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Contract Speculation And Breakdown: Los Angeles Rams - Episode #119
Today we are going to discuss contracts for a team that is near and dear to my heart. Let me rephrase that…” they used to be near and dear to my heart.” Yes, I used to be a Rams fan. I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, and I still live here. I grew up watching Rams’ games with my family, and (as I’m sure you can guess) the pinnacle of my Rams’ fandom came almost 21 years ago. Super Bowl XXXIV was one of the best nights of my life, at least as an adolescent. I sat and watched the entire game with family and neighbors, and I celebrated (not really knowing what I was seeing) as Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson to seal a St. Louis Super Bowl. We all went outside to bang pots and pans and then shot off fireworks. A truly great night. I casually followed and watched the Rams throughout the Marc Bulger, Sam Bradford and Jeff Fisher years. What’s interesting is I was surprisingly indifferent when Stan Kroenke packed up and took them to the coast.
Maybe it was the pitiful seasons the Rams produced leading up to the exodus. Maybe it was the fact that I had accepted a move was inevitable. Maybe I just didn’t care anymore. This is what I do know...it was freeing. Not that I spent a great deal of time invested in watching the Rams, but I no longer had to care or worry about my team finishing below .500 for the tenth consecutive season. It was over. I had no team. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, but it was a blessing. I no longer felt compelled to adjust my fantasy football drafts based on home team biases. I stopped blacklisting all Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals players just because they were rivals in the NFC West. (Truth be told, there weren’t many Rams players that were rosterable during the end of their St. Louis tenure.) My point is this...biases of any kind are a nasty habit to fall into, and we adopt them much easier than we think and oftentimes we don’t even realize it. Throughout this article, I’m going to sprinkle in some biases that surrounded Rams’ players in the 2020 season. As always, let’s start with some contract speculation…
Check out the full article here: https://dynastyowner.com/2021/01/contract-speculation-and-breakdown-los-angeles-rams/
Maybe it was the pitiful seasons the Rams produced leading up to the exodus. Maybe it was the fact that I had accepted a move was inevitable. Maybe I just didn’t care anymore. This is what I do know...it was freeing. Not that I spent a great deal of time invested in watching the Rams, but I no longer had to care or worry about my team finishing below .500 for the tenth consecutive season. It was over. I had no team. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, but it was a blessing. I no longer felt compelled to adjust my fantasy football drafts based on home team biases. I stopped blacklisting all Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals players just because they were rivals in the NFC West. (Truth be told, there weren’t many Rams players that were rosterable during the end of their St. Louis tenure.) My point is this...biases of any kind are a nasty habit to fall into, and we adopt them much easier than we think and oftentimes we don’t even realize it. Throughout this article, I’m going to sprinkle in some biases that surrounded Rams’ players in the 2020 season. As always, let’s start with some contract speculation…
Check out the full article here: https://dynastyowner.com/2021/01/contract-speculation-and-breakdown-los-angeles-rams/
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Today we are going to discuss contracts for a team that is near and dear to my heart. Let me rephrase that…” they used to be near and dear to my heart.” Yes, I used to be a Rams fan. I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, and I still live here. I grew up watching Rams’ games with my family, and (as I’m sure you can guess) the pinnacle of my Rams’ fandom came almost 21 years ago. Super Bowl XXXIV was one of the best nights of my life, at least as an adolescent. I sat and watched the entire game with family and neighbors, and I celebrated (not really knowing what I was seeing) as Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson to seal a St. Louis Super Bowl. We all went outside to bang pots and pans and then shot off fireworks. A truly great night. I casually followed and watched the Rams throughout the Marc Bulger, Sam Bradford and Jeff Fisher years. What’s interesting is I was surprisingly indifferent when Stan Kroenke packed up and took them to the coast.
Maybe it was the pitiful seasons the Rams produced leading up to the exodus. Maybe it was the fact that I had accepted a move was inevitable. Maybe I just didn’t care anymore. This is what I do know...it was freeing. Not that I spent a great deal of time invested in watching the Rams, but I no longer had to care or worry about my team finishing below .500 for the tenth consecutive season. It was over. I had no team. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, but it was a blessing. I no longer felt compelled to adjust my fantasy football drafts based on home team biases. I stopped blacklisting all Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals players just because they were rivals in the NFC West. (Truth be told, there weren’t many Rams players that were rosterable during the end of their St. Louis tenure.) My point is this...biases of any kind are a nasty habit to fall into, and we adopt them much easier than we think and oftentimes we don’t even realize it. Throughout this article, I’m going to sprinkle in some biases that surrounded Rams’ players in the 2020 season. As always, let’s start with some contract speculation…
Check out the full article here: https://dynastyowner.com/2021/01/contract-speculation-and-breakdown-los-angeles-rams/
Maybe it was the pitiful seasons the Rams produced leading up to the exodus. Maybe it was the fact that I had accepted a move was inevitable. Maybe I just didn’t care anymore. This is what I do know...it was freeing. Not that I spent a great deal of time invested in watching the Rams, but I no longer had to care or worry about my team finishing below .500 for the tenth consecutive season. It was over. I had no team. I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time, but it was a blessing. I no longer felt compelled to adjust my fantasy football drafts based on home team biases. I stopped blacklisting all Seahawks, 49ers and Cardinals players just because they were rivals in the NFC West. (Truth be told, there weren’t many Rams players that were rosterable during the end of their St. Louis tenure.) My point is this...biases of any kind are a nasty habit to fall into, and we adopt them much easier than we think and oftentimes we don’t even realize it. Throughout this article, I’m going to sprinkle in some biases that surrounded Rams’ players in the 2020 season. As always, let’s start with some contract speculation…
Check out the full article here: https://dynastyowner.com/2021/01/contract-speculation-and-breakdown-los-angeles-rams/