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September 14, 2025

The Early Games
1:00 PM — Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
1:00 PM — Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals
1:00 PM — New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
1:00 PM — Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions
1:00 PM — New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
1:00 PM — San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints
1:00 PM — Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
1:00 PM — Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers
1:00 PM — Los Angeles Rams at Tennessee Titans

The Late Games
4:05 PM — Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals
4:05 PM — Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts
4:25 PM — Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs

SNF
8:20 PM — Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

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Did anyone watch it? GD, that was an incredible performance by Crawford. He came up two weight classes against a guy who was strong as an ox and stood his ground. Canelo was never able to get untracked, and for every 1-2 good shots he landed, Crawford came back with 2-3 more. If anything, the judges were too lenient toward Canelo, because I had Crawford winning by a much wider margin.

Really happy to see this on Netflix without requiring PPV for subscribers. Hope this is a beginning of a trend. Boxing has hurt itself in recent years with excessive use of PPV, but merely having a Netflix description doesn't seem like a big ask from potential viewers. More of this please.

Looks like people were still posting in the Rams v Texans. So here goes.

27-10 Rams.

Check out this Reddit post for a Rams shop discount while you can guys. Team40 is the code. I got the rivalry jersey with this code so i know it worked

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesRams/s/E7DGcscNsL

How do I hide my team in the survivor pool?

I figured that given everything that's going on in the world today, we could use a thread where we can document acts of kindness that touch our hearts. I'll share a video of a multitude of acts of kindness here to kick this thread off, starting with a homeless man named Ron Howell:

Ron Howell's Story

Howell, from Salt Lake City, Utah, saw a Chihuahua being thrown out of a car on the highway where he panhandled, and risked his life to save the poor creature. Noting that the dog was a kindred spirit like himself (both now being homeless), he took care of the dog, hoping to find it a forever home eventually. A woman named Angel Janes noticed Howell protecting the Chihuahua, and quickly got into contact with an animal rescue group, which quickly found the furry friend a forever home. The leader of this rescue group, Kathleen Dahlman, not one to sit aside while others needed help, set up a Go-Fund-Me to help get Howell off of the streets and into a home himself.

As of now, the Go-Fund-Me hasn't gotten to its goal as of yet (a little over $6,800 of a $10,000 goal), but the kindness of these three people touched my heart.

Instead of Locking threads, why not just start perma banning people? You have enough people on these forums, banning a couple of bad eggs who can't follow the rules wont hurt this forum at all. On the contrary, it will help it.

Thursday Night Football

8:15 PM — Washington Commodes at Green Bay Packers

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I really don't have any ideas going into this game. My wife works that day so not really sure at all what to plan.

Tennessee has to have some BBQ. I wonder what other foods might be found.

What are you all thinking?

Taken violently today at the age of 31, Charlie started Turning Point USA and has offered hope and optimism to young people, as he challenged media narratives and encouraged honest and robust debate.

His legacy will ripple throughout this nation and will never die. Charlies' faith and his humor impacted millions. The movement for freedom will always be thankful for the impact of Charlie Kirk, who's short life will have a long-lasting impact. Evil may take his earthly body, but love will prevail.

Go with God, young man.

Stuff looks sharp!

Rams made the blueprint for parting with failed QB picks

This is not the stat that Jared Goff or the Lions wanted to see on Sunday: The former Rams number one overall pick has never won an NFL game without Sean McVay or Ben Johnson calling plays for him. He’s 0-19-1 in those situations. When a team drafts a quarterback with the number one overall […]

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Rams made the blueprint for parting with failed QB picks​

Kenneth Arthur
Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM EDT
This is not the stat that Jared Goff or the Lions wanted to see on Sunday: The former Rams number one overall pick has never won an NFL game without Sean McVay or Ben Johnson calling plays for him. He’s 0-19-1 in those situations.

Jared Goff hasn't won an NFL game without Sean McVay or Ben Johnson calling plays pic.twitter.com/IUmvOQPOyh

— Underdog (@Underdog) September 9, 2025

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When a team drafts a quarterback with the number one overall pick and then fires the head coach after one season or less together — a common outcome for those bad teams — they will do anything in their power to avoid admitting that the pick is a bust. That often means hiring an offensive-minded play caller as the new head coach, which is exactly what the Rams did when they fired Jeff Fisher partway through Goff’s rookie season and then hired McVay a couple of months later.


Then in 2021, the Rams admitted defeat, it just took a few years.

They traded Goff to the Lions, and then some time later Detroit made one of their best coaching changes in team history by promoting Ben Johnson to full-time offensive coordinator. Over three seasons together, Johnson and Goff thrived and achieved greater statistical highs than even Goff’s best days with McVay…albeit not with a Super Bowl appearance like what he did with L.A. in 2018.

