26CornerBlitz Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Week 11 NFL Picks Straight Up: Rams Overpower Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) vs. Los Angeles Rams (9-1) in Mexico City Monday, 8:15 p.m., ESPN This is what everyone’s been waiting for since late September, when they both looked unbeatable. They’ve both lost, but the Chiefs still look more unbeatable with an offense that keeps overcoming their defense’s obvious shortcomings. The Rams’ defense has shown its flaws in recent weeks, too. It comes down to which defense can be trusted more, for the whole game or for any given make-or-break play. That one’s easy — the Rams. Until they prove otherwise, that is. Prediction: Rams, 38-34 Edited November 16, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Even as a Lesser Option, Sammy Watkins Would Come to the Chiefs Again Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sammy Watkins is having to confront his past this week as he prepares for Monday night's game between his current team, the Kansas City Chiefs, and his former one, the Los Angeles Rams. Watkins said he would have been happy to stay with the Rams, even though his one season in Los Angeles wasn’t a wild success. That was before he got to free agency and the Chiefs jumped in with a three-year, $48 million offer that made his decision easy. He hasn’t changed his mind on that even though he’s been a fourth option on a team that relies more heavily on Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce and Kareem Hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Monday, November 19, 2018 - 8:15 PM ET Monday Night Football at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Kansas City Chiefs 0 vs. Los Angeles Rams 0 Head To Head for: Kansas City vs. Los Angeles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Five Things We Learned From the Coordinators on Friday Kansas City Chiefs’ Assistant Head Coach / Special Teams Coordinator Dave Toub, Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy and Defensive Coordinator Bob Sutton met with the media on Friday afternoon. Here are five things that stood out. Edited November 17, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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row_33 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I thought the deal was to totally screw over MNF by giving them the worst game of the 14 to 16 every week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Marcus Mariota = $100 million man? Plus, Le'Veon Bell's value By Bucky Brooks, NFL.com Analyst Former NFL player and scout Bucky Brooks knows the ins and outs of this league, providing keen insight in his notebook. The topics of this edition include: -- How less is more for the Rams. TWO-POINT CONVERSION: Quick takes on developments across the NFL 2) How the Rams' offensive simplicity creates headaches for NFL defensive coordinators. I don't know if Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay has access to Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon, but when I look at the Rams' attack, I believe the offensive wizard adheres to an offensive philosophy that matches the no-frills view of the World Series-winning manager: "Do simple better." The Rams are arguably the best offense in football, yet they rarely change their personnel and use a small menu of plays each week. Although the simplistic approach is masked by exotic fly motions and shifts, L.A.'s offense is driven by the team's commitment to the 11 personnel package (one running back, one tight end and three wide receivers). At a time when offensive creativity is being celebrated at every turn, the Rams are lighting up scoreboards around the league with a straightforward offense that features the same folks on the field on every down. Don't believe me? According to Next Gen Stats, the Rams are in their patented 11 personnel package on 96.3 percent of offensive snaps -- the highest rate of any NFL team by a significant margin (Miami is next with 80.1 percent). That means the team's core unit (Todd Gurley, Robert Woods, Brandin Cooks, Tyler Higbee and Cooper Kupp prior to his season-ending ACL injury) essentially stays on the field for a 60-minute game. With a mentality that NFL football is indeed a real-life version of "Madden 19," McVay has figured out that it is best to keep your best players on the field at all times to increase the offense's chances of scoring points. The baby-faced offensive wizard is doing what top gamers have done for years: build the offense around your best players instead of your favorite plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stuvian Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 what does El Chapo think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 1 minute ago, stuvian said: what does El Chapo think? He's happy about the ecsape from Mexico before anyone got hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Chiefs vs. Rams: Game Preview Matt McMullen, CHIEFS REPORTER Games like this simply don’t come along very often. With just two losses between them, the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams have been the class of the National Football League this season. Both teams feature prolific offenses led by two of the top young quarterbacks in the league, and with the best record in the NFL on the line, the Chiefs and Rams will face off under the lights at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Monday night. It’s a matchup that’s already worked its way into the history books before either team has played a down. Just eight players in the near century-long history of the NFL have ever tossed for at least 3,000 yards and posted a passer rating of 110.0 through the first 10 games of a season, and two of them will meet on Monday in