SF game reactions from around the net

Jim Fadler @jimiramsboy
If D’Marco Farr held up on the interior then Aaron Donald can hold up also….play the kids #GoRams

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Last year in the playoffs I noticed that Kaep would look to his #1 and then pull it down, that has continued this year.

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Harkey missed early but threw the key block on Benny’s TD #Rams

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Austin Davis play fakes and ball handling are vastly superior to Sam’s….and I started that before the TD

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
You could clearly see the ball when Sam play faked, and he didn’t quite sell it enough…..Davis really does it #GoRams

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
On numerous running plays Austin Davis still sells it as if he still has the ball….followed him twice on the last drive. #HiddenThings

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Austin Davis hangs in there so tough on 3rd down conversions…has a great sense of how far he needs…seldom completes short.

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Where the hell was the safety and once again Jenkins peeks into the backfield

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
When a team throws quick 3 step drops the Dtackles have to stay in their lanes and get their arms up. #Rams are failing on both

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Dtackles swinging way too wide on their rush…still way too much room in the middle of the 49er pocket

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
Rams persisting in blitzing schemes that don’t work

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
I have thought for some time now that due to the #Rams rep for silly penalties the zebras don’t give any benefit of doubt….

And will throw flags without the slightest hesitation….like on Cook last night. Are they even watching Quinn being held?

And you would think with Fisher being on the competition committee it would be the opposite…flags have followed him everywhere

Jim Fadler @ jimiramsboy
I have come here to kick ass and fix the #Rams….and I am fresh out of ideas to fix the Rams…#WhatToDo?

alyoshamucci
October 15, 2014 04:14PM Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 7,681
Status: HOF Inductee
The Psychology of losing. It’s not a joke. It’s not an easy thing to correct. Belichick was with the Browns for how many years?

First off, the idea of dumping Fisher is out of the question. Besides the fact that he is one of the best coaches out there with an unreal talent staff below him, he was likely hired because he is the only coach that has successfully moved a team form one city to another. This looks more and more likely to happen. And soon. I don’t know too many coaches that can keep guys focused through losing, and bad calls, and coaching changes, and devastating injuries.

When was the last time a team let their franchise QB in back to back years?

These are excuses. They are not wins. But given what we’ve been dealt I’m happy with a few things, and realistically frightened about a few others, and I’m going to deal withb theta before AI get into the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Losing hurts. It takes serious fortitude to overcome losing, because morale is such a huge part of performance. Having no fans in the crowd, the ESPN commentators talk about how we’re going to move back to LA after 9 abysmal seasons did not kill his. Having the entire city’s focus on the baseball series going on did not. Being made fun of for our ONE sack all year didn’t.
But when Cook got the bogus PI we were reminded of the reffing abominations we’ve dealt with, and then we got sloppy, and Jenks gave up a ridiculous TD. Absolutely unacceptable.

Then, after the reffing and TD, added to the lack of fans, and energy, we simply did not have enough juice to do anything but flap like a dead fish on the floor of a fishing boat for 90 minutes. That and have some pretty stout run D.

The hope I have is that we have some good strong leaders who do not get down. That is why we sign C Long and J Lau. They don’t ever stop. But they are not enough. The psychology of losing is strong. How long does each player have before they are mentally damaged by losing in the way we do, without support, on a team that may move?
I don’t believe Bradford was that strong. Never did. He sinks his head. Our WRs got a boost from Britt, but how long does that last? Cook gets lost for entire games because of his mood. Donald is a freak energizer bunny, how long does that last? Jenkins obviously is affected by our record and the futility, which is why even though he’s a played well, we may want to pull him when true gets back. McDonald I trust. Barksdale too.

We have a team that is basically prone to mood swings and in need of some kind of stability. But we are in the middle of a desert with little to no support. We have to keep adding players that love the game so much that they can stay focused when everything, that is everything goes wrong. I don’t see us as having too many of those players. We have moody talent.

