LMAO

I thought Castle Black the minute I saw it...CP thinks the same again

Lol, LAR forum isn't even talking about the game. They're already on to the offseason and the draft.

Can you blame them? :)

They sold their souls to the devil to get their ring. He's here to collect

BEATDOWN COMING!

They have the Superbowl trophy that should belong to KC.

I hope we hang 84 on them

Stafford has been ruled out for the game. Anybody know who their backup is?

A deadman walking..

Bryce Perkins and/or John Wolford

Looks like it might actually be Perkins. Wolford showed up on the injury report this morning.

Who???

Minced meat

https://media2.giphy.com/media/l3fZU...J8kg/giphy.gif

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rams?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rams</a> are expected to give young QB Bryce Perkins first-team reps this week, per me and <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomPelissero</a>, paving the way for a potential start given injuries to starter Matthew Stafford and John Wolford. This would be the first start for the former UDFA from Virginia. <a href="https://t.co/6b3Tfenw54">pic.twitter.com/6b3Tfenw54</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1595473323043045376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The #Chiefs say that RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire (high ankle sprain) has been moved to injured reserve, and OL Lucas Niang has been activated to the 53-man roster

So JJSS back at practice. No Toney today, so I'd guess he doesn't play this week.

I don’t want our #1, potential lockdown CB anywhere near the punt return team.

Give those duties to Watson all day.

good news on Juju. :thumb:

Same here.

what do we know about this Bryce Perkins feller? Is he particularly mobile?

UDFA out of UVA I think. Has been 3rd on the depth chart all season so unlikely anybody knows anything about him other than his pre-draft scouting reports.

Curious because the spread hasn't moved. Yet.

Perhaps it’s a Malik situation? KC was a huge favorite against Tennessee because of him and the Chiefs won in OT. Perhaps they aren’t willing to do the same thing again.

Sounds a lot like Malik Willis in many respects.

https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2020/...outing-report/

They need to be ready for a mobile QB.

Dang it. Why do we always draw these mobile QBs?

More on Perkins from NFL.com

Seems like playing contain is the way to go. If you force him to play from the pocket, he's probably going to really struggle.

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/bryce-...f-ed85c4dd47b3

Yeah, sounds like a contain situation, with a healthy dose of blitzes in the second quarter. Spags tends to blitz rookie/inexperienced QBs early. He'll probably come out pretty vanilla, in base 4-3, then start with the blitzes when he figures this guy has started to expect it on the next snap.

This one is gold. Jerry Stiller is amazing even when silent.

Rams related news -

Rams are like a fantasy football team just unloading players after they are out of the hunt.

This is a tank job.

Great… we made Herbert look like an all pro in his first start. I expect our defense to do the same to Perkins

Mahomes is 16-3 all time against the NFC and has never lost a home game against the NFC.

Yea because Herbert and an UDFA are remotely in the same category.

What a ridiculous comparison.

KC has been a terrible bet ATS. I'm taking Rams and the points.

They have covered against the NFC for some reason.

An entirely new WR room, rookies starting on both sides of the ball, Wylie starting at RT, illnesses, suspensions. Maybe some of that had something to do with it?

You're going to lose.

Seems like this is exactly what it would be like talking to a Rams fan from LA, if those even exist.

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LMFAO

I'm not saying we're going to lose. I'm just saying I don't think we're going to cover a 2-score spread.

But I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see a 50-burger against 10.

If they’re going to beat any team by two scores, this would seem to be the day to do it. I think the Rams would struggle to score over 10 even if Stafford were playing.

Holy shit. Cooper from the top rope.

ROFL Well done.

It was priced into the opening line. Stafford was never gonna play this week.

But Herbert is a fringe All-Pro talent

Titans without Tannehill were probably better than the Rams with Stafford

Spags seems to kinda set back and see what the offense's plan is first. I used to think if the opposing team scored a TD on the first drive. It was a good sign the second half would be different. Though that may be a league thing

Has an Andy Reid team ever been last in the league in yards per play? I'm guessing "no". A few years ago, it looked like McVay was the offensive wiz kid, but not so much anymore, where Andy Reid has done it for decades. Reid's staying power as offensive innovator is remarkable, really.

Extremely uninterested in this game now that Stanford and Kupp are out. Hopefully we win it easy, but I fear they may struggle to get up for it.

Just go hang yourself dude. Jeez. Happy Thanksgiving!

I saw my sixers without our three best players beat a full strength Nets team who had KD, Kyrie and Simmons on the court so I'm not taking this game for granted. The Rams offense may have some big issues right now but that defense still has all pros on every level. It could easily turn into a frustrating and uncomfortable evening like the Titans game if we're not careful.

This is a game where I think we’re gonna get to rest starters starting late in the 3rd or early in the 4th.

Their offense is terrible now that Kupp and Stafford out. Will be nice to have a lax game so they can be ready to go in dry in Cincinnati.

I don’t expect it but I’d be thrilled if they got up early and worked prince, Niang and RoJo in late.

It's really tough to maintain 100% focus for like 20 weeks in a row.

Our talent level says we should win his handily. My gut says this will be one of those ugly games where we look all discombobulated and half of CP is screaming to fire everyone in the game thread.

This is my gut feeling as well. I don’t like the spread and Rams are just going to play to get the shit of bad football out of their mouth.

Lol you guys thinking this is a close game are way off.

The Rams offense is absolute dogshit, and their defense is just Donald and Ramsey.

The Chiefs are due for a blowout win.

This is the easiest game left on the schedule.

Even Texans fans would laugh at that last statement ROFL

Nah, this is gonna be like 38-17, with the Rams scoring a TD late.

