Beyond freaking belief…9ers game reactions thread

I feel your pain RFL.

It is embarrassing to admit being a fan.

Greg Williams is a joke.

This team in no longer the Rams to me. They will be known as the St.louis garbage men from now until they when a super bowl

I’m disgusted.

I just have come to expect this team to gag at any given time, and they always oblige. I mean, who wasn’t expecting a pick-6 on the final drive? I was also expecting the Brandon Lloyd pass. I was expecting conversions on 3rd and long. I was expecting flags at inopportune moments.

It’s just disgusting. It’s disgusting because it has been going on for so, so long, and because they should be better than this. All the highly touted drafts, and the windfall from the RGIII trade, and they’re supposed to be talented. The Rams play like overachieving scrubs. Meanwhile, they have for years been making journeymen on the other team look like pro bowlers.

This is a team with the consensus best DL in the NFL, and they set a record tonight for the fewest sacks in the first five games of the season, ever. How is that even possible? One sack in 5 games? With Quinn having zero? I don’t know how to analyze coordinators, or coaches in general, but nothing I see from the Rams’ defense makes me the least bit grateful that they have Gregg Williams. There is NO pressure.

And how can Jenkins give up that pass to Lloyd on that down and distance, with that much time on the clock? He has to know the one thing he can NOT do is let Lloyd get behind him. That’s his only responsibility there.

And the drops. The pressure on Davis.

At no time does one EVER get the feeling that the Rams have control of an aspect of the game. Not even against Tampa. Not even against Dallas in the first quarter. There is just NEVER any sense that the Rams are dominating the line on either side of the ball, or dictating things to the other team.

To paraphrase Roland Williams, “It’s a debacle.”

And I feel this way mid-week, too. Not just immediately after another incompetent performance.

This team looks like it’s still playing pre-season games.

This is a rerun that I have seen too many times.

Mackeyser wrote:

If ever there was a time to fire Gregg Williams and get back to fundamental Defense…NOW is it!!!

I bet that would change things in a hurry. No sacks? Really? We get no sacks because we don’t cover short routes!!! Which leads to QBs hitting all those short passes. What other D plays SO SOFT all the damn time???

I wish they’d fire Williams tomorrow.

This defense has done nothing with his “genius”.

PA Ram wrote:

I had to work tonight–listened on the radio and caught the last 6 minutes of the game at home. I have it on DVR. Doubt that I’ll watch it.

But just listening I could hear a tackle for loss and then on a second and long—first down.

3rd and long–first down.

I didn’t get to see the bad calls tonight(I know they were there)but it isn’t JUST the bad calls. This team is a letdown waiting to happen.

I will say on the Lloyd touchdown–it looked like Quinn was being held again–but Ray Lewis and others were talking about it after the game and called it, “high school football”. They were saying that it was odd the Rams were even set up like they were for that situation. I’m no coach–I don’t know.

But the Rams do what they do best–disappoint.

I don’t understand it.

Who didn’t see that play coming?

It’s 3rd and 6 (or thereabouts), and with under a minute left, and the 9ers still deep in their own territory, they show no urgency. They are letting the clock run. They obviously are eating some clock in case they don’t get the first down, but in doing so, they aren’t leaving themselves much time, either. So what are they going to do?

They are going to take a shot deep. It’s so obvious.

I’m still shaking my head.

Well, that and the blatant bias the Refs are showing.

I just can’t get past that. Quinn is held on every play including the 80yd TD. I just saw a pic showing Staley held him…badly. Almost a bad a hold as the Langford takedown on the Dez Bryant TD.

No team is going to overcome that level of bias. So, unless something changes in that regard the Rams are peeing into the wind no matter what they do.

What’s that phrase? Just because I seem paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t really out to get me…

Sure, I agree that the Rams have a fragile psyche right now. However, they may also seem to be responding to the rather obvious bias that they also see and feel that once that first really bad call comes, that they KNOW a bunch more will come that allows the opponent to score dozens of unanswered points. It’s starting to feel inevitable. And that has to SUCK to feel that inevitability as a player.

