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By Joe Torosian<\/p>\nBy Joe Torosian<\/p>\n
Kick it!<\/p>\n
Was that a boring game last night?<\/p>\n
I’m not down with starting the season on a Wednesday night, but I wasn’t bored.<\/p>\n
As I’ve aged, I appreciate every NFL game I see. There’s always something to learn, something to see, and it’s pure competition and struggle. I love it.<\/p>\n
My favorite games are messy games where teams have to find a way. Don’t get me wrong, I think flags thrown on the far side of the field once a play has begun are ridiculous, and flagging an offensive lineman (while wearing a number 50-thru-79) for being one yard downfield immediately makes my mind jump to government overreach.<\/p>\n
I enjoyed the game last night, and I really enjoyed it as a Rams fan. It was a great win for the Rams.<\/p>\n
Like last year, the Seattle Seahawks come across as a good team that’s been posing as a great team.<\/p>\n
I’m going to break a rule here\u2026 I’m going to use the phrase, “Pump the brakes.”<\/p>\n
Pump the brakes on the Seahawks. They are not a transcendent all-time great team. Did they win last night, or did the Patriots give the game away?<\/p>\n
New England worked so hard to give that game away, you would have thought they had money on blowing a ten-point lead.<\/p>\n
As a Rams fan, I was thoroughly encouraged. Drake Maye was terrible, while fanboys (Colin Cowherd) actually believe the Seahawks made plays.<\/p>\n
Placing Maye’s meltdown to the side, let’s look at Seattle’s lone touchdown. It’s fourth and one at midfield, and the one guy you can’t let beat you is Jackson Smith-Njigba. <\/p>\n
I don’t know if Mike Vrabel was having a Russini fantasy flashback or what, but the one guy he left open on that play was JSN.<\/p>\n
As long as teams play bad, and Terry McAulay has the NFL offices on speed dial, the Seahawks will remain a contender. They’re not a bad team; they’re a good team; they’re just not a great team.<\/p>\n
And what I saw from the Emerald City team was a so-so pass rush and a so-so offensive line.<\/p>\n
It was a great night for the Rams. Now they have to follow it up with a win over Fog City.<\/p>\n
Last Add New England:<\/strong> If I had a voice in the Patriots’ front office, I would have considered Kiffin-ing Romeo Doubs on the tarmac.<\/p>\n While the following remains my deepest MLB desire for 2026\u2026#106\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026I can’t help but notice the Dodgers, who many were shoveling dirt on, have won seven in a row.<\/p>\n Last Add MLB:<\/strong> In the last eight seasons, the Dodgers have eliminated the Milwaukee Brewers from the postseason three times. <\/p>\n Note to Rams:<\/strong> Pound the ball tonight\u2026<\/p>\n Last Add Rams:<\/strong> I expect San Francisco LT Trent Williams to play a great game tonight. This is the healthiest he’ll be all season, and he has every motivation in the world to stop Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n First Add Sam Darnold:<\/strong> It was such a rando injury, I don’t think not playing in the preseason had anything to do with it.<\/p>\n There might be some arguments for playing starters in the preseason, but Darnold going down isn’t one of them.<\/p>\n Good for Drew Lock.<\/p>\n The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n 1,353<\/strong> By Joe Torosian Kick it! Was that a boring game last night? I’m not down with starting the season on a Wednesday night, but I wasn’t bored. As I’ve aged, I appreciate every NFL game I see. There’s always something to learn, something to see, and it’s pure competition and struggle. I love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98531,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98530\/revisions\/98531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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