the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and the Rams’ Jared Goff. The two signal callers lead the league in passing yards (Mahomes: 3,150, Goff: 3,134) and throws of at least 25 yards (Mahomes: 32, Goff: 28) while leading their respective teams to the most (Chiefs: 353) and second-most (Rams: 335) points in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 All-Star Officiating Staff to Work Rams-Chiefs Kevin Seifert, NFL Nation The NFL took the unusual step this week of assigning an "all-star" officiating crew to the most highly anticipated game of the season, adding to the playofflike frenzy for Monday night's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams. Referee Clete Blakeman will work the game with only two members of his regular crew, umpire Ramon George and down judge Dana McKenzie. The other five officials -- including Jim Lapetina, who will handle replay -- were plucked from four other crews. The approach is similar to how the NFL assigns officials to playoff games, a process that is based on performance and seniority rather than crew. But it is rarely, if ever, employed before the postseason. Officials typically work on the same eight-person crews throughout the regular season to maximize continuity and familiarity among members. Two of the officials are normally part of referee Jerome Boger's crew. Boger was originally scheduled to work the game before Blakeman was called in, as first reported by NFL reporter Ed Werder and confirmed by ESPN. Referee: Clete Blakeman Umpire: Ramon George (Blakeman) Down judge: Dana McKenzie (Blakeman) Line judge: Rusty Baynes (John Hussey) Field judge: Dale Shaw (Jerome Boger) Side judge: Brad Freeman (Clay Martin) Back judge: Tony Steratore (Boger) Replay: Jim Lapetina (Brad Allen) Mahomes and Goff Open Up About Their High-Powered Offenses (3:17) Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff discuss their electric offenses leading up to their big matchup on Monday Night Football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Just wondering when the Bills will be in the NFL week marquee Matchup game? Assuming it won’t be a week in 2018? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Aussie Joe said: Just wondering when the Bills will be in the NFL week marquee Matchup game? Assuming it won’t be a week in 2018? Week 16 at the Pats with the AFC East Divisional title on the line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 What Makes the Rams' Offense Special? The Greatest Show on Turf Explains Lindsey Thiry, ESPN LOS ANGELES -- There’s a method to the madness. And you'd better believe, the Los Angeles Rams' offense is madness. Some might even call it the Greatest Show on Turf 2.0, including quarterback Kurt Warner, the conductor of the original Greatest Show. “What makes them so good is that they’ve got great balance,” Warner said about the 2018 Rams. “They’re equally effective running and passing the football, offensive line is playing great ... and Sean McVay does a great job of making everything look the same.” It’s time, members of the original Greatest Show said, for the records to fall, for new legends to be made, and for them to reunite at the Super Bowl to watch this new team solidify its place in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 ANALYSIS Do Chiefs, Rams Have Fatal Flaws? The Chiefs and Rams have a 99.9 percent chance of making the playoffs, but they have their weaknesses, too, writes Cynthia Frelund. Read about their strengths and biggest question marks heading into their "MNF" clash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 The ref change thing just makes good sense from the leagues perspective. This is about to be one of the biggest games of the year, and they don't want egg on their face like the Patriots v. Steelers debacle from last year. (though that was mostly on ol Al) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 Below are the inactives for both teams. LOS ANGELES RAMS WR Nick Williams DB Darious Williams RB John Kelly OLB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo DT Sebastian Joseph-Day TE Johnny Mundt OLB Matt Longacre KANSAS CITY CHIEFS S Eric Berry C Mitch Morse WR Gehrig Dieter RB Darrel Williams OL Kahlil McKenzie DL Justin Hamilton TE Deon Yelder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 MNF PREVIEW: By Nick Shook - Around The NFL Writer Previewing the 'Game of the Year' Tonight's game could very well be a Super Bowl preview if these 9-1 teams continue their 2018 success. Here's what to watch for when the Rams host the Chiefs tonight on "Monday Night Football." You've probably heard about it by now, but in case you don't have anything invested in professional football and just stumbled onto this page, welcome! This is NFL.com, home of the National Football League, I'm Nick Shook and I'm here to tell you about an important football game. It's between the two of the three best teams in the NFL according to overall win-loss record: The Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) and the Los Angeles Rams (9-1). Each are defending divison champions, and each lost in upset fashion early in the playoffs last year, returning in 2018 with eyes on redemption and more. They've played like it all season, tearing through opponents and squeaking past the peskiest of challengers. They've each only suffered one setback, and they're each a favorite to win their respective conferences. They meet Monday night. If that wasn't enough, here are five reasons why you should watch the game on Monday Night Football. 1. It's the game of the year! 2. MVP heavyweights meet 3. Marcus Peters faces his former, now red-hot team 4. Chiefs' pass rush vs. Rams' premier line 5. Familiar faces meet: Wade Phillips vs. Andy Reid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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