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NFL award winners haven’t been Super in the big game

Extremely Bowl LVI will feature four NFL Honors Awards winners: Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase (OROY) and Joe Burrow (CPOY) as well as the Rams’ Cooper Kupp (OPOY). Rams’ offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth also won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, but that’s not important for the context of this piece. Read more…

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Pittsburgh’s well represented in the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LVI will be considered by some a homecoming for LSU. Former Tigers who will be playing in this game include Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase for the Cincinnati Bengals, and Odell Beckahm Jr. and 2003 National Champion Andrew Whitworth for the Los Angeles Rams. LSU is tied with Florida for the school with […]

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Rams desperate to keep 49ers fans out of SoFi Stadium

Poor L.A. Rams. Their return to Los Angeles has been a rousing success. Yesterday’s chaotic win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers put the Rams in the NFC Championship Game for the second time in four seasons, and this time they will play the game at home. Sounds like all the makings of a trip to […]

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Why do Rams quarterbacks always struggle in the second half?

Since Week 9 of the NFL season, Matt Stafford has thrown for 1, 862 yards (266 yards per game), 14 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions. Those are good numbers. Not great, but great. From Weeks 1-8 though, Stafford was on a different planet. The move from Detroit to L. A. seemingly sparked new life into the […]

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Ryan Fitzpatrick has been doing this football thing for a minute

With the 250th pick in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL draft, the St. Louis Rams (’memba them?) selected a quarterback out of Harvard — not exactly a football powerhouse. His name was Ryan Fitzpatrick, and of the 13 quarterbacks taken before him, only one (Aaron Rodgers) still plays in the league. Read more…