Now cut to the first week of 2025, Johnson is the head coach of the Chicago Bears, and you have to wonder if he’s in the same situation with Caleb Williams that McVay once found himself in with Goff:


Yeah, maybe you can find a way to make this work. But if these situations are anything like what the L.A. Rams found themselves in with Goff after a few years under McVay, the end result could be admitting that the pick is simply a bad one.

The Rams created a blueprint for how to survive a questionable draft pick at quarterback:​

• Hire the best play caller in the NFL who isn’t already a head coach
• Try that for a while
• If that doesn’t work, keep the play caller and trade the quarterback for the best upgrade/return you can find

The Rams acquired Matthew Stafford — an undeniable veteran talent when he was traded — and immediately won a Super Bowl. L.A. managed to make this move even though Goff’s 2019 contract extension had yet to even kick in!

Ben Johnson is the head coach and offensive coordinator that the Bears want for years to come, probably even more than they want to see Caleb Williams become the franchise quarterback that he was billed to be a couple of years ago when he won the Heisman at USC. How many teams could try to copy the Rams by choosing play caller over an overhyped quarterback?

Bears: Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams​

It’s obviously still very early in Caleb’s career and he could soon look like one of the top young quarterbacks in the NFL. But what if he doesn’t?


There seems to be a lot wrong with Caleb’s game and maybe the reason he has thrown so few interceptions is that he’s having such a hard time throwing catchable passes — to anyone. It’s not as though there weren’t some people arguing that Caleb Williams had become one of the most overrated prospects of this generation even before the draft happened:


Call a spade a spade: There is at least one quarterback from the 2024 draft class who is miles ahead of him (Jayden Daniels), two more who have played better than him so far (Drake Maye, Bo Nix), one who just out-performed him on Monday night (J.J. McCarthy), and a fifth who has also played better on a smaller sample size (Michael Penix).


There are an incredible six NFL starters from the 2024 draft class and the only one who Caleb Williams appears to be better than is Spencer Rattler. And that debate is a lot closer than it should be.

It’s too early to say that the Bears should or will trade Williams at some point, but that IS the conversation that fans will be having at the end of the season if he doesn’t start playing ten times better than he has so far. With how he performed in Week 1, there is a chance that Chicago will once again be picking high in the 2026 draft and with some chance at taking yet another quarterback, someone who Ben Johnson might see as a more Goff-like processor (if not Tyson Bagent), that the Bears will be listening to offers for Williams.

If you think that’s absurd, you are forgetting that Zach Wilson was traded after 3 years with the Jets; Trey Lance was traded after 2 years with the 49ers; Justin Fields was traded after 3 years with the Bears; Mac Jones was traded after 3 years with the Patriots; and Kenny Pickett was traded after 2 years with the Steelers.

In the first round of the draft from 2021-2022, quarterbacks were less likely to make their fourth season with a team than they were assured to make it.

This is just a precursor to the certainly doomed fate of first round pick Anthony Richardson with the Colts in 2023, borderline first round pick Will Levis of the Titans, and possibly first overall pick Bryce Young, who was arguably the worst starter in the NFL last week.

Richardson could be traded during his third season and Levis was only not traded because he’s on IR.

The 49ers gave up on Lance only a few months after the third of three first round picks they traded for him was even used!


So could Caleb Williams actually be traded in 2026 if he’s bad in 2025? That’s not a hot take. That’s what teams are normally doing now if a quarterback is still bad after two seasons in the league, no matter how high he was drafted.

Panthers: Bryce Young, Dave Canales​

The Panthers love Canales because of what he did for Baker Mayfield on the Bucs in 2023. They wanted him to do the same for Young as what he did for Mayfield, as well as spending his entire career in Seattle when Russell Wilson was the quarterback. The bad news?


It just isn’t working yet.


Yes, Bryce Young’s supporting cast was pitiful in Week 1. But aside from a few statistically decent games at the end of last season, he’s been horrifically bad for an NFL starter. In Week 1, Young averaged only 4.4 yards per attempt and threw 2 interceptions with 51% completions and he was going against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

He also lost a fumble (his fifth fumble in his last 5 games) and had his worst passer rating game in a year.

If it continues like this, the Panthers will once again turn to Andy Dalton and they will put Bryce Young on the trade block. That’s what will happen because Carolina would probably rather trust Canales than the risky quarterback pick in 2023 who has yet to punch above his height through two seasons and change.

Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence, Liam Coen​

Lawrence is a mediocre quarterback with a galactic-sized reputation for being something far better than he actually is. The former 5-star recruit and generational talent who was supposed to be the next Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck is far more like Eli Manning and Oliver Luck.