I forgot about the Texans game, but it doesn't change the fact that this is a cakewalk.

I'm also not 100% convinced that the Rams would beat the Texans without Stafford and Kupp.

I'm convinced that many on CP haven't watched the Rams much this year.

I’ve seen them more than I like.

They’re terribad.

Their OL is like the Chiefs in the SB against the Bucs.

And they're without their QB and best offensive player.

Plus Robinson as WR1 and a amorphous blob at RB.

We’re looking at a 9ers/Bucs beatdown.

It's insulting to KC to predict a tight game.

We should legit score a TD on every drive and could probably shut them out on defense.

*I don't care if he's on IR and doesn't play.

Just want to get through this game without any injuries

Don’t really care if we win 10-9 type game

Alternate Total: Rams-Chiefs Over 40.5 Points (-142)

Feels like a 31-10 game

Haven't seen anyone mention it on this board, but Joe Thuney missed practice. Anybody know what's up?

he sprained his ankle on that fall last week i think

That sucks. I'd rather not see Allegretti blocking Aaron Donald anytime soon.

Do they even have a fan base? Not even trying to make fun, it just seems like a lot of their fans in STL might have abandoned them and not sure LA embraced them outside of supporting them in their SB win.

This is why a game like this can be dangerous. KC is clearly the better team but at times they have this maddening ability to play down to opponents. It’s why they can dominate good teams and struggle vs lesser teams. If they play like they are capable the game is over by half and Mahomes is resting by Q4.

NFLN is replaying the wild MNF game from November 19, 2018 on Saturday morning.

Exactly this.

You take a look at the Indy game, and the end of the first half against Jacksonville, and we've seen this team play some inexcusably poor football at times.

It cost us in Indy, and we tried our best to let the Jags cut the lead in half before the break, but they were simply too inept to take advantage.

As said, if we come in and take the Rams as a serious opponent, we should blow their doors off. But there's gonna be a chance that some guys see this game as a mini bye and that's when shit goes sideways.

Even the shittiest teams are looking to put a notch in their belt and say that while the season was bad, they still beat the big bad Chiefs.

We get everyone's absolute best, so if we come out flat we could be playing from behind again.

Kelly Stafford: Matthew Stafford struggles to jell with young Rams

The Los Angeles Rams' roster has experienced massive turnover in the two years since the team won Super Bowl LVI, and the influx of youth has quarterback Matthew Stafford finding it hard to connect with his teammates, according to his wife, Kelly.

"It's kind of crazy. So, Matthew's been in the league a long time. He's like, 'The difference in the locker room has changed so significantly.' They have a lot of rookies on their team, they're very young. But he's like, 'I feel like I can't connect,'" Kelly Stafford said on her podcast, "The Morning After With Kelly Stafford," last week.

"In the old days you'd come out of practice, you'd shower, and people would be playing cards, interacting. Who knows what they're doing, but they're doing something together. Playing pingpong, they have a tournament going on. They'd at least be talking. But now they get out of practice, and meetings during training camp, and they go straight to their phones. No one looks up from their phones. Matthew's like, 'I don't know ... am I the dad? Do I take their phones? What do I do here?' He's like, 'I want them to see me not as a coach.'"

Matthew Stafford, 35, is entering his 15th NFL season and third with the Rams. The Rams enjoyed roster stability in his first two seasons, but several high-profile players left in free agency or were traded this year. The turnover on defense is such that defensive lineman Aaron Donald and middle linebacker Ernest Jones are the only defenders who started the team's Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. The team also selected 14 players in the 2023 NFL draft.

Now Kelly Stafford says her husband is struggling to have his new teammates see him as an equal.

"They say 'sir' to him and s---," she said. "He's like, 'No, we're on the same level here, we're both playing in the league. Let me get to know you.' He said it's so different and so hard to get to know these guys. He had a book printed out. He had the equipment guy get a book printed of all their faces, and all their names, 'cause he's like, 'I need to know their names.' We need to talk, so I'm gonna find their names and I'm gonna say, 'Hey so-and-so, how was your weekend?' So, they know I know them and maybe we should get to know each other so there's chemistry on the field.'

"But I think nowadays, it's really hard to develop that because all these young kids, they don't care. Or it's not that they don't care, but they're so used to going straight to their phones instead of having some fun with some guys in the locker room. It's different. It's kind of sad."

Kelly Stafford said she and her husband planned to host a team party, but those plans were scrapped when their house flooded because of the aftereffects of Tropical Storm Hilary. She said if they hosted the team at a dinner, most of the guys would attend but then suggest going "to the club" and not talking at the dinner. She said when they were with the Detroit Lions, the franchise was good about hosting events, and she suggested the Rams follow suit.

"I would set it up so that the players have a box that they can all go to this [Messi] game so that they can hang out," she said. "The Lions always had events and were good at that. So, when you lose or you win, it feels like it doesn't mean as much because your team isn't connected like they used to be.

"I think Matthew feels it the most because he's so old and like a leader on the team. But he's like, 'I don't know how to lead people I have no connection with. I have to somehow find a way to connect with them.'"

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...ell-young-rams

Matthew needs to connect with his teammates, right after he tells his wife to shut the **** up.

-McVay considered leaving not long ago. That by itself is telling.

--As for Stafford as already know he's struggling to stay on the field physically. Sounds like he's struggling mentally as well.

-Will we be seeing many pics of a half filled stadium this year? As a heartbroken STL Ram fan at one time, it will bring a grin to my face.

-I loooove the Kansas City Chiefs!!!