Looking at infusing free agents and draft picks that have a bit more fortitude so that we can build a nucleus that understands the situation the franchise is in and is inspired to be pat of the story rather than easily distracted by it’s theme. We are losers trying to become winners. Its not easy.

The Good

1). G Rob!!!! Just a preview of what he’s going OT do the rest of the year and at OLT next year. I’m pretty happy about that. He walled Justin Smith off.

2). The Goal Line stand. Made the game worth watching in the second half.

3). Some really good playcalling starting off.

4). Really great run defense. I can’t remember a game where we held so close to the LOS.

5). McLeod is inspiring.

6). Gaines is playing a really tough position as a 6th round draft pick. Wow. I think Jenks slides to the slot when Tru gets back.

7) Donald in the backfield.

8). Mason’s fresh legs have to be taken into account. Great burst. He should NOT be in often in passing situations, but give him the ball early in the game and see what he can do.

9). Ogletree seemed more active and understanding of the game plan and run fits.

The Confusing.

10). Quinn didn’t take a bull rush or inside move all game that I saw. Just ran outside the whole time, did anyone else see that?

11). Why wasn’t Mason in more? Stacy was obviously not seeing the game right.

12). What kind of coverage on the 80 yard TD leaves a possible deep man running free? Was there supposed to be safety help?

13). What blitzing style were they doing that made Davis so skittish? He looked confused all night.

The Bad

14). Austin Davis freaked. No idea why. He stopped looking for intermediate passes and check downs like we were behind by 30, when we were down by 3.

15). Cook obviously losing his focus after the bad call, which then spread throughout the receiver corps.

The Ugly

16). Our pass rush. I think it’s Chris Long’s absence personally. Hayes seems to have hit a wall. So, if you’re going against us, you simply slide everyone left. That leaves little to no gap in Quinn’s side of the line, forcing him outside more often than not, and allowing the OLT to take a confident wide set against him rather than having to pay him straight up. But I think the wide set is exhausting him. That’s because of there being ZERO DE pressure form the other side. That’s my 2 cents.

Gonna do my draft perspective soon . . like later today

17). Jenks jumping a route in THAT situation.

18). Jake Long giving up sack strip fumbles in back to back weeks.

19). The lack of attendance or energy in the building.

20). The lack of understanding for the awful situation Fisher is in. We have to do better as fans.
Fisher took on this team because he’d get control of personnel, and because he loved Bradford. He has had three drafts, two with his own scouts in place. For a normal situation, this would be the time when the coach should start getting hammered for losses.

But THIS IS NOT A NORMAL SITUATION. We are playing with our third string QB. We are getting into a new DC and have lost the heart of our D line. We have the youngest team in the NFL, again. But this is not even CLOSE to the whole situation.

We are the worst franchise in the NFL. This is the truth. Im not counting the Jags, they dont have a history, they weren’t even born when we started getting bad. We have 5 good years going back the last 25. That centered around 5 HOF players. Bruce, Holt, Faulk, Warner, and Pace.

Those years were the exception, and as fans we seem to think they are the rule.

We were gifted a dynasty, findign Warner was DUMB LUCK. Its like we won the lottery and thought we had EARNED the money. It doesnt make any sense. we were so bad at running football operations in the front office that we actually dismantled that lottery winning like a drunk would wittle away his winnings at the track because he forgot he hadnt earned the money and that it was a finite amount. Warner leaves an the team crumbles in TWO years.

We JUST got a new owner, and we have the worst fans in the country. We are a team that is likely about to move and uproot all of its players. We have more odds stacked against us than any other team except the Raiders. But they, and the Browns at least both have good fans.

We can turn our blame on anyone, but the really sad part that we have the ability to face as fans should we choose to do so, is that it isn’t anyone’s fault. The Rams are not well supported. When we look at the Titans and Jags, not well supported. Fisher and Coughlin are the only two coaches to do anything with those teams. Fisher is a great coach, and after Lineman I’m really happy to have him. I assumed before he got control that he would need 5 years. I am not sad with his progress. We can be whatever type of fans we want to be, I’m going to be supportive.