our reactions to the Lions game

zn wrote:

Nacua is beyond ridiculous. It’s like virtually every catch now is clutch and shows off his hands and body control.

the only other rams receiver i felt this way about is isaac bruce. not even torry holt as great as he was. he just seems… inevitable.

After walking through the desert that was the Rams from 2005 to 2016 and still sporting scars from the 90s as well, I am thrilled any time the Rams clinch a playoff berth. What an era this has been.

Anyway, I should know better but I didn’t think the Rams had much of a chance after the first half. They seemed to have no answers for Detroit’s passing game. Goff had plenty of time and St. Brown and Williams looked uncoverable. Stafford didn’t look like his normal self either. But these Rams always seem to find a way to stay in the game, and the running game along the Stafford/Puka connection were strong in the 2nd half. The defense managed to recover as well. Another great game from Parkinson (even if that 26 yard TD shouldn’t have counted). I can’t remember the last Rams player that completely changed my mind about them in such a positive way, but after last season I thought the Parkinson signing was a total waste. A great battle back game for the Rams to clinch a spot in the postseason. Good times.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 3 weeks ago by canadaram.

zn wrote:

Worthy opponent. But the Rams took over the 2nd half and outscored them 24 to 10.

Greatest Show on Surf.

I forget who coined that monicker for the Rams in 2018, but I like it and it’s even more appropriate today.

it was a bad call. oh well.

nittany ram wrote:

Greatest Show on Surf.

I forget who coined that monicker for the Rams in 2018, but I like it and it’s even more appropriate today.

I like it too. But I’m just not sure this offense deserves a name like that. Ya know. To compare it to that original GSOT. I dunno.

This is a topnotch offense when everyone is healthy (Adams).

But…Faulk, Ike, Holt, Kurt, Hakim, Conwell.

Stafford, Puka, Davante, Kyren, Corum, Higby, Parkinson, Tutu.

I dunno.

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Yeah, Tutu’s catch was memorable. And Puka is just astonishing. That man is going to be expensive soon. Very expensive.

I don’t usually love going for it on 4th down, especially in FG range, but I grudgingly had to admit McVay was right with the way that game was going in the first half. I don’t know what the Rams did at half time, but forcing consecutive 3-and-outs on the Lions was a good coaching decision that I fully support. Somehow the Rams took a “Oh, crap. This game may slip away, and it’s supposed to be the easier of the two” into “Yeah, we’ll just blow you out now.” They got better pressure on Goff in the 2nd half, and Stafford got his aim back. And that pressure was coming up the middle, and Goff hates that.

That Lions team is trouble on offense, and Aidan Hutchinson is a load. What an athletic play that was. And was it Ferguson who ran him down? Not bad for a TE. For all the good it did them. That felt like a 14-point swing.

So Adams goes down with a clear hammy, and a moment later the season flashed before my eyes when Nacua dropped like he’d been shot.

Colby Parkinson is starting to remind me of Ernie Conwell. Even his number matches. He seems to have figured out how to play in the past 6 weeks or so. Tyler Higbee Who at this point. The TE room has just become another strength in an offense that isn’t lacking anywhere. Two very good RBs, perhaps the best WR tandem in the NFL, an OL that pushing people out of the way, and a QB who makes a couple of shots a game that would impress Meadowlark Lemon.

Xavier Smith scared me with that one punt catch. The whole return game seems solid, if not spectacular. It’s nice to have Tony Horne and Az-Zahir Hakim returning kicks, but what you really really have to have is a return game that doesn’t screw up which kicks to field, and holds onto the damn ball. That doesn’t try to do too much. I’m okay with the return game. Kicking game seems set. Evans nearly nailed another punt at the 1-yard line. Mevis has been perfect (And I just checked: Karty is no longer on the roster. I didn’t get that memo).

Time to start getting apprehensive about Thursday, I suppose. No time to lose.

Countless lectures on how Kirby Joseph wasn’t dirty and Hutchinson didn’t stomp on Stafford’s ribs. The refs explanation looked as close to what happened as I can come up with. I thought it was dpi anyway the Rb hooked his arm under Colby’s arm face guarding way early never looked back or the ball