Yet for some reason the Jaguars still paid Lawrence a second contract, a mistake that the team is trying to correct by hiring Coen for the same reason that Carolina hired Canales: He did great work with Mayfield.

Hey everyone, maybe Baker Mayfield is just a good quarterback!


The Jaguars have now gone all-out to try and over-correct their Trevor Lawrence contract problem by hiring Coen as the new HC/OC (with former Vikings assistant Grant Udinski) and trading next year’s first round pick to move up for Travis Hunter as a complement to Brian Thomas Jr.. Lucky for them, running back Travis Etienne was the player balling out in Week 1 and the Jaguars are 1-0.


But if Lawrence is not significantly better than he’s been the past two seasons (completing 60% of his passes for 5.7 Y/A against the Panthers in Week 1 was not the start that Jacksonville expected with all these resources put into the passing game), general manager James Gladstone (from the Rams org.) should and will consider trade offers in 2026. Especially since Jacksonville now doesn’t have a 2026 first round pick.

Other weird QB/HC situations​

• If things don’t get better, the Dolphins will probably fire Mike McDaniel AND part with Tua Tagovailoa; neither of them seem to be the answer
• Anthony Richardson is a good bet to be on a new team in 2026, same as Levis; he’s probably just not even a serviceable quarterback in almost any regard
• Kyler Murray would likely be “fired” by the Cardinals before Jonathan Gannon, giving Arizona’s regime a chance to pick their own QB
• The Cowboys would trade Dak Prescott if they could, but they almost certainly can’t do that before 2027

The Rams, as they often have under Les Snead and Sean McVay, have set the precedent for how to win football games consistently by knowing when it’s time to give up on a quarterback and not being afraid to eat the financial bullet to get it done. L.A. even had to sacrifice first round picks to make it happen.

Other teams have clearly followed suit and copied the Rams and will continue to do so in the coming months. It’s only been one week of this season, so far too early to say how many of these quarterbacks will be on the move in the next year, but you can bet teams are far less patient with signal callers than they used to be because we now how small those windows are to attack for a Super Bowl.


You’re never going to win those battles with quarterbacks who have played as poorly as Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, and Trevor Lawrence. First pick doesn’t mean last out.

Saw this in my reels. Not sure if it has been posted yet.

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I just re-watched Karty's three kickoffs from Game 1, and I'm happy to say that so far Karty is a WEAPON on kickoffs. McVay kept the strategy under wraps during preseason, so perhaps the element of surprise helped. I hope the Rams can continue to benefit from Karty's skill at his technique, but now opposing teams have video so they at least know what to expect.

For those who need a reminder of the new rule: If kickoff sails all the way into the end zone for a touchback, the receiving team gets it at the 35. However, if the ball lands in the "landing zone" (between the end line and the 20 yard line), and THEN rolls into the end zone, the receiving team has to start at their own 20.

Kickoff to open game: Karty kicks it hard and flat, soccer-style, ball lands safely in the landing zone, rolls a couple of times out of reach of Texans returners, ball rolls into the EZ for a touchback to the 20. Perfect. Camera angle was excellent so you could see Karty's perfect form.

Kickoff #2, after Rams first TD: Karty kicks off in the same way as the first time. Ball lands safely in landing zone around the 15. Since the ball LANDS in the landing zone, the Rams cover team can move as soon as the ball hits the ground. THEN the Texans returner is able to pick it up after a bounce, but the timing of the play is ruined since Karty was able to get it in the landing zone WITHOUT the ball being caught. Texans returner manages only a measly 11 yard return (to advance the ball from the 12 to the 23).

Kickoff #3: Camera angle was horrible, so it was hard to view. But this time the Rams changed up their strategy: Karty aimed to drive the ball deep and to his left, where the ball landed near the 5 yard line or so, near the corner. Ball rolls into the EZ for another touchback to the 20.

Three kickoffs. Opponent drives started at 20, 23, and 20. Considering the new rule will often reward teams with a start at the 35, that's excellent field position for the rams D.

Karty's kicking motion on kickoffs is noticeably different from his kicking motion on FGs and XP's. On kickoffs, he hits it hard and flat, and both his placement and distance are excellent-- there's a pretty small margin for error when he kicks at that angle.

Karty has mastered an entirely different kicking motion for kickoffs. So far, it's worked to perfection.

Sept. 9, 1776

the "United States" of America was born

up until then , we were know as the United Colonies

250 years ago on Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress gave the United States its name.

The United States of America, as it’s called today, had only been known up to that point as the “United Colonies.” A resolution presented to the Continental Congress in June 1776 stated “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

The resolution was approved on July 2, which John Adams expected to be celebrated in America’s history, but July 4 became known as Independence Day, the date when Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence was adopted, according to History.com. The declaration also uses the text “these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.”, the Continental Congress gave the United States its name.

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