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Originally Posted by Vrillon82 (Post 868533)

Rams were going to find a way to get out of there with a W over most likely some bull **** that involves some outside forces like the officiating. I call this more intuition and knowing the NFL doesnt want us in the SB, they didnt want us in it in 2009.

While we set 8-2 and we head into the playoffs in January, what does things look like?

I am mixed right now, but if theirs a team that gives me bad intuition like the Rams did on a 2nd go, its the 49ers. The 49ers game could end up looking like a mirror of what happened to the Rams last year in that first game, coincidentally its also another California based team. Winning or losing this game could very well determine fate of what happens in the playoffs, in other words, we better lose, ive never been a fan of trying to beat a team a 2nd or 3rd go especially in the playoffs if you won that 1st matchup, even worse winning the first 2.

I think its going to be hard to not see a Brees vs Brady matchup in the works, say what you want about Baltimore, defenses will stop that malarkey with Lamar like they did with Vick and Mariota.

My big focus this year is keeping good keen eye on what Al Riveron is doing, this is a jackass very hellbent on setting up another East Coast vs West Coast showdown like last year, officiating this year has indicated such up to this point.

The Rams had some flashy players and a marketable coach. The Niners don't have that. Now GB has a flashy QB but nothing outside of that. For any business, it's all about who can generate revenue. The league got burned last year by helping the Rams get into the SB by the low ratings of the game. I doubt they want to see that happen again. Plus a Saints/Patriots SB is a more marketable game, and better storyline than GB/N.E. or SF/N.E. The whole L.A. fanbase sucks. The proof of that was the SB when hardly any Rams fans went to Atlanta. The league shot themselves in the foot. They could have had better ratings and more money if we'd been there since we are closer to Atlanta. Goodell may hate us, but he knows we are a stronger fanbase than most in the NFL and that we spend more money on team merchandise than most fanbases. The bottom line is, though we are a small market team, we are better for business than L.A. and some of these other larger markets.