How must Robert Quinn feel to beat his guy on almost every play and KNOW that he’s not gotten a holding call in what? 300 snaps? is that even possible that he’s not been held ONCE in 300 snaps???

It’s sad, but the game was pretty much what I expected. I didn’t watch it, I just looked at the box score this morning. I can’t bring myself to stay up late on a Monday night for what I anticipate being just another ridiculous train wreck. I know Rams’ fans have a deep seeded hatred for the 49ers, but you have to admire the fact that they are ‘in’ every single game, no matter the opponent. Unless the Rams are playing a very mediocre or lousy football team, I have little reason to believe that they are going to compete for four quarters. Or even three. If not for the numerous really good football games that I have been able to watch this season (none of which included the Rams), my interest in the NFL would be just about gone. The Cleveland Browns, for crying out loud, are competitive and even fun to watch. St. Louis has become a football black hole. Being a fan of this franchise has almost become a curse that ruins five months of the year. I need a diversion program to rid myself of them.

I agree with zn in that I think this team has a fragile psyche. They come out of the gate full of confidence and dominate, but after something bad happens they are too easily deflated. Their confidence waxes and wanes like the phases of the moon throughout the game.

In the chat room we discussed the ‘clutch-i-tude’ of Austin Davis. Joemad and zn said he wasn’t clutch and I said although he hadn’t exhibited that characteristic yet, we can’t say for sure he isn’t. Immediately after that he threw the pick 6 and I was suddenly onboard. No, he’s not clutch. His problem is he is too emotional. He gets really down on himself when he makes a mistake. To be a clutch QB you have to be calm. You approach the situation in a matter of fact, down to business sorta way. Think of Tom Brady’s demeanor when trailing in the 4th. Davis presses in those situations and makes bad decisions and/or inaccurate throws. He may learn to be clutch someday, but he first has to learn to relax and just take things as they come. And of course, if the Rams could hold a lead, the kid wouldn’t have to be clutch. 😉

Anyways, Davis’ psyche sort of reflects the psyche of the entire team throughout the game. Up and down.

21Dog wrote:

Even Fredo thinks the Rams are weak.

Folded up like a cheap suit at the first signs of adversity last night (the Cook call and the pass to Lloyd).

So, can they salvage this season, 21?
Do you think they can have a
good second half of the year?

Lots of games left
for this messy-confused-infuriating-team.

w
v

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by wv.

wv wrote:

So, can they salvage this season, 21?
Do you think they can have a
good second half of the year?

Lots of games left
for this messy-confused-infuriating-team.

w
v

Hate being doom and gloom guy, but I don’t see it getting any better than 3-13.

The RG3 trade gave this team a chance to rebuild with young players. Early returns aren’t promising. Looking like the Dickerson trade results so far.

21Dog wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wv wrote:</div>
So, can they salvage this season, 21?
Do you think they can have a
good second half of the year?

Lots of games left
for this messy-confused-infuriating-team.

w
v

Hate being doom and gloom guy, but I don’t see it getting any better than 3-13.

The RG3 trade gave this team a chance to rebuild with young players. Early returns aren’t promising. Looking like the Dickerson trade results so far.

Wow. 3-13.

I dunno. I have no idea,
but my guess is they start
to put it together
in the second half of the season.

It certainly looks like GW has
made a mess of the defense though.

The offense just seems to involve
a couple parts on the OLine.

The story for me right now is
the Rams Coaching staff: What will they do?
What can they do? They
are gonna get withering heat now.
The fans are lighting the torches.

w
v

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by wv.

It’s bad. I’m sure they can improve but I just haven’t seen anything that makes me think they will. I agree the team lacks mental toughness. You can almost feel the team giving up at times. I knew the game was over when SF got the TD right before the half. It wasn’t just a momentum swing. It was over.

I hope things improve but I have no expectations they will.

wv wrote:

Think they can beat
Seattle in St.Louis?
I do.
w
v

Can they? Absolutely. Will they? Highly doubtful IMO. If everything goes well they have a shot. Unfortunately there’s always ‘something’ and whatever ‘it’ is instead of rising up to overcome it, it feels like they fold.

I hope you’re right! I would LOVE a win vs. Seattle at home.