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  1. Spielman

    Cold Hard Football Facts: Warner is the clear choice for 2008 NFL MVP (from SI)..

    Incredibly tough to do, even though he's on pace for 4800+. Also, the more they run, the more the game shortens, since the clock stops on incompletes. Of course, considering Warner's completion percentage, that may not matter all that much. :lol: Still, I doubt Warner or Brees makes it to...
  2. Spielman

    Raiders cut DeAngelo Hall

    I swear, the Raiders are making decisions by throwing darts at a board.
  3. Spielman

    Dear Mike Martz

    Yeah, but Martz had final say over the draft and all the FO decisions. Lovie influenced some really dumb moves, and of course Martz != the scouting department, but he's gotta take a good bit of blame because he was the guy with the final authority.
  4. Spielman

    Dear Mike Martz

    Personally, I think it very much started with Vermeil, though that's somewhat mixed. The foundation for the Greatest Show teams was the player acquisition from 1997-1999. With Vermeil having the final say in the FO, they drafted Orlando Pace, Dexter McCleon and Ryan Tucker in '97, Grant...
  5. Spielman

    No Joke--Cards have Super Bowl Potential

    It's still too early to tell. Right now I think the most likely outcome for this season is a divisional win, a first round win at home, and a second round loss on the road to the Giants or the Panthers/Bucs. The Cardinals are a team that could definitely make a run similar to that of the...
  6. Spielman

    Dear Mike Martz

    What he left in his wake in St. Louis wasn't really so bad, I don't think. Martz wasn't responsible for Marc Bulger going from competent and accurate passer to mechanical mess who can't string two good passes together. He wasn't responsible for Torry Holt's knee falling apart. He wasn't...
  7. Spielman

    OT: Cowboys collapse

    Though I dislike Romo and hate the Cowboys, the comparison isn't valid. Warner, as much of a gamer as he is, missed 5 games with a broken pinky in 2000.
  8. Spielman

    Dear Mike Martz

    Eh... it's not quite that simple. While he was one of the worst game managers I've ever seen, he was also responsible for a number of very smart, very good moves while he was head coach. The Rams have fallen a lot farther since he left than they did while he was coach. Not that I'm saying I...
  9. Spielman

    you know what really feels good?

    Y'know what should really feel good? Seeing a frigging running game. If the Cardinal offense gets some balance, it will be epic.
  10. Spielman

    Rams give game film to NFL front office

    If it was your Super Bowl, would you? I'm quite certain I'll never get over it.
  11. Spielman

    Amazing Urban article on Warner now calling plays!

    This is mind-bogglingly frustrating as a Rams fan. Crushingly depressing might be a better description. Why? In Mike Martz's system, Warner couldn't call audibles. Yep. That's right. He's gone from a system in which he had absolutely no freedom to call plays to a team that counts on him to...
  12. Spielman

    Rams give game film to NFL front office

    Yeah, it's at least partially a win the fans maneuver by Haslett, because he knows that Rams fans hate the Patriots with a fiery passion because of that game. Still, the biggest reason for the Rams losing was Martz being a stubborn dillhole and failing to adjust to what the Patriots were doing...
  13. Spielman

    Warner's play

    It's based on whether or not they're considered likely to be earned, which is based on past performance. That is, if you sign a guy to a 5 year contract that pays him a million dollar bonus every time he rushes for 1000 yards, whether the bonus money counts against the cap the first year is...
  14. Spielman

    SI's Ross Tucker

    That whole thing is a mess. It's all well and good to say that you're responsible for what you put into your own body, but when there are products that contain ingredients that aren't listed, how the hell is anybody supposed to be sure what they actually are putting in their bodies...
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    EVT confirms Warner extension talks

    1) Players don't go into Canton as a member of a particular team. Were Warner to go into the HOF, he'd go in with mentions of all his teams, including the Cardinals, obviously. It's not like baseball, where they have a particular cap they're wearing in the official plaque. 2) League MVP...
  16. Spielman

    JTO Benched......

    Countdown until Mike Martz is quoted as saying "Shaun Hill might be the best quarterback I've ever coached," starts.... now.
  17. Spielman

    so what cost us the game

    I didn't see the pick because I was stuck at work for the second half. I was just going off of what people's comments about it were, and they were mostly of the "Well, can't trust Warner" variety. If it was a catchable ball for Arrington, then yeah, that one doesn't count. The only real...
  18. Spielman

    Good Game - Go Panthers

    Honestly, what do you expect, coming in and talking right after these guys had to swallow a really tough loss? Nobody's at their best. You can act like you're taking the high road, but jumping in to tell people to shut it and that they suck... that's not the high road anymore.
  19. Spielman

    Missed extra point, Dumb fake FG and EDGE

    How on earth is it a good idea to call a play to a guy who couldn't make the play? Thing is, the play worked as designed. The TE was wide open, and the punter hit him with an accurate if less than powerful throw, which is all that you can really expect from a punter. It worked... It just...
  20. Spielman

    so what cost us the game

    Pretty much. The mistake-free ball that some people seem to expect does not exist in the context of the total lack of a running game. Warner was forced to pass, pass, pass, and got knocked around on a lot of hits in which he did get the ball out in plenty good time. Dude made a couple of...
  21. Spielman

    Cards Pussycats Game Thread 2008

    Hope not. He was crap today.
  22. Spielman

    Cards Pussycats Game Thread 2008

    That was a horrible position for that call. Makeable field goal vs. 4th and forever? Kick the damn field goal. The play was successful enough if it was 4th and something normal, but there? Seriously? Guh.
  23. Spielman

    Cards Pussycats Game Thread 2008

    I hate to be negative about a game where there's a 10-point lead, but man, the offensive line needs to do better. Not getting a push, and letting them punish the QB. That's not sustainable.
  24. Spielman

    So much for marking down the Rams games as easy wins.

    Some of both, I think. Next two weeks tell the story. If the Rams beat the Pats, they're probably legitimately decent. If they then beat the Cards, the Rams could be tied for the division with a leg up on the head to head tiebreaker. On the other hand, if the Cards smack the Rams back down...
  25. Spielman

    According to Football Outsiders statistics, Larry Fitz is the #1 WR in the NFL

    That's true about Breaston and Marshall, but I think it's far from meaningless. Like everything else, it just has to be interpreted correctly. Everything with football stats is in the context of the team, so what it's really saying is that the Cardinal passing game has to